Joël MEUNIER

Submitted

75. Honorio R, Heroguez C, Rouelle M, Beaugeard L, Liégeois S, Lecureuil C* and Meunier J* (submitted). Does group living protect offspring from the toxic effects of cadmium ingestion in earwigs? [*these authors contributed equally to the work]

 

74. Blackwell SEM, Pasquier L, Dupont S, Devers S, Lécureuil C and Meunier J (submitted). Relationship between weapon size and six key behavioural and physiological traits in males of the European earwig. [preprint]

 

73. Cheutin MC, Boucicot M and Meunier J (submitted). Microbiome turnover during offspring development varies with maternal care, but not moult, in a hemimetabolous insect. [preprint]

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72. Honorio R, Cheutin MC, Pasquier L, de Wever S, Perdereau E, Villalta I, Lécureuil C and Meunier J (submitted). The European earwig: a model species for studying the (early) evolution of social life. 

 

71. Pasquier L, Lécureuil C* and Meunier J* (submitted). Limited effects of glyphosate on the behaviour and immunity of males from six populations of the European earwig. [*these authors contributed equally to the work] [preprint]

 

70. Boucicot M, Cheutin MC, Laverré T, Bracquart-Varnier C, Verdon J and Meunier J (submitted). Earwig mothers boost offspring's defence against pathogens during post-oviposition care.

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2024 & in press

69. Cheutin MC, Leclerc B and Meunier J (2024). With or without you: Gut microbiota does not predict aggregation behaviour in females of the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology, 35(3), arae022 [pdf]

 

68. Meunier J (2024). The biology and social behaviour of earwigs (Dermaptera). Annual Reviews of Entomology, 69: 259–76 [pdf] [green OA]

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2023

67. Honorio R, Moreau S, Lécureuil C* and Meunier J* (2023). Cadmium does not affect post-hatching maternal care or early offspring development in earwigs. Behavioral Ecology, 34(3): 399-407 [*these authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA]

 

66. Mouret N,  Lécureuil C and Meunier J (2023). The costs and benefits of maternal egg care in the earwig Forficula pubescens. Insectes Sociaux, 70: 69-79 [pdf] [green OA]

 

65. Honorio R, Depierrefixe P, Devers S, Rouelle M, Meunier J* & Lécureuil C* (2023). Effects of cadmium ingestion on reproduction and maternal egg care in the European earwig. Animal behaviour, 195: 1-8 [*these authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA]

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2022

64. Van Meyel S and Meunier J (2022). Costs and benefits of isolation from siblings during family life in adult earwigs. Animal behaviour, 193: 91-90. [pdf] [green OA]

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63. Merleau LA, Larrigaldie I, Bousquet O, Devers S, Keller M, Lécureuil C* and Meunier J* (2022). Exposure to pyriproxyfen (juvenile hormone agonist) does not alter maternal care and reproduction in the European earwig. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29:72729–72746 [*these authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA]

 

62. Tourneur JC, Cole C, Vickruck J, Dupont S and Meunier J (2022). Pre- and post-oviposition behavioural strategies to protect eggs against extreme winter cold in an insect with maternal care. Peer Community Journal, Vol 2, article no. e21 [OA pdf]

A former version of this manuscript has been recommended by Peer Community in Zoology [PCI reviews]

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61. Meunier J, Körner M and Kramer J (2022). Chapter 17: Parental care. In Reproductive strategies in insects (ed. Omkar & Geetanjali Mishra). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. pp 337-359 [pdf] [green OA] - Book chapter

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60. Van Meyel S, Devers S and Meunier J (2022). Earwig mothers consume the feces of their juveniles during family life. Insect Science, 29(2): 595-602 [pdf] [green OA]

 

2021

59. Biedermann PHW, Rohlf M, McMahon D and Meunier J (2021). Editorial: Microbial Drivers of Sociality - from Multicellularity to Animal Societies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 752906 [OA pdf] - Editorial article

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58. Coulm M and Meunier J (2021). Effects of temperature, fungal infection, and weight on intermoult duration and survival of starving earwig larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology, 132: 104262 [pdf] [green OA]

