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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: HOW TO GET EXCITED ABOUT ECOLOGY
1.1 PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL WORLD
1.2 FROM COMMUNITY ECOLOGY TO FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
1.3 DOWNSCALING ECOLOGICAL STUDIES AT THE INTRA-SPECIFIC LEVEL IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC OF COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING
CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL CONTEXT
2.1 LARGE HERBIVORES AS A GOOD STUDY MODEL
2.2 DIET AS A LINKAGE BETWEEN TWO TROPHIC LEVELS
2.3 OBJECTIVES
MATERIAL & METHODS
CHAPTER III: ROE DEER, CHAMOIS AND MOUFLON IN THE BAUGES MASSIF
3.1 BAUGES MASSIF
3.2 THIS WORK TAKES PLACE IN AN ALREADY WELL-STUDIED ECOSYSTEM
3.3 STUDIED SPECIES
CHAPTER IV: OVERVIEW OF DATABASES
4.1 DNA-METABARCODING AS THE METHOD TO IDENTIFY THE DIETS (PAPERS I-II-III-NOTE)
4.2 PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS MEASUREMENTS (PAPERS II-III-NOTE)
4.3 NIRS MEASUREMENTS (PAPERS IV-NOTE)
4.4 RESOURCE AVAILABILITY (PAPERS II-III)
4.5 SYNTHETIC VIEW OF THE DATABASES USED FOR EACH ANALYSIS
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
CHAPTER V: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIETS
5.1 DATABASE INFORMATION
5.2 PLANT SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN FAECES
CHAPTER VI: RESULTS FROM PAPERS AND ADDITIONAL ANALYSES
6.1 FROM COMMUNITY TO INDIVIDUALS (PAPER I)
6.2 THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD QUANTITY AND QUALITY IN THE LARGE HERBIVORE DIET SELECTION (PAPERS II-III)
6.3 HOW DO INTRODUCED SPECIES INFLUENCE PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS? ARE INTRODUCED SPECIES ALWAYS HARMFUL FOR ECOSYSTEMS? (PAPERS II-III)
6.4 THE UNEXPECTED IMPORTANCE OF BIOMECHANICAL TRAITS IN THE LARGE HERBIVORE DIET SELECTION CRITERIA (PAPER III)
6.5 A BIT OF METHODOLOGY: IS THE USE OF NIRS RELEVANT AND USEFUL FOR ESTIMATING DIET AND PLANT QUALITY? (PAPERS IV-NOTE)
SYNTHESIS, PERSPECTIVES & DIRECTIONS
7.1 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
7.1 PLANT-HERBIVORES INTERACTIONS
7.3 INTEGRATING FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LARGE HERBIVORES AND PLANT
COMMUNITIES INTO SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS
REFERENCES
ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF APPENDICES
PAPERS
