Publications

2021

Morel-Journel T, Haond M, Lamy L,  Muru D, Roques L, Mailleret L, Vercken E. 2021. When expansion stalls: an extension to the concept of range pinning in ecology. Ecography, 10.1111/ecog.06018

Ion Scotta M, Margris L, Sellier N, Warot S, Gatti F, Siccardi F, Gibert P, Vercken E, RisN. 2021. Genetic Variability, Population Differentiation, and Correlations for Thermal Tolerance Indices in the Minute Wasp, Trichogramma cacoeciae. Insects 12: 1013, 10.3390/insects12111013

Pasquier A, Andrieux T, Martinez-Rodiguez P, Vercken E, Ferrero M. 2021. Predation capacity of soil-dwelling predatory mites on two major maize pests. Acarologia 61: 577-580, 10.24349/o7z8-gXu4

Pasquier A, Monticelli LS, Moreau A, Kaltenbach B, Chabot C, Andrieux T, Ferrero M, Vercken E. 2021.A Promising Predator-In-First Strategy to Control Western Corn Rootworm Population in Maize Fields. Agronomy 11: 1984, 10.3390/agronomy11101984

Dahirel M, Bertin A, Calcagno V, Duraj C, Fellous S, Groussier G, Lombaert E, Mailleret L, Marchand A, Vercken E. 2021. Landscape connectivity alters the evolution of density-dependent dispersal during pushed range expansions. bioRxiv, 2021.03.03.433752, ver. 4 peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology, 10.1101/2021.03.03.433752

Vercken E. 2021. Unity makes strength: clustered extinctions have stronger, longer-lasting effects on metacommunities dynamics. Recommendation for Peer Community in Ecology, 10.24072/pci.ecology.100084

Vercken E, Groussier G, Lamy L, Mailleret L. 2021.The hidden side of the Allee effect: correlated demographic traits and extinction risk in experimental populations. Peer Community Journal 1: e26, 10.24072/pcjournal.41

 

2020

Muru D, Borowiec N, Thaon M, Ris N, Viciriuc IM, Tarot S, Vercken E. 2020. The open bar is closed: restructuration of a native parasitoid community following successful control of an invasive pest. bioRxiv, 2019.12.20.884908, ver. 6 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Zoology, 10.1101/2019.12.20.884908. Published in Peer Community Journal, 2021, 1: e30, 10.24072/pcjournal.66

Dahirel M, Bertin A, Haond M, Blin A, Lombaert E, Calcagno V, Fellous S, Mailleret L, Malausa T, Vercken E. 2020. Shifts from pulled to pushed range expansions caused by reduction of landscape connectivity. bioRxiv, 2020.05.13.092775, ver. 4 peer- reviewed and recommended by PCI Evolutionary Biology, 10.1101/2020.05.13. 092775. Published in Oikos, 2021, 130: 708-724,10.1111/oik.08278

 

2019

Szucs M, Vercken E, Bitume EV, Hufbauer RA. 2019. The implications of rapid eco-evolutionary processes for biological control – a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (in press).

 

2018

Morel-Journel T, Rais Assa C, Mailleret L, Vercken E. 2018. It’s all about connections: hubs and invasion in habitat networks. Ecology letters 22: 313-321.

Haond M, Morel-Journel T, Lombaert E, Vercken E, Mailleret L, Roques L. 2018. When higher carrying capacities lead to faster propagation. bioRxiv, 307322, ver. 4 recommended and peer-reviewed by PCI Ecol. Published in Peer Community Journal, 2021, 1: e57, 10.24072/pcjournal.66

Borowiec N, Thaon M, Brancaccio L, Cailleret B, Ris N, Vercken E. 2018. Early population dynamics in classical biological control: establishment of the exotic parasitoid Torymus sinensis and control of its target pest, the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus in France. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 166: 367-379.

Morel-Journel T, Hautier M, Vercken E, Mailleret L. 2018. Clustered or scattered? The impact of habitat quality clustering on establishment and early spread. Ecography 41: 1675-1683.

 

2016

Morel-Journel T, Piponiot C, Vercken E, Mailleret L. 2016. Evidence for an optimal level of connectivity for establishment and colonization. Biology Letters 12: 20160704.

Morel-Journel T, Girod P, Mailleret L, Vercken E. 2016. The highs and lows of dispersal: how connectivity and initial population size jointly shape establishment dynamics in discrete landscapes. Oikos 125: 769-777.

Zboralski A, Vilarelle M, Colombel E, Tabone E, Vercken E. 2016. Density dependent dispersal in biological control agents: a reflexion on the side-effects of pass-rearing conditions. Biocontrol 61: 13-22.

 

2015

Vercken E, Fauvergue X, Ris N, Crochard D, Mailleret L. 2015. Temporal autocorrelation in host density increases establishment success of parasitoids in an experimental system. Ecology and Evolution 5: 2684-2693.

 Morel-Journel T, Fauvergue X, Lombaert E, Mailleret L, Malausa T, Ris N, Vercken E. 2015. The utilization of microcosms to test invasion biology hypotheses. Revue d’Ecologie – La Terre et la Vie 70: 16-27.

