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Piersma, Theunis
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Carneiro, C. ; Gunnarsson, T. G.; Kaasiku, T.; Piersma, T.; Alves, J.A. (2024). Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non‐stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults. Ibis 166(2): 715-722. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13282, more Dorofeev, D.; Ivanov, A.V.; Khudyakova, E.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Piersma, T.; Meissner, W. (2024). Biometric variability and sexual size dimorphism in the Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris. The European Zoological Journal 91(1): 64-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2293120, more Eren, S.; Beaulieu, A.; Piersma, T.; Crockford, N. (2024). Flyways Beyond Migratory Pathways: The Case of Waterbird Conservation. Conservation & Society 22(2): 74-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_109_22, more Ersoy, S.; Beardsworth, C.E; Duran, E.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Piersma, T.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Bijleveld, A. (2024). Pathway for personality development: juvenile red knots vary more in diet and exploratory behaviour than adults. Anim. Behav. 208: 31-40. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.11.018, more Lemrabott, S.Y.C.; van Leeuwen, A.; Piersma, T.; Braham, C.-B.; Ball, A.C.; Araujo, A.; Olff, H.; El-Hacen, E.-H.M. (2024). The chronology of overfishing in a remote West-African coastal ecosystem. Ecol. Soc. 29(1): 9. https://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-13902-290109, more Lok, T.; van der Geest, M.; de Goeij, P.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Piersma, T. (2024). Sex-specific nest attendance rhythm and foraging habitat use in a colony-breeding waterbird. Behav. Ecol. 35(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae020, more Peng, H.-B.; Chan, Y.-C; Huang, Y.; Choi, C.-Y.; Zhang, S.-D; Ren, S.; Hassell, C.J.; Zhu, Z.; Melville, D.S.; Ma, Z.; Lei, G.; Piersma, T. (2024). Intraseasonal movements between staging sites by migrating great knots: Longer distances to alternatives decrease the probability of such moves. Biol. Conserv. 292: 110547. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110547, more Chan, Y.-C; Chan, D.T.C.; Tibbitts, T.L; Hassell, C.J.; Piersma, T. (2023). Site fidelity of migratory shorebirds facing habitat deterioration: insights from satellite tracking and mark-resighting. Movement Ecology 11(1): 79. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00443-9, more Diallo, A.Y.; Piersma, T.; Van Eerden, A.O.K.; Ndiaye, S.; Ndiaye, P. (2023). Seasonal occurrence and daytime behaviour of Eurasian spoonbills Platalea leucorodia leucorodia in Senegal's Atlantic coastal areas. Waterbirds 45(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1675/063.045.0210, more Diallo, A.Y.; Piersma, T.; Van Eerden, A.O.K.; Ndiaye, S.; Ndiaye, P.I. (2023). Seasonal occurrence and daytime behaviour of Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia leucorodia in Senegal's Atlantic coastal areas. Waterbirds 45(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1675/063.045.0210, more El-Hacen, E. M.; Lemrabott, S.Y.C.; Meijer, K.J.; Piersma, T.; Govers, L.L.; van Gils, J.A.; Olff, H. (2023). Growth and population structure of bloody cockles Senilia senilis at Banc d’Arguin and Bijagós with different environmental conditions and harvesting regimes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 710: 71-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14291, more El-Hacen, E.M.; Lemrabott, S.Y.C.; Meijer, K.J.; Piersma, T.; Govers, L.L.; van Gils, J.A.; Olff, H. (2023). Growth and population structure of bloody cockles Senilia senilis at Banc d’Arguin and Bijagós with different environmental conditions and harvesting regimes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 710: 71-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14291, more Folmer, E.O.; Bijleveld, A.; Holthuijsen, S.; van der Meer, J.; Piersma, T.; van der Veer, H. (2023). Space–time analyses of sediment composition reveals synchronized dynamics at all intertidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 285: 108308. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108308, more Lemrabott, S.Y.C.; El-Hacen, E.-H. M.; Piersma, T.; Sall, A.A.; Sidina, E.; Mahmoud, L.Y.A.; Olff, H.; van Leeuwen, A. (2023). Twenty years of monitoring reveal overfishing of bony fish stocks in the coastal national park Banc d’Arguin, in Mauritania. Aquat. Conserv. 33(8): 833-844. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3948, more Lok, T.; van der Geest, M.; Bom, R.A.; de Goeij, P.; Piersma, T.; Bouten, W. (2023). Prey ingestion rates revealed by back-mounted accelerometers in Eurasian spoonbills. Animal Biotelemetry 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00315-w, more Loonstra, A.H.J.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Both, C.; Piersma, T. (2023). Translocation of shorebird siblings shows intraspecific variation in migration routines to arise after fledging. Curr. Biol. 33(12): 2535-2540.e3. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.014, more Ma, Z.; Choi, C.-Y.; Gan, X.; Li, J.; Liu, Y.; Melville, D.S.; Mu, T.; Piersma, T.; Zhang, Z. (2023). Achievements, challenges, and recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal wetlands. Avian Research 14: 100123. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100123, more Movalli, P.; Biesmeijer, K.; Gkotsis, G.; Alygizakis, N.; Nika, M.C.; Vasilatos, K.; Kostakis, M.; Thomaidis, N.S.; Oswald, P.; Oswaldova, M.; Slobodnik, J.; Glowacka, N.