Publications

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Articles - Peer-reviewed journals

[54] Gaffey B. C., Bax N., Krauzig N. & Tougeron K., 2024. A call to strengthen international collaboration to assess climate change effects in polar regions. PLoS Climate, 3(10), e0000495. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000495
[53] Brusse T., Tougeron K., Barbottin A., Henckel L., Dubois F., Marrec R., & Caro G., 2024. Considering farming management at the landscape scale: descriptors and trends on biodiversity. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44(3), 30. DOI: 10.1007/s13593-024-00966-4
[52] Murhububa I., Bragard C., Tougeron K. & Hance T., 2024. Preference of Pentalonia nigronervosa for infected banana plants tends to reverse after Banana bunchy top virus acquisition. Scientific Reports 14, 2993. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53205-x
[51] The Herbivory Variability Network, Robinson M.L. et al., 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382, 6671. DOI:10.1126/science.adh8830
[50] Denoirjean T., Engel C., Le Goff G.J., Dubois F., Tougeron K., Doury G., Ameline A. & Couty A., 2023. Bottom-up effects of apple cultivars on parasitoids via aphid hosts. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18, 181-192. DOI: 10.1007/s11829-023-10020-x
[49] Lagneau L., Le Lann C., Tougeron K., Canard E., Marrec R., Plantegenest M., Le Ralec A., van Baaren J. & Tricault Y., 2023. Intérêt des bandes fleuries pour le contrôle biologique des pucerons vecteurs des jaunisses de la betterave sucrière. Innovations Agronomiques 89, 39-56.
[48] Eke M., Tougeron K., Hamidovic A., Ngamo Tinkeu L.S., Hance T. & Renoz F., 2023. Deciphering the functional diversity of the gut microbiota of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): recent advances and future challenges. Animal Microbiome 5, 40. DOI: 10.1186/s42523-023-00261-9
[47] Kamenova S., Marrec R. & Tougeron K., 2023. Gut microbiome divergence in four closely co-occurring species of generalist predators. Agriculture and Forest Entomology.
[46] Murhububa Safari I., Tougeron K., Bragard C., Fauconnier M.-L., Basengere Bisimwa E., Walangululu Masamba J. & Hance T., 2023. The aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa takes advantage from the quality change in banana plant associated with Banana bunchy top virus infection. Journal of Economic Entomology 116(5), 1481–1489. DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad130
[45] Tougeron K.*, Iltis C.*, Rampnoux E., Goerlinger A., Dhondt L. & Hance T., 2023 (* co-first authors). Still standing: the heat protection delivered by a facultative symbiont to its aphid host is resilient to repeated thermal stress. Current Research in Insect Science 3, 100061. DOI: 10.1016/j.cris.2023.100061
[44] Tougeron K. & Sanders D., 2023. Light Pollution and Night Warming as a combined threat to biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38(8), 701-704. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.012
[43] Hughes A.C., Tougeron K., Martin D.A., Menga F., Rosado B.H.P., Villasante S., Madgulkar S., Gonçalves F., Geneletti D., Diele-Viegas L.M., Berger S., Colla S.R., de Andrade Kamimura V., Caggiano H., Melo F., de Oliveira Dias M.G., Kellner E. & do Couto E.V., 2023. Smaller human populations are still not a necessary condition for biodiversity conservation: A response to Cafaro et al. (2023). Biological Conservation 282, 110053. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110053
[42] Hughes A.C., Tougeron K., Martin D.A., Menga F., Rosado B.H.P., Villasante S., Madgulkar S., Gonçalves F., Geneletti D., Diele-Viegas L.M., Berger S., Colla S.R., de Andrade Kamimura V., Caggiano H., Melo F., de Oliveira Dias M.G., Kellner E. & do Couto E.V., 2023. Smaller human populations are neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 277, 109841. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109841
[41] Ismail M., Tougeron K., Vriamont A., Hance T. & Albittar L., 2022. Thermal tolerance of the rosy apple aphid and its parasitoids: Effect of low temperatures on some fitness activities of Aphidius matricariae. Journal of Thermal Biology 110, 103377. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103377.
[40] Harvey J., Tougeron K., Gols R., Heinen R., [66 others] & Chown S.L., 2022. Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs e1553. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1553.
[39] Tougeron K.*, Ferrais L.*, Gardin P. & Hance T. (* co-first authors), 2022. Flower strips increase the control of rosy apple aphids after parasitoid releases in an apple orchard. Annals of Applied Biology 182(2), 245-256. DOI: 10.1111/aab.12816.
[38] Alfaro-Tapia A., Alvarez-Baca J.K., Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Lavandero B. & Le Lann C., 2022. Composition and structure of winter aphid–parasitoid food webs along a latitudinal gradient in Chile. Oecologia 200, 425-440. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05270-0.
