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Serge Aron is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, Serge Aron has worked extensively on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Insect Science; Ecology; and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their main topics of investigation cover a range of issues related to insect biology and behavior. These include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Serge Aron has published numerous papers, with notable recent contributions such as:

  • Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Hybridization and invasiveness in social insects - The good, the bad and the hybrid, 2021, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • Evolutionary history of inquiline social parasitism in Plagiolepis ants, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Molecular adaptations to heat stress in the thermophilic ant genus Cataglyphis, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • The evolution of ant worker polymorphism correlates with multiple social traits, 2021, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Their frequent coauthors include Rémy Perez, Natália de Souza Araujo, Félicien Degueldre, Nathan Lecocq de Pletincx, and Thibaut Renard. These collaborations reflect a sustained engagement with several researchers in the field of social insect biology and evolutionary ecology.

Serge Aron has contributed regularly to specific publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

The work of Serge Aron spans multiple disciplines and topics related to the ecology, evolution, physiology, and social behavior of insects, especially ants. This interdisciplinary approach situates their research at the interface of molecular biology, ecology, and evolutionary theory, particularly focusing on physiological adaptations and social parasitism mechanisms within insect societies.

Best Publications

  • Self-organized Shortcuts in the Argentine Ant

    Simon Goss;Serge Aron;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels

  • The self-organizing exploratory pattern of the argentine ant

    Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Serge Aron;Simon Goss;Jacques Pasteels

  • Self-organization in social insects.

    Eric Bonabeau;Guy Theraulaz;Jean-Louls Deneubourg;Serge Aron

  • Conditional use of sex and parthenogenesis for worker and queen production in ants.

    Morgan Pearcy;Serge Aron;Claudie Doums;Laurent Keller

  • Random behaviour, amplification processes and number of participants: how they contribute to the foraging properties of ants

    J L Deneubourg;S Aron;S Goss;J M Pasteels

  • How Trail Laying and Trail Following Can Solve Foraging Problems for Ant Colonies

    S. Goss;R. Beckers;J. L. Deneubourg;S. Aron

  • Thelytokous parthenogenesis and its consequences on inbreeding in an ant

    Morgan Pearcy;Olivier J. Hardy;Serge Aron

  • Memory and chemical communication in the orientation of two mass recruiting ant species

    Serge Aron;Ralph Beckers;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels

  • Queen control of sex ratio in fire ants.

    Luc Passera;Serge Aron;Edward L. Vargo;Laurent Keller

  • Queen-worker conflict over sex ratio: A comparison of primary and secondary sex ratios in the Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis

    Serge Aron;Luc Passera;Laurent Keller

  • Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens.

    Susanne P. A. den Boer;Boris Baer;Stephanie Dreier;Serge Aron

  • Evolution of social parasitism in ants: size of sexuals, sex ratio and mechanisms of caste determination

    Serge Aron;Luc Passera;Laurent Keller

  • Primary and secondary sex ratios in monogyne colonies of the fire ant

    Serge Aron;Serge Aron;Edward L. Vargot;Luc Passera

  • Role of resource availability on sex, caste and reproductive allocation ratios in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile

    Serge Aron;Laurent Keller;Luc Passera

  • Sex determination and inbreeding depression in an ant with regular sib-mating

    A Schrempf;S Aron;J Heinze

  • Trail-laying behaviour during exploratory recruitment in the Argentine ant: Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr)

    Serge Aron;Jacques Pasteels;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Social Hybridogenesis in the Clonal Ant Cataglyphis hispanica

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

  • Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

    Rémy Perez;Serge Aron

  • Ovarian activity correlates with extreme changes in cuticular hydrocarbon profile in the highly polygynous ant, Linepithema humile

    Jean-Christophe de Biseau;Luc Passera;Désiré Daloze;Serge Aron

  • Visual cues and trail-following idiosyncrasy in leptothorax unifasciatus: An orientation process during foraging

    Serge Aron;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels

  • When Hymenopteran Males Reinvented Diploidy

    Serge Aron;Ludivine de Menten;Dirk R. Van Bockstaele;Stephan M. Blank

  • Self-Organization in Social Insects

    Eric Bonabeau;Guy Theraulza;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Serge Aron

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Deneubourg
Jean-Louis Deneubourg Université Libre de Bruxelles
Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne
Jacques Pasteels
Jacques Pasteels Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Jacobus J. Boomsma University of Copenhagen
Liselotte Sundström
Liselotte Sundström University of Helsinki
Edward L. Vargo
Edward L. Vargo Texas A&M University
Raphaël Boulay
Raphaël Boulay François Rabelais University
Olivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles
Abraham Hefetz
Abraham Hefetz Tel Aviv University
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg

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