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W. ; Howison, R.A.; Dekker, R.W.R.J.; van den Brink, N.; Piersma, T. (2023). High resolution mass spectrometric suspect screening, wide-scope target analysis of emerging contaminants and determination of legacy pollutants in adult black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa limosa in the Netherlands – A pilot study. Chemosphere 321: 138145. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138145, more Navedo, J.G.; Piersma, T. (2023). Do 50‐year‐old Ramsar criteria still do the best possible job? A plea for broadened scientific underpinning of the global protection of wetlands and migratory waterbirds. Conserv. Lett. 16(2): e12941. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12941, more Peng, H.-B.; Choi, C.-Y.; Ma, Z.; Bijleveld, A.I.; Melville, D.S.; Piersma, T. (2023). Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home range overlap when food availability is low. Movement Ecology 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00427-9, more Peng, H.-B.; Ma, Z.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; van Gils, J.A.; Battley, P.F.; Rogers, D.I.; Choi, C.-Y.; Wu, W.; Feng, X.; Ma, Q.; Hua, N.; Minton, C.; Hassell, C.J.; Piersma, T. (2023). Arriving late and lean at a stopover site is selected against in a declining migratory bird population. J. Anim. Ecol. 92(10): 2109-2118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14001, more Piersma, T.; Koolhaas, A.; van Gils, J.A.; Dekinga, A. (2023). Cause for caution: Response to Forum Contribution by van der Meer and Folmer. J. Appl. Ecol. 60(11): 2494-2496. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14500, more Piersma, T.; El-Hacen, E.-H.M. (2023). To See, Hear and Speak: How Counts of Birds in Individual Trees Help Address the Environmental Causes of the Sahel. Ardea 111(1): 3-6. https://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a31, more Silva-Monteiro, M.; Pehlak, H.; Timonen, S.; Pessa, J.; Pasanen, E.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Loonstra, A.H.J.; Piersma, T.; Robin, F.; Korniluk, M.; Onwezen, M.; Bongers, M.; Hamelink, J.; Lembreght, F.; DunnGalvin, A.; Kleijn, D. (2023). Cross-continental differences in Black-tailed Godwit breeding densities are best explained by arthropod abundance in the chick-hatching period. J. Ornithol. 164: 287-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-02041-9, more van der Winden, J.; van Horssen, P.W.; Deuzeman, S.; Piersma, T. (2023). Remnant Rhine delta population of Great Reed Warblers maintains high diversity in migration timing, stopping sites, and winter destinations. Bird. Cons. Intern. 33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270923000321, more Zhu, B.-R.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Hassell, C.J.; Leung, K. K-S.; Dorofeev, D.; Ma, Q.; Eiamampai, K.; Coleman, J.T.; Tserenbat, U.; Purev-Ochir, G.; Li, D.; Zhang, Z.; Piersma, T. (2023). Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information. Avian Research 14: 100069. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100069, more Bom, R.A.; Conklin, J.R.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Alves, J.A.; de Fouw, J.; Dekinga, A.; Hassell, C.J.; Klaassen, R.H.G.; Kwarteng, A.Y.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Rocha, A.; ten Horn, J.; Tibbitts, T.L.; Tomkovich, P.S.; Victor, R.; Piersma, T. (2022). Central‐West Siberian‐breeding Bar‐tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) segregate in two morphologically distinct flyway populations. Ibis 164(2): 468-485. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13024, more Chan, Y.-C; Tibbitts, T.L.; Dorofeev, D.; Hassell, C.J.; Piersma, T. (2022). Hidden in plain sight: migration routes of the elusive Anadyr bar‐tailed godwit revealed by satellite tracking. J. Avian Biol. 2022(8): e02988. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.02988, more Coelho, A.P.; Henriques, M.; Rocha, A.D.; Paulino, J.; Kleine Schaars, L.; Ramos, C.; de Barros, A.R.; Catry, T.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Piersma, T.; Alves, J.A. (2022). Spatial and seasonal variation in macrozoobenthic density, biomass and community composition in a major tropical intertidal area, the Bijagós Archipelago, West-Africa. PLoS One 17(11): e0277861. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277861, more Conklin, J.R.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Battley, P.F.; Hassell, C.J.; ten Horn, J.; Johnson, J.A.; Tomkovich, P.S.; Baker, A.J.; Piersma, T.; Fontaine, M.C. (2022). Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium. Mol. Ecol. 31(7): 2124-2139. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16379, more Craft, T.; Beaulieu, A.; Piersma, T.; Howison, R.A. (2022). Mapping agricultural biodiversity: Legacy data and tensions between ways of seeing fields. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 982925. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.982925, more Das, D.K.; Khandakar, N.; Sultana, I.; Shamsuddoha, M.; Galib, A.J.; Akhtar, F.; Piersma, T. (2022). Population size, behavior and threats to Indian Skimmers (Rhynchops albicollis) at their largest known wintering site. Waterbirds 44(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1675/063.044.0314, more El-Hacen, E.-H.M.; Mens, T.; Bouma, T.J.; Piersma, T.; Leroy, S.A.G.; Olff, H.; Sangiorgi, F. (2022). Fossilized diatoms as indirect indicators of the origin of carbon stored in intertidal flats. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 1006847. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1006847, more Ersoy, S.; Beardsworth, C.E.; Dekinga, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Piersma, T.