Publications
62. Humann-Guilleminot, S., Bailly, A., Monceau, K., Desbonnes, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Moreau, J. Field-based evidence of impaired sperm quality associated with conventional farming in two passerine birds. Ibis, in press.
61. Dupont, S.M., Gaffard, A., Rodrigues, A., Millet, M., Bichet, C., Texeira, M., Bretagnolle, V., Monceau, K., Pays, O. & Moreau, J. 2026. First evidence of deleterious effect of pesticide mixture on health status in semi-captive grey partridges. Environmental Research, 123332. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
60. Bailly, A., Monceau, K., & Moreau, J. 2026. Farming practices induce contrasted effects on parasitic infections in passerine birds in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 396, 110008. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
59. Bariod, L., White, J., Millet, M., Moreau, J. & Monceau, K. 2025. Complex interactions between the gut microbiota, pesticide contamination and physiological traits in grey partridges. Environmental Research, 286, 122938. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
58. Bailly, A., Monceau, K., Bretagnolle, V., Rodrigues, A., Millet, M. & Moreau, J. 2025. Pesticide exposure in farmland wild passerines: bio-indicators of a widespread contamination despite organic farming. Environmental Research, 12389. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
57. Fuentes, E., Moreau, J., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2025. Pesticide mixture effects on physiological stress and morphology of growing wild nestlings. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 139346. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
56. Bariod, L., Fuentes, E., Millet, M., White, J., Jacquiod, S., Moreau, M. & Monceau, K. 2025. Exposure to pesticides is correlated with gut microbiota alterations in a farmland raptor. Environment International, 199, 109436. [PDF]
55. Bariod, L., Fuentes, E., Millet, M., Jacquiod, S., White, J., Moreau, J. & Monceau, K. 2025. Direct and indirect effects of pesticide exposure on farmland raptor gut microbiota. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 136857. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
54. Bariod, L., Gaffard, A., Rodrigues, A., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V., Pays, O., Monceau, K. & Moreau, J. 2025. Comparison of pesticide contamination between captive-reared and wild grey partridges: insights into environmental exposure disparities. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 32, 21845–21854. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
53. Fuentes, E., Moreau, J., Rodrigues, A., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2025. Pesticide contamination patterns in Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) chicks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 32, 21816–21827. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
52. Fuentes, E., Moreau, J., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2024. First evidence of age-dependent decreases in non-persistent pesticide mixtures in nestlings of a farmland raptor. Environmental Research, 120179. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
51. Bartolomé, C., Dasilva-Martins, D., Valiñas, R., Gabín-García, L.B., Nave, A., García-Pérez, A.L., Monceau, K., Thiéry, D., Christie, A., Choi, M.B., Sobrino, B., Amigo, J., Maside, X. 2024. Prevalence and population genetic analyses of parasites in invasive Vespa velutina and native Hymenoptera. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 108203. [PDF] + [ZIP] supplementary files
50. Thiery, D. & Monceau, K. 2024. Twenty years of attempting to control the Vespa velutina invasion: will we win the battle? Entomologia Generalis, 44, 479-480. [PDF]
49. Fuentes, E., Moreau, J., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2024. Organic farming reduces pesticide load in a bird of prey. Science of the Total Environment, 930, 172778. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary files
48. Tison, L., Beaumelle, L., Monceau, K. & Thiéry, D. 2024. Transfer and bioaccumulation of pesticides in terrestrial arthropods and food webs: state of knowledge and perspectives for future research. Chemosphere, 357, 142036. [PDF]
47. Fuentes, E., Moreau, J., Teixeira, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2023. Effects of conventional vs. organic farming practices on raptor nestling health: Neither black nor white. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 358, 108719. [PDF]+ [PDF] supplementary files
46. Tison, L., Franc, C., Burkart, F., Jactel, H., Monceau, K., de Revel, G. & Thiéry, D. 2023. Pesticide contamination in an intensive insect predator of honey bees. Environment International, 176, 107975. [PDF]
45. Rabdeau, J., Desbonnes, M., Bretagnolle, V., Moreau, J. & Monceau, K. 2023. Does anthropization affect the physiology, the behaviour and the life-history traits of Montagu’s harrier chicks? Animal Conservation, 26, 174-188. [PDF]+ [PDF] supplementary files
44. Fuentes, E., Gaffard, E., Rodrigues, A., Millet, M., Bretagnolle, V., Moreau, J. & Monceau, K. 2023. Neonicotinoids: Still present in farmland birds despite their ban. Chemosphere, 321, 138091. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary file + Corrigendum [PDF]
43. Rodrigues, A., Gaffard, A., Moreau, J., Monceau, K., Delhomme, O. & Millet, M. 2023. Analytical development for the assessment of pesticide contaminations in blood and plasma of wild birds: the case of grey partridges (Perdix perdix). Journal of Chromatography A, 1687, 463681. [PDF]
