Adeline Loyau

PostDoc Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS 09200 Moulis France   Tel: +33 5 61 04 03 64 Fax: +33 5 61 96 08 51 email: firstname.lastname@EcoEx-Moulis.cnrs.fr More details on my webpage: http://www.adeline-loyau.net

CV

Since Dec 2007	Post-Doc at the biological station for experimental ecology of the CNRS (USR 2936)
July 2007 - Sept 2007	Visiting researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany
March 2007 - Dec 2007	Post-Doc at the Emirates Center of Wildlife Propagation, Missour, Morocco
Sept 2006 - Feb 2007	Post-Doc at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany
Sept 2004 - Aug 2006	Temporary Teaching and Assistant Researcher (PostDoc) in behavioural ecology, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Animale, Université d’Angers, France
Nov 2001-June 2005	Ph. D. with honors in Behavioural Ecology at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France Dissertation title : Sexual selection and honest signalling in the Common peafowl Supervised by Dr. G. Sorci and Dr. M. Saint Jalme

 

 

Research Interests

My research aims to understand the evolution of reproductive behaviour, especially, how and why mating strategies and sexual communication have evolved. I am interested in understanding how females choose their mates, what kind of information female use, how they deal with multiple signals and if this information has subsequent impact on maternal investment in reproduction.

I study various model species including birds, amphibians and insects

In addition to behavioral observations in the wild and in captivity, I employ lab methods including genetic tagging using microsatellite markers for parentage analyses, immuno-assays to determine hormone concentrations in egg yolk, assessment of antibody levels and spectrophotometry for the analysis of coloration patterns and iridescence in feathers.

Keywords: mate choice, multiple signalling, honest signalling, maternal investment, testosterone, public information, mate choice copying

 

Publication List

1. Loyau A., M. Petrie, M. Saint Jalme & G. Sorci. In press. Do peahens not prefer peacocks with more elaborate trains? Animal Behaviour

2. Loyau A., D. Gomez, B. Moureau, M. Théry, N. S. Hart, M. Saint Jalme, A.T.D. Bennett & G. Sorci. 2007. Iridescent structurally based coloration of eyespots correlates with mating success in the peacock. Behavioral Ecology 18(6): 1123-1131, DOI-Link

3. Loyau A. , M. Saint Jalme, R. Mauget & G. Sorci. 2007. Male sexual attractiveness affects investment of maternal resources into the eggs in peafowl (Pavo cristatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61 (7): 1043-1052. DOI-Link

4. Loyau A., M. Saint Jalme & G. Sorci. 2007. Non-defendable resources affect peafowl lek organization: a male removal experiment. Behavioural Processes, 74:64-70.

5. Loyau A. & J. Szczepaniak. 2006 . A darting protocol in a large carinate, the peacock (Pavo cristatus). Journal of Wildlife Management, 70 (6):1813-1815.

6. Loyau A. , B. Moureau, M. Richard, P. Christie , P. Heeb and G. Sorci. 2005. Cross-amplification of polymorphic microsatellites reveals extra-pair paternity and brood parasitism in Sturnus vulgaris. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5:135-139.

7. Loyau A., M. Saint Jalme & G. Sorci. 2005. Intra and intersexual selection for multiple traits in the peacock (Pavo cristatus). Ethology, 111:810-820.

8. Loyau A., M. Saint Jalme, C. Cagniant & G. Sorci. 2005. Multiple sexual advertisements honestly reflect health status in peacocks (Pavo cristatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58:552-557.

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