Welcome to the unit of Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Welcome to the unit of Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Recent publications

Biró A, Chauveau CA, Collard O, et al. (2026) Exploring stakeholders’ apprehensions and perceptions of subterranean biodiversity monitoring in Europe. Biodiversity and Conservation 35, 221.
Caiti E, Fournier D, Barnard K, et al. (2026) Mated female dispersal and solitary gallery initiation in Ips typographus: evidence from a range expansion gradient. Journal of Applied Entomology 150, 706-715.
Ducret H, Suchocki CR, Bardin CE, et al. (2026) Shading does not lower thermal tolerance in the coral Montipora capitata. Coral Reefs 45, 429-441.
Duquesne E, Gheyle E, Roisin Y, Fournier D (2026) Urbanization drives community reassembly, functional filtering, and pest dominance in tropical termites. Biotropica 58, e70265.
Fontaine N, Hellemans S, Horáček N, et al. (2026) Integrative taxonomy unravels the true identity of Linnaeus' Termes fatalis (Isoptera: Termitidae), the source of termites' name. Systematic Entomology 51, e70016.
Fontaine N, Hellemans S, Kaymak E, et al. (2026) Description of two new species of Termes (Isoptera: Termitidae) from Colombia and Venezuela using morphological and mitochondrial data. Zootaxa 5821, 517-531.
Gheyle E, Duquesne E, Roisin Y, Fournier D (In press) Urban habitat mosaics structure gene flow but preserve genetic diversity in an invasive termite. Ecology and Evolution.
Hellemans S, Wang M, Jouault C, et al. (2026) Termites became the dominant decomposers of the tropics after two diversification pulses. Current Biology 36, 2537-2550.e2537.
Kamdem NG, Sonké B, Deblauwe V, et al. (2026) Seed dispersal and predation of the African walnut tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae): contrasting fates in intact and hunted rainforests. BMC Plant Biology 26, 1173.
Lecoquierre N, Flot J-F, Furuya H (2026) Dicyemids. Current Biology 36, R935-R936.
Noiset P, Marshall L, Alves DA, et al. (2026) Mapping the global range of stingless bees: insights into their ecological niches and environmental tolerances. Journal of Biogeography 53, e70340.
Ojeda D, Cervantes S, Gorel AP, et al. (2026) Phylogenetic biome conservatism underlies the evolution of forest palaeoendemic legume trees in tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293, 20260983.
Renard T, Boseret M, Aron S (2026) Immediate and delayed impact of heat stress on sperm quality in a key pollinator, the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Journal of Thermal Biology 140, 104512.
Renard T, Boseret M, Aron S (2026) Epigenetic age prediction using N6-methyladenine in the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Aging Cell 25, e70312.
Salussolia A, Lecoquierre N, Stoch F, Flot J-F (2026) Nanopore genome skimming with Illumina polishing yields highly accurate mitogenome sequences: a case study of Niphargus amphipods. Peer Community Journal 6, e6.
Timmermans J, Fontaine N, Lepoint G, Roisin Y (2026) Living together but apart: spatial and trophic niche segregation of two termite species sharing the same nest. Insectes sociaux 73, 287-298.
Timmermans J, Tsishyn M, Fontaine N, Roisin Y (2026) One nest, two niches? Distribution of alimentary resources between an inquiline termite and its host. Insectes sociaux 73, 117-128.
Visser JJTC, Marshall L, Vereecken NJ, Straka J (2026) Using wild bees as indicators of landscape composition and bee diversity: insights from contrasting clustering approaches. Journal for Nature Conservation 94, 127384.
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Directors:
Serge Aron • Patrick Mardulyn
Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Université libre de Bruxelles
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B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Solbosch campus, Building U
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