PUBLICATIONS RECENTES

2012

MICHEL C.L., BONNET X. Too fat is not fit: influence of body condition on reproductive output in the guinea pig. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 2012, 317, 24-31 (PDF)

2011

BALLOUARD J.M, BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X. Children prioritize virtual exotic biodiversity over local Biodiversity. Plos ONE. 2011, 6, (8), e23152 (PDF)

BONNET X. The evolution of semelparity. Reproductive biology and phylogeny of snakes. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny Series. Science Publishers, Inc. 2011, Chapter 17, 645-672 (PDF)

BONNET X., LORIOUX S., PEARSON D., AUBRET F., BRADSHAW D., DELMAS V., FAUVEL T. Which proximate factor determines sexual size dimorphism in tiger snakes? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2011, 103, 668-680 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., SHINE R. Conflicts between reproduction and feeding in amphibious snakes (sea kraits, Laticauda spp.). Austral Ecology. 2011, 36, (1), 46-52 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., CHEREL Y., SHINE R. Isotopic signatures, foraging habitats and trophic relationships between fish and seasnakes on the coral reefs of New Caledonia. Coral Reefs. 2011, 30, 15-165 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F. GARTNER G.E.A., GARLAND JR. T., BONNET X. Is aquatic life correlated with an increased hematocrit in snakes? PLoS ONE. 2011, 6, (2), e17077 (PDF)

DJORDJEVIC S., DJURAKIC M., GOLUBOVIC A., AJTIC R., TOMOVIC L., BONNET X. Sexual body size and body shape dimorphism of Testudo hermanni in central and eastern Serbia. Amphibia Reptilia. 2011, 32, 445-458 (PDF)

LELIEVRE H., BLOUIN-DEMERS G., PINAUD D., LISSE H., BONNET X., LOURDAIS O. Contrasted thermal preferences translate into divergences in habitat use and realized performance in two sympatric snakes. Journal of Zoology. 2011, 284, 265-275 (PDF)

MICHEL C.L., CHASTEL O., BONNET X. Ambient temperature and pregnancy influence cortisol levels in female guinea pigs and entail long-term effects on the stress response of their offspring. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2011, 171, 275-282 (PDF)

2010

BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F., LANG R. Highly venomous sea kraits must fight to get their prey. Coral Reefs. 2010, 29, (2), 379-379 (PDF)

BONNET X., DELMAS V., EL-MOUDEN H., SLIMANI T., STERIJOVSKI B., KUCHLING G. Is sexual body shape dimorphism consistent in aquatic and terrestrial chelonians? Zoology. 2010, 113, 213–220 (PDF)

GRILLET P., CHEYLAN M., THIRION J.M., DORE F., BONNET X., DAUGE C., CHOLLET S., MARCHAND M.A. Rabbit burrows or artificial refuges are a critical habitat component for the threatened lizard, Timon lepidus (Sauria, Lacertidae). Biodiversity and Conservation. 2010, 19, (7), 2039-2051 (PDF)

LELIEVRE H., BLOUIN-DEMERS G., BONNET X., LOURDAIS O. Thermal benefits of artificial shelters in snakes: a radiotelemetric study of two sympatric colubrids. Journal of Thermal Biology. 2010, 35, 324-331 (PDF)

MICHEL C.L., BONNET X. Contrasted thermal regimes do not influence digestion and growth rates in a snake from a temperate climate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2010, 83, (6), 924-931 (PDF)

READING C.J., LUISELLI L.M., AKANI G.C., BONNET X., AMORI G., BALLOUARD J.M., FILIPPI E., NAULLEAU G., PEARSON D., RUGIERO L. Are snake populations in widespread decline? Biology Letters2010, 6, 777-780 (PDF)

SEREAU M., LAGARDE F., BONNET X., EL MOUDEN E.H., SLIMANI T., DUBROCA L., TROUVÉ C., DANO S., LACROIX A. Does testosterone influence activity budget in the male Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca)? General And Comparative Endocrinology; 2010, 167, (2), 181-189 (PDF)