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Bijleveld, A.I. (2022). Exploration speed in captivity predicts foraging tactics and diet in free‐living red knots. J. Anim. Ecol. 91(2): 356-366. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13632, more Henriques, M.; Catry, T.; João Belo, R.; Piersma, T.; Ledo Pontes, S.; Granadeiro, J.P. (2022). Combining multispectral and radar imagery with machine learning techniques to map intertidal habitats for migratory shorebirds. Remote Sens. 14(4): 3260. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143260, more Lameris, T.K.; Tomkovich, P.S.; Johnson, J.A.; Morisson, R.I.G.; Tulp, I.; Lisovski, S.; DeCicco, L.; Dementyev, M.; Gill, R.E.; ten Horn, J.; Piersma, T.; Pohlen, Z.; Schekkerman, H.; Soloviev, M.; Syroechkovsky, E.E.; Zhemchuzhnikov, M.K.; van Gils, J.A. (2022). Mismatch‐induced growth reductions in a clade of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds are rarely mitigated by increasing temperatures. Glob. Chang. Biol. 28(3): 829-847. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16025, more Lu, X.; Yang, H.; Piersma, T.; Sun, L.; Chen, Q.; Jiaj, Y.; Lei, G.; Cheng, L.; Rao, X. (2022). Food resources for Spoon-billed Sandpipers (Calidris pygmaea) in the mudflats of Leizhou Bay, southern China. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 1005327. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1005327, more Mu, T.; Cai, S.; Peng, H.; Hassell, C.J.; Boyle, A.; Zhang, Z.; Piersma, T.; Wilcove, D.S. (2022). Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus. J. Appl. Ecol. 59(8): 2084-2093. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14220, more Mu, T.; Choi, C.-Y.; Liu, Y.; Piersma, T.; Wilcove, D.S. (2022). Gaps in coastal wetlands World Heritage list. Science (Wash.) 376(6597): 1060-1061. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5816, more Navedo, J.G.; Piersma, T.; Figuerola, J.; Vansteelant, W. (2022). Spain’s Doñana world heritage site in danger. Science (Wash.) 376(6589): 144-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo7363, more Peng, H.-B.; Shi, J.; Gan, X.; Zhang, J.; Ma, C.; Piersma, T.; Melville, D.S. (2022). Efficient removal of Spartina alterniflora with low negative environmental impacts using imazapyr. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 1054402. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1054402, more Piersma, T. (2022). Ornithology from the Flatlands; socially migrating cuckoos? on genes being just one of many resources shaping the individual development of migration. Ardea 110(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.v110.2022.a21, more Piersma, T. (2022). Ornithology from the flatlands. Socially migrating cuckoos? on genes being just one of many resources shaping the individual development of migration. Ardea 110(2): 107-110. https://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.v110.2022.a21, more Piersma, T.; Gill, R.E.; Ruthrauff, D.R.; Guglielmo, C.G.; Conklin, J.R.; Handel, C.M. (2022). The Pacific as the world’s greatest theater of bird migration: Extreme flights spark questions about physiological capabilities, behavior, and the evolution of migratory pathways. The Auk 139(2): ukab086. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab086, more Rakhimberdiev, E.; Karagicheva, J.; Saveliev, A.; Loonstra, A.H.J.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W. ; Schaub, M.; Piersma, T. (2022). Misidentification errors in reencounters result in biased estimates of survival probability from CJS models: Evidence and a solution using the robust design. Methods Ecol. Evol. 13(5): 1106-1118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13825, more van Hasselt, S.J.; Verhulst, S.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N.C.; Meerlo, P. (2022). A comparison of continuous and intermittent EEG recordings in geese: How much data are needed to reliably estimate sleep–wake patterns? Journal of Sleep Research 31(3): e13525. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13525, more van Hasselt, S.J.; Piersma, T.; Meerlo, P. (2022). Seasonal variation in rest–activity patterns in barnacle geese: are measurements of activity a good indicator of sleep–wake patterns? J. Exp. Biol. 225(20). https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244177, more Verhoeven, M.A.; Loonstra, A.H.J.; McBride, A.D.; Kaspersma, W.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W. ; Both, C.; Senner, N.R.; Piersma, T. (2022). Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird. J. Anim. Ecol. 91(3): 566-579. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13641, more Verkuil, Y.I.; Tavares, E.; González, P.M.; Choffe, K.; Haddrath, O.; Peck, M.; Niles, L.J.; Baker, A.J.; Piersma, T.; Conklin, J.R. (2022). Genetic structure in the nonbreeding range of rufa Red Knots suggests distinct Arctic breeding populations. Ornithological Applications 124(1): duab053. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab053, more Vervoort, R.; Schmaltz, L.E.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W. ; Verkuil, Y.I.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T. (2022). Within- and between-Year Variation in the Presence of Individually Marked Ruff Calidris pugnax at a Stopover Site during Northward Migration. Ardea 110(1): 41-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.v110i1.a1, more Zhu, B.-R.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Velasco, N.; Sanchez-Aguilar, L.; Zhang, Z.; Piersma, T. (2022). Current breeding distributions and predicted range shifts under climate change in two subspecies of Black‐tailed Godwits in Asia. Glob. Chang. Biol. 28(18): 5416-5426. