Adrien FRANTZ
Assistant Professor
Sorbonne Université
Institute of Ecology and of Environnemental Sciences - Paris
Département "Evolutionary Ecology"
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ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3508-9047
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ACTUALITÉS
ACTUALITÉS
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RECHERCHE
RECHERCHE
I am interested in the ecological and evolutionary consequences of global change, in particular of urbanization and of pollution on urban wildlife. My work deals with the relation between genetic divergence, phenotypic trait differenciation (melanin-based coloration, behavior) and environmental factors (environmental spatio-temporal heterogeneity, pollutions) within communities and populations of birds and arthropods (aphids, mites, daphnias) in the wild (rural ou urban) or in controlled conditions (lab).
More particularly, I focus on :
(i) local adaptation, ecological specialisation and their consequences on populations divergence,
(ii) evolution and maintenance of polymorphisms,
(iii) selective pressures on synanthropic organisms populations.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
My ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3508-9047
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35. FRANTZ A., Razzolini J., Pellerin A. & Aubry E. (2025). Urbanization rate, copper concentration and pH affect Hydrae communities’ presence and abundance. Ecohydrology, 18, no. 5: e70067. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.70067.
34. FRANTZ A., Baneux M., Pichon L., Renier S. & Vilanova J. (2025). Flight initiation distance differs among eumelanin-based color morphs in feral pigeons. Journal of Zoology, 325 : 115–123.
33. Farhi Y., Aouissi H.A., Merzouki Y., Merdas S., Fadlaoui H., Gaagai A., Souttou K. & FRANTZ A. (2024). A snapshot of the diet of the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in the Northern Sahara (Biskra, Algeria). Zoology in the Middle East, 70 : 378–381.
32. Turak N., Monnier-Corbel A., Gouret A. & FRANTZ A. (2022). Urbanization shapes the relation between density and melanin-based colouration in bird communities. Oikos, e09313.
31. Leclaire S., Chatelain M., Pessato A., Buatois B., FRANTZ A. & Gasparini J. (2019). Pigeon odor varies with experimental exposure to trace metal pollution. Ecotoxicology, 28: 76–85.
30. Chatelain M., Gasparini J., FRANTZ A. & Angelier F. (2018). Reproduction impairments in metal-polluted environments and parental hormones: no evidence for a causal association in an experimental study in breeding feral pigeons. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 161: 746-754.
29. Ringot G., Gasparini J., Wagner M., Cheikh Albassatneh M. & FRANTZ A. (2018). More and smaller resting-eggs along a gradient for pollution by metals: dispersal, dormancy, detoxification strategies in Daphnia? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124: 11-20.
28. Lardy S., Gasparini J., Corbel H., FRANTZ A., Perret S., Zahn S., Criscuolo F. & Jacquin L. (2018). Telomere erosion varies with sex and age at immune challenge but not with maternal antibodies in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 327: 562-569.
27. Gasparini J., Dauphin L., Favreliere J., FRANTZ A., Jacquin L., Recapet C., Prevot A.C. (2017). Effects of confinement on body mass and site fidelity of feral pigeons during the setting-up of pigeon houses. bioRxiv 194043; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/194043 Non-peer reviewed.
26. Chatelain M., Pessato A., FRANTZ A., Gasparini J. & Leclaire S. (2017). Do trace metals influence visual signals? Effects of trace metals on iridescent and melanic feather colouration in the feral pigeon. Oikos, 126: 1542-1553.
25. Akhtar Abbasi N., Arukwe A., Jaspers V.L.B., Eulaers I., Mennilo E., Ibor O.R., FRANTZ A., Covaci A., Malik R.N. (2017). Oxidative stress responses in relationship to persistent organic pollutant levels in feathers and blood of two predatory bird species from Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 580: 26-33.
24. Akhtar Abbasi N., Eulaers I., Jaspers V.L.B., Chaudhry M.J.I., FRANTZ A., Ambus P.L., Covaci A., Malik R.N. (2017). The first exposure assessment of legacy and unrestricted brominated flame retardants in predatory birds of Pakistan. Environmental Pollution, 220: 1208-1219.
