Publications in Ecology and Biodiversity

Skinner, A., Korpach, A., Åkesson, S., Bakermans, M., Bayne, E., Benson, T., Boano, G., Brigham, R., Christiansen, S., Conway, G., Davy, C., Evens, R., Fraser, K., Harrison, A.-l., Hedenström, A., Henderson, I., Honkala, J., Jacobsen, L., Lathouwers, M., et al. (2025). Environmental and Geographic Conditions on the Breeding Grounds Drive Bergmannian Clines in Nightjars. Journal of Biogeography, 52(10), e15176. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15176 (Original work published 2025)

Zhang, J., Baeckens, S., Van Damme, R., & Wanieck, K. (2025). Overlooked sources of inspiration in biomimetic research. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 25590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11703-6 (Original work published 2025)

Schnürmacher, R., Vanden Eynde, R., Creemers, J., Ulenaers, E., Eens, M., Evens, R., & Lathouwers, M. (2025). Achromatic Markings as Male Quality Indicators in a Crepuscular Bird. Biology, 14(3), 298. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14030298 (Original work published 2025)

Van De Schoot, E., Wesselingh, R., & Van Dyck, H. (2025). Artificial light at night reduces larval survival and constrains female body mass in a capital breeding moth. Basic and Applied Ecology, 85, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.03.008 (Original work published 2025)

Van De Schoot, E., Lonnoy, M., Laroy, L., Wesselingh, R., & Van Dyck, H. (2025). Experimental study on the impact of continuous and dynamic artificial light at night on moths originating from different skyglow conditions. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02407-y (Original work published 2025)

Annear, E., Van Linden, L., MacLaren, J. A., Baeckens, S., Broeckhoven, C., & Van Damme, R. (2025). Intraspecific variation in osteoderm morphology in a cordylid lizard. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(4), zlaf184. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf184 (Original work published 2025)

Creemers, J., Eens, M., Ulenaers, E., Lathouwers, M., & Evens, R. (2025). Skyglow facilitates prey detection in a crepuscular insectivore: Distant light sources create bright skies. Environmental Pollution, 369, 125821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125821 (Original work published 2025)

Jossart, M., Hance, T., & Detrain, C. (2025). Infected connections: Unraveling the impact of a bacterial symbiont on ant-aphid partnership. PLoS One, 20(6), e0326875. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326875 (Original work published 2025)

Jerbi, M., Brandl, S., Sempo, G., Riviere, J., Lanterbecq, D., Annet, M., Grawez Demoulin, L., Quinet, M., Lutts, S., Hance, T., & Renoz, F. (2025). Solid vermicompost and its liquid derivative exhibit strong biocontrol properties against Myzus persicae aphids on sweet pepper. Journal of Pest Science, 98(4), 2265-2286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01937-8 (Original work published 2025)

Terrasson, H., Gaget, K., Lapetoule, G., Rahioui, I., Renoz, F., Benhamou, S., Jouve, C., Sivignon, C., Duport, G., Aucagne, V., Simon, J.-C., Ribeiro Lopes, M., Calevro, F., & Da Silva, P. (2025). Strong impact of orally administered BCR4 defensin on aphid survival, embryo development, and symbiotic cells in three Acyrthosiphon pisum parthenogenetic lines. Journal of Pest Science, 98(3), 1599-1612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01923-0 (Original work published 2025)

Baa-Puyoulet, P., Gerlin, L., Parisot, N., Peignier, S., Renoz, F., Calevro, F., & Charles, H. (2025). ArtSymbioCyc, a metabolic network database collection dedicated to arthropod symbioses: a case study, the tripartite cooperation in Sipha maydis. mSystems, 10(4), 1128. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00140-25 (Original work published 2025)

Lengrand, S., Dubois, B., Renoz, F., Lebbe, O., Debode, F., & Legrève, A. (2025). Seed-Borne Endophytic Bacteria of Tomato: Dynamic Colonization and Implications in Plant Health. APS Journal online, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1094/phytofr-01-25-0004-r (Original work published 2025)

