Nadir Alvarez

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Museomics reveals evolutionary history of Oreina alpine leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Gauthier Jérémy, Borer Matthias, Toussaint Emmanuel F. A., Bilat Julia, Kippenberg Horst, Alvarez Nadir, 2023/10. Systematic Entomology, 48 (4) pp. 658-671.
 
Dynamic evolution of size and colour in the highly specialized Zodarion ant-eating spiders.
Ortiz D., Pekár S., Bilat J., Shafaie S., Alvarez N., Gauthier J., 2023/08/09. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 290 (2004) p. 20230797. Peer-reviewed.
How genomics can help biodiversity conservation
Theissinger Kathrin, Fernandes Carlos, Formenti Giulio, Bista Iliana, Berg Paul R., Bleidorn Christoph, Bombarely Aureliano, Crottini Angelica, Gallo Guido R., Godoy José A. et al., 2023/02. Trends in Genetics. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogenomic study of <i>Amorphophallus</i> (Alismatales; Araceae): When plastid DNA gene sequences help to resolve the backbone subgeneric delineation
Pouchon Charles, Gauthier Jérémy, Pitteloud Camille, Claudel Cyrille, Alvarez Nadir, 2023/01. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 61 (1) pp. 64-79.
The identity of Argyrialacteella (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae), synonyms, and related species revealed by morphology and DNA capture in type specimens.
Landry B., Bilat J., Hayden J., Solis M.A., Lees D.C., Alvarez N., Léger T., Gauthier J., 2023. ZooKeys, 1146 pp. 1-42. Peer-reviewed.
 
Life-history traits drive spatial genetic structuring in Dinaric cave spiders
Pavlek Martina, Gauthier Jérémy, Tonzo Vanina, Bilat Julia, Arnedo Miquel A., Alvarez Nadir, 2022/10/11. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 p. 910084.
 
Transcriptomic analysis of deceptively pollinated Arum maculatum (Araceae) reveals association between terpene synthase expression in floral trap chamber and species-specific pollinator attraction.
Szenteczki M.A., Godschalx A.L., Gauthier J., Gibernau M., Rasmann S., Alvarez N., 2022/08/25. G3, 12 (9) pp. jkac175. Peer-reviewed.
 
The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research.
Schwörer C., Leunda M., Alvarez N., Gugerli F., Sperisen C., 2022/07. The New phytologist, 235 (2) pp. 391-401. Peer-reviewed.
 
Why Coelacanths Are Almost “Living Fossils”?
Cavin Lionel, Alvarez Nadir, 2022/05/23. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 p. 896111.
 
Hybridization fuelled diversification in Spialia butterflies.
Hinojosa J.C., Dapporto L., Pitteloud C., Koubínová D., Hernández-Roldán J., Vicente J.C., Alvarez N., Vila R., 2022/05. Molecular ecology, 31 (10) pp. 2951-2967. Peer-reviewed.
 
Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change.
Kirschner P., Perez M.F., Záveská E., Sanmartín I., Marquer L., Schlick-Steiner B.C., Alvarez N., STEPPE Consortium, Steiner F.M., Schönswetter P., 2022/04/08. Nature communications, 13 (1) p. 1921. Peer-reviewed.
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.
Formenti G., Theissinger K., Fernandes C., Bista I., Bombarely A., Bleidorn C., Ciofi C., Crottini A., Godoy J.A., Höglund J. et al., 2022/03. Trends in ecology & evolution, 37 (3) pp. 197-202. Peer-reviewed.
 
Spatial genetic structure of Dinaric cave-dwelling spiders.
Pavlek Martina, Gauthier Jérémy, Arnedo Miquel, Tonzo Vanina, Bilat Julia, Alvarez Nadir, 2022., 25th Conference on Subterranean Biology pp. e87717 dans ARPHA Conference Abstracts, Pensoft Publishers.
 
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.
Librado P., Khan N., Fages A., Kusliy M.A., Suchan T., Tonasso-Calvière L., Schiavinato S., Alioglu D., Fromentier A., Perdereau A. et al., 2021/10. Nature, 598 (7882) pp. 634-640. Peer-reviewed.
 
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches
Engel Michael S, Ceríaco Luis M P, Daniel Gimo M, Dellapé Pablo M, Löbl Ivan, Marinov Milen, Reis Roberto E, Young Mark T, Dubois Alain, Agarwal Ishan et al., 2021/09/24. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 193 (2) pp. 381-387.
 
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in pollinator communities maintains within‐species floral odour variation
Szenteczki Mark A., Godschalx Adrienne L., Galmán Andrea, Espíndola Anahí, Gibernau Marc, Alvarez Nadir, Rasmann Sergio, 2021/09. Oikos, 130 (9) pp. 1487-1499.
 
