Publications
At OIST
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2023) Light alters activity but does not disturb tandem running coordination of termite mating pairs. Ecological Entomology, 48, 145-153.
- 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.
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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mizumoto N., Bourguignon T. & Kanao T. (2022) Termite nest evolution fostered social parasitism by termitophilous rove beetles. Evolution, 76, 1064-1072.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2021) The history of body size evolution in termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 20211458.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Villa-Martin P., Bucek A., Bourguignon T. & Pigolotti S. (2020) Ocean currents promote rare species diversity in protists. Science Advances, 6, eaaz9037.
- 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.
- Mizumoto N. & Bourguignon T. (2020) Modern termites inherited the potential of collective construction from their common ancestor. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 6775-6784.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 joining OIST
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jouquet P., Bottinelli N., Shanbhag R.R., Bourguignon T., Traoré S. & Abbasi S.A. (in press) Termites: The neglected soil engineers of tropical soils. Soil Science, 181, 157-165
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bourguignon T., Drouet T., Šobotník J., Hanus R. & Roisin Y. (2015) Influence of soil properties on soldierless termite distribution. PLoS ONE, 10, e0135341.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Bourguignon T., Hayashi Y. & Miura T. (2012) Skewed soldier sex ratio in termites: testing the size-threshold hypothesis. Insectes Sociaux, 59, 557-563.
- 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. [Journal IF: 3.057; ranked 11/62 in Multidisciplinary Sciences, cited 11 times]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2011) Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea. Zookeys, 148, 55-103.
- Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2011) Beta-diversity of termite assemblages among pristine French Guiana rainforests. Biotropica, 43, 473-479.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bourguignon T., Leponce M. & Roisin Y. (2008) Revision of the Termitinae with snapping soldiers (Isoptera: Termitidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa, 1769, 1-34.
- 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.
- Bourguignon T. & Roisin Y. (2006) Revision of the termitophilous tribe Pseudoperinthini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in New Guinea. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 37, 443-456.
- 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.