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André Nel is affiliated with the French National Museum of Natural History in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work incorporates elements of Genetics, Paleontology, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work heavily emphasizes several major research topics, including fossil insects preserved in amber, plant and animal studies, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy. Additionally, their research covers freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, plant diversity and evolution, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny.

Their recent publications include:

  • The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia, 2021, Science Advances
  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data": Myanmar amber, 2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data": the importance of private collections, 2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • Revising dating estimates and the antiquity of eusociality in termites using the fossilized birth-death process, 2021, Systematic Entomology
  • Including fossils in phylogeny: a glimpse into the evolution of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) under tip-dating and the fossilized birth-death process, 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Their frequent co-authors include Corentin Jouault with 77 joint publications, Romain Garrouste with 57, Diying Huang with 39, Michael S. Engel with 38, and Valérie Ngô-Muller with 26 collaborative works.

André Nel's work is published extensively in various academic venues. The notable publication venues where they have contributed the most include:

  • Palaeoentomology (82 publications)
  • Historical Biology (36 publications)
  • Cretaceous Research (30 publications)
  • Zootaxa (20 publications)
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (19 publications)

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence.

    Frédéric Legendre;André Nel;Gavin J. Svenson;Tony Robillard

  • The earliest known holometabolous insects

    André Nel;Patrick Roques;Patricia Nel;Patricia Nel;Alexander A Prokin

  • Un nouveau gisement à ambre insectifère et à végétaux (Albien terminal probable) : Archingeay (Charente-Maritime, France)

    Didier Néraudeau;Vincent Perrichot;Jean Dejax;Edwige Masure

  • Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron imaging: opening access to fossil inclusions in opaque amber.

    Malvina Lak;Didier Néraudeau;André Nel;Peter Cloetens

  • Traits and evolution of wing venation pattern in paraneopteran insects

    André Nel;Jakub Prokop;Patricia Nel;Patricia Nel;Philippe Grandcolas

  • Un gisement sparnacien exceptionnel à plantes, arthropodes et vertébrés (Éocène basal, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise, France)

    André Nel;Gaël de Plöeg;Jean Dejax;Didier Dutheil

  • Laying the foundations of evolutionary and systematic studies in crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera): a multilocus phylogenetic analysis

    Ioana C. Chintauan-Marquier;Frédéric Legendre;Sylvain Hugel;Tony Robillard

  • Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms.

    Enrique Peñalver;Conrad C. Labandeira;Eduardo Barrón;Xavier Delclòs

  • New Psychodids from the Cretaceous Ambers of Lebanon and France, with a Discussion of Eophlebotomus connectens Cockerell, 1920 (Diptera, Psychodidae)

    D Azar;Vincent Perrichot;D. Neraudeau;Andre Nel

  • Geochemical characteristics of Jurassic coal and significance for the evolution of the environment, Yanqi Basin, China

    Huang Diying;André Nel;Shen Yanbin;Paul A. Selden

  • Cretaceous African life captured in amber

    Alexander R Schmidt;Vincent Perrichot;Matthias Svojtka;Ken B. Anderson

  • A reassessment of the Cretaceous amber deposits from France and their palaeontological significance

    Vincent Perrichot;Didier Neraudeau;Andre Nel;Gael De Ploeg

  • New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria).

    Di-Ying Huang;Günter Bechly;Patricia Nel;Michael S. Engel;Michael S. Engel

  • Amber from western Amazonia reveals Neotropical diversity during the middle Miocene.

    Pierre Olivier Antoine;Dario De Franceschi;John J. Flynn;André Nel

  • Earliest Evidence of Insect Endophytic Oviposition

    Olivier Béthoux;Jean Galtier;André Nel

  • Comparative morphology of the mouthparts of adult Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera)

    A. Nel;C. H. Scholtz

  • Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China

    Diying Huang;Michael S. Engel;Chenyang Cai;Hao Wu

  • A complete insect from the Late Devonian period

    Romain Garrouste;Gaël Clément;Patricial Nel;Michael S. Engel

  • The most ancient bark beetle known: a new tribe, genus and species from Lebanese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

    Alexander G. Kirejtshuk;Dany Azar;Roger A. Beaver;Mikhail Yu. Mandelshtam

  • Synchrotron X-ray imaging of inclusions in amber

    Carmen Soriano;Carmen Soriano;Mike Archer;Dany Azar;Dany Azar;Phil Creaser

  • The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia

    Bo Wang;Gongle Shi;Chunpeng Xu;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer

  • Fossil evidence for the early ant evolution

    Vincent Perrichot;Sébastien Lacau;Didier Néraudeau;André Nel

  • The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Andre Nel;G. Perrault;Vincent Perrichot;Didier Néraudeau

  • New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Vincent Perrichot;André Nel;Didier Néraudeau;Sébastien Lacau

  • Schizopterid bugs (Insecta : Heteroptera) in mid-cretaceous ambers from France and Myanmar (burma)

    Vincent Perrichot;André Nel;Didier Néraudeau

  • The French ambers: a general conspectus and the Lowermost Eocene amber deposit of Le Quesnoy in the Paris Basin

    Andre Nel;G. De Ploëg;J. Millet;J.-J. Menier

  • The oldest fossil of a melittid bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) from the early Eocene of Oise (France)

    Denis Michez;Andre Nel;Jean‐Jacques Menier;Pierre Rasmont

  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data”: Myanmar amber

    Joachim T. Haug;Dany Azar;Andrew Ross;Jacek Szwedo

  • Updating the Phylogenetic Dating of New Caledonian Biodiversity with a Meta-analysis of the Available Evidence.

    Romain Nattier;Roseli Pellens;Tony Robillard;Hervé Jourdan

  • Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian

    Romain Garrouste;Sylvain Hugel;Lauriane Jacquelin;Pierre Rostan

  • Amber fossils of sooty moulds

    Alexander R. Schmidt;Christina Beimforde;Leyla J. Seyfullah;Sarah-Elena Wege

  • New fossil evidence of the early diversification of bees: Paleohabropoda oudardi from the French Paleocene (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini)

    Denis Michez;Thibaut De Meulemeester;Pierre Rasmont;André Nel

  • A new genus and species of fossil mole cricket in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime, SW France (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

    Vincent Perrichot;Didier Néraudeau;Dany Azar;Jean-Jacques Menier

  • Termite coprolites (Insecta: Isoptera) from the Cretaceous of western France : A palaeoecological insight

    Jean-Paul Colin;Didier Neraudeau;André Nel;Vincent Perrichot

Frequent Co-Authors

Dany Azar
Dany Azar Lebanese University
Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Vincent Perrichot
Vincent Perrichot University of Rennes
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Didier Néraudeau
Didier Néraudeau University of Rennes
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas French National Museum of Natural History
Philippe Grandcolas
Philippe Grandcolas French National Museum of Natural History
Paul Tafforeau
Paul Tafforeau European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
Peter Cloetens
Peter Cloetens European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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