Thierry Backeljau

Affiliations

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.

Publications (23)

The systematics and evolution of the Sri Lankan rainforest land snail Corilla: New insights from RADseq-based phylogenetics.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

Avec: Dinarzarde C Raheem , David J Gower , Karin Breugelmans , Kithsiri B Ranawana , Thierry Backeljau

A new jewel-like species of the pill-millipede genus

ZooKeys

Avec: Ruttapon Srisonchai , Natdanai Likhitrakarn , Chirasak Sutcharit , Thierry Backeljau , Piyatida Pimvichai

Untangling a mess of worms: Species delimitations reveal morphological crypsis and variability in Southeast Asian semi-aquatic earthworms (Almidae, Glyphidrilus).

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

Avec: Parin Jirapatrasilp , Thierry Backeljau , Pongpun Prasankok , Ratmanee Chanabun , Somsak Panha

Re-description of the type species of the genera

ZooKeys

Avec: Chirasak Sutcharit , Thierry Backeljau , Somsak Panha

A century of coping with environmental and ecological changes via compensatory biomineralization in mussels.

Global change biology

Avec: Luca Telesca , Lloyd S Peck , Thierry Backeljau , Mario F Heinig , Elizabeth M Harper

Two new millipede species of the genus

ZooKeys

Avec: Piyatida Pimvichai , Henrik Enghoff , Thierry Backeljau

Checklist of the fresh and brackish water snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Bénin and adjacent West African ecoregions.

ZooKeys

Avec: Zinsou Cosme Koudenoukpo , Olaniran Hamed Odountan , Bert Van Bocxlaer , Rose Sablon , Antoine Chikou , Thierry Backeljau

Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

Global change biology

Avec: Elena Piano , Caroline Souffreau , Thomas Merckx , Lisa F Baardsen , Thierry Backeljau , Dries Bonte , Kristien I Brans , Marie Cours , Maxime Dahirel , Nicolas Debortoli , Ellen Decaestecker , Katrien De Wolf , Jessie M T Engelen , Diego Fontaneto , Andros T Gianuca , Lynn Govaert , Fabio T T Hanashiro , Janet Higuti , Luc Lens , Koen Martens , Hans Matheve , Erik Matthysen , Eveline Pinseel , Rose Sablon , Isa Schön , Robby Stoks , Karine Van Doninck , Hans Van Dyck , Pieter Vanormelingen , Jeroen Van Wichelen , Wim Vyverman , Luc De Meester , Frederik Hendrickx

Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity.

BMC evolutionary biology

Avec: S Fourdrilis , T Backeljau

Correction to: Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity.

BMC evolutionary biology

Avec: S Fourdrilis , T Backeljau

Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede

ZooKeys

Avec: Piyatida Pimvichai , Henrik Enghoff , Thierry Backeljau

First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus

Genome

Avec: Gontran Sonet , Yannick De Smet , Min Tang , Massimiliano Virgilio , Andrew Donovan Young , Jeffrey H Skevington , Ximo Mengual , Thierry Backeljau , Shanlin Liu , Xin Zhou , Marc De Meyer , Kurt Jordaens

Intermediate gastropod hosts of major feline cardiopulmonary nematodes in an area of wildcat and domestic cat sympatry in Greece.

Parasites & vectors

Avec: Dimitris Dimzas , Simone Morelli , Donato Traversa , Angela Di Cesare , Yoo Ree Van Bourgonie , Karin Breugelmans , Thierry Backeljau , Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono , Anastasia Diakou

Morphological and molecular characterization of larval trematodes infecting the assassin snail genus

Journal of helminthology

Avec: N Chomchoei , T Backeljau , B Segers , C Wongsawad , P Butboonchoo , N Nantarat

MEMO: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium.

GigaByte (Hong Kong, China)

Avec: Isra Deblauwe , Dimitri Brosens , Katrien De Wolf , Nathalie Smitz , Adwine Vanslembrouck , Anna Schneider , Jacobus De Witte , Ingrid Verlé , Wouter Dekoninck , Marc De Meyer , Thierry Backeljau , Sophie Gombeer , Kenny Meganck , Ann Vanderheyden , Ruth Müller , Wim Van Bortel

Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog

ZooKeys

Avec: Olivier S G Pauwels , Jonathan Brecko , Dimitri Baeghe , Jeroen Venderickx , Ann Vanderheyden , Thierry Backeljau

First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding.