2009

BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F., PEARSON D., RIVALAN P. Beach-rock as a keystone habitat for amphibious sea snakes. Environmental Conservation. 2009, 36, (1), 62-70 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X. Life history of sea-kraits in New Caledonia. Zoologia Neocaledonica 7, Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 2009, 198, 37-51 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., LEGAGNEUX P. Are sea snakes pertinent bio-indicators for coral reefs? A comparison between species and sites. Marine Biology. 2009, 156, 1985-1992 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., PINAUD D. Fine scale fidelity in sea kraits: implications for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2009, 18, 2473-2481(PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., SHINE R. Determinants of dietary specialization: a comparison of two sympatric species of sea snakes. Oikos. 2009, 118, 145:151 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., SHINE R. Kleptothermy as an additional category of thermoregulation, and a possible example in sea kraits (Laticauda laticaudata, Serpentes). Biology Letters. 2009, 5, 729-731 (PDF)

ZUFFI M.A.L., GENTILLI A., CECCHINELLI E., PUPIN F., BONNET X., FILIPPI E., LUISELLI L.M., BARBANERA F., DINI F., FASOLA M. Geographic variation of body size and reproductive patterns in Continental versus Mediterranean asp vipers, Vipera aspis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2009, 96, 383–391 (PDF)

2008

BEN KADDOUR K., EL MOUDEN EH., SLIMANI T., BONNET X., LAGARDE F. Sexual dimorphism in the Greek Tortoise: a test of the body shape hypothesis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2008, 7, (1), 21-27

BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F. Thirsty sea snakes forsake their shelter during rainfall. Austral Ecology. 2008, 33, 911-921 (PDF)

BONNET X., AKOKA S., SHINE R., POURCELOT L. Disappearance of eggs during gestation in a viviparous snake (Vipera aspis) detected using non-invasive techniques. Acta Herpetologica. 2008, 3, (2), 129-137 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X. Estimating the impact of sea kraits on the anguilliform fish community (Congridae, Muraenidae, Ophichthidae) of New Caledonia. Aquatic Living Resources. 2008, 21, 395-399 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., COOK T.R., SHINE R. Allometry of diving capacities: ectothermy vs. endothermy. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2008, 21, 324-329 (PDF)

DE CRIGNIS M., BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., LORIOUX S. Laticauda saintgironsi (sea krait). Predation. Herpetological Review. 2008, 39, (1), 97-98 (PDF)

DELMAS V., BONNET X., GIRONDOT M., PREVOT-JULLIARD A.C. Varying hydric conditions during incubation influence egg water exchange and hatchling phenotype in the red-eared slider turtle. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2008, 81, (3), 345-35 (PDF)

KADDOUR K.B, EL MOUDEN E.H., SLIMANI T., BONNET X., LAGARDE F. Sexual dimorphism in the Greek Tortoise: a test of the body shape hypothesis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2008, 7, (1), 21-27

LAGARDE F., GUILLON M., DUBROCA L., BONNET X., BEN KADDOUR K., SLIMANI T., EL MOUDEN HE. Slowness and acceleration: a new method to quantify the activity budget of chelonians. Animal Behaviour. 2008, 75, 319-329 (PDF)

LORIOUX S., BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F., DE CRIGNIS M. Is melanism adaptive in sea kraits? Amphibia-Reptilia. 2008, 29, 1-5 (PDF)

MICHEL C.L., BONNET X., CHASTEL O. Ambient temperature during pregnancy entails short-term and long-term effects on cortisol levels in mother and offspring Guinea pigs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 2009, 154, 7-9 (PDF)

SÉRET B., BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., SHINE R. First record of Cirrimaxilla formosa (Muraenidae) from New Caledonia, found in sea snake stomach contents. Cybium. 2008, 32, (2), 191-192 (PDF)

WARNER D.A., BONNET X., HOBSON K.A., SHINE R. Lizards combine stored energy and recently acquired nutrients flexibility to fuel reproduction. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2008, 77, 1242-1249 (PDF)

ZUFFI M., FORNASIERO S., BONNET X. Geographic variation in reproductive output of female European whip snakes (Hierophis viridiflavus). Herpetological Journal. 2007, 17, (4), 219-224(6)

2007

AUBRET F., BONNET X. Food versus risk: foraging decision in young tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus. Amphibia Reptilia. 2007, 28, 304-308

AUBRET F., BONNET X. ET SHINE R. The role of adaptive plasticity in a major evolutionary transition: early aquatic experience affects locomotor performance of terrestrial snakes. Functional Ecology. 2007, 21, 1154-1161 (PDF)

BONNET X. Mordu de serpents. Editions Scali. 2007, 189 pages

BONNET X. Ecophysiology and reproductive strategies: the tendency towards semelparity in Vipera aspis. Don Bradshaw’s Festschrift. University of Western Australia. 2007.

