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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- Perfluoroalkyl substances in soft tissues and tail feathers of Belgian barn owls (**Tyto alba**) using statistical methods for left-censored data to handle non-detects(2013)
Authors: Veerle Jaspers, Dorte Herzke, Igor Eulaers, Brenda W. Gillespie, Marcel Eens
Pages: 9 - 16 - Plasma concentrations of organohalogenated pollutants in predatory bird nestlings(2013)
Authors: Jan O. Bustnes, Bård J. Bårdsen, Dorte Herzke, Igor Eulaers, Adrian Covaci, Veerle Jaspers, Marcel Eens, et al.
Pages: 2520 - 2527 - Sex-biased disruptive behaviour in breeding crested penguins(2013)
Authors: Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Marcel Eens, Petra Quillfeldt
Pages: 177 - 183 - Coadaptation of offspring begging and parental provisioning(2013)
Authors: Natalia Estramil, Marcel Eens, Wendt Müller
Pages: 1 - 9 - Gedrag in het secundair onderwijs(2013)
Authors: Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Pages: 25 - 42 - Hatching vocalisations in free-living rockhopper penguins(2013)
Authors: Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Loïc A. Hardouin, David Carslake, Marcel Eens, Petra Quillfeldt
Pages: 39 - 44 - An experimental study on the causal relationships between (ecto-)parasites, testosterone and sexual signalling(2013)
Authors: Wendt Müller, Marcel Eens, Hector Fabio Rivera Gutierrez, Ton G.G. Groothuis
Pages: 1791 - 1798 - Parental behavior controls asynchronous hatching, but not incubation period, in the Magellanic Penguin(2013)
Authors: Laurent Demongin, Maud Poisbleau, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 4 - Hot or not(2013)
Authors: Stefanie Lahaye, Marcel Eens, Veerle M. Darras, Annie Pinxten
Pages: 1 - 11 - Testosterone increases repertoire size in an open-ended learner(2012)
Authors: Alain Van Hout, Annie Pinxten, Veerle M. Darras, Marcel Eens
Pages: 563 - 568
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)
- Data from: Early-life exposure to artificial light at night elevates physiological stress in free-living songbirds (Creator)
- Pathways linking female personality with reproductive success are trait and year-specific (Creator)
- Dataset Disruptive effects of light pollution on sleep in free-living birds: season and/or light intensity-dependent? (Creator)