Zootaxa

Avec: Katrien DE Wolf , Ann Vanderheyden , Isra Deblauwe , Nathalie Smitz , Sophie Gombeer , Adwine Vanslembrouck , Kenny Meganck , Wouter Dekoninck , Marc DE Meyer , Thierry Backeljau , Ruth Müller , Wim VAN Bortel

Population genetic structure of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae), in Belgium suggests multiple introductions.

Parasites & vectors

Avec: Nathalie Smitz , Katrien De Wolf , Isra Deblauwe , Helge Kampen , Francis Schaffner , Jacobus De Witte , Anna Schneider , Ingrid Verlé , Adwine Vanslembrouck , Wouter Dekoninck , Kenny Meganck , Sophie Gombeer , Ann Vanderheyden , Marc De Meyer , Thierry Backeljau , Doreen Werner , Ruth Müller , Wim Van Bortel

Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics.

Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Avec: Melody S Clark , Lloyd S Peck , Jaison Arivalagan , Thierry Backeljau , Sophie Berland , Joao C R Cardoso , Carlos Caurcel , Gauthier Chapelle , Michele De Noia , Sam Dupont , Karim Gharbi , Joseph I Hoffman , Kim S Last , Arul Marie , Frank Melzner , Kati Michalek , James Morris , Deborah M Power , Kirti Ramesh , Trystan Sanders , Kirsikka Sillanpää , Victoria A Sleight , Phoebe J Stewart-Sinclair , Kristina Sundell , Luca Telesca , David L J Vendrami , Alexander Ventura , Thomas A Wilding , Tejaswi Yarra , Elizabeth M Harper

DNA identification of species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex and first record of An. daciae in Belgium.

Medical and veterinary entomology

Avec: N Smitz , K De Wolf , A Gheysen , I Deblauwe , A Vanslembrouck , K Meganck , J De Witte , A Schneider , I Verlé , W Dekoninck , S Gombeer , A Vanderheyden , M De Meyer , T Backeljau , R Müller , W Van Bortel

Genital anatomy, jaw and radula of

ZooKeys

Avec: Maike Hernández , Manuel A Bauzá , Thierry Backeljau

Eating eggplants as a cucurbit feeder: Dietary shifts affect the gut microbiome of the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae).

MicrobiologyOpen

Avec: Wouter Hendrycks , Hélène Delatte , Laura Moquet , Kostas Bourtzis , Nele Mullens , Marc De Meyer , Thierry Backeljau , Massimiliano Virgilio

130 years of heavy metal pollution archived in the shell of the intertidal dog whelk, Nucella lapillus (Gastropoda, Muricidae).

Marine pollution bulletin

Avec: Dennis Mayk , Elizabeth M Harper , Jan Fietzke , Thierry Backeljau , Lloyd S Peck