[37] Tougeron K., 2022. How widespread is the implication of symbionts in nitrogen recycling during animal dormancy? Science 375(6579), 460-463 [eLetter in response to Regan et al. 2022, can be found at the bottom of the original article online, not indexed]
[36] Tougeron K. & Iltis C., 2022. Impact of heat stress on the fitness outcomes of symbiotic infection in aphids: a meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289(1971), 20212660. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2660.
[35] Tougeron K., 2022. Homeostasis theory: What can we learn from dormancy and symbiotic associations? Physiology & Behavior 249, 113749. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113749.
[34] Ferrais L.*, Tougeron K.*, Gardin P. & Hance T. (* co-first authors), 2022. Assessing the optimal frequency of early parasitoid releases in apple orchards to control Dysaphis plantaginea: a proof-of-concept study. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture 38(3), 189-201. DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2022.2039294
[33] Tougeron K., Couthouis E., Marrec R., Barascou L., Baudry J., Boussard H., Burel F., Couty A., Doury G., Francis C., Hecq F., Le Roux V., Pétillon J., Spicher F., Hance T. & van Baaren J., 2022. Multi-scale approach to biodiversity proxies of biological control service in European farmlands. Science of The Total Environment 822,153569. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153569
[32] Tougeron K.*, Jerbi-Elayed M.*, Grissa-Lebdi K. & Hance T. (* co-first authors), 2021. Effect of developmental temperatures on Aphidius colemani host-foraging behavior at high temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology 103, 103140. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103140
[31] Tougeron K., Brodeur J., van Baaren J., Renault D. & Le Lann C., 2021. Phenology under bottom-up control: change in host quality induces diapause in parasitic wasps. Peer Community Journal 1, e12. DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.8/
[30] Tougeron K.*, Iltis C.*, Hance T., Louâpre P. & Foray V. (* co-first authors)., 2021. A perspective on insect-microbe holobionts facing thermal fluctuations in a climate-change context. Environmental Microbiology 24(1), 18-29. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15826
[29] Tougeron K., Ferrais L., Renard M.-E., Noûs C. & Hance T., 2021. Effects of constant versus fluctuating temperatures on fitness indicators of the aphid Dysaphis plantaginea and the parasitoid Aphidius matricariae. Insects 12(10), 855. DOI: 10.3390/insects12100855
[28] Jerbi-Elayed M., Foray V., Tougeron K., Grissa-Lebdi K. & Hance T., 2021. Developmental temperature affects life-history traits and heat tolerance in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani. Insects 12(10), 852. DOI: 10.3390/insects12100852
[27] Tougeron K. & Hance T., 2021. Cascading effects of caffeine intake by primary-consumers to the upper trophic level. Bulletin of Entomological Research 112(2), 197-203. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485321000687
[26] Murhububa Safari I., Tougeron K., Bragard C., Fauconnier M.-L., Bisimwa Basengere E., Walangululu Masamba J. & Hance T., 2021. Banana tree infected with banana bunchy top virus attracts Pentalonia nigronervosa aphids through increased volatile organic compounds emission. Journal of Chemical Ecology 47, 755–767. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-021-01298-3
[25] Le Goff G., Berthe J., Tougeron K., Dochy B., Lebbe O., Renoz F. & Hance T., 2021. Effect of the instar of the pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on the behaviour and fitness of the parasitoid Trechnites insidiosus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). European Journal of Entomology 118, 279-287. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2021.028
[24] Tougeron K., Iltis C., Renoz F., Albittar L., Hance T., Demeter S., & Le Goff G. J., 2021. Ecology and biology of the parasitoid Trechnites insidiosus and its potential for biological control of pear psyllids. Pest Management Science 77(11), 4836-4847. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6517
[23] Tougeron K., 2021. How constraining are photic barriers to poleward range-shifts? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36(6), 478-479. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.02.008
[22] Tougeron K. & Hance T., 2021. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on apple orchards in Europe. Agricultural Systems 190, 103097. DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103097
[21] Alfaro-Tapia A., Alvarez-Baca J.K., Tougeron K., Lavandero B., Le Lann C. & van Baaren J., 2021. Overwintering strategies and life-history traits of different populations of Aphidius platensis along a latitudinal gradient in Chile. Entomologia Generalis 42(1), 127-145. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2021/1186
[20] Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Town J., Nordin D., Dumonceaux T. & Wist T., 2020. Body-color plasticity of the English grain aphid in response to light in both laboratory and field conditions. Evolutionary Ecology 35(1), 147-162. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-020-10088-4
