Affiliation entity
Evolution fonctionnelle et Taxonomie (EvoFoncT)
Researches
Accreditation to supervise research

Contact

E-mail
vincent.bels [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
01 40 79 32 93
Address(es)

Station de biologie marine de Dinard

38 rue du Port Blanc

BP 70134 - 35800 Dinard

Presentation

Mes recherches portent sur les études fonctionnelles des vertébrés en intégrant la morphologie, la physiologie, la biomécanique, l’éthologie et l’écologie comportementale.

Publications

2026
  • Ravisato Miriam, Le Floch Glenn, Pierri Cataldo, Bels Vincent, Castro-Hernandez José J., Cornette Raphael, Giannattasio Luca, et al. 2026. “Geographic Patterns of Head Morphology in Syngnathus Typhle Across Marine Regions”. Integrative Zoology, March, 1749–4877.70080. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.70080.
    ISSN
    1749-4877, 1749-4877
  • Baguette Michel, Le Floch Glenn, Lacassagne Eleanor, Bels Vincent, Ribeiro Léa, and Schtickzelle Nicolas. 2026. “Beak Elongation As a Candidate Key Innovation Underlying Ecological Transitions in Shorebirds”. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 14 (January): 1775883. doi:10.3389/fevo.2026.1775883.
    ISSN
    2296-701X
  • Bels Vincent, and Kirchhoff Florence. 2026. “Head in Bilaterian Animals: A Robot”. In Biomimicry - A Functional Approach. Vol. chapter 10. Springer.
  • Bels Vincent, Le Floch Glenn, Kirchhoff Florence, Rivain Maëlle, Leroy Laura, Vallianos Nikos, Comis Chanel, et al. 2026. “Terrestrial Locomotion in Extant Marine Tetrapods With Flippers”. Biology 15 (January): 1890. doi:10.3390/biology15201890.
    ISSN
    2079-7737
  • Pery Marine, Rivain Maëlle, Le Floch Glenn, Gelinaud Guillaume, Deffes Ophélie, Petry Alexandre, Baguette Michel, and Bels Vincent. 2026. Switching to One or the Other : Shorebirds Behavioural Flexibility in Food Transport Mechanisms. https://hal.science/hal-05713030.
2025
  • de Saint Seine Maud, Hannier Lyse, Bels Vincent, Schtickzelle Nicolas, and Baguette Michel. 2025. “Body Design or Behavior? What Explains the Performance of Slender-Billed Gulls (Chroicocephalus Genei) Feeding on Brine Shrimp (Artemia Sp.) in Salt Pans?”. Biology 14 (January). doi:10.3390/biology14101331.
    ISSN
    2079-7737
2024
  • Baguette Michel, Le Floch Glenn, Hannier Lyse, Kirchhoff Florence, Schtickzelle Nicolas, Stevens Virginie M., and Bels Vincent. 2024. “Repertoire of Food Acquisition Behaviors in Western Palearctic Shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes)”. Frontiers in Ethology 3 (January). doi:10.3389/fetho.2024.1351994.
    ISSN
    2813-5091