 

2014

Vercken E. Du voisinage au paysage: comment les interactions entre individus façonnent la dynamique spatiale des populations. Manuscrit d’Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches.

Borowiec N, Thaon M, Brancaccio L, Warot S, Vercken E, Fauvergue X, Ris N, Malausa JC 2014. Classical biological control against the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in France. Plant Protection Quaterly 29: 7-10.

 

2013

Vercken E, Vincent F, Mailleret L, Ris N, Tabone E, Fauvergue X. 2013. Time-lag in extinction dynamics in experimental populations: evidence for a genetic Allee effect? Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 621-631.

Bermond G, Blin A, Vercken E, Ravigné V, Rieux A, Mallez S, Morel-Journel T, Guillemaud T. 2013. Estimation of the dispersal of a major pest of maize by cline analysis of a temporary contact zone between two invasive outbreaks. Molecular Ecology 22: 5368-5381.

 

2012

Vercken E, Sinervo B, Clobert J. 2012. The importance of a good neighbourhood: dispersal decisions in juvenile common lizards are based on the social environment. Behavioral Ecology 23: 1059-1067.

Vercken E, Wellenreuther M, Svensson EI, Mauroy B. 2012. Don’t fall off the adaptation cliff: could asymmetrical fitness costs select for suboptimal traits? PLoS One, 7: e34889.

Fauvergue X, Vercken E, Malausa T, Hufbauer RA. 2012. The biology of small, introduced populations, with special reference to biological control. Evolutionary Applications 5: 424-443.

Benvenuto C, Tabone E, Vercken E, Sorbier N, Colombel E, Fauvergue X, Ris N. 2012. Intraspecific variability in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma chilonis: can we predict the outcome of hybridization? Evolutionary Applications 5: 498-510.

Borowiec N, Groussier-Bout G, Vercken E, Thaon M, Auguste-Maros A, Warot-Fricaux S, Delvare G, Ris N, Fauvergue X, Malausa JC. 2012. Diversity and geographic distribution of the indigenous and exotic parasitoids of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Southern France. IOBC Working Group « Integrated Protetion of olive crops ». Jerusalem, Israel, OBC/WPRS Bulletin. 79: 71-78.

 

2011

Vercken E, Kramer AM, Tobin PC, Drake J. 2011. Critical patch size generated by Allee effect in gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.). Ecology Letters 14: 179-186.

Gladieux P, Vercken E, Fontaine MC, Hood ME, Jonot O, Lopez-Villavicencio M, Couloux A, Giraud T. 2011. Maintenance of fungal pathogen species that are specialized to different hosts: allopatric divergence and introgression through secondary contact. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 459-471.

 

2010

Vercken E, Fontaine MC, Gladieux P, Hood ME, Jonot O, Giraud T. 2010. Glacial refugia in pathogens: European genetic structure of anther smut pathogens on Silene latifolia and Silene dioica. PLoS Pathogens 6: e1001229.

Wellenreuther M, Vercken E, Svensson EI. 2010. A role for ecology in male mate discrimination of immigrant females in Calopteryx damselflies? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 506-518.

Vercken E, Clobert J. Sinervo B. 2010. Frequency-dependent reproductive success in female common lizards: a real-life hawk-dove-bully game? Oecologia 162: 49-58.

Aguileta G, Lengelle J, Marthey S, Chiapello H, Rodolphe F, Gendrault A, Yockteng R, Vercken E, Devier B, Wincker P, DOssat C, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Giraud T. 2010. Genes under positive selection in pathogenic fungal species specialized on different host plants. Molecular Ecology 19: 292-306.

 

2009

Meylan S, de Fraipont M, Aragon P, Vercken E, Clobert J. 2009. Are dispersal-dependent behavioral traits produced by phenotypic plasticity? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological genetics and physiology 311: 377-388.

DeVienne D, Refrégier G, Hood ME, Guigue A, Devier B, Vercken E, Smadja C, Deseille A, Giraud T. 2009. Hybrid sterility and inviability in the parasitic fungal species complex Microbotryum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 683-698.

 

2008

Vercken E, Clobert J. 2008. The role of colour polymorphism in social encounters among female common lizards. Herpetological Journal 18:223-230.

Vercken E, Sinervo B, Clobert J. 2008. Colour variation in female common lizards: why we should speak of morphs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1160-1164.

Vercken E, Clobert J. 2008. Ventral colour polymorphism correlates with alternative behavioral patterns in female common lizards (Lacerta vivipara). Ecoscience 15: 320-326.

 

2007

Vercken E, Massot M, Sinervo B, Clobert J. 2007. Colour variation and alternative reproductive strategies in females of the common lizard Lacerta vivipara. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 221-232.

Vercken E, de Fraipont M, Dufty A, Clobert J. 2007. Mother’s timing and duration of corticosterone exposure modulates offspring size and natal dispersal in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara). Hormones and Behavior 51: 379-386.