HyRAD-X Exome Capture Museomics Unravels Giant Ground Beetle Evolution.
Toussaint EFA, Gauthier J., Bilat J., Gillett CPDT, Gough H.M., Lundkvist H., Blanc M., Muñoz-Ramírez C.P., Alvarez N., 2021/07/06. Genome biology and evolution, 13 (7) pp. evab112. Peer-reviewed.
 
Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider.
Ortiz D., Pekár S., Bilat J., Alvarez N., 2021/01. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 154 p. 106997. Peer-reviewed.
 
Linking seascape with landscape genetics: Oceanic currents favour colonization across the Galápagos Islands by a coastal plant
Arjona Yurena, Fernández-López Javier, Navascués Miguel, Alvarez Nadir, Nogales Manuel, Vargas Pablo, 2020/12. Journal of Biogeography, 47 (12) pp. 2622-2633.
 
Rapid colour shift by reproductive character displacement in Cupido butterflies.
Hinojosa J.C., Koubínová D., Dincă V., Hernández-Roldán J., Munguira M.L., García-Barros E., Vila M., Alvarez N., Mutanen M., Vila R., 2020/12. Molecular ecology, 29 (24) pp. 4942-4955. Peer-reviewed.
 
Oviposition choice and larval development of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) on three cowpea varieties
Kébé Khadim, Alvarez Nadir, Espíndola Anahí, 2020/03. Journal of Stored Products Research, 86 p. 101578.
 
Climate drives community-wide divergence within species over a limited spatial scale: evidence from an oceanic island.
Salces-Castellano A., Patiño J., Alvarez N., Andújar C., Arribas P., Braojos-Ruiz J.J., Del Arco-Aguilar M., García-Olivares V., Karger D.N., López H. et al., 2020/02. Ecology letters, 23 (2) pp. 305-315. Peer-reviewed.
DiscoSnp-RAD: de novo detection of small variants for RAD-Seq population genomics.
Gauthier J., Mouden C., Suchan T., Alvarez N., Arrigo N., Riou C., Lemaitre C., Peterlongo P., 2020. PeerJ, 8 pp. e9291. Peer-reviewed.
 
A mirage of cryptic species: Genomics uncover striking mitonuclear discordance in the butterfly Thymelicus sylvestris.
Hinojosa J.C., Koubínová D., Szenteczki M.A., Pitteloud C., Dincă V., Alvarez N., Vila R., 2019/09. Molecular ecology, 28 (17) pp. 3857-3868. Peer-reviewed.
Biogeography and ecological diversification of a mayfly clade in New Guinea
Cozzarolo Camille-Sophie, Balke Michael, Buerki Sven, Arrigo Nils, Pitteloud Camille, Gueuning Morgan, Salamin Nicolas, Sartori Michel, Alvarez Nadir, 2019/07/03. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Peer-reviewed.
Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles.
Seppey M., Ioannidis P., Emerson B.C., Pitteloud C., Robinson-Rechavi M., Roux J., Escalona H.E., McKenna D.D., Misof B., Shin S. et al., 2019/05/17. Genome biology, 20 (1) p. 98. Peer-reviewed.
Bacterial communities within Phengaris (Maculinea) alcon caterpillars are shifted following transition from solitary living to social parasitism of Myrmica ant colonies.
Szenteczki M.A., Pitteloud C., Casacci L.P., Kešnerová L., Whitaker MRL, Engel P., Vila R., Alvarez N., 2019/04. Ecology and evolution, 9 (8) pp. 4452-4464. Peer-reviewed.
 
A tale of two forests: ongoing aridification drives population decline and genetic diversity loss at continental scale in Afro-Macaronesian evergreen-forest archipelago endemics.
Mairal M., Caujapé-Castells J., Pellissier L., Jaén-Molina R., Álvarez N., Heuertz M., Sanmartín I., 2018/11/30. Annals of botany, 122 (6) pp. 1005-1017. Peer-reviewed.
 
Preserving genetic connectivity in the European Alps protected area network
Schoville Sean D., Dalongeville Alicia, Viennois Gaëlle, Gugerli Felix, Taberlet Pierre, Lequette Benoît, Alvarez Nadir, Manel Stéphanie, 2018/02. Biological Conservation, 218 pp. 99-109.
Spatial and temporal genetic dynamics of the grasshopper <i>Oedaleus decorus</i> revealed by museum genomics.
Schmid S., Neuenschwander S., Pitteloud C., Heckel G., Pajkovic M., Arlettaz R., Alvarez N., 2018/02. Ecology and evolution, 8 (3) pp. 1480-1495. Peer-reviewed.
 
Biotic drivers of river and floodplain geomorphology - New molecular methods for assessing present-day and past biota : Biotic drivers of river and floodplain geomorphology recorded by eDNA
Larsen A., Alvarez N., Sperisen C., Lane S.N., 2018. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43 (1) pp. 333-338. Peer-reviewed.
 
