Publications:
(Indexées Web of Science et/ou Scopus, Moyenne IF 2019=2.01; SJR 2019 =0.75; h-index = 21).
1* Legal L, Katz M, Chappe B and Jallon JM (1991) Toxicity of Morinda citrifolia on Drosophila melanogaster and related species. Journal of Neurogenetics. 7:132-132. (IF 2019: 1.44; SJR 2019: 0.62)
2* Legal L, David J-R and Jallon J-M (1992) Toxicity and attraction effects produced by Morinda citrifolia fruits on the Drosophila melanogaster complex of species. Chemoecology. 3:125-129. (IF 2019: 2.05; SJR 2019: 0.83).
3* Legal L, Chappe B and Jallon J-M (1994) Molecular basis of Morinda citrifolia (L.) toxicity on Drosophila. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 20:1931-1943. (IF 2019: 2.18; SJR 2019: 1.03).
4* Farine J-P, Legal L, Moreteau B and Le Quéré J-L (1996) Volatile components of the fruit of Morinda citrifolia and their relationships with Drosophila. Phytochemistry. 41:433-438. (IF 2019: 3.04; SJR 2019: 0.76)
5* Wink M, Legal L and von Nickisch-Rosenegk E (1998) How not to use systematics to test adaptative hypothesis, Response to Andrew V.Z. Brower. Journal of chemical Ecology. 24:1285-1291. (IF 2019: 2.18; SJR 2019: 1.03)
6* Aubert J, Legal L, Descimon H and Michel F. (1999) Molecular Phylogeny of Swallowtail Butterflies of the Tribe Papilionini (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12:156-167. (IF 2019: 3.50; SJR 2019: 1.65)
7* Legal L, Moulin B and Jallon J-M (1999) The relation between structures and toxicity of chemotaxis of oxygenated aliphatic compounds homologous to the insecticide octanoic acid for two species of Drosophila. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 65:90-101. (IF 2019: 2.75; SJR 2019: 0.87)
8* Schneider D, Legal L, Dierl W and Wink M (1999) Androconial hairbrushes of the Syntomis (Amata) phegea (L.) Group (Lepidoptera, Ctenuchinae): A synapomorphic Character supported by sequence data of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C (Journal of bioscience). 54c:1119-1139. (IF 2019: 1.24; SJR 2019: 0.26).
9* Wink M and Legal L (2001) Evidence for two genetically and chemically defined host races of Tyria jacobaeae (Arctiidae, Lepidoptera). Chemoecology. 11:199-207. (IF 2019: 2.05; SJR 2019: 0.83)
10* Kalyabina S, Milto K, Ananjeva N, Legal L, Joger U and Wink M (2001) Phylogeography and systematics of Lacerta agilis based on mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 8:149-159. (IF 2019: 0.35; SJR 2019: 0.25)
11* Luque C, Legal L, Staudter H, Gers C, and Wink M (2002) ISSR (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats) as genetic markers in Noctuids (Lepidoptera, Heterocera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Hereditas. 136:251-253. (IF 2019: 2.41; SJR 2019: 0.61).
12* Hénaut Y, Delme J, Legal L and Williams T (2005) Host selection by a kleptobiotic spider. Naturwissenschaften (Science of Nature). 92:95-99 (IF 2019: 2.09; SJR 2019: 0.8)
13* Roux O, Van Baaren J, Gers C, Arvanitakis L and Legal L (2005) Antennal structure and oviposition behavior of the specialist parasitoid: Cotesia plutellae. Microscopy Research and Technique. 68:36-44 (IF 2019: 2.18; SJR 2019: 0.47).
14* Ceballos L, Hénaut Y and Legal L (2005) Foraging strategies of Eriophora edax (Aranae: Araneidae): a nocturnal orb-weaving spider. Journal of Arachnology. 33:509-515. (IF 2019: 0.95; SJR 2019: 0.58)
15* Pichon A, Arvanitakis L, Roux O, Kirk A, Alauzet C, Bordat D and Legal L (2006) Genetic differentiation among various populations of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 96:137-144 (IF 2019: 1.81; SJR 2019: 0.73).
16* Roux O, Gers C, Telmon N and Legal L (2006) Circular dispersal of larvae in the necrophagous diptera Protophormia terraenovae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 42:51-56 (IF 2019: 0.66; SJR 2019: 0.35).
17* Crubézy E, Legal L, Fabas G, Dabernat H, Ludes B (2006) Pathogeny of archaic Mycobacteria at the emergence of urban life in Egypt (3400 BC). Infection Genetics and Evolution. 6:13-21 (IF 2019: 2.77; SJR 2019: 1.19).
