Publications

At OIST

  1. Beránková T., Arora J., Romeiro Arias J., Buček A., Tokuda G., Šobotník J., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T. (2024) Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor. Communications Biology, 7, 1449.
  2. Timmermans J., Hellemans S., Krivánek J., Kaymac E., Fontaine N., Bourguignon T., Hanus R., Roisin Y. (2024) How inquilinism shaped breeding systems in a termite host-inquiline relationship. Molecular Ecology, 33, e17494.
  3. Škerlová J., Brynda J., Šobotník J., Zákopčaník M., Novák P., Bourguignon T., Sillam-Dussès D., Rezáčová P. (2024) Crystal structure of blue laccase BP76, a unique termite suicidal defense weapon. Structure, 32, 1581-1585.
  4. Hellemans S., Rocha M.M., Wang M., Romero Arias J., Aanen D.K., Bagnères A.G., Buček A., Carrijo T.F., Chouvenc T., Cuezzo C., Constantini J.P., Constantino R., Dedeine F., Deligne J., Eggleton P., Evans T.A., Hanus R., Harrison M.C., Harry M., Josens G., Jouault C., Kalleshwaraswamy C.M., Kaymak E., Korb J., Lee C.Y., Legendre F., Li H.F., Lo N., Lu T., Matsuura K., Maekawa K., McMahon D.P., Mizumoto N., Oliveira D.E., Poulsen M., Sillam-Dussès D., Su N.Y., Tokuda G., Vargo E.L., Ware J.L., Šobotník J., Scheffrahn R.H., Cancello E., Roisin Y., Engel M.S., Bourguignon T. (2024) Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites. Nature Communications, 15, 6724.
  5. Tang Q., Vargo E.L., Ahmad I., Jiang H., Kotykova-Varadinova Z., Dovih P., Kim D., Bourguignon T., Booth W., Schal C., Mukha D.V., Rheindt F.E. & Evans T.E. (2024) Solving the 250-year-old mystery of the origin and global spread of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2401185121.
  6. Ewart K.M., Ho S.Y.W., Chowdhury A.A., Jaya F.R., Kinjo Y., Bennett J., Bourguignon T., Rose H.A. & Lo N. (2024) Pervasive relaxed selection in termite genomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291, 20232439.
  7. Kovac T.G.L., Walker J., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Tatarnic N.J., McRae J.M., Ho S.Y.W. & Lo N. (2024) Dating in the dark: elevated substitution raters in cave cockroaches (Blattodea: Nocticolidae) have negative impacts on molecular date estimates. Systematic Biology, 73, 532-545.
  8. Beasley-Hall P.G., Kinjo Y., Rose H.A., Walker J., Foster C.S.P., Kovac T.G.L., Bourguignon T., Ho S.Y.W. & Lo N. (2024) Shrinking in the dark: Parallel endosymbiont genome erosions are associated with repeated host transitions to an underground life. Insect Science, in press.
  9. Mizumoto N., Hellemans S., Engel M., Bourguignon T. & Bucek A. (2024) Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2308922121.
  10. Romero Arias J., Hellemans S., Kaymak E., Synek J., Bourguignon T., Roisin Y., Scheffrahn R.H. & Šobotník J. (2024) Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a rare and enigmatic Afrotropical termite into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae). Systematic Entomology, 49, 72-83.
  11. Arora J., Bucek A., Hellemans S., Beránková T., Romero Arias J., Fisher B., Clitheroe C., Brune A., Kinjo Y., Šobotník J., & Bourguignon T. (2023) Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, 20230619.
  12. Carrijo T.F., Castro D., Wang M., Constantini J.P., Bourguignon T., Cancello E.M., Roisin Y., & Scheffrahn R.H. (2023) Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys, 1167, 317-352.
  13. Chakraborty A., Šobotník J., Votypkova K., Hradecky J., Stiblik P., Synek J., Bourguignon T., Baldrian P., Engel M.S., Novotny V., Odriozola I. & Vetrovsky T. (2023) Impact of wood age on termite microbial assemblages. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89, e00361-23.
