Christophe Pelabon

About

Evolution results from the interplay between selection and the ability of organisms to evolve and adapt, that is, their Evolvability. Until recently, however, selection has been considered the main dynamical force explaining variation in micro- and macroevolution. The aim of my research activity is to understand how much evolvability of complex characters, measured by their level of genetic variance, affects their evolution at both micro- and macroevolutionary time scales. I use both experimental studies on different model organisms and comparative/meta-analyses to study evolvability. A large part of the experiments we are currently conducting is done on the Neotropical vine Dalechampia scandens at the greenhouse from the institute.

I am teaching courses at the institute of biology at NTNU: in evolutionary biology (BI 2017 and BI 3083)and quantitative methods and experimental design in ecology and evolution (BI 3051).

Publications

2021

Hansen, Thomas F.; Pélabon, Christophe. (2021) Evolvability: A Quantitative-Genetics Perspective. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. volum 52.
Academic literature review
Pelabon, Christophe; Albertsen, Elena; Le Rouzic, Arnaud; Firmat, Cyril; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Armbruster, W. Scott; Hansen, Thomas Fredrik. (2021) Quantitative assessment of observed versus predicted responses to selection. Evolution. volum 75 (9).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Cote, Steeve D; Festa-Bianchet, Marco; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Garel, Mathieu; LeMaitre, Jean Francois; Loison, Anne; Tidière, Morgane; Toïgo, carole. (2021) Effects of population density on static allometry between horn length and body mass in mountain ungulates. Oikos. volum 130 (12|).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; de Giorgi, Fransesca; Opedal, Øystein H.; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Raunsgard, Astrid; Armbruster, W. Scott. (2021) Is There More to Within-plant Variation in Seed Size than Developmental Noise?. Evolutionary Biology. volum 48.
Academic article

2020

Albertsen, Elena; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Pérez-Barrales, Rocío; Hansen, Thomas F; Pelabon, Christophe; Armbruster, William Scott. (2020) Using ecological context to interpret spatiotemporal variation in natural selection. Evolution.
Academic article
Helsen, Kenny; Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Graae, Bente Jessen; De Kort, Hanne; Brunet, Jörg; Chabrerie, Olivier; Cousins, Sara A.O.; De Frenne, Pieter; Hermy, Martin; Verheyen, Kris; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) Earlier onset of flowering and increased reproductive allocation of an annual invasive plant in the north of its novel range. Annals of Botany. volum 126 (6).
Academic article
Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Gamelon, Marlène; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Yoccoz, Nigel; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) The Demographic buffering hypothesis: evidence and challenges. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. volum 35 (6).
Academic literature review
Morgan, Rachael Louise; Finnøen, Mette Helene; Jensen, Henrik; Pelabon, Christophe; Jutfelt, Fredrik. (2020) Low potential for evolutionary rescue from climate change in a tropical fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. volum 117 (52).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Einum, Sigurd; Gamelon, Marlène. (2020) On the use of the coefficient of variation to quantify and compare trait variation. Evolution Letters. volum 4 (3).
Academic article
Tidière, Morgane; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Garel, Mathieu; LeMaitre, Jean Francois; Toïgo, Carole; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) Variation in the ontogenetic allometry of horn length in bovids along a body mass continuum. Ecology and Evolution. volum 10 (9).
Academic article
Tsuboi, Masahito; Kopperud, Bjørn Tore; Syrowatka, Christine; Grabowski, Mark Walter; Voje, Kjetil L.; Pelabon, Christophe; Hansen, Thomas F. (2020) Measuring Complex Morphological Traits with 3D Photogrammetry: A Case Study with Deer Antlers. Evolutionary Biology. volum 47.
Academic article