18* Roux O, Gers C, and Legal L (2006) When, among variations during ontogeny, cuticular compounds of Calliphoridae may be used as phylogenetic markers. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 34:406-416 (IF 2019: 1.08; SJR 2019: 0.39).
19* Roux O, Gers C, Tene-Ghomsi JN Arvanitakis L, Bordat D and Legal L (2007) Chemical characterization of contact semiochemicals for host-recognition and host-acceptance by the specialist parasitoid Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov). Chemoecology. 17:13-18. (IF 2019: 2.05; SJR 2019: 0.83)
20* Roux O, Gevrey M, Arvanitakis L, Gers C, Bordat D and Legal L (2007) ISSR-PCR: Tool for population identification and genetic structure of Plutella xylostella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43:240-250. (IF 2019: 3.50; SJR 2019: 1.65).
21* Luque C, Gers C, Lauga J, Mariano NA, Wink M and Legal L (2007) Analysis of forestry impacts and Biodiversity in two Pyrenean Forests through a Comparison of moth communities (Lepidoptera, Heterocera). Insect Science. 14:323-338 (IF 2019: 2.79; SJR 2019: 0.97).
22* Albre J, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Molecular Phylogeny of the Erebia Tyndarus (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) complex of species combining CoxII and ND5 mitochondrial genes: a case study of a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47:196-210. (IF 2019: 3.50; SJR 2019: 1.65).
23* Bouzid W, Stefka J, Hypsa V, Lek S, Scholz T, Legal L Ben Hassine O and Loot G (2008) Geography and host specificity: two forces behind the genetic structure of the freshwater fish parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae). International Journal for Parasitology. 38:1465-1479. (IF 2019: 3.53; SJR 2019: 1.73).
24* Bouzid W, Lek S, Macé M, Ben Hassine O, Etienne R, Legal L and Loot G (2008) Genetic diversity of Ligula intestinalis (L.) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) based on analysis of inter-simple sequence repeat markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 46:289-296 (IF 2019: 2.16; SJR 2019: 0.86).
25* Dor A, Machkour-M’Rabet S, Legal L, Williams T, Hénaut Y (2008) Chemically-mediated intraspecific recognition in the Mexican tarantula Brachypelma vagans. Naturwissenschaften (Science of Nature). 95:1189-1193 (IF 2019: 2.09; SJR 2019: 0.8).
26* Roux O, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Ontogenetic study of three Calliphoridae of Forensic importance through cuticular hydrocarbon analysis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 22:309-317. (IF 2019: 2.18; SJR 2019: 0.85).
27* Bermúdez-Torres K, Martínez-Herrera J, Figueroa-Brito R, Wink M and Legal L (2009) Activity of quinolizidine alkaloids from three Mexican Lupinus against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Biocontrol. 54:459-466 (IF 2019: 3.09; SJR 2019: 1.06).
28* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Hénaut Y, Dor A, Perez-Lachaud G, Pelissier C, Gers C, Legal L (2009). ISSR (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats) as molecular markers to study genetic diversity in Tarantulas (Mygalomorphae). Journal of Arachnology. 37:10-12 (IF 2019: 0.95; SJR 2019: 0.58).
29* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Hénaut Y, Charruau P, Gevrey M, Winterton P and Legal L (2009). Between introgression events and fragmentation, islands are the last refuge for the American crocodile in Caribbean Mexico. Marine Biology. 156:1321-1333 (IF 2019: 2.05; SJR 2019: 1.03).
30* Luque C, Legal L, Machkour M’Rabet S, Winterton P, Gers C and Wink M (2009). Apparent influences of host plant distribution on the structure and the genetic variability of local populations of the Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 37:6-15 (IF 2019: 1.08; SJR 2019: 0.39).
31* Torres C, Osorio-Beristain M, Mariano N and Legal L (2009). Sex-dependant seasonal activity patterns among two subfamilies of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) in the Mexican tropical dry forest. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 45:265-274 (IF 2019: 0.66; SJR 2019: 0.35).
32* Luque C, Legal L, Winterton P, Mariano N.A, Gers C (2011) Illustration of the Structure of Arthropod Assemblages (Collembola and Lepidoptera) in Different Forest Types: An Example in the French Pyrenees. Diversity-Basel. 3:693-711. (IF 2019: 1.40; SJR 2019: 0.54)
33* Ceballos L, Hénaut Y and Legal L (2012) Prey selection in a nocturnal web-building spider, Eriophora edax (Araneae: Araneidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 24:1-13 (IF 2019: 1.02; SJR 2019: 0.44).
34* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Hénaut Y, Calmé S and Legal L (2012) When landscape modification is advantageous for protected species. The case of a synanthropic tarantula, Brachypelma vagans. Journal of insect conservation. 16:479-488 (IF 2019: 1.55; SJR 2019: 0.71).
35* Ricouart F, Cereghino R, Gers C, Winterton P and Legal L (2013) Influence of fire prevention management strategies on the diversity of butterfly fauna in the eastern Pyrenees. Journal of Insect Conservation. 17:95-111 (IF 2019: 1.55; SJR 2019: 0.71).
36* Ferval M, Legal L, Gers C, Pélissier C, Winterton P, Sánchez López JA, Corona Rangel ML and Bermúdez-Torres K. (2013) When island-like populations at high elevation show genetic divergence despite no morphological variability. The case of Lupinus montanus in Central Mexico. Turkish Journal of Botany. 37:789-801 (IF 2019: 1.11, SJR 2019: 0.51).
37* Ferval M, Bermúdez-Torres K, Gers C and Legal L. (2013) Genomic fingerprinting versus nuclear gene sequences: a comparative approach for studying the Lupinus montanus (Fabaceae) species complex. South African Journal of Botany. 89:106-110 (IF 2019: 1.79; SJR 2019: 0.48).
38* Gasmi S, Ferval M, Pelissier C, D’Amico F, Maris T, Tackx M and Legal L (2014) Genetic diversity among the Eurytemora affinis species complex in the Scheldt estuary and its tributaries using ISSR-PCR marker assay. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 145:22-30 (IF 2019: 2.33; SJR 2019: 0.92).
39* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Leberger R, León-Cortés JL, Gers C, Legal L (2014) Genetic characterization and population status of the only extant Baroninae swallowtail butterfly, Baronia brevicornis. Journal of Insect Conservation. 18:385-396 (IF 2019: 1.55; SJR 2019: 0.71).
40* Legal L, Dorado O, Machkour-M’Rabet S, Leberger R, Albre J, Mariano N and Gers C (2015) Ecological constraints and distribution of the primitive and enigmatic Mexican butterfly Baronia brevicornis. Canadian Entomologist. 147:71-88 (IF 2019: 1.18; SJR 2019: 0.47).
41* Cavanzon-Medrano LE, Pozo C, Hénaut Y, Legal L, Salas-Suarez N, Machkour-M’Rabet S (2016) Complex Population Patterns of Eunica tatila Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with Special Emphasis on Sexual Dimorphism. Neotropical Entomology. 45:148-158 (IF 2019: 1.33; SJR 2019: 0.48).
42* Martinez-Salinas A, DeClerck F, Vierling K, Vierling L, Legal L, Vilchez-Mendoza S, Avelino J (2016) Bird functional diversity supports pest control services in a Costa Rican coffee farm. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 235:277-288 (IF 2019: 4.24; SJR 2019: 1.72).
43* Covarrubias-Camarilla T, Osorio-Beristain M, Legal L, Contreras-Garduño J (2016) Baronia brevicornis caterpillars build shelters to avoid predation. Journal of Natural History. 50:2299-2310 (IF 2019: 1.03; SJR 2019: 0.49).
44* Lieutier F, Bermudez-Torres K, Cook J, Harris MO, Legal L, Sallé A, Schatz B, Giron D (2017). From Plant Exploitation to Mutualism. In N. Sauvion, P-A. Calatayud, D. Thiéry (Volume Eds), Advances in Botanical Research series: Vol 81. Insect-Plant Interactions in a Crop Protection Perspective (Chapter 3 pp. 55-109). Elsevier, GBR. (IF 2019: 2.94; SJR 2019: 0.79).
45* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Vilchis-Nestor C, Barriga I, Legal L, Henaut Y (2017) A molecular approach to understand the riddle of the invasive success of the tarantula, Brachypelma vagans, on Cozumel Island, Mexico. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 70:260-267 (IF 2019: 1.08; SJR 2019: 0.39).
46* Cavanzón-Medrano L, Machkour-M’Rabet S, Chablé-Iuit L, Pozo C, Hénaut Y, Legal L (2018) Effect of climatic conditions and land cover on genetic structure and diversity of Eunica tatila (Lepidoptera) in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Diversity-Basel. 10:79 (IF 2019: 1.40; SJR 2019: 0.54).