[19] Nicolai A., Guernion M., Guillocheau S., Hoeffner K., Le Gouar P., [31 others], Tougeron K., [26 others], Cluzeau D. & Supper R., 2020. Bioblitz: Rapid biotic and abiotic inventory allows studying environmental changes over 60 years at the Biological Field Station of Paimpont (Brittany, France) and opens new interdisciplinary research opportunities. Biodiversity Data Journal 8, e50451. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e50451
[18] Saeed M.M., Tougeron K., Raza A.B.M., Afzal M., Aqueel A., Le Goff G.J., Renoz F., Pirotte J. & Hance T., 2020. Transgenerational phenotypic plasticity of diapause induction and related fitness cost in a commercial strain of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday. Insect Science 28(3), 780-792. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12794
[17] Tougeron K.*, Devogel M.*, van Baaren J., Le Lann C. & Hance T. (* co-first authors), 2020. Trans-generational effects on diapause and life-history-traits of an aphid parasitoid. Journal of Insect Physiology 121, 104001. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.104001
[16] Van Baaren J., Soroka J., Wist T. & Tougeron K., 2020. Host-parasitoids network in extreme conditions: the case of cereal crops in Saskatchewan, Canada. Entomologia Generalis 40:(1), 63-77. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2019/0807
[15] Tougeron K., Brodeur J., Le Lann C. & van Baaren J., 2019. How climate change affects the seasonal ecology of insect parasitoids. Ecological Entomology 45:(2), 167-181. DOI: 10.1111/een.12792
[14] Damien M. & Tougeron K., 2019. Prey-predator phenological mismatch under climate change. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 35, 60-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.07.002
[13] Mushegian A. & Tougeron K., 2019. Animal-microbe interactions in the context of diapause. The Biological Bulletin 237, 180-191. DOI: 10.1086/706078
[12] Tougeron K., Brodeur J., van Baaren J., Renault D. & Le Lann C, 2019. Sex makes them sleepy: change in host reproductive status induces diapause in a parasitoid population experiencing harsh winters. Recommended by PCI Ecology. bioRxiv 371385; DOI: 10.1101/371385
[11] Tougeron K., 2019. Diapause research in insects: historical review and recent work perspectives. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 167:(1), 27-36. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12753
[10] Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Le Lann C. & Brodeur J., 2019. Diapause expression in a Québec, Canada population of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 151:(3), 345-349. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2019.1
[9] Tougeron K., Damien M., Le Lann C., Brodeur J. & van Baaren J., 2018. Rapid responses of winter aphid-parasitoid communities to climate warming. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 173. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00173
[8] Tougeron K. & Tena A., 2018. Hyperparasitoids as new targets in biological control in a global change context. Biological Control. 130, 164-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.09.003
[7] Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Llopis S., Ridel A., Doyon J., Brodeur J. & Le Lann C., 2018. Disentangling plasticity from local adaptation in diapause expression of parasitoid wasps from contrasting thermal environments: a reciprocal translocation experiment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124:(4), 756-764. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly079
[6] Tougeron K., Hraoui G., Le Lann C., van Baaren J. & Brodeur J., 2017. Intraspecific maternal competition induces summer diapause in insect parasitoids. Insect Science. 25:(6), 1080-1088. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12491
[5] Tougeron K. & Abram P. K., 2017. An ecological perspective on sleep disruption. The American Naturalist. 190:(3), E55-E66. DOI: 10.1086/692604
[4] Alford L., Tougeron K., Pierre J.-S., Burel F. & van Baaren J., 2017. The effect of landscape intensification and microclimate on the thermal tolerance of a pest insect. Insect Science. 25:(5), 905-915. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12460
[3] Tougeron K., Le Lann C., Brodeur J. & van Baaren J., 2016. Are parasitoids from mild winter areas losing their winter diapause? Oecologia. 183:(3), 619-629. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3770-7
[2] Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Burel F. & Alford L., 2016. Comparing thermal tolerance in contrasted landscapes: first steps towards understanding how landscape management could modify ectotherm thermal tolerance. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 9:(3), 171-180. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12153
[1] Kamenova S., Tougeron K., Cateine M., Marie A. & Plantegenest M., 2015. Behaviour-driven micro-scale niche differentiation in carabid beetles. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 155:(1), 39-46. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12280

