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Joan van Baaren

Joan van Baaren

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
4052
World Ranking
8079
National Ranking
367

Overview

Joan van Baaren is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Plant Science, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their research primarily covers topics such as Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant Virus Research Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joan van Baaren include:

  • "Scientists' warning on climate change and insects," 2022, published in Ecological Monographs
  • "Dealing with predictable and unpredictable temperatures in a climate change context: the case of parasitoids and their hosts," 2021, published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "How does floral nectar quality affect life history strategies in parasitic wasps?", 2020, published in Entomologia Generalis
  • "Multi-scale approach to biodiversity proxies of biological control service in European farmlands," 2022, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Crop pest responses to global changes in climate and land management," 2025, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Cécile Le Lann
  • Kévin Tougeron
  • Blas Lavandero
  • Ronan Marrec
  • Jeniffer K. Alvarez-Baca

Joan van Baaren publishes regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Entomologia Generalis, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Insects.

Best Publications

  • Impact of extreme temperatures on parasitoids in a climate change perspective.

    Thierry Hance;Joan van Baaren;Philippe Vernon;Guy Boivin

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • How climate change affects the seasonal ecology of insect parasitoids

    Kévin Tougeron;Kévin Tougeron;Jacques Brodeur;Cécile Le Lann;Joan van Baaren

  • Abiotic stressors and stress responses: What commonalities appear between species across biological organization levels?

    Cécile Sulmon;Joan van Baaren;Francisco Cabello-Hurtado;Gwenola Gouesbet

  • Thermal plasticity of metabolic rates linked to life‐history traits and foraging behaviour in a parasitic wasp

    Cécile Le Lann;Thomas Wardziak;Joan van Baaren;Jacques J. M. van Alphen

  • Antennal structure and oviposition behavior of the Plutella xylostella specialist parasitoid: Cotesia plutellae.

    Olivier Roux;Joan van Baaren;Charles Gers;Laurence Arvanitakis

  • Intra- and interspecific host discrimination in two closely related egg parasitoids.

    Joan van Baaren;Guy Boivin;Jean-Pierre Nénon

  • Effect of low temperature exposure on oviposition behaviour and patch exploitation strategy in parasitic wasps

    Joan van Baaren;Yannick Outreman;Guy Boivin

  • Comparison of antennal sensilla of Anaphes victus and A. listronoti (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), egg parasitoids of Curculionidae

    Joan van Baaren;G. Boivin;J. Le Lannic;Jean-Pierre Nénon

  • Evolutionary ecology of the interactions between aphids and their parasitoids.

    Anne Le Ralec;Caroline Anselme;Yannick Outreman;Marylène Poirié

  • Physiological costs of cold exposure on the parasitoid Aphidius ervi, without selection pressure and under constant or fluctuating temperatures

    Mohannad Ismail;Philippe Vernon;Thierry Hance;Joan van Baaren

  • Learning affects host discrimination behavior in a parasitoid wasp

    J. Van Baaren;G. Boivin

  • Antennal structure of male and female Aphidius rhopalosiphi DeStefani-Peres (Hymenoptera:Braconidae): Description and morphological alterations after cold storage or heat exposure

    Delphine Bourdais;Delphine Bourdais;Philippe Vernon;Liliane Krespi;Joseph Le Lannic

  • Female antennal sensilla of Epidinocarsis lopezi and Leptomastix dactylopii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of pseudococcid mealybugs

    Joan van Baaren;Roger Barbier;Jean-Pierre Nénon

  • Flowering cover crops in winter increase pest control but not trophic link diversity

    Maxime Damien;Maxime Damien;Cécile Le Lann;Nicolas Desneux;Lucy Alford

  • Thermal tolerance of sympatric hymenopteran parasitoid species: does it match seasonal activity?

    Cecile Le Lann;Olivier Roux;Olivier Roux;Nelly Serain;Jacques J. M. Van Alphen

  • Plasticity in a changing world: behavioural responses to human perturbations.

    Joan van Baaren;Ulrika Candolin

  • Intraspecific maternal competition induces summer diapause in insect parasitoids.

    Kévin Tougeron;Kévin Tougeron;George Hraoui;Cécile Le Lann;Joan van Baaren

  • Rising temperature reduces divergence in resource use strategies in coexisting parasitoid species.

    Cécile Le Lann;Cécile Le Lann;Bertanne Visser;Maëlle Mériaux;Joffrey Moiroux;Joffrey Moiroux

  • Consequences of Climate Change for Aphid-Based Multi-trophic Systems

    Joan van Baaren;Cécile Le Lann;Jacques Jm van Alphen

  • How temperature and habitat quality affect parasitoid lifetime reproductive success—A simulation study

    Damien Denis;Jean-Sébastien Pierre;Joan van Baaren;Jacques J.M. van Alphen;Jacques J.M. van Alphen

  • Are aphid parasitoids from mild winter climates losing their winter diapause

    Kévin Tougeron;Kévin Tougeron;Cécile Le Lann;Jacques Brodeur;Joan van Baaren

  • Antennal sensilla of hymenopteran parasitic wasps: variations linked to host exploitation behavior

    Joan van Baaren;Guy Boivin;Delphine Bourdais;Olivier Roux

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Vernon
Philippe Vernon University of Rennes
Jacques J. M. van Alphen
Jacques J. M. van Alphen Leiden University
Yannick Outreman
Yannick Outreman University of Rennes
Jacques Brodeur
Jacques Brodeur University of Montreal
Philippe Grandcolas
Philippe Grandcolas French National Museum of Natural History
Françoise Burel
Françoise Burel University of Rennes
Jacintha Ellers
Jacintha Ellers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicolas Desneux
Nicolas Desneux INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alberto Urbaneja
Alberto Urbaneja Spanish National Research Council
Myriam Bormans
Myriam Bormans Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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