 

57. Mauduit E, Lécureuil C* and Meunier J* (2021). Sublethal exposure to deltamethrin stimulates reproduction and has limited effects on post-hatching maternal care in the European earwig. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(29), 39501-39512 [*these authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA]

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56. Van Meyel S, Devers S, Dupont S, Dedeine F and Meunier J (2021). Alteration of gut microbiota with a broad spectrum antibiotic does not impair maternal care in the European earwig. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(7), 1034-1045. [pdf] [green OA]

A former version of this manuscript has been recommended by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology [PCI reviews]

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2020

55. Körner M, Vogelweith F, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S, Feldmeyer B and Meunier J (2020). Offspring reverse transcriptome responses to maternal deprivation when reared with pathogens in an insect with facultative family life. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287: 20200440 [link] [green OA​]

 

54. Meunier J, Dufour J, Van Meyel S, Rault M and Lécureuil C (2020). Sublethal exposure to deltamethrin impairs maternal egg care in the European earwig Forficula auricularia, Chemosphere, 258: 127383. [pdf] [green OA]

 

53. Tourneur JC and Meunier J (2020). Variations in seasonal (not mean) temperatures drive rapid adaptations to novel environments at a continent scale. Ecology, 101(4): e02973 [pdf] [biorXiv]

A former version of this manuscript has been recommended by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology [PCI reviews]

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52. Ruhland F, Moulin M, Choppin M, Meunier J, Lucas C (2020) Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite. Ecology and Evolution, 10(12): 5892-5898 [OA pdf]

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51. Tourneur JC, Cole C and Meunier J (2020) The first of five molts of Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera; Forficulidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 152(6): 783-789. [pdf]  [green OA]

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50. Van Meyel S and Meunier J (2020). Filial egg cannibalism in the European earwig: its determinants and implications in the evolution of maternal egg care. Animal behaviour, 164: 155-162. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

49. Arcila F and Meunier J (2020). Friend or foe? The apparent benefits of gregarine (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa) infection in the European earwig. International Journal for Parasitology, 50: 461-469 [pdf] [green OA​]

 

48. Michaud C, Hervé V, Dupont S, Dubreuil G, Bézier AM, Meunier J, Brune A and Dedeine F (2020). Efficient but occasionally imperfect vertical transmission of gut mutualistic protists in a wood-feeding termite. Molecular Ecology, 29: 308–324 [pdf]

 

2019

47. Meunier J (2019). On the link between endothermy, energy budget and parental care: a comment on Beekman et al. Behavioral Ecology, 30(3): 592-593 [pdf] [green OA​] - Invited comment

 

46. Fortin M, Meunier J, Laverré T, Souty-Grosset C and Richard FJ (2019). Joined effects of group sex-ratio and Wolbachia infection on female reproductive success in the terrestrial isopod Armadillium vulgare. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:65 [OA pdf]

 

45. Wright CM, Lichtenstein JL, Doering G, Pretorius J, Meunier J and Pruitt JN (2019). Collective personality: present knowledge and new frontiers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73:31 [pdf]

 

44. Van Meyel S, Devers S and Meunier J (2019). Love them all: mothers provide care to foreign eggs in the European earwig Forficula auricularia. Behavioral Ecology, 30(3): 756-762 [pdf] [green OA​]

Media coverage: [blog] From so simple a beginning

[blog] Hearthling nature

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43. Brossette L, Meunier J, Dupont S, Bagnères A-G and Lucas C (2019). Unbalanced biparental care during colony foundation in two subterranean termites. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 192-200. [OA pdf]

 

42. Kramer J and Meunier J (2019). The other facets of family life and their role in the evolution of animal sociality. Biological reviews, 94: 199-215 [pdf] [green OA​]

 

2018

41. Meunier J and Steiger S (2018) Beyond eusocial insects: Studying the other social insects to better understand social evolution.  Current Opinion in Insect Science, 28: v-vii [pdf] [green OA​]- Invited editorial overview