  14. Wang Y.S., Zhang J.W., Lo N., Bourguignon T., Guo L., Li B.L., Che Y.L., & Wang Z.Q. (2023) Phylogenetic analysis of Blaberoidea reveals non-monophyly of taxa and supports the creation of multiple new subfamilies. Cladistics, 39, 198-214. 
  15. Wang M.,  Hellemans S., Bucek A., Kanao T., Arora J., Clitheroe C., Rafanomezantsoa J.J., Fisher B., Scheffrahn R., Sillam-Dussès D., Roisin Y., Šobotník J. & Bourguignon T. (2023) Neoisoptera repetitively colonized Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum. Ecography, e06463.
  16. Sillam-Dussès D., Jandák V., Stiblik P., Delattre O., Chouvenc T., Balvín O., Cvačka J., Soulet D., Synek J., Brothánek M., Jiřiček O., Engel M., Bourguignon T. & Šobotník J. (2023) Alarm communication predates eusociality in termites. Communication Biology, 6, 83.
  17. Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2023) Light alters activity but does not disturb tandem running coordination of termite mating pairs. Ecological Entomology, 48, 145-153.
  18. Mizumoto N., Bourguignon T. & Bailey N.W. (2022) Ancestral sex-role plasticity facilitates the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2212401119.
  19. Kinjo Y., Bourguignon T., Hongoh Y., Lo N., Tokuda G. & Ohkuma M. (2022) Coevolution of metabolic pathways in Blattodea and their Blattabacterium endosymbionts, and comparisons with other insect-bacteria symbioses. Microbiology Spectrum, 10, e02779-22.
  20. Hellemans S., Wang M., Hasegawa N., Šobotník J., Scheffrahn R.H. & Bourguignon T. (2022) Using ultraconserved elements to reconstruct the termite tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, 107520.
  21. Hellemans S., Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Mihaljevic M., Roisin Y. & Bourguignon T. (2022) Termite dispersal is influenced by their diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 20220246.
  22. Wang M.,  Hellemans S., Šobotník J., Arora J., Bucek A., Sillam-Dussès D., Clitheroe C., Lu T., Lo N., Engel M.S.,  Roisin Y., Evans T.A. & Bourguignon T. (2022) Historical biogeography of early diverging termite lineages (Isoptera: Teletisoptera). Systematic Entomology, 47, 581-590. 
  23. Arora J., Kinjo Y., Šobotník J., Bucek A., Clitheroe C., Stiblik P., Roisin Y., Zifcakova L., Park Y.C., Kim K.Y., Sillam-Dussès D., Herve V., Lo N., Tokuda G., Brune A. & Bourguignon T. (2022) The functional evolution of termite gut microbiota. Microbiome, 10, 78. 
  24. Bucek A., Wang M.,  Šobotník J., Sillam-Dussès D., Mizumoto N., Stiblik P., Clitheroe C., Lu T., Gonzalez Plaza J.J., Mohagan A., Rafanomezantsoa J.J., Fisher B., Engel M.S.,  Roisin Y., Evans T.A., Scheffrahn R. & Bourguignon T. (2022) Molecular phylogeny reveals the past transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, msac093.
  25. Mizumoto N., Bourguignon T. & Kanao T. (2022) Termite nest evolution fostered social parasitism by termitophilous rove beetles. Evolution, 76, 1064-1072. 
  26. Beránková T., Bucek A., Bourguignon T., Romero Arias J., Akama P.D., Sillam-Dussès D. & Šobotník J. (2022) The ultrastructure of the intramandibular gland in soldiers of the termite Machadotermes rigidus (Blattodea: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae). Arthropod Structure and Development, 67, 101136.
  27. Che Y., Deng W., Li W., Zhang J., Kinjo Y., Tokuda G., Bourguignon T., Lo N. & Wang Z. (2022). Vicariance and dispersal events inferred from mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes (18S, 28S) shaped global Cryptocercus distributions. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution, 166, 107318.