2019

de Aguiar Martins, Adriana; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Rainfall seasonality predicts the germination behaviour of a tropical dry-forest vine. Ecology and Evolution. volum 9 (9).
Academic article
Einum, Sigurd; Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Parry, Victor; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Genetic Variation in Metabolic Rate and Correlations with Other Energy Budget Components and Life History in Daphnia magna. Evolutionary Biology. volum 46 (2).
Academic article
Einum, Sigurd; Ratikainen, Irja Ida; Wright, Jonathan; Pelabon, Christophe; Bech, Claus; Jutfelt, Fredrik; Stawski, Clare; Burton, Tim. (2019) How to quantify thermal acclimation capacity?. Global Change Biology.
Academic article
Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Pelabon, Christophe; Einum, Sigurd. (2019) Genetic and environmental effects on the scaling of metabolic rate with body size. Journal of Experimental Biology. volum 222.
Academic article
Hildesheim, Laura; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Fitness costs of delayed pollination in a mixed-mating plant. Annals of Botany. volum 124 (5).
Academic article
Hildesheim, Laura; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Quantitative and qualitative consequences of reduced pollen loads in a mixed-mating plant. Ecology and Evolution. volum 9.
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Albertsen, Elena; Perez-Barrales, Rocio; Armbruster, W.Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) No evidence that seed predators constrain pollinator-mediated trait evolution in a tropical vine. American Journal of Botany. volum 106 (1).
Academic article

2018

Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Pelabon, Christophe; Einum, Sigurd. (2018) An empirical test for a zone of canalization in thermal reaction norms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. volum 31 (7).
Academic article
Gamelon, Marlène; Gayet, Thibault; Baubet, Eric; Devillard, Sébastien; Say, Ludovic; Brandt, Serge; Pelabon, Christophe; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Does multiple paternity explain phenotypic variation among offspring in wild boar?. Behavioral Ecology. volum 29 (4).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Tidiere, M; Lemaitre, Jean-Francois; Gaillard, Jean Michel. (2018) Modelling allometry: Statistical and biological considerations – A reply to Packard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. volum 125 (3).
Academic article
Raunsgard, Astrid; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Ekrem, Runa K; Wright, Jonathan; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2018) Intersexual conflict over seed size is stronger in more outcrossed populations of a mixed-mating plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. volum 115 (45).
Academic article

2017

Armbruster, W. Scott; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Keller, Barbara; Conti, Elena; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) The measure and mismeasure of reciprocity in heterostylous flowers. New Phytologist. volum 215.
Academic article
Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Stenøien, Hans K.; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Pérez‐Barrales, Rocio; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) Novel microsatellite markers for Dalechampia scandens (Euphorbiaceae) and closely related taxa: application to studying a species complex. Plant Species Biology. volum 32 (2).
Academic article
Loison, Anne; Paye, Simon; Schermann, Agnes; Bry, Clementine; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Pelabon, Christophe; Bråthen, Kari Anne. (2017) The domestic basis of the scientific career: gender inequalities in ecology in France and Norway. European Educational Research Journal. volum 16 (2-3).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) The evolvability of herkogamy: Quantifying the evolutionary potential of a composite trait. Evolution. volum 71 (6).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Falahati Anbaran, Mosen; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Perez-Barrales, Rocio; Stenøien, Hans K.; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) Euglossine bees mediate only limited long-distance gene flow in a tropical vine. New Phytologist. volum 213 (4).
Academic article
Tidiere, M; Lemaitre, JF; Pelabon, Christophe; Gimenez, O; Gaillard, JM. (2017) Evolutionary allometry reveals a shift in selection pressure on male horn size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. volum 30 (10).
Academic article

2016

Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Pelabon, Christophe; Guéry, lorelei; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Descamps, Sébastien. (2016) Mind the wind: Microclimate effects on incubation effort of an arctic seabird. Ecology and Evolution. volum 6 (7).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Perez-Barrales, Roccio; Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Pelabon, Christophe. (2016) Evolutionary consequences of ecological factors: pollinator reliability predicts mating-system traits of a perennial plant. Ecology Letters. volum 19 (12).
Letter to the editor
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Listemann, Jens; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2016) Multiple effects of drought on pollination and mating-system traits in Dalechampia scandens. International journal of plant sciences. volum 177| (8).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Hennet, Lauriane; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Albertsen, Elena; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Ekrem, Runa K; Armbruster, William Scott. (2016) Does stronger pollen competition improve offspring fitness when pollen load does not vary?. American Journal of Botany. volum 103 (3).
Academic article

