How partial migration is maintained over evolutionary times

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Table of contents

I General introduction 
1 Conceptual framework 
1.1 Ecology and evolution of life-history traits
1.2 Migration one key to life history and dispersal evolution
1.3 How partial migration is maintained over evolutionary times
1.4 What are the consequences of partial migration in the evolutionary process?
2 Study framework
2.1 The brown trout (Salmo trutta, L. 1758)
2.2 Objectives of the dissertation
II From sh and scales sampling to the implementation of an analytical methodology 
Objectives and organization of the part
3 Individual selection in a spatio-temporal framework 
3.1 Fish caught during the long-term monitoring in the Kerguelen Islands
3.2 The brown trout in the database
3.3 How to select the sh in the database: description of the decision rule
3.4 Conclusion 
4 The use of scales to reconstruct life histories 
4.1 The general use of calcied structures
4.2 Hierarchical variance decomposition of sh scale growth and age to investigate the relative contributions of readers and scales
4.3 From the back-calculation of size at age to the estimation of individual growth
4.4 Conclusion 
Discussion on the sampling design and the chosen methodology
Bibliography
III … To study the evolution of life-history traits 
5 The evolution of growth and body size at age 
5.1 Growth rate or body size? How to model the variable driving migration?
5.2 On the evolution of freshwater growth prior to migration
5.3 The evolution of body size of partial migratory population on shifting expanding range
5.4 Conclusion 
6 Towards an evolution of the migratory pattern? 
6.1 The link between growth and migration, the reaction norm principle
6.2 Towards the evolution of the threshold size at migration
IV Conclusive part 
7 General discussion 
7.1 Quantifying the variation in life-history traits
7.2 Mechanisms promoting dispersal
7.3 The context of expanding populations
8 Conclusion and perspectives 
V APPENDICES I
A Supportive information to Chapter 3. Individual selection in a spatio-temporal framework III
A.1 Status of knowledge in 2019 on presence of salmonids in streams and waterbodies of the Kerguelen Islands 
A.2 Campagne de terrain 2018-2019 dans les Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
A.3 Microchemical analysis of Manchots lagoon
A.4 Number of samples available in each phenotype category
B Supportive information to Chapter 4. The use of scales to rebuilt life histories
B.1 Hierarchical variance decomposition of sh scale growth and age to investigate the relative
contributions of readers and scales
C Supportive information to Chapter 5. The evolution of growth and body size at age 
C.1 Modelisation de la croissance. Resultats preliminaires
C.2 Convergence des cha^nes du modele de Von Bertalany
C.3 Estimates of body size at age by rivers
C.4 Selection of age-1 sh with Neural Network Learning
D Activites scientiques