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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.
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Vermeersch, X.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Kratz, F.,  Breugelmans, K.,  Segers, B.,  De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2024. ‘Application of environmental DNA and quantitative PCR to detect the presence of four invasive crayfish species in Brussels waterbodies (Belgium)’. EBRIII. Book of abstracts. Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Kratz, F.,  Cuypers, L.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Breugelmanns, K.,  Segers, B.,  Ramaekers, K.,  Geraerts, M.,  De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Verheyen, E. & Gryseels, S. 2024. ‘Monitoring the trade in exotic animals through DNA Barcoding of Passenger-Imported Wild Meat’. EBRIII. Book of abstracts. Leiden, Netherlands .
  • Vanden Abeele, S.,  Deblauwe, I.,  Hermy, MRG.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.,  Schneider, A.,  Vanslembrouck, A.,  Delbecque, J.,  Kratz, F.,  Breugelmans, K.,  Segers, B.,  De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Müller, R.,  Rebolledo, J. & Van Bortel, W. 2024. ‘Aedes albopictus” (Diptera: Culicidae) northward expansion into Belgium’. EBRIII. Book of abstracts. Leiden, the Netherlands.
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