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Michez Denis

Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie

Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Zoologie

ORCID
0000-0001-8880-1838

Main Referenced Co-authors
Rasmont, Pierre  (111)
Vanderplanck, Maryse  (68)
Martinet, Baptiste  (26)
Patiny, Sébastien (25)
Gerard, Maxence  (24)
Main Referenced Keywords
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (9); Ecology (8); Insect Science (5); Agronomy and Crop Science (4); pollen (4);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
BIOSYS - Biosys (10)
CIRMAP - Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux Polymères (8)
CISMA - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Spectrométrie de Masse (4)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Zoology (249)
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...) (62)
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology (28)
Architecture (23)
Chemistry (22)

Publications (total 318)

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Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Christmann, S., Scheuchl, E., El Abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Ihsane, O., Sentil, A., Smaili, M. C., Schwarz, M., Dathe, H. H., Straka, J., Pauly, A., Schmid-Egger, C., Patiny, S., Terzo, M., Müller, A., Praz, C., Risch, S., ... Rasmont, P. (17 December 2020). The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco. Zootaxa, 4892 (1), 001-159. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/24930
The most cited
261 citations (Scopus®)
Carvalheiro, A. J., Kunin, W. E., Keil, P., Aguirre-Gutierrez, J., Ellis, W. N., Fox, R., Groom, Q., Hennekens, S., Van Landuyt, W., Maes, D., Van de Meutter, F., Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Baudewijn, O., Potts, S. G., Reemer, M., Roberts, S. P., & Biesmeijer, J. (21 May 2013). Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants. Ecology Letters, 16 (7), 870-877. doi:10.1111/ele.12121 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/9405

Fiordaliso, W., Reverte Saiz, S., Wood, T. J., Barbier, Y., Rasmont, P., Lefèbvre, A., Loockx, M., Reese, A., Ruelle, E., & Michez, D. (23 November 2022). Inventaire et conservation des abeilles sauvages (Hymenoptera : Anthophila) du sillon industriel hainuyer (Belgique). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 132, 1-64.
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Fauviau, A., Baude, M., Bazin, N., Fiordaliso, W., Fisogni, A., Fortel, L., Garrigue, J., Geslin, B., Goulnik, J., Guilbaud, L., Hautekèete, N., Heiniger, C., Kuhlmann, M., Lambert, O., Langlois, D., Le Féon, V., Lopez Vaamonde, C., Maillet, G., Massol, F., ... Henry, M. (07 November 2022). A large-scale dataset reveals taxonomic and functional specificities of wild bee communities in urban habitats of Western Europe. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 18866. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-21512-w
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Sentil, A., Reverté, S., Lhomme, P., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (November 2022). Wild vegetation and ‘farming with alternative pollinators’ approach support pollinator diversity in farmland. Journal of Applied Entomology, 146 (9), 1155 - 1168. doi:10.1111/jen.13060
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Michez, D., Reverte Saiz, S., & Rosa, P. (November 2022). European initiatives on taxonomic resources and capacy building for wil bee monitoring. Paper presented at EurBee 9. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7239012

GHISBAIN, G., & MICHEZ, D. (31 October 2022). Book review: The Bumblebees of the Himalaya – An Identification Guide, by Paul H. Williams. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 93, 215-221. doi:10.3897/jhr.93.90874
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Semay, I., Vanderplanck, M., Nachtergael, A., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (18 October 2022). Study of pollen phenolamides by tandem mass spectrometry. Poster session presented at Journée Scientifique de la Société Royale de Chimie, Liège, Belgium.

Bartomeus, I., Lanuza, J. B., WOOD, T. J., Carvalheiro, L., Molina, F. P., Collado, M. Á., Aguado-Martín, L. O., Alomar, D., Álvarez-Fidalgo, M., Álvarez Fidalgo, P., Arista, M., Arroyo-Correa, B., Asís, J. D., Azpiazu, C., Baños-Picón, L., Beja, P., Boieiro, M., Borges, P. A. V., González Bornay, G., ... Viñuela, E. (2022). Base de datos de abejas ibéricas. Ecosistemas, 2380. doi:10.7818/ecos.2380
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Gerard, M., Baird, E., Breeze, T., Dominik, C., & Michez, D. (15 October 2022). Impact of crop exposure and agricultural intensification on the phenotypic variation of bees. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 338, 108107. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2022.108107
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Knauer, A. C., Alaux, C., Allan, M. J., Dean, R. R., Dievart, V., Glauser, G., Kiljanek, T., Michez, D., Schwarz, J. M., Tamburini, G., Wintermantel, D., Klein, A.-M., & Albrecht, M. (12 October 2022). Nutritional stress exacerbates impact of a novel insecticide on solitary bees' behaviour, reproduction and survival. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 289 (1984), 20221013. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1013
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Gekiere, A., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (12 October 2022). Bumble Bee Breeding on Artificial Pollen Substitutes. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115 (5), 1423 - 1431. doi:10.1093/jee/toac126
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Reverte saiz, S., Gérard, M., Bodson, M., Descamps, C., Gosselin, M., Jacquemart, A.-L., Louvieaux, J., Smagghe, G., Vandamme, P., Vereecken, N. J., & Michez, D. (22 September 2022). Intraspecific size shifts in generalist bumblebees and flowers lead to low functional consequences. Paper presented at EURBEE 9, Belgrade, Serbia.

Cejas acuna, D., Webster, M., Maebe, K., Hart, A., Wood, T. J., Smagghe, G., Vereecken, N. J., VanDamme, P., & Michez, D. (2022). GENOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS TO CLIMATE IN WILD AND MANAGED BEE SPECIES. In Book of Abstracts from 9th European Congress of Apidology (EurBee9 - ) 20-22. September 2022, Belgrade, Serbia (pp. 47). Geneva, Switzerland: Zenodo.

Gekiere, A., Marin, L., Semay, I., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (22 September 2022). Poison or potion - A story of bumblebees, parasites and pollen resource. Paper presented at Benelux Congress of Zoology 2021, Leuven, Belgium.

Radchenko, V. G., Ghisbain, G., & Michez, D. (15 September 2022). A new bee species of the genus Dasypoda Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Northwest Africa with comparative remarks on the subgenus Microdasypoda Michez. Zootaxa, 5188 (1), 74 - 86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.1.4
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Hodge, S., Schweiger, O., Klein, A.-M., Potts, S. G., Costa, C., Albrecht, M., de Miranda, J. R., Mand, M., De la Rúa, P., Rundlöf, M., Attridge, E., Dean, R., Bulet, P., Michez, D., Paxton, R. J., Babin, A., Cougoule, N., Laurent, M., Martel, A.-C., ... Stout, J. C. (September 2022). Design and Planning of a Transdisciplinary Investigation into Farmland Pollinators: Rationale, Co-Design, and Lessons Learned. Sustainability, 14 (17), 10549. doi:10.3390/su141710549
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Gekiere, A., Habay, J., & Michez, D. (31 August 2022). Monitoring of parasites in bumblebee colonies developed from controlled nesting of wild queens (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 10, 45-54. doi:10.47446/OSMIA10.5
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Semay, I., Vanderplanck, M., Nachtergael, A., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (28 August 2022). Study of pollen phenolamides by tandem mass spectrometry. Poster session presented at International Mass Spectrometry Conference 2022, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Ratto, F., Breeze, T. D., Cole, L. J., Garratt, M. P. D., Kleijn, D., Kunin, B., Michez, D., O'Connor, R., Ollerton, J., Paxton, R. J., Poppy, G. M., Potts, S. G., Senapathi, D., Shaw, R., Dicks, L. V., & Peh, K. S.-H. (August 2022). Rapid assessment of insect pollination services to inform decision-making. Conservation Biology, 36 (4), 13886. doi:10.1111/cobi.13886
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El Abdouni, I., Lhomme, P., Christmann, S., Dorchin, A., Sentil, A., Pauly, A., Hamroud, L., Ihsane, O., Reverte saiz, S., Patiny, S., Wood, T. J., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (11 July 2022). Diversity and Relative Abundance of Insect Pollinators in Moroccan Agroecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.866581
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Przybyla, K., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (06 July 2022). Effects of heat stress on mating behavior and colony development in bumblebees. Paper presented at IUSSI - International Union for the Study of Social Insects, San Diego, United States - California.