Lathouwers, M., Beenaerts, N., Evens, R., Artois, T., Conway, G., Henderson, I., Shewring, M., Cross, T., Ulenaers, E., & Dendoncker, N. (2025). Impact of future climate change and land-use change on habitat suitability for a long-distance avian migrant under diverse socioeconomic-emission scenarios. Global Ecology and Conservation, 62, e03777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03777 (Original work published 2025)

de Saint Seine, M., Hannier, L., Bels, V., Schtickzelle, N., & Baguette, M. (2025). Body Design or Behavior? What Explains the Performance of Slender-Billed Gulls (Chroicocephalus genei) Feeding on Brine Shrimp (Artemia sp.) in Salt Pans? Biology, 14(10), 1331. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14101331 (Original work published 2025)

Gavriilidi, I., Baeckens, S., Van Linden, L., & Van Damme, R. (2025). On the flick of the tongue: male island and mainland lizards’ responses to self and conspecific chemical stimuli. Journal of Zoology, 327(2), 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.70046 (Original work published 2025)

Van De Schoot, E., Wesselingh, R., & Van Dyck, H. (2025). Skyglow and especially direct streetlight pollution alter moth communities. Environmental Pollution, 372(1), 126068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126068 (Original work published 2025)

Kanyiginya, V., Twongyirwe, R., Mubiru, D., Michellier, C., Ashepet, M. G., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Kervyn, M., & Dewitte, O. (2025). Historicizing Natural Hazards and Human-Induced Landscape Transformation in a Tropical Mountainous Environment in Africa: Narratives from Elderly Citizens. Land, 14(2), 346. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020346 (Original work published 2025)

Baeckens, S., & Donihue, C. M. (2025). Evolutionary consequences of extreme climate events. Current Biology, 35(17), R850-R864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.046 (Original work published 2025)

Pradervand, J.-N., Wildi, J., Guisan, A., Korner, P., Evens, R., & Jacot, A. (2025). Complementary fine-scale habitat selection of the European nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) in nesting and foraging sites. Bird Conservation International, 35, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959270924000388 (Original work published 2025)

Baeckens, S., Martín, J., Pafilis, P., Herrel, A., & Donihue, C. M. (2025). Temporal dynamics of scent mark composition in field‐experimental lizard populations. Functional Ecology (Online), 39(1), 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14687 (Original work published 2025)

Wambreuse, N., Coubris, C., Mallefet, J., Delroisse, J., Caulier Guillaume, & Duchatelet, L. (2025). Insights into ophiuroid coelomocytes: diversity and potential function in coelenterazine transfer in the bioluminescent brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 65, 357-369. (Original work published 2024)

Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Schtickzelle, N., & et al. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology, 23(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x (Original work published 2025)

Harelimana, A., Ntirushwa Rukazambuga, D. T., Migon, M., Le Goff, J. G., & Hance, T. (2025). Responses of four coffee varieties to infestations of the aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Hemiptera: Aphididae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-025-01474-y (Original work published 2025)

Hamidovic, A., Ameline, A., Dhondt, L., Renoz, F., Denoirjean, T., & Hance, T. (2025). Gut symbiont Serratia symbiotica influences feeding and locomotor behavior of aphid host Aphis fabae. Arthropod - Plant Interactions, 19(5), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-025-10193-7 (Original work published 2025)

Brans, V., Schtickzelle, N., & Baguette, M. (2025, April 4). Clear weather effects on the bog fritillary butterfly unveiling population synchronization and the influence of other biotic factors. 6th International Symposium on Future for Butterflies & Moths, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Renoz, F. (2025). A journey into the diversity and evolution of bacterial endoymbiosis in insects: spotlight on multi-symbiotic systems in aphids. Séminaire LIBST, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Renoz, F. (2025). A journey into the diversity and evolution of bacterial endoymbiosis in insects. Séminaire ELIV, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Renoz, F., Gaget, K., Charles, H., Parisot, N., Baa-Puyoulet, P., Ribeiro-Lopes, M., Benhamou, S., Duport, G., Terrasson, H., Callaerts, P., Hance, T., & Calevro, F. (2025). Two-way cooperation in a single symbiotic organ: the developmental chronicle of a multi-partner insect endosymbiosis. Third Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, 26-30 Juillet Montréal, Montréal, Canada,.

