Staff directory

Nathalie Smitz

Biology
Invertebrates
Publications
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.