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2026
Delaitre S., Graham J. L., Buatois B., de Franceschi C., Giovannini P., Lucas A., Bonadonna F., Caro S. P. (2026). Effects of herbivore-induced plant volatiles on behaviors and reproduction in a common songbird. The American Naturalist.
Defrance J., Lambrechts M., Fargevieille A., Perret S., Grégoire A., Charmantier A. (2026). Beyond first clutches: Second broods reshape selection on breeding timing in forest and urban great tits. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Sandmeyer L., Grégoire A., Caro S. P., Fargevieille A., Chenet B., Romans M., Charmantier A., Doutrelant C. (2026). Unmasking black and yellow in a common garden: genetic and environmental drivers of urban color divergence. Evolution.
Sandmeyer L., Mathieu L. A., Caro S. P., de Franceschi C., Michaux J. R., André A., Charmantier A., Grégoire A. & Doutrelant C. (2026). More diverse diets and duller colours: Seasonal insights into bird urban life. Urban Ecosystems.
Mathieu L. A., Delaitre S., Favaro E., Chenet B., Charmantier A. & Caro S. P. (2026). Evolution under the city’s shadow: Reproductive divergence of urban and rural great tits revealed by a common garden experiment. Evolution Letters.
2025
Beaubaton R, Revel J, Pigeyre L, Bollore K, Lepeule A, Mocq J, de Franceschi C, Pradel J, Perrin Y, Gomis D, Ducousso M, Virolle L, Chenet B, Castel G, Charmantier A, Charbonnel N, Lacour G, Courot O, Mignotte A, Simonin Y. (2025). Tracking the urban spread of Usutu virus in southern France: detection across biological and environmental matrices. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Blondel J, Charmantier A, Doutrelant C, Perret P. (2025). La mésange et la chenille. Actes Sud.
Bonamour S, Chevin L, de Franceschi C, Charmantier A, Teplitsky C. (2025). Age-specific phenology and reproductive success senescence vary with environmental age in a wild bird. The American Naturalist.
Dion-Phénix H, Gingras G, Doutrelant C, Charmantier A, Kembel S. W., Réale D. (2025). Aromatic plants, nest bacterial diversity, and nestling condition in Corsican blue tits. Oikos.
Dion-Phénix H, Bourret G, Charmantier A, Kembel S. W., Réale D. (2025). The choice of DNA extraction protocol affects the quantification of gut microbiomes in two passerines. Journal of Microbiological Methods.
Gervais L, Thompson M. J., De Villemereuil P, Burkhard T, Teplitsky C, Class B, Réale D, Charmantier A. (2025). Behavioral DiverCity: individual differences in behavior change along an urbanization gradient. Behavioral Ecology.
Sandmeyer L, Lopez-Idiaquez D, Fargevieille A, Giovannini P, Perret S, del Rey M, Charmantier A, Doutrelant C, Grégoire A. (2025). Disentangling urbanisation, climate effects and their interaction on ornamental colourations. Peer Community Journal.
Tchana C. N., Fargevieille A, Sandmeyer L, Del Rey-Granado M, Grégoire A, Teplitsky C, Loiseau C, Doutrelant C. (2025). Protocalliphora larvae: Moderate but lasting carry-over effects on yearling and mother coloration. Behavioral Ecology.
Thompson M. J., Martin J. G., Biard C, Bleu J, Branston C. J., Capilla-Lasheras P, Dingemanse N. J., Dominoni D. M., Eens M, Eeva T, Evans K. L., Isaksson C, Liker A, Massemin S, Matthysen E, Mouchet A, Perret S, Senar J. C., Seress G, Szulkin M, Vincze E, Watson H, Réale D, Charmantier A. (2025). Continental patterns of phenotypic variation along replicated urban gradients: a mega-analysis. Ecology Letters.
Thompson M. J., Gervais L, Bharath D, Caro S. P., Chaine A. S., Perrier C, Réale D, Charmantier A. (2025). Tit wit: environmental and genetic drivers of cognitive variation along an urbanization gradient. Animal Cognition.
Thompson M. J., Réale D, Chenet B, Delaitre S, Fargevieille A, Romans M, Caro S. P., Charmantier A. (2025). The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence. Evolution.
