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Gerard Maxence

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

Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Zoologie

ORCID
0000-0002-2485-0662
Main Referenced Co-authors
MICHEZ, Denis  (24)
RASMONT, Pierre  (12)
MARTINET, Baptiste  (7)
Vanderplanck, Maryse  (7)
De Meulemeester, Thibaut (4)
Main Referenced Keywords
Agronomy and Crop Science (2); Animal Science and Zoology (2); Ecology (2); Apis mellifera (1); Apple (1);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
BIOSYS - Biosys (1)
CIRMAP - Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux Polymères (1)
CISMA - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Spectrométrie de Masse (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Zoology (25)
Agriculture & agronomy (2)
Entomology & pest control (2)
Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...) (2)
Physics (2)

Publications (total 31)

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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 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/35410

The most cited

201 citations (OpenCitations)

Gerard, M., Michez, D., & Legrand, C. (2018). Réchauffement climatique: des abeilles plus petites, qui volent moins bien. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12907/7428

Gerard, M. (02 November 2023). Short-term exposure to elevated temperatures affects learning and memory in bumblebees [Paper presentation]. European Congress of Entomology, Heraklion, Greece.
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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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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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Sculfort, O., Gerard, M., Gekiere, A., Nonclerq, D., Gerbaux, P., Duez, P., & Vanderplanck, M. (07 September 2021). Specialized Metabolites in Floral Resources: Effects and Detection in Buff-Tailed Bumblebees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9.
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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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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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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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Drossart, M., & Gerard, M. (2020). Beyond the Decline ofWild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors. Insects.
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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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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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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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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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Gerard, M., & Michez, D. (01 August 2019). Body size shifts in wild bees [Paper presentation]. 15th European Ecological Federation Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

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
Peer reviewed

Gerard, M., Michez, D., & Legrand, C. (2018). Réchauffement climatique: des abeilles plus petites, qui volent moins bien.

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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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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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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Florentin, J., Gerard, M., Turner, K., Rasmont, P., & Verlinden, O. (08 October 2017). Towards a full map of drumming signals in European woodpeckers [Paper presentation]. XXVI International Bioacoustics Congress, Haridwar, India.

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

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

Rasmont, P., Dehon, M., Gerard, M., Martinet, B., Roger, N., Vray, S., & Zerck, P.-L. (2015). Mons - Ce labo qui étudie les abeilles est une référence dans le Monde ! : (interviews de P. Rasmont, M. Dehon, M. Gérard, N. Roger, S. Vray & P.-L. Zerck).

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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Le Métayer, A., & Gerard, M. (2015). La science des abeilles, les abeilles de la sicence.

Gerard, M., De Meulemeester, T., Debat, V., & Michez, D. (10 March 2015). Wing shape to monitor bumblebees decline [Poster presentation]. 8ème édition de la Matinée des Chercheurs 2015 (MdC2015), Mons, 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 presentation]. 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

Florentin, J., Fauville, B., Moiny, F., Dutoit, T., Rasmont, P., Gerard, M., Kouroussis, G., & Verlinden, O. (12 December 2014). Wildlife acoustic indicators and a soundscape study in Chevetogne, Belgium [Poster presentation]. Zoology 2014, the 21st Benelux Congress of Zoology, Liège, Belgium.

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