Réseau de co-auteurs

T Backeljau 4 collaborations

Marc De Meyer 4 collaborations

Ann Vanderheyden 4 collaborations

Piyatida Pimvichai 3 collaborations

Lloyd S Peck 3 collaborations

Elizabeth M Harper 3 collaborations

Katrien De Wolf 3 collaborations

Isra Deblauwe 3 collaborations

Nathalie Smitz 3 collaborations

Adwine Vanslembrouck 3 collaborations

Wouter Dekoninck 3 collaborations

Sophie Gombeer 3 collaborations

Kenny Meganck 3 collaborations

Ruth Müller 3 collaborations

Karin Breugelmans 2 collaborations

Chirasak Sutcharit 2 collaborations

Somsak Panha 2 collaborations

Luca Telesca 2 collaborations

Henrik Enghoff 2 collaborations

Rose Sablon 2 collaborations

S Fourdrilis 2 collaborations

Massimiliano Virgilio 2 collaborations

Anna Schneider 2 collaborations

Jacobus De Witte 2 collaborations

Ingrid Verlé 2 collaborations

Wim Van Bortel 2 collaborations

Dinarzarde C Raheem 1 collaboration

David J Gower 1 collaboration

Kithsiri B Ranawana 1 collaboration

Ruttapon Srisonchai 1 collaboration

Natdanai Likhitrakarn 1 collaboration

Parin Jirapatrasilp 1 collaboration

Pongpun Prasankok 1 collaboration

Ratmanee Chanabun 1 collaboration

Mario F Heinig 1 collaboration

Zinsou Cosme Koudenoukpo 1 collaboration

Olaniran Hamed Odountan 1 collaboration

Bert Van Bocxlaer 1 collaboration

Antoine Chikou 1 collaboration

Elena Piano 1 collaboration

Caroline Souffreau 1 collaboration

Thomas Merckx 1 collaboration

Lisa F Baardsen 1 collaboration

Dries Bonte 1 collaboration

Kristien I Brans 1 collaboration

Marie Cours 1 collaboration

Maxime Dahirel 1 collaboration

Nicolas Debortoli 1 collaboration

Ellen Decaestecker 1 collaboration

Jessie M T Engelen 1 collaboration

Diego Fontaneto 1 collaboration

Andros T Gianuca 1 collaboration

Lynn Govaert 1 collaboration

Fabio T T Hanashiro 1 collaboration

Janet Higuti 1 collaboration

Luc Lens 1 collaboration

Koen Martens 1 collaboration

Hans Matheve 1 collaboration

Erik Matthysen 1 collaboration

Eveline Pinseel 1 collaboration

Isa Schön 1 collaboration

Robby Stoks 1 collaboration

Karine Van Doninck 1 collaboration

Hans Van Dyck 1 collaboration

Pieter Vanormelingen 1 collaboration

Jeroen Van Wichelen 1 collaboration

Wim Vyverman 1 collaboration

Luc De Meester 1 collaboration

Frederik Hendrickx 1 collaboration

Gontran Sonet 1 collaboration

Yannick De Smet 1 collaboration

Min Tang 1 collaboration

Andrew Donovan Young 1 collaboration

Jeffrey H Skevington 1 collaboration

Ximo Mengual 1 collaboration

Shanlin Liu 1 collaboration

Xin Zhou 1 collaboration

Kurt Jordaens 1 collaboration

Dimitris Dimzas 1 collaboration

Simone Morelli 1 collaboration

Donato Traversa 1 collaboration

Angela Di Cesare 1 collaboration

Yoo Ree Van Bourgonie 1 collaboration

Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono 1 collaboration

Anastasia Diakou 1 collaboration

N Chomchoei 1 collaboration

B Segers 1 collaboration

C Wongsawad 1 collaboration

P Butboonchoo 1 collaboration

N Nantarat 1 collaboration

Dimitri Brosens 1 collaboration

Olivier S G Pauwels 1 collaboration

Jonathan Brecko 1 collaboration

Dimitri Baeghe 1 collaboration

Jeroen Venderickx 1 collaboration

Katrien DE Wolf 1 collaboration

Marc DE Meyer 1 collaboration

Wim VAN Bortel 1 collaboration

Helge Kampen 1 collaboration

Francis Schaffner 1 collaboration

Doreen Werner 1 collaboration

Melody S Clark 1 collaboration

Jaison Arivalagan 1 collaboration

Sophie Berland 1 collaboration

Joao C R Cardoso 1 collaboration

Carlos Caurcel 1 collaboration

Gauthier Chapelle 1 collaboration

Michele De Noia 1 collaboration

Sam Dupont 1 collaboration

Karim Gharbi 1 collaboration

Joseph I Hoffman 1 collaboration

Kim S Last 1 collaboration

Arul Marie 1 collaboration

Frank Melzner 1 collaboration

Kati Michalek 1 collaboration

James Morris 1 collaboration

Deborah M Power 1 collaboration

Kirti Ramesh 1 collaboration

Trystan Sanders 1 collaboration

Kirsikka Sillanpää 1 collaboration

Victoria A Sleight 1 collaboration

Phoebe J Stewart-Sinclair 1 collaboration

Kristina Sundell 1 collaboration

David L J Vendrami 1 collaboration

Alexander Ventura 1 collaboration

Thomas A Wilding 1 collaboration

Tejaswi Yarra 1 collaboration

N Smitz 1 collaboration

K De Wolf 1 collaboration

A Gheysen 1 collaboration

I Deblauwe 1 collaboration

A Vanslembrouck 1 collaboration

K Meganck 1 collaboration

J De Witte 1 collaboration

A Schneider 1 collaboration

I Verlé 1 collaboration

W Dekoninck 1 collaboration

S Gombeer 1 collaboration

A Vanderheyden 1 collaboration

M De Meyer 1 collaboration

R Müller 1 collaboration

W Van Bortel 1 collaboration

Maike Hernández 1 collaboration

Manuel A Bauzá 1 collaboration

Wouter Hendrycks 1 collaboration

Hélène Delatte 1 collaboration

Laura Moquet 1 collaboration

Kostas Bourtzis 1 collaboration

Nele Mullens 1 collaboration

Dennis Mayk 1 collaboration

Jan Fietzke 1 collaboration