Articles - Preprints and/or submitted to international peer-reviewed journals

Goerlinger A. & Tougeron K., 2024. Taxonomic imbalances in animal sleep studies. EcoEvo Rxiv; 10.32942/X2TK7K
Tougeron K., Blanchet L., van Baaren J., Le Lann C. & Brodeur J. Effect of diapause on cold-resistance in different life-stages of an aphid parasitoid wasp. To be resubmitted. bioRxiv 489427; doi.org/10.1101/489427
Iltis C., Goerlinger A., Rampnoux E., Dhondt L., Hance T. & Tougeron K., 2022. How efficient is symbiont-mediated protection to heat under daily fluctuating thermal environments? A study on an aphid-bacterium mutualism (submitted).

Articles - In final preparation

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Tougeron K., van Baaren J., Le Lann C. & Brodeur J. Host discrimination and exploitation behaviour of Aphidius ervi foraging on sexual and asexual aphids. To be submitted.
Tougeron K., Brodeur J., van Baaren J. & Le Lann C. Photoperiod affects life-histories and development time independently from temperature. To be submitted.
Tougeron K., Salerno V. & Klein B.A. Aphids stressed by substrate-borne vibration at night are more sensitive to parasitoid attacks and have lower fitness. To be submitted.
Choque E. & Tougeron K. The dark side of eukaryotes: what are melanins? To be submitted.