  28. Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2021) The history of body size evolution in termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 20211458.
  29. Sillam-Dussès D., Hradecky J., Stiblik P., Ferreira da Cunha H., Carrijo T.F., Lacey M.J., Bourguignon T. & Šobotník J. (2021) The trail-following pheromone of the termite Serritermes serrifer. Chemoecology, 31, 11-17. 
  30. Kinjo Y.*, Lo N.* (*equal first authors), Villa-Martin P., Tokuda G., Pigolotti S. & Bourguignon T. (2021) Enhanced mutation rate, relaxed selection, and the ‘domino effect’ drive gene loss in Blattabacterium, a cockroach endosymbiont. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 3820-3831.
  31. Beasley-Hall P.G., Rose H.A., Walker J., Kinjo Y., Bourguignon T. & Lo N. (2021) Digging deep: a revised phylogeny of Australian burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae, Geoscapheinae) confirms extensive non-monophyly and provides insights into biogeography and evolution of burrowing. Systematic Entomology, 46, 767-783. 
  32. Romero Arias J., Boom A., Wang M., Clitheroe C., Šobotník J., Stiblik P., Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2021) Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae). Systematic Entomology, 46, 741-756. 
  33. Beasley-Hall P.G., Rose H.A., Bourguignon T. & Lo N. (2021) Molecular systematics and biogeography of an Australian soil-burrowing cockroach with polymorphic males, Geoscapheus dilatatus (Blattodea: Blaberidae). Austral Entomology, 60, 317-329.
  34. Chouvenc T., Šobotník J., Engel M.S. & Bourguignon T. (2021) Termite evolution: mutualistic associations, key innovations, and the rise of Termitidae. Cellular and Molecular Life Science, 78, 2749-2769. 
  35. Soukup P., Vetrovsky T., Stiblik P., Votypkova K., Chakraborty A., Sillam-Dussès D., Kolarik M., Odriozola I., Lo N., Baldrian P., Šobotník J. * & Bourguignon T.* (*equal contribution) (2021) Termites are associated with external species-specific bacterial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87, e2042-20  
  36. Le Lay C., Shi M., Bucek A., Bourguignon T., Lo N. & Holmes E.C. (2020) Unmapped RNA virus diversity in termites and their symbionts. Viruses, 12, 1145. 
  37. Vetrovsky T., Soukup P., Stiblik P., Votypkova K., Chakraborty A., Odriozola Larranaga I., Sillam-Dussès D., Lo N., Bourguignon T., Baldrian P., Šobotník J. & Kolarik M. (2020) Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments. Fungal Ecology, 48, 100991.
  38. Bourguignon T.*, Kinjo Y.* (*equal first authors), Villa-Martin P., Coleman N.V., Tang Q., Arab D.A., Wang Z., Tokuda G., Hongoh Y., Ohkuma M., Ho S.Y.W., Pigolotti S. & Lo N. (2020) Increased mutation rate is linked to genome reduction in prokaryotes. Current Biology, 30, 3848-3855.
  39. Villa-Martin P., Bucek A., Bourguignon T. & Pigolotti S. (2020) Ocean currents promote rare species diversity in protists. Science Advances, 6, eaaz9037. 
  40. Sillam-Dussès D., Šobotník J., Bourguignon T., Wen P. Semon E., Robert A., Cancello E.M., Leroy C., Lacey M.J. & Bordereau C. (2020) Trail-following pheromones in the termite subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitodae, Termitidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46, 475-482. 
  41. Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2020) Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 6775-6784. 
  42. Arab D.A., Bourguignon T., Wang Z., Ho S.Y.W. & Lo N. (2020) Evolutionary rates are correlated between cockroach symbionts and mitochondrial genomes. Biology Letters, 16. 2019702.
  43. Bucek A., Šobotník J., He S., Shi M., McMahon E.C., Holmes E.C., Roisin Y., Lo N. & Bourguignon T. (2019) Evolution of termite symbiosis informed by transcriptome-based phylogenies. Current Biology, 29, 3728-3734.
