Researcher
Marcel Eens
- Research Expertise: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
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- Investigating the role of astronomical light pollution on acoustic and visual communication in nocturnal birds.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Mercury exposure, nutritional stress and their combined effect on the susceptibility to a viral disease, physiology, and parental care behaviour: an experimental approach in a wild, long-lived seabird.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Serotonergic modulation of the behavioral divergence in Pan: A hologenomics approach.From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Bioavailability and toxicity of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoralkylated substances (PFAS) in a terrestrial food chain: effects at different levels of biological organisation (BIOTOX-Terra)From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Human biomonitoring study in the vicinity of 3M (Jongerenstudie HBM-3M)From1 Dec 2021 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: Department of Environment
- Unravelling the impact of astronomical light pollution on individual behaviour in a nocturnal bird.From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The female perspective of aggression in a free-living songbird: studying female competitive trait expression within a behavioural syndrome and life history framework.From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Research in the Antwerp Primate Ethology & Evolution Lab.From1 Mar 2021 → 28 Feb 2022Funding: Other Flemish scientific institutions
- The gut-brain axis: investigating the gut microbiome and its influence on behavior in the bonobo (Pan paniscus).From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- 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
Publications
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- Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population(2023)
Authors: Jonas Torfs, Marcel Eens, Daan Laméris, Jeroen Stevens, Jonas Verspeek, Jean-Pascal Guery, Nicky Staes
Pages: 1 - 13 - Editorial: behavioral ecological insights into organismal responses to anthropogenic environmental change(2023)
Authors: Andrea Grunst, Melissa Grunst, Céline Arzel, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 4 - Bonobo emotions unveiled(2023)
Authors: Daan Laméris, Marcel Eens, Jeroen Stevens
Number of pages: 269 - PFAS accumulation in several terrestrial plant and invertebrate species reveals species-specific differences(2023)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Ona-Abeni Devos Stoffels, Layla Maas, Pieter Vincke, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets
Pages: 23820 - 23835 - Artificial light at night impairs inhibitory control in a wild songbird(2023)
Authors: Marjolein Meijdam, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Pages: 1 - 9 - Females are more aggressive than males towards same- and opposite-sex intruders in the blue tit (**Cyanistes caeruleus**)(2023)
Authors: Gust Boiten, Robin van Iersel, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 17 - Transcriptomic effects of Perfluoralkyl acids on the adipose tissue of a songbird species at environmentally relevant concentrations(2023)
Authors: Benjamin Pina, Silvia Lacorte, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 10 - Impacts of rising temperatures and water acidification on the oxidative status and immune system of aquatic ectothermic vertebrates(2023)
Authors: David Costantini, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 11 - Skyglow relieves a crepuscular bird from visual constraints on being active(2023)
Authors: Ruben Evens, Michiel Lathouwers, Jean -Nicolas Pradervand, Andreas Jechow, Christopher Conrad Maximillian Kyba, Tom Shatwell, Alain Jacot, Eddy Ulenaers, Bart Kempenaers, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 9 - Group-specific expressions of co-feeding tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees preclude dichotomous species generalizations(2023)
Authors: Edwin van Leeuwen, Nicky Staes, Jake S. Brooker, Stephanie Kordon, Suska Nolte, Zanna Clay, Marcel Eens, Jeroen Stevens
Pages: 1 - 12
Linked dataset
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- Data from: Group-level variation in co-feeding tolerance between two sanctuary-housed communities of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) (Creator)
- Data from: Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird (Creator)
- Glucocorticoids link forest type to local abundance in tropical birds (Creator)
- Pathways linking female personality with reproductive success are trait and year-specific (Creator)
- Data from: Early-life exposure to artificial light at night elevates physiological stress in free-living songbirds (Creator)
- Dataset Disruptive effects of light pollution on sleep in free-living birds: season and/or light intensity-dependent? (Creator)