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Thierry Backeljau
Researcher at Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Publications - 275
Citations - 5780
Thierry Backeljau is an academic researcher from Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Monophyly. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 253 publications receiving 5133 citations. Previous affiliations of Thierry Backeljau include University of Antwerp & Royal Museum for Central Africa.
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Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north‐west Europe
TL;DR: Morphological, morphological, allozyme and mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequence data have been jointly evaluated and gonad type proved to be a useful character for distinguishing the two species in north-west Europe.
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Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of priority effects, founder effects and genetic bottlenecks for population structuring between patches <1 km apart is discussed. And the authors discuss the presence of substantial cryptic diversity in marine nematodes, and end with highlighting future important steps to further unravel nematode evolution and diversity.
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Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.
Elena Piano,Elena Piano,Caroline Souffreau,Thomas Merckx,Thomas Merckx,Lisa F. Baardsen,Thierry Backeljau,Thierry Backeljau,Dries Bonte,Kristien I. Brans,Marie Cours,Maxime Dahirel,Maxime Dahirel,Nicolas Debortoli,Ellen Decaestecker,Katrien De Wolf,Katrien De Wolf,Jessie M. T. Engelen,Diego Fontaneto,Andros T. Gianuca,Andros T. Gianuca,Lynn Govaert,Lynn Govaert,Lynn Govaert,Fabio T. T. Hanashiro,Janet Higuti,Luc Lens,Koen Martens,Koen Martens,Hans Matheve,Erik Matthysen,Eveline Pinseel,Eveline Pinseel,Rose Sablon,Isa Schön,Isa Schön,Robby Stoks,Karine Van Doninck,Hans Van Dyck,Pieter Vanormelingen,Jeroen Van Wichelen,Jeroen Van Wichelen,Wim Vyverman,Luc De Meester,Frederik Hendrickx,Frederik Hendrickx +45 more
TL;DR: The results provide strong support to the general negative impact of urbanization on abundance and species richness within habitat patches and highlight the importance of considering multiple spatial scales and taxa to assess the impacts of urbanized biodiversity.
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Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long‐distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic
Sofie Derycke,Thomas Remerie,Thierry Backeljau,Thierry Backeljau,Andy Vierstraete,Jacques R. Vanfleteren,Magda Vincx,Tom Moens +7 more
TL;DR: A phylogeographical study of the marine nematode species complex Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina to investigate processes shaping genetic structure and speciation and provides evidence for the transoceanic distribution of at least one cryptic species (PmIII) and discusses the dispersal capacity of marine Nematodes.