42. Moreau, J., Rabdeau, J., Badenhausser, I., Giraudeau, M., Sepp, T., Crépin, M., Gaffard, A., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2022. Pesticide impacts on avian species with special reference to farmland birds: A review. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194, 790. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary file
41. Gaffard, A., Pays, O., Monceau, K., Teixeira, M., Bretagnolle, V. & Moreau, J. 2022. Feeding on grains containing pesticide residues is detrimental to offspring development through parental effects in grey partridge. Environmental Pollution, 120005. [PDF]
40. Moreau, J., Monceau, K., Gonnet, G., Pfizer, M. & Bretagnolle, V. 2022. Organic farming positively affects the vitality of passerine birds in agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 336, 108034. [PDF]
39. Biard, C., Monceau, K., Teixeira, M., Motreuil, S., Bettencourt-Amarante, S., Develay, L. & Moreau, J. 2022. Coccidial oocyst release: once a day or all day long? Tropical bird hosts shed new light on the adaptive significance of diurnal periodicity in parasite output. Parasitology, 149, 469-481. [PDF]
38. Rabdeau, J., Arroyo, B., Mougeot, F., Badenhausser, I., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2021. Do human infrastructures shape nest distribution in the landscape depending on individual personality in a farmland bird of prey? Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 2848-2858. [PDF]
37. Moreau, J., Monceau, K., Crépin, M., Derouin Tochon, F., Mondet, C., Frainkin, M., Teixeira, M. & Bretagnolle, V. 2021. Feeding partridges with organic or conventional grain triggers cascading effects in life- history traits. Environmental Pollution, 116851. [PDF]
36. Rabdeau, J., Badenhausser, I., Gaffard, A., Mangelinck, C., Moreau, J., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2021. Assortative pairing for boldness and consequences on reproductive success in Montagu’s harrier. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132, 759-773. [PDF]
35. Rabdeau, J., Badenhausser, I., Moreau, J., Bretagnolle, V. & Monceau, K. 2019. To change or not to change experimenters: Caveats for repeated behavioural and physiological measures in Montagu’s Harrier. Journal of Avian Biology, 50: doi:10.1111/jav.02160 [PDF]
34. Ribout, C., Villers, A., Ruault, S., Bretagnolle, V., Picard, D., Monceau, K. & Gauffre, B. 2019. Fine-scale genetic structure in a high dispersal capacity raptor, the Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus), revealed by a set of novel microsatellite loci. Genetica, 1, 69–78. [PDF]
33. Thiéry, D, Bonnard, O., Riquier, L., de Revel, G. & Monceau, K. 2018. An alarm pheromone in the venom gland of Vespa velutina: evidence revisited from the European invasive population. Entomologia Generalis, 38, 145-146. [PDF]
32. Poidatz, J., Monceau, K., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2018. Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags. Ecology & Evolution, 8, 7588-7598. [PDF]
31. Bretagnolle, V., Berthet, E., Gross, N., Gauffre, B., Plumejeaud, C., Houte, S., Badenhausser, I., Monceau, K., Allier, F., Monestiez, P. & Gaba S. 2018. Description of long-term monitoring of farmland biodiversity in a LTSER. Data in Brief, 19, 1310-1313. [PDF]
30. Amat, I., Desouhant, E., Gomes, E., Moreau, J. & Monceau, K. 2018. Insect personality: what can we learn from metamorphosis? Current Opinion in Insect Science, 27, 46-51. [PDF]
29. Monceau, K., Arca, M., Leprêtre, L., Bonnard, O., Arnold, G. & Thiéry D. 2018. How Apis mellifera behaves with its invasive hornet predator Vespa velutina? Journal of Insect Behavior, 31, 1-11. [PDF] + [PDF] supplementary file 1
Online Resource 2 – Honeybee balling behaviour
28. Bretagnolle, V., Berthet, E., Gross, N., Gauffre, B., Plumejeaud, C., Houte, S., Badenhausser, I., Monceau, K., Allier, F., Monestiez, P. & Gaba S. 2018. Towards sustainable and multifunctional agriculture in farmland landscapes: Lessons from the integrative approach of a French LTSER platform. Science of the Total Environment, 627, 822–834. [PDF]
27. Monceau, K. & Thiéry D. 2017. Vespa velutina nest distribution at a local scale: an eight-year survey of the invasive honeybee predator. Insect Science, 24, 663–674. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
26. Monceau, K., Dechaume-Moncharmont, F.-X., Moreau, J., Lucas, C., Capoduro, R., Motreuil, S. & Moret, Y. 2017. Personality, immune response and reproductive success: An appraisal of the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 932–942. [PDF] article + [ZIP] supplementary files + [data] dataset
25. Monceau, K., Tourat, A., Arca, M., Bonnard, O., Arnold, G. & Thiéry D. 2017. Daily and seasonal extranidal behaviour variations in the invasive yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 30, 220-230. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
24. Monceau, K., Moreau, J., Richet, J., Motreuil, S., Moret, Y. & Dechaume-Moncharmont, F.-X. 2017. Larval personality does not predict adult personality in a holometabolous insect. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 120, 869-878. [PDF] article + [ZIP] supplementary files + [data] dataset
23. Moreau, J., Monceau, K. & Thiéry, D. 2016. Larval food influences temporal oviposition and egg quality traits in females of Lobesia botrana. Journal of Pest Science, 89, 439-448. [PDF]
