Peeters, Christian

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Born in Brussels, Belgium. Studied in Johannesburg 1971-1985 and completed PhD with Robin Crewe (University of the Witwatersrand). Post-docs in Sydney (Ross Crozier), Nagoya (Yoshiaki Ito) and Würzburg (Bert Hölldobler). Since 1991, Research Scientist with CNRS (French National Scientific Research Agency) in Paris, France.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Peeters & Crewe 1985.pdf|Peeters, C.; Crewe, R. M. 1985. Worker reproduction in the ponerine ant Ophthalmopone berthoudi: an alternative form of eusocial organization. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 18: 29-37 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Crewe 1987.pdf|Peeters, C.; Crewe, R. M. 1987. Foraging and recruitment in ponerine ants: solitary hunting in the queenless Ophthalmopone berthoudi. Psyche (Camb.) 94: 201-214 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Psyche Crozier'88.pdf|Peeters, C. & Crozier, R.H. 1988. Caste and reproduction in ants: not all mated egg-layers are "queens". Psyche 95: 283-288. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Buschinger Peeters Crozier 1990.pdf|Buschinger, A., Peeters, C. & Crozier, R.H. 1990. Life-pattern studies on an Australian Sphinctomyrmex: functional polygyny, brood periodicity and raiding behavior. Psyche 96 (1989): 287-300. [1990.] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters 91 LinnSoc.pdf|PEETERS, C. 1991. The occurrence of sexual reproduction among ant workers. Biological J. Linnean Society 44: 141-152. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Holldobler B 1996.pdf|Hölldobler, B., Obermayer, M. & Peeters, C, 1996. Comparative study of the metatibial gland in ants. Zoomorphology 116: 157-167. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters 97 Choe&Crespi.pdf|Peeters, C. 1997. Morphologically “primitive” ants: comparative review of social characters, and the importance of queen-worker dimorphism. Pages 372-391 In: Choe, J. & B. Crespi (eds) The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge University Press. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Dietemann 2002.pdf|Dietemann, V.; Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C. 2002. Caste specialization and differentiation in reproductive potential in the phylogenetically primitive ant Myrmecia gulosa. Insectes Soc 49: 289-298 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters Liebig 2009 Fertility signaling.pdf|Peeters, C. & J. Liebig 2009. Fertility signaling as a general mechanism of regulating reproductive division of labor in ants. pp. 220-242 In: Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Socio-Complexity (eds J. Gadau and J. Fewell). Harvard University Press, Cambridge. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters_Molet_2010_Oxford_UP.pdf|Peeters, C. & Molet, M. 2010. Colonial reproduction and life histories. pp. 159-176 In: Ant Ecology (eds L. Lach, C. Parr and K. Abbott). Oxford University Press. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters MN 2012.pdf|Peeters, C. 2012. Convergent evolution of wingless reproductives across all subfamilies of ants, and sporadic loss of winged queens. Myrmecological News 16: 75-91. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Molet et al 2012.pdf|Molet, M.; Wheeler, D. E.; Peeters, C. 2012. Evolution of novel mosaic castes in ants: modularity, phenotypic plasticity, and colonial buffering. The American Naturalist 180:328-341. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Cronin_ARE2013_dependent_foundation.pdf|Cronin, A., Molet, M., Doums, C. Monnin & Peeters, C. 2013. Recurrent evolution of dependent colony foundation across eusocial insects. Annual Review of Entomology 58: 37-55. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Okada etal IS Temno.pdf|Okada, Y., Plateaux, L. & Peeters, C. 2013. Morphological variability of intercastes in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi: pattern of trait expression and modularity. Insectes Sociaux 60: 319-328. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Roberto_Keller_eLife.pdf|Keller, R. A.; Peeters, C.; Beldade, P. 2014. Evolution of thorax architecture in ant castes highlights trade-off between flight and ground behaviors. eLiFE 3:e01539 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Molet,_M.,_Maicher,_V.,_Peeters,_C._2014._Bigger_helpers_in_the_ant_Cataglyphis_bombycina.pdf|Molet, M., Maicher, V. & Peeters, C. 2014: Bigger helpers in the ant Cataglyphis bombycina : Increased worker polymorphism or novel soldier caste? PLoS ONE 9(1), e84929. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters, C. & Wiwatwitaya, D. 2014. Philidris ants living inside Dischidia epiphytes from Thailand.pdf|Peeters, C.; Wiwatwitaya, D. 2014. Philidris ants living inside Dischidia epiphytes from Thailand. Asian Myrmecology 6:49–61. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters&Tinault MyrmeNews2014.pdf|Peeters, C. & Tinaut, A. 2014. Reconstructing life history in ants: Ergatoid queens, facultative monogyny and dependent colony foundation in Monomorium algiricum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 20: 77-85 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & Ito dwarfworkers MN 2015.pdf|Peeters, C. & Ito, F. 2015. Wingless and dwarf workers underlie the ecological success of ants. Myrmecological News 21: 117-130. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Peeters & DeGreef Leptogenys IS2015.pdf|Peeters, C. & De Greef, S. 2015. Predation on large millipedes and self-assembling chains in Leptogenys ants from Cambodia. Insectes Sociaux 62: 471-477. PDF]]