Cornet, L., Cleenwerck, I., Praet, J., Leonard, R. R., Vereecken, N. J., Michez, D., Smagghe, G., Baurain, D., & Vandamme, P. (28 June 2022). Phylogenomic Analyses of Snodgrassella Isolates from Honeybees and Bumblebees Reveal Taxonomic and Functional Diversity. mSystems, 7 (3), 0150021. doi:10.1128/msystems.01500-21
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Weekers, T., Marshall, L., Leclercq, N., Wood, T. J., Cejas, D., Drepper, B., Garratt, M., Hutchinson, L., Roberts, S., Bosch, J., Roquer-Beni, L., Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Molenberg, J.-M., Smagghe, G., Vandamme, P., & Vereecken, N. J. (June 2022). Ecological, environmental, and management data indicate apple production is driven by wild bee diversity and management practices. Ecological Indicators, 139, 108880. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108880
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Leclercq, N., Marshall, L., Weekers, T., Anselmo, A., Benda, D., Bevk, D., Bogusch, P., Cejas, D., Drepper, B., Galloni, M., Gerard, M., Ghisbain, G., Hutchinson, L., Martinet, B., Michez, D., Molenberg, J.-M., Nikolic, P., Roberts, S., Smagghe, G., ... Vereecken, N. J. (May 2022). A comparative analysis of crop pollinator survey methods along a large-scale climatic gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 329, 107871. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2022.107871
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Bossert, S., Wood, T. J., Patiny, S., Michez, D., Almeida, E. A. B., Minckley, R. L., Packer, L., Neff, J. L., Copeland, R. S., Straka, J., Pauly, A., Griswold, T., Brady, S. G., Danforth, B. N., & Murray, E. A. (April 2022). Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae. Systematic Entomology, 47 (2), 283 - 302. doi:10.1111/syen.12530
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Gekiere, A., Semay, I., Gérard, M., Michez, D., Gerbaux, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (01 April 2022). Poison or Potion: Effects of Sunflower Phenolamides on Bumble Bees and Their Gut Parasite. Biology, 11 (545), 1-24.
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Sentil, A., Wood, T. J., Lhomme, P., Hamroud, L., El Abdouni, I., Ihsane, O., Bencharki, Y., Rasmont, P., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (24 March 2022). Impact of the “Farming With Alternative Pollinators” Approach on Crop Pollinator Pollen Diet. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.824474
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Sentil, A., Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Reverte Saiz, S., Rasmont, P., & Christmann, S. (28 February 2022). 'Farming with Alternative Pollinators' approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26, 401-414.
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Barraud, A., Barascou, L., Lefebvre, V., Sene, D., Le Conte, Y., Alaux, C., Grillenzoni, F.-V., Corvucci, F., Serra, G., Costa, C., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (04 February 2022). Variations in Nutritional Requirements Across Bee Species. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.824750
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Weekers, T., Marshal, L., Leclereq, N., Wood, T. J., Cejas Acuna, D. M., Drepper, B., Hutchinson, L., Michez, D., Molenberg, J.-M., Smagghe, G., Vandamme, P., & Vereecken, N. (01 January 2022). Dominance of honey bees is negatively associated with wild bee diversity in commercial apple orchards regardless of management practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 323.
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Hamroud, L., Lhomme, P., Christmann, S., Sentil, A., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (2022). Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards (Prunus avium). Journal of Apicultural Research, 1-9. doi:10.1080/00218839.2022.2046528
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Hart, A. F., Verbeeck, J., Ariza, D., Cejas, D., Ghisbain, G., Honchar, H., Radchenko, V. G., Straka, J., Ljubomirov, T., Lecocq, T., Dániel-Ferreira, J., Flaminio, S., Bortolotti, L., Karise, R., Meeus, I., Smagghe, G., Vereecken, N., Vandamme, P., Michez, D., & Maebe, K. (2022). Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 993416. doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.993416
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Wood, T. J., Vanderplanck, M., Vastrade, M., Vaudo, A. D., & Michez, D. (2022). Trees for bees: could woody plant pollen be used as a consistent resource in bee-focused agri-environment schemes? Entomologia Generalis, 42 (3), 361 - 374. doi:10.1127/entomologia/2021/1241
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Maebe, K., Hart, A., Marshall, L., Vandamme, P., Vereecken, N., Michez, D., & Smagghe, G. (21 December 2021). Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses. Global Change Biology, 27 (18), 4223-4237.
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Lechantre, A., Draux, A., Hua, H.-A. B., Michez, D., Damman, P., & Brau, F. (21 December 2021). Essential role of papillae flexibility in nectar capture by bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (19), 2025513118.
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Dermane, A., Bendifallah, L., Michez, D., & Wood, T. J. (20 December 2021). Andrena (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae) fauna of Western Algeria, with a preliminary assessment of their pollen preferences. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57, 149-164.
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Barascou, L., Sene, D., Barraud, A., Michez, D., Lefebvre, V., Medrzycki, P., Di Prisco, G., Strobl, V., Yañez, O., Neumann, P., Le Conte, Y., & Alaux, C. (07 December 2021). Pollen nutrition fosters honeybee resistance to pesticides. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 210818.
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Maebe, K., Vereecken, N. J., Piot, N., Reverte Saiz, S., Cejas Acuna, D. M., Michez, D., Vandamme, P., & Smagghe, G. (23 November 2021). The Holobiont as a Key to the Adaptation and Conservation of Wild Bees in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 781470.
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Przybyla, K., & Michez, D. (16 November 2021). Effects of heat stress on mating behavior and colony development in Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Poster session presented at GDR Pollinéco, Toulouse, France.

Przybyla, K., Michez, D., Zambra, E., Anselmo, A., Hennebert, E., Rasmont, P., & Martinet, B. (21 October 2021). Effects of heat stress on mating behavior and colony development in Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (748405).
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Cejas Acuna, D. M., De la Rúa, P., Ornosa, C., Michez, D., & Muño, I. (20 October 2021). Spatial and temporal patterns of genetic diversity in Bombus terrestris populations of the Iberian Peninsula and their conservation implications. Scientific Reports, 11, 22471.
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Semay, I., Vanderplanck, M., Nachtergael, A., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (14 October 2021). Study of pollen phenolamides by tandem mass spectrometry. Poster session presented at Journée annuelle de la Société Royale de Chimie, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Martinet, B., Dellicour, S., Ghisbain, G., Przybyla, K., Zambra, E., Lecocq, T., Boustani, M., Baghirov, R., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (01 October 2021). Global effects of extreme temperatures on wild bumblebees. Conservation Biology, 35 (5), 1507-1518. doi:10.1111/cobi.13685
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Ghisbain, G., Gérard, M., Wood, T. J., Hines, H., & Michez, D. (07 July 2021). Expanding insect pollinators in the Anthropocene. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 96 (6), 2755-2770.
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Wood, T. J., Ghisbain, G., Rasmont, P., Kleijn, D., Raemakers, I., Praz, C., Killewald, M., Gibbs, J., Bobiwash, K., Boustani, M., Martinet, B., & Michez, D. (05 June 2021). Global patterns in bumble bee pollen collection show phylogenetic conservation of diet. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (10), 2421-2430.
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Boustani, M., Rasmont, P., Dathe, H. H., Ghisbain, G., Kasparek, M., Michez, D., Müller, A., Pauly, A., Risch, S., Straka, J., Terzo, M., Van achter, X., Wood, T. J., & Nemer, N. (27 May 2021). The Bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apidoidea: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 4976 (1), 001-146.
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Ghisbain, G., Martinet, B., Wood, T. J., Przybyla, K., Cejas Acuna, D. M., Gérard, M., Rasmont, P., Monfared, A., Valterova, I., & Michez, D. (24 May 2021). A worthy conservation target? Revising the status of the rarest bumblebee of Europe. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14 (5), 661-674.
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Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Albrecht, M., Attridge, E., Babin, A., Bottero, I., Breeze, T., Brown, M., Chauzat, M.-P., Cini, E., Costa, C., De la Rua, P., De Miranda, J., Di Prisco, G., Dominik, C., Dzul, D., Fiordaliso, W., Gennaux, S., Ghisbain, G., ... Gérard, M. (17 May 2021). Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies. One Ecosystem, 6.
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Wood, T. J., Ghisbain, G., Michez, D., & Praz, C. (13 April 2021). Revisions to the Andrena faunas of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco with the description of four new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 758, 147-193.
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Brasero, N., Ghisbain, G., Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Valterova, I., Biella, P., Monfared, A., Williams, P. H., & Rasmont, P. (27 March 2021). Revising the species statuses of overlooked West-Palaearctic bumblebees. Zoologica Scripta, 50 (5), 616-632.
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El Abdouni, I., Lhomme, P., Wood, T. J., Rasmont, P., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (29 January 2021). Comparative ecology of two sympatric specialist bees: Dasypoda visnaga (Rossi 1790) and Dasypoda maura Pérez 1895 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 81, 109-126.
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Ghisbain, G., Radchenko, V. G., Cejas Acuna, D. M., Molina, F., & Michez, D. (2021). Assessment and conservation of an endemic bee in a diversity hotspot (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Dasypoda). Journal of Hymenoptera Research.
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Gerard, M., Marshall, L., Martinet, B., & Michez, D. (10 January 2021). Impact of landscape fragmentation and climate change on body size variation of bumblebees during the last century. Ecography, 44, 255-264.
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Martinet, B., Zambra, E., Przybyla, K., Lecocq, T., Anselmo, A., Nonclercq, D., Rasmont, P., Michez, D., & Hennebert, E. (07 January 2021). Mating under climate change: impact of simulated heatwaves on the reproduction of model pollinators. Functional Ecology, 35 (3), 739-752. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.1373
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El Abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Lhomme, P., Wood, T. J., Christmann, S., & Michez, D. (29 December 2020). Observations relatives à l'écologie et la nidification de deux abeilles spécialistes Dasypoda visnaga et Dasypoda maura (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Barraud, A., Andreu, B., Depris, J., & Michez, D. (29 December 2020). Impact des pesticides sur les capacités de prise alimentaire des bourdons. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Barraud, A., Nadarajah, S., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (29 December 2020). The impact of pollen quality on the sensitivity of bumblebees to pesticides. Acta Oecologica, 105, 103552.
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Engel, M. S., & Michez, D. (2020). A new vernal species of Hesperapis from the lower Midwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Journal of Melittology.
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Perrard, A., Lachaise, M., Saliba, E., Schatz, B., & Michez, D. (29 December 2020). IDmyBee. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Cejas Acuna, D. M., Ornosa, C., Michez, D., De la Rúa, P., & Muñoz, I. (29 December 2020). Bombus terrestris dans la péninsule ibérique: l'impact des bourdons commerciaux sur la diversité génétique des populations endémiques. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Vanderplanck, M., Zerck, P.-L., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (29 December 2020). Sterol addition during pollen collection by bees: another possible strategy to balance nutrient deficiencies? Apidologie, 51, 826-843.
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Sentil, A., Michez, D., Lhomme, P., Rasmont, P., & Christmann, S. (29 December 2020). Cultiver avec des pollinisateurs sauvages (FAP) augmente la population des pollinisateurs dans la culture de la fève dans la région de Settat (Maroc). Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Duchenne, F., Thébault, E., Michez, D., Gérard, M., Devaux, C., Rasmont, P., Vereecken, N. J., & Fontaine, C. (29 December 2020). Long-term effects of global change on occupancy and flight period of wild bees in Belgium. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Ghisbain, G., Michez, D., Marshall, L., Rasmont, P., & Dellicour, S. (29 December 2020). Conservation des bourdons: vers des stratégies adaptées à la biogéographie des espèces. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Radchenko, V., Tomozii, B., Ghisbain, G., & Michez, D. (27 December 2020). New data on the morphology and distribution of the cryptic species Dasypoda morawitzi Radchenko, 2016 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) with corrections to the diagnosis of Dasypoda s. str. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 56 (6), 455-470.
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Varnava, A., Roberts, S. P. M., Michez, D., Ascher, J., Petanidou, T., Dimitriou, S., Devalez, J., Pittara, M., & Stavrinides, M. (25 December 2020). The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the island of Cyprus. ZooKeys, 924, 1-114.
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Rollin, O., Vray, S., Dendoncker, N., & Michez, D. (17 December 2020). Drastic shifts in the Belgian bumblebee community over the last century. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29, 2553-2573.
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Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Christmann, S., Scheuchl, E., El Abdouni, I., Hamroud, L., Ihsane, O., Sentil, A., Smaili, M. C., Schwarz, M., Dathe, H. H., Straka, J., Pauly, A., Schmid-Egger, C., Patiny, S., Terzo, M., Müller, A., Praz, C., Risch, S., ... Rasmont, P. (17 December 2020). The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco. Zootaxa, 4892 (1), 001-159.
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Kuhlmann, M., Jürgensen, L.-S., & Michez, D. (17 December 2020). Subgeneric classification of the bee genus Rediviva Friese (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Melittidae). Zootaxa, 4790 (2), 318-328.
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Fisogni, A., Hautekèete, N., Piquot, Y., Brun, M., Vanappelghem, C., Michez, D., & Massol, F. (17 December 2020). Urbanisation drives an early spring for plants but not for pollinators. Oikos, 129 (11), 1681-1691.
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Przybyla, K., Hennebert, E., & Michez, D. (09 November 2020). Impact du stress hyperthermique sur la fertilité et le profil protéique des mâles de bourdons (Hymenoptera : Apidae). Paper presented at 22ème édition du Prix Adrien Bauchau, Namur, Belgium.

