GAUZERE Julie

Phone : +33 (0)4 32 72 29 73

Fax : +33 (0)4 32 72 29 02

INRAE

URFM - UR629

Site Agroparc

Domaine St Paul

F - 84914 AVIGNON Cedex 9

Scientist at Ecology of Mediterranean Forest  Unit attached to the Ecology and Biodiversity Department (ECODIV).

I am an evolutionary ecologist studying the mechanisms of local adaptation in natural populations. I mainly work on temperate tree species but, in my previous research, I also studied a red deer population and feral populations of a cultivated species (Brassica oleracea). My approach relies on quantitative genetics (using common garden experiments and in natura), population genetics and genomics. I also frequently collaborate with researchers in tree ecophysiology and mechanistic modelling.

I started my position as a permanent researcher at INRAE in 2023. One of my recent research focus is to quantify the evolutionary potential of natural tree populations in a context of spatially and temporally changing environments. More specifically, my interest is to investigate how gene flow and local selection affect patterns of genetic variation, both within and between populations (see the ADAPTBEECH project description; link below). Some of my recent work also aims to evaluate the strength of natural selection during the regeneration phase and to provide empirical evidence of the effectiveness of assisted gene flow programs (see REGE-ADAPT project).

Link to the ADAPTBEECH project:

https://ecologie-des-forets-mediterraneennes.paca.hub.inrae.fr/nos-recherches/competences-et-axes-disciplinaires/biopopevol/actions-de-recherche-en-cours/adaptbeech

Link to the REGE-ADAPT project:

(to be completed)

Selected publications:

J Gauzere, JM Pemberton, J Slate, A Morris, S Morris, CA Walling, S E Johnston (2023), A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)
, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 13(4): jkad018, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad018

J Gauzere, JM. Pemberton, LEB. Kruuk, A Morris, S Morris, CA. Walling (2022), Maternal effects do not resolve the paradox of stasis in birth weight in a wild red deer populaton, Evolution 76(11): 2605–2617, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14622

J Gauzere, EK Klein, O Brendel, H Davi. and S Oddou-Muratorio. (2020), Microgeographic adaptation and the effect of pollen flow on the adaptive potential of a temperate tree species. New Phytol, 227: 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16537

J Gauzere, B Teuf, H Davi, L-M Chevin, T Caignard, B Leys, S Delzon, O Ronce, I Chuine (2020), Where is the optimum? Predicting the variation of selection along climatic gradients and the adaptive value of plasticity. A case study on tree phenology, Evolution Letters 4(2): 109–123, https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.160

S Oddou-Muratorio, J Gauzere, A Bontemps, J-F Rey, EK Klein (2028), Tree, sex and size: Ecological determinants of male vs. female fecundity in three Fagus sylvatica stands. Mol Ecol. 27: 3131–3145. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14770