- Biron D.G., Ponton F., Joly J., Menigoz A., Hanelt B., Thomas, F. (2005) Water seeking behavior in insects harboring hairworms: should the host collaborate? Behavioral Ecology 16:656-660. [PDF] - Publications -
2008
- Joly P., Guesdon V., Fromont E., Plenets S., Grolet O., Guégan J.F., Hurtrez-Boussés S., Thomas F. & Renaud F. 2008. Heterozygosity and parasite intensity: lung parasites in the water frog hybridization complex. Parasitology, in press.
- Lefèvre T., Lebarbenchon C., Gauthier-Clerc M., Missé D., Poulin R. & Thomas F. The ecological significance of manipulative parasites. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Accepted.
- Lebarbenchon C., Chang C-M., Gauthier-Clerc M., Thomas F., Renaud F. & van der Werf S. H9N2 avian influenza virus in a Mediterranean gull. Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, In press.
- Lefèvre T., Roche B., Poulin R., Hurd H., Renaud F. & Thomas F. 2008. Exploitation of host compensatory responses: the 'must' of manipulation? Trends in Parasitology, 24: 435-439. [PDF]
- Sanchez M., Ponton F., Missé D., Hugues D. & Thomas, F. 2008. Hairworm response to notonectid attacks. Animal Behaviour, 75: 823-826. [PDF]
- Sanchez M., Thomas F., Perrot-Minnot M-J., Biron D., Bertrand-Michel J., Misse D. 2008. Neurological and physiological disorders in Artemia harboring manipulative cestodes. Journal of Parasitology
- Poulin R. & Thomas F. 2008. Epigenetic effects of infection on the phenotype of host offspring: parasites reaching across host generations. Oikos 117: 331-335. [PDF]
- Lebarbenchon C., Brown S.P., Poulin R., Gauthier-Clerc M. & Thomas F. 2008. Evolution of pathogens in a man-made world. Molecular Ecology 17: 475-484. [PDF]
- Lefèvre T., Thomas F., Ravel S., Patrel D., Renault L., Le Bourligu L., Cuny G., Biron D.G. 2008. Trypanosoma brucei brucei induces alteration in the head proteome of the tsetse fly vector Glossina palpalis gambiensis. Insect Molecular Biology 16(6): 651-660. [PDF]
- Lefèvre T. and Thomas F. 2008. Behind the scene, something else is pulling the strings: Emphasizing parasitic manipulation in vector-borne diseases. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 8: 504-519. [PDF]
2007
- Lebarbenchon C., Chang C-M., van der Werf S., Aubin J-T., Kayser Y., Ballesteros M., Renaud F., Thomas F. & Gauthier-Clerc M. 2007. Influenza A virus in birds during spring migration in the Camargue, France. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43: 789-793. [PDF]
- Lebarbenchon C., van der Werf S., Thomas F., Aubin J-T., Azebi S., Cuvelier F., Jeannin P., Roca V., Chang C-M., Kayser Y., Roche B., Guégan J-F., Renaud F. & Gauthier-Clerc M. 2007. Absence of detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 in migratory waterfowl in southern France in 2005–2006. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 7: 604-608. [PDF]
- Lefèvre T., Sanchez M.I., Ponton F., Hughes D. & Thomas F. 2007. Virulence and resistance in malaria: who drives the outcomes of infection. Trends in Parasitology 23(7): 299-302. [PDF]
- Thomas F., Moore J., Poulin R. & Adamo S. 2007. Parasites that manipulate their hosts. in Encyclopedia of infectious diseases: Modern methodologies. In: Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases, M. Tibayrenc (ed), Wiley: USA.
- Biron D.G., Hughes A.L., Loxgale H.D. & Moura H. 2007. The need for megatechnologie: massive sequencing, proteomics, bioinformatics. in Encyclopedia of infectious diseases: Modern methodologies. In: Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases, M. Tibayrenc (ed), Wiley: USA.
- Lefèvre T., Thomas F., Schwartz A., Levashina E., Blandin S., Brizard J-P., Le Bourligu L., Demettre E., Renaud F. & Biron D.G. 2007. Malaria Plasmodium agent induces alteration in the head proteome of their Anopheles mosquito host. Proteomics 7: 1908-1915. [PDF]
- Lebarbenchon C., Poulin R. & Thomas F. 2007. Parasitisme, Biodiversité et Biologie de la Conservation. In: Ecologie et Evolution des Systèmes Parasités, Thomas F., Renaud F. & Guégan J-F. (editors) De Boeck Université, Bruxelles: Belgium.
- Ecologie et Evolution des Systèmes Parasités. 2007. Edited by Thomas, F., Guégan, J.F. & Renaud, F. De Boeck Université, Bruxelles: Belgium.