Long-term in situ persistence of biodiversity in tropical sky islands revealed by landscape genomics.
Mastretta-Yanes A., Xue A.T., Moreno-Letelier A., Jorgensen T.H., Alvarez N., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2018/01. Molecular ecology, 27 (2) pp. 432-448. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogeography and population genomics of a lotic water beetle across a complex tropical landscape.
Lam A.W., Gueuning M., Kindler C., Van Dam M., Alvarez N., Panjaitan R., Shaverdo H., White L.T., Roderick G.K., Balke M., 2018. Molecular Ecology, 27 (16) pp. 3346-3356. Peer-reviewed.
Elevation in tropical sky islands as the common driver in structuring genes and communities of freshwater organisms.
Gueuning M., Suchan T., Rutschmann S., Gattolliat J.L., Jamsari J., Kamil A.I., Pitteloud C., Buerki S., Balke M., Sartori M. et al., 2017/11/23. Scientific reports, 7 (1) p. 16089. Peer-reviewed.
Genomics of extreme ecological specialists: multiple convergent evolution but no genetic divergence between ecotypes of Maculinea alcon butterflies.
Koubínová D., Dincă V., Dapporto L., Vodă R., Suchan T., Vila R., Alvarez N., 2017/10/23. Scientific reports, 7 (1) p. 13752. Peer-reviewed.
 
HyRAD-X, a versatile method combining exome capture and RAD sequencing to extract genomic information from ancient DNA.
Schmid Sarah, Genevest Rémi, Gobet Erika, Suchan Tomasz, Sperisen Christoph, Tinner Willy, Alvarez Nadir, 2017/10. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8 (10) pp. 1374-1388. Peer-reviewed.
 
High Rate of Protein Coding Sequence Evolution and Species Diversification in the Lycaenids
Pellissier Loïc, Kostikova Anna, Litsios Glenn, Salamin Nicolas, Alvarez Nadir, 2017/08/23. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5.
 
Assessing the potential of RAD-sequencing to resolve phylogenetic relationships within species radiations: the fly genus Chiastocheta (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) as a case study.
Suchan T., Espíndola A., Rutschmann S., Emerson B.C., Gori K., Dessimoz C., Arrigo N., Ronikier M., Alvarez N., 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 114 pp. 189-198. Peer-reviewed.
 
Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus.
Pitteloud C., Arrigo N., Suchan T., Mastretta-Yanes A., Vila R., Dincă V., Hernández-Roldán J., Brockmann E., Chittaro Y., Kleckova I. et al., 2017. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 284 (1852) p. 20170208. Peer-reviewed.
 
Evidence for mega-landslides as drivers of island colonization
García-Olivares V., López H., Patiño J., Alvarez N., Machado A., Carracedo J.C., Soler V., Emerson B.C., 2017. Journal of Biogeography, 44 (5) pp. 1053-1064. Peer-reviewed.
Genetic consequences of Quaternary climatic oscillations in the Himalayas: Primula tibetica as a case study based on restriction site-associated DNA sequencing.
Ren G., Mateo R.G., Liu J., Suchan T., Alvarez N., Guisan A., Conti E., Salamin N., 2017. The New Phytologist, 213 (3) pp. 1500-1512.
 
Global phylogeography of the insect pest Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchinae) relates to the history of its main host, Vigna unguiculata
Kébé K., Alvarez N., Tuda M., Arnqvist G., Fox C.W., Sembène M., Espíndola A., 2017. Journal of Biogeography, 44 (11) pp. 2515-2526. Peer-reviewed.
 
Large-scale phylogenetic analysis of Amorphophallus (Araceae) derived from nuclear and plastid sequences reveals new subgeneric delineation
Claudel C., Buerki S., Chatrou L.W., Antonelli A., Alvarez N., Hetterscheid W., 2017. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 184 (1) pp. 32-45. Peer-reviewed.
 
When different contact zones tell different stories: putative ring species in the Megachile concinna species complex (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Soltani G.G., Bénon D., Alvarez N., Praz C.J., 2017. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121 (4) pp. 815-832. Peer-reviewed.
 
Genome fingerprinting confirms the species status of the Loosestrifes Lysimachia punctata and L. verticillata (Primulaceae)
Triponez Yann, Şepitci Begüm, Alvarez Nadir, 2016/12/01. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 149 (3) pp. 335-338.
 
Is hybridization driving the evolution of climatic niche in Alyssum montanum.
Arrigo N., de La Harpe M., Litsios G., Zozomová-Lihová J., Španiel S., Marhold K., Barker M.S., Alvarez N., 2016/07. American journal of botany, 103 (7) pp. 1348-1357. Peer-reviewed.
Clustering Genes of Common Evolutionary History.
Gori K., Suchan T., Alvarez N., Goldman N., Dessimoz C., 2016/06. Molecular biology and evolution, 33 (6) pp. 1590-1605. Peer-reviewed.
Differential phenotypic and genetic expression of defence compounds in a plant-herbivore interaction along elevation.
Salgado A.L., Suchan T., Pellissier L., Rasmann S., Ducrest A.L., Alvarez N., 2016. Royal Society Open Science, 3 (9) p. 160226. Peer-reviewed.
Hybridization Capture Using RAD Probes (hyRAD), a New Tool for Performing Genomic Analyses on Collection Specimens.
Suchan T., Pitteloud C., Gerasimova N.S., Kostikova A., Schmid S., Arrigo N., Pajkovic M., Ronikier M., Alvarez N., 2016. PLoS One, 11 (3) pp. e0151651. Peer-reviewed.
 