Journal publications

Hansen, Thomas F.; Pélabon, Christophe. (2021) Evolvability: A Quantitative-Genetics Perspective. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. volum 52.
Academic literature review
Pelabon, Christophe; Albertsen, Elena; Le Rouzic, Arnaud; Firmat, Cyril; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Armbruster, W. Scott; Hansen, Thomas Fredrik. (2021) Quantitative assessment of observed versus predicted responses to selection. Evolution. volum 75 (9).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Cote, Steeve D; Festa-Bianchet, Marco; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Garel, Mathieu; LeMaitre, Jean Francois; Loison, Anne; Tidière, Morgane; Toïgo, carole. (2021) Effects of population density on static allometry between horn length and body mass in mountain ungulates. Oikos. volum 130 (12|).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; de Giorgi, Fransesca; Opedal, Øystein H.; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Raunsgard, Astrid; Armbruster, W. Scott. (2021) Is There More to Within-plant Variation in Seed Size than Developmental Noise?. Evolutionary Biology. volum 48.
Academic article
Albertsen, Elena; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Pérez-Barrales, Rocío; Hansen, Thomas F; Pelabon, Christophe; Armbruster, William Scott. (2020) Using ecological context to interpret spatiotemporal variation in natural selection. Evolution.
Academic article
Helsen, Kenny; Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Graae, Bente Jessen; De Kort, Hanne; Brunet, Jörg; Chabrerie, Olivier; Cousins, Sara A.O.; De Frenne, Pieter; Hermy, Martin; Verheyen, Kris; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) Earlier onset of flowering and increased reproductive allocation of an annual invasive plant in the north of its novel range. Annals of Botany. volum 126 (6).
Academic article
Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Gamelon, Marlène; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Yoccoz, Nigel; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) The Demographic buffering hypothesis: evidence and challenges. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. volum 35 (6).
Academic literature review
Morgan, Rachael Louise; Finnøen, Mette Helene; Jensen, Henrik; Pelabon, Christophe; Jutfelt, Fredrik. (2020) Low potential for evolutionary rescue from climate change in a tropical fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. volum 117 (52).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Einum, Sigurd; Gamelon, Marlène. (2020) On the use of the coefficient of variation to quantify and compare trait variation. Evolution Letters. volum 4 (3).
Academic article
Tidière, Morgane; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Garel, Mathieu; LeMaitre, Jean Francois; Toïgo, Carole; Pelabon, Christophe. (2020) Variation in the ontogenetic allometry of horn length in bovids along a body mass continuum. Ecology and Evolution. volum 10 (9).
Academic article
Tsuboi, Masahito; Kopperud, Bjørn Tore; Syrowatka, Christine; Grabowski, Mark Walter; Voje, Kjetil L.; Pelabon, Christophe; Hansen, Thomas F. (2020) Measuring Complex Morphological Traits with 3D Photogrammetry: A Case Study with Deer Antlers. Evolutionary Biology. volum 47.
Academic article
de Aguiar Martins, Adriana; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Rainfall seasonality predicts the germination behaviour of a tropical dry-forest vine. Ecology and Evolution. volum 9 (9).
Academic article
Einum, Sigurd; Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Parry, Victor; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Genetic Variation in Metabolic Rate and Correlations with Other Energy Budget Components and Life History in Daphnia magna. Evolutionary Biology. volum 46 (2).
Academic article
Einum, Sigurd; Ratikainen, Irja Ida; Wright, Jonathan; Pelabon, Christophe; Bech, Claus; Jutfelt, Fredrik; Stawski, Clare; Burton, Tim. (2019) How to quantify thermal acclimation capacity?. Global Change Biology.
Academic article
Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Pelabon, Christophe; Einum, Sigurd. (2019) Genetic and environmental effects on the scaling of metabolic rate with body size. Journal of Experimental Biology. volum 222.
Academic article
Hildesheim, Laura; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Fitness costs of delayed pollination in a mixed-mating plant. Annals of Botany. volum 124 (5).
Academic article
Hildesheim, Laura; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Armbruster, Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) Quantitative and qualitative consequences of reduced pollen loads in a mixed-mating plant. Ecology and Evolution. volum 9.