  44. Forni G., Puccio G., Bourguignon T., Evans T., Mantovani B., Rota-stabelli O., Luchetti A. (2019) Complete mitochondrial genomes from transcriptomes: assessing pros and cons of data mining for assembling new mitogenomes. Scientific Reports 9, 14806.
  45. Synek J., Beránková T., Stiblik P., Pflegerová J, Akama P.D., Bourguignon T., Sillam-Dussès D. & Šobotník J. (2019) The oral gland, a new wexocrine organ of termites. Arthropod Structure and Development, 51, 32-36.
  46. Wang M., Buček A., Šobotník J., Sillam-Dussès D., Evans T.A., Roisin Y., Lo N. & Bourguignon T. (2019) Historical biogeography of the termite clade Rhinotermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 132, 100-104.
  47. Delattre O., Šobotník J., Jandák V., Synek J., Cvačka J., Jiřiček O., Bourguignon T. & Sillam-Dussès D. (2019) Chemical and vibratory signals used in alarm communication in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Rhinotermitidae). Insectes Sociaux, 66, 265-272. 
  48. Qian T., Bourguignon T., Willenmse L., De Coninck E. & Evans T. (2019) Global spread of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Biological Invasions, 21, 693-707. 
  49. Scheffrahn R.H., Bourguignon T., Akama P.D., Sillam-Dussès D. & Šobotník J. (2018) Roisinitermes ebogoensis gen. & sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Zookeys, 787, 91-105.
  50. Wu L.W., Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Wen P., Liang W.R. & Li H.F. (2018) Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic termite family Stylotermitidae (Insecta: Blattodea). Invertebrate Systematics, 32, 1111-1117.
  51. Kinjo Y., Bourguignon T., Tong J.K., Kuwahara H., Lim S.J., Yoon K.B., Shigenobu S., Park Y.C., Nalepa C.A., Hongoh Y., Ohkuma M., Lo N. & Tokuda G. (2018) Parallel and gradual genome erosion in the Blattabacterium endosymbionts of Mastotermes darwiniensis and Cryptocercus wood roaches. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10, 1622-1630. 
  52. Bourguignon T., Dahlsjö C.A. L., Salim K.A. & Evans T.A. (2018) Termite diversity and species composition in heath forests, mixed dipterocarp forests, and pristine and selectively logged tropical peat swamp forests in Brunei. Insectes Sociaux, 65, 439-444.  
  53. Bourguignon T.*, Lo N.* (*equal first authors), Dietrich C., Šobotník J., Sidek S., Roisin Y., Brune A. & Evans T.A. (2018) Rampant host-switching shaped the termite gut microbiome. Current Biology, 28, 649-654. This article has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field.
  54. Bourguignon T.*, Qian T.* (*equal first authors), Ho S.Y.W., Juna F., Wang Z., Arab D.A., Cameron S.L., Walker J., Rentz D., Evans T.A. & Lo N. (2018) Transoceanic and plate tectonics shaped global cockroach distributions: evidence from mitochondrial phylogenomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35, 970-983.
  55. Palma-Onetto V., Hošková K., Křížková B., Krejčířová R, Pflegerová J., Bubeníčková F, Plarre R., Dahlsjö C.A.L., Synek J., Bourguignon T., Sillam-Dussès D. & Šobotník J. (2018) The labral gland in termite soldiers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123, 535-544.
  56. Scheffrahn R.H., Bourguignon T., Bordereau C., Hernandez-Aguilar R.A., Oelze V.M., Dieguez P., Šobotník J. & Pascual-Guarrido A. (2017) White-gutted soldiers: simplification of the digestive tube for a non-particulate diet in higher Old World termites (Isoptera: Termitidae). Insectes Sociaux, 64, 525-533.
  57. Bourguignon T., Dahlsjö C.A. L., Jacquemin J., Gang L., Wijedasa L.S. & Evans T.A. (2017) Ant and termite communities in isolated and continuous forest fragments in Singapore. Insectes Sociaux, 64, 505-514.
