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Overview

Raphaël Boulay was affiliated with François Rabelais University in France and contributed extensively to the study of insect ecology, behavior, and genetics. Their work spanned several interconnected fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Insect Science.

Their research focused on a variety of topics, including:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Boulay's recent publications documented investigations into ant behavior and ecological dynamics, with notable papers including:

  • "Regulation of Ant Foraging: A Review of the Role of Information Use and Personality" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Does social thermal regulation constrain individual thermal tolerance in an ant species?" (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Effects of the Argentine ant venom on terrestrial amphibians" (2020), published in Conservation Biology
  • "Four-year study of arthropod taxonomic and functional responses to a forest wildfire: Epigeic ants and spiders are affected differently" (2022), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Long-term recovery of Mediterranean ant and bee communities after fire in southern Spain" (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Throughout their career, Boulay collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Xím Cerdá, Elena Angulo, Irène Villalta, Swetashree Kolay, and Patrizia d'Ettorre.

Their research was featured in various academic journals, with multiple publications appearing in Chemoecology, as well as contributions to Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Best Publications

  • Camponotus fellah colony integration: worker individuality necessitates frequent hydrocarbon exchanges

    Raphael Boulay;Abraham Hefetz;Victoria Soroker;Alain Lenoir

  • Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure

    Heloise Gibb;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders;Robert R. Dunn;Simon Watson

  • Individual and collective foraging decisions: a field study of worker recruitment in the gypsy ant Aphaenogaster senilis

    Xim Cerdá;Xim Cerdá;Xim Cerdá;Elena Angulo;Elena Angulo;Raphaël Boulay;Alain Lenoir

  • Social Hybridogenesis in the Clonal Ant Cataglyphis hispanica

    Laurianne Leniaud;Hugo Darras;Raphael Boulay;Raphael Boulay;Serge Aron

  • Intraspecific competition in the ant Camponotus cruentatus: should we expect the ‘dear enemy’ effect?

    Raphaël Boulay;Xim Cerdá;Tovit Simon;María Roldan

  • Temperature limits trail following behaviour through pheromone decay in ants

    Louise van Oudenhove;Louise van Oudenhove;Elise Billoir;Raphaël Boulay;Raphaël Boulay;Carlos Bernstein

  • Octopamine reverses the isolation-induced increase in trophallaxis in the carpenter ant Camponotus fellah

    R. Boulay;V. Soroker;E. J. Godzinska;A. Hefetz

  • Production of sexuals in a fission-performing ant: dual effects of queen pheromones and colony size

    Raphaël Boulay;Abraham Hefetz;Xim Cerdá;Séverine Devers

  • Social isolation of mature workers affects nestmate recognition in the ant Camponotus fellah

    R Boulay;A Lenoir

  • Social Life in Arid Environments: The Case Study of Cataglyphis Ants

    Raphaël Boulay;Serge Aron;Xim Cerdá;Claudie Doums

  • A proactive–reactive syndrome affects group success in an ant species

    Olivier Blight;Gisela Albet Díaz-Mariblanca;Xim Cerdá;Raphaël Boulay

  • Odour convergence and tolerance between nestmates through trophallaxis and grooming in the ant Camponotus fellah (Dalla Torre)

    R. Boulay;T. Katzav-Gozansky;A. Hefetz;A. Lenoir

  • Oviposition and oogenesis in virgin fire ant females Solenopsis invicta are associated with a high level of dopamine in the brain

    Raphael Boulay;Linda M. Hooper-Bui;Joseph Woodring

  • Geographic variations in Helleborus foetidus elaiosome lipid composition: implications for dispersal by ants

    Raphaël Boulay;Josep Coll-Toledano;Xim Cerdá

  • The ecological benefits of larger colony size may promote polygyny in ants

    R. Boulay;R. Boulay;X. Arnan;X. Cerdá;J. Retana

  • Dominance–diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion

    Xavier Arnan;Alan N. Andersen;Heloise Gibb;Catherine L. Parr

  • A global database of ant species abundances

    Heloise Gibb;Rob R. Dunn;Rob R. Dunn;Nathan J. Sanders;Blair F. Grossman

  • Regulation of Ant Foraging: A Review of the Role of Information Use and Personality.

    Swetashree Kolay;Raphaël Boulay;Patrizia d'Ettorre;Patrizia d'Ettorre

  • Synchrony between fruit maturation and effective dispersers' foraging activity increases seed protection against seed predators.

    Raphaël Boulay;Francisco Carro;Ramón C Soriguer;Xim Cerdá

  • Queen–signal modulation of worker pheromonal composition in honeybees

    Tamar Katzav-Gozansky;Raphaël Boulay;Victoria Soroker;Abraham Hefetz

  • The evolution of worker–queen polymorphism in Cataglyphis ants: interplay between individual- and colony-level selections

    Fernando Amor;Patrocinio Ortega;Michael J. Jowers;Xim Cerdá

  • Geographic variations in seed dispersal by ants: are plant and seed traits decisive?

    R. Boulay;J. Coll-Toledano;A. J. Manzaneda;X. Cerdá

Frequent Co-Authors

Xim Cerdá
Xim Cerdá Spanish National Research Council
Elena Angulo
Elena Angulo Spanish National Research Council
Abraham Hefetz
Abraham Hefetz Tel Aviv University
Javier Retana
Javier Retana Autonomous University of Barcelona
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Bruno Corbara
Bruno Corbara University of Clermont Auvergne
Jonathan Majer
Jonathan Majer Curtin University
Carlos Bernstein
Carlos Bernstein University of Lyon System

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