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Chronobiology of interspecific interactions in a changing world by Kronfeld-Schor, Noga, Visser, Marcel E., Salis, Lucia, van Gils, Jan A.

“…Animals should time activities, such as foraging, migration and reproduction, as well as seasonal physiological adaptation, in a way that maximizes fitness…”
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Sulfur in lucinid bivalves inhibits intake rates of a molluscivore shorebird by Oortwijn, Tim, de Fouw, Jimmy, Petersen, Jillian M., van Gils, Jan A.

“…A forager’s energy intake rate is usually constrained by a combination of handling time, encounter rate and digestion rate. On top of that, food intake may be…”
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A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems by van der Heide, Tjisse, Govers, Laura L., de Fouw, Jimmy, Olff, Han, van der Geest, Matthijs, van Katwijk, Marieke M., Piersma, Theunis, van de Koppel, Johan, Silliman, Brian R., Smolders, Alfons J. P., van Gils, Jan A.

“…Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants into marine foundation species around 100 million years ago. Their ecological success, however, remains a mystery…”
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Global biogeography of chemosynthetic symbionts reveals both localized and globally distributed symbiont groups by Osvatic, Jay T., Wilkins, Laetitia G. E., Leibrecht, Lukas, Leray, Matthieu, Zauner, Sarah, Polzin, Julia, Camacho, Yolanda, Gros, Olivier, van Gils, Jan A., Eisen, Jonathan A., Petersen, Jillian M., Yuen, Benedict

“…In the ocean, most hosts acquire their symbionts from the environment. Due to the immense spatial scales involved, our understanding of the biogeography of…”
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Body shrinkage due to Arctic warming reduces red knot fitness in tropical wintering range by van Gils, Jan A., Lisovski, Simeon, Lok, Tamar, Meissner, Włodzimierz, Ożarowska, Agnieszka, de Fouw, Jimmy, Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Soloviev, Mikhail Y., Piersma, Theunis, Klaassen, Marcel

“…Reductions in body size are increasingly being identified as a response to climate warming. Here we present evidence for a case of such body shrinkage,…”
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Drought, Mutualism Breakdown, and Landscape-Scale Degradation of Seagrass Beds by de Fouw, Jimmy, Govers, Laura L., van de Koppel, Johan, van Belzen, Jim, Dorigo, Wouter, Sidi Cheikh, Mohammed A., Christianen, Marjolijn J.A., van der Reijden, Karin J., van der Geest, Matthijs, Piersma, Theunis, Smolders, Alfons J.P., Olff, Han, Lamers, Leon P.M., van Gils, Jan A., van der Heide, Tjisse

“…In many marine ecosystems, biodiversity critically depends on foundation species such as corals and seagrasses that engage in mutualistic interactions [1–3]…”
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Arriving late and lean at a stopover site is selected against in a declining migratory bird population by Peng, He‐Bo, Ma, Zhijun, Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, van Gils, Jan A., Battley, Phil F., Rogers, Danny I., Choi, Chi‐Yeung, Wu, Wei, Feng, Xuesong, Ma, Qiang, Hua, Ning, Minton, Clive, Hassell, Chris J., Piersma, Theunis

“…Abstract Loss and/or deterioration of refuelling habitats have caused population declines in many migratory bird species but whether this results from unequal…”
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Hampered foraging and migratory performance in swans infected with low-pathogenic avian influenza A virus by van Gils, Jan A, Munster, Vincent J, Radersma, Reinder, Liefhebber, Daan, Fouchier, Ron A M, Klaassen, Marcel

“…It is increasingly acknowledged that migratory birds, notably waterfowl, play a critical role in the maintenance and spread of influenza A viruses. In order to…”
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The intertidal mudflats of Barr Al Hikman, Sultanate of Oman, as feeding, reproduction and nursery grounds for brachyuran crabs by Bom, Roeland A., van Gils, Jan A., Molenaar, Karen, Kwarteng, Andy Y., Victor, Reginald, Folmer, Eelke O.

“…Brachyuran crabs are an important ecological and economical, yet often unstudied aspect of intertidal mudflats of the Arabian Peninsula. Here we provide…”
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How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems by van der Zee, Els M., Angelini, Christine, Govers, Laura L., Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Altieri, Andrew H., van der Reijden, Karin J., Silliman, Brian R., van de Koppel, Johan, van der Geest, Matthijs, van Gils, Jan A., van der Veer, Henk W., Piersma, Theunis, de Ruiter, Peter C., Olff, Han, van der Heide, Tjisse

“…The diversity and structure of ecosystems has been found to depend both on trophic interactions in food webs and on other species interactions such as habitat…”
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Stomach fullness shapes prey choice decisions in crab plovers (Dromas ardeola) by Gommer, Roy, Bom, Roeland A, Fijen, Thijs P M, van Gils, Jan A

“…Foragers whose energy intake rate is constrained by search and handling time should, according to the contingency model (CM), select prey items whose…”
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Correction to: The intertidal mudflats of Barr Al Hikman, Sultanate of Oman, as feeding, reproduction and nursery grounds for brachyuran crabs by Bom, Roeland A., van Gils, Jan A., Molenaar, Karen, Kwarteng, Andy Y., Victor, Reginald, Folmer, Eelke O.