  58. Hamidi R., de Biseau J.C., Bourguignon T., Segundo G.B.M., Fontanelle M.T.M.B. & Quinet Y. (2017) Dispersal strategies in the highly polygynous ant Crematogaster (Orthocrema) pygmae Forel (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). PLOS ONE, 12, e0178813.
  59. Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Kyjakova P., Hanus R. & Roisin Y. (2017) Mitochondrial phylogenomics and chemical profiles reveal a new genus and species of Neotropical termite with snapping soldiers, Palmitermes impostor (Termitidae: Termitinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 31, 394-405. 

Before OIST

  1. Bourguignon T., Lo N., Šobotník J., Ho S.Y.W., Iqbal N., Coissac E., Lee M., Jendryka M., Sillam-Dussès D., Křížková B., Roisin Y. & Evans T.A. (2017) Mitochondrial phylogenomics resolves the global spread of higher termites, ecosystem engineers of the tropics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34, 589-597. 
  2. Lee T.R.C., Bourguignon T. & Lo N. (2017) Female-only workers and soldiers in Schedorhinotermes intermedius are not produced by parthenogenesis. Insectes Sociaux, 64, 133-139. 
  3. Tang Q., Jiang H., Li Y., Bourguignon T. & Evans T.A. (2016) Population structure of the german cockroach, Blattella germanica, shows two expansions across China. Biological Invasions, 18, 2391-2402
  4. Bourguignon T., Lo N., Šobotník J., Sillam-Dussès D., Roisin Y. & Evans T.A. (2016) Oceanic dispersal, vicariance and human introduction shaped the modern distribution of the termites Reticulitermes, Heterotermes and Coptotermes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283, 20160179. 
  5. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Brabcová J., Sillam-Dussès D., Buček A., Krasulová J., Vytisková B., Demianová Z., Mareš M., Roisin Y. & Vogel H. (2016) Molecular mechanism of the two-component suicidal weapon of Neocapritermes taracua old workers. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33, 809-819.
  6. Bourguignon T., Chisholm R.A. & Evans T.A. (2016) The termite ‘worker’ phenotype evolved as dispersal strategy for fertile wingless individuals before eusociality. The American Naturalist, 187, 372-387. 
  7. Jouquet P., Bottinelli N., Shanbhag R.R., Bourguignon T., Traoré S. & Abbasi S.A. (2016) Termites: The neglected soil engineers of tropical soils. Soil Science, 181, 157-165
  8. Kaji T., Keiler J., Bourguignon T. & Miura T. (2016) Functional transformation series and the evolutionary origin of novel forms: evidence from a remarkable termite defensive organ. Evolution and Development, 18, 78-88 
  9. Chouvenc T., Li H.F., Austin J., Bordereau C., Bourguignon T. et al. (26 other co-authors) (2016) Revisiting Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): a global taxonomic roadmap for species validity and distribution of an economically important subterranean termite genus. Systematic Entomology, 41, 299-306. 
  10. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Dahlsjö C.A. L. & Roisin, Y. (2016) The soldierless Apicotermitinae: insights into a poorly known and ecologically dominant tropical taxon. Insectes Sociaux, 63, 39-50. 
  11. Bourguignon T., Scheffrahn R.H., Nagy Z.T., Sonet, G., Host B. & Roisin Y. (2016) Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae): redescription of the genus Grigiotermes Mathews and description of five new genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, 15-35. 
  12. Delattre O., Sillam-Dussès D., Jandák V., Brothánek M., Rücker K., Bourguignon T., Vytisková B., Cvačka J., Jiřiček O. & Šobotník J. (2015) Complex alarm strategy in the most basal termite species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69, 1945-1955. 
  13. Šobotník J., Bourguignon T., Carrijo T.F., Bordereau C., Robert A., Křižková B., Constantini J.P. & Cancello E.M. (2015) The nasus gland: A new gland in soldiers of Angularitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). Arthropod Structure and Development, 44, 401-406. 
