List of publications

Bels Vincent. 2026. L’animal Quel Athlète ! Performances Extrêmes, Compromis évolutifs et Leçons Pour L’humain. Belin-Éducation. https://www.belin-education.com/lanimal-quel-athlete?v=3773.

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.

Bels Vincent, and Kirchhoff Florence. 2026. “Head in Bilaterian Animals: A Robot”. In Biomimicry - A Functional Approach. Vol. chapter 10. Springer.

Bels Vincent, Gorb Stanislav N., and Gurka Roi. 2026. Biomimicry A Functional Approach. Coll. Biologically-Inspired Systems . Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/book/9783032119483#accessibility-information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bels Vincent. 2025. Manger et Boire. Des Innovations évolutives Extraordinaires. Odile Jacob. https://www.odilejacob.fr/catalogue/sciences/biologie/manger-et-boire_9782415011727.php.

Rind F. C., and Bels Vincent. 2024. “Editorial: Prey-Predator Interactions”. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 18 (January). doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1367484.

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.

Cao Xiaoying, Deng Shunyun, Liu Quanyin, Wu Lisheng, Zhuang Xuan, Ding Shaoxiong, Bels Vincent L., and Li Fuhua. 2023. “Important Role of the Ihh Signaling Pathway in Initiating Early Cranial Remodeling and Morphological Specialization in ¡i¿cromileptes Altivelis¡ I¿”. ANIMALS 13 (January). doi:10.3390/ani13243840.

Bels Vincent, Le Floch Glenn, Kirchhoff Florence, Gastebois Gilbert, Davenport John, and Baguette Michel. 2023. “Food Transport in Reptilia: A Comparative Viewpoint”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378 (January): 20220542. doi:10.1098/rstb.2022.0542.

Pallandre Jean-Pierre, Lavenne Franck, Pellé Eric, Ortiz Katia, and Bels Vincent. 2023. “The Sacro-Iliac Joint of the Felidae and Canidae and Their Large Ungulate Prey: An Example of Divergence and Convergence”. In Convergent Evolution. Animal Form and Function, 79–114. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-11441-0.

Bels Vincent, and Russell Anthony P. 2023. “The Concept of Convergent Evolution and Its Relationship to the Understanding of Form and Function”. In Convergent Evolution. Animal Form and Function, 1–20. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-11441-0.

Davenport John, and Bels Vincent. 2022. “Quadrupedal Terrestrial Locomotion in Emperor Penguins (¡i¿Aptenodytes Forsteri¡ I¿)”. JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 57 (January): 1972–1983. doi:10.1080/00222933.2023.2282623.

Bels Vincent L., Pallandre Jean-Pierre, Pelle Eric, and Kirchhoff Florence. 2022. “Studies of the Behavioral Sequences: The Neuroethological Morphology Concept Crossing Ethology and Functional Morphology”. Animals 12 (January): 1336. doi:10.3390/ani12111336.

Pallandre Jean-Pierre, Lavenne Franck, Pellé Eric, Breton Grégory, Ribaud Mélina, and Bels Vincent L. 2021. “Variation in the Sacroiliac Joint in Felidae”. PeerJ 9 (January): e11116. doi:10.7717/peerj.11116.

Pallandre Jean-Pierre, Cornette Raphaël, Placide Marie-Ange, Pelle Eric, Lavenne Franck, Abad Vincent, Ribaud Mélina, and Bels Vincent L. 2020. “Iliac Auricular Surface Morphofunctional Study in Felidae”. Zoology 138 (January): 125714. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2019.125714.

Herbert E., Ouerdane H., Lecoeur Ph., Bels V.L., and Goupil Ch. 2020. “Thermodynamics of Animal Locomotion”. Physical Review Letters 125 (January): 228102. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.228102.