23. Akhtar Abbasi N., Eulaers I., Jaspers V.L.B., Chaudhry M.J.I., FRANTZ A., Ambus P.L., Covaci A., Mali k R.N. (2016). Use of feathers to assess polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide exposure in top predatory bird species of Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 569-570: 1408-1417.
22. Chatelain M., FRANTZ A. Gasparini J. & Leclaire S. (2016). Experimental exposure to trace metals affects plumage bacterial community in the feral pigeon. Journal of Avian Biology, 47: 521-529.
21. Chatelain M., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2016). Do trace metals select for darker birds in urban areas? An experimental exposure to lead and zinc. Global Change Biology, 22: 2380-2391.
20. Chatelain M., Gasparini J., Haussy C. & FRANTZ A. (2016). Trace metals affect early maternal transfer of immune components in the feral pigeon. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 89: 206-212.
19. Corbel H., Legros A., Haussy C., Jacquin L., Gasparini J., Karimi B. & FRANTZ A. (2016). Stress response varies with plumage colour and local habitat in feral pigeons. Journal of Ornithology, 157: 825-837.
18. Chatelain M., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2016). Trace metals, melanin-based pigmentation and their interaction influence immune parameters in feral pigeons (Columba livia). Ecotoxicology, 25: 521-529.
17. FRANTZ A., Federici P., Legoupi J., Jacquin L. & Gasparini J. (2016). Sex-associated differences in trace metals concentrations in and on the plumage of a common urban bird species. Ecotoxicology, 25: 22-29.
16. Akhtar Abbasi N., Malik R.N., FRANTZ A. & Jaspers V.L.B. (2016). A review on current knowledge and future prospects of Organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) in Asian birds. Science of the Total Environment, 542: 411–426.
15. Chatelain M., Gasparini J., Jacquin L. & FRANTZ A. (2014). The adaptive function of melanin-based plumage coloration to trace metals. Biology Letters, 10: 20140164. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0164 (In the press, e.g. here or there)
14. Gasparini J., Jacquin L., Laroucau K., Vorimore F., Aubry E., Castrec-Rouelle M. & FRANTZ A. (2014). Relationships between metals exposure and epidemiological parameters of two pathogens in urban pigeons. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 92: 208-212.
13. Derelle R., Kondrashov F.A., Arkhipov V.Y., Corbel H., FRANTZ A., Gasparini J., Jacquin L., Jacob G., Thibault S. & Baudry E. (2013). Color differences among feral pigeons (Columba livia) are not attributable to sequence variation in the coding region of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R). BMC Research Notes, 6: 310.
12. Jacquin L., Récapet C., Prévot-Julliard A.C., Leboucher G., Lenouvel P., Erin N., FRANTZ A., Corbel H. & Gasparini J. (2013). A potential role for parasites in the maintenance of melanin-based coloration polymorphism in urban feral pigeons. Oecologia, 173: 1089-1099.
11. FRANTZ A., Pottier M.A., Karimi B., Corbel H., Aubry E., Haussy C., Gasparini J. & Castrec-Rouelle M. (2012). Contrasting levels of heavy metals in the feathers of urban pigeons from close habitats suggest limited movements at a restricted scale. Environmental Pollution, 168: 23-28.
10. Macke E., Magalhães S., Do H.T.K., FRANTZ A., Facon B. & Olivieri I. (2012). Mating modifies female life-history in a haplodiploid spider mite. The American Naturalist, 179: E147-162.
9. Gasparini J., Erin N., Bertin C., Jacquin L., Vorimore F., FRANTZ A., Lenouvel P. & Laroucau K. (2011). Impact of urban environment and host phenotype on the epidemiology of Chlamydiaceae in feral pigeons (Columba livia). Environmental Microbiology, 13: 3186-3193.