22. Vogelweith, F., Moret, Y., Monceau, K., Thiéry, D. & Moreau, J. 2016. Effect of diet and immune challenge on the relative abundance of hemocyte types in polyphagous caterpillar. Journal of Insect Physiology, 88, 33-39. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
21. Monceau, K. 2015. The next meeting for animal personality: population genetics. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 27, 428-435. [PDF]
20. Biard, C., Monceau, K., Motreuil, S. & Moreau, J. 2015. Interpreting immunological indices: The importance of taking parasite community into account. An example in blackbirds (Turdus merula). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 960-972. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
19. Monceau, K., Moreau, J., Poidatz, J., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2015. Behavioral syndrome in a native and an invasive hymenoptera species. Insect Science, 22, 541-548. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
18. Monceau, K., Maher, N., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2015. Evaluation of competition between a native and an invasive hornet species: do seasonal phenologies overlap? Bulletin of Entomological Research, 105, 462-469. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary files
17. Couto, A., Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., Thiéry, D. & Sandoz, J.-C. 2014. Olfactory attraction of the hornet Vespa velutina to honeybee colony odors and pheromones. PLoS ONE, 9, e115943. [PDF]
16. Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., Moreau, J. & Thiéry, D. 2014. Spatial distribution of Vespa velutina individuals hunting at domestic honeybee hives: heterogeneity at a local scale. Insect Science, 21, 765–774. [PDF]
15. Thiéry, D., Monceau, K. & Moreau, J. 2014. Larval intraspecific competition for food in the European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 104, 517-524. [PDF]
14. Arca, M., Papachristoforou, A., Mougel, F., Rortais, A., Monceau, K., Bonnard, O., Tardy, P., Thiéry, D., Silvain, J.-F. & Arnold, G. 2014. Defensive behaviour of Apis mellifera against Vespa velutina in France: testing whether European honeybees can develop an effective collective defence against a new predator. Behavioural Processes, 106, 122-129. [PDF]
13. Thiéry, D., Monceau, K. & Moreau, J. 2014. Different emergence phenology of European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on six varieties of grapes in an experimental vineyard. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 104, 277-287. [PDF]
12. Monceau, K., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2014. Vespa velutina : a new invasive predator of honeybees in Europe. Journal of Pest Science, 87, 1-16. [PDF]
11. Monceau, K., Cézilly, F., Moreau, J., Motreuil, S. & Wattier, R.A. 2013. Colonisation and diversification of the Zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita) in the Antilles: Phylogeography, contemporary gene flow and morphological divergence. PLoS ONE, 8, e82189. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary material
10. Monceau, K., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2013. Relationship between the age of Vespa velutina workers and their defensive behaviour established from colonies maintained in the laboratory. Insectes Sociaux, 60, 437-444. [PDF]
9. Monceau, K., Arca, M., Leprêtre, L., Mougel, F., Bonnard, O., Silvain, J.-F., Maher, N., Arnold, G. & Thiéry, D. 2013. Native prey and invasive predator patterns of foraging activity: the case of the yellow-legged hornet predation at European honeybee hives. PLoS ONE, 8, e66492. [PDF]
8. Monceau, K., Maher, N., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2013. Predation dynamics study of the recently introduced honeybee killer Vespa velutina: learning from the enemy. Apidologie, 44, 209-221. [PDF]
7. Monceau, K., Wattier, R.A., Dechaume-Moncharmont, F.-X., Dubreuil, C. & Cézilly, F. 2013. Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in adult and juvenile Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita. Journal of Heredity, 104, 47-56. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary material
6. Monceau, K., Bonnard, O. & Thiéry, D. 2012. Chasing the queens of the alien predator of honeybees: a water drop in the invasiveness ocean. Open Journal of Ecology, 2, 183-191. [PDF]
5. Monceau, K. & van Baaren, J. 2012. Female teneral mating in a monandrous species. Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1426-1436. [PDF]
4. Monceau, K., Wattier, R.A., Dechaume-Moncharmont, F.-X., Motreuil, S. & Cézilly, F. 2011. Territoriality vs. flocking in the Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita: Resource polymorphism revisited using morphological and genetic analyses. The Auk, 128, 15-25. [PDF]
3. Dechaume-Moncharmont, F.-X., Monceau, K. & Cézilly, F. 2011. Sexing birds using discriminant function analysis based on morphometric measurements: A critical appraisal. The Auk, 128, 78-86. [PDF] article + [PDF] supplementary material
2. Boogert, N.J., Monceau, K. & Lefebvre, L. 2010. A field test of behavioural flexibility in Zenaida Doves (Zenaida aurita). Behavioural Processes, 85, 135-141. [PDF]
1. Monceau, K., Gaillard, M., Harrang, E., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Parker, P. G., Cézilly, F. & Wattier, R.A. 2009. Twenty-three polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Caribbean endemic Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita, and its conservation in related Zenaida species. Conservation Genetics, 10, 1557-1581. [PDF]