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16308, more Henriques, M.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Piersma, T.; Leão, S.; Ledo Pontes, S.; Catry, T. (2021). Assessing the contribution of mangrove carbon and of other basal sources to intertidal flats adjacent to one of the largest West African mangrove forests. Mar. Environ. Res. 169: 105331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105331, more Lagarde, F.; Piersma, T. (2021). Vocal signalling by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in flocks before migratory departure. Ardea 109(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.v109i3.a8, more Lei, W.; Wu, Y.; Wu, F.; Piersma, T.; Zhang, Z.; Masero, J.A. (2021). Artificial wetlands as breeding habitats for shorebirds: A case study on pied avocets in China’s largest saltpan complex. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9: 622756. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.622756, more Lei, W.; Masero, J.A.; Dingle, C.; Liu, Y.; Chai, Z.; Zhu, B.; Peng, H.; Zhang, Z.; Piersma, T. (2021). The value of coastal saltpans for migratory shorebirds: conservation insights from a stable isotope approach based on feeding guild and body size. Anim. Conserv. 24(6): 1071-1083. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12717, more Meijer, K.J.; El-Hacen, E.-H.M.; Govers, L.L.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Piersma, T.; Olff, H. (2021). Mangrove-mudflat connectivity shapes benthic communities in a tropical intertidal system. Ecol. Indic. 130: 108030. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108030, more Peng, H.-B.; Chan, Y.-C; Compton, T.J.; Cheng, X.-F.; Melville, D.S.; Zhang, S.-D; Zhang, Z.; Lei, G.; Ma, Z.; Piersma, T. (2021). Mollusc aquaculture homogenizes intertidal soft‐sediment communities along the 18,400 km long coastline of China. Diversity Distrib. 27(8): 1553-1567. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13302, more Penning, E.; Govers, L.L.; Dekker, R.; Piersma, T. (2021). Advancing presence and changes in body size of brown shrimp Crangon crangon on intertidal flats in the western Dutch Wadden Sea, 1984–2018. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 168(11): 160. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03967-z, more Piersma, T.; Kok, E.M.A.; Hassell, C.J.; Peng, H.-B.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Lei, G.; Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.N.; Howey, P.W.; Tibbitts, T.L.; Chan, Y.-C (2021). When a typical jumper skips: itineraries and staging habitats used by Red Knots (Calidris canutus piersmai) migrating between northwest Australia and the New Siberian Islands. Ibis 163(4): 1235-1251. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12964, more Piersma, T.; Gill, R.E.; Ruthrauff, D.R. (2021). Physiomorphic transformation in extreme endurance migrants: revisiting the case of bar-tailed godwits preparing for trans-Pacific flights. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9: 685764. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.685764, more Piersma, T.; Gutiérrez, J.S. (2021). Bird migration: Flying high to avoid overheating? Curr. Biol. 31(15): R955-R957. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.066, more van der Winden, J.; Hogeweg, N.; Baaij, E.; van Horssen, P.W.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Vos, R.; Piersma, T. (2021). The influence of weather on the migration behaviour of Eurasian Bitterns Botaurus stellaris. Bird Study 68(3): 370-380. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2022.2095350, more van Hasselt, S.J.; Mekenkamp, G.-J.; Komdeur, J.; Allocca, G.; Vyssotski, A.L.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N.; Meerlo, P. (2021). Seasonal variation in sleep homeostasis in migratory geese: a rebound of NREM sleep following sleep deprivation in summer but not in winter. Sleep 44(4): zsaa244. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa244, more van Hasselt, S.J.; Hut, R.A.; Allocca, G.; Vyssotski, A.L.; Piersma, T.; Rattenborg, N.; Meerlo, P. (2021). Cloud cover amplifies the sleep-suppressing effect of artificial light at night in geese. Environ. Pollut. 273: 116444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116444, more Verhoeven, M.A.; Loonstra, A.H.J.; McBride, A.D.; Both, C.; Senner, N.R.; Piersma, T. (2021). Migration route, stopping sites, and non-breeding destinations of adult Black-tailed Godwits breeding in southwest Fryslân, The Netherlands. J. 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Sci. 278(1719): 2728-2736. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0026, more Rakhimberdiev, E.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Saveliev, A.A.; Vaisanen, R.A.; Karagicheva, J.; Soloviev, M.Y.; Tomkovich, P.S.; Piersma, T. (2011). A global population redistribution in a migrant shorebird detected with continent-wide qualitative breeding survey data. Diversity Distrib. 17(1): 144-151. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00715.x, more Reneerkens, J.; Grond, K.; Schekkerman, H.; Tulp, I.; Piersma, T. (2011). Do Uniparental Sanderlings Calidris alba Increase Egg Heat Input to Compensate for Low Nest Attentiveness? PLoS One 6(2): e16834. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016834, more Reperant, L.A.; van de Bildt, M.W.G.; van Amerongen, G.; Buehler, D.M.; Osterhaus, A.D.M.E.; Jenni-Eiermann, S.; Piersma, T.; Kuiken, T. (2011). Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Infection in a Long-Distance Migrant Shorebird under Migratory and Non-Migratory States. PLoS One 6(11): e27814. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027814, more Spaans, B.; Van Kooten, L.; Cremer, J.; Leyrer, J.; Piersma, T. (2011). Densities of individually marked migrants away from the marking site to estimate population sizes: a test with three wader populations. Bird Study 58(2): 130-140, more Trimbos, K.B.; Musters, C.J.M.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Kentie, R.; Piersma, T.; De Snoo, G.; Verkuil, Y.I. (2011). No evident spatial genetic structuring in the rapidly declining Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Limosa in The Netherlands. Conserv. Genet. 12(3): 629-636. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0167-8, more van der Geest, M.; van Gils, J.A.; van der Meer, J.; Olff, H.; Piersma, T.; van der Meer, J.; Piersma, T. (2011). Suitability of calcein as an in situ growth marker in burrowing bivalves. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 399(1): 1-7. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.003, more van der Heide, T.; van der Zee, E.; Donadi, S.; Eklöf, J.S.; Eriksson, B.K.; Olff, H.; Piersma, T.; van der Heide, Wopke (2011). A simple and low-cost method to estimate spatial positions of shorebirds: the Telescope-Mounted Angulator. J. Field Ornithol. 82(1): 80-87. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00310.x, more Vézina, F.; Dekinga, A.; Piersma, T.; Vézina, F. (2011). Shorebirds' Seasonal Adjustments in Thermogenic Capacity Are Reflected by Changes in Body Mass: How Preprogrammed and Instantaneous Acclimation Work Together. Integrative and Comparative Biology 51(3): 394-408. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr044, more Yang, H.Y.; Chen, B.; Barter, M.; Piersma, T.; Zhou, C.F.; Li, F.S.; Zhang, Z.W. (2011). Impacts of tidal land reclamation in Bohai Bay, China: ongoing losses of critical Yellow Sea waterbird staging and wintering sites. Bird. Cons. Intern. 21(3): 241-259. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270911000086, more Eriksson, B.K.; van der Heide, T.; van de Koppel, J.; Piersma, T.; van der Veer, H.W.; Olff, H. (2010). Major changes in the ecology of the Wadden Sea: Human impacts, ecosystem engineering and sediment dynamics. Ecosystems 13(5): 752-764. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9352-3, more van Gils, J.A.; Piersma, T.; Dekinga, A.; Spaans, B.; Kraan, C. (2006). Shellfish dredging pushes a flexible avian top predator out of a marine protected area. PLoS Biology 4(12): e376. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040376, more
Peer reviewed publications (31) [show]
Jukema, J.; van de Wetering, H.; Gutiérrez, J.S.; Piersma, T. (2023). Slight sexual dimorphism in tail-fork depth of Common Swifts Apus apus. Ringing & Migration 38(1-2): 25-28. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2023.2262804, more Das, D.K.; Khandakar, N.; Sultana, I.; Islam, S.; Ali, M.S.; Galib, A.J.; Shamsuddoha, M.; Piersma, T. (2022). Site use by non-breeding Black-tailed Godwits at Nijhum Dweep National Park, Bangladesh. Wader Study 129(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.18194/ws.00264, more Verkuil, Y.I.; Jukema, J.; Tomkovich, P.S.; Rönkä, N.; Hooijmeijer, C.E.W.; Piersma, T. (2021). Striking rusty-brown neck collars in Ruffs: plumage polymorphism or staining? Wader Study 128(1). https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00223, more Muller, J.R.M.; Chen, Y.-P.; Aarninkhof, S.G.J.; Chan, Y.-C; Piersma, T.; van Maren, D.S.; Tao, J-F.; Wang, Z.B.; Gong, Z. (2020). Ecological impact of land reclamation on Jiangsu coast (China): A novel ecotope assessment for Tongzhou Bay. Water Science and Engineering 13(1): 57-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2020.04.001, more Van den Bremer, L.; van Turnhout, C.; Piersma, T.; Nienhuis, J.; de Jong, A. (2020). Broedprestaties van Nederlandse huiszwaluwen. Limosa (Amst.) 93: 33-34, more Howison, R.A.; Hooijmeijer, C.E.W.; Piersma, T. (2019). Grutto’s als indicator voor veranderingen in landgebruik in de Sahel. Limosa (Amst.) 92: 154-163, more Folmer, E.; Dekinga, A.; Holthuijsen, S.; Van der Meer, J.; Mosk, D.; Piersma, T.; van der Veer, H. (2017). Species Distribution Models of Intertidal Benthos : Tools for Assessing the Impact of Physical and Morphological Drivers on Benthos and Birds in the Wadden Sea. NIOZ-rapport, 2017(3). NIOZ: Texel. 114 pp., more Piersma, T.; Chan, Y.-C; Mu, T.; Hassell, C.J.; Melville, D.S.; Peng, H.-B.; Ma, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Wilcove, D.S. (2017). Loss of habitat leads to loss of birds: reflections on the Jiangsu, China, coastal development plans. Wader Study 124(2): 93-98. https://dx.doi.org/10.18194/ws.00077, more van der Velde, M.; Haddrath, O.; Verkuil, Y.I.; Baker, A.J.; Piersma, T. (2017). New primers for molecular sex identification of waders. Wader Study 124(2): 147-151. https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00069, more Verkuil, Y.I.; Piersma, T. (2016). Genetische ‘ongelukjes’ verklaren het ontstaan van drie typen mannen bij Kemphanen. Limosa (Amst.) 89: 154-162, more Piersma, T. (2015). Red Knots and the Red Square: a perspective article. Wader Study Group Bull. 122(3): 169-170, more Senner, N.R.; Verhoeven, M.A.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W.; Piersma, T. (2015). Just when you thought you knew it all: new evidence for flexible breedingpatterns in Continental Black-tailed Godwits. Wader Study Group Bull. 122(1): 21-27. dx.doi.org/10.18194/ws.00006 , more Piersma, T.; MacCurdy, R.B.; Gabrielson,, R.M.; Dekinga, A.; Cluderay, J.; Spaulding, E.L.; Oudman, T.; van Gils, J.; Winkler, D.; Bijleveld, A. (2014). Fijnmazige positiebepaling van individuen in groepen : de principes en drie toepassingen van TOA-tracking. Limosa (Amst.) 87: 156-176, more Compton, T.J.; Holthuijsen, S.; Koolhaas, A.; Dekinga, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Klunder, L.; McSweeney, N.; Brugge, M.; Smelter, M.; van der Veer, H.W.; Piersma, T.; Van der Meer, J. (2013). Progress report for the 2012 sampling of the synoptic intertidal benthic surveys across the Dutch Wadden Sea. NIOZ-rapport, 2013(9). NIOZ: Texel. 