fx dechaume-moncharmont
Professor of behavioural ecology
University of Lyon, France
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#science #biology #ecology #evolution #zoology #AnimalBehaviour #behaviour #behavior #cognition #DecisionMaking #DecisionTheory #statistics #modelling #fish #bird #insect #CNRS #Lehna #LEHNA_lab #UnivLyon1 #UniversiteLyon
High functional responses predispose fish species to invasiveness, but these trophic advantages do not necessarily persist outside their native range. Congratulation to Marine and Chloé for this nice paper!
📄 Courtois et al. (2026) Functional response predicts invasiveness but not trophic impact. Journal of Animal Ecology http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70232
#Science #Biology #Ecology #Conservation #Fish #InvasiveSpecies #FunctionalEcology
Contrary to our expectations, our study of the invasive round goby in Ontario found that bold, proactive personalities did not drive range expansion, challenging the idea that behaviour fuels invasion spread.
📄 Souques et al. (2026) Testing a personality-dispersal hypothesis: behavioural comparisons along a round goby invasion gradient. Biological Invasions 28:60 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03771-0
#Science #Biology #Ecology #Conservation #Fish #invasiveSpecies #Personality
Open-source, low-cost, Raspberry Pi-based experimental setup for implementing stochastic time series for temperature, oxygen concentration or pH in mesocosms.
#Science #Biology #Ecology #raspberrypi #opensource #Stochasticity #Temperature #climatechange #Fish
📄 Souques et al. (2025) All-in-one, versatile and low-cost experimental set-up to implement environmental stochasticity in mesocosms (PiStoch). Methods in Ecology and Evolution http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70094
@chaprot@pouet.chapril.org Haha, les enfants de 7 ans savent poser les bonnes questions.
Oui, en quelque sorte. Comme la plupart des mollusques (famille à laquelle appartiennent également les escargots), la plupart des poulpes ont une langue râpeuse appelée radula. Elle est un peu différente de notre langue souple et musculeuse, mais elle se trouve dans la cavité buccale et aide à ingérer les aliments. C'est même l'un des caractères taxinomiques des mollusques.
@chaprot@pouet.chapril.org Et pour répondre à la question suivante : les poissons, eux, n'ont pas de salive, juste un mucus lubrifiant dépourvu d'enzyme digestive.
Insects share affective states : emotional contagion revealed by transfer of positive judgment bias between bumble bees
📄 Romero-González et al. (2025) Positive affective contagion in bumble bees. Science 390:377–380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adr0216
#Science #Biology #AnimalBehaviour #Cognition #Emotion #Mood #Optimism #Bumbleblee #Insect