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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- Complex modulation of singing behavior by testosterone in an open-ended learner, the European starling(2009)
Authors: Alain Van Hout, Marcel Eens, Jacques Balthazart, Annie Pinxten
Pages: 564 - 573 - The relationship between perfluorinated chemical levels in the feathers and livers of birds from different trophic levels(2009)
Authors: Johan Meyer, Veerle Jaspers, Marcel Eens, Wim De Coen
Pages: 5894 - 5900 - Temperament in bullheads: do laboratory and field explorative behaviour variables correlate?(2009)
Authors: Alexander Kobler, Brecht Engelen, Guy Knaepkens, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1229 - 1233 - Interspecific differences in concentrations and congener profiles of chlorinated and brominated organic pollutants in three insectivorous bird species(2009)
Authors: Tom Dauwe, Evi Van Den Steen, Veerle Jaspers, Koen Maes, Adrian Covaci, Marcel Eens
Pages: 369 - 375 - Elevated yolk androgen levels and the expression of multiple sexually selected male characters(2009)
Authors: Wendt Müller, Marcel Eens
Pages: 175 - 181 - Variation, levels and profiles of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in great tit (**Parus major**) eggs from different types of sampling locations in Flanders (Belgium)(2008)
Authors: Evi Van Den Steen, Veerle Jaspers, Adrian Covaci, Tom Dauwe, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Pages: 155 - 161 - Correlated variation of colour between melanin and carotenoid pigmented plumage areas in great tits(2008)
Authors: Gergely Hegyi, Beáta Szigeti, Miklós Laczi, Marcel Eens, János Török
Pages: 559 - 574 - Yolk testosterone, postnatal growth and song in male canaries(2008)
Authors: Wendt Müller, Jonas Vergauwen, Marcel Eens
Pages: 125 - 133 - Phenotypic plasticity in a conspicuous female plumage trait: information content and mating patterns(2008)
Authors: Gergely Hegyi, Balázs Rosivall, Eszter Szöllösi, Rita Hargitai, Marcel Eens, János Török
Pages: 977 - 989 - Persistent organic pollutants in feathers of avian top predators from northern ecosystems(2008)
Authors: Veerle Jaspers, Adrian Covaci, Trond V. Johnsen, Marcel Eens, Jan Ove Bustnes
Pages: 002364 - 002367
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)