Staff directory
Nathalie Smitz
Biology
Invertebrates
Invertebrates
Publications
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Talenti, A., Wilkinson, T., Cook, E.A., Hemmink, J.D., Paxton, E., Mutinda, M., Ngulu, S.D., Jayaraman, S., Bishop, R.P., Obara, I., Hourlier, T., Giron, C.G., Martin, F.J., Labuschagne, M., Atimnedi, P., Nanteza, A., Keyyu, J.D., Mramba, F., Caron, A., Cornelis, D., Chardonnet, P., Fyumagwa, R., Lembo, T., Auty, H.K., Michaux, J., Smitz, N., Toye, P., Robert, C., Prendergast, J.G.D & Morrison, L.J. 2024. ‘Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)’. Communications Biology 7: 792. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06481-2. I.F. 6.548.
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De Coninck, L., Soto, A., Wang, L., De Wolf, K., Smitz, N., Deblauwe, I., Mbigha Donfack, KC., Muller, R., Delang, L. & Matthijnssens, J. 2024. ‘Lack of abundant core virome in Culex mosquitoes from a temperate climate region despite a mosquito species-specific virome’. mSystems 0:e00012-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00012-24. I.F. 7.3.
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Vanderheyden, A., Dekoninck, W., Smitz, N., Lombal, A., De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2024. ‘First record of three alien termite species in Belgium’. BioInvasions Records 13: 335-344. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir. 2024.13.2.04. URL: https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2024/2/BIR_2024_Vanderheyden_etal.pdf I.F. 1.67.
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Schols, R., Smitz, N., Vanderheyden, A. & Huyse, T. 2024. ‘Expanding the swimmer’s itch pool of the Benelux: a first record of the neurotropic Trichobilharzia regenti and potential link to human infection’. Parasites & Vectors 17: 126. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06218-4. URL: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-024-06218-4 I.F. 3.2.
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Michaux, J., Smitz, N. & Van Hooft, P. 2023. ‘Chapter 3: Taxonomic Status of the African Buffalo’. In: Alexandre Caron, Daniel Cornélis, Philippe Chardonnet, Herbert H.T. Prins (ed), Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. (PR) ISBN: 9781009006828. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009006828.
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Korte, L., Melletti, M. & Smitz, N. 2023. ‘Chapter 5: Movement Ecology and Evolutionary History of Forest Buffalo’. In: Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Colin A. Chapman, Mario Melletti (ed), Movement Ecology of Afrotropical Forest Mammals. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, pp. 79-98. (PR) ISBN: 978-3-031-27029-1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27030-7.
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Edmunds, SC., Fouque, F., Copas, KA., Hirsch, T., Shimabukuro, PHF., Dilermando Andrade-filho, J., Marcelo, C., Morales, CA., Lesmes, MC., Fuya, P., Mendez, S., Cadena, H., Avila-Diaz, A., Santamaria, E., Juznic-Zonta, Z., Eritja, R., Palmer, JRB., Bartumeus, F., dos Santos-Conceicao, M., Chahad-Ehlers, S., Silva-Inacio, CL., Leuch Lozovei, Z., de Andrade, AJ., Paull, S., Miranda, MA., Barcelo, C., Schaffner, F., Della-Torre, A., Brosens, D., Dekoninck, W., Hendrickx, G., Van Bortel, W., Deblauwe, I., Smitz, N., Versteirt, V., Espindola Godoy, R., Fernandes Brilhante, A., Ceccarelli, S., Balsalobre, A., Vicente, ME., Curtis-Robles, R., Hamer, SA., Landa, JMA., Rabinovich, JE., Marti, GA. & Schigel, D. 2022. ‘Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases’. GigaScience 11: 1-5. DOI: DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac114. URL: https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/doi/10.1093/gigascience/giac114/6795290 I.F. 6.9.
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Sonet, G., Smitz, N., Vangestel, C. & Samyn, Y. 2022. ‘DNA barcoding echinoderms from the East Coast of South Africa. The challenge to maintain DNA data connected with taxonomy’. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0270321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0270321. I.F. 3.752.
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Maes, Tim., De Corte, Z., Vangestel, C., Virgilio, M., Smitz, N., Teukeng, F., Papadaki, M. & Huyse, T. 2022. ‘Large-scale and small-scale population genetic structure of the medically important gastropod species Bulinus truncatus (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)’. Parasites & Vectors. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05445-x. URL: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-022-05445-x I.F. 4.047.
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Ibanez-Justicia, A., Smitz, N., Blom, R., Vanderheyden, A., Jacobs, F., Meganck, K., Gombeer, S., Backeljau, T., Koenraadt, CJM., Griep, JS., De Meyer, M. & Stroo, A. 2022. ‘Anopheles maculipennis complex in the Netherlands: First record of Anopheles daciae (Diptera: Culicidae)’. Carlos Barceló and Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo (eds), Diversity 14(8), special issue : Diversity, Distribution and Phylogeny of Vector Insects : 636. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14080636 I.F. 3.029.