Insights into the genetic structure of the cowpea pest Callosobruchus maculatus in Africa
Kebe K., Alvarez N., Espindola A., Justy F., Olivieri I., Sembene M., 2016. Journal of Pest Science, 89 (2) pp. 449-458. Peer-reviewed.
 
Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants
Pellissier L., Bronken Eidesen P., Ehrich D., Descombes P., Schoenswetter P., Tribsch A., Bakke Westergaard K., Alvarez N., Guisan A., Zimmermann N.E. et al., 2016. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (3) pp. 461-470. Peer-reviewed.
Asymmetrical nature of the Trollius-Chiastocheta interaction: insights into the evolution of nursery pollination systems
Suchan T., Beauverd M., Trim N., Alvarez N., 2015. Ecology and Evolution, 5 (21) pp. 4766-4777.
 
Combining conservative and variable markers to inferthe evolutionary history of Prunus subgen. Amygdalus s.l.under domestication
Delplancke M., Yazbek M., Arrigo N., Espindola A., Joly H., Alvarez N., 2015. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63 (2) pp. 221-234. Peer-reviewed.
 
Fifty years after Ehrlich and Raven, is there support for plant-insect coevolution as a major driver of species diversification?
Suchan T., Alvarez N., 2015. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 157 (1) pp. 98-112.
 
Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing, genotyping error estimation and de novo assembly optimization for population genetic inference.
Mastretta-Yanes A., Arrigo N., Alvarez N., Jorgensen T.H., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2015. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15 (1) pp. 28-41. Peer-reviewed.
Uncovering Cryptic Parasitoid Diversity in Horismenus (Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae).
Kenyon S.G., Buerki S., Hansson C., Alvarez N., Benrey B., 2015. Plos One, 10 (9) pp. e0136063. Peer-reviewed.
 
Comparative phylogeography of mutualists and the effect of the host on the genetic structure of its partners.
Espindola A., Carstens B.C., Alvarez N., 2014. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113 (4) pp. 1021-1035. Peer-reviewed.
 
Decoupled post-glacial history in mutualistic plant-insect interactions: insights from the yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) and its associated oil-collecting bees (Macropis europaea and M-fulvipes)
Triponez Y., Arrigo N., Espíndola A., Alvarez N., 2014. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (4) pp. 630-640. Peer-reviewed.
Gene duplication, population genomics, and species-level differentiation within a tropical mountain shrub.
Mastretta-Yanes A., Zamudio S., Jorgensen T.H., Arrigo N., Alvarez N., Piñero D., Emerson B.C., 2014. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6 (10) pp. 2611-2624. Peer-reviewed.
 
Proto-South-East Asia as a trigger of early angiosperm diversification
Buerki S., Forest F., Alvarez N., 2014. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 174 (3) pp. 326-333.
 
The altitudinal niche breadth hypothesis in plant-insect interaction
Rasmann S., Alvarez N., Pellissier L., 2014. pp. 339-360 dans Voelckel C., Jander G. (eds.) Plant Insect Interactions chap. 10, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
 
Wheat alleles introgress into selfing wild relatives: empirical estimates from approximate Bayesian computation in Aegilops triuncialis.
Pajkovic M., Lappe S., Barman R., Parisod C., Neuenschwander S., Goudet J., Alvarez N., Guadagnuolo R., Felber F., Arrigo N., 2014. Molecular Ecology, 23 (20) pp. 5089-5101. Peer-reviewed.
 
A deep dig-hindsight on Holocene plant composition from ancient environmental DNA
Gugerli F., Alvarez N., Tinner W., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (13) pp. 3433-3436. Peer-reviewed.
 
Evolutionary history of almond tree domestication in the Mediterranean basin.
Delplancke M., Alvarez N., Benoit L., Espíndola A., I Joly H., Neuenschwander S., Arrigo N., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (4) pp. 1092-1104. Peer-reviewed.
 
Identifying genetic signatures of selection in a non-model species, alpine gentian (Gentiana nivalis L.), using a landscape genetic approach
Bothwell H., Bisbing S., Crawford L., Overgaard Therkildsen N., Alvarez N., Holderegger R., Manel S, 2013. Conservation Genetics, 14 (2) pp. 467-481. Peer-reviewed.
 
Morphological, ecological and genetic aspects associated with endemism in the Fly Orchid group.
Triponez Y., Arrigo N., Pellissier L., Schatz B., Alvarez N., 2013. Molecular Ecology, 22 (5) pp. 1431-1446. Peer-reviewed.
 
