Elise Huchard
I am interested in the evolution of mammalian social and mating systems. At the interface between sexual and kin selection, a major focus of my work explores the causes and consequences of reproductive and life-history strategies in mammalian societies using observational and experimental data, mainly in the context of long-term individual-centered studies.
My research examined the evolution of sexual signals, mating choice, mating with multiple partners (polyandry), and reproductive competition in females from natural populations of primates and other social mammals.
I am currently working specifically on sexual conflict, as well as genetic and social influences on development, growth, and immunity in the context of life history trait theory, occasionally using quantitative genetic tools or comparative studies, and using Tsaobis baboons, Kirindy lemurs, Kalahari meerkats, and Bakoumba mandrills as my primary models (see attached figure).
Tsaobis Baboon Project
The ecology of sexual coercion and of male-female power asymmetries in primates : Elise Huchard | Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) online seminar series
Primatology
Interview with Elise Huchard - France Culture - Wednesday, March 05, 2024 4pm
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- Elise Huchard, Cindy Canale, Chloé Le Gros, Martine Perret, Pierre-Yves Henry, et al.. Convenience polyandry or convenience polygyny? Costly sex under female control in a promiscuous primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012, 279 (1732), pp.1371-1379. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2011.1326⟩. ⟨hal-03879388⟩
- Doris Gomez, Elise Huchard, Pierre-Yves Henry, Martine Perret. Mutual mate choice in a female-dominant and sexually monomorphic primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2012, 147 (3), pp.370-379. ⟨10.1002/ajpa.21653⟩. ⟨hal-03879187⟩
- Andrew J. King, Cédric Sueur, Elise Huchard, Guy Cowlishaw. A rule-of-thumb based on social affiliation explains collective movements in desert baboons. Animal Behaviour, 2011, 82 (6), pp.1337-1345. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.017⟩. ⟨hal-00631172⟩
- Aurélie Célérier, Elise Huchard, Alexandra Alvergne, Delphine Féjan, Floriane Plard, et al.. Detective mice assess relatedness in baboons using olfactory cues. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2010, 213 (9), pp.1399-1405. ⟨10.1242/jeb.038349⟩. ⟨hal-04219547⟩
- Elise Huchard, Julio Benavides, Joanna Setchell, Marie Charpentier, Alexandra Alvergne, et al.. Studying shape in sexual signals: the case of primate sexual swellings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2009, 63 (8), pp.1231-1242. ⟨10.1007/s00265-009-0748-z⟩. ⟨hal-02079550⟩
- Alexandra Alvergne, Elise Huchard, Damien Caillaud, Marie Charpentier, Joanna Setchell, et al.. Human Ability to Recognize Kin Visually Within Primates. International Journal of Primatology, 2009, 30 (1), pp.199-210. ⟨10.1007/s10764-009-9339-0⟩. ⟨hal-02079548⟩
- Andrew J. King, Caitlin M.S. Douglas, Elise Huchard, Nick J.B. Isaac, Guy Cowlishaw. Dominance and Affiliation Mediate Despotism in a Social Primate. Current Biology - CB, 2008, 18 (23), pp.1833-1838. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.048⟩. ⟨halsde-00475843⟩
- Elise Huchard, Mylene Weill, Michel Raymond, Leslie Knapp, Guy Cowlishaw. Polymorphism, haplotype composition, and selection in the Mhc-DRB of wild baboons. Immunogenetics, 2008, 60 (10), pp.585-598. ⟨10.1007/s00251-008-0319-x⟩. ⟨hal-01945504⟩
- Elise Huchard, Michel Martinez, Haoues Alout, Emmanuel J.P. Douzery, Georges Lutfalla, et al.. Acetylcholinesterase genes within the Diptera: takeover and loss in true flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2006, 273 (1601), pp.2595-2604. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2006.3621⟩. ⟨hal-01945529⟩
- Elise Huchard, Guy Colishaw, Michel Raymond, Mylène Weill, L.A. Knapp. Molecular study of Mhc-DRB in wild chacma baboons reveals high variability and evidence for transspecies inheritance. Immunogenetics, 2006, 58 (10), pp.805-816. ⟨10.1007/s00251-006-0156-8⟩. ⟨halsde-00184690⟩
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