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., DE CRIGNIS M. A method to reconstruct anguilliform fishes from partially digested items. Marine Biology. 2007, 151, 1893-1897 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., SHINE R. Foraging ecology of sea kraits Laticauda spp. in the Neo-Caledonian Lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2007, 350, 147-151 (PDF)

BRISCHOUX F., BONNET X., COOK T.R., SHINE R. Snakes at sea: diving performances of free-ranging sea kraits. 2007. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting on Health, Science and Technology. Université de Tours (PDF)

INEICH I., BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F., KULBICKI M., SÉRET B., SHINE S. Anguilliform fishes and sea kraits: neglected predators in coral-reef ecosystems. Marine Biologie. 2007, 151, 793-802 (PDF)

PEARSON D., BONNET X. L’île des serpents: a twisted tale of tigers, Frenchmen and seagulls. Landscope. 2007, 22, 41-47 (PDF)

ZUFFI M., FORNASIERO S., BONNET X. Geographic variation in reproductive output of female European whip snakes (Hierophis viridiflavus). Herpetological Journal. 2007, 17, (4), 219-224(6)

2006

AUBRET F., BURGHARDT G.M., MAUMELAT S., BONNET X., BRADSHAW D. Feeding preferences in 2 disjunct populations of tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus (Elapidae). Behavioral Ecology. 2006, 17, (5), 716-725 (PDF)

BEN KADDOUR K., SLIMANI T., EL MOUDEN E.H., LAGARDE F., BONNET X. Population structure, population density and individual catchability of Testudo graeca in the Central Jbilets (Morocco). Vie et Milieu. 2006, 56, (1), 49-54 (PDF)

BEN KADDOUR K., SLIMANI T., EL MOUDEN E.H., LAGARDE F., BONNET X. Morphometrie et pattern de croissance chez une population de la Tortue mauresque (Testudo g. graeca L. 1785) dans le sud ouest marocain. Chelonii. 2006, 4, 88-93

El MOUDEN E.H., BEN KADDOUR K., SLIMANI T., LAGARDE F., BONNET X., OUHAMMOU A. Preliminary data on the feeding ecology of the Spur-thighed Tortoise, T. g. graeca from an arid area of Morocco. Chelonii. 2006, 4, 95-97

El MOUDEN E.H., SLIMANI T., BEN KADDOUR K., LAGARDE F., OUHAMMOU A., BONNET X. Testudo graeca graeca feeding ecology in an arid and overgrazzed zone in Morocco. Journal of Arid Environment. 2006, 64, 422-435 (PDF)

INEICH I., BONNET X., SHINE R., SHINE T., BRISCHOUX F., LEBRETON M., CHIRIO L. What, if anything, is a "typical" viper? Biological attributes of basal viperid snakes (genus Causus Wagler, 1830). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2006, 89, 575-588 (PDF)

LOURDAIS O., SHINE R., BONNET X., BRISCHOUX F. Sex differences in body composition, performance and behaviour in the Colombian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria maurus, Boidae). Journal of Zoology. 2006, 269, 175-182 (PDF)

SLIMANI T., EL MOUDEN E.H., BEN KADDOUR K., LAGARDE F., BONNET X. Ecological characteristics and habitat status of the Spur-thighed, T. g. graeca in an arid area of Morocoo: implications for conservation. Chelonii. 2006, 4, 83-86

2005

AUBRET F., BONNET X. The influence of body reserves and eye opacity in Tiger Snakes. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 2005, 303, (A), 1075-1084

AUBRET F., BONNET X., MAUMELAT S. Tail loss, body condition and swimming performances in Tiger snakes, notechis ater occidentalis. Journal of experimental Zoology. 2005, 303, (A), 894-903