Nature, evolution and characterisation of rhizospheric chemical exudates affecting root herbivores
Hiltpold I., Bernklau E., Bjostad L.B., Alvarez N., Miller-Struttmann N.E., Lundgren J.G., Hibbard B.E., 2013. pp. 97-157 dans Johnson S.N., Hiltpold I., Turlings T.C.J. (eds.) Behaviour and physiology of root herbivores, Elsevier.
 
Phylogenetic alpha and beta diversities of butterfly communities correlate with climate in the western Swiss Alps
Pellissier L., Alvarez N., Espíndola A., Pottier J., Dubuis A., Pradervand J.N., Guisan A., 2013. Ecography, 36 (5) pp. 541-550.
The abrupt climate change at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary and the emergence of South-East Asia triggered the spread of sapindaceous lineages.
Buerki S., Forest F., Stadler T., Alvarez N., 2013. Annals of Botany, 112 (1) pp. 151-160. Peer-reviewed.
 
Automated scoring of AFLPs using RawGeno v 2.0, a free R CRAN library.
Arrigo N., Holderegger R., Alvarez N., 2012. Methods in Molecular Biology, 888 pp. 155-175.
Broad-scale adaptive genetic variation in alpine plants is driven by temperature and precipitation.
Manel S., Gugerli F., Thuiller W., Alvarez N., Legendre P., Holderegger R., Gielly L., Taberlet P., IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2012. Molecular Ecology, 21 (15) pp. 3729-3738. Peer-reviewed.
 
Climate oscillations and species interactions: large-scale congruence but regional differences in the phylogeographic structures of an alpine plant and its monophagous insect
Borer M., Arrigo N., Buerki S., Naisbit R.E., Alvarez N., 2012. Journal of Biogeography, 39 (8) pp. 1487-1498. Peer-reviewed.
 
Contrasting diffusion of Quaternary gene pools across Europe: the case of the arctic-alpine Gentiana nivalis L. (Gentianaceae).
Alvarez N., Manel S., Schmitt T., 2012. Flora, 207 (6) pp. 408-413. Peer-reviewed.
 
Ecological and historical drivers of diversification in the fly genus Chiastocheta Pokorny.
Espíndola A., Buerki S., Alvarez N., 2012. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63 (2) pp. 466-474. Peer-reviewed.
 
Forecasting changes in population genetic structure of alpine plants in response to global warming.
Jay F., Manel S., Alvarez N., Durand E.Y., Thuiller W., Holderegger R., Taberlet P., François O., 2012. Molecular Ecology, 21 (10) pp. 2354-2368. Peer-reviewed.
Gene flow among wild and domesticated almond species: insights from chloroplast and nuclear markers
Delplancke M., Alvarez N., Espíndola A., Joly H., Benoit L., Brouck E., Arrigo N., 2012. Evolutionary Applications, 5 (4) pp. 317-329. Peer-reviewed.
 
Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.
Taberlet P., Zimmermann N.E., Englisch T., Tribsch A., Holderegger R., Alvarez N., Niklfeld H., Coldea G., Mirek Z., Moilanen A. et al., 2012. Ecology Letters, 15 (12) pp. 1439-1448. Peer-reviewed.
Investigating the relationship between pollination strategies and the size-advantage model in zoophilous plants using the reproductive biology of Arum cylindraceum and other European Arum species as case studies
Revel N., Alvarez N., Gibernau M., Espíndola A., 2012. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 6 (1) pp. 35-44. Peer-reviewed.
 
Molecular substitution rate increases in myrmecophilous lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Pellissier L., Litsios G., Guisan A., Alvarez N., 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41 (6) pp. 651-658. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogenetic relationships in the subfamily Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae)
Espíndola A., Buerki S., Jacquier A., Jezek J., Alvarez N., 2012. Zoologica Scripta, 41 (5) pp. 489-498. Peer-reviewed.
 
Pollinators as drivers of plant distribution and assemblage into communities
Pellissier L., Alvarez N., Guisan A., 2012. pp. 392-413 dans Patiny S. (eds.) Evolution of plant-pollinator interactions chap. 14, Cambridge University Press.
 
Predicting present and future intra-specific genetic structure through niche hindcasting across 24 millennia.
Espíndola A., Pellissier L., Maiorano L., Hordijk W., Guisan A., Alvarez N., 2012. Ecology Letters, 15 (7) pp. 649-657.
Reconstructing the origins of high-alpine niches and cushion life form in the genus Androsace S.L. (Primulaceae).
Boucher F.C., Thuiller W., Roquet C., Douzet R., Aubert S., Alvarez N., Lavergne S., 2012. Evolution, 66 (4) pp. 1255-1268. Peer-reviewed.
 