Renoz, F., Gaget, K., Charles, H., Parisot,  . N., Baa-Puyoulet, P., Ribeiro-Lopes, M., Benhamou, S., Duport, G., Terrasson, H., Callaerts, P., Hance, T., & Calevro, F. (2025). 3. Evolution towards a two-way cooperation in a single symbiotic organ: the developmental chronicle of a multi-partner insect endosymbiosis. International Congress in Evolution and Ecology (SFE2), Lyon, France.

Vernon, P., Renoz, F., & Hance, T. (2025). Impact of Climate Change on Macro-Organisms Used in Biological Control. In Joan van Baaren, Cecile Le Lann, Chun-Sen Ma, Gang Ma (ed.), Biological Control Systems and Climate Change (1st ed., p. p. 1-15). CABI.

Hance, T., Gilbert, F., Brandl, S., Jacquet, M., & Renoz, F. (2025). Bacterial–Insect Symbiosis in a Context of Climate Change: Implications for Parasitoidism and Biological Control. In Joan van Baaren, Cecile Le Lann, Chun-Sen Ma, Gang Ma (ed.), Biological Control Systems and Climate Change (1st ed., p. p. 163-183). CABI.

Van De Schoot, E. (2025). Moths under bright nights : impact of light pollution on development, morphology and communities.

Gielen, M.-C. (2025). Refining track-based surveys to support wildlife conservation and human coexistence in the Kalahari. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02924)

Bessho-Uehara, M., Mallefet, J., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2024). Glowing sea cucumbers: Bioluminescence in the Holothuroidea. In Annie Mercier, Andrew D. Suhrbier, Jean-François Hamel, Christopher M. Pearce (eds.) (ed.), The World of Sea Cucumbers : Challenges, Advances, and Innovations (p. p. 361-375). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-95377-1.00003-5

Tilot, V., Fourchault, L., de Grissac, A. J., Mallefet, J., & Navas, J. M. (2024). Multilevel Assessment and Options for the Management of Cumulative Impacts on Pelagic Ecosystems in the North-Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. In Rahul Sharma (ed.) (ed.), Deep-Sea Mining and the Water Column : Advances, Monitoring and Related Issues (p. p. 415-473). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59060-3_13

Lourtie, A., Eeckhaut, I., Caulier, G., Brasseur, L., Mallefet, J., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Exploring symbiont gene expression in two echinoid-associated shrimp species under host separation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 52, 101327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2024.101327 (Original work published 2024)

Baguette, M., Le Floch, G., Hannier, L., Kirchhoff, F., Schtickzelle, N., Stevens, V. M., & Bels, V. (2024). Repertoire of food acquisition behaviors in Western Palearctic shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes). Advances in Ethology, 3, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fetho.2024.1351994 (Original work published 2024)

de Bruin, T., De Laender, F., Jadoul, J., & Schtickzelle, N. (2024). Intraspecific demographic and trait responses to environmental change drivers are linked in two species of ciliate. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02241-2 (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., Bayaert, W. S., Parise, L., Eloy, M.-C., Pels, C., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Maintain the light, long-term seasonal monitoring of luminous capabilities in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64010-x (Original work published 2024)

Van De Schoot, E., Merckx, T., Ebert, D., Wesselingh, R., Altermatt, F., & Van Dyck, H. (2024). Evolutionary change in flight-to-light response in urban moths comes with changes in wing morphology. Biology Letters. Published. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0486 (Original work published 2024)

Forero-Mejia, A. C., Duchatelet, L., & Östman, C. (2024). Cnida Morphology as Taxonomic Tools within Tube-Dwelling Anemones (Ceriantharia, Cnidaria). Oceans, 5(3), 491-521. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans5030029 (Original work published 2024)