Woodman J, Vriend S, Adriaensen F, Álvarez E, Artemyev A, Barba E, Burgess M, Caro S. P., Cauchard L, Charmantier A, Cole E, Dingemanse N, Doligez B, Eeva T, Evans S, Gregoire A, Lambrechts M. M., Liker A, Matthysen E, Orell M, Park J, Rytkönen S, Senar J. C., Seress G, Szulkin M, van Oers K, Vatka E, Visser M. E., Firth J, Sheldon B. C. (2025). Continent-wide drivers of spatial synchrony in breeding demographic structure across wild great tit populations. Ecology Letters.
2024
Blary C. L. M., Duriez O., Bonadonna F., Mitkus M., Caro S. P., Besnard A., Potier S. (2024). Low achromatic contrast sensitivity in birds: a common attribute shared by many phylogenetic orders. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
Caizergues A. E., Robira B., Perrier C., Jeanneau M., Berthomieu A., Perret S., Gandon S., Charmantier A. (2024). Cities as parasitic amplifiers? Malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits along an urbanization gradient. Peer Community Journal.
Chantepie S., Charmantier A., Delahaie B., Adriaensen F., Matthysen E., Visser M. E., Álvarez E., Barba E., Orell M., Sheldon B., Ivankina E., Kerimov A., Lavergne S., Teplitsky C. (2024). Divergence in evolutionary potential of life history traits among wild populations is predicted by differences in climatic conditions. Evolution Letters.
Delaitre S., Visser M. E., van Oers K., Caro S. P. (2024). Odours of caterpillar-infested trees increase testosterone concentrations in male great tits. Hormones and Behavior.
Delaitre S., Doutrelant C., Caro S. P. (2024). Whoever their partner, female blue tits breed the same? Behavioral Ecology.
López-Idiáquez D., Teplitsky C., Fargevieille A., Del Rey-Granado M., Mercier Gauthier R., de Franceschi C., Charmantier A., Réale D. (2024). Sex-dependent integration of ornamentation, personality, morphology, and life history. Behavioral Ecology.
2023
Caro S. P., Delaitre S., Buatois B., Bonadonna F., Graham J. L. (2023). The influence of plant odours on sexual readiness in an insectivorous songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology.
Delaitre S., van Oers K. V., Visser M. E., Caro S. P. (2023). Female great tits (Parus major) reproduce earlier when paired with a male they prefer. Ethology.
Van de Walle J., Fay R., Gaillard J.-M., Pelletier F., Hamel S., Gamelon M., Barbraud C., Blanchet F. G., Blumstein D. T., Charmantier A., Delord K., Larue B., Martin J., Mills J. A., Milot E., Mayer F. M., Rotella J., Saether B.-E., Teplitsky C., van de Pol M., Van Vuren D. H., Visser M. E., Wells C. P., Yarrall J., Jenouvrier S. (2023). Individual life histories: Neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Vriend S. F. G., Grøtan V., Gamelon M., Adriaensen F., Ahola M. P., Álvarez E., Bailey L. D., Barba E., Bouvier J.-C., Burgess M. D., Bushuev A., Camacho C., Canal D., Charmantier A., Doligez B., Drboniak S. M., Dubiec A., Eens M., Eeva T., Erikstad K. E., Ferns P. N., Goodenough A. E., Hartley I. R., Hinsley S. A., Ivankina E., Juškaitis R., Kempenaers B., Kerimov A. B., Kålås J. A., Lavigne C., Leivits A., Mainwaring M. C., Martínez-Padilla J., Matthysen E., van Oers K., Orell M., Pinxten R., Reiertsen T. K., Rytkönen S., Senar J. C., Sheldon B. C., Sorace A., Török J., Vatka E., Visser M. E., Saether B. E. (2023). Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines. Ecology.
2022
Bailey L., van de Pol M., Adriaensen F., Arct A., Barba E., Bellamy P., Bonamour S., Bouvier J.-C., Burgess M., Charmantier A., Cusimano C., Blandine D., Drobniak S., Dubiec A., Eens M., Eeva T., Ferns P., Goodenough A., Hartley I., Hinsley S., Ivankina E., Juskaitis R., Kempenaers B., Kerimov A., Lavigne C., Mainwaring M. C., Matthysen E., Nilsson J.-A., Orell M., Rytkönen S., Senar J. C., Sheldon B. C., Sorace A., Stenning M. J., Török J., van Oers K., Vatka E., Vriend S., Visser M.E. (2022). Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation. Nature Communications.