AUBRET F., BONNET X., HARRIS M., MAUMELAT S. Sex differences in body size and ectoparasite load in the ball Python, Python regius. Journal of Herpetology. 2005, 39, (2), 312-315 (PDF)

AUBRET F., BONNET X., PEARSON D., SHINE R. How can blind tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) forage successfully? Australian Journal of Zoology. 2005, 53, 283-288 (PDF)

AUBRET F., BONNET X., SHINE R., MAUMELAT S. Energy expenditure for parental care may be trivial for brooding pythons, Python regius. Animal Behaviour. 2005, 69, 1043-1053 (PDF)

AUBRET F., BONNET X., SHINE R., MAUMELAT S. Why do female ball pythons (Python regius) coil so tightly around their eggs. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 2005, 7, 743-658 (PDF)

AUBRET F., BONNET X., SHINE R., MAUMELAT S. Swimming and pregnancy in Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus. Amphibia-Reptilia. 2005, 26, 396-400 (PDF)

BARJE F., SLIMANI T., EL MOUDEN E.H., LAGARDE F., BONNET X., BEN KADDOUR K. Shrewd shrikes and spiny shrubs: a calamity for hatchling Moorish tortoise. Amphibia-Reptilia. 2005, 26, 113-115 (PDF)

BEN KADDOUR K., EL MOUDEN E.H., SLIMANI T., LAGARDE F., BONNET X. Dimorphisme sexuel et cinétique de croissance et de maturation chez Testudo graeca graeca dans les Jbilets Centrales, Maroc. Revue d’Ecologie Terre et Vie. 2005, 60, (3), 265-278 (PDF)

BONNET X., AUBRET F., LOURDAIS O., LADYMAN M., BRADSHAW D., MAUMELAT S. Do “quiet” places make animals placid? Island versus mainland Tiger snakes. Ethology. 2005, 111, 573-592 (PDF)

BONNET X., INECH I., SHINE R. Terrestrial locomotion in sea snakes: the effects of sex and species on cliff-climbing ability in sea kraits (Serpentes, Elapidae, Laticauda). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2005, 85, 433-441 (PDF)

INEICH I., BONNET X. Bavaya Cyclura (Forest Bavayia) predation. Herpetological Review. 2005, 36, 445

LOURDAIS O., BRISCHOUX F., SHINE R., BONNET X. Adaptive maternal cannibalism in snakes (Epicrates cenchria maurus, Boidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2005, 84, 767-774 (PDF)

2004

AUBRET F., BONNET X., MAUMELAT S., BRADSHAW D., SCHWANER T. Diet divergence, jaw size and scale counts in two neighbouring populations of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus). Amphibia-Reptilia. 2004, 25, (1), 9-17 (PDF)

AUBRET F., SHINE R., BONNET X. Adaptive develomental plasticity in snakes. Nature. 2004, 431, 261-262 (PDF)

BONNET X., SHINE R., LOURDAIS O. Does gender affect a scientist’s research output? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 2004, 10, 353-360 (PDF)

EL HOUDEN E.H., LAGARDE F., BEN KADDOUR K., SLIMANI T., GUILLON M., BONNET X. Le surpâturage, un défi pour la tortue grecque ? Le Courrier de la Nature. 2004, 210, 23-27

LAGARDE F., BONNET X., BOUR R. Agrionemys horsfieldii. Manouria. 2004, 7, chapter 22, 47-49

LOURDAIS O., SHINE R., BONNET X., GUILLON M., NAULLEAU G. Climate affects embryonic development in a viviparous snake, Vipera aspis. Oikos. 2004, 104, (3), 551-560 (PDF)

SHINE R., BONNET X., ELPHICK M.J., BARROTT E.G. A novel foraging mode in snakes: browsing by the sea snake Emydocephalus annulatus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). Functional Ecology. 2004, 18, 16-24 (PDF)

2003

AUBRET F., BONNET X., SHINE R., MAUMELAT S. Clutch size manipulation, hatching success and offspring phenotype in the ball python (Python regius). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2003, 78, (2), 263-272 (PDF)

BONNET X., NAULLEAU G., LOURDAIS O. The benefits of complementary techniques: using capture-recapture and physiological approaches to understand costs of reproduction in the asp viper. In: Biology of the Vipers. 2003, 483-495. G.W. Schuett, M. Höggren, M.E. Douglas & H.W. Greene Eds. Eagle Mountain. Biological Sciences Press, USA (PDF)