47* Puttick A, Leon-Cortes J, Legal L (2018) Baronia brevicornis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T2594A119581233. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2594A119581233.en
48* Legal L, Valet M, Dorado O, Jesus-Almonte JM, Lopez K, Céréghino R (2020) Lepidoptera are relevant bioindicators of passive regeneration in tropical dry forests. Diversity-Basel. 12:231 (IF 2019: 1.40; SJR 2019: 0.54).
49* Warren AD, Gott RJ, Dorado O, Legal L (2020) A new species of Dalla Mabille, 1904 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Heteropterinae), from Morelos, Mexico. Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 30:46-51.
50* Minguez J, Tackx M, Maris T, Gers C, Meire P, Legal L (2020) Genetics of the copepod Eurytemora affinis as a tool to follow restoration dynamics in an estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 246 :107037 (IF 2019: 2.33; SJR 2019: 0.92).
51* Fovet O, Belemtougri A, Boithias L, Braud I, Charlier JB, Cottet M, Daudin K, Dramais, G, Ducharne A, Folton N, Grippa M, Hector B, Le Coz J, Legal L, Martin P, Moatar F, Molénat J, Probst A, Riotte J, Vidal JP, Vinatier F, Datry T (2021) Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: perspectives for critical zone sciences and research on socio-ecosystems. WIREs Water e1523 (IF 2019: 4.45; SJR: 3.53).
Autres publications:
1* Legal L and Plawecki M. (1995) Compared sensitivities of various insects to toxic compounds from Morinda citrifolia (L.). Entomological Problems, 26(2):155-159.
2* Fabas G, Legal L, Clisson I, Keyser C, Ludes B and Crubezy E (2006) (Book Chapter) La population de Saints-Côme et Damien: evolution génétique. In: La mort, les morts et la ville (Crubezy E, Duchesne S and Arlaud C). Ed. Errance, Paris, pp. 421-430.
3* Legal L, Albre J, Mariano A and Dorado O (2007) (Short paper, congress acts) Aspectos ecologicos de la distribucion localizado de la mariposa primitiva Baronia brevicornis. Mesoamericana 11(3): 129.
4* Albre J, Gers C and Legal L (2008) Taxonomic notes on the Erebia tyndarus species group (Lepidoptera, Satyridae). Lépidoptères 39: 12-28.
5* Legal L, Bermúdez-Torres K, Leyva Sanchez E and Machkour M’Rabet S (2008) (Short paper, congress acts) ISSR, una nueva herramienta para el estudio de especies y poblaciones en el marco de la genética de la conservación. Mesoamericana 12(3): 74.
6* Ramos-Figueroa I, Legal L and Bermudez-Torres K (2009) (Short paper congress acts) Distribucion y abundancia de especies arboreas de una variante de Selva Baja Caducifolia del estado de Morelos, Mexico. Mesoamericana 13(2): 30-31.
7* Machkour-M’Rabet S, Dor A, Legal L and Hénaut Y (2009) (Short paper, congress acts) Evaluacion genetica del nivel de peligro para Brachypelma vagans (Mygalomorpheae: Theraphosidae) en la peninsula de Yucatan, Mexico. Mesoamericana 13(2): 52-53.
8* Cap H, Deleporte P, Joachim J, Aulanier S, Nicolas V, Legal L and Reby D (2010) Comportements vocaux et phylogénie des Cervidés. Biosystema 27: 27-44.
9* Ferval M, Pélissier C, Gers C, Legal L & Bermúdez-Torres K (2010) Resultados preliminares de la diversidad genética de especies mexicanas del genero Lupinus (Fabaceae) usando ISSR. Mesoamericana 14: 92-93.
10* Ramos-Figueroa I, Legal L and Bermúdez-Torres K (2010) Evaluación de tratamientos pregerminativos de semillas de especies arbóreas de una variante de Selva Baja Caducifolia. Mesoamericana 14: 92.
11* Ferval M, Pélissier C, Gers C, Legal L and Bermudez-Torres K (2011) Diversidad genetica de Lupinus montanus. Mesoamericana 15: 78-79.
12* Legal L and Bermudez-Torres K (2011) (Book Chapter) Prédation des insectes protégés chimiquement. In: Des insectes et des Plantes. Ed. IRD & Publibook.
13* Ferval M, Pélissier C, Gers C, Legal L and Bermudez-Torres K (2012) Genetic Polymorphism of a plant, A witness of the history of volcanoes? Mesoamericana 16: 264.
14* Velazquez-Salazar G, Sanchez-Lopez JA, Legal L and Bermudez-Torres K (2012) Morphological and physiological adaptations of plants in correlation with altitude, latitude and longitude. Mesoamericana 16: 269.
