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Researcher

Thomas Parmentier

Awards & Distinctions

38 Results

2024

A successional shift enhances stability in ant symbiont communities

Thomas ParmentierDries BonteFrederik De Laender

A1 Journal Article in COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Co-habiting ants and silverfish display a converging feeding ecology

Thomas ParmentierRafael Molero-BaltanásCatalina ValdiviaMiquel Gaju-RicartPascal BoeckxPiotr ŁukasikNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in BMC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in biodiverse spatially structured systems: what is old and what is new?

Emanuel A. FronhoferDries BonteElvire BestionJulien CoteJhelam N. DeshpandeAlison B. DuncanThomas HovestadtOliver KaltzSally A. KeithHanna Kokko et al.

A1 Journal Article in PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Species interactions affect dispersal : a meta-analysis

Elvire BestionDelphine LegrandCelina B. BainesDries BonteAurelie CoulonMaxime DahirelMaría DelgadoJhelam N. DeshpandeAlison B. DuncanEmanuel A. Fronhofer et al.

A1 Journal Article in PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structural variation of ant nests mediates the local distribution and abundance of an associate

Thomas ParmentierS. Braem

A1 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

2023

Differential transport of a guild of mutualistic root aphids by the ant Lasius flavus

Thomas Parmentier

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT ZOOLOGY

Recent and old records of the rare myrmecophilous beetle Haeterius ferrugineus (Olivier 1789) in Belgium, Luxembourg and North-East of France

Thomas ParmentierJean-Yves BaugnéeSimon BraemRoger CammaertsDavid IgnaceWouter Dekoninck

A2 Journal Article in ENTOMOLOGIE FAUNISTIQUE = FAUNISTIC ENTOMOLOGY

Review of 'The guests of ants : how myrmecophiles interact with their hosts' by B. Hölldobler and C. L. Kwapich ((2022)

Thomas Parmentier

You are what your host eats : the trophic structure and food chain length of a symbiont community are coupled with the plastic diet of the host ant

Thomas ParmentierPascal BoeckxDries BonteF. De Laender

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

2022

Chemical and behavioural strategies along the spectrum of host specificity in ant-associated silverfish

Thomas ParmentierM. Gaju-RicartT. WenseleersR. Molero-Baltanás

A1 Journal Article in BMC ZOOLOGY

Dissecting the costs of a facultative symbiosis in an isopod living with ants

Jens ZarkaFrederik C. De WintLuc De BruynDries BonteThomas Parmentier

A1 Journal Article in OECOLOGIA

Established populations of the indoor silverfish Lepisma saccharinum (Insecta: Zygentoma) in red wood ant nests

Ruben ClausPieter VantieghemRafael Molero-BaltanásThomas Parmentier

A1 Journal Article in BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Notes on the myrmecophilous spider Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871)

Thomas ParmentierJens ZarkaWouter DepaepeWouter DekoninckDries Bonte

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE BELGIAN ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Intersexuality in a natural population of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber

Jens ZarkaThomas ParmentierNicky Wybouw

A1 Journal Article in ZOOKEYS

2021

Background substrate and nest semiochemicals mediate ant aggression towards a parasitic beetle

Thomas Parmentier

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Moving apart together : co-movement of a symbiont community and their ant host, and its importance for community assembly

Thomas ParmentierRani ClausF. De LaenderDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in MOVEMENT ECOLOGY

Springtail coloration at a finer scale : mechanisms behind vibrant collembolan metallic colours

Bram VanthournoutAnastasia RousakiThomas ParmentierFrans JanssensJohan MertensPeter VandenabeeleLiliana D'Alba AltamiranoMatthew Shawkey

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE

2020

Strategies of the beetle Oochrotus unicolor (Tenebrionidae) thriving in the waste dumps of seed‐harvesting Messor ants (Formicidae)

Thomas ParmentierMiquel Gaju‐RicartTom WenseleersRafael Molero‐Baltanás

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The topology and drivers of ant-symbiont networks across Europe

Thomas ParmentierFrederik De LaenderDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

2019

A dazzling number of beetles (Coleoptera) in a hibernating nest of red wood ants, Formica Rufa Linnaeus (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

Thomas ParmentierR. Claus

Editorial material

Guests of social insects

Thomas Parmentier

Bookchapter in Encyclopedia of social insects

Host following of an ant associate during nest relocation

Thomas Parmentier

A1 Journal Article in INSECTES SOCIAUX

2018

Contrasting indirect effects of an ant host on prey-predator interactions of symbiotic arthropods

Thomas ParmentierF De LaenderT WenseleersDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in OECOLOGIA

Prudent behavior rather than chemical deception enables a parasite to exploit its ant host

Thomas ParmentierFrederik De LaenderTom WenseleersDries Bonte

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

2017

An apparent mutualism between Afrotropical ant species sharing the same nest

Thomas ParmentierKolo YéoWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Arthropods associate with their red wood ant host without matching nestmate recognition cues

Thomas ParmentierWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Body size in the ant-associated isopod Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii is host-dependent

Thomas ParmentierAnn VanderheydenWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

2016

Do well-integrated species of an inquiline community have a lower brood predation tendency? : a test using red wood ant myrmecophiles

Thomas ParmentierWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Survival of persecuted myrmecophiles in laboratory nests of different ant species can explain patterns of host use in the field (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Thomas ParmentierWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS

The influence of facultative endosymbionts on honeydew carbohydrate and amino acid composition of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae

Sharon SchillewaertThomas ParmentierAmelie VantauxWim Van den EndeChristoph VorburgerTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

2015

Context-dependent specialization in colony defence in the red wood ant Formica rufa

Thomas ParmentierW DekoninckT Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Metapopulation processes affecting diversity and distribution of myrmecophiles associated with red wood ants

Thomas ParmentierW DekoninckT Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

The cost of ant attendance and melezitose secretion in the black bean aphid Aphis fabae

Amélie VantauxSharon SchillewaertThomas ParmentierWim Van den EndeJohan BillenTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Trophic interactions in an ant nest microcosm : a combined experimental and stable isotope (δ13C/δ15N) approach

Thomas ParmentierSteven BouillonWouter DekoninckTom Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in OIKOS

2014

A highly diverse microcosm in a hostile world : a review on the associates of red wood ants (Formica rufa group)

Thomas ParmentierW DekoninckT Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in INSECTES SOCIAUX

2013

First record of the myrmecophilous silverfish Atelura formicaria Heyden, 1855 in Belgium (Zygentoma : Nicoletiidae)

Thomas ParmentierMarc Van KerckvoordeWouter Dekoninck

A4 Journal Article in BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE BELGE D'ENTOMOLOGIE

2012

Do Lasius niger ants punish low-quality black bean aphid mutualists?

A VantauxThomas ParmentierJ BillenT Wenseleers

A1 Journal Article in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Site fidelity of Formica rufa : micro-scaled and persistent despite disturbance (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Thomas ParmentierWouter DekoninckFrederik Hendrickx

A1 Journal Article in SOCIOBIOLOGY