Dominique Pontier
University of Lyon
204 Papers
1.6K Citations
Dominique Pontier is an academic researcher from University of Lyon. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biology. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 197 publications. Previous affiliations of Dominique Pontier include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Claude Bernard University Lyon 1.
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Papers
Retroviruses and sexual size dimorphism in domestic cats (Felis catus L.).
TL;DR: The results suggest that microparasitism may have played an important role in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism of domestic cats.
Distribution and spatial genetic structure of European wildcat in France
TL;DR: This study confirms the presence of wildcats in a large area of c.
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When cats' ways of life interact with their viruses: a study in 15 natural populations of owned and unowned cats (Felis silvestris catus).
Eléonore Hellard,David Fouchet,Hugues Santin-Janin,B. Tarin,V. Badol,C. Coupier,Guillaume Leblanc,Hervé Poulet,Dominique Pontier +8 more
TL;DR: It was showed that owned and unowned cats living in a same area have behavioral and physiological characteristics sufficiently different to influence virus circulation, and any variations in social or spatial structure within populations, could result in different virus circulation.
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The relationship between fecundity and adult body weight in Homeotherms
Dominique Allainé,Dominique Pontier,Jean-Michel Gaillard,Jean-Dominique Lebreton,J. Trouvilliez,Jean Clobert +5 more
TL;DR: Using a functional definition of the fecundity as the product of the number of litters per year with litter size, however, an allometric relationship with allometric exponents of 0.15 in birds and-0.22 in mammals is found, which has direct implications for investigation of demographic strategies.
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Behavioural and physiological indicators of shelter dogs' welfare: Reflections on the no-kill policy on free-ranging dogs in Italy revisited on the basis of 15 years of implementation
Simona Cafazzo,Luca Maragliano,Roberto Bonanni,Francesco Scholl,M. Guarducci,R. Scarcella,M. Di Paolo,Dominique Pontier,O. Lai,F. Carlevaro,E. Bucci,N. Cerini,L. Carlevaro,Letizia Alfieri,C. Fantini,Eugenia Natoli +15 more
TL;DR: The results showed that the most important variable that improved the level of welfare of dogs consisted in having the opportunity to regularly go out of the cage for a walk, whereas other variables like gender, size of the cages, being alone in the cage, and being neutered/entire had no significant effect on the physiological indicators of welfare.
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