Gerard, M., Martinet, B., Maebe, K., Marshall, L., Smagghe, G., Vereecken, N. J., Vray, S., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (24 October 2020). Shift in size of bumblebee queens over the last century. Global Change Biology, 26, 1185-1195. doi:10.1111/gcb.14890
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Przybyla, K., Zambra, E., Martinet, B., Lecocq, T., Nonclercq, D., Rasmont, P., Michez, D., & Hennebert, E. (14 October 2020). Reproduction et changement climatique : impact des canicules simulées sur la reproduction de pollinisateurs. Paper presented at GDR Pollinéco, Mons, Belgium.

Ghisbain, G., Michez, D., Marshall, L., Rasmont, P., & Dellicour, S. (2020). Wildlife conservation strategies should incorporate both taxon identity and geographical context - further evidence with bumblebees. Diversity and Distributions.
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Duchenne, F., Thébault, E., Michez, D., Gerard, M., Devaux, C., Rasmont, P., Vereecken, N., & Fontaine, C. (05 October 2020). Longterm effects of global change on occupancy and flight period of wild bees in Belgium. Global Change Biology, 26 (12), 6753-6766.
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Ghisbain, G., Williams, P. H., Michez, D., Branstetter, M., & Rasmont, P. (05 October 2020). Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille). ZooKeys, 973, 69-87.
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Wood, T. J., Michez, D., Cejas Acuna, D. M., Lhomme, P., & Rasmont, P. (01 October 2020). An update and revision of the Andrena fauna of Morocco (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae) with the description of eleven new North African species. ZooKeys, 974, 31-92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.974.54794
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Wood, T. J., Michez, D., Paxton, R., Drossart, M., Neumann, P., Gerard, M., Vanderplanck, M., Barraud, A., Martinet, B., Leclercq, N., & Vereecken, N. (17 July 2020). Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline? Apidologie, 51 (neant), 1100-1116.
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Gerard, M., Vanderplanck, M., Wood, T. J., & Michez, D. (01 July 2020). Global warming and plant-pollinator mismatches. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 4 (1), 77-86. doi:10.1042/ETLS20190139
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Zambra, E., Martinet, B., Brasero, N., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (25 May 2020). Hyperthermic stress resistance of bumblebee males: test case of Belgian species. Apidologie, 51, 911-920. doi:10.1007/s13592-020-00771-4
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Brasero, N., Martinet, B., Michez, D., Lecocq, T., Valterová, I., & Rasmont, P. (22 April 2020). Taxonomic revision of the sylvarum-group of bumblebees using an integrative approach. Systematics and Biodiversity, 18 (1), 12-28. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1737843
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Boustani, M., Yammine, W., Nemer, N., Abou Fakhr Hammad, E., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (27 March 2020). Distribution and flower visitation records of bumblebees in Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 52:2 (Numéro Spécial), 115-124. doi:10.1080/00379271.2020.1749885
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Folschweiller, M., Drossart, M., D'Haeseleer, J., Dufrêne, M., Michez, D., Vanappelghem, C., & Rasmont, P. (2020). Grensoverschrijdend actieplan voor wilde bestuivers 2019-2020 (Folschweiller, M., Drossart, M., Marescaux, Q., Rey, G., Rousseau-Piot, J.-S., Barbier, Y., Dufrene, M., Hautekeete, N., Jacquemin, F., Lemoine, G., Michez, D., Piquot, Y., Quevillart, R., Vanappelghem, C., ... Rasmont, P., Trans.). Université de Mons.

Folschweiller, M., Drossart, M., D'Haeseleer, J., Marescaux, Q., Rey, G., Rousseau-Piot, J.-S., Barbier, Y., Dufrene, M., Hautekeete, N., Jacquemin, F., Lemoine, G., Michez, D., Piquot, Y., Quevillart, R., Vanappelghem, C., & Rasmont, P. (2020). Plan d'action transfrontalier en faveur des pollinisateurs sauvages 2019-2029 : Les pollinisateurs ne s'arrêtent pas aux frontières. Travaillons ensemble pour les préserver! Université de Mons.

Gerard, M., Martinet, B., Dehon, M., Rasmont, P., Williams, P. H., & Michez, D. (11 March 2020). The utility of wing morphometrics for assigning type specimens to cryptic bumblebee species. Systematic Entomology, 45 (4), 849-856.
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Martinet, B., & Michez, D. (12 February 2020). Lumière sur un personnage historique: Charles Darwin. Paper presented at Darwin Day 2020, Liège, Belgium.

Vaudo, A., Tooker, J., Patch, H., Biddinger, D., Coccia, M., Crone, M., Fiely, M., Francis, J., Hines, H., Hodges, M., Jackson, S., Michez, D., Mu, J., Russo, L., Safari, M., Treanore, E., Vanderplanck, M., Yip, E., Leonard, A., & Grozinger, C. (06 February 2020). Pollen protein: Lipid macronutrient ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences. Insects, 11 (2), 132.
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Carvalheiro, L. G., Biesmeijer, J. C., Franzen, M., Aguirre-Gutierrez, J., Garibaldi, L. A., Helm, A., Michez, D., Pöyry, J., Reemer, M., Schweiger, O., van den Berg, L., de Vries, W. A., & Kunin, W. E. (18 January 2020). Nitrogen deposition shaped the composition of plant and pollinator assemblages during the past century. Ecography, 43 (2), 209-221.
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Duchenne, F., Thébault, E., Michez, D., Elias, M., Drake, M., Persson, M., Piot, J. S., Pollet, M., Vanormelingen, P., & Fontaine, C. (05 January 2020). Phenological shifts alter the seasonal structure of pollinators assemblages in Europe. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, 115-121.
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Michez, D., & Vereecken, N. J. (30 December 2019). Comment protéger et favoriser les abeilles ? Espèces, 31, 58-63.

Michez, D., & Vereecken, N. J. (30 December 2019). Le déclin des abeilles d'Europe. Espèces, 31, 52-57.

Michez, D., & Vereecken, N. J. (30 December 2019). Abeilles : 100 millions d'années d'évolution. Espèces, 31, 16-25.

Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Terzo, M., & Vereecken, N. (2019). Bees of Europe. N.A.P.

Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Terzo, M., & Vereecken, N. (2019). Abeilles d'Europe. N.A.P.

Branstetter, M., Danforth, B. N., Gillung, J., Griswold, T., & Michez, D. (25 December 2019). Species-delimitation and host-plant evolution in the oligolectic bee genus Hesperapis (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Paper presented at ESA, Saint-Louis, United States.

Radchenko, V. G., Ghisbain, G., & Michez, D. (25 December 2019). Redescription of three rare species of Dasypoda bees with designation of D. vulpecula neotype and first description of D. iberica and D. tibialis females (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Zootaxa, 4700 (3), 326-344.
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Michez, D., & Drossart, M. (2019). Nos abeilles et BELBEES.

Drossart, M., & Michez, D. (2019). Publication de la liste rouge des abeilles de Belgique & initiatives pour leur conservation.

Vanderplanck, M., Zerck, P.-L., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (14 December 2019). Generalized host-plant feeding can hide sterol-specialized foraging behaviors in bee-plant interactions. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (1), 150-162.
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Drossart, M., Rasmont, P., Vanormelingen, P., Dufrêne, M., Folschweiller, M., Pauly, A., Vereecken, N., Vray, S., Zambra, E., D'Haeseleer, J., & Michez, D. (2019). Belgian Red List of Bees. Université de Mons.

Dehon, M., Engel, M. S., Gerard, M., Aytekin, M., Ghisbain, G., Williams, P. H., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (21 November 2019). Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities. ZooKeys, 891, 71-118.
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Przybyla, K., Hennebert, E., & Michez, D. (16 November 2019). Heatwaves : How do fertility and protein profile of bumblebees react? Paper presented at Jacques Kets Awards for Zoology, Brussels, Belgium.

