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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- The ecological significance of developmental stress: how early life experiences shape a resistant phenotype.From1 Oct 2016 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO fellowships
- Condition-dependent song expression and mate choice behaviour in canaries (Serinus canaria).From1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: FWO fellowships
- Optimal parental investment – a battle between the sexes.From1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: FWO fellowships
- Toxicity of Perfluoralkyl Substances (PFAAs) to terrestrial invertebrates and songbirds. Effects at different levels of biological organization including behaviour and reproduction.From1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Effects of light pollution on behavioural, life-history and physiological traits in a songbird: an integrative approach.From1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- ENVIROSTRESS - Environmental Stress in a Rapidly Changing World.From1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: BOF - Other initiatives, Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Stress and herpes infections in the frigatebird (Fregata magnificens): an experimental evolutionary physiological approach.From1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2016Funding: FWO fellowships
- Short and long term effects of light pollution on the great tit (Parus major) and the effectiveness of mitigating strategies.From1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2016Funding: FWO fellowships
- Foraging behaviour and ecology of Antarctic fulmarine petrels in relation to wind and habitat characteristics.From1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: FWO fellowships
- Conflict and co-adaptation: the evolution of parental care in a wild bird species.From1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2015Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula(2024)
Authors: Evangelia Mavrikaki, Giulia Realdon, Tuomas Aivelo, Ani Bajrami, Cicek Dilek Bakanay, Anna Beniermann, Jelena Blagojevic, Egle Butkeviciene, Bento Cavadas, Costantina Cossu, et al.
Pages: 1 - 27 - Assessing the trophic ecology and migration on the exposure of cape petrels and Wilson's storm petrels from Antarctica to perfluoroalkylated substances, trace and major elements(2024)
Authors: J.A.G. Padilha, S. Santos, Tim Willems, J. Souza-Kasprzyk, A. Leite, L.S.T. Cunha, E.S. Costa, A.R. Pessôa, Marcel Eens, Els Prinsen, et al.
Pages: 1 - 12 - Spatiotemporal trends of anthropogenic and naturally occurring polybrominated diphenyl ethers in long-term white-tailed eagle feather collections(2024)
Authors: Jiachen Sun, Adrian Covaci, Jan Ove Bustnes, Veerle Jaspers, Bjorn Helander, Bard-Jorgen Bardsen, David Boertmann, Rune Dietz, Aili Lage Labansen, Ralf Schulz, et al.
Pages: 158 - 165 - Female chronotype and aggression covary on different hierarchical levels in a songbird(2024)
Authors: Marjolein Meijdam, Marcel Eens, Bert Thys, Wendt Müller
Pages: 75 - 83 - Dynamic spatiotemporal changes of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil and eggs of private gardens at different distances from a fluorochemical plant(2024)
Authors: Robin Lasters, Thimo Groffen, Marcel Eens, Lieven Bervoets
Pages: 1 - 12 - Associations between PFAS concentrations and the oxidative status in a free-living songbird (Parus major) near a fluorochemical facility(2023)
Authors: Jodie Buytaert, Marcel Eens, Hamada Abd Elgawad, Lieven Bervoets, Gerrit Beemster, Thimo Groffen
Pages: 1 - 11 - Temporal trends in PFAS concentrations in livers of a terrestrial raptor (common buzzard; Buteo buteo) collected in Belgium during the period 2000–2005 and in 2021(2023)
Authors: Thimo Groffen, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 7 - Anthropogenic noise and light pollution additively affect sleep behaviour in free-living birds in sex- and season-dependent fashions(2023)
Authors: Andrea Grunst, Melissa Grunst, Thomas Raap, Annie Pinxten, Marcel Eens
Pages: 1 - 9 - Jongerenstudie HBM - omgeving 3M(2023)
Authors: Ilse Loots, Dries Coertjens, Ann Colles, Veerle Verheyen, Sylvie Remy, Bianca Cox, Gudrun Koppen, Natasha Wauters, Janne Pauwels, Eva Govarts, et al.
Number of pages: 219 - Assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in commercially available drinking straws using targeted and suspect screening approaches(2023)
Authors: Pauline Boisacq, Maarten De Keuster, Els Prinsen, Yunsun Jeong, Lieven Bervoets, Marcel Eens, Adrian Covaci, Tim Willems, Thimo Groffen
Pages: 1230 - 1241