Dr. Vincent Vedel
Vincent Vedel is a french scientist with passion for the tropical forests of French Guiana. He qualified in evolutionary biology through a Ph.D. and in population genetics during a Post-Doc. He worked on the taxonomy of Asian spiders (Sparassidae) with the Senckenberg Institute at Frankfurt, Germany.
As a freelancer he worked as a guide in French Guiana and due to his passion for the group realized an extensive sampling of spiders there.
Selected Publications
- Vedel V., Cerdan A., Martinez Q., Baraloto C., Petitclerc F., Orivel J. & Fortunel C. (2015):
- Day-time vs. night-time sampling does not affect estimates of spider diversity across a land use gradient in the Neotropics (short communication). Journal of Arachnology 43: 413
- Vedel V., Hadrien L. (2013):
- Standardized sampling protocol for spider community assessment in the Neotropical rainforest. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 1: 18-35  
- Vedel V., Rheims C.A., Murienne J., Brescovit A.D. (2013):
- Biodiversity baseline of the French Guiana spider fauna. SpringerPlus 2: 1-19  
- Vedel V., Camus, D. & Lamarre, G. (2011):
- Malaise and glass traps: useful means of catching canopy-dwelling spiders?. Newsl. Br. arachnol. Soc. 122: 12-15
- Vedel V.,Chipman A.D., Akam M. & Arthur W. (2008):
- Temperature dependent-plasticity of segment number in an arthropod. Evolution & Development 10: 487-492
- Jäger P., Vedel V. (2007):
- Sparassidae of China 4. The genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 1623: 1-38
- Jaeger P., Pathoumthong B. & Vedel V. (2006):
- First record of the genus Pseudopoda in Laos with description of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 86: 219-228
- Vedel V., Behling H., Cohen M. & Lara R. (2006):
- Holocene mangrove dynamics and sea-level changes in Taperebal, northeastern Para state, northern Brazil. Veget. Hist. Archaebot. 15: 115-123