- Gauthier-Clerc M., Lebarbenchon C. & Thomas F. 2007. Recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: a critical review. Ibis, 149: 202-214. [PDF]
2006
- Lebarbenchon C., Poulin R., Gauthier-Clerc M. & Thomas F. 2006. Parasitological consequences of overcrowding in protected areas. Ecohealth 3(4): 303-307. [PDF]
- Biron D.G., Brun C., Lefèvre T., Lebarbenchon C., Loxdale H.D., Chevenet F., Brizard J.P. & Thomas F. 2006. The pitfalls of proteomics experiments without the correct use of bioinformatics tools. Proteomics 6: 5577-5596. [PDF]
- Lefèvre T., Koella J., Renaud F., Hurd H., Biron D.G. & Thomas F. 2006. New prospects for research on manipulation of insect vectors by pathogens. PLoS Pathogens 2(7): 633-635. [PDF]
- Ponton F., Lefèvre T., Lebarbenchon C., Thomas F., Loxdale H.D., Marché L., Renault L., Perrot-Minnot M.J. & Biron, D.G. 2006. Do distantly parasites rely on the same proximate factors to alter the behaviour of their hosts ? Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 273:2869-2877. [PDF]
- Thomas, F. & De Meeüs, T. 2006. Geographic variation, parasitism and sexual selection in the beetle Timarcha maritima (Coleptera, Chrysomelidae). Acta Zoologica sinica 52(3): 491-497.
- Ponton F., Lebarbenchon C., Lefèvre T., Thomas F., Duneau D., Marché L., Renault L., Hughes D.P. & Biron D.G. 2006. Hairworm anti-predator strategy: a study of causes and consequences. Parasitology 133(05): 631-638. [PDF]
- Biron D.G., Ponton F., Marché L., Galeotti N., Renault L., Demey-Thomas E., Poncet J., Brown S.P., Jouin P., & Thomas F. 2006. ‘Suicide’ of crickets harbouring hairworm: a proteomics investigation. Insect Molecular Biology 15(6): 731-742. [PDF]
- Ponton F., Lebarbenchon C., Lefèvre T., Biron D.G., Duneau D., Hughes D.P. & Thomas F. 2006. Parasite survives predation on its host. Nature 440(7085): 756. [PDF]
- Biron D.G., Loxdale H.D., Ponton F., Moura H., Brugidou C., Marché L. & Thomas F. 2006. Population proteomics: an emerging discipline to study metapopulation ecology. Proteomics 6. [PDF]
- Ponton F., Biron D.G., Moore, J., Moller A.P. & Thomas F. 2006. Facultative virulence as a strategy to manipulate hosts. Behavioural Processes 72: 1-5. [PDF]
2005
- Biron D.G., Marché L., Ponton F., Loxdale H., Galéotti N., Renault L., Joly C., Thomas F. (2005) Behavioural manipulation in a grasshopper harbouring hairworm: a proteomics approach. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 272: 2117-2126. [PDF]
- Hanelt, B., Thomas, F., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2005. Biology of the phylum Nematomorpha. Advances in Parasitology 59:243-305.
- Sasal P. and Thomas, F. 2005. Parasite induced changes in host behaviour and morphology. In Marine Parasite. K. Rohde Ed. SCIRO.
- Ponton F., Biron D.G., Moore J., Moller A.P., Thomas F. (2006) Facultative virulence as a strategy to manipulate hosts. Behavioural Processes 72: 1-5. (IF: 1.1). [PDF]
- Ponton F., Biron D.G., Joly C. Duneau D.,Thomas F. (2005) Ecology of populations parasitically modified: a case study from a gammarid (Gammarus insensibilis)- trematode (Microphallus papillorobustus) system. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 299: 205-215. [PDF]
- Biron D.G., Ponton F., Joly J., Menigoz A., Hanelt B., Thomas, F. (2005) Water seeking behavior in insects harboring hairworms: should the host collaborate? Behavioral Ecology 16:656-660. [PDF]
- Biron, D.G., Moura, H., Marché, L., Hughes, A. L. & Thomas, F. 2005. Towards a new conceptual approach to ‘parasitoproteomics’. Trends in Parasitology 21:162-168. [PDF]
- Biron D.G., Joly C., Marché L., Calcagno V., Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Renault L., Thomas F. (2005) First analysis of the proteome of two nematomorph species, Paragordius tricuspidatus and Spinochordodes tellinii. Infection, Genetics, Evolution 5:167-175. [PDF]
- Parasitism and Ecosystems. 2005. Edited by Thomas, F., Renaud, F. & Guégan, J.F. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK.
- Thomas, F., Bonsall, M. and Dobson, A.P. 2005. Parasitism, biodiversity and conservation. In : Parasitism and Ecosystems, edited by F. Thomas, F. Renaud and J.F. Guégan. Oxford University Press, Oxford. U.K. pp. 124-139.
- Moore, J., Adamo, S. and Thomas, F. 2005. Parasitic manipulation : conclusion. Behavioural Processes.