48 pp., more Compton, T.J.; Van der Meer, J.; Holthuijsen, S.; Koolhaas, A.; Dekinga, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Klunder, L.; McSweeney, N.; Brugge, M.; van der Veer, H.W.; Piersma, T. (2013). Synpotic Intertidal Benthic Surveys Across the Dutch Wadden Sea : 2008 to 2011. NIOZ-rapport, 2013(1). NIOZ: Texel. 50 pp., more Duijns, S.; Holthuijsen, S.; Koolhaas, A.; Piersma, T. (2013). Het belang van de Ballastplaat voor wadvogels in de westelijke Waddenzee : een literatuurstudie naar de effecten van zoutwinning op de aanwezige wadvogels. NIOZ-rapport, 2013(8). NIOZ: Texel. 49 pp., more Compton, T.J.; Holthuijsen, S.; Koolhaas, A.; Dekinga, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Smith, J.; Galama, Y.; Brugge, M.; Van der Meer, J.; van der Veer, H.W.; Piersma, T. (2012). Synoptic Intertidal Benthic Survey SIBES across the Dutch Wadden Sea : report on data collected from 2008-2010. NIOZ-rapport, 2012(1). NIOZ: Texel. 64 pp., more Robin, F.; Robin, J.-G.; Dulac, P.; Guéret, J.-P.; Piersma, T. (2012). Current state of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa breeding in France. Wader Study Group Bull. 119(2): 133-136, more Aarts, G.M; Koolhaas, A.; Dekinga, A.; Holthuijsen, S.; Ten Horn, J.; Smith, J.; Brugge, M.; Piersma, T.; van der Veer, H.W. (2011). Benthic macrofauna in relation to natural gas extraction in the Dutch Wadden Sea Report on the 2008 and 2009 sampling program. NIOZ-rapport, 2011(3). NIOZ: Texel. 41 pp., more Estrella, S.M.; Storey, A.W.; Pearson, G.; Piersma, T. (2011). Potential effects of Lyngbya majuscula blooms on benthic invertebrate diversity and shorebird foraging ecology at Roebuck Bay, Western Australia: preliminary results. J. R. Soc. West Aust. 94: 171–179, more Aarts, G.M; Dekinga, A.; Holthuijsen, S.; Ten Horn, J.; Smith, J.; Kraan, C.; Brugge, M.; Piersma, T.; van der Veer, H. (2010). Benthic macrofauna in relation to natural gas extraction in the Dutch Wadden Sea. NIOZ-rapport, 2010(2). NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 46 pp., more de Goeij, P.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Pearson, G.B.; Piersma, T. (2008). Seasonal changes in the macro-zoobenthos of Roebuck Bay : a 10 year study. NIOZ-rapport, 2008(9). NIOZ: Texel. 57 pp., more Kraan, C.; Dekinga, A.; Folmer, E.O.; van der Veer, H.W.; Piersma, T. (2007). Macrobenthic fauna on intertidal mudflats in the Dutch Wadden Sea: species abundances, biomass and distributions in 2004 and 2006. NIOZ-rapport, 2007-2. NIOZ: Texel. 40 pp., more Pearson, G.; Piersma, T.; Hickey, R. (2005). Managing the unique marine biodiversity at Eighty-mile Beach, in: Piersma, T. et al. The long mud: benthos and shorebirds of the foreshore of Eighty-mile Beach, Western Australia. Report on the 'Anna Plains Benthic Invertebrate and bird Mapping 1999' (ANNABIM-99). NIOZ-rapport, 2005-2: pp. 207-213, more Piersma, T.; Pearson, G.B.; Hickey, R.; Lavaleye, M.S.S. (2005). The long mud: benthos and shorebirds of the foreshore of Eighty-mile Beach, Western Australia. Report on the 'Anna Plains Benthic Invertebrate and bird Mapping 1999' (ANNABIM-99). NIOZ-rapport, 2005-2. NIOZ: Texel. 218 pp., more Reneerkens, J.; Piersma, T.; Spaans, B. (2005). De Waddenzee als kruispunt van vogeltrekwegen: literatuurstudie naar de kansen en bedreigingen van wadvogels in internationaal perspectief. NIOZ-rapport, 2005-4. NIOZ: Den Burg. 125 pp., more de Goeij, P.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Pearson, G.B.; Piersma, T. (2003). Seasonal changes in the macrozoobenthos of a tropical mudflat : Report on MONROEB –MONitoring ROEbuck Bay Benthos, 1996-2001. NIOZ-rapport, 2003(4). NIOZ: Texel. 49 pp., more Pepping, M.; Piersma, T.; Pearson, G.; Lavaleye, M.S.S. (1999). Intertidal sediments and benthic animals of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. NIOZ-rapport, 1999-3. NIOZ: Texel. 212 pp., more Piersma, T.; Koolhaas, A. (1997). Shorebirds, shellfish(eries) and sediments around Griend, western Wadden Sea, 1988-1996: single large-scale exploitative events lead to long-term changes of the intertidal birds-benthos community. NIOZ-rapport, 1997(7). NIOZ: Texel. , more Piersma, T.; Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y. (1995). Waterbird ecology and the management of coastal wetlands in Ghana. NIOZ-rapport, 1995(6). NIOZ: Texel. 105 pp., more Ens, B.J.; Piersma, T.; Tinbergen, J.M. (1994). Towards predictive models of bird migration schedules: theoretical and empirical bottlenecks. NIOZ-rapport, 1994(5). Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee: Den Burg. 27 pp., more
Books (6) [show]
Oudman, T.; Piersma, T. (2018). De ontsnapping van de natuur : Een nieuwe kijk op kennis. Athenaeum: Amsterdam. ISBN 9789025308438. 256 pp., more Buiter, R.; Govers, L.; Piersma, T.; Metawad Team (2016). Knooppunt Waddenzee. Metawad/NIOZ: Assen. ISBN 978-90-5615-378-6. 141 pp., more Piersma, T. (2016). Marathon Migrants. Utjouwerij Bornmeer: Gorredijk. ISBN 9789056153793. 208 pp., more Piersma, T. (2016). Reisvogels: ode aan de vogels die plaatsen en mensen wereldwijd verbinden. 20 Leafdesdichten BV: Bornmeer. ISBN 9789056153816. 208 pp., more Piersma, T. (2016). Guests of Summer: a House Martin love story. British Trust for Ornithology: Thetford. 115 pp., more Piersma, T.; van Gils, J.A. (2011). The Flexible Phenotype: a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology and behaviour. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780199233724. 1-248 pp., more
