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

Albreht L, Bourland N, Klitgård B, et al. (2025) Species delimitation and phylogenomics of economically important African Pterocarpus trees, with an implication for the development of DNA-based species identification tools. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 204, 108277.
Dacquin P, Barnes BF, Caiti E, et al. (2025) Mating before host colonization: a common trait in outbreeding Scolytinae, potentially linked to invasiveness. Entomologia Generalis 45, 391-399.
de Thier O, Lebel M, Tawfeeq MM, et al. (2025) First chromosome-level genome assembly of the colonial chordate model Botryllus schlosseri (Tunicata). GigaScience 14, giaf097.
Ducret H, Suchocki CR, Bardin CE, et al. (In press) Shading does not lower thermal tolerance in the coral Montipora capitata. Coral Reefs.
Duquesne E, Fournier D (2025) Climate change redefines sea turtle hotspots: vessel strike risks and gaps in protected area. Science Advances 11, eadw4495.
Duquesne E, Fournier D (2025) Urban and agricultural areas under threat of the termite pest genus Heterotermes: insights from species distribution modelling and phylogeny. Journal of Pest Science 98, 1357-1378.
Fontaine N, Hellemans S, Horáček N, et al. (In press) Integrative taxonomy unravels the true identity of Linnaeus' Termes fatalis (Isoptera: Termitidae), the source of termites' name. Systematic Entomology, e70016.
Kamdem NG, Sonké B, Sergeant S, Deblauwe V, Hardy OJ (2025) Short-distance seed and pollen dispersal in both hunted and intact forests in the lower canopy African rainforest tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae). BMC Ecology and Evolution 25, 20.
Kastally C, Sorel M, Collart F, Mardulyn P (2025) Evolution of the geographic range of a European montane leaf beetle in response to climate changes at the end of the Quaternary. Journal of Biogeography 52, e15181.
McAfee A, Degueldre F, Hoover SE, Aron S, Foster LJ (2025) Mating-induced patterns of spermathecal fluid protein expression in two eusocial insect species, Lasius niger and Apis mellifera. Scientific Reports 15, 38917.
Ngongo JP, Kafuti C, Beeckman H, et al. (2025) Inbreeding depression, functional traits and phenotypic plasticity in an endangered tree species with a mixed mating system. Journal of Ecology 113, 2131-2147.
Timmermans J, Tsishyn M, Fontaine N, Roisin Y (In press) One nest, two niches? Distribution of alimentary resources between an inquiline termite and its host. Insectes sociaux.
Renard T, Aron S (2025) Comparative mapping of N6-methyladenine, C5-methylcytosine, and C5-hydroxymethylcytosine in a single species reveals constitutive, somatic- and germline-specific, and age-related genomic context distributions and biological functions. Epigenomes 9, 35.
Stankiewicz KH, Guiglielmoni N, Kitchen SA, et al. (2025) Genomic comparison of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata with tropical corals yields insights into winter quiescence, innate immunity, and sexual reproduction. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 15, jkaf033.
Urák I, Vrenozi B, Głąbiak Z, et al. (2025) An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave (Albania/ Greece) sustained by chemoautotrophy. Subterranean Biology, 155-177.
Vargas-Chávez C, Benítez-Álvarez L, Martínez-Redondo GI, et al. (2025) An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids. Nature Ecology and Evolution 9, 1263-1279.
Secretariat:
Phone: +32 (0)2.650.29.25
Fax: +32 (0)2.650.24.45
Directors:
Serge Aron • Patrick Mardulyn
Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Université libre de Bruxelles
Av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50, CP 160/12
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Solbosch campus, Building U
door C, floor 4