15* Bermudez-Torres K, Legal L and Lieutier F (2013) (Book chapter). Exploitation des métabolites secondaires de la plante hôte. In: Interactions insectes-plantes (Sauvion N, Calatayud PA, Thiéry D and Marion-Poll F). Ed. QUAE (CIRAD, IRSTEA, IFREMER, INRA), Versailles. France. Chap. 19: 279-294.
16* Ramos-Figueroa I, García-Camacho A, Legal L and Bermúdez-Torres K (2013) El camino hacia la protección de un fragmento de selva baja caducifolia: un área institucional protegida del CEPROBI-IPN. Mesoamericana 17: 87-88.
17* Ferval M, Bermudez-Torres K, Gers C and Legal L (2013) Hypervariable ISSR versus nuclear gene sequencing: a comparative approach for studying the Lupinus montanus (Fabaceae) species complex. Mesoamericana 17: 101-102.
18* Baliteau L, Deschamps P, Denise C and Legal L (2013) Répartition et contribution à l’écologie des Papilionidae de l’Aveyron (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Lépidoptères 55 : 54-70.
19* Ferval M, Bermudez-Torres K, Pélissier C, Gers C and Legal L (2014) Tricky patterns of genetic relationships in a species complex deduced from a multi-locus approach: a close-up on Lupinus montanus (Fabaceae). Mesoamericana (actos del XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
20* Doumeng M, Hernandez Perez LR, Legal L, Bermudez Torres K (2014) Especies utiles en las comunidades de San Isidro y Barranca Honda, Mexico. Mesoamericana (actos del XVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
21* Bermúdez-Torres K, Legal L, Ferval M (2015) (Book chapter). High Altitude Ecosystems in the Era of Climate Change. Lupinus species in Central Mexico in the Era of Climate Change: adaptation, migration or extinction? In: Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems (Ozturk M, Hakeem KR, Faridah-Hanum I, Efe R (Eds.)). Springer Verlag Heidelberg Germany. Chap. 8: 215-228.
22* Ferval M, Legal L, Gers C, Wink M, Bermudez-Torres K (2015) Chemotaxonomy to the rescue of molecular markers for clarifying relationships within the genus Lupinus (Fabaceae)?. Mesoamericana (actos del XIX Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
23* Bermudez-Torres K, Sanchez-Lopez JA, Chu-Valdez F, Legal L, Michi-Flores RS, Reyes-Izquierdo L, Lopez Jaimes EL, Figueroa-Brito R, Hernadez-Lauzardo AN (2015) Especies Mexicanas de Lupinus: Propuesta de aplicaciones. Mesoamericana (actos del XIX Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
24* Ferval M, Legal L, Bermúdez-Torres K (2016) Lupinus in Mexico and the climate change. Mesoamericana (actos del XX Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
25* Legal L, Dorado O, Albre J, Bermudez-Torres K, Lopez K (2017) Mariposas diurnas. Reserva de la biosfera sierra de huautla, Estado de Morelos, México. Pp 330. Tropico Seco Ediciones. ISBN: 978-607-8519-04-0
26* Bermúdez Torres K, Figueroa Rodríguez MI, Michi Flores RS, Reyes Izquierdo L, Sánchez López JA, Legal L, Wink M (2017) De la caracterización química y molecular al aprovechamiento sustentable de especies silvestres de Lupinus. (actos del XXI Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
27* Gutiérrez Zarco D, De Jesús Almonte JM, Dorado O, Legal L (2018) Especialización de mariposas (Lepidoptera) asociadas a leguminosas (Fabaceae) en el Estado de Morelos, México. (actos del XXII Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
28* Michi-Flores RS, Reyes-Izquierdo L, Figueroa-Brito R, Wink M, Sánchez-López JA, Figueroa-Rodríguez MI, Astier-Calderón M, López Jaimes EL, Hernández Lauzardo AN1, Arellano Gaytán M, Lombardo Earl G, Betancourt Ramírez AP, Salcedo Morales G, Hernández Sánchez AM, Cantor del Angel AI, Sandoval Zapotitla E, Regla Contreras JI, Ferval M, Legal L, Gers C, Bermúdez Torres K (2018) Estudio integral de especies silvestres de Lupinus para su aprovechamiento sustentable. (actos del XXII Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
29* Gutiérrez Zarco D, Dorado O, De Jesús Almonte JM, Bonilla Barbosa JR, Legal L (2019) El complejo Vachellia macracantha (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) y su relación con Baronia brevicornis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) en el Estado de Morelos, México. (actos del XXIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion).
