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 …

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…

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 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Astronomical light pollution (…

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 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 Research Projects Ongoing projects 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…

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…

Nele Van de Mosselaer onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Nele Van de Mosselaer The fictional incompleteness of digital gameworlds Bron ToDigra: Transactions of the Digital Games Research Associatio - ISSN 2328-9422-6:1 (2022) p. 61-94 Auteur(s) Nele Van de Mosselaer, Stefano Gualeni Citatielink Gene…

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…

Vesi Vukovic onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Vesi Vukovic Freedom smothered : gang rape as patriarchal punishment of emancipated women in Yugoslav new film Bron Alphaville : Journal of Film and Screen Media - ISSN 2009-4078-25 (2023) p. 40-60 Auteur(s) Vesi Vukovic Citatielink Human as animal : t…

Johan Gielis onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Johan Gielis Comparison of two polar equations in describing the geometries of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) eggs Bron Poultry science - ISSN 0032-5791- (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Lin Wang, Darren K. Griffin, Michael N. Romanov, Johan Gieli…

Yu-Chin Her onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Yu-Chin Her Jumping together or not? Associations between siblings' relationship quality and fertility transitions Bron Social science research: a quarterly journal of social science methodology and quantitative research - ISSN 0049-089X-122 (2024) p. 1…

Ching Lin Pang hoofddocent Publicaties Ching Lin Pang Coping strategies for navigating boundaries : resilience and connectivity of African students’ multilevel social networks in China Bron Interdisciplinary migration research with a focus on new technologies and multiple crises : relating birds o…

Jorik Vergauwen onderzoeker - gastprofessor Publicaties Jorik Vergauwen Sibling transmission of relationship breakup : does partnership type matter? Bron Journal of social and personal relationships - ISSN 0265-4075-41:10 (2024) p. 3061-3084 Auteur(s) Yu-Chin Her, Jorik Vergauwen, Dimitri Mortelmans…

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…

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. TQUAnt: Targeted metabolome and exposome analysis for biological and enviro…

Melissa Grunst onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Melissa Grunst Anthropogenic noise and light pollution decrease the repeatability of activity patterns and dampen expression of chronotypes in a free-living songbird Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-954 (2024) p. 1-10 Auteur…

Andrea Grunst onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Andrea Grunst Anthropogenic noise and light pollution decrease the repeatability of activity patterns and dampen expression of chronotypes in a free-living songbird Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-954 (2024) p. 1-10 Auteur(s…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content EVECO Evolutionary and ecological processes in natural populations, particularly in animals The Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) is one of the research groups in the Department of Biology and currently has three full professors. Our res…

Valentina Burskaia senior onderzoeker Publicaties Valentina Burskaia Introgression dynamics of sex-linked chromosomal inversions shape the Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation Bron bioRxiv- (2024) p. 1-26 Auteur(s) L.M. Blumer, Valentina Burskaia, Ilia Artiushin, Jaysmita Saha, Julia Camacho Garcia, J.…

Ruben Evens onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Ruben Evens A case of facultative polygyny in an enigmatic monogamous species, the European nightjar ( Caprimulgus europaeus ) Bron Ecology and evolution - ISSN 2045-7758-14:10 (2024) p. 1-8 Auteur(s) Ruben Evens, Michiel Lathouwers, Jitse Creemers, Edd…