Publications

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Preprints (4)

• Drivers of plant-associated invertebrate community structure in West-European coastal dunes
  bioRxiv preprint
  • Van De Walle R., Dahirel M., Langeraert W., Benoit D., Vantieghem P., Vandegehuchte M.L., Massol F., Bonte D.
• Shifts in colour morph frequencies along an urbanisation gradient in the ground beetle Pterostichus madidus
  bioRxiv preprint
  • Dahirel M., Audusseau H., Croci S.
• Individual variation in dispersal, and its sources, shape the fate of pushed vs. pulled range expansions
  bioRxiv preprint
  • Dahirel M., Guicharnaud C., Vercken E.
• Individual heterogeneity and its importance for metapopulation dynamics
  bioRxiv preprint
  • Masier S., Dahirel M., Mortier F., Bonte D.

Peer-reviewed publications (31)

2024

• Urban Cepaea nemoralis snails are less likely to have nematodes trapped within their shells
  Peer Community Journal, 4: e83
  • Dahirel M., Reyné H., De Wolf K., Bonte D.
• Species interactions affect dispersal: a meta-analysis
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379: 20230127
  • 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., Matthysen E., Parmentier T., Saade C., Schtickzelle N., Zilio G., Cote J.

2023

• Urbanization impacts short- but not long-distance natal dispersal in a common orb web spider
  Oikos, 2023(12): e10278
  • Bonte D., Rose C., Bastiaensen T., Bechsgaard J., Bilde T., Dahirel M., De Wolf K., Thylys H., Uytterchaut T., Vanthournout B.
• Landscape connectivity alters the evolution of density-dependent dispersal during pushed range expansions
  Peer Community Journal, 3: e114
  • Dahirel M., Bertin A., Calcagno V., Duraj C., Fellous S., Groussier G., Lombaert E., Mailleret L., Marchand A., Vercken E.
• Life-history traits, pace of life and dispersal among and within five species of Trichogramma wasps: a comparative analysis
  Peer Community Journal, 3: e57
  • Guicharnaud C., Groussier G., Beranger E., Lamy L., Vercken E., Dahirel M.
• Land snails can trap trematode cercariae in their shell: encapsulation as a general response against parasites?
  Parasite, 30:1
  • Gérard C., De Tombeur Y., Dahirel M., Ansart A.
• Dispersal syndrome and landscape fragmentation in the salt-marsh specialist spider Erigone longipalpis
  Current Zoology, 69(1): 21-31
  • Dahirel M., Wullschleger M., Berry T., Croci S., Pétillon J.

2022

• Dispersal syndromes in challenging environments: a cross-species experiment
  Ecology Letters, 25(12): 2675-2687
  • Cote J., Dahirel M., Schtickzelle N., Altermatt F., Ansart A., Blanchet S., Chaine A., De Laender F., De Raedt J., Haegeman B., Jacob S., Kaltz O., Laurent E., Little C., Madec L., Manzi F., Masier S., Pellerin F., Pennekamp F., Therry L., Vong A., Winandy L., Bonte D., Fronhofer E., Legrand, D.
• Morph-dependent nematode infection and its association with host movement in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
  Journal of Zoology, 318(3): 191-192
  • Dahirel M., Proux M., Gérard C., Ansart A.
• Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
  Science, 375(6586): 1275-1281
  • Santangelo J.S. et al. (the Global Urban Evolution project, 287 authors)

2021

• Boldness and exploration are linked to shell morph but not environmental contexts in the snail Cepaea nemoralis
  Ethology, 127(4):321-333
  • Dahirel M., Gaudu V., Ansart A.
• Shifts from pulled to pushed range expansions caused by reduction of landscape connectivity
  Oikos, 130(5): 708-725
  • Dahirel M., Bertin A., Haond M., Blin A., Lombaert E., Calcagno V., Fellous S., Mailleret L., Malausa T., Vercken E.
• Increased population density depresses activity but does not influence emigration in the snail Pomatias elegans
  Journal of Zoology, 313(3):172-181
  • Dahirel M., Menut L. Ansart A.