An evaluation of new parsimony-based versus parametric inference methods in biogeography: a case study using the globally distributed plant family Sapindaceae
Buerki S., Forest F., Alvarez N., Nylander J.A.A., Arrigo N., Sanmartín I., 2011. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (3) pp. 531‐550. Peer-reviewed.
 
Break zones in the distributions of alleles and species in alpine plants
Thiel-Egenter C., Alvarez N., Holderegger R., Tribsch A., Englisch T., Wohlgemuth T., Colli L., Gaudeul M., Gielly L., Jogan N. et al., 2011. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (4) pp. 772-782. Peer-reviewed.
 
Cleaning wrasse species vary with respect to dependency on the mutualism and behavioural adaptations in interactions
Barbu L., Guinand C., Bergmüller R., Alvarez N., Bshary R., 2011. Animal Behaviour, 82 (5) pp. 1067-1074. Peer-reviewed.
Comparative performance of supertree algorithms in large data sets using the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) as a case study.
Buerki S., Forest F., Salamin N., Alvarez N., 2011. Systematic Biology, 60 (1) pp. 32-44. Peer-reviewed.
Comparative phylogeography in a specific and obligate pollination antagonism.
Espíndola A., Alvarez N., 2011. PLoS One, 6 (12) pp. e28662. Peer-reviewed.
 
Discordances between phylogenetic and morphological patterns in alpine leaf beetles attest to an intricate biogeographic history of lineages in postglacial Europe.
Triponez Y., Buerki S., Borer M., Naisbit R.E., Rahier M., Alvarez N., 2011. Molecular Ecology, 20 (11) pp. 2442-2463. Peer-reviewed.
Does a shift in host plants trigger speciation in the Alpine leaf beetle Oreina speciosissima (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)?
Borer M., van Noort T., Arrigo N., Buerki S., Alvarez N., 2011. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (310) p. 310. Peer-reviewed.
 
Ecological niche overlap in sister species: how do oil-collecting bees Macropis europaea and M. fulvipes (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) avoid competition and hybridization?
Bassin L., Alvarez N., Pellissier L., Triponez Y., 2011. Apidologie, 42 (5) pp. 579-595. Peer-reviewed.
 
Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana.
Born C., Alvarez N., McKey D., Ossari S., Wickings E.J., Hossaert-McKey M., Chevallier M.H., 2011. Molecular Ecology, 20 (1) pp. 131-142. Peer-reviewed.
 
Les Chalcidiens (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) associés au genre Ficus spp. (Moracee) du Sénégal : répartition, abondance et diversité
Kébé K., Alvarez N., Thiaw C., Sembéné M., 2011. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 92 (3-4) pp. 137-152.
Variation in the proportion of flower visitors of Arum maculatum along its distributional range in relation with community‐based climatic niche analyses
Espíndola A., Pellissier L., Alvarez N., 2011. Oikos, 120 (5) pp. 728-734. Peer-reviewed.
 
Pleistocene distribution range shifts were accompanied by breeding system divergence within Hornungia alpina (Brassicaceae) in the Alps.
Winkler M., Tribsch A., Paun O., Englisch T., IntraBioDiv-Consortium, Schönswetter P., 2010/02. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 54 (2) pp. 571-582. Peer-reviewed.
 
Comprendre la dispersion des espèces dans l'espace et dans le temps : un défi pour les biogéographes
Alvarez N., Espíndola A., 2010. Actes de la Société Jurassienne d'Emulation, 113 pp. 27-41.
 
New insights into the phylogenetics and biogeography of Arum (Araceae): unravelling its evolutionary history
Espíndola A., Buerki S., Bedalov M., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2010. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 163 (1) pp. 14-32. Peer-reviewed.
 
Origin and expansion of the allotetraploid Aegilops geniculata, a wild relative of wheat.
Arrigo N., Felber F., Parisod C., Buerki S., Alvarez N., David J., Guadagnuolo R., 2010. New Phytologist, 187 (4) pp. 1170-1180. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogeny and circumscription of Sapindaceae revisited: molecular sequence data, morphology and biogeography support recognition of a new family, Xanthoceraceae
Buerki S., Lowry P.P., Alvarez N., Razafimandimbison S.G., Kupfer P., Callmander M.W., 2010. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 143 (2) pp. 148-159. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogeny of subtribe Gentianinae (Gentianaceae): biogeographic inferences despite limitations in temporal calibration points
Favre A., Yuan Y.M., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2010. Taxon, 59 (6) pp. 1701-1711. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogeography and historical biogeography of obligate specific mutualisms.
Alvarez N., Kjellberg F., McKey D., Hossaert-McKey M., 2010. pp. 31-39 dans Morand S., Krasnov B.R. (eds.) The geography of host-parasite interactions chap. 3, Oxford University Press.
 
Phylogeography of Chelonus insularis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), two primary neotropical parasitoids of the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Jourdie V., Virla E., Murillo H., Bento J. M. S., Turlings T. C., Alvarez N., 2010. Annals of the Entomological of America, 103 (5) pp. 742-749. Peer-reviewed.
 