8. Simon J.-C., Boutin S., Tsuchida T., Koga R., Le Gallic J.-F., FRANTZ A., Outreman Y. & Fukatsu T. (2011). Facultative symbiont infections affect aphid reproduction. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21831.
7. Macke E., Magalhães S., Do H.T.K., Luciano A., FRANTZ A., Facon B. & Olivieri I. (2011). Sex allocation in haplodiploids is mediated by egg size: evidence in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 1054-1063.
6. FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., & Simon J.C. (2010). Host races of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum differ in male wing phenotypes. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100: 59-66.
5. FRANTZ A., Calcagno V., Mieuzet L., Plantegenest M. & Simon J.C. (2009). Complex trait differentiation between host-populations of the pea aphid: implications for the evolution of ecological specialisation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97: 718-727.
4. FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., & Simon J.C. (2006). Temporal habitat variability and the maintenance of sex in host populations of the pea aphid. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273: 2887-2891.
3. FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., Mieuzet L. & Simon J.C. (2006). Ecological specialization correlates with genotypic differentiation in sympatric host-populations of the pea aphid. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19: 392-401.
2. FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., Bonhomme J., Prunier-Leterme N. & Simon J.C. (2005). Strong biases in the transmission of sex chromosomes in the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi. Genetical Research, 85: 111-117.
1. Caillaud M.C., Mondor-Genson G., Levine-Wilkinson S., Mieuzet L., FRANTZ A., Simon J.C. & Coeur d'Acier A. (2004). Microsatellite DNA markers for the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4: 446-448.
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CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES
Castrec-Rouelle M., Turcati L., Agnan Y., FRANTZ A., Allain A., Alexis M.A. (2023). TRAC3S project and first data obtained through the participatory network. Arctic Frontiers, Tromsø , Norvège, 30 Janvier-02 Février (Poster).
Castrec-Rouelle M., Alexis M.A., Agnan Y., Gasparini J., FRANTZ A., Cabassa C., Cohen M., Courault R., Turcati L. (2018). Projet ITE : TRAC3S « Dégel des sols arctiques : contrôle de la dynamique des éléments traces par la matière organique dissoute ». Journées Climat et Impacts, Orsay, 29–30 Novembre. (Poster).
Ringot G., Gasparini J., Wagner M., Cheikh Albassatneh M. & FRANTZ A. (2018). More and smaller resting-eggs along a gradient for pollution by metals: dispersal, dormancy, detoxification strategies in Daphnia? II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Montpellier, France. 19-22 Août. (Poster).
FRANTZ A. (2018). Conséquences évolutives des changements globaux. Première conférence "Evolution Paris-Centre". Paris, France. (Oral communication).
Ringot G., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2017). Production of melanized diapausing eggs as a way to survive in metal polluted habitat? "Le Petit Pois Déridé", 38ème Réunion du Groupe de Biologie et de Génétique des Populations. Paris-Saclay, France. 6-9 Juin. (Communication orale).
Ringot G., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2016). Numerous and melanized diapausing eggs as a way to survive in metal polluted habitats ? Congrès de la Société Française d'Ecologie. Marseille, France. 24-28 Octobre. (Poster).
Chatelain M., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2015). Could melanin-based plumage colouration be adaptive in environments polluted with trace metals? 15th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Lausanne, Suisse. 10-14 Août. (Communication orale)
Chatelain M., FRANTZ A. & Gasparini J. (2014). Métaux traces et polymorphisme de couleur chez le pigeon biset. "Le Petit Pois Déridé", 36ème Réunion du Groupe de Biologie et de Génétique des Populations. Orsay, France. 25-28 Août. (Communication orale).
Chatelain M., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A. (2014). Is melanin-based plumage colouration adaptive in trace metals polluted environments? The International Society for Behavioural Ecology Conference. New York, Etats-Unis. 31 Juillet-5 Août. (Poster).