2020

• Transdisciplinary Bioblitz: Rapid biotic and abiotic inventory allows studying environmental changes over 60 years at the Biological Field Station of Paimpont (Brittany, France) and opens new interdisciplinary research opportunities
  Biodiversity Data Journal, 8: e50451
  • Nicolai A., Guernion M., Guillocheau S., Hoeffner K., Le Gouar P., Ménard N., Piscart C., Vallet D., Hervé M., Benezeth E., Chedanne H., Blémus J., Vernon P., Cylly D., Hotte H., Loïs G., Mai B., Perez G., Ouisse T., Monard C., Wiegand C., Caudal J.-P., Butet A., Dahirel M., Barbe L., Balbi M., Briand V., Bormans M., Charrier M., Bouger G., Jung V., Le Lann C., Pannard A., Pétillon J., Rantier Y., Marguerie D., Tougeron K., Devogel P., Dugravot S., Dubos T., Garrin M., Carnet M., Gouraud C., Chambet A., Esnault J., Poupelin M., Welk E., Bütof A., Dubois G., Humbert G., Marie-Réau O., Norvez O., Richard G., Froger B., Rochais C., Potthoff M., Ayati K., Bellido A., Rissel A., Santonja M., Farcy J.-O., Collias E., Sene L., Cluzeau D., Supper R.
• Brachylaima spp. (Trematoda) parasitizing Cornu aspersum (Gastropoda) in France with potential risk for human consumption
  Parasite, 27: 15
  • Gérard C., Ansart A., Decanter N., Martin M.-C., Dahirel M.
• Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales
  Global Change Biology, 26(3): 1196–1211
  • Piano E., Souffreau C., Merckx T., Baardsen L.F., Backeljau T., Bonte D., Brans K.I., Cours M., Dahirel M., Debortoli N., Decaestecker E., De Wolf K., Engelen J.M.T., Fontaneto D., Gianuca A.T., Govaert L., Hanashiro F.T.T., Higuti J., Lens L., Martens K., Matheve H., Matthysen E., Pinseel E., Sablon R., Schön I., Stoks R., Van Doninck K., Van Dyck H., Vanormelingen P., Van Wichelen J., Vyverman W., De Meester L., Hendrickx F.

2019

• The distinct phenotypic signatures of dispersal and stress in an arthropod model: from physiology to life history
  Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(16): jeb203596
  • Dahirel M.*, Masier S.*, Renault D., Bonte D. (* contributed equally to the work)
• Dispersers are more likely to follow mucus trails in the land snail Cornu aspersum
  The Science of Nature, 106: 43
  • Vong A., Ansart A., Dahirel M.
• Urbanization‐driven changes in web building and body size in an orb web spider
  Journal of Animal Ecology, 88(1): 79–91
  • Dahirel M., De Cock M., Vantieghem P., Bonte D.

2018

• Bottom-up and top-down control of dispersal across major organismal groups: a coordinated distributed experiment
  Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2: 1859–1863
  • Fronhofer E.A., Legrand D., Altermatt F., Ansart A., Blanchet S., Bonte D., Chaine A., Dahirel M., De Laender F., De Raedt J., di Gesu L., Jacob S., Kaltz O., Laurent E., Little C.J., Madec L., Manzi F., Masier S., Pellerin F., Pennekamp F., Schtickzelle N., Therry L., Vong A., Winandy L., Cote J.
• Body size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities
  Nature, 558: 113–116
  • Merckx T., Souffreau C., Kaiser A., Baardsen L.F., Backeljau T., Bonte D., Brans K. I., Cours M., Dahirel M., Debortoli N., De Wolf K., Engelen J.M.T., Fontaneto D., Gianuca A., Govaert L., Hendrickx F., Higuti J., Lens L., Martens K., Matheve H., Matthysen E., Piano E., Sablon R., Schön I., Van Doninck K., De Meester L., Van Dyck H.
• Kin competition accelerates experimental range expansion in an arthropod herbivore
  Ecology Letters, 21(2): 225–234
  • Van Petegem K., Moerman F., Dahirel M., Fronhofer E.A., Vandegehuchte M.L., Van Leeuwen T., Wybouw N., Stoks R., Bonte D.

2017

• Individual boldness is life stage-dependent and linked to dispersal in a hermaphrodite land snail
  Ecological Research, 32(5): 751–755
  • Dahirel M., Vong A., Ansart A., Madec L.
• Intraspecific variation shapes community-level behavioral responses to urbanization in spiders
  Ecology, 98(9): 2379–2390
  • Dahirel M., Dierick J., De Cock M., Bonte D.
• Dispersal: a central and independent trait in life-history
  Oikos, 126(4): 472–479
  • Bonte D., Dahirel M.

2016

• Dispersal-related traits of the snail Cornu aspersum along an urbanisation gradient: maintenance of mobility across life stages despite high costs
  Urban Ecosystems, 19(4): 1847–1859
  • Dahirel M.*, Séguret A.* , Ansart A., Madec L. (* contributed equally to the work)
• Density-dependence across dispersal stages in a hermaphrodite land snail: insights from discrete choice models
  Oecologia, 181(4): 1117–1128
  • Dahirel M., Vardakis M., Ansart A, Madec L.
• Potential syndromes linking dispersal and reproduction in the hermaphrodite land snail Cornu aspersum
  Journal of Zoology, 299(2): 98–105
  • Dahirel M., Ansart A., Madec L.

2015

• Context-dependence of the olfactory perceptual range in the generalist land snail Cornu aspersum
  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93(8): 665–669
  • Dahirel M., Cholé H., Séguret A., Madec L., Ansart A.
• Movement propensity and ability correlate with ecological specialization in European land snails: comparative analysis of a dispersal syndrome
  Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(1): 228–238
  • Dahirel M., Olivier E., Guiller A., Martin M.-C., Madec L., Ansart A.

2014

• Stage- and weather-dependent dispersal in the brown garden snail Cornu aspersum
  Population Ecology, 56(1): 227–237
  • Dahirel M., Ansart A, Madec L.