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Environmental modulation of individual stress

Understanding how organisms cope with continuously changing environments requires proximate insights on how environmental variation affects individual physiology and health. This research project addresses the consequences of variation in biotic and abiotic environmental factors on individual stress. It builds upon long-term knowledge on individual life histories in Columbian ground squirrels. Its specific focus is on the consequences of environmental variation on individual health and ageing, and on the evolutionary consequences of chronic stress. We are combining an ecophysiology approach monitoring individual and populations health, with an in-depth understanding of individual behaviour using both direct observation and bio-logging, and life history to unravel the proximate determinants and ultimate consequences of individual phenotype.

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PI:  Dr. Vincent A Viblanc (Researcher, IPHC CNRS, France)

​Duration: 18 years ongoing (2001-present)

Sociality and disease transmission

Adaptations to global change

Evolution of life history traits

Climate adaptation

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