Theses

Ph.D. thesis. 2017. Diapause variability in aphid parasitoids in the context of climate changes; implications for biological control. Université de Rennes 1 and Université de Montréal. 250 p. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13917.92644
Thèse de doctorat. 2017. Variabilité de la diapause chez les parasitoïdes de pucerons dans le cadre des changements climatiques : implications en lutte biologique. Université de Rennes 1 et Université de Montréal. 250 p. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30695.14242
M.Sc. dissertation (FR). 2014. Impacts de la température et du paysage sur la tolérance thermique des insectes : cas de deux groupes d'intérêt agronomique. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4668.2326
M.Sc. dissertation (FR). 2014. Facteurs influençant la thermotolérance des insectes : approche mécanistique.
M.Sc. dissertation (FR). 2013. Approche comportementale de la différenciation de niche chez les carabes Bembidion quadrimaculatum et Phyla obtusa (Coleoptera : Carabidæ) : étude en laboratoire des rythmes d’activité et des préférences alimentaires.

Popular Science

Article for the Factuel magazine, Univ. Lorraine: L’enjeu pour la biodiversité du changement d’échelle des recherches en agroécologie, 2024.
Article for InEE CNRS: "Les scientifiques lancent l’alerte à propos de l’impact du dérèglement climatique sur les insectes". Novembre 2022.
Other publications and communications on this topic: UCLouvain, Journal L'Avenir (18-11-2022), émission Le Journal des Sciences France Culture (21-11-2022), La Santé de l'Abeille (02-2023), Sciences & Avenir (numéro spécial avril-juin 2023).
Article for PNRInfo: "Des bandes fleuries pour lutter contre les pucerons virulifères : des premiers résultats encourageants", September 2022
Tougeron K. & Iltis C., 2022. Quand leurs microbes aident (ou pas) les pucerons à survivre à la hausse des températures. The Conversation FR.
Article for PNRInfo: "Des infrastructures agroécologiques (IAE) au service de la protection des betteraves", March 2022
Interview for the article "Le réchauffement de l’hiver fait perdre la boule à la nature" Hortense Chauvin for Reporterre, March 2022
Tougeron K., 2018. Le sommeil chez les insectes ; quelle importance écologique ? Le Beagle, note de blog.
Tougeron K., 2017. Nuit blanche pour les insectes. SciencesOuest, 354, 7.
Tougeron K., 2017. Les insectes face aux changements climatiques. Les Amis du Jardin Botanique de Montréal (concours Pehr-Kalm).
Tougeron K., 2016. La quatrième saison des insectes. DIRE, 25:(3), 25-30. Interview for "L’œuf ou la Poule", from the radio emission CHOQ.ca October 2016, to be listened here or here (FR).
Tougeron K., 2016. La biodiversité sur ordonnance ? DIRE, 25:(1), 14-17.
Tougeron K., Perez G., Gillard M., Seimandi-Corda G., Balbi M. & Deniau M., 2015. Les effets de la perte de biodiversité sur la santé, l’exemple de la maladie de Lyme au Québec. Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal. Interview for Science Ouest to be listened here (FR).
Participation to the BioBlitz, 2017. Nicolai A, Norvez O, Supper R (2019). Sbp-BioBlitz2017_60years-BiodiversityData. Version 1.9. Biological Field Station of Paimpont, University Rennes 1. Occurrence dataset.

Tools / Others

Bouquet F. & Tougeron K., 2015. A simple html code to draw trophic networks. Available here.
Leiva FP, Barneche D, Blackburn T, Castañeda L, Chown S, Gaitán-Espitia JD, Gebauer P, Gomez Isaza DF, Hardy ICW, Hermaniuk A, Hirst A, Jorissen S, Keasar T, Koene J, Le Lann C, Molinet C, Niklitschek EJ, Oliveira B, Orizaola G, Pilakouta N, Shameer KS, Shokri M, Stoks R, Tougeron K, Tuni C, van de Pol ILE, van Dis NE, Visser B, Vogels J, White CR, Wu N, Berg MP, Ellers J, and Verberk WCEP. (2023). ShareTrait: a data portal for making trait data interoperable and reusable. Zenodo (v1.0.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8138904.

Reviewer for

International expert reviewer for grant applications: Dutch Research Council (NWO), Chilean National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Walloon Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the European Research Council (Marie-Curie grants)

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