 

40. Körner M, Foitzik S and Meunier J (2018) Extended winters entail long-term costs for insect offspring reared in an overwintering burrow. Journal of Thermal Biology, 74: 116-122. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

39. Van Meyel S*, Körner M* and Meunier J (2018) Social immunity: Why we should study its nature, evolution and functions across all social systems? Current Opinion in Insect Science, 28: 1-7. [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA​]

 

38. Diehl JMC and Meunier J (2018). Surrounding pathogens shape maternal egg care but not egg production in the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology, 29(1): 128–136. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

2017

37. Kramer J, Körner M, Diehl JMC, Scheiner C, Yüksel-Dadak A, Christl T, Kohlmeier P and Meunier J (2017). When earwig mothers do not care to share: parent-offspring competition and the evolution of family life. Functional Ecology, 31(11): 2098–2107. [pdf] [green OA​]

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36. Vogelweith F, Foitzik S and Meunier J (2017). Age, sex, mating status, but not social isolation interact to shape basal immunity in a group-living insect. Journal of Insect Physiology, 103: 64-70. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

35. Körner M*, Vogelweith F*, Foitzik S and Meunier J (2017). Condition dependent trade-off between weapon size and immunity in males of the European earwig. Scientific Reports, 7: 7988. [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [OA pdf]

 

34. Vogelweith F*, Körner M*, Foitzik S and Meunier J (2017). Age, pathogen exposure, but not maternal care shape offspring immunity in an insect with facultative family life. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17: 69. [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA​]

Media coverage: BMC Blog

 

2016

33. Körner M, Diehl JMC and Meunier J (2016). Growing up with feces: benefits of allo-coprophagy in families of the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology, 27 (6): 1775-1781. [pdf] [green OA​]

Media coverage: New Scientist | Der standard| Discover magazine

 

32. Ratz T, Kramer J, Veuille M and Meunier J (2016). The population determines whether and how life-history traits vary between reproductive events in an insect with maternal care. Oecologia, 182: 443–452. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

31. Kohlmeier P, Holländer K and Meunier J (2016). Survival after pathogen exposure in group-living insects: don't forget the cost of social isolation!  Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29: 1867–1872. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

30. Kramer J and Meunier J (2016) Kin and multilevel selection in social evolution: a never-ending controversy? F1000 Research, 5, 776 [OA pdf]

 

29. Kramer J and Meunier J (2016) Maternal condition determines offspring behavior towards family members in the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology, 27(2): 494-500. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

2015

28. Thesing J*, Kramer J*, Koch LK and Meunier J (2015) Short-term benefits, but transgenerational costs of maternal loss in an insect with facultative maternal care. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1817): 20151617 [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA​]

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27. Kramer J, Thesing J and Meunier J (2015) Negative association between parental care and sibling cooperation in earwigs: a new perspective on the early evolution of family life? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 1299–1308. [pdf] [green OA​]

Media coverage: Editor's choice

 

26. Kölliker M, Boos S, Wong JWY, Röllin L, Stucki D, Raveh S, Wu M and Meunier J (2015) Parent-offspring conflict and the genetic trade-offs shaping parental investment. Nature Communications, 6: 6850. [OA pdf]

 

25. Diehl JMC, Körner M, Pietsch M and Meunier J (2015) Feces production as a form of social immunity in an insect with facultative maternal care. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 40. [pdf]

 

24.  Meunier J (2015) Social immunity and the evolution of group-living in insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:  Biological Sciences, 370: 20140102. [pdf]

 

23. Kohlmeier P, Dreyer H and Meunier J (2015) PO-CALC: A novel tool to correct common inconsistencies in the measurement of phenoloxidase activities. Journal of Insect Physiology, 75: 80-84 [pdf]

 

22. Sandrin L, Meunier J, Raveh S, Walser JC and Kölliker M (2015) Multiple paternity and mating group size in the European earwig, Forficula auricularia. Ecological Entomology, 40(2): 159–166. [pdf]

 