- Thomas, F., Adamo, S. & Moore, J. 2005. Parasitic manipulation : where are we and where should we go ? Behavioural Processes 68 : 185-199. [PDF]
2004
- Thomas, F., Teriokhin, A.T., Budilova, E.V., Brown, S.P., Renaud, F. & Guégan, J.F. 2004. Human birthweight evolution across contrasting environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 : 542-553. [PDF]
- Henry, P.Y., Poulin, B., Rousset, F., Renaud, F. & Thomas, F. 2004. Infestation by the mite Harpirhynchus nidulans in the bearded tit Panurus Biarmicus. Bird study 51:34-40.
- Teriokhin, A.T., Budilova, E.V., Thomas, F. & Guégan, J.F. 2004. The worldwide variation in human sexual lifespan dimorphism and sex-specific environmental mortality rates. Human Biology 76 : 623-641.
2003
- Choisy, M., Brown, S.P., Lafferty, K.D. & Thomas, F. 2003. Evolution of trophic transmission in parasites: why add intermediate hosts ?’ The American Naturalist. 162: 172-181. [PDF]
- Brown, S.P. & Thomas F. 2003. Understanding parasite strategies: a response from S.P.Brown and F. Thomas. Trends in Parasitology 19 : 16-17.
- Sukhdeo, M. & Thomas, F. 2003. Fecal mass and parasite strategies: a response from M. Sukhdeo and F. Thomas. Trends in Parasitology 19:69.
- Brown, S.P., De Lorgeril, J., Joly, C. & Thomas, F. 2003. Field evidence for a negative relationship between egg production by metacercariae of the manipulative trematode Microphallus papillorobustus and its infra-population size within gammarid host. Journal for Parasitology 89: 668-672.
- Teriokhin, A.T., Thomas, F., Budilova, E.V. & Guégan, 2003. The impact of environmental factors on human life history evolution - an optimisation modelling and data analysis study. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5 : 1-23.
- Palma, R. L., Johnson, A. R., Cezilly, F., Thomas, F. & Renaud, F. 2003. Diversity and distribution of feather lice on Greater Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) in the Camargue, southern France. The New Zealand Entomologist 25: 87-89.
- Thomas, F. & Poulin, R. 2003. Egg size variability in trematodes: test of the bet-hedging hypothesis. Journal of Parasitology. 89: 1159-1162. [PDF]
- Thomas, F., Ulitsky, P., Augier, R., Dusticier, N., Samuel, D., Strambi, C., Biron, D.G. & Cayre, M. 2003. Biochemichal and histological changes in the brain of the cricket Nemobius sylvestris infected by the manipulative parasite Paragordius tricuspidatus (Nematomorpha). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 435-443. [PDF]
- Helluy, S. & Thomas, F. 2003. Effects of Microphallus papillorobustus (Platyhelminthes, trematoda) on serotonergic immunoreactivity and neuronal architecture in the brain of Gammarus insensibilis (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Proceeding of the Royal Society of London (B.) 270: 563-568. [PDF]
- Leclerc, M.C., Thomas, F. & Guégan, J.F. 2003. Evidence for the phylogenetic inheritance in pathogenicity of Mycobacterium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology 83: 265-274.
2002
- Descamps, S., Blondel, J., Lambrechts, M., Hurtrez-Bousses, S. & Thomas, F. 2002. Asynchronous hatching in a blue tit population: test of some predictions related to ectoparasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1480-1484.
- Thomas, F., Brown, S.P., Sukhdeo, M. & Renaud, F. 2002. Understanding parasite strategies: a state-dependent approach? Trends in Parasitology 18: 387-390. [PDF]
- Thomas, F., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Martin, G., Manu, C., Durand P. & Renaud F. 2002. Do Hairworms (Nematomorpha) manipulate their terrestrial host to seek water ? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 356-361.
- Wang, C.L. & Thomas, F. 2002. Egg production by metacercariae of Microphallus papillorobustus (Trematoda, Microphallidae) : a reproductive insurance ? Journal of Helminthology 76: 279-281.
- Loot, G., S. Aulagnier, S. Lek, F. Thomas & J.F. Guégan. 2002. Experimental demonstration of a parasite Ligula intestinalis L. induced behavioural modification in a cyprinid fish Rutilus rutilus L. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 738-744. [PDF]
- Wang, C.L., F. Renaud & Thomas, F. 2002. Negative influence of Gammarinema gammari (Nematoda) on the fecundity of Microphallus papillorobustus (Trematoda) : field and experimental evidence. Journal of Parasitology 88: 425-427.
- Thomas, F., Fauchier, J. & K.D. Lafferty. 2002. Conflict of interest between a nematode and a trematode in an amphipod host : test of the ‘sabotage’ hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51 : 296-301.
- Thomas, F. & Helluy, S. 2002. Hitch-hiking strategy of transmission : reply to Mouritsen. International Journal for Parasitology 32 : 227-228.
- Thomas, F. 2002. Parasites and host behaviour. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Book Review, Parasites and the behavior of animals, Janice Moore) 17: 585-586.
- Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Thomas, F. 2002. Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) manipulate their hosts to jump into water. Journal of Zoology 105 : 21.