Bayaert, W. S., Duchatelet, L., Sillanpää, K., Dupont, S., Marek, M., Flammang, P., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Ultrastructural description of surface receptors in the bioluminescent brittle star Amphiura filiformis (Müller, 1776). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 65, 357-369. (Original work published 2024)

Lourtie, A., Mussoi, L., Caulier, G., Isorez, M., Mahavory, H., Tolodraza, T., Engels, G., David, F., Eeckhaut, I., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Exploring the mimetic pigmentation of symbiotic shrimps associated with echinoderms. Symbiosis, 94(1), 107-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-024-01018-x (Original work published 2024)

Bastogne, B., Buysens, C., Schtickzelle, N., Lalaymia, I., & Declerck, S. (2024). The systemic herbicide glyphosate affects the sporulation dynamics of Rhizophagus species more severely than mechanical defoliation or the contact herbicide diquat. Mycorrhiza, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-024-01166-4 (Original work published 2024)

Andersson, S., & Wesselingh, R. (2024). Plant ecotypes in the 21st century: from local adaptation to speciation and conservation. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2024(7), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04547 (Original work published 2024)

Maes, D., Pardon, W., Palmans, G., & Van Dyck, H. (2024). The last of the maculineans: can we save the emblematic Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris alcon under climate change when its habitat continues to deteriorate? Journal of Insect Conservation : an international journal devoted to the conservation of inects and related invertebrates, 28(5), 1037-1049. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00592-1 (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Mirzaei, K., Duchatelet, L., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Availability and occurrence of coelenterazine in a Swedish fjord to maintain Amphiura filiformis bioluminescence. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 31803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82811-y (Original work published 2024)

Claes, J. M., Haddock, S. H. D., Coubris, C., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Systematic Distribution of Bioluminescence in Marine Animals: A Species-Level Inventory. Life, 14(4), 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040432 (Original work published 2024)

Evens, R., Lathouwers, M., Creemers, J., Ulenaers, E., Eens, M., & Kempenaers, B. (2024). A Case of Facultative Polygyny in an Enigmatic Monogamous Species, the European Nightjar (<i>Caprimulgus europaeus</i>). Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70366 (Original work published 2024)

Harelimana, A., Le Goff, G., Rukazambuga, D., & Hance, T. (2024). Coffee trees intercropped with common beans: An opportunity to regulate the aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in coffee agroecosystems. Arthropod - Plant Interactions, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-10031-8 (Original work published 2024)

Murhububa, I. S., Bragard, C., Tougeron, K., & Hance, T. (2024). Preference of Pentalonia nigronervosa for infected banana plants tends to reverse after Banana bunchy top virus acquisition. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53205-x (Original work published 2024)

Renoz, F. (2024). The nutritional dimension of facultative bacterial symbiosis in aphids: Current status and methodological considerations for future research. Current Research in Insect Science, 5(1), 100070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2023.100070 (Original work published 2023)

Brans, V., Manzi, F., Jacob, S., & Schtickzelle, N. (2024). Demography and movement patterns of a freshwater ciliate: The influence of oxygen availability. Ecology and Evolution, 14(4), e11291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11291 (Original work published 2024)

Raffard, A., Jacob, S., & Schtickzelle, N. (2024). Non‐genetic phenotypic variability affects populations and communities in protist microcosms. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(2), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14036 (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Duchatelet, L., Dupont, S., & Mallefet, J. (2024). A brittle star is born: Ontogeny of luminous capabilities in Amphiura filiformis. PLoS One, 19(3), e0298185. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298185 (Original work published 2024)

Duchatelet, L., & Dupont, S. (2024). Marine eukaryote bioluminescence: a review of species and their functional biology. Marine Life Science & Technology, 6(3), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42995-024-00250-0 (Original work published 2024)

Fronhofer, E. A., Bonte, D., Bestion, E., Cote, J., Deshpande, J. N., Duncan, A. B., Hovestadt, T., Kaltz, O., Keith, S. A., Kokko, H., Legrand, D., Malusare, S. P., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., & Massol, F. (2024). Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new? Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, 379(1907), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0142 (Original work published 2024)