Chatelain M., Gasparini J. & FRANTZ A.(2013). Melanin pigmentation as an adaptation to trace metals in polluted environments. Colloque d'EcoPhysiologie Animale. Lyon, France. 7-9 Novembre. (Communication orale).
FRANTZ A. (2013). Impact des métaux lourds sur l’écologie et l’évolution des populations de pigeons. Journée d'Ecologie Urbaine, Paris, France. 9 Juillet. (Communication orale).
Corbel H., Lussignol M., Massilani Diyendo M. & FRANTZ A. (2011). Experimental oxidative stress causes morph-specific responses in feral pigeons. 7th Ecology & Behaviour Meeting. Rennes, France. 2-6 Mai (Poster).
Corbel H., Delacroix F., Le Gros A. & FRANTZ A. (2010). Socials costs are linked to melanin-based coloration and urbanization in feral pigeons Columba livia. Ecologie 2010. Montpellier, France. 2-4 Septembre. (Poster).
Corbel H., Le Gros A., Haussy C. & FRANTZ A. (2010). Stress responses across a rural-urban gradient is linked to melanin-based coloration in feral pigeons. European Conference on Behavioural Biology. Ferrara, Italy. 16-18 Juillet. (Communication orale). [abstract]
FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M. & Simon J.C. (2007). The importance of phenotypic traits other than performance and preference in the process of ecological specialization. 11th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Uppsala, Suède. 20-25 Août. (Communication orale). [abstract]
Macke E., Facon B., Do H.T.K., Galabrun F., FRANTZ A. & Olivieri I. (2007). Evolution of specialists or generalists in heterogeneous environment in thephytophagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae. The Buffon Legacy: Natural History in the 21st century. Dijon, France. 3-9 Septembre. (Poster).
Do H.T.K., Facon B., FRANTZ A., Macke E. & Olivieri I. (2007). Female reproduction cost in the arrhenotokous parthenogenesis spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. The Buffon Legacy: Natural History in the 21st century. Dijon, France. 3-9 Septembre. (Poster).
Do. H.T.K. Facon B., FRANTZ A. & Olivieri I. (2007). Female reproduction cost in arrhenotokous parthenogenesis spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. 11th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology. Uppsala, Sweden. 20-26 Août. (Poster).
Plantegenest M., FRANTZ A., Fabre F., Vialatte A., Dedryver C. & Simon J.C. (2007). Adaptation des ravageurs au paysage agricole. Invasions biologiques et traits d'histoire de vie. Deuxièmes rencontres francophones. Rennes, France. 14-16 Novembre. (Communication orale).
Simon J.C., FRANTZ A., Bonhomme J., Fukatsu T. (2007). Les symbiotes du puceron du pois se mêlent-ils du sexe de leur hôte? XVème Colloque de la Physiologie de l’Insecte. Rennes, France. Juillet. (Communication orale). [abstract]
FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., Mieuzet L., Peccoud J. & Simon J.C. (2005). Host races, facultative symbionts and sex in French populations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. 7th International Symposium on Aphids. Fremantle, Australia. 2-7 Octobre. (Communication orale).
FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., Mieuzet L., Calcagno V., Querrien M.T. & Simon J.C. (2004). Relations entre mode de reproduction, symbiotype et spécialisation alimentaire chez le puceron du pois. "Le Petit Pois Déridé", 26ème Réunion du Groupe de Biologie et de Génétique des Populations. Paris, France. 24-27 Août. (Communication orale). [abstract]
Leonard G., Plantegenest M., FRANTZ A. & Simon J.C. (2004). Biais de transmission des chromosomes sexuels chez les pucerons. "Le Petit Pois Déridé", 26ème Réunion du Groupe de Biologie et de Génétique des Populations. Paris, France. 24-27 Août. (Communication orale). [abstract]
FRANTZ A., Plantegenest M., Prunier-Leterme N., Bonhomme J., Querrien M.T. & Simon J.C. (2003). Association between host specialization and reproductive mode across populations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. 9th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Leeds, Royaume-Uni. 18-24 Août. (Poster). [abstract]
FRANTZ A., Bonhomme J., Leterme N., Plantegenest M., Rispe C. & Simon J.C. (2002). Elimination sélective d’un chromosome sexuel chez le puceron Rhopalosiphum padi. "Le Petit Pois Déridé", 24ème Réunion du Groupe de Biologie et de Génétique des Populations. Montpellier, France. 27-30 Août. (Communication orale).