Population genetic structure of two primary parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera), Chelonus insularis and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera): to what extent is the host plant important?
Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Molina-Ochoa J., Williams T., Bergvinson D., Benrey B., Turlings T.C.J., Franck P., 2010. Molecular Ecology, 19 (10) pp. 2168-2179. Peer-reviewed.
 
The effect of host plant and isolation on the genetic structure of phytophagous insects: A preliminary study on a bruchid beetle
Restoux G., Hossaert-McKey M., Benrey B., Alvarez N, 2010. European Journal of Entomology, 107 (3) pp. 299-304. Peer-reviewed.
 
The phylogeography of an alpine leaf beetle: divergence within Oreina elongata spans several ice ages.
Borer M., Alvarez N., Buerki S., Margraf N., Rahier M., Naisbit R.E., 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57 (2) pp. 703-709. Peer-reviewed.
 
Alpine–subalpine species richness of the Romanian Carpathians and the current conservation status of rare species
Coldea Gheorghe, Stoica Ilie-Adrian, Puşcaş Mihai, Ursu Tudor, Oprea Adrian, IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2009/06. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18 (6) pp. 1441-1458.
 
Do Sebacinales commonly associate with plant roots as endophytes?
Selosse M.-A., Dubois M.-P., Alvarez N., 2009. Mycological Research, 113 (10) pp. 1062-1069. Peer-reviewed.
 
Effects of species traits on the genetic diversity of high-mountain plants: a multi-species study across the Alps and the Carpathians
Thiel-Egenter C., Gugerli F., Alvarez N., Brodbeck S., Cieslak E., Colli L., Englisch T., Gaudeul M., Gielly L., Korbecka G. et al., 2009. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18 (1) pp. 78-87. Peer-reviewed.
Evaluating the impact of scoring parameters on the structure of intra-specific genetic variation using RawGeno, an R package for automating AFLP scoring
Arrigo N., Tuszynski J.W., Ehrich D., Gerdes T., Alvarez N., 2009. BMC Bioinformatics, 10 (33) pp. 1-14. Peer-reviewed.
 
Genetic structure and evolution of Alpine polyploid complexes: Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae) as a case study.
Burnier J., Buerki S., Arrigo N., Küpfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Molecular Ecology, 18 (17) pp. 3730-3744. Peer-reviewed.
 
History or ecology? Substrate type as a major driver of patial genetic structure in Alpine plants
Alvarez N., Thiel-Egenter C., Tribsch A., Holderegger R., Manel S., Schoenswetter P., Taberlet P., Brodbeck S., Gaudeul M., Gielly L. et al., 2009. Ecology Letters, 12 (7) pp. 632-640. Peer-reviewed.
 
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in two primary parasitoids of the noctuid Spodoptera frugiperda: Chelonus insularis and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera)
Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T.C.J., Franck P., 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9 (1) pp. 171-173. Peer-reviewed.
 
Malagasy Dracaena Vand. ex L. (Ruscaceae): an investigation of discrepancies between morphological features and spatial genetic structure at a small evolutionary scale
Buerki S., Callmander M.W., Schuepfer F., Ravokatra M., Kuepfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 280 (1-2) pp. 15-28. Peer-reviewed.
 
Plastid and nuclear DNA markers reveal intricate relationships at subfamilial and tribal levels in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae)
Buerki S., Forest F., Acevedo-Rodriguez P., Callmander M.W., Nylander J.A.A., Harrington M., Sanmartin I., Kuepfer P., Alvarez N., 2009. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51 (2) pp. 238-258. Peer-reviewed.
 
Historical divergence vs. contemporary gene flow: evolutionary history of the calcicole Ranunculus alpestris group (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps and the Carpathians.
Paun O., Schönswetter P., Winkler M., Tribsch A., Intrabiodiv Consortium, 2008/10. Molecular ecology, 17 (19) pp. 4263-4275. Peer-reviewed.
 
Relationships among levels of biodiversity and the relevance of intraspecific diversity in conservation – a project synopsis
Gugerli F., Englisch T., Niklfeld H., Tribsch A., Mirek Z., Ronikier M., Zimmermann N.E., Holderegger R., Taberlet P., IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2008/10. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 10 (4) pp. 259-281.
 
Assessing the phylogenetic usefulness of a previously neglected morphological structure through elliptic Fourier analyses: a case study in Bruchus seed-beetles (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Bruchinae)
Kergoat G.J., Alvarez N., 2008. Systematic Entomology, 33 (2) pp. 289-300. Peer-reviewed.
 
Identification of seven species of hymenopteran parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda, using polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction enzyme digestion
Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T.C.J., 2008. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 10 (2) pp. 129-136. Peer-reviewed.
 
