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Overview

Denis Michez is affiliated with the University of Mons in Belgium. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences alongside Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers subject areas including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Within these subfields, Michez addresses a range of topics such as Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Hymenoptera Taxonomy and Phylogeny.

Recent publications by Denis Michez include:

  • Global warming and plant-pollinator mismatches, 2020, Emerging Topics in Life Sciences
  • Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences, 2020, Insects
  • Global effects of extreme temperatures on wild bumblebees, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline?, 2020, Apidologie
  • Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses, 2021, Global Change Biology

Michez frequently collaborates with researchers including Pierre Rasmont, Thomas J. Wood, Guillaume Ghisbain, Maryse Vanderplanck, and Antoine Gekière.

The scientist regularly contributes to a set of publication venues, with the highest number of articles appearing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Other notable journals and platforms that feature their work include Zootaxa, Apidologie, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants

    Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;William E. Kunin;Petr Keil;Petr Keil;Jesus Aguirre-Gutiérrez

  • The impact of molecular data on our understanding of bee phylogeny and evolution.

    Bryan N. Danforth;Sophie Cardinal;Christophe Praz;Eduardo A. B. Almeida

  • Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees

    Pierre Rasmont;Markus Franzén;Thomas Lecocq;Alexander Harpke

  • Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change

    Matthias Schleuning;Jochen Fründ;Jochen Fründ;Oliver Schweiger;Erik Welk

  • Global warming and plant–pollinator mismatches

    Maxence Gérard;Maryse Vanderplanck;Thomas James Wood;Denis Michez

  • Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences.

    Anthony D. Vaudo;John F. Tooker;Harland M. Patch;David J. Biddinger

  • How does pollen chemistry impact development and feeding behaviour of polylectic bees

    Maryse Vanderplanck;Romain Moerman;Pierre Rasmont;Georges Lognay

  • Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees

    Laurent L.S. Somme;Maryse Vanderplanck;Denis Michez;Isabelle I.L. Lombaerde

  • An overview of the Bombus terrestris (L. 1758) subspecies (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Pierre Rasmont;Audrey Coppee;Denis Michez;Thibaut De Meulemeester

  • Food in a row: urban trees offer valuable floral resources to pollinating insects

    Laurent Somme;Laura Moquet;Muriel Quinet;Maryse Vanderplanck

  • Global effects of extreme temperatures on wild bumblebees.

    Baptiste Martinet;Baptiste Martinet;Simon Dellicour;Simon Dellicour;Guillaume Ghisbain;Kimberly Przybyla

  • Pollen nutrients better explain bumblebee colony development than pollen diversity

    Romain Moerman;Romain Moerman;Maryse Vanderplanck;Denis Fournier;Anne-Laure Jacquemart

  • Diet effects on bumblebee health.

    Nathalie Roger;Denis Michez;Ruddy Wattiez;Christopher Sheridan

  • The survey of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Belgium and France

    Pierre Rasmont;Alain Pauly;Michael Terzo;Sebastien Patiny

  • Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses.

    Kevin Maebe;Alex A.F. Hart;Leon Marshall;Peter A R P. Vandamme

  • Phylogeny and host-plant evolution in Melittidae s.l. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

    Denis Michez;Sébastien Patiny;Pierre Rasmont;Kim Timmermann

  • Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline

    T. J. Wood;D. Michez;R. J. Paxton;M. Drossart

  • Phenological shifts alter the seasonal structure of pollinator assemblages in Europe

    François Duchenne;E. Thébault;D Michez;M Elias

  • Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae

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  • Patterns of genetic and reproductive traits differentiation in Mainland vs. Corsican populations of bumblebees.

    Thomas Lecocq;Nicolas Vereecken;Denis Michez;Simon Dellicour

  • Growth Rate of Bumblebee Larvae is Related to Pollen Amino Acids

    Romain Moerman;Maryse Vanderplanck;Nathalie N.R. Roger;Sylvain S.D. Declèves

  • Phylogeny of the bee family Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) based on combined molecular and morphological data

    Denis Michez;Sébastien Patiny;Bryan N. Danforth

  • World revision of the oil-collecting bee genus Macropis Panzer 1809 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) with a description of a new species from Laos

    Denis Michez;Sébastien Patiny

  • Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

    Denis Michez;Connal Eardley

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Rasmont
Pierre Rasmont University of Mons
Nicolas Vereecken
Nicolas Vereecken Université Libre de Bruxelles
Georges Lognay
Georges Lognay University of Liège
Anne-Laure Jacquemart
Anne-Laure Jacquemart Université Catholique de Louvain
Guy Smagghe
Guy Smagghe Ghent University
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Bryan N. Danforth
Bryan N. Danforth Cornell University
Stuart P. M. Roberts
Stuart P. M. Roberts Université Libre de Bruxelles

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