Staff directory
Nathalie Smitz
Biology
Invertebrates
Invertebrates
Publications
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De Wolf, K., Vanderheyden, A., Deblauwe, I., Smitz, N., Gombeer, S., Vanslembrouck, A., Meganck, K., Dekoninck, W., De Meyer, M., Backeljau, T. & Van Bortel, W. 2021. ‘First record of the West-Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding’. Zootaxa. I.F. 1.03.
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Nambyl A Fagbémi, M., Pigneur, L-M., André, A., Smitz, N., Gennotte, V., Michaux, J., Mélard, C., Lalèyè, P. & Rougeot, C. 2021. ‘Genetic structure of wild and farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in Benin based on genome wide SNP technology’. Aquaculture. I.F. 3.23.
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Wat'senga Tezzo, F., Fasine, S., Manzambi, E Z., Marquetti, MdC., Binene Mbuka, G., Ilombe, G., Mundeke Takasongo, R., Smitz, N., Bisset, J A., Van Bortel, W. & Vanlerberghe, V. 2021. ‘Important Aedes spp. density levels in Kinshasa, Demographic Republic of Congo’. Parasites & Vectors. I.F. 3.12.
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Gombeer, S., Nebesse, C., Musaba, P., Ngoy, S., Peeters, M., Vanderheyden, A., Meganck, K., Smitz, N., Geers, F., Van Den Heuvel, S., Backeljau, T., De Meyer, M. & Verheyen, E. 2020. ‘Exploring the bushmeat market in Brussels, Belgium: a clandestine luxury business’. Biodiversity and Conservation 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02074-7. (PR).
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Ibáñez-Justicia, A., Smitz, N., den Hartog, W., van de Vossenberg, B., De Wolf, K., Deblauwe, I., Van Bortel, W., Jacobs, F., Vaux, AGC., Medlock, JM. & Stroo, A. 2020. ‘Detection of Exotic Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) at International Airports in Europe’. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17: 3450. DOI: doi:10.3390/ijerph17103450. I.F. 2.468.
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Martin, P., Sonet, G., Smitz, N. & Backeljau, T. 2019. ‘Phylogenetic analysis of the Baikalodrilus species flock (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae), an endemic genus to Lake Baikal (Russia)’. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlz066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz066. I.F. 2.9.
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Pigneur, L-M., Caublot, G., Fournier-Chambrillon, C., Fournier, P., Giralda-Carrera, G., Grémillet, X., Le Roux, B., Marc, D., Simonnet, F., Smitz, N., Sourp, E., Steinmetz, J., Urra-Maya, F. & Michaux, J. 2019. ‘Current genetic admixture between relictual populations might enhance the recovery of an elusive carnivore’. Conservation Genetics. ISSN: 1572-9737. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01199-9. (PR).
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Smitz, N., Jouvenet, O., Ligate, FA., Crosmary, W-G., Ikanda, D., Chardonnet, P., Fusari, A., Meganck, K., Gillet, F., Melletti, M. & Michaux, J. 2018. ‘A genome-wide data assessment of the African lion (Panthera leo) population genetic structure and diversity in Tanzania’. Tzen-Yuh Chiang (ed), PLoS ONE 13: e0205395. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205395. URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205395 I.F. 2.806.
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Smitz, N., Van Hooft, P., Heller, R., Cornélis, D., Chardonnet, P., Kraus, R., Greyling , B., Crooijmans, R., Groenen, M. & Michaux, J. 2016. ‘Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identification and characterization in a non-model organism, the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), using next generation sequencing’. Mammalian Biology. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2016.07.047. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504716300982 (PR).
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Smitz, N., Chardonnet, P., Caron, A., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jori, F., Mouton, A., Latinne, A., Pigneur, L-M., Melletti, M., Kanapeckas, KL., Marescaux, J., Lopes Pereira, C., Michaux, J. & Cornélis, D. 2014. ‘Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer)’. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 1-19. DOI: doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0203-2. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/14/203 I.F. 3.41.