  14. Jacquemin J., Sonet G., Bourguignon T., Evans T.A. & Delsinne T. (2015) Second record and DNA barcode of the ant Tyrannomyrmex rex Fernandez (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology, 62, 276-280. 
  15. Bourguignon T., Drouet T., Šobotník J., Hanus R. & Roisin Y. (2015) Influence of soil properties on soldierless termite distribution. PLOS ONE, 10, e0135341. 
  16. Bourguignon T., Lo N., Cameron S.L., Šobotník J., Hayashi Y., Shigenobu S., Watanabe D., Roisin Y., Miura T. & Evans T.A. (2015) The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32, 406-421. Listed in the Mol. Biol. Evol. Recent Citation Classics (2012-2016). 
  17. Křižková B., Bourguignon T.., Vytisková B. & Šobotník J. (2014) The clypeal gland: a new exocrine gland in termite imagoes (Isoptera: Serritermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). Arthropod Structure and Development, 43, 537-542. 
  18. Šobotník J., Kutalová K., Vytisková B., Roisin Y. & Bourguignon T. (2014) Age-dependent changes in ultrastructure of the defensive glands of Neocapritermes taracua workers (Isoptera, Termitidae). Arthropod Structure and Development, 43, 205-210. 
  19. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Hanus R., Krasulová J., Vrkoslav V., Cvačka J. & Roisin Y. (2013) Delineating species boundaries using an iterative taxonomic approach: The case of soldierless termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69, 694-703. 
  20. Hayashi Y., Shigenobu S., Watanabe D., Toga K., Saiki R., Shimada K., Bourguignon T., Lo N., Hojo M., Maekawa K. & Miura T. (2013) Construction and characterization of normalized cDNA libraries by 454 pyrosequencing and estimation of DNA methylation levels in three distantly related termite species. PLOS ONE, 8, e76678 
  21. Kutalová K., Bourguignon T., Sillam-Dussès D., Hanus R., Roisin Y. & Šobotník J. (2013) Armed reproductives: Evolution of the frontal gland in imagoes of Termitidae. Arthropod Structure and Development, 42, 339-348. 
  22. Roisin Y., Bourguignon T., Leponce M. (2013) Nutrient recycling starts in the canopy: the secretive action of termites. In: Lowman M., Devy S., Ganesh T. (eds) Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation. Springer, pp. 415-421. Editorially-reviewed.
  23. Šobotník J.*, Bourguignon T.* (*equal first authors), Hanus R., Demianová Z., Pytelková J., Mareš M., Foltýnová P., Preisler J., Cvačka J., Krasulová J. & Roisin Y. (2012) Explosive backpack in old termite workers. Science, 337, 436. Listed in the Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2012, Science, 338, 1518. 
  24. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Sillam-Dussès D., Jiroš P., Hanus R., Roisin Y. & Miura T. (2012) Developmental pathways of Psammotermes hybostoma (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Old pseudergates make up a new sterile caste. PLOS ONE, 7, e44527 
  25. Bourguignon T., Hayashi Y. & Miura T. (2012) Skewed soldier sex ratio in termites: testing the size-threshold hypothesis. Insectes Sociaux, 59, 557-563. 
  26. Sillam-Dussès D., Krasulová J., Vrkoslav V., Pytelková J., Cvačka J., Kutalová K., Bourguignon T., Miura T. & Šobotník J. (2012) Comparative study of the labial gland secretion in termites (Isoptera). PLOS ONE, 7, e46431. 
  27. Cameron S.L., Lo N., Bourguignon T., Svenson G.J. & Evans T.A. (2012) A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of termites (Blattodea: Termitoidae): Robust support for interfamilial relationships and molecular synapomorphies define major clades. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65, 163-173.
