- Analysis of dispersal patterns for use in population modelling : exploration and valorisation of large datasets, more
- Analysis of life-history syndromes responsible for the vulnerability of arthropods from dynamic coastal dunes, more
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- Bird tracking - GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast, more
- Bird tracking - GPS tracking of Western Marsh Harriers breeding near the Belgium-Netherlands border, more
- Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995, more
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A1 Publications (21) [show] |
Santos, C.S.A.; Loureiro, S.; Sotillo, A.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L.; Monteiro, M.S. (2019). Assay optimisation and age-related baseline variation in biochemical markers in Lesser Black-backed gulls. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 172: 246-254. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.01.084, more
Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Lens, L. (2019). Recently-adopted foraging strategies constrain early chick development in a coastal breeding gull. PeerJ 7: e7250. https://hdl.handle.net/10.7717/peerj.7250, more
van den Bosch, M.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E. (2019). Specialization reduces foraging effort and improves breeding performance in a generalist bird. Behav. Ecol. 30(3): 792-800. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/beheco/arz016, more
Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Heylen, B.C.; Kavelaars, M.M.; Buijs, R.-J.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). High-resolution GPS tracking reveals sex differences in migratory behaviour and stopover habitat use in the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 5391. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/s41598-018-23605-x, more
Kavelaars, M.M.; Stienen, E.; Matheve, H.; Buijs, R.-J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 165(5): 87. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00227-018-3347-6, more
Santos, C.S.A.; Blondel, L.; Sotillo, A.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Boeckx, P.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Monteiro, M.S.; Loureiro, S.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2017). Offspring Hg exposure relates to parental feeding strategies in a generalist bird with strong individual foraging specialization. Sci. Total Environ. 601-602: 1315-1323. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.286, more
Bosman, D.S.; Stienen, E.; Lens, L. (2016). Sex, growth rate, rank order after brood reduction, and hatching date affect first-year survival of long-lived Herring Gulls. J. Field Ornithol. 87(4): 391-403. hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jofo.12177, more
Gupta, T.; Santos, C.S.A.; Sotillo, A.; De Neve, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L. (2016). Nutritional stress causes heterogeneous relationships with multi-trait FA in Lesser black-backed gull chicks: an aviary experiment. Symmetry 8(11): a133 [1-12]. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/sym8110133, more
Stienen, E.W.M.; Desmet, P.; Aelterman, B.; Courtens, W.; Feys, S.; Vanermen, N.; Verstraete, H.; Van de walle, M.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F.; Houthoofdt, R.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bouten, W.; Buijs, R.-J.; Kavelaars, M.; Müller, W.; Herman, D.; Matheve, H.; Sotillo, A.; Lens, L. (2016). GPS tracking data of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast. ZooKeys 555(555): 115-124. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3897/zookeys.555.6173, more
De Baere, S.; Larsen, T.R.; Devreese, M.; De Backer, P.; De Neve, L.; Fairhurst, G.; Lens, L.; Croubels, S. (2015). Use of LC-MS-MS as an alternative to currently available immunoassay methods to quantitate corticosterone in egg yolk and albumen. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 407(15): 4351-4362. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-014-8269-7, more
Larsen, T.R.; Fairhurst, G.D.; De Baere, S.; Croubels, S.; Müller, W.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2015). Novel insights into relationships between egg corticosterone and timing of breeding revealed by LC-MS/MS. J. Avian Biol. 46(6): 643-647. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.00735, more
Bosman, D.S.; Vercruijsse, H.J.P.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vincx, M.; Lens, L. (2013). Age of first breeding interacts with pre- and post-recruitment experience in shaping breeding phenology in a long-lived gull. PLoS One 8(12): e82093. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0082093, more
Bosman, D.S.; Vercruijsse, H.J.P.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vincx, M.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2012). Effects of body size on sex-related migration vary between two closely related gull species with similar size dimorphism. Ibis 154(1): 52-60. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01182.x, more
Van Dongen, S.; Lens, L.; Pape, E.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2009). Evolutionary history shapes the association between developmental instability and population-level genetic variation in three-spined sticklebacks. J. Evolution. Biol. 22(8): 1695-1707. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01780.x, more
Somers, N.; D'Haese, B.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2008). Food quality affects diet preference of rabbits: experimental device. Belg. J. Zool. 138(2): 170-176, more
Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2006). Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders. J. Appl. Ecol. 2006(43): 735-747. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01175.x, more
Cosyns, E.; Delporte, A.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2005). Germination success of temperate grassland species after passage through ungulate and rabbit guts. J. Ecol. 93(2): 353-361. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00982.x, more
Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Effects of aerial dispersal, habitat specialisation, and landscape structure on spider distribution across fragmented grey dunes. Ecography 27(3): 343-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03844.x, more
Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Lack of homeward orientation and increased mobility result in high emigration rates from low-quality fragments in a dune wolf spider. J. Anim. Ecol. 73(4): 643-650. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00838.x, more
Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Hoffmann, M.; Kuijken, E. (2003). Patch quality and connectivity influence spatial dynamics in a dune wolfspider. Oecologia 135(2): 227-233. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-003-1195-6, more
Bonte, D.; Vandenbroecke, N.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2003). Low propensity for aerial dispersal in specialist spiders from fragmented landscapes. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 270(1524): 1601-1607. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2432, more
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Peer reviewed publications (3) [show] |
Bulteel, L.; Reyserhove, L.; Macke, E.; Lens, L.; Teyssier, A.; White, J.; Rouffaer, L.O.; Baardsen, L.F.; Bonte, D.; Raeymakers, J.; Hablützel, P.; Heylen, D.; Stoks, R.; Ruyts, S.; Martel, A.; Verheyen, K.; Volckaert, F.; Hendrickx, F.; Matthysen, E.; Decaestecker, E. (2018). Parasitisme en symbiose: wat verandert er in de stad? Natuur.Focus 17(2): 75-81, more
Cooleman, S.; Anselin, A.; Beck, O.; Kuijken, E.; Lens, L. (2005). Verplaatsingen en mortaliteit van Canadese ganzen Branta canadensis in Vlaanderen, in: Devos, K. et al. (Ed.) Ganzen. Natuur.Oriolus, 71(Bijlage): pp. 152-160, more
Cooleman, S.; Anselin, A.; Beck, O.; Kuijken, E.; Lens, L. (2005). Verplaatsingen en mortaliteit van Canadese ganzen Branta canadensis in Vlaanderen. Natuur.Oriolus 71(Bijlage): 152-160, more
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Book chapters (8) [show] |
- Somers, N.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2009). The diet of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.): selection of plant species in an acid dune grassland, in: Somers, N. Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. pp. 135-152, more
- Somers, N.; D'Haese, B.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2009). Food quality affects diet preference of rabbits: experimental device, in: Somers, N. Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. pp. 99-114, more
- Somers, N.; Bossuyt, B.; Hoffmann, M.; Lens, L. (2005). Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) in coastal dune grasslands, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 661-663, more
- Bonte, D.; Vandenbroecke, N.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Low propensity for aerial dispersal in specialist spiders from fragmented landscapes, in: Bonte, D. Verspreiding van spinnen in grijze kustduinen: ruimtelijke patronen en evolutionair-ecologisch belang van dispersie = Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes: spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal. pp. 96-108, more
- Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Hoffmann, M.; Kuijken, E. (2004). Patch quality and connectivity influence spatial dynamics in a dune wolfspider, in: Bonte, D. Verspreiding van spinnen in grijze kustduinen: ruimtelijke patronen en evolutionair-ecologisch belang van dispersie = Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes: spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal. pp. 137-153, more
- Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Effects of aerial dispersal, habitat specialisation, and landscape structure on spider distribution across fragmented grey dunes, in: Bonte, D. Verspreiding van spinnen in grijze kustduinen: ruimtelijke patronen en evolutionair-ecologisch belang van dispersie = Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes: spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal. pp. 109-136, more
- Bonte, D.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Lack of homeward orientation and increased mobility result in high emigration rates from low-quality fragments in a dune wolf spider, in: Bonte, D. Verspreiding van spinnen in grijze kustduinen: ruimtelijke patronen en evolutionair-ecologisch belang van dispersie = Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes: spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal. pp. 175-191, more
- Bonte, D.; Vanden Borre, J.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2004). Evolution of ballooning behaviour in a wolf spider inhabiting different dune landscapes, in: Bonte, D. Verspreiding van spinnen in grijze kustduinen: ruimtelijke patronen en evolutionair-ecologisch belang van dispersie = Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes: spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal. pp. 154-174, more
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Abstracts (13) [show] |
- Baert, J.; Stienen, E.; Heylen, B.; Kavelaars, M.; Buijs, R.-J.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). Migratory routes and stopover sites of the Lesser Black-backed Gull: where to go if your options are endless?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 73, more
- Heylen, B.C.; Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L. (2018). Where to go during winter? Habitat use does not shape variation in migratory strategies in lesser black-backed gulls, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 80, more
- Salas, R.; Deneudt, K.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Baert, J.; Kavelaars, M.M.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Müller, W. (2018). Time investment and territorial behaviour of lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) during the pre-laying period, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 88, more
- Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.; Soares, A.; Lens, L. (2018). Fish or garbage: do diet and foraging choices of an avian scavenger impact on its breeding performance?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 57, more
