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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- Transmission dynamics of tick-borne Borrelia and rickettsial bacteria in a songbird tick community.From1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: FWO fellowships
- Effects of Afrotropical rainforest fragmentation on lifehistory strategies in a cooperative breeding bird.From1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO research project
- Spatial and environmental determinants of eco-evolutionary dynamics: anthropogenic environments as a model (SPEEDY).From1 Oct 2012 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: IUAP-VII
- The role of exploration and experience in the development of spatial behaviour: home ranges and dispersal in the Great Tit.From1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2015Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- The role of niche conservatism, genetic variation and facilitative species interactions in explaining the invasion success of non-native species.From1 Oct 2010 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: FWO fellowships
- FWO Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship (Joël WHITE, France).From1 May 2010 → 30 Apr 2011Funding: FWO visiting post-doctoral fellowship
- Dispersal, parental care and personality traits in the Great Tit.From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2011Funding: FWO fellowships
- Mate choice & patterns of adaptive variation in the European black vulture (Aegypius monachus).From1 Sep 2009 → 31 Aug 2013Funding: Other Flemish scientific institutions
- Sabbatical leave within the framework of animal ecology.From1 Jan 2008 → 31 Jul 2008Funding: BOF - Other initiatives, FWO Prices and sabbaticals (before FWO undefined)
- Population viability in fragmented rainforest: integrating individual-based modeling with landscape dynamics and connectivity.From1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: FWO research project
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 - Unpunctual in diversity(2024)
Authors: Thilo Heinecke, Pieter De Frenne, Kris Verheyen, Ivan Nijs, Erik Matthysen, Matteo Campioli
Pages: 1 - 12 - 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