Semay, I., Vanderplanck, M., Nachtergael, A., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (10 October 2019). Research of an optimal flora for bee conservation. Poster session presented at Journée SRC - UMamur, Namur, Belgium.

Michez, D. (2019). Bumblebees of the World Blog Series... #9 Bombus gerstaeckeri.

Blasco-Lavilla, N., Ornosa, C., Michez, D., & De la Rúa, P. (17 September 2019). Contrasting patterns of genetic and morphological diversity in the bumblebee Bombus lucorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) along a European gradient. Journal of Insect Conservation, 23 (5-6), 933-943.
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Martinet, B., Lecocq, T., Brasero, N., Gerard, M., Urbanova, K., Valterova, I., Gjershaug, J. O., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (31 August 2019). Integrative taxonomy of an arctic bumblebee species-complex highlights a new cryptic species (Apidae, Bombus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187 (3), 599-621.
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Vanderplanck, M., Martinet, B., Carvalheiro, L. G., Rasmont, P., Barraud, A., Renaudeau, C., & Michez, D. (15 August 2019). Ensuring access to high-quality resources reduces the impacts of heat stress on bees. Scientific Reports, 9, 12596. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49025-z
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Gerard, M., & Michez, D. (01 August 2019). Body size shifts in wild bees. Paper presented at 15th European Ecological Federation Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

Valterová, I., Martinet, B., Michez, D., Rasmont, P., & Brasero, N. (31 July 2019). Sexual attraction: a review of bumblebee male pheromones. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 74(9-10), 233-250.
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Vanderplanck, M., Roger, N., Moerman, R., Ghisbain, G., Gerard, M., Popowski, D., Granica, S., Fournier, D., Meeus, I., Piot, N., Smagghe, G., Terrana, L., & Michez, D. (27 June 2019). Bumble bee parasite prevalence but not genetic diversity impacted by the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera. Ecosphere, 10 (7), 02804. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2804
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Lechantre, A., Michez, D., & Damman, P. (25 June 2019). Collect of nectar by bumblebees: How physics of fluid demonstrates the prominent role of tongue's morphology. Soft Matter, 15, 6392-6399.
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Folschweiller, M., Drossart, M., D'Haeseleer, J., Marescaux, Q., Rey, G., Rousseau-Piot, J.-S., Barbier, Y., Dufrêne, M., Hautekeete, N., Jacquemin, F., Lemoine, G., Michez, D., Piquot, Y., Quevillart, R., Vanappelghem, C., & Rasmont, P. (2019). Plan d'action transfrontalier en faveur des pollinisateurs sauvages. Université de Mons.

Vray, S., Rollin, O., Rasmont, P., Dufrêne, M., Michez, D., & Dendoncker, N. (27 May 2019). A century of local changes in bumblebee communities and landscape composition in Belgium. Journal of Insect Conservation, 23, 489-501. doi:10.1007/s10841-019-00139-9
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Semay, I., Vanderplanck, M., Nachtergael, A., Duez, P., Michez, D., & Gerbaux, P. (26 April 2019). Research of an optimal flora for bee conservation. Poster session presented at Journée des jeunes Chercheurs SRC - ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Vanderplanck, M., Praz, C., & Michez, D. (25 March 2019). 'Pollen wars': attaque, défense et contre-attaque. Poster session presented at GDR Pollinéco, Montpellier, France.

Michez, D. (2019). Bumblebees of the World Blog Series... #10 Bombus brodmannicus.

Przybyla, K., Martinet, B., Hennebert, E., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (14 December 2018). How hyperthermic stress affects the fertility of bumblebee males? Poster session presented at The 25th Benelux congress of Zoology, 'Zoology in the Anthropocene', Anvers, Belgium.
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Martinet, B., Vanderplanck, M., Carvalheiro, L. G., Rasmont, P., Barraud, A., Renaudeau, C., & Michez, D. (14 December 2018). Ensuring access to high-quality resources reduces impacts of climate change on bees. Paper presented at The 25th Benelux congress of Zoology, 'Zoology in the Anthropocene', Anvers, Belgium.

Zambra, E., Martinet, B., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (14 December 2018). Hyperthermic stress resistance of bumblebees: What about of sub-boreal Belgian species ? Poster session presented at The 25th Benelux congress of Zoology, 'Zoology in the Anthropocene', Anvers, Belgium.

Martinet, B., Brasero, N., Lecocq, T., Biella, P., Valterova, I., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (01 December 2018). Adding attractive semio-chemical trait refines the taxonomy of Alpinobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie, 49 (6), 838-851.
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Gerard, M., Michez, D., & Legrand, C. (2018). Réchauffement climatique: des abeilles plus petites, qui volent moins bien. doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2010)041

Gerard, M., Michez, D., Debat, V., Fullgrabe, L., Meeus, I., Piot, N., Sculfort, O., Vastrade, M., Smagghe, G., & Vanderplanck, M. (11 October 2018). Stressful conditions reveal decrease in size, modification of shape but relatively stable asymmetry in bumblebee wings. Scientific Reports, 8 (15169).
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Folschweiller, M., Jacquemin, F., Drossart, M., Dufrene, M., Hautekeete, N., Michez, D., Peeters, M., Piquot, Y., Vanappelghem, C., & Rasmont, P. (18 September 2018). Status and trends of wild pollinators in Belgium and north of France. Poster session presented at Eurbee 8, Gand, Belgium.

Martinet, B., Vanderplanck, M., Carvalheiro, L. G., Rasmont, P., Barraud, A., Renaudeau, C., & Michez, D. (10 September 2018). Ensuring access to high-quality resources reduces impacts of climate change on bees. Poster session presented at Eurbee 8, Gand, Belgium.

Ahuja, I., Michez, D., Dahle, S., Martinet, B., Brasero, N., Bones, A. M., Rasmont, P., & Odegaard, F. (10 September 2018). The Norwegian bumblebees in the face of climate change. Poster session presented at Eurbee 8, Gand, Belgium.

Brasero, N., Martinet, B., Michez, D., Valterova, I., & Rasmont, P. (10 September 2018). Integrative approach apply to three Belgian species (Thoracobombus) involving DNA sequences and male marking secretions. Poster session presented at Eurbee 8, Gand, Belgium.

Zambra, E., Martinet, B., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (10 September 2018). Hyperthermic stress resistance of bumblebees: What about of sub-boreal Belgian species ? Poster session presented at Eurbee 8, Gand, Belgium.

Ghisbain, G., Radchenko, V., & Michez, D. (2018). Dasypoda morawitzi RADCHENKO 2016 (Apoidea - Melittidae - Dasypodaini), une espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France. OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues.
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Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Gerard, M., Vereecken, N., Delangre, J., Rasmont, P., Vray, S., Dufrêne, M., Mardulyn, P., & Dellicour, S. (24 July 2018). Divergent geographic patterns of genetic diversity among wild bees: conservation implications. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (12), 1860-1868.
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Drossart, M., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (27 March 2018). Do invaders come in peace? Two invasive species as potential food resources for a generalist bumble bee. Poster session presented at Mardi des Chercheurs (MdC2018), Valenciennes, France.

Folschweiller, M., Jacquemin, F., Drossart, M., Dufrene, M., Hautekeete, N., Michez, D., Peeters, M., Piquot, Y., Vanappelghem, C., & Rasmont, P. (27 March 2018). Status and trends of wild pollinators in Belgium and north of France. Poster session presented at Mardi des chercheurs, Université de Valenciennes, France.

Gerard, M., Vanderplanck, M., Franzen, M., Kuhlmann, M., Rasmont, P., Schweiger, O., & Michez, D. (11 January 2018). Patterns of size variation in bees at a continental scale: does Bergmann's rule apply? Oikos, 127 (8), 1095-1103.
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Katzke, J., Barden, P., Dehon, M., Michez, D., & Wappler, T. (05 January 2018). Giant ants and their shape: Revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with Geometric Morphometrics. PeerJ, 6, 4242.
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Martinet, B., Lecocq, T., Brasero Et Martin, N., Biella, P., Urbanova, K., Valterová, I., Cornalba, M., Gjershaug, J. O., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (03 January 2018). Following the cold: geographical differentiation between interglacial refugia and speciation in the arcto-alpine species complex Bombus monticola (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology, 43 (1), 200-217.
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Vanderplanck, M., Declèves, S., Roger, N., Decroo, C., Caulier, G., Glauser, G., Gerbaux, P., Lognay, G., Richelle, A., Escaravage, N., & Michez, D. (01 January 2018). Is non-host pollen suitable for generalist bumblebees? Insect Science, 25, 259-272.
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Michez, D. (12 December 2017). Diversity and conservation of bees. Paper presented at Diversity and conservation of bees, Toulouse, France.

Drossart, M., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (24 November 2017). Invasive plants as potential food resource for native pollinators: A case study with two invasive species and a generalist bumble bee. Scientific Reports, 7, 16242. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-16054-5
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Balzan, M., Genoud, D., Rasmont, P., Schwarz, M., & Michez, D. (14 November 2017). New records of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Maltese Islands. Journal of Melittology, 72, 1-9.
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Pauw, A., Kahnt, A., Kuhlmann, M., Michez, D., Montgomery, G. A., Murray, E., & Danforth, B. N. (27 October 2017). Long-legged bees make adaptive leaps: linking adaptation to coevolution in a plant-pollinator network. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 284, 20171707. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1707
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Prokop, J., Dehon, M., Michez, D., & Engel, M. S. (10 October 2017). An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys, 710, 43-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.710.14714
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Kahnt, B., Montgomery, G. A., Murray, E., Kuhlmann, M., Pauw, A., Michez, D., Paxton, R. J., & Danforth, B. N. (03 October 2017). Playing with extremes: Origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 115, 95-105. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.025
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Dehon, M., Perrard, A., Engel, M. S., Nel, A., & Michez, D. (12 September 2017). Antiquity of cleptoparasitism among bees revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of a Paleocene fossil nomadine (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology, 42 (3), 543-554. doi:10.1111/syen.12230
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Vanderplanck, M., Glauser, G., Tyteca, E., Michez, D., & Praz, C. (21 June 2017). Chromatographic analysis of akaloids in Aconitum pollen : towards new insights in plant protection mechanisms. Paper presented at HPLC 2017, Prague, Czechia.