- Sotillo, A.; Stienen, E.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2017). The “Landgull”: how important is terrestrial food for Lesser Black-backed gulls Larus fuscus in Belgium, and are there consequences to this diet?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 79, more
- Stienen, E.; Desmet, P.; Hernandez, F.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2017). GPS tracking network of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 81, more
- Sotillo, A.; Santos, C.; Lens, L. (2016). Raising healthy chicks: diet effects on chick development of Lesser Black-backed gulls, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 102, more
- Sotillo, A.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, M.; Loureiro, S.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2015). The costs of being cosmopolitan: a long term study on the human-dependent population of Lesser Black-backed gulls in Belgium, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 119, more
- Stienen, E.W.M.; Desmet, P.; Lens, L.; Matheve, H.; Hernandez, F.; Bouten, W. (2015). The secret life of gulls revealed with high-tech GPS tags, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 123, more
- Santos, C.; Monteiro, M.; Loureiro, S.; Bosman, D.; Larsen, T.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2014). Parental feeding behaviour, mercury accumulation and offspring fitness: a preliminary study in the Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 91, more
- Sotillo, A.; Stienen, E.; Vincx, M.; Lens, L. (2014). Combining GPS tracking and stable isotope analysis to predict changes in gull dynamics, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 97, more
- Stienen, E.W.; Desmet, P.; Lens, L.; Matheve, H.; Hernandez, F.; Bouten, W. (2014). GPS tags reveal movements of herring and lesser black-backed gulls along the Belgian coast, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 100, more
- Bonte, D.; Vandenbroecke, N.; Lens, L.; Maelfait, J.-P. (2003). Low ballooning propensity in habitat specialist spiders (Araneae) from grey dunes: rare species will become rarer in a fragmented landscape, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 25, more
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- Nasirwa, O.; Oyugi, J.; Jackson, C.; Lens, L.; Bennun, L.; Seys, J. (1995). Surveys of waterbirds in Kenya, 1995: Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports: Ornithology, 20. National Museums of Kenya: Nairobi. 22 pp., more
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Other publications (4) [show] |
- Vanderhoeven, S.; Adriaens, T.; Desmet, P.; Strubbe, D.; Backeljau, T.; Barbier, Y.; Brosens, D.; Cigar, J.; Coupremanne, M.; De Troch, R.; Eggermont, H.; Heughebaert, A.; Hostens, K.; Huybrechts, P.; Jacquemart, A.-L.; Lens, L.; Monty, A.; Paquet, J.-Y.; Prévot, C.; Robertson, T.; Termonia, P.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Van Hoey, G.; Van Schaeybroeck, B.; Vercayie, D.; Verleye, T.J.; Welby, S.; Groom, Q.J. (2017). Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): building a data-driven framework to inform policy. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e13414. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3897/rio.3.e13414, more
- Somers, N.; De Maeyer, K.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2009). The effect of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large herbivores ondry dune grassland structure and composition, in: Somers, N. Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. pp. 21-70, more
- Somers, N.; De Maeyer, K.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2009). Does vegetation height predict spatial foraging activity of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.)?, in: Somers, N. Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. pp. 71-98, more
- Somers, N.; Bossuyt, B.; Lens, L.; Hoffmann, M. (2009). The determination of the diet of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) using microhistological faecal analysis: an experimental evaluation, in: Somers, N. Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. pp. 115-134, more
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Thesis supervised as (co-)promotor (9) [show] |
- Van De Walle, R. (2018). Efficiëntie van verschillende foerageerstrategieën van de kleine mantelmeeuw ("Larus fuscus") in terrestrische gebieden. MSc Thesis. Ghent University. Faculty of Sciences: Ghent. 35 pp., more
- van den Bosch, M. (2018). Causes and consequences of foraging specialisation in a central place forager. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 27 pp., more
- Meyers, N. (2017). Resolving relationships between parental feeding strategies and early development in chicks of the Lesser Black-backed Gull. Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 48 + ill. pp., more
- Bosman, D. (2016). Life-history variation within and between two closely related gull species. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Gent. 103 pp., more
- Durnez, S. (2016). Disentangling effects of dietary quality and quantity during early chick development on begging and exploratory behaviour. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 44 pp., more
- Diericx, J. (2014). Relationships among habitat use, diet and breeding stages in the lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus): a study with GPS-loggers. MSc Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 46 + ill. pp., more
- Somers, N. (2009). Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages? A case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers. PhD Thesis. UGent/INBO: Gent. 175 pp., more
- Cosyns, E. (2004). Ungulate seed dispersal : aspects of endozoöchory in a semi-natural landscape = Zaadverbreiding door hoefdieren: aspecten van endozoöchorie in een halfnatuurlijk landschap. PhD Thesis. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel. ISBN 90-403-0211-1. 178 pp., more
- Lamoot, I. (2004). Foraging behaviour and habitat use of large herbivores in coastal dune landscape = Foerageergedrag en habitatgebruik van grote herbivoren in een kustduinlandschap. PhD Thesis. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. ISBN 90-403-2047-2. 246 pp., more
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