2014

21. Wong JWY*, Meunier J*, Lucas C and Kölliker M (2014) Paternal signature in kin recognition cues of a social insect: Concealed in juveniles, revealed in adults. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20141236.  [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf] [green OA​]

 

20. Koch L K and Meunier J (2014) Mother and offspring fitness in an insect with maternal care: phenotypic trade-offs between egg number, egg mass and egg care. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(1): 125. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

19. Weiss C, Kramer J, Holländer K and Meunier J (2014) Influences of relatedness, food deprivation and sex on adult behaviors in the group-living insect Forficula auricularia. Ethology, 120: 923-932. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

18. Boos S, Meunier J, Pichon S and Kölliker M (2014) Maternal care provides anti-fungal protection to eggs in the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology, 25(4), 754-761. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

17. Falk J, Wong JWY, Kölliker M and Meunier J (2014) Sibling cooperation in earwig families provides insights into the early evolution of social life. American Naturalist, 183(4): 547-557. [pdf] [green OA​]

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2013

16. Meunier J and Kölliker M (2013) Inbreeding depression in an insect with maternal care: influences of family interactions, life-stage and offspring sex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(10): 2209-2220. [pdf] [green OA​]

 

15. Wong JWY, Meunier J and Kölliker M. (2013) The evolution of parental care in insects: The roles of ecology, life history and the social environment. Ecological Entomology, 38(2): 123-137. [pdf] [green OA​]

Media coverage: Editor's choice 

 

2012

14. Meunier J and Kölliker M (2012) Parental antagonism and parent-offspring co-adaptation interact to shape family life. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279: 3981-3988 [pdf]

 

13. Meunier J and Kölliker M (2012) When it is costly to have a caring mother: food limitation erases the benefits of parental care in earwigs. Biology Letters, 8(4): 547-550 [pdf]

Media coverage: 7sur7 |

 

12. Meunier J, Wong JWY, Gomez Y, Kuttler S, Röllin L, Stucki D and Kölliker M (2012) One clutch or two clutches? Fitness correlates of coexisting alternative female life-histories in the European earwig. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(3): 669-682 [pdf]

 

2011

11. Mas F, Meunier J and Kölliker M (2011) A new function of hydrocarbons in insect communication: maternal care and offspring signalling in the European earwig. Chimia, 65:9, 744 [pdf]

 

10. Meunier J (2011) Can alternative pathways mediate the influence of queen number on nestmate discrimination in ants? Communicative and Integrative Biology, 4(5): 609-611 [pdf]

 

09. Meunier J, Delémont O and Lucas C (2011) Recognition in ants: social origin matters. PLoS ONE, 6(5): e19347 [pdf]

 

08. Meunier J*, Fingueiredo Pinto S*, Burri R and Roulin A (2011) Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65: 559-567 [*Authors contributed equally to the work] [pdf]

 

07. Meunier J, Reber A and Chapuisat M (2011) Queen acceptance in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour, 81: 163-168 [pdf]

 

2010

06. Masclaux F, Hammond R, Meunier J, Gouhier-Darimont C, Keller L and Reymond P (2010) Competitive ability not kinship affects growth of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. New Phytologist, 185(1): 322-331 [pdf]

 

05. Meunier J, Delaplace L and Chapuisat M (2010) Reproductive conflicts and egg discrimination in a socially polymorphic ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(10): 1655-1663 [pdf]

 

04. Reber A, Meunier J and Chapuisat M (2010) Flexible colony founding strategies in a socially polymorphic ant. Animal Behaviour, 78: 467-472 [pdf]

 

2009

03. Meunier J and Chapuisat M (2009) The determinants of queen size in a socially polymorphic ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22: 1906-1913 [pdf]

 

2008

02. Holzer B, Meunier J, Keller L and Chapuisat M (2008) Stay or drift? Queen acceptance in the ant Formica paralugubris. Insectes Sociaux, 55: 392-396 [pdf]

 

01. Meunier J, West SA and Chapuisat M (2008) Split sex ratios in the social Hymenoptera: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology,19: 382-390 [pdf]