Leroy, H., Montedoro, C., Guery, J.-P., & Hance, T. (2024). Visitor impacts on social dynamics and space use in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a naturalistic zoo exhibit: A new methodological approach. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 281(1), 106433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106433 (Original work published 2024)

Holmes, M., de Bruin, T., Witsel, P., Jadoul, J., Schtickzelle, N., & De Laender, F. (2024). Environment‐ and system‐specific interactions between population and trait dynamics. Oikos : a journal of ecology, 2025(4), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10809 (Original work published 2024)

Bock, D. G., Baeckens, S., Kolbe, J. J., & Losos, J. B. (2024). When adaptation is slowed down: Genomic analysis of evolutionary stasis in thermal tolerance during biological invasion in a novel climate. Molecular Ecology, 33(10), e17075. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17075 (Original work published 2024)

Gielen, M.-C., Xiko Johannes, Njoxlau Kashe, Glam Khumo, Zoro Zoronxhogo, Schtickzelle, N., & et al. (2024). Monitoring wildlife abundance through track surveys: A capture-mark-recapture inspired approach to assess track detection by certified trackers in the Kalahari, Botswana. Global Ecology and Conservation, 51(June 2024), e02924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02924 (Original work published 2024)

Bestion, E., Legrand, D., Baines, C. B., Bonte, D., Coulon, A., Dahirel, M., Delgado, M., Deshpande, J. N., Duncan, A. B., Fronhofer, E. A., Gounand, I., Jacob, S., Kaltz, O., Massol, F., Mathyssen, E., Parmentier, T., Saade, C., Schtickzelle, N., Zilio, G., & Cote, J. (2024). Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Physical sciences and engineering, 382(2275), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0127 (Original work published 2024)

Aben, J., Travis, J. M. J., Van Dyck, H., & Vanwambeke, S. (2024). Integrating learning into animal range dynamics under rapid human‐induced environmental change. Ecology Letters, 27(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14367 (Original work published 2024)

Renoz, F., Parisot, N., Baa-Puyoulet, P., Gerlin, L., Fakhour, S., Charles, H., Hance, T., & Calevro, F. (2024). PacBio Hi-Fi genome assembly of Sipha maydis, a model for the study of multipartite mutualism in insects. Scientific Data, 11(1), 450. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03297-x (Original work published 2024)

Bayaert, W.-S., Duchatelet, L., Coubris, C., Marek, M., Mallefet, J., Flammang, P., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Involvement of spine sensory receptors and pigmented sheath in the bioluminescence of the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. 22nd International Symposium of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Duchatelet, L., Coubris, C., Galeazzo Gabriela A, Mallefet, J., Oliveira, A. G., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Christmas lights at the bottom of the fjord. 22nd International Symposium of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Bayaert, W.-S., Duchatelet, L., Coubris, C., Marek, M., Mallefet, J., Flammang, P., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Enter the luminous organ of a brittle star: luciferase expression and spine ultrastructure in Amphiura filiformis. 17th International Echinoderm Conference. 17th International Echinoderm Conference, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

Renoz, F. (2024). Evolutionary developmental biology of bacterial symbiosis in insects: The case of aphids and their nutritional multi-symbiotic systems. Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte, Tours, France.

Brans, V. (2024). Focus sur 4 espèces en déclin : comment les protéger avec BiodiverCité ? Journée du Réseau BiodiverCité, Gembloux, Belgique.

Mallefet, J. (2024). Always look at new luminous species; You never know what to find! 22nd International Symposium of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Coubris, C., Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., Bayaert, W.-S., Eloy, M.-C., Pels, C., & Mallefet, J. (2024). How long is Amphiura filiformis able to emit light? Insights into the trophic acquisition of bioluminescence through a long-term seasonal study. 22nd International Symposium of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Svendsen, N. (2024). Relationships among functional traits in experimental microcosms of the protist Tetrahymena thermophila.