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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- Drivers of dyadic cofeeding tolerance in pan(2022)
Authors: Nicky Staes, Kim Vermeulen, Edwin van Leeuwen, Jonas Verspeek, Jonas Torfs, Marcel Eens, Jeroen Stevens
Pages: 1 - 21 - Possible interaction between exposure to environmental contaminants and nutritional stress in promoting disease occurrence in seabirds from French Guiana(2022)
Authors: David Costantini, Marcel Eens, Kevin Pineau, Paco Bustamante, Olivier Chastel
Pages: 1 - 11 - Home-produced eggs(2022)
Authors: Robin Lasters, Thimo Groffen, Marcel Eens, Dries Coertjens, Wouter A. Gebbink, Jelle Hofman, Lieven Bervoets
Pages: 1 - 11 - The role of natural science collections in the biomonitoring of environmental contaminants in apex predators in support of the EU’s zero pollution ambition(2022)
Authors: Paola Movalli, Jan Koschorreck, Gabriele Treu, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Andreas Androulakakis, Alexander Badry, Emanuel Baltag, Fausto Barbagli, Kevin Bauer, et al.
Pages: 1 - 7 - The serotonin transporter gene and female personality variation in a free-living passerine(2021)
Authors: 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
- Group-level variation in co-feeding tolerance between two sanctuary-housed communities of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)(2021)
Authors: Edwin van Leeuwen, Sanne Van Donink, Marcel Eens, Jeroen Stevens
Pages: 517 - 526 - 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
Pages: 1 - 12 - Perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) accumulate in field-exposed snails (Cepaea sp.) and affect their oxidative status(2021)
Authors: Jet Rijnders, Lieven Bervoets, Els Prinsen, Marcel Eens, Gerrit Beemster, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Thimo Groffen
- ProxLogs(2021)
Authors: Lucinda Kirkpatrick, Ivan Herrera Olivares, Apia Massawe, Christopher Sabuni, Herwig Leirs, Rafael Berkvens, Marcel Eens, Maarten Weyn
Pages: 165 - 175
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)