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 60 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
- From exposome to effect assessment of contaminants in human and animal models (EXPOSOME).From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption, BOF - Other initiatives
- 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 - Other initiatives
- 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
- Proximate origins of socio-cognitive differences in bonobos and chimpanzees: using a genomic approach for identifying receptor gene variation.From1 Oct 2018 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 212 results
- 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 - Do concentrations of perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in isopods reflect concentrations in soil and songbirds? A study using a distance gradient from a fluorochemical plant(2019)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets
Pages: 111 - 123 - Limited reproductive impairment in a passerine bird species exposed along a perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA) pollution gradient(2019)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Robin Lasters, Ana Lopez Antia, Els Prinsen, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Pages: 718 - 728 - Artificial light at night does not affect telomere shortening in a developing free-living songbird(2019)
Authors: Melissa Grunst, Thomas Raap, Andrea Grunst, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Pages: 266 - 275 - Development and validation of an extraction method for the analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in environmental and biotic matrices(2019)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Robin Lasters, Filip Lemière, Tim Willems, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets, Els Prinsen
Pages: 30 - 37 - Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) concentrations and oxidative status in two generations of great tits inhabiting a contamination hotspot(2019)
Authors: Ana Lopez Antia, Thimo Groffen, Robin Lasters, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Jiachen Sun, Han Asard, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1617 - 1626 - Enduring rules of care within pairs(2019)
Authors: Arne Iserbyt, Maaike Griffioen, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Number of pages: 9 - Food supplementation protects Magnificent frigatebird chicks against a fatal viral disease(2019)
Authors: Manrico Sebastiano, Marcel Eens, Kévin Pineau, Olivier Chastel, David Costantini
Number of pages: 8 - Influence of soil physicochemical properties on the depth profiles of perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in soil along a distance gradient from a fluorochemical plant and associations with soil microbial parameters(2019)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Jet Rijnders, Niel Verbrigghe, Erik Verbruggen, Els Prinsen, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets
Number of pages: 10 - Transgenerational endocrine disruption(2019)
Authors: Suvi Ruuskanen, Silvia Espín, Pablo Sánchez-Virosta, Tom Sarraude, Bin-Yan Hsu, Piia Pajunen, Rute A. Costa, Marcel Eens, Rita Hargitai, János Török, et al.
Pages: 725 - 735