S. Billiard

Stochastic foraging paths primarily drives within-species variations of prey consumption rates

The paper challenges the belief that environmental and individual variabilities drive prey consumption rate variation, showing stochastic foraging paths are the main driver.

An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategiesand floral traits

The paper analyzes floral and reproductive traits across 361 flowering plant species to show that dioecy is linked to floral traits, while correlations with lifespan and dispersal are spurious.

The diallelic self-incompatibility system in Oleaceae is controlled by a hemizygous genomic region expressing a gibberellin pathway gene

The paper identifies a hemizygous genomic region containing a gibberellin pathway gene that controls self-incompatibility in Oleaceae plants, linking GA catabolism to SI responses.

The fate of recessive deleterious or overdominant mutations near mating-type loci under partial selfing

This study examines how recessive deleterious or overdominant mutations near mating-type loci are maintained under partial selfing, finding that fungal-like mating-type loci reduce purging probability and increase purging time.

Human-environment feedback and the consistency of proenvironmental behaviour

This paper develops a mathematical model to show how social and environmental feedbacks can promote consistent proenvironmental behavior when neither factor alone can.

How does the host community structure affect the epidemiological dynamics of emerging infectious diseases?

This study uses a stochastic SIR model to examine how varying host community structures influence epidemic dynamics, finding that intermediate hosts can dilute infections while multiple infection sources can amplify them.

Revisiting the number of self-incompatibility alleles in finite populations: from old models to new results

The paper revisits models of self-incompatibility allele dynamics in plant populations, resolves a long-standing debate, and provides new methods for estimating population size from S-allele frequencies.

Balancing selection and the crossing of fitness valleys in structured populations: diversification in the gametophytic self-incompatibility system

This study uses simulations to show population structure can both increase and risk loss of S-haplotypes in self-incompatibility systems.

On deleterious mutations in perennials: inbreeding depression, mutation load and life-history evolution

This study investigates how deleterious mutations affect inbreeding depression and life-history evolution in perennials by combining growth models and population genetics.

Widespread coexistence of self-compatible and self-incompatible phenotypes in a diallelic self-incompatibility system in Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae)

The paper investigates self-incompatibility in Ligustrum vulgare, finding self-compatible individuals and showing that low selfing rates are compatible with theory only if inbreeding depression is high.

Identifying conversion efficiency as a key mechanism underlying food webs evolution: A step forward, or backward?

This paper reviews and unifies evolutionary models of food web structure, showing that biomass conversion efficiency is a critical factor previously overlooked.

The joint evolution of lifespan and self-fertilisation

This paper investigates the joint evolution of self-fertilisation and lifespan in plants, showing self-fertilisation promotes shorter lifespan and how inbreeding depression affects evolutionary dynamics.

Breakdown of gametophytic self-incompatibility in subdivided populations

The paper shows that population subdivision reduces SI maintenance by decreasing local SI allele diversity, using simulations and analytical models.