Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of Borrelia infections in wild birds Ecology of Borrelia garinii infections in wild birds PhD Student opportunities: * we welcome candidates who are eager in pursuing the link between bird infections (with ticks and with tick-born…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Host-parasite interactions in birds - Evolutionary Ecology Even though nestbox-breeding birds are among the most popular model systems for ecological and evolutionary research, host-parasite interactions have received limited attention ev…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Gut microbiota of urban birds - Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) Gut microbiota of urban birds Junk-food has negative effects on the gut microbiota of urban birds The specificities of life in cities can induce a number of modifications …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Designing Blended Education: A Birds' Eye View Different elements play a role in designing your teaching, whether this takes place entirely online, on campus, or through a combination of both (blended learning). One very practical w…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content Skyglow Light pollution puts birds on the wrong track Biologists first to prove the effect of skyglow on wildlife behaviour Undoubtedly, you have at one time or another seen how the night sky sometimes turns orange. That phenomenon is …

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content CPD Training Continued professional development Use of wild and domestic birds in field and lab experiments - best practices and new methodologies Birds are frequently used in research but their use has not been as well characterized a…

Job Aben unpaid staff Research Job Aben Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Dispersal, connectivity and population viability of birds in a fragmental afrotropical rainforest. 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2012 Abstract This project aims to model viability of threatened bird populations in highly f…

Jitse Creemers unpaid staff Research Jitse Creemers Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Investigating the role of skyglow on the natal dispersal of crepuscular-nocturnal birds. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Natal dispersal contributes to the viability of populations in rapidly chang…

Richard Schnürmacher predoc researcher FWO Research Richard Schnürmacher Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Investigating the role of astronomical light pollution on acoustic and visual communication in nocturnal birds. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Astronomical light pollution (…

Aina Garcia Raventós postdoc mandaat FWO Onderzoek Aina Garcia Raventós Onderzoeksgroep Evolutionaire ecologie (EVECO) Expertise Ik ben een evolutionair ecoloog die geïnteresseerd is in hoe dieren reageren op veranderingen in hun omgeving door middel van levensgeschiedenisbeslissingen om maladapt…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Microbial modulators of the mind: A shotgun metagenomic approach to studying gut-behavior links in great apes. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract The close phylogenetic relationship between bonobos (Pan…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on bird populations - Evolutionary Ecology Since 1996 we are studying populations of 9 understorey forest birds in a series of cloud forest remnants in the Taita Hills, Kenya. These hills are dense…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content About Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology The main research interest of the research group Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology is the study of the causes and consequences of variation in behavioural traits among individuals. Most stu…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Job Opportunities Vacancies Call for pre- and postdoctoral applicants We will welcome and support excellent young researchers with an application for pre- or postdoctoral fellowships, in particular for the EU-MSCA calls (postdocs: deadlin…

Miguel Hernández González predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Miguel Hernández González Organ-specific shifts in aerobic and anaerobic metabolism throughout metamorphosis into adulthood in a fully aquatic amphibian Bron The FASEB journal - ISSN 0892-6638-39:18 (2025) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Neal J. Dawson, …

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ticks and tick-borne diseases Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases at the University of Antwerp Direct link to publications on ticks and TBD In 2006 the Evolutionary Ecology Group led by Erik Matthysen started a research programme on…

Steven Van Impe onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Steven Van Impe Koningin van de Hemel. Een verdwenen Mariale schilderijencyclus in de Antwerpse Sodaliteit Bron HistoriANT : jaarboek voor Antwerpse geschiedenis - ISSN 2295-5305-11 (2023) p. 13-36 Auteur(s) Steven van Impe, Marijke Drijbooms Citati…

Emmanuelle Labeau hoogleraar Publicaties Emmanuelle Labeau Ayres-Bennett, Wendy and McLaughlin, Mairi (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the French Language Bron Journal of French language studies - ISSN 0959-2695-35 (2025) p. 1-4 Auteur(s) Emmanuelle Labeau Citatielink La Presse française historique: …

Vesi Vukovic onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Vesi Vukovic Human as animal : the films of Dušan Makavejev and Shohei Imamura Bron Зборник радова Факултета драмских уметности - ISSN 1450-5681-2023:43 (2023) p. 25-42 Auteur(s) Vesi Vukovic Citatielink Freedom …

Marcel Eens full professor Research Marcel Eens Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research. Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds. PFAS systemic regional approach to Assess Spatial distribution, Transfer, E…

Ching Lin Pang hoogleraar Publicaties Ching Lin Pang Audio Describers in Mainland China Bron Mi_dzy Orygina_em a Przek_adem - ISSN 1689-9121-31:3(69) (2025) p. 53-77 Auteur(s) Qi Liu, Huihuang Jia, Ching Lin Pang, Anna Jankowska Citatielink Coping strategies for navigating boundaries : resilience an…

Manrico Sebastiano postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Manrico Sebastiano Hidden markers of health : how mercury affects gene expression in developing seabirds Bron Environmental pollution - ISSN 0269-7491-385 (2025) p. 1-6 Auteur(s) Manrico Sebastiano, Olivier Chastel, Paco Bustamante, Marcel Eens, Dav…

Yu-Chin Her onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Yu-Chin Her Not to date or how to date? Disentangling the association between dating life and depressive feelings in college students Bron Sociology Compass - ISSN 1751-9020-19:9 (2025) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Yu-Chin Her, Nina Van Eekert Citatielink Jumping …

Stijn Baeten Publicaties Stijn Baeten Onderzoek naar de gevolgen van het Sigmaplan, baggeractiviteiten en havenuitbreiding in de Zeeschelde op het milieu. Geïntegreerd eindverslag van het onderzoek verricht in 2022, deelrapport Intergetijdengebieden. Bron Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwerpen, 2023,138…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…