BONNET X., SHINE R., LOURDAIS O., NAULLEAU G. Measures of reproductive allometry are sensitive to sampling bias. Functional Ecology. 2003, 17, (1), 39-49 (PDF)

LAGARDE F., BONNET X., CORBIN J., HENEN B., NAGY K., MARDONOV B., NAULLEAU G. Foraging behaviour and diet of an ectothermic herbivore: Testudo horsfieldi. Ecography. 2003, 26, 236-242 (PDF)

LAGARDE F., BONNET X., HENEN B., LEGRAND A., CORBIN J., NAGY K., NAULLEAU G. Sex divergence in space utilisation in the steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2003, 81, (3), 380-387 (PDF)

LAGARDE F., BONNET X., HENEN B., NAGY K., CORBIN J., LACROIX A., TROUVÉ C. Plasma steroid and nutrient levels during the active season in wild Testudo horsfieldi. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 2003, 134, (2), 139-146 (PDF)

LADYMAN M., BONNET X., LOURDAIS O., BRADSHAW D., NAULLEAU G. Gestation, thermoregulation and metabolism in a viviparous snake, Vipera aspis: evidence for fecundity-independent costs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2003, 76, (4), 497-510 (PDF)

LOURDAIS O., BONNET X., SHINE R., TAYLOR E. When does a reproducing female viper (Vipera aspis) "decide" on her litter size? Journal of Zoology. 2003, 259, 2, 123-129 (PDF)

SHINE R., BONNET X., COGGER H.G. Antipredator tactics of amphibious sea-snakes (Serpentes, Laticaudidae). Ethology. 2003, 109, (6), 533-542 (PDF)

SHINE R., COGGER H.G., REED R.N., SHETTY S., BONNET X. Aquatic and terrestrial locomotor speeds of amphibious sea-snakes (Serpentes, Laticaudidae). Journal of Zoology. 2003, 259, (3), 261-268 (PDF)

2002

AUBRET F., BONNET X., SHINE R., LOURDAIS O. Fat is sexy for females but not males: the influence of body reserves on reproduction in snakes (Vipera aspis). Hormones and Behavior. 2002, 42, 135-147 (PDF)

BONNET X., LOURDAIS O., SHINE R., NAULLEAU G. Reproduction in a typical breeder: costs, currencies, and complications in the aspic viper. Ecology. 2002, 83, (8), 2124-2135 (PDF)

BONNET X., PEARSON D., LADYMAN M., LOURDAIS O., BRADSHAW D. Heaven for serpents? A mark-recapture study of Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus) on Carnac Island, Western Australia. Austral Ecology. 2002, 27, (4), 442-450 (PDF)

BONNET X., SHINE R., LOURDAIS O. Taxonomic chauvinism. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2002, 17, (1), 1-3 (PDF)

HENEN B.T., NAGY K.A., BONNET X., LAGARDE F. Clutch size and fecundity of wild Horsfield's tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi): time and body size effects. Chelonii. 2002, 3, 135-143

LAGARDE F., BONNET X., NAGY K., HENEN B., CORBIN J., NAULLEAU G. A short spring before a long jump: the ecological challenge to the steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2002, 80, 493, 502 (PDF)

LOURDAIS O., BONNET X., DeNARDO D., NAULLEAU G. Do sex differences in reproductive ecophysiology translate into dimorphic demographic patterns? Population Ecology. 2002, 44, (3), 241-249 (PDF)

LOURDAIS O., BONNET X., DOUGHTY P. Costs of anorexia during pregnancy in a viviparous snake (Vipera aspis). Journal of Experimental Zoology. 2002, 292, 487-493 (PDF)

LOURDAIS O., BONNET X., SHINE R., DeNARDO D., NAULLEAU G., GUILLON M. Capital-breeding and reproductive effort in a variable environment: a longitudinal study of a viviparous snake. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2002, 71, 470-479 (PDF)

SHINE R., SUN L., ZHAO E., BONNET X. A review of 30 years of ecological research on the Shedao pit-viper. Herpetological Natural History. 2002, 9, 1-14 (PDF)