Lecocq, T., Gerard, M., Maebe, K., Brasero Et Martin, N., Dehon, L., Smagghe, G., Valterová, I., De Meulemeester, T., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (29 May 2017). Chemical reproductive traits of diploid Bombus terrestris males: consequences on bumblebee conservation. Insect Science, 24 (4), 623-630. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12332
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Dellicour, S., Gerard, M., Prunier, J., Dewulf, A., Kuhlmann, M., & Michez, D. (20 May 2017). Distribution and predictors of wing shape and size variability in three sister species of solitary bees. PLoS ONE, 12 (3), 0173109. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173109
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Drossart, M., Folschweiller, M., Jacquemin, F., Dufrêne, M., Violle, C., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (15 May 2017). SAPOLL - A cross-border action plan for wild pollinators. Poster session presented at Journée d'inspiration sur les abeilles - Inspiratiedag over bijen, Bruxelles (IRSNB), Belgium.

Michez, D. (15 May 2017). Etat des lieux et tendances des abeilles sauvages en Belgique. Paper presented at Qui fait quoi pour les abeilles ?, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Rasmont, P., Devalez, J., Pauly, A., Michez, D., & Radchenko, V. G. (27 April 2017). Addition to the checklist of IUCN European wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 53 (1), 17-32. doi:10.1080/00379271.2017.1307696
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Van Rossum, F., Michez, D., Van der Beeten, I., Van de Vyver, A., Lindsay, R., & Raspé, O. (27 April 2017). Preserving the only endemic vascular plant taxon in Belgium in a highly anthropogenic landscape. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 150 (1), 4-12. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2017.1238
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Drossart, M., Folschweiller, M., Jacquemin, F., Dufrêne, M., Violle, C., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (07 March 2017). SAPOLL - A cross border action plan for wild pollinators. Poster session presented at MDC : Mardi des Chercheurs 2017, Mons, Belgium.

Lecocq, T., Gerard, M., Michez, D., & Dellicour, S. (04 March 2017). Conservation genetics of European bees: new insights from the continental scale. Conservation Genetics, 18 (3), 585-596. doi:10.1007/s10592-016-0917-3
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Rasmont, P., Genoud, D., Gadoum, S., Aubert, M., Dufrene, E., Le Goff, G., Mahé, G., Michez, D., & Pauly, A. (16 February 2017). Apoidea Gallica 1996-2016. Poster session presented at Apoidea Gallica, Tours, France.

Rasmont, P., Genoud, D., Gadoum, S., Aubert, M., Dufrene, E., Le Goff, G., Mahé, G., Michez, D., & Pauly, A. (2017). Hymenoptera Apoidea Gallica: liste des abeilles sauvages de Belgique, France, Luxembourg et Suisse.

Vanderplanck, M., Vereecken, N., Grumiau, L., Esposito, F., Lognay, G., Wattiez, R., & Michez, D. (19 January 2017). The importance of pollen chemistry in evolutionary host shifts of bees. Scientific Reports, 7, 43058. doi:10.1038/srep43058
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Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., Fournier, D., Jacquemart, A.-L., & Michez, D. (07 January 2017). Pollen nutrients better explain bumblebee colony development than pollen diversity. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 10 (2), 171-179. doi:10.1111/icad.12213
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Moquet, L., Vanderplanck, M., Moerman, R., Roger, N., Michez, D., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (05 January 2017). Bumblebees depend on ericaceous species to survive in temperate heathlands. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 10 (1), 78-93. doi:10.1111/icad.12201
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Roger, N., Moerman, R., Carvalheiro, L., Aguirre-Guitiérrez, J., Jacquemart, A.-L., Kleijn, D., Lognay, G., Moquet, L., Quinet, M., Rasmont, P., Richelle, A., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (04 January 2017). Drift in distribution and quality of host-plant resources in common bumblebees. Global Change Biology, 23 (1), 68-76.
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Dellicour, S., Kastally, C., Varela, S., Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Mardulyn, P., & Lecocq, T. (04 January 2017). Ecological niche modelling and coalescent simulations to explore the recent geographical range history of five widespread bumblebee species in Europe. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 39-50.
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Roger, N., Michez, D., Wattiez, R., Sheridan, C., & Vanderplanck, M. (02 January 2017). Diet effects on bumblebee health. Journal of Insect Physiology, 96, 128-133. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.11.002
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Schleuning, M., Fründ, J., Schweiger, O., Welk, E., Albrecht, J., Albrecht, M., Beil, M., Benadi, G., Blüthgen, N., Bruelheide, H., Böhning-Gaese, K., Dehling, D., Dormann, C., Exeler, N., Farwig, N., Harpke, A., Hickler, T., Kratochwil, A., Kuhlmann, M., ... Hof, C. (23 December 2016). Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change. Nature Communications, 7 (13965). doi:10.1038/ncomms13965
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Moerman, R., Roger, N., De Jong, R., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (20 December 2016). Interspecific variation in bumblebee performance on pollen diet: new insights for mitigation strategies. PLoS ONE, 11 (12), 0168462.
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Zerck, P.-L., Michez, D., Lognay, G., & Vanderplanck, M. (02 December 2016). Making better food for larvae: do bee females modify sterol composition of pollen loads during foraging. Poster session presented at Symposium «Entomology in Belgium 2016», Organized by the Royal Belgian Entomological Society, Brussels, Belgium.

Drossart, M., Folschweiller, M., Jacquemin, F., Dufrêne, M., Violle, C., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (02 December 2016). SAPOLL - A cross-border action plan for wild pollinators. Poster session presented at Entomology in Belgium, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Martinet, B., Lecocq, T., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (02 December 2016). Climate change: Overheating of arctic Bumblebees. Poster session presented at Entomology in Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Dehon, M., Perrard, A., Engel, M. S., Nel, A., & Michez, D. (02 December 2016). Antiquity of cleptoparasitism among bees revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of a Paleocene fossil apine (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Poster session presented at Symposium «Entomology in Belgium 2016», Organized by the Royal Belgian Entomological Society, Brussels, Belgium.

Gerard, M., Vanderplanck, M., Franzen, M., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (02 December 2016). Does the Bergmann's rule apply in wild bees? Poster session presented at Symposium «Entomology in Belgium 2016», Organized by the Royal Belgian Entomological Society, Brussels, Belgium.

Rasmont, P., Martinet, B., Franzen, M., Harpke, A., Kerr, J. K., Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Potts, S. G., Roberts, S. P., & Schweiger, O. (06 September 2016). How does climate change affect bumblebee diversity? Paper presented at Eurbee7, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Dehon, M., De Meulemeester, T., & Michez, D. (11 August 2016). Insights into bumblebee fossils. Paper presented at Euro IUSSI, Helsinki, Finland.

Vanderplanck, M., Glauser, G., Michez, D., & Praz, C. (10 August 2016). Aconitum and Bombus interactions: is floral rewards chemistry driving pollen-mixing behaviour in generalist bumblebees? Paper presented at Euro IUSSI, Helsinki, Finland.

Roger, N., Moerman, R., Carvalheiro, L., Aguirre-Guitiérrez, J., Jacquemart, A.-L., Kleijn, D., Lognay, G., Quinet, M., Rasmont, P., Richel, A., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (10 August 2016). Impact of pollen resources drift on common bumble bees in NW Europe. Paper presented at Euro IUSSI, Helsinki, Finland.

Gerard, M., De Meulemeester, T., & Michez, D. (09 August 2016). Discrimination of haploid and diploid males of bumblebees based on wing shape. Paper presented at Euro IUSSI, Helsinki, Finland.

Balzan, M., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., Dathe, H. H., Pauly, A., Patiny, S., Terzo, M., & Michez, D. (29 July 2016). The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands. Zootaxa, 4162 (2), 225-244.
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Lecocq, T., Coppée, A., Michez, D., Brasero Et Martin, N., Rasplus, J.-Y., Valterova, I., & Rasmont, P. (29 July 2016). The alien's identity: consequences of taxonomic status for the international bumblebee trade regulations. Biological Conservation, 195, 169-176.
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Quinet, M., Warzée, M., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Lognay, G., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (02 July 2016). Do floral resources influence pollination rates and subsequent fruit set in pear (Pyrus communis L.) and apple (Malus x domestica Borkh) cultivars? European Journal of Agronomy, 77, 59-69.
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Brasseur, L., Parmentier, E., Caulier, G., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Flammang, P., Gerbaux, P., Lognay, G., & Eeckhaut, I. (04 May 2016). Mechanisms involved in pearlfish resistance to holothuroid toxins. Marine Biology, 163, 129. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-2901-3
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Dehon, M., & Michez, D. (28 April 2016). Geometric morphometrics of bee fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) wing shape provide insights to bee evolution. Paper presented at Fossils x3, Edinburgh, Unknown/unspecified.

Somme, L., Moquet, L., Quinet, M., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Lognay, G., Wathelet, B., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (18 April 2016). Food in a row: urban trees offer valuable floral resources to pollinating insects. Urban Ecosystems, 19 (3), 1149-1161.
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Hennebert, E., Poivre, M., Pamart, L., & Michez, D. (2016). Syllabus des travaux pratiques du cours d'Eléments de Botanique.

Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., Roger, N., Declèves, S., Wathelet, B., Rasmont, P., Fournier, D., & Michez, D. (2015). Growth rate of bumblebee larvae is related to pollen amino acids. Journal of Economic Entomology. doi:10.1093/jee/tov279
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Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (2015). Abeilles recherchent experts désespérément. Magazine.

Michez, D. (2015). Postdoc, chercheur précaire. Magazine.

Gerard, M., Michez, D., Fournier, D., Maebe, K., Smagghe, G., Biesmeijer, J., & De Meulemeester, T. (22 November 2015). Discrimination of haploid and diploid males of Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) based on wing shape. Apidologie, 46 (5), 644-653.
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Moquet, L., Mayer, C., Michez, D., Wathelet, B., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (22 November 2015). Early spring floral foraging resources for pollinators in wet heathlands in Belgium. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19 (5), 837 - 848. doi:10.1007/s10841-015-9802-5
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Dellicour, S., Michez, D., & Mardulyn, P. (09 July 2015). Comparative phylogeography of five bumblebees: impact of range fragmentation, range size and diet specialisation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116, 926-939.
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Zerck, P.-L., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (09 June 2015). Behavioral adaptation to polylectism in bees. Poster session presented at Insect Chemical Ecology, Ethology and Evolution (Graduate course in insect chemical ecology), Alnarp, Sweden.

Lecocq, T., Brasero Et Martin, N., De Meulemeester, T., Michez, D., Dellicour, S., Lhomme, P., de Jonghe, R., Valterova, I., Urbanova, K., & Rasmont, P. (01 June 2015). An integrative taxonomic approach to assess the status of Corsican bumblebees: implications for conservation. Animal Conservation, 18 (3), 236-248. doi:10.1111/acv.12164
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Michez, D., & Praz, C. (10 April 2015). 'Pollen wars': attaque, défense et contre-attaque. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Du Brulle, C., Lecocq, T., Rasmont, P., & Michez, D. (2015). Les bourdons ont le bourdon en Belgique : (interview T. Lecocq, P. Rasmont, D. Michez).

Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (2015). Déclin des abeilles en Europe.

Shebl, M. A., Patiny, S., & Michez, D. (20 March 2015). Supplementary note on the solitary bee fauna from the Suez Canal region of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Melittology, 47, 1-5.
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Dehon, M., De Meulemeester, T., & Michez, D. (10 March 2015). Taxonomic affinity of bee fossils based on geometric morphometrics of wing shape. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Michez, D., & Praz, C. (10 March 2015). 'Pollen wars': attaque, défense et contre-attaque. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Gerard, M., De Meulemeester, T., Debat, V., & Michez, D. (10 March 2015). Wing shape to monitor bumblebees decline. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., & Praz, C. (10 March 2015). 'Pollen wars': attaque, défense et contre-attaque. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Zerck, P.-L., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (10 March 2015). Behavioral adaptation to polylectism in bees. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Roger, N., Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (10 March 2015). The effect of plant-host shift in bumblebees seems to be species-dependant. Poster session presented at 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, Belgium.

Dellicour, S., Michez, D., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Mardulyn, P. (27 February 2015). Impact of past climatic changes and resource availability on the population demography of three food-specialist bees. Molecular Ecology, 24, 1074-1090. doi:10.1111/mec.13085
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Michez, D. (2015). Demain, fini les bourdons ? magazine, (7).

Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Roberts, S. P., & Nieto, A. (2015). First ever Red List of European bees. In Status and trends of European pollinators. Key findings of the STEP project (pp. 14-16). Pensoft publishers.

Rasmont, P., Franzen, M., Lecocq, T., Harpke, A., Roberts, S. P., Biesmeijer, K., Castro, L., Cederberg, B., Dvorak, L., Fitzpatrick, U., Gonseth, Y., Haubruge, E., Mahé, G., Manino, A., Michez, D., Neumayer, J., Odegaard, F., Paukkunen, J., Pawlikowski, T., ... Schweiger, O. (2015). Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees. Pensoft publishers. doi:10.3897/biorisk.10.4749

Potts, S. G., Biesmeijer, K., Bommarco, R., Breeze, T., Carvalheiro, L., Franzen, M., Gonzalez-Varo, J. P., Holzschuh, A., Kleijn, D., Klein, A.-M., Kunin, B., Lecocq, T., Lundin, O., Michez, D., Neumann, P., Nieto, A., Penev, L. D., Rasmont, P., Ratamäki, O., ... Schweiger, O. (2015). Status and trends of European pollinators. Key findings of the STEP project. Pensoft publishers.

Somme, L., Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Lombaerde, I., Moerman, R., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., Lognay, G., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (23 January 2015). Pollen and nectar quality drive major and minor floral choices of bumble bees. Apidologie, 46, 92-106. doi:10.1007/s13592-014-0307-0
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Lecocq, T., Dellicour, S., Michez, D., Dehon, M., Dewulf, A., De Meulemeester, T., Brasero Et Martin, N., Valterova, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2015). Methods for species delimitation in bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus): towards an integrative approach. Zoologica Scripta, 44 (3), 1-17. doi:10.1111/zsc.12107
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Michez, D., Kuhlmann, M., & Dellicour, S. (14 December 2014). Validation of some species- and genus-group names in Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Journal of Melittology, 44, 1-8.
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Michez, D., & Lecocq, T. (12 December 2014). Taxonomic background information is essential for bee conservation. Paper presented at 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium. doi:10.13140/2.1.2431.9044

Roger, N., Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (12 December 2014). The effect of shift plant host by bumblebees seems to be species related. Poster session presented at Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Lecocq, T., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (12 December 2014). Methods for species delimitation in bumblebees: towards an integrative approach. Paper presented at 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium. doi:10.13140/2.1.1645.4728

Vanderplanck, M., Glauser, G., Michez, D., & Praz, C. (12 December 2014). Aconitum and Bombus interactions: is floral rewards chemistry driving pollen-mixing behaviour in generalist bumblebees? Paper presented at Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Dehon, M., De Meulemeester, T., & Michez, D. (12 December 2014). Taxonomic affinity of bee fossils (Hymenoptera; Anthophila) based on geometric morphometrics analyses of wing shape. Poster session presented at 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Gerard, M., Michez, D., Debat, V., & De Meulemeester, T. (12 December 2014). Discrimination of diploid and haploid males of bumblebee based on wing shape. Paper presented at 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Declèves, S., Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (12 December 2014). Asteraceae paradox for bumblebees. Poster session presented at Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Nieto, A., Roberts, S. P. M., Kemp, J., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., García Criado, M., Biesmeijer, J., Bogusch, P., Dathe, H. H., De la Rúa, P., De Meulemeester, T., Dehon, M., Dewulf, A., Ortiz-Sanchez, F. J., Lhomme, P., Pauly, A., Potts, S. G., Praz, C., Quaranta, M., ... Michez, D. (2014). European Red List of bees. Publication Office of the European Union.

Dehon, M., Michez, D., Nel, A., Engel, M. S., & De Meulemeester, T. (29 October 2014). Wing shape of four new bee fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) provides insights to bee evolution. PLoS ONE, 9 (10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108865
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Rasmont, P., Roberts, S. P., & Michez, D. (01 June 2014). Bumblebee Specialist Group Report 2013. Europe. Bumblebee Conservator, 2 (1), 5-6.

Michez, D. (20 April 2014). Geometric morphometrics analyses of bee fossils wing shape provide insights to bee evolution (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Paper presented at Visitor conference, London, Unknown/unspecified.

Dewulf, A., De Meulemeester, T., Dehon, M., Engel, M. S., & Michez, D. (14 March 2014). A new interpretation of the bee fossil Melitta willardi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) based on geometric morphometrics of the wing. ZooKeys, 389, 35-48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.389.7076
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Michez, D. (31 January 2014). Taxonomic background information is essential for bee conservation. Paper presented at Visitor conference, London, Unknown/unspecified.

Vanderplanck, M., Moerman, R., Rasmont, P., Lognay, G., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., & Michez, D. (21 January 2014). How does pollen chemistry impact development and feeding behaviour of polylectic bees? PLoS ONE, 9 (1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086209
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Dellicour, S., Lecocq, T., Kuhlmann, M., Mardulyn, P., & Michez, D. (01 January 2014). Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and host plant shifts in the bee genus Melitta (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70, 412-419.
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Vanderplanck, M., Leroy, B., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., & Michez, D. (2014). Standardised protocol to evaluate pollen polypeptides as bee food source. Apidologie. doi:10.1007/s13592-013-0239-0
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Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (23 November 2013). Relation plante-abeille: les contraintes chimiques d'une exploitation réciproque. Paper presented at Journée d'étude Entomologique (SRBE), Bruxelles, Belgium.

Roger, N., & Michez, D. (23 November 2013). De la modification à l'altération des ressources florales : impact sur nos bourdons. Paper presented at Journée d'étude Entomologique (SRBE), Bruxelles, Belgium.

Rasmont, P., Roberts, S. P., Michez, D., Schweiger, O., Franzen, M., De Meulemeester, T., Tomozei, B., & Radchenko, V. (2013). Atlas of the European Bees: genus Andrena: http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/page.asp?id=243.

Patiny, S., Baldock, D., & Michez, D. (06 June 2013). Systematics of the bee subgenus Systropha (Austrosystropha) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): Description of a new species and proposal of a new sex association. Zootaxa, 3647, 577-584.
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Carvalheiro, A. J., Kunin, W. E., Keil, P., Aguirre-Gutierrez, J., Ellis, W. N., Fox, R., Groom, Q., Hennekens, S., Van Landuyt, W., Maes, D., Van de Meutter, F., Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Baudewijn, O., Potts, S. G., Reemer, M., Roberts, S. P., & Biesmeijer, J. (21 May 2013). Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants. Ecology Letters, 16 (7), 870-877. doi:10.1111/ele.12121
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Gosselin, M., Michez, D., Vanderplanck, M., Roelandts, D., Glauser, G., & Rasmont, P. (2013). Does Aconitum septentrionale chemically protect floral rewards to the advantage of specialist bumblebees? Ecological Entomology. doi:10.1111/een.12032
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Roger, N., & Michez, D. (12 March 2013). Influence de la modification de diète sur le déclin et l'immunocompétence de différentes espèces du genre Bombus en Belgique. Poster session presented at 7ème édition de la Matinée de Chercheurs, Mons, Belgium.