Bonnet T., Morrissey M. B., de Villemereuil P., Alberts S. C., Arcese P., Bailey L. D., Boutin S., Brekke P., Brent L. J. N., Camenisch G., Charmantier A., Clutton-Brock T. H., Cockburn A., Coltman D. W., Courtiol A., Davidian E., Evans S. R., Ewen J. G., Festa-Bianchet M., de Franceschi C., Gustafsson L., Höner O. P., Houslay T. M., Keller L. F., Manser M., McAdam A. G., McLean E., Nietlisbach P., Osmond H. L., Pemberton J. M., Postma E., Reid J. M., Rutschmann A., Santure A. W., Sheldon B. C., Slate J., Teplitsky C., Visser M. E., Wachter B., Kruuk L. E. B. (2022). Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals. Science.
Caizergues A., Gregoire A., Choquet R., Perret S., Charmantier A. (2022). Are behaviour and stress-related phenotypes in urban birds adaptive? Journal of Animal Ecology.
Caizergues A., Le Luyer J., Grégoire A., Szulkin M., Senar J. C., Charmantier A., Perrier C. (2022). Epigenetics and the city: non-parallel DNA methylation modifications across pairs of urban-rural Great tit populations. Evolutionary Applications.
Capilla-Lasheras P., Thompson M. J., Sánchez-Tójar A., Haddou Y., Branston C. J., Réale D., Charmantier A., Dominoni D. M. (2022). A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours. Ecology Letters.
Lambrechts M. M., Caro S. P. (2022). Egg cooling associated with nest size in a passerine bird. Journal of Thermal Biology.
López-Idiáquez D., Teplitsky C., Gregoire A., Fargevieille A., del Rey M., de Franceschi C., Charmantier A., Doutrelant C. (2022). Long-term decrease in colouration: a consequence of climate change. The American Naturalist.
Patrick S. C., Réale D., Potts J. R., Wilson A. J., Doutrelant C., Teplitsky C., Charmantier A. (2022). Differences in the temporal scale of reproductive investment across the slow-fast continuum in a passerine. Ecology Letters.
Thompson M. J., Capilla-Lasheras P., Dominoni D. M., Réale D., Charmantier A. (2022). Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
2021
Bastianelli O., Robert A., Doutrelant C., de Franceschi C., Giovannini P., Charmantier A. (2021). Identifying drivers of spatio-temporal variation in survival in four blue tit populations. Peer Community Journal.
Biquet J., Bonamour S., de Villemereuil P., de Franceschi C., Teplitsky C. (2021). Phenotypic plasticity drives phenological changes in a Mediterranean blue tit population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Caizergues A., Charmantier A., Lambrechts M. M., Perret S., Demeyrier V., Lucas A., Grégoire A. (2021). An avian urban morphotype: how the city environment shapes Great tit morphology at different life stages. Urban Ecosystems.
Caro S., Pierre L., Bergès M., Bakker R., Doutrelant C., Bonadonna F. (2021). Mutual mate preferences and assortative mating in relation to a carotenoid-based color trait in blue tits. Behavioral Ecology.
Culina A., Adriaensen F., Bailey L. D., Burgess M. D., Charmantier A., Cole E. F., Matthysen E., Sheldon B. C., Saether B.-E., Vriend S. J. G., Adamik P., Artemyev A., Banbura J., Barba E., Belda E., Bilgin C., Bleu J., Both C., Campobello D., Cantarero A., Caro S. P., Cichoń M., Cusimano C., Dingemanse N., Doligez B., Doutrelant C., Drobniak S., Dubiec A., Eens M., Eeva T., Erikstad K. E., Goldshtein A., Goodenough A., Grégoire A., Gustafsson L., Hartley I., Hau M., Hegyi G., Hille S., Hinde C., Isaksson C., Kania W., Kavak P., Kempenaers B., Kerimov A., Krist M., Lambrechts M., Leivits A., Massa B., Massemin S., Mänd R., Mazgajski T., Moreno J., Mainwaring M., Nilsson J.-A., Norte A. C., van Oers K., Orell M., Potti J., Perrins C. M., Quinn J., Réale D., Reiertsen T. K., Røstad O. W., Rytkonen S., Senar J. C., Slagsvold T., Szulkin M., Teplitksy C., Török J., Vatka E., Verhulst S., Yuta T., Visser M. E. (2021). Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Dion-Phénix H., Charmantier A., de Franceschi C., Bourret G., Kembel S., Réale D. (2021). Bacterial microbiota similarity between predators and prey in a blue tit trophic network. The ISME Journal.