Book chapters (13) [show]
Henriques, M.; Belo, J.R.; Sá, J.; Monteiro, H.; Alves, J.A.; Piersma, T.; Dodman, T.; van Roomen, M. (2022). The Bijagós Archipelago: a key area for waterbirds of the East Atlantic Flyway, in: Van Roomen, M. et al. East Atlantic Flyway Assessment 2020.The status of coastal waterbird populations and their sites.. pp. 81-93, more Piersma, T. (2022). De ontdekking van Europa: De eerste kanoeten op het wad, de eerste terpen op de kwelder, in: Luiten van Zanden, J. (Ed.) Gevleugelde geschiedenis van Nederland: De Nederlanders en hun vogels. pp. 31-44, more Terrados, J.; Otero, M.; Bacci, T.; Didderen, K.; La Porta, B.; Piersma, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Blue carbon ecosystem restoration, in: del Mar Otero, M. (Ed.) Manual for the creation of blue carbon projects in Europe and the Mediterranean. pp. 110-129, more Piersma, T. (2020). Voices of a living planet: migratory shorebirds as sentinels of a rapidly changing Earth, in: Grooten, M. et al. Voices for a Living Planet - Living Planet Report. pp. 20-21, more Piersma, T. (2019). Waar wachten wij op? Oude argumenten voor nieuw boeren, in: Kooistra, L. De Friese utopie. pp. 95-105, more Piersma, T. (2019). Wer wachtsje wy op? Alde arguminten foar nij buorkjen, in: Kooistra, L. De Fryske utopy. pp. 94-104, more Piersma, T. (2019). Waddenwetenschap: zouden we iets van onze waddennatuur moeten weten dan?, in: Eenhoorn, B. Het Waddengebied bij nader inzien. pp. 67-90, more Mathot, K.J.; Piersma, T.; Elner, R.W. (2018). Shorebirds as integrators and indicators of mudflat ecology, in: Beninger, P.G. Mudflat ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, 7: pp. 309-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99194-8_12, more Piersma, T. (2017). Wat vertellen trekvogels ons over de staat van het klimaat?, in: de Graaf, B. et al. Hoe zwaar is licht : meer dan 100 dringende vragen aan de wetenschap. pp. 230-232, more Piersma, T. (2016). Lân fan langstme = Land van verlangen = Land of longing, in: Gerlsma , A. Bisten en blommen. pp. 8-15, more Piersma, T. (2016). Cultuurnatuur tussen wal en schip, in: Grooten, M.[s.d.] De Steen in de Vijver: tien jaar passie voor natuur en debat: uitgave ter gelegenheid van het afscheid van Johan van de Gronden als directeur van het Wereld Natuur Fonds. pp. 19-29, more Hickey, R.J.; Pearson, G.B.; Piersma, T. (2015). Advances in large-scale mudflat surveying: The Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia examples, in: Finkl, C.W. et al. Environmental management and governance: Advances in coastal and marine resources. Coastal Research Library, 8: pp. 275-289. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06305-8_11, more Piersma, T. (2015). Voorwoord Vloeiend landschap, in: de Ruyter, P. Vloeiend landschap: Over de toekomst van het Friese landschap. pp. 6-7, more
Reports (4) [show]
van der Velde, E.; Kentie, R.; Piersma, T.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Hooijmeijer, J. (2020). De Grutto Monitor 2012-2019: De vinger aan de pols van de grutto-populatie met een actueel overzicht van de demografische parameters op basis van langjarig veldonderzoek in Súdwest Fryslân. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG): Groningen. https://doi.org/11370/ac4f615c-f30b-4b69-9dd2-eccf717225d2, more Hassell, C.; Boyle, A.; Slaymaker, M.; Piersma, T. (2018). Red Knot Northward Migration Through Bohai Bay, China, Field Trip Report April - June 2018. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. 41 pp., more Hassell, C.; Boyle, A.; Loos, B.; Piersma, T. (2016). Red Knot Northward Migration Through Bohai Bay, China, Field Trip Report April - June 2016. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. 35 pp., more Piersma, T.; Pearson, G.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Hickey, R.; Rogers, D.I.; Holthuijsen, S.; Marin-Estrella, S.; de Goeij, P.; Findlay, N.; Storey, A.W. (2016). Anna Plains and Roebuck Bay Benthic Invertebrate Mapping 2016: AnnRoeBIM16, Field Report. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. 96 pp., more
Other publications (10) [show]
Liu, Y.; Piersma, T.; Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W. ; Howison, R.A. (2023). Land‐use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground‐nesting farmland birds in The Netherlands. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 4(1): e12201. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12201, more Verhoeven, M.A.; McBride, A.D.; Hooijmeijer, C.E.W.; Piersma, T.; Senner, N.R. (2022). Earthworm abundance and availability does not influence the reproductive decisions of black‐tailed godwits in an agricultural grassland. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 3(1): 12125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12125, more Verhoeven, M.A.; Jelle Loonstra, A.H.; Pringle, T.; Kaspersma, W.; Whiffin, M.; McBride, A.D.; Sjoerdsma, P.; Roodhart, C.; Burgess, M.D.; Piersma, T.; Smart, J. (2022). Do ditch‐side electric fences improve the breeding productivity of ground‐nesting waders? Ecological Solutions and Evidence 3(2): e12143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12143, more Howison, R.A.; Belting, H.; Smart, J.; Smart, M.; Schuckard, R.; Thorup, O.; Piersma, T.; International Wader Study Group (2019). Een horizon vol weidevogels in Zuidwest-Friesland: Inzichten uit de workshop van de International Wader Study Group, 28 september 2018. International Wader Study Group, IWSG: [s.l.]. 71 pp., more Onrust, J.; Wymenga, E.; Piersma, T. (2019). Rode regenwormen: sleutelspelers voor boerenlandbiodiversiteit. Levende Nat. 120(4): 144-148, more Onrust, J.; Hobma, S.; Piersma, T. (2019). Determining the availability of earthworms for visually hunting predators. Wildlife Soc. Bull. 43(4): 745-751. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1022, more Bos, D.; Kentie, R.; Hoekstra, G.; van der Heide, Y.; Wymenga, E.; Hoekema, F; Hooijmeijer, J.; Piersma, T. (2017). Effecten van habitatverlies op grutto en andere weidevogels. Levende Nat. 118(2): 40-46, more Piersma, T.; Waal, J.; van Ommen, E. (2016). Huismus. Noorderbreedte 40(1): 19-21, more Piersma, T.; Waal, J.; van Ommen, E. (2016). Rosse grutto. Noorderbreedte 2016(2): 37-38, more Piersma, T. (2015). Fuut. Noorderbreedte 39(3): 27-29, more