Maebe, K., Meeus, I., Maharramov, J., Grootaert, P., Michez, D., Rasmont, P., & Smagghe, G. (01 March 2013). Microsatellite analysis in museum samples reveals inbreeding before the regression of Bombus veteranus. Apidologie, 44 (2), 188-197.
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Van Rossum, F., Vereecken, N., Brédat, E., & Michez, D. (26 February 2013). Pollen dispersal and fruit production in Vaccinium oxycoccos, and comparison with a sympatric congener. Plant Biology, 15, 344-352.
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Michez, D. (06 January 2013). Impact of molecular phylogeny on the understanding of bee evolution. Paper presented at Visitor conference, Leiden, Netherlands.

Danforth, B. N., Cardinal, S., Praz, C., Almeida, E., & Michez, D. (02 January 2013). The impact of molecular data on our understanding of bee phylogeny and evolution. Annual Review of Entomology, 58, 57-78.
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Lecocq, T., Vereecken, N., Michez, D., Dellicour, S., Lhomme, P., Valterova, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2013). Patterns of Genetic and Reproductive Traits Differentiation in Mainland vs. Corsican Populations of Bumblebees. PLoS ONE, 8 (6).
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Lecocq, T., Dellicour, S., Michez, D., Lhomme, P., Vanderplanck, M., Valterova, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2013). Scent of a break-up: phylogeography and reproductive trait divergences in the red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13.
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Kuhlmann, M., Dathe, H. H., Ebmer, A. W., Hartmann, P., Michez, D., Müller, A., Patiny, S., Pauly, A., Praz, C., Rasmont, P., Risch, S., Scheuchl, E., Schwarz, M., Terzo, M., & Williams, P. H. (2012). Checklist of the Western Palaearctic Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila).: http://westpalbees.myspecies.info.

Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., & Lognay, G. (26 December 2012). Do chemicals of pollen constrain the evolution of host-plant interactions in specialist bees ? Paper presented at 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., Rasmont, P., Lognay, G., Suchai, S., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Pollen contents : what matters for polylectic bees ? Poster session presented at Entomology in Belgium, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Dellicour, S., de Jonghe, R., Roelandts, D., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Oligolectisme de Bombus brodmannicus delmasi Tkalcu (Hymenoptera, Apidae) : observations et analyses. OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 5, 8-11.

De Meulemeester, T., Michez, D., Aytekin, A. M., & Danforth, B. N. (26 December 2012). Taxonomic affinity of halictid bee fossils based on geometric morphometrics analyses of wing shape. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10 (4), 755-764.
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Mayer, C., Michez, D., Chyzy, A., Brédat, E., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (26 December 2012). Bumble bee abundance and pollen foraging behaviour related to population size of Vaccinium uliginosum. PLoS ONE, 7 (11).
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Wappler, T., De Meulemeester, T., Aytekin, A. M., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology, 37, 784-792.
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De Meulemeester, T., Michez, D., & Biesmeijer, J. (26 December 2012). Assisted indentification tool for bumble bee species based on wing shape. Paper presented at 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

De Meulemeester, T., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Cryptic Taxa Discrimination by Geometric Morphometrics. Paper presented at 7ème Symposium morphométrie et évolution des formes, Lyon, France.

Michez, D., & De Meulemeester, T. (26 December 2012). Geometric morphometric analyses of wing shape recover tribe, genus and subgenus association of bee fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Paper presented at 7ème Symposium morphométrie et évolution des formes, Lyon, France.

Moerman, R., Vanderplanck, M., Rasmont, P., Lognay, G., Suchai, S., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Pollen contents : what matters for polylectic bees ? Paper presented at 19th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Michez, D., Kuhlmann, M., Ivanov, S. P., & Radchenko, V. G. (26 December 2012). Description of four new species in the bee genus Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Zootaxa, 3337, 57-67.
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Michez, D., & Vereecken, N. (26 December 2012). Les abeilles sauvages, une biodiversité méconnue à protéger. Clin d'oeil, 10, 16-21.

Dellicour, S., Vereecken, N., & Michez, D. (26 December 2012). Bombus gerstaeckeri Morawitz 1881 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) : observations sur la biologie d'un bourdon localisé et oligolectique. OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 5, 12-14.

Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Valterova, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, R. (23 August 2012). Sexual pheromones evolution in insular bumblebees. Paper presented at 24th International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, South Korea.

Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Coppée, A., Dellicour, S., Valterova, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, P. (19 August 2012). Sexual pheromones evolution in insular bumblebees. Paper presented at ICE XXIV International Congress of Entomology August 19-25 2012, Daegu, South Korea.

Vanderplanck, M., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (22 July 2012). Evolution of host-plant interactions in specialist bees. Paper presented at 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Vanderplanck, M., Pinczewski, A., Wathelet, B., Wattiez, R., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (22 July 2012). Chemical constraint of solitary bees in host-plant specialization. Poster session presented at 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Michez, D., & Pauly, A. (02 February 2012). A new species of the palaearctic genus Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae) from the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia. Zootaxa, 3181, 63-68.
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Somme, L., Jacquemart, A.-L., Mayer, C., Leprince, N., Brédat, E., Michez, D., & Van Rossum, F. (26 December 2011). Pollen dispersal pattern assessment in four insect-pollinated bog species. Paper presented at 25th annual meeting of the Scandinavian Association of Pollination Ecology (SCAPE), Vingsted, Denmark.

Mayer, C., Michez, D., Chyzy, A., Brédat, E., & Jacquemart, A.-L. (26 December 2011). Population size of Vaccinium uliginosum affects bumble bee abundance and pollen foraging behaviour. Paper presented at GFOe meeting, Oldenburg, Germany.

Michez, D., Vanderplanck, M., & Engel, M. S. (2011). Fossil bees and their plant associates. In S. Patiny & S. Patiny (Ed.), Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships (pp. 103-164). Cambridge University Press.

Lecocq, T., Michez, D., Valterová, I., Rasplus, J.-Y., & Rasmont, P. (28 July 2011). Historical biogeography: consequences on sexual pheromones evolution among bumblebee species. Paper presented at INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 27TH ANNUAL MEETING, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada.

Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., Vancraenenbroeck, S., & Lognay, G. (20 July 2011). Micro-quantitative method for analysis of sterol levels in honeybees and their pollen loads. Analytical Letters, 44, 1807-1820.
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Vereecken, N., Michez, D., Colomb, P., & Wollast, M. (01 April 2011). Connaître et aider nos abeilles sauvages, accueillir nos abeilles sauvages solitaires (5/5). Homme et l'Oiseau (L'), 2011 (1), 34-39.

Lecocq, T., Lhomme, P., Michez, D., Dellicour, S., Valterová, I., & Rasmont, P. (01 February 2011). Molecular and chemical characters to evaluate species status of two cuckoo bumblebees: Bombus barbutellus and Bombus maxillosus (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini). Systematic Entomology, 36, 453-469.
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Michez, D., Vanderplanck, M., Rasmont, P., & Lognay, G. (21 December 2010). Physiological constraint in host-plant specialization among specialist and generalist wild bees. Paper presented at Bee-together, Ghent, Belgium.

Vanderplanck, M., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (21 December 2010). Host-plant specialisation in Colletidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea): Does physiology interface with ecology? Poster session presented at Bee-together, Ghent, Belgium.

Vanderplanck, M., Michez, D., & Lognay, G. (03 December 2010). Host-plant specialisation in solitary bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea): Does physiology interface with ecology? Paper presented at Entomology in Belgium 2010-Ecology, Evolution and Systematics of insects, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Vereecken, N., Michez, D., Colomb, P., & Wollast, M. (01 December 2010). Connaître et aider nos abeilles sauvages, accueillir nos abeilles sauvages sociales (4/4). Homme et l'Oiseau (L'), 2010 (4), 254-259.

Dellicour, S., & Michez, D. (01 November 2010). Biologie, observations et collectes de trois espèces soeurs du genre Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera, Melittidae). OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 4, 29-34.

Michez, D., & Vereecken, N. (2010). Les abeilles sauvages, une biodiversité insoupçonnée.

Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (07 September 2010). Host-plant specialization in bees. Paper presented at 4th EurBee congress, Ankara, Turkey.

Michez, D., Eardley, C. D., Kuhlmann, M., Timmermann, K., & Patiny, S. (01 September 2010). The bee genera Haplomelitta and Samba (Hymenoptera, Melittidae): phylogeny, biogeography and host-plants. Invertebrate Systematics, 24, 327-347.
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Vanderplanck, M., Lognay, G., & Michez, D. (31 July 2010). Dietetic constraint of host-plant specialisation in bee evolution (Hymenoptera, Apoidea): the Colletes. Poster session presented at 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Tours, France.

Michez, D., & Vanderplanck, M. (05 July 2010). Spécialisation alimentaire chez les abeilles sauvages, contrainte physiologique ou comportementale ? Paper presented at CIFE 2010 VIIème Congrès International Francophone d'Entomologie, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Colomb, P., Michez, D., Vereecken, N., & Wollast, M. (01 June 2010). Connaître et aider nos abeilles sauvages, les abeilles et leur habitat (3/4). Homme et l'Oiseau (L'), 2010 (3), 178-182.

Vanderplanck, M., & Michez, D. (05 May 2010). Dietetic constraint of host-plant specialisation in bee evolution (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Paper presented at One day symposium on Chemical Entomology - Insect-plant interactions, Gembloux, Belgium.

