Ludovic Maisonneuve
Evolutionary biology · mathematical models

Ludovic Maisonneuve

Research fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

I am an evolutionary biologist and research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. I use mathematical models to study the ecological, social, and life-history determinants of the evolution of behavior and its consequences. During my PhD, I first focused on the evolution of criteria used to choose mates. I now study what explains the diversity of social information-use strategies observed in nature and their consequences for how individuals adapt to their environment.

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Submitted & preprints

When to learn from elders or peers: accessibility–knowledge trade-offs explain diversity in age-biased social learning L Maisonneuve, L Lehmann. bioRxiv. bioRxiv
Accurate quantification of disassortative mating reveals the underlying selective pressures. L Maisonneuve, C Smadi, S Billiard, V Llaurens. in prep.

Published

How does stochasticity in learning impact the accumulation of knowledge and the evolution of learning? L Maisonneuve, L Lehmann. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 2026
The ‘sexual selection hypothesis’ for the origin of aposematism L Maisonneuve*, T G Aubier*. Evolution. (* equal contribution) 2025
The coevolution of learning schedules and teaching enhances cumulative knowledge and drives a teacher–innovator syndrome L Maisonneuve, L Lehmann, C Mullon. Proc. R. Soc. B. 2025
Which cues are sexy? The evolution of mate preference in sympatric species reveals the contrasted effect of adaptation and speciation L Maisonneuve, C Smadi, V Llaurens. Evolution Letters. 2024
Geographically variable mate preferences shed light on the processes maintaining inversion polymorphism P Lacoste, M Chouteau, L Maisonneuve, R Mauxion, M Joron, M McClure. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. 2024
The limits of evolutionary convergence in sympatry: reproductive interference and developmental constraints leading to local diversity in aposematic signals L Maisonneuve, M Elias, C Smadi, V Llaurens. The American Naturalist. 2023
Evolutionary origins of sexual dimorphism: lessons from female-limited mimicry in butterflies L Maisonneuve, C Smadi, V Llaurens. Evolution. 2022
Uncovering the effects of Müllerian mimicry on the evolution of conspicuousness in colour patterns O Sculfort, L Maisonneuve, M Elias, T G Aubier, V Llaurens. Oikos. 2022
When do opposites attract? A model uncovering the evolution of disassortative mating L Maisonneuve, T Beneteau, M Joron, C Smadi, V Llaurens. The American Naturalist. 2021
Convergence of knowledge in a stochastic cultural evolution model with population structure, social learning and credibility biases S Billiard, M Derex, L Maisonneuve, T Rey. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. (alphabetical order) 2020
Evolution and genetic architecture of disassortative mating at a locus under heterozygote advantage L Maisonneuve, M Chouteau, M Joron, V Llaurens. Evolution. See recommendation: Evolutionary insights into disassortative mating and its association to an ecologically relevant supergene, C Mullon, Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology, 2020. 2020