Graham J. L., Charlier T. D., Bonadonna F., Caro S. P. (2021). Olfactory detection of trace amounts of plant volatiles is correlated with testosterone in a passerine bird. Hormones and Behavior.
2020
Bonamour S., Chevin L.-M., Réale D., Teplitsky C., Charmantier A. (2020). Age-dependent phenological plasticity in a wild bird. Journal of Animal Ecology.
de Villemereuil P., Charmantier A., Arlt D., Bize P., Brekke P., Brouwer L., Cockburn A., Côté S. D., Dobson F. S., Evans S. R., Festa-Bianchet M., Gamelon M., Hamel S., Hegelbach J., Jerstad K., Kempenaers B., Kruuk L. E. B., Kumpula J., Kvalnes T., McAdam A. G., McFarlane S. E., Morrissey M. B., Pärt T., Pemberton J. M., Qvarnström A., Røstad O.-W., Schroeder J., Senar J. C., Sheldon B. C., van de Pol M., Visser M. E., Wheelwright N. T., Tufto J., Chevin L.-M. (2020). Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Doutrelant C., Fargevieille A., Grégoire A. (2020). Evolution of female coloration: what have we learned from birds in general and blue tits in particular. Advances in the Study of Behavior.
Dutour M., Levy L., Lengagne T., Holveck M.-J., Crochet P.-A., Perret P., Doutrelant C., Grégoire A. (2020). Hissing like a snake: bird hisses are similar to snake hisses and prompt similar anxiety behavior in a mammalian model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Lambrechts M. M., Caizergues A., Perrier C., Charmantier A., Caro S. P. (2020). Surface temperatures of non-incubated eggs in great tits (Parus major) are strongly associated with ambient temperature. International Journal of Biometeorology.
Perrier C., Rougemont Q., Charmantier A. (2020). Demographic history and genomics of local adaptation in blue tit populations. Evolutionary Applications.
2019
Bonamour S., Chevin L.-M., Charmantier A., Teplitsky C. (2019). Phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change: the importance of cue variation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.
Holveck M. J., Guerreiro R., Perret P., Doutrelant C., Grégoire A. (2019). Eggshell coloration indicates female condition during egg-laying: a field experiment in blue tits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Holveck M. J., Grégoire A., Doutrelant C., Lambrechts M. M. (2019). Nest height is affected by lamppost lighting proximity in addition to nestbox size in urban great tits. Journal of Avian Biology.
Radchuk V., Reed T., Teplitsky C., van de Pol M., Charmantier A., Hassall C., Adamík P., Adriaensen F., Ahola M. P., Arcese P. et al. (2019). Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient. Nature Communications.
2018
Caizergues A. E., Grégoire A., Charmantier A. (2018). Urban versus forest ecotypes are not explained by divergent reproductive selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Dubuc-Messier G., Caro S. P., Perrier C., van Oers K., Réale D., Charmantier A. (2018). Gene flow does not prevent personality and morphological differentiation between two blue tit populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Marrot P., Charmantier A., Blondel J., Garant D. (2018). Current spring warming as a driver of selection on reproductive timing in a wild passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Mennerat A., Charmantier A., Jorgensen C., Eliassen S. (2018). Correlates of complete brood failure in blue tits: could extra-pair mating provide unexplored benefits to females? Journal of Avian Biology.
Perrier C., Delahaie B., Charmantier A. (2018). Heritability estimates from genome wide relatedness matrices in wild populations: application to a passerine, using a small sample size. Molecular Ecology Resources.
Perrier C., Lozano del Campo A., Szulkin M., Demeyrier V., Grégoire A., Charmantier A. (2018). Great tits and the city: distribution of genomic diversity and gene-environment associations along an urbanization gradient. Evolutionary Applications.