  28. Hanus R., Šobotník J., Krasulová J., Jiroš P., Žáček P., Kalinová B., Dolejšová K., Cvačka J., Bourguignon T., Roisin Y., Lacey M.J. & Sillam-Dussès D. (2012) Nonadecadienone, a new termite trail pheromone identified in Glossotermes oculatus (Serritermitidae). Chemical Senses, 37, 55-63. 
  29. Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2011) Are the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil-feeding termite colonies shaped by intraspecific competition? Ecological Entomology, 36, 776-785. 
  30. Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2011) Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea. Zookeys, 148, 55-103. 
  31. Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2011) Beta-diversity of termite assemblages among pristine French Guiana rainforests. Biotropica, 43, 473-479. 
  32. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Martin M., Hardy O.J., Dejean A. & Roisin Y. (2011) Feeding ecology and phylogenetic structure of a complex neotropical termite assemblage, revealed by nitrogen stable isotope ratios. Ecological Entomology, 36, 261-269. 
  33. Šobotník J.*, Bourguignon T.* (*equal first authors), Hanus R., Sillam-Dussès D., Pflegerova J., Weyda F., Kutalova K., Vytiskova B. & Roisin Y. (2010) Not only soldiers have weapons: Evolution of the frontal gland in imagoes of the termite families Rhinotermitidae and Serritermitidae. PLOS ONE, 5, e15761. 
  34. Bourguignon T., Scheffrahn R.H., Křeček J., Nagy Z.T., Sonet G. & Roisin Y. (2010) Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae): redescription of the genus Anoplotermes and description of Longustitermes gen. nov. Invertebrate Systematics, 24, 357-370. 
  35. Šobotník J., Sillam-Dussès D., Weyda F., Dejean A., Roisin Y., Hanus R. & Bourguignon T. (2010) The frontal gland in workers of soldierless termites. Naturwissenschaften, 97, 495-503. 
  36. Šobotník J., Bourguignon T., Hanus R., Weyda F. & Roisin Y. (2010) Structure and function of defensive glands in soldiers of Glossotermes oculatus (Isoptera: Serritermitidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99, 839-848. 
  37. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Hanus R. & Roisin Y. (2009) Developmental pathways of Glossotermes oculatus (Isoptera, Serritermitidae): at the cross-roads of worker caste evolution in termites. Evolution and Development, 11, 659-668. 
  38. Bourguignon T., Šobotník J., Lepoint G., Martin J.M. & Roisin Y. (2009) Niche differentiation among neotropical soldierless soil-feeding termites revealed by stable isotope ratios. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, 2038-2043. 
  39. Piskorski R., Hanus R., Kalinová B., Valterová I., Křeček J., Bourguignon T., Roisin Y., & Šobotník J. (2009) Temporal and geographic variations in the morphology and chemical composition of the frontal gland in imagoes of Prorhinotermes species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98, 384-392. 
  40. Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2009) Insights into the termite assemblage of a neotropical rainforest from the spatio-temporal distribution of alate flights. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2, 153-162. 
  41. Hanus R., Luxová A., Šobotník J., Kalinová B., Jiroš P., Křeček J., Bourguignon T. & Bordereau C. (2009) Sexual communication in Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Insectes Sociaux, 56, 11-118. 
  42. Šobotník J., Hanus R., Kalinová B., Piskorski R., Cvaèka J., Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2008) (E, E)-α-Farnesene, an alarm pheromone of Prorhinotermes canalifrons (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34, 478-486. 
  43. Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2008) Revision of the Termitinae with snapping soldiers (Isoptera: Termitidae) from New Guinea.  Zootaxa, 1769, 1-34. 
  44. Bourguignon T., Pasteels J.M. & Roisin Y. (2007) Taxonomy, distribution and host specificity of the termitophile tribe Trichopseniini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in New Guinea and adjacent islands. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 38, 405-425. 
  45. Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2006) Revision of the termitophilous tribe Pseudoperinthini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in New Guinea. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 37, 443-456. 
  46. Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2006) A new genus and three new species of termitophilous staphylinids (Coleoptera: Staplylinidae) associated with Schedorhinotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in New Guinea. Sociobiology, 48, 395-407.