Lecocq, T., Coppée, A., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (05 May 2010). Phylogeny and sexual pheromones of Corsican bumblebees. Paper presented at One day symposium on Chemical Entomology - Insect-plant interactions, Gembloux, Belgium. doi:10.13140/2.1.3021.6005

Michez, D., Vereecken, N., Colomb, P., & Wollast, M. (01 April 2010). Connaître et aider nos abeilles sauvages, les abeilles sociales (2/4). Homme et l'Oiseau (L'), 2010 (2), 106-110.

Michez, D., Eardley, C. D., Timmermann, K., & Danforth, B. N. (01 February 2010). Unexpected polylectism in the bee genus Meganomia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 83 (3), 221-230.
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Vereecken, N., Michez, D., Colomb, P., & Wollast, M. (01 February 2010). Connaître et aider nos abeilles sauvages (1/4). Homme et l'Oiseau (L'), 2010 (1), 35-38.

Lecocq, T., Coppée, A., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (14 August 2009). Phylogeny and sexual pheromones of Corsican bumblebees. Paper presented at Systematics, First meeting of BioSyst EU 2009, Seventh Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association, Leiden, Netherlands. doi:10.13140/2.1.1448.7364

Brasero Et Martin, N., Vago, J.-L., & Michez, D. (12 August 2009). Systematics of Chalcid wasps from Oise amber. Poster session presented at Systematics, First meeting of BioSyst EU 2009, Seventh Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association, Leiden, Netherlands.

Lecocq, T., Coppée, A., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (2009). Phylogénie moléculaire et phéromones sexuelles des bourdons de la Corse. UMONS (Université de Mons).

Michez, D., Patiny, S., & Danforth, B. N. (01 July 2009). Phylogeny of the bee family Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology, 34, 574-597. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00479.x
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Patiny, S., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (01 July 2009). Survey of wild bees in West-Palaearctic region. Apidologie, 40, 313-331. doi:10.1051/apido/2009028
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Michez, D., De Meulemeester, T., Rasmont, P., Nel, A., & Patiny, S. (01 March 2009). New fossil evidence of the early diversification of bees: Paleohabropoda oudardi from the French Paleocene (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini). Zoologica Scripta, 38 (2), 171-181. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00362.x
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Michez, D., Rasmont, P., Terzo, M., & Vereecken, N. (01 January 2009). A synthesis of gynandromorphy among wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with an annotated description of several new cases. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 45 (3), 365-375.
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Patiny, S., Michez, D., Kuhlmann, M., Pauly, A., & Barbier, Y. (01 January 2009). Factors limiting the species richness of bees in Saharan Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 99, 337-346. doi:10.1017/S0007485308006433
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Vanderplanck, M., Bruneau, E., & Michez, D. (01 January 2009). Oligolectisme et décalage de phénologie entre plante hôte et pollinisateur, étude de deux espèces printanières psammophiles: Colletes cunicularius (L.) (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) et Andrena vaga (Panzer) (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 3, 23-27.
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Brasero, N., Nel, A., & Michez, D. (01 January 2009). Insect from the early Eocene amber of Oise (France): Diversity and palaeontological significance. Denisia, 26, 41-52.
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Brasero Et Martin, N., Nel, A., & Michez, D. (2009). Insects from the Early Eocene amber of Oise (France): diversity and palaeontological significance. Denisia.

Patiny, S., Michez, D., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2009). Survey of wild bees in West-Palaearctic region. Apidologie, 40, 313-331.
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Patiny, S., Michez, D., & Danforth, B. N. (01 June 2008). Phylogenetic relationships and host-plant evolution within the basal clade of Halictidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Cladistics, 24, 255-269. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00182.x
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Michez, D., Joris, I., & Iserbyt, S. (01 January 2008). Eco-éthologie des visiteurs de Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae) en Belgique. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 10, 35-55.
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Rasmont, P., Coppée, A., Michez, D., & De Meulemeester, T. (01 January 2008). An overview of the Bombus terrestris (L. 1758) subspecies (Hymenoptera : Apidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 44 (2), 243-250.
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Michez, D., Patiny, S., Rasmont, P., Timmermann, K., & Verrecken, N. (01 January 2008). Phylogeny and host-plant evolution in Melittidae s.l. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Apidologie, 39, 146-162. doi:10.1051/apido:2007048
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Praz, C., Carron, G., & Michez, D. (01 January 2008). Dasypoda braccata Eversmann 1852 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Dasypodaidae), nouvelle espèce pour l'apidofaune italienne. OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, 2, 16-20.
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Michez, D., Nel, A., Menier, J. J., & Rasmont, P. (01 August 2007). The oldest fossil of a melittid bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) from the early Eocene of Oise (France). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150 (4), 701-709. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00307.x
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Michez, D., Else, G. R., & Roberts, R. B. (01 March 2007). Biogeography, floral choices and re-description of Promelitta alboclypeata (Friese 1900) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). African Entomology, 15 (1), 197-203. doi:10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.197
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Patiny, S., & Michez, D. (2007). New insigths on the distribution and floral choices of Systropha Illiger 1806 in Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with description of a new species from Sudan. Zootaxa, (20), 59-68.
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Michez, D. (2007). La nouvelle classification des abeilles ou la chute de l'abeille mellifère (Apis mellifera L.) de son piédestal. OSMIA: Lettre de Contact des Apidologues, (1), 23-26.
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Michez, D., & Kuhlmann, M. (2007). Phylogenetic analysis of the bee genus Capicola with the description of Capicola hantamensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Dasypodaidae). Zootaxa, (1444), 61-68.
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Patiny, S., Engel, M. S., Vanmarsenille, P., & Michez, D. (01 January 2007). A new record of Thaumastobombus andreniformis Engel in Eocene amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 43 (4), 505-508.
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Patiny, S., & Michez, D. (01 January 2007). Biogeography of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Sahara and the Arabian deserts. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 38, 19-34.
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Michez, D., & Eardley, C. D. (01 January 2007). Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 43, 379-440.
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Michez, D., Eardley, C. D., Kuhlmann, M., & Patiny, S. (01 January 2007). Revision of the bee genus Capicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) distributed in the Southwest of Africa. European Journal of Entomology, 104 (2), 311-314.
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Vereecken, N., Toffin, E., Gosselin, M., & Michez, D. (01 January 2006). Observations relatives à la biologie et à la nidification de quelques abeilles sauvages psammophiles d'intérêt en Wallonie. Parcs & Réserves, 61 (1), 8-13.
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Patiny, S., & Michez, D. (01 January 2006). Phylogenetic analysis of the Systropha Illiger, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) and description of a new subgenus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 42 (1), 27-44.
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Vereecken, N., Toffin, E., Gosselin, M., & Michez, D. (01 January 2006). Observations relatives à la biologie et à la nidification de quelques abeilles sauvages psammophiles d'intérêts en Wallonie 1. Parcs et Réserves, 61 (1), 8-13.
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Michez, D., & Patiny, S. (01 January 2006). Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1148, 47-68.
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Michez, D., Patiny, S., Rasmont, P., & Vereecken, N. (2006). Phylogeny and floral choices of Melittidae. Beiträge der Hymenopterologen, 53-54.

Vereecken, N., Toffin, E., & Michez, D. (01 January 2006). Observations relatives à la biologie et à la nidification de quelques abeilles sauvages psammophiles d'intérêts en Wallonie 2. Parcs et Réserves, 61 (4), 12-20.
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Patiny, S., Ortiz, S., & Michez, D. (01 January 2005). A review of Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus), with description of a new species from Spain. Zootaxa, 1037, 37-38.
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Michez, D. (01 January 2005). Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) intermedia spec. nov. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae), a new species from Iran. Zoologische Mededelingen, 79(2)-6, 123-127.
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Gadoum, S., Iserbyt, S., Michez, D., Terzo, M., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2005). Les abeilles sauvages du Parc naturel régional du Vexin français. Courrier Scientifique du Parc Naturel Régional du Vexin Français, 1, 28-33.
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Michez, D., & Patiny, S. (01 January 2005). World revision of the oil-collecting bee genus Macropis Panzer 1809 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae) with a description of a new species from Laos. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 41 (1), 25.
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Rasmont, P., Pauly, A., Terzo, M., Patiny, S., Michez, D., Iserbyt, S., Berbier, Y., & Haubruge, E. (2005). The survey of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Belgium and France. The survey of wild bees in Belgium and France.
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Michez, D., Terzo, M., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2004). Révisions des espèces ouest-paléarctiques du genre Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Melittidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 36 (2), 847-900.
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Michez, D., Terzo, M., & Rasmont, P. (01 January 2004). Phylogénie, biogéographie et choix floraux des abeilles oligolectiques du genre Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Melittidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 40 (3-4), 421-435.
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Michez, D., Patiny, S., & Iserbyt, S. (01 January 2004). Apoida remarquables observés dans les Pyrénées - orientales, France (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Melittidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 109 (4), 379-382.
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Michez, D., Patiny, S., & Gaspar, C. (01 January 2003). Daypoda albimana Pérez, 1905, espéce nouvelle pour la France et le Maroc (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Mellittidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 108 (1), 61-64.
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Michez, D. (01 August 2002). Dasypoda patinyi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae), espèce nouvelle récoltée en Syrie. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 34 (1), 737-742.
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Michez, D., & Patiny, S. (01 January 2002). West-Palaearctic Dasypoda Latreille, 1802 biogeography (Apoidea, Melittidae). Paper presented at Beiträge der Hymenopteren-Tagung, Stuttgart, Germany.

Michez, D. (01 January 2002). Discussion monrphologique et biogéographique sur le complexe sub-spécifique de Dasypoda hirtipes (Fabricius 1793) sensu Warncke (1973). Notes Fauniques de Gembloux, 49, 35-45.
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