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
PhD Thesis
Thel L. (2021). Phenology of births in ungulates: insights on its measure and its ecological determinants
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03689048/
* first authors, ^ last authors
ARTICLE REVIEWING
Ecological Monographs
Biology Letters
Global Ecology and Conservation
Movement Ecology
Conservation Science and Practice
Ecology and Evolution
The Journal of Wildlife Management