“…In the above mentioned publication, incorrect values for P. segnis are shown on the right hand side of Fig. 4. The correct version of Fig. 4 and its caption is…”
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The Effect of Digestive Capacity on the Intake Rate of Toxic and Non-Toxic Prey in an Ecological Context by Oudman, Thomas, Hin, Vincent, Dekinga, Anne, van Gils, Jan A

“…Digestive capacity often limits food intake rate in animals. Many species can flexibly adjust digestive organ mass, enabling them to increase intake rate in…”
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Fuelling conditions at staging sites can mitigate Arctic warming effects in a migratory bird by Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Duijns, Sjoerd, Karagicheva, Julia, Camphuysen, Cornelis J., Dekinga, Anne, Dekker, Rob, Gavrilov, Anatoly, ten Horn, Job, Jukema, Joop, Saveliev, Anatoly, Soloviev, Mikhail, Tibbitts, T. Lee, van Gils, Jan A., Piersma, Theunis

“…Under climate warming, migratory birds should align reproduction dates with advancing plant and arthropod phenology. To arrive on the breeding grounds earlier,…”
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Validating the Incorporation of 13C and 15N in a Shorebird That Consumes an Isotopically Distinct Chemosymbiotic Bivalve by van Gils, Jan A, Ahmedou Salem, Mohamed Vall

“…The wealth of field studies using stable isotopes to make inferences about animal diets require controlled validation experiments to make proper…”
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Moving on with foraging theory: incorporating movement decisions into the functional response of a gregarious shorebird by Gils, Jan A, Geest, Matthijs, De Meulenaer, Brecht, Gillis, Hanneke, Piersma, Theunis, Folmer, Eelke O, Bearhop, Stuart

“…Models relating intake rate to food abundance and competitor density (generalized functional response models) can predict forager distributions and movements…”
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Comment on "Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds" by Bulla, Martin, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Weiser, Emily L, Sokolov, Aleksandr, Taylor, Audrey R, Sittler, Benoît, McCaffery, Brian J, Ruthrauff, Dan R, Catlin, Daniel H, Payer, David C, Ward, David H, Solovyeva, Diana V, Santos, Eduardo S A, Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Nol, Erica, Kwon, Eunbi, Brown, Glen S, Hevia, Glenda D, Gates, H River, Johnson, James A, van Gils, Jan A, Hansen, Jannik, Lamarre, Jean-François, Rausch, Jennie, Conklin, Jesse R, Liebezeit, Joe, Bêty, Joël, Lang, Johannes, Alves, José A, Fernández-Elipe, Juan, Exo, Klaus-Michael, Bollache, Loïc, Bertellotti, Marcelo, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, van de Pol, Martijn, Johnson, Matthew, Boldenow, Megan L, Valcu, Mihai, Soloviev, Mikhail, Sokolova, Natalya, Senner, Nathan R, Lecomte, Nicolas, Meyer, Nicolas, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Gilg, Olivier, Smith, Paul A, Machín, Paula, McGuire, Rebecca L, Cerboncini, Ricardo A S, Ottvall, Richard, van Bemmelen, Rob S A, Swift, Rose J, Saalfeld, Sarah T, Jamieson, Sarah E, Brown, Stephen, Piersma, Theunis, Albrecht, Tomas, D'Amico, Verónica, Lanctot, Richard B, Kempenaers, Bart

“…Kubelka (Reports, 9 November 2018, p. 680) claim that climate change has disrupted patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. They report that predation rates…”
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Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species by Oortwijn, Tim, de Monte, Luc G. G., Varley, Daniel P., van der Meer, Marcel T. J., van Gils, Jan A.

“…In ecology, stable‐isotope ratios are widely used to determine diets of organisms and reconstruct food webs. This is usually done by analyzing the…”
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Exploring the drivers of variation in trophic mismatches: A systematic review of long‐term avian studies by Zhemchuzhnikov, Mikhail K., Versluijs, Tom S. L., Lameris, Thomas K., Reneerkens, Jeroen, Both, Christiaan, van Gils, Jan A.

“…Many organisms reproduce in seasonal environments, where selection on timing of reproduction is particularly strong as consumers need to synchronize…”
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Site-specific length-biomass relationships of arctic arthropod families are critical for accurate ecological inferences by Versluijs, Tom S. L., Zhemchuzhnikov, Mikhail K., Kutcherov, Dmitry, Roslin, Tomas, Martin Schmidt, Niels, van Gils, Jan A., Reneerkens, Jeroen

“…Arthropods play a crucial role in terrestrial ecosystems, for instance in mediating energy fluxes and in forming the food base for many organisms. To better…”
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