SIMIL: an R (CRAN) scripts collection for computing genetic structure similarities based on STRUCTURE 2 outputs
Alvarez N., Arrigo N., Consortium Intrabiodiv, 2008. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (4) pp. 757-762. Peer-reviewed.
 
Genetic structure of <i>Hypochaeris uniflora</i> (Asteraceae) suggests vicariance in the Carpathians and rapid post‐glacial colonization of the Alps from an eastern Alpine refugium
Mráz Patrik, Gaudeul Myriam, Rioux Delphine, Gielly Ludovic, Choler Philippe, Taberlet Pierre, IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2007/12. Journal of Biogeography, 34 (12) pp. 2100-2114.
 
A new individual-based spatial approach for identifying genetic discontinuities in natural populations.
Manel S., Berthoud F., Bellemain E., Gaudeul M., Luikart G., Swenson J.E., Waits L.P., Taberlet P., Intrabiodiv Consortium, 2007/05. Molecular ecology, 16 (10) pp. 2031-2043. Peer-reviewed.
 
Anthropogenic effects on population genetics of phytophagous insects associated with domesticated plants
Alvarez N., Hossaert-McKey M., Restoux G., Delgado-Salinas A., Benrey B., 2007. Evolution, 61 (12) pp. 2986-2996. Peer-reviewed.
 
Genetic and environmental sources of variation in the autogenous chemical defense of a leaf beetle
Triponez Y., Naisbit R.E., Jean-Denis J.B., Rahier M., Alvarez N., 2007. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33 (11) pp. 2011-2027. Peer-reviewed.
 
Identification of parasitoid species using PCR amplification and restriction enzyme digestion
Jourdie V., Alvarez N., Turlings T., 2007. p. 12 dans Hopper K.R., Kester K.M., Hoelmer K.A. (eds.) XIV International Entomophagous Insects Workshop: June 11-15, 2006, Newark, Delaware, Journal of Insect Science. Peer-reviewed.
 
Ecological distribution and niche segregation of sibling species: the case of bean beetles, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and A. obvelatus Bridwell
Alvarez N., Mercier L., Hossaert-McKey M., Contreras-Garduno J., Kunstler G., Aebi A., Benrey B., 2006. Ecological Entomology, 31 (6) pp. 582-590. Peer-reviewed.
Evolutionary history and patterns of differentiation among European Maniola butterflies (Lepidoptera : Satyrinae)
Grill A., Gkiokia E., Alvarez N., 2006. European Journal of Entomology, 103 (3) pp. 613-618. Peer-reviewed.
 
Phylogenetic relationships in the Neotropical bruchid genus Acanthoscelides (Bruchinae, Bruchidae, Coleoptera)
Alvarez N., Napoles J.R., Anton K.W., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., 2006. Journal of the Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 44 (1) pp. 63-74. Peer-reviewed.
Phylogeographic support for horizontal gene transfer involving sympatric bruchid species.
Alvarez N., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., Grill A., McKey D., Galtier N., 2006. Biology Direct, 1 (21) p. 21.
 
Ancient and recent evolutionary history of the bruchid beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, a cosmopolitan pest of beans
Alvarez N., McKey D., Hossaert-McKey M., Born C., Mercier L., Benrey B., 2005. Molecular Ecology, 14 (4) pp. 1015-1024. Peer-reviewed.
 
Farmers' practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon
Alvarez N., Garine E., Khasah C., Dounias E., Hossaert-McKey M., McKey D., 2005. Biological Conservation, 121 (4) pp. 533-543. Peer-reviewed.
 
Parallels in the evolution of the two largest New and Old World seed-beetle genera (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)
Kergoat G.J., Alvarez N., Hossaert-Mckey M., Faure N., Silvain J.F., 2005. Molecular Ecology, 14 (13) pp. 4003-4021. Peer-reviewed.
 
Sibling species of bean bruchids: a morphological and phylogenetic study of Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell
Alvarez N., Hossaert-McKey M., Rasplus J.Y., McKey D., Mercier L., Soldati L., Aebi A., Shani T., Benrey B., 2005. Journal of the Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 43 (1) pp. 29-37. Peer-reviewed.
 
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)
Alvarez N., Born C., Risterucci A.M., Sourrouille P., Benrey B., Hossaert-McKey M., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 683-685. Peer-reviewed.
 
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)
Aebi A., Shani T., Butcher R.D.J., Alvarez N., Risterucci A.M., Benrey B., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 752-754. Peer-reviewed.
 
Microsatellite markers in a complex of Horismenus sp. (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae), parasitoids of bruchid beetles
Aebi A., Alvarez N., Butcher R.D.J., Hansson C., Risterucci A.M., Benrey B., 2004. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4) pp. 707-709. Peer-reviewed.
 
Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in Acanthoscelides obvelatus Bridwell (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)
Alvarez N., Aebi A., Risterucci A.M., Hossaert-Mckey M., Benrey B., 2003. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3 (1) pp. 12-14. Peer-reviewed.
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