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REFEREE IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
REFEREE IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
African Journal of Microbiology Research
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Bird Study
Bulletin of Entomological Research
Crop Protection
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Evolutionary Ecology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Forgive me, for I didn't know what I was doing...)
Journal of Biogeography
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Insect Science
Molecular Ecology
Molecular Ecology Resources
Oikos
Plos One
Science Reports
Science of the Total Environment
The American Naturalist
Toxic Reports
Urban Ecosystems
Web Ecology
TEACHING
TEACHING
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CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
Since 2007
Since 2007
Assistant Professor
SORBONNE UNIVERSITY (campus PIERRE & MARIE CURIE) - Institute of Ecology and Environnemental Sciences IEES PARIS
Ecology and Evolution of bird populations in urban areas
More specific information on:
- interdisciplinary research program "Pigeon in town: Écologie de la Réconciliation et Gestion de la nature"
- program "Couleurs de Pigeons"
2006-2007
2006-2007
POST-DOCTORAT
UNIVERSITY MONTPELLIER 2
Experimental evolution of specialisation in plant-phytophagous arthropods relations
with Isabelle OLIVIERI
UMR 5554, Institute of Evolutionary Sciences, Montpellier
2004-2006
2004-2006
COLLEGIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ("ATTACHE TEMPORAIRE D'ENSEIGNEMENT & DE RECHERCHE")
UNIVERSITY RENNES 1/National Institute of Agronomic Research , RENNES
Ecological specialisation in the pea aphid
With Jean-Christophe SIMON & Manuel PLANTEGENEST
Biology & Genetics of Insect Populations,
Research Unit "Biology of Organisms and Populations applied to Plant Protection"
2001-2005
2001-2005
PhD in BIOLOGY / FACULTY ASSOCIATE (Moniteur de l'Enseignement Supérieur)
UNIVERSITY of RENNES 1
2001-2004: MINISTERIAL RESEARCH GRANT
Ecological Specialisation in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: Genetic and phenotypic differenciation between host races [pdf - with French sections and English manuscripts]
The pea aphid lives on Fabaceae host plants. Population genetic analyses have shown 3 clusters ('host races') on pea/broad bean, on red clover and on alfalfa. In addition, these clusters are differenciation on major ecologically important phenotypic traits (reproductive mode, dispersal, endosymbiotic bacteria). This differenciation resulting from local adaptation to habitats differing in their temporal variability may modulate gene flows and influence the possibilities of the divergence.
Jury: J.C. SIMON, M. PLANTEGENEST (supervisors),
A.M. CORTESERO (examinator), W. WEISSER, F. VANLERBERGHE-MASUTTI, D. BOURGUET (referees)
Biology & Genetics of Insect Populations,
Research Unit "Biology of Organisms and Populations applied to Plant Protection"
2000-2001
2000-2001
POST GRADUATE STUDIES "EVOLUTIONARY ECO-ETHOLOGY"
UNIVERSITY of RENNES 1
Genetic and phenotypic consequences of sexual reproduction in aphids: the example of dispersal heredity in Rhopalosiphum padi
Genetic and phenotypic analyses of offspring steming from a sexual reproduction event in the aphid R. padi has demonstrated the existence of stong biases in the transmission of sexual chromosomes by the males, and suggests a polygenic system determining the dispersal phenotypes among parthenogenetic females in the species.
Dispersal polyphenism and polymorphism in insects (Bibliographic study)
Supervisor: Jean-Christophe SIMON,
Biology & Genetics of Insect Populations,
Research Unit "Biology of Organisms and Populations applied to Plant Protection"
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