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Albertsen, Elena; Perez-Barrales, Rocio; Armbruster, W.Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2019) No evidence that seed predators constrain pollinator-mediated trait evolution in a tropical vine. American Journal of Botany. volum 106 (1).
Academic article
Fossen, Erlend Ignacio Fleck; Pelabon, Christophe; Einum, Sigurd. (2018) An empirical test for a zone of canalization in thermal reaction norms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. volum 31 (7).
Academic article
Gamelon, Marlène; Gayet, Thibault; Baubet, Eric; Devillard, Sébastien; Say, Ludovic; Brandt, Serge; Pelabon, Christophe; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2018) Does multiple paternity explain phenotypic variation among offspring in wild boar?. Behavioral Ecology. volum 29 (4).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Tidiere, M; Lemaitre, Jean-Francois; Gaillard, Jean Michel. (2018) Modelling allometry: Statistical and biological considerations – A reply to Packard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. volum 125 (3).
Academic article
Raunsgard, Astrid; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Ekrem, Runa K; Wright, Jonathan; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2018) Intersexual conflict over seed size is stronger in more outcrossed populations of a mixed-mating plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. volum 115 (45).
Academic article
Armbruster, W. Scott; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Keller, Barbara; Conti, Elena; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) The measure and mismeasure of reciprocity in heterostylous flowers. New Phytologist. volum 215.
Academic article
Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Stenøien, Hans K.; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Pérez‐Barrales, Rocio; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) Novel microsatellite markers for Dalechampia scandens (Euphorbiaceae) and closely related taxa: application to studying a species complex. Plant Species Biology. volum 32 (2).
Academic article
Loison, Anne; Paye, Simon; Schermann, Agnes; Bry, Clementine; Gaillard, Jean-Michel; Pelabon, Christophe; Bråthen, Kari Anne. (2017) The domestic basis of the scientific career: gender inequalities in ecology in France and Norway. European Educational Research Journal. volum 16 (2-3).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Hansen, Thomas F; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) The evolvability of herkogamy: Quantifying the evolutionary potential of a composite trait. Evolution. volum 71 (6).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Falahati Anbaran, Mosen; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Perez-Barrales, Rocio; Stenøien, Hans K.; Pelabon, Christophe. (2017) Euglossine bees mediate only limited long-distance gene flow in a tropical vine. New Phytologist. volum 213 (4).
Academic article
Tidiere, M; Lemaitre, JF; Pelabon, Christophe; Gimenez, O; Gaillard, JM. (2017) Evolutionary allometry reveals a shift in selection pressure on male horn size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. volum 30 (10).
Academic article
Hilde, Christoffer Høyvik; Pelabon, Christophe; Guéry, lorelei; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Descamps, Sébastien. (2016) Mind the wind: Microclimate effects on incubation effort of an arctic seabird. Ecology and Evolution. volum 6 (7).
Academic article
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Perez-Barrales, Roccio; Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen; Pelabon, Christophe. (2016) Evolutionary consequences of ecological factors: pollinator reliability predicts mating-system traits of a perennial plant. Ecology Letters. volum 19 (12).
Letter to the editor
Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Listemann, Jens; Albertsen, Elena; Armbruster, William Scott; Pelabon, Christophe. (2016) Multiple effects of drought on pollination and mating-system traits in Dalechampia scandens. International journal of plant sciences. volum 177| (8).
Academic article
Pelabon, Christophe; Hennet, Lauriane; Bolstad, Geir Hysing; Albertsen, Elena; Opedal, Øystein Hjorthol; Ekrem, Runa K; Armbruster, William Scott. (2016) Does stronger pollen competition improve offspring fitness when pollen load does not vary?. American Journal of Botany. volum 103 (3).
Academic article

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