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Christian Peeters

Christian Peeters

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
7248
World Ranking
5315
National Ranking
231

Overview

Christian Peeters was affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focused on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, General Health Professions, Insect Science, and Philosophy as subfields of study.

The main topics addressed in Peeters' work included Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Fossil Insects in Amber, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, and Health, Medicine and Society.

Peeters published various research articles in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Arthropod Structure & Development, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF), Frontiers in Zoology, and Journal of Natural History.

Selected recent papers by Christian Peeters include:

  • Convergent evolution of wingless reproductives across all subfamilies of ants, and sporadic loss of winged queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2023, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour, 2020, Frontiers in Zoology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peeters during their career were:

  • Adam Khalife
  • Evan P. Economo
  • Weeyawat Jaitrong
  • Roberto A. Keller
  • Georg Fischer

The research conducted involved detailed studies of ant species including the evolutionary adaptations related to winglessness, thorax morphology for labor roles, and glandular innovations linked to tunneling behavior. These investigations contributed to the understanding of insect morphology, behavior, and evolutionary biology.

Best Publications

  • Are variations in cuticular hydrocarbons of queens and workers a reliable signal of fertility in the ant Harpegnathos saltator

    Jürgen Liebig;Christian Peeters;Neil J. Oldham;Claus Markstädter

  • Colony dispersal and the evolution of queen morphology in social Hymenoptera.

    Christian Peeters;Fuminori Ito

  • Dominance hierarchy and reproductive conflicts among subordinates in a monogynous queenless ant

    Thibaud Monnin;Christian Peeters

  • Trail communication in the ant Megaponera foetens (Fabr.) (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

    Bert Hölldobler;Ulrich Braun;Wulfila Gronenberg;Wolfgang H. Kirchner

  • Cuticular hydrocarbons mediate discrimination of reproductives and nonreproductives in the ant Myrmecia gulosa.

    Vincent Dietemann;Christian Peeters;Jürgen Liebig;Virginie Thivet

  • Solid-phase microextraction and cuticular hydrocarbon differences related to reproductive activity in queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps

    Thibaud Monnin;Christian Malosse;Christian Peeters

  • Cuticular hydrocarbons correlated with reproductive status in a queenless ant

    Christian Peeters;Thibaud Monnin;Christian Malosse

  • Sex, age and ovarian activity affect cuticular hydrocarbons in Diacamma ceylonense, a queenless ant.

    Virginie Cuvillier-Hot;Matthew Cobb;Christian Malosse;Christian Peeters

  • Recurrent evolution of dependent colony foundation across eusocial insects.

    Adam L. Cronin;Mathieu Molet;Claudie Doums;Thibaud Monnin

  • The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids: Morphologically ‘primitive’ ants: comparative review of social characters, and the importance of queen–worker dimorphism

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  • Worker policing limits the number of reproductives in a ponerine ant

    Jürgen Liebig;Christian Peeters;Bert Hölldobler

  • The occurrence of sexual reproduction among ant workers.

    Christian Peeters

  • Reproductive dominance controlled by mutilation in the queenless ant Diacamma australe

    Chr. Peeters;S. Higashi

  • Morphological castes in a vertebrate.

    M. J. O'Riain;J. U. M. Jarvis;R. Alexander;R. Buffenstein

  • Cannibalism of subordinates’ eggs in the monogynous queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps

    Thibaud Monnin;Christian Peeters

  • Monogyny and regulation of worker mating in the queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps

    Thibaud Monnin;Christian Peeters

  • Ergatoid queens and intercastes in ants: two distinct adult forms which look morphologically intermediate between workers and winged queens

    C. P. Peeters

  • Conflict and cooperation in ant societies

    J. Heinze;B. Hölldobler;C. Peeters

  • Sexual reproduction by both queens and workers in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator

    C. Peeters;J. Liebig;B. Hölldobler

  • Colonial Reproduction and Life Histories

    Lori Lach;Catherine L. Parr;Kirsti L. Abbott;Christian Peeters

  • Fertility signalling and reproductive skew in queenless ants

    Virginie Cuvillier-Hot;Alain Lenoir;Robin Crewe;Christian Malosse

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler Arizona State University
Johan Billen
Johan Billen KU Leuven
Brian L. Fisher
Brian L. Fisher California Academy of Sciences
Edward L. Vargo
Edward L. Vargo Texas A&M University
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Raghavendra Gadagkar Indian Institute of Science
John M. Heraty
John M. Heraty University of California, Riverside
Evan P. Economo
Evan P. Economo Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Wulfila Gronenberg
Wulfila Gronenberg University of Arizona
Rochelle Buffenstein
Rochelle Buffenstein The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Seigo Higashi
Seigo Higashi Hokkaido University

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