Researcher
Marcel Eens
- Research interest:Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research.Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds.
- Keywords:FISH ECOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, FIELD ECOTOXICOLOGY, BIOACOUSTICS, BIOMONITORING, Biology
- Disciplines:Animal biology, General biology, Veterinary medicine
- Research techniques:- Description, analysis, and interpretation of behaviour- Bioacoustical analyses- Molecular-ecological analyses- Electrofishing techniques- Biomonitoring
- Users of research expertise:- Environmental and nature administration- Media
Affiliations
- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2003 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 61 results
- Unravelling the effects of mercury exposure on the physiological status, senescence, and susceptibility to viral diseases in a long-lived seabird.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The gut-brain axis: investigating the gut microbiome and its influence on behavior in the bonobo (Pan paniscus)From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Influence of soil properties on the sorption of per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances to soil and the bioavailability and bioaccumulation to terrestrial biota.From1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- From exposome to effect assessment of contaminants in human and animal models (EXPOSOME).From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption, BOF - research organisations
- Development of a biomonitoring tool to estimate risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) through consumption of self-cultivated food products.From1 Nov 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Comparative psychology of positive emotions: A multi-componential approach to understand affective states in man's closest living relative, the bonobo.From1 Nov 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- The female perspective of personality variation in a wild songbird: integrating female competition within life history.From1 Oct 2019 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Development of a biomonitoring tool to estimate health risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) through consumption of seld-cultivated and commercial food products.From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Oct 2019Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Physiological stress as a mechanism underlying the effects of forest logging on tropical birds: an experimental approach.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- An integrated study on the effects of long term exposure to artificial light at night in free-living great tits (Parus major) and on the effectiveness of mitigating strategies.From1 Oct 2018 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 239 results
- A risk assessment of the effects of mercury on Baltic Sea, Greater North Sea and North Atlantic wildlife, fish and bivalves(2021)
Authors: Rune Dietz, Jérôme Fort, Christian Sonne, Céline Albert, Jan Ove Bustnes, Thomas Kjær Christensen, Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski, Jóhannis Danielsen, Sam Dastnai, Marcel Eens, et al.
Number of pages: 13 - Understanding PFAAs exposure in a generalist seabird species breeding in the vicinity of a fluorochemical plant(2021)
Authors: Ana Lopez Antia, Marwa Kavelaars, Wendt Müller, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Number of pages: 10 - Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird(2021)
Authors: Melissa Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Number of pages: 1 - The serotonin transporter gene and female personality variation in a free-living passerine(2021)
Authors: Bert Thys, Andrea Grunst, Nicky Staes, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens, Melissa Grunst
Pages: 1 - 9 - A rapid method for the detection and quantification of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in bird feathers using UPLC-MS/MS(2021)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Lieven Bervoets, Yunsun Jeong, Tim Willems, Marcel Eens, Els Prinsen
Number of pages: 8 - The Pan social brain(2021)
Authors: Nicky Staes, Elaine E. Guevara, Philippe Helsen, Marcel Eens, Jeroen Stevens
Number of pages: 14 - Perfluoroalkyl acids and sulfonamides and dietary, biological and ecological associations in peregrine falcons from the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin, Canada(2020)
Authors: Jiachen Sun, Robert J. Letcher, Marcel Eens, Adrian Covaci, Kim J. Fernie
Number of pages: 10 - Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction(2020)
Authors: Anders Pape Møller, Javier Balbontín, André A. Dhondt, Frank Adriaensen, Alexandr Artemyev, Jerzy Bańbura, Emilio Barba, Clotilde Biard, Jacques Blondel, Jean-Charles Bouvier, et al.
Pages: 1807 - 1819 - Carotenoid- but not melanin-based plumage coloration is negatively related to metal exposure and proximity to the road in an urban songbird(2020)
Authors: Melissa Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Annie Pinxten, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Number of pages: 11 - Does the tie fit the female? Melanin-based colouration, aggressive personality and reproductive investment in female great tits (Parus major)(2020)
Authors: Bert Thys, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
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