PUBLICATIONS

Articles

van Rooyen N.*, Thel L.*, Venter J. A., Fritz H., Prugnolle F.^, Rougeron V.^ (2026). No evidence of reactive avoidance of baboons (Papio ursinus and Papio anubis) to the presence of predators. Ecology and Evolution 16: e73609.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73609

Thel L., Bonenfant C., Chamaillé-Jammes S. (2026). Evolutionary and ecological determinants of the phenology of births in wild large herbivores, a systematic review. Mammal Review 56:e70034.

https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.70034

Dzingwena L.*, Thel L.*, Choisy M., Garbett R., Wilkinson A., Venter J. A., Fritz H., Huchard E.^, Prugnolle F.^, Rougeron V.^ (2025). Climate and predation drive variation of diel activity patterns in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) across southern Africa. Scientific Reports 15: 39342.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-23151-3

Thel L., Pineaux M., Ribeiro L., Danchin E., Whelan S., Hatch S. A., Blanchard P., Leclaire S. (2025). Major Histocompatibility Complex class IIB disassortative mate choice in a genetically monogamous seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20251265.

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1265

Thel L.*, Stols D.*, Orth S., Lagendijk G., Slotow R., Venter J. A.^, Fritz H.^ (2025). Long-term effects of an elephant-dominated browser community on the architecture of trees in a fenced reserve. Biotropica 57(5): e70078.

https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70078

Thel L., Bonenfant C. & Chamaillé-Jammes S. (2025). Good moms: dependent young and their mothers cope better than others with longer dry season in plains zebra. Oecologia 207.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05676-6

Thel L., Garel M., Marchand P., Bourgoin G., Loison A. (2024). Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois. Animal Behaviour 210: 347-367.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.01.010

Thel L., Chamaillé-Jammes S., Bonenfant C. (2022). How to describe and measure phenology? An investigation on the diversity of metrics using phenology of births in large herbivores. Oikos 4: e08917.

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08917

Thel L., Chamaillé-Jammes S., Keurinck L., Catala M., Packer C., Huebner S., Bonenfant C. (2021). Can citizen science analysis of camera trap data be used to study reproduction? Lessons from Snapshot Serengeti program. Wildlife Biology 2: wlb-00833.

https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00833

In Prep

Burtschell L.*, Thel L.*, Dezeure J., Lukas D.^, Godelle B.^, Huchard E.^ (2026). The evolution of non-seasonal breeding in primates (in revision).

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.19.725975

Thel L., Huchard E., Lukas D., Godelle B., Dezeure J., Venter J. A. (2026). Effect of the environment, predation and life history on reproductive synchrony in Perissodactyla (in revision).

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.09.731243