Researcher
Erik Matthysen
- Research Expertise:- Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations.
- Keywords:INFECTION ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE MODEL, POPULATION DYNAMICS, QUANTITATIVE GENETICS, Biology
- Disciplines:Auto-ecology, Biology of adaptation, Parasitology
- Research techniques:- Population and landscape modelling - Neutral genetic markers (DNA, allozymes) - Statistical data analysis
- Users of research expertise:- Administrations - NGOs and consulting agencies involved in spatial planning, nature management, species conservation
Affiliations
- Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Jan 2008 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
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- Sustainability and Trust in EU Multilevel Governance (STRATEGO).From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- Linking long-term ecological data across trophic scales in an Open Science framework.From1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Global Ecosystem Functioning and Interactions with Global Change.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - Methusalem
- Drivers of individual and temporal variation in host infectiousness: a bird-specific Borrelia as a model system.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Sharing knowledge on ticks and tick-borne diseases in relation to management of green domains by the Province of AntwerpFrom21 May 2021 → 31 Aug 2023Funding: Provinces
- The genomic and ecological basis of rapid change in a functionally significant trait: osteoderm evolution in a girdled lizard.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- BOF Sabbatical leave 2018-2019 Prof. Erik Matthysen.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Abundance of ticks in the Antwerp peri-urban area: policy recommendations for planning of ecological corridors in relation to urban green and health.From1 Mar 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: Provinces
- Global Ecosystem Functioning and Interactions with Global Change.From1 Jun 2016 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - Methusalem, Methusalem, Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- An eco-evolutionary network of biotic interactionsFrom1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO scientific research network
Publications
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- Divergence in evolutionary potential of life history traits among wild populations is predicted by differences in climatic conditions(2024)
Authors: Stephane Chantepie, Anne Charmantier, Boris Delahaie, Frank Adriaensen, Erik Matthysen, Marcel E. Visser, Elena Alvarez, Emilio Barba, Markku Orell, Ben Sheldon, et al.
Pages: 29 - 42 - Network structure of avian mixed-species flocks decays with elevation and latitude across the Andes(2023)
Authors: Flavia A. Montano-Centellas, Jenny Munoz, Gabriela Giselle Mangini, Ian J. Ausprey, Felicity L. Newell, Harrison H. Jones, M. Elisa Fanjul, Boris A. Tinoco, Gabriel J. Colorado, Jennifer R.A. Cahill, et al.
Pages: 1 - 12 - Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings(2023)
Authors: Dries Van de Loock, Laurence Cousseau, Beate Apfelbeck, Mwangi Githiru, Luc Lens, Erik Matthysen
Pages: 107 - 116 - Predictors of individual performance and evolutionary potential of life-history traits in a hematophagous ectoparasite(2022)
Authors: Gerardo Fracasso, Dieter Heylen, Stefan Van Dongen, Joris Elst, Erik Matthysen
Pages: 799 - 816 - Survival in the understorey(2022)
Authors: Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthysen, Dieter Heylen, Kris Verheyen
Pages: 1 - 7 - White LED light intensity, but not colour temperature, interferes with mate‐finding by glow‐worm (Lampyris noctiluca L.) males(2021)
Authors: Mira Van den Broeck, Raphael De Cock, Stefan Van Dongen, Erik Matthysen
Pages: 339 - 347 - Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a bird(2021)
Authors: Alexia Mouchet, Ella F. Cole, Erik Matthysen, Marion Nicolaus, John L. Quinn, Allison M. Roth, Joost M. Tinbergen, Kees van Oers, Thijs van Overveld, Niels J. Dingemanse
- Lower density of arthropod biomass in small high‐Andes Polylepis fragments affects habitat use in insectivorous birds(2021)
Authors: Jennifer R.A. Cahill, Thomas Merckx, Hans Van Dyck, Milton Fernández, Erik Matthysen
- Influence of urbanisation on the gut microbiota of avian hosts and implications for host fitness(2020)
Authors: Aimeric Teyssier, Erik Matthysen, Luc Lens, Joel White
Number of pages: 153 - Ticks and tick-borne diseases in the city(2019)
Authors: Dieter Heylen, Robin Lasters, Frank Adriaensen, M. Fonville, H. Sprong, Erik Matthysen
Pages: 941 - 949
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