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Penning, E. (2023). Sanderlinks. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. https://dx.doi.org/10.33612/diss.830020613, more Ersoy, S. (2022). Exploration in red knots: The role of personality in the expression of individual behaviour across contexts. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.248380062, more Chan, Y.-C (2021). Struggles ashore: Migration ecology of threatened shorebirds in the East Asian−Australasian Flyway. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. 223 pp. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.170156504, more Kok, E.M.A. (2020). Why Knot? Exploration of variation in long-distance migration. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. 281 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/11370/7124b7a7-5eb2-4513-8299-ddff071b069b, more Jouta, J. (2019). The tell-tale isotopes: Towards indicators of the health of the Wadden Sea ecosystem. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. ISBN 9789403413471. 211 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/11370/af1de32d-eca2-4bf9-9870-906dcffaa82a, more Bom, R.A. (2018). Arabian muds: A 21st-century natural history on crab plovers, crabs and molluscs. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen: Groningen. ISBN 978-94-028-11803. 367 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/11370/538fd42f-2473-4896-b11b-6655d3dd1671, more Chan, T.-C. (2017). Site faithfulness of shorebirds fuelling in China. BSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 9 pp., more Manche, P. (2017). The development of personality: Age-related consistency of exploratory behaviour and gizzard size in red knots (Calidris canutus islandica). MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 28 pp., more Oudman, T. (2017). Red knot habits : An optimal foraging perspective on intertidal life at Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania. PhD Thesis. RUG: Groningen. ISBN 978-90-367-9744-3. 180 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/11370/4ea6a0b1-5ad0-45e0-9deb-a34899c0a8fb, more de Fouw, J (2016). Bottom-up and top-down forces in a tropical intertidal ecosystem: The interplay between seagrasses, bivalves and birds. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Groningen. 205 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/788ff8cd-4cde-457f-a6b9-55850f1e4c44, more van Walraven, L. (2016). Flexible filter feeders : the gelatinous zoöplankton community in the Netherlands after the invasion of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. PhD Thesis. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-9294-3. 264 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/11370/649f56f8-4f41-47b2-8794-2535d, more Bijleveld, A.I. (2015). Untying the knot: mechanistically understanding the interactions between social foragers and their prey. PhD Thesis. NIOZ: Texel. ISBN 978-90-367-7866-4. 259 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/cba07229-1ddc-476d-8d93-e9574cbe6685, more Duijns, S. (2014). Sex-specific foraging : the distributional ecology of a polychaete-eating shorebird. PhD Thesis. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-7385-0. 169 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/3b9831bc-44aa-49ac-87a3-6df624bd6e0c, more van der Zee., E.M. (2014). Soft-bottom intertidal ecosystems shaped by ecosystem engineers: Consequences for trophic structure. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-6772-9. 170 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/9c42ae3f-9175-45da-9f1f-4637ea9f850e, more Camphuysen, K.C.J. (2013). A historical ecology of two closely related gull species (Laridae) : multiple adaptations to a man-made environment. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: [s.l.]. ISBN 9789090275383. 410 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/19ccc1a5-df8b-461d-9009-521a9f28b840, more Lok, T. (2013). Spoonbills as a model system: A demographic cost-benefit analysis of differential migration. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-6572-5. 1-239 pp., more van der Geest, M. (2013). Multi-trophic interactions within the seagrass beds of Banc d’Arguin, MauritaniaA chemosynthesis-based intertidal ecosystem. PhD Thesis. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-6570-1. 1-253 pp., more Leyrer, J. (2011). Being at the right time at the right place: interpreting the annual life cycle of Afro-Siberian red knots. PhD Thesis. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-90-367-5152-0. 1-161 pp. hdl.handle.net/11370/cb284c64-2964-44d2-bdb3-4aee2ad4afbd, more
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Piek, S. (2017). Investigating the foraging behaviour of Calidris canutus: can the toxic constraint be alleviated? MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 9 pp., more

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