Prof. dr. Bart Nolet

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Foraging ecology, Plant-herbivore interactions, Bird migration, Movement ecology

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I try to understand and predict patterns at the population level (i.e., animal distribution and abundance) from processes acting at the individual level. Within an optimality framework, I study decisions of where and when to move: how animals (should) explore their surroundings and exploit their resources. The scale of movement varies from 10^0-10^7 body lengths. In the course of time, my main study system has changed from otters foraging on bottom-dwelling fish, beavers foraging on willows, swans foraging on pondweeds to, more recently, geese foraging on (sea)grass. Currently the focus is on arctic-breeding waterbirds, which migrate through and to the Netherlands in numbers of international importance (Bewick’s Swan, Brent Goose, Pink-footed Goose, White-fronted Goose). How will these birds respond to climatic changes in the Arctic and land-use changes in the temperate region? The approach taken is a combination of field, experimental and modelling work.

Inaugural speech (De ecologie van gaan en staan)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2016: also professor Waterfowl Movement Ecology at Theoretical and Computational Ecology, IBED, University of Amsterdam
Since 2012: group leader Foraging and Movement Ecology Group
Since 2000 : senior researcher (tenure), Netherlands Institute of Ecology
2008 : also senior researcher (parttime) at Alterra
2000 : associated graduate faculty, John Fryxell's lab, University of Guelph (Canada)
1998-99 : researcher, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
1995-97 : postdoc, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
1988-94 : junior researcher, Institute for Forestry and Nature Research (IBN-DLO)

EDUCATION

1994 : PhD University of Groningen (with Rudi Drent)
1988 : MSc University of Groningen (cum laude)
1987/8 : Pat Butler's Lab, University of Birmingham (UK)
1986 : Jan Veen's Group, University of Groningen
1984/5 : Hans Kruuk's Lab, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory (UK)
1983 : BSc University of Groningen
1980 : VWO, Canisius College, Nijmegen (cum laude)

PUBLICATION RECORD

I have written >100 publications, including >80 papers in international scientific journals

(see Researcher-ID | Google Scholar Citations | ResearchGate).

AWARDS

NERN Best paper award 2014 2nd prize (De Jager et al. 2014 Proc. R. Soc. B)
NERN Best paper award 2012 1st prize (De Jager et al. 2011 Science)
NERN Best paper award 2011 2nd prize (Kurvers et al. 2010 Ecol. Lett.)

JOURNAL REFEREEING

I have been referee for >60 different journals:

CURRENT PROJECTS

GooseHeart: A new style of life in a traditionally Arctic migratory bird

Funded by NWO-NPP (to Henk van der Jeugd)

Postdoc Götz Eichhorn

FORMER PROJECTS

Adaptive management of migratory populations

Funded by Research Council of Norway (to Ingunn Tombre)

PhD thesis Magda Chudíznska

Workpackage Brent goose (Metawad)

Funded by Waddenfonds (to Henk v/d Jeugd)

Postdoc Adriaan Dokter

Tracking of brent geese

Towards adaptive management of white-fronted geese

Funded by Faunafonds

(to consortium with Hans de Kroon, Bruno Ens & Arie van Noordwijk)

Postdoc Silke Bauer

Seed dispersal by mallards

Funded by NWO (to Merel Soons)

PhD thesis Erik Kleyheeg

E-Track: enhanced tracking of animal movement and behaviour

Funded by EC (FP7)

(to consortium led by Lucas Noldus)

Postdoc Andrea Kölzsch

Goose migration track visualisation

Host-pathogen interaction: the effects of avian influenza viruses on free-living mallards

Funded by NWO (to Marcel Klaassen)

PhD thesis Jacintha van Dijk

Long-distance dispersal of aquatic key species

Funded by EU project LAKES

(to consortium led by Luis Santamaría)

PhD Iris Charalambidou

CURRENT PROJECTS

ArcticPinkfeet: Response of geese to climate warming in the Arctic

Funded by NWO-NPP

ArcticSwans: Unravelling the annual cycle of an Arctic migrant in search of its decline

Funded by NWO-NPP

PhD Rascha Nuijten

ArcticBarnies: How can Arctic-nesting geese cope with Arctic amplification?

Funded by NWO-NPP

(together with Henk van der Jeugd)

PhD Thomas Lameris

FORMER PROJECTS

Carrying capacity: when are spatial and behavioural models needed?

Funded by NWO-ALW

PhD Thesis Abel Gyimesi

Herbivore avoidance and tolerance in aquatic plants

Funded by KNAW

PhD Thesis Bert Hidding

The spatial scale of foraging decisions in heterogeneous continuous environments

Funded by KNAW

PhD Thesis Raymond Klaassen

We try to understand patterns at the population level from foraging and movement processes acting at the individual level. We use optimality principles, which...Read more

2017

Baveco, J. M., Bergjord, A. K., Bjerke, J. W., Chudzińska, M. E., Pellissier, L., Simonsen, C. E.,... Nolet, B. A. (2017). Combining modelling tools to evaluate a goose management scheme. Ambio, 46(Supplement 2), 210-223. doi:10.1007/s13280-017-0899-5
Dokter, A. M., van Loon, E. E., Fokkema, W., Lameris, T. K., Nolet, B. A., & van der Jeugd, H. P. (2017). Analyzing time-ordered event data with missed observations. Ecology and Evolution, n/a-n/a. doi:10.1002/ece3.3281
Kleyheeg, E., Van Dijk, J. G. B., Tsopoglou-Gkina, D., Woud, T. Y., Boonstra, D. K., Nolet, B. A., & Soons, M. B. (2017). Movement patterns of a keystone waterbird species are highly predictable from landscape configuration. Movement Ecology, 5(2).
Kleyheeg, E., Treep, J., de Jager, M., Nolet, B. A., & Soons, M. B. (2017). Seed dispersal distributions resulting from landscape-dependent daily movement behavior of a key vector species, Anas platyrhynchos. Journal of Ecology, in press. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12738
Lameris, T. K., Jochems, F., van der Graaf, A. J., Andersson, M., Limpens, J., & Nolet, B. A. (2017). Forage plants of an Arctic-nesting herbivore show larger warming response in breeding than wintering grounds, potentially disrupting migration phenology. Ecology and Evolution, 7(8), 2652-2660. 10.1002/ece3.2859
Lameris, T. K., Scholten, I., Bauer, S., Cobben, M. M. P., Ens, B. J., & Nolet, B. A. (2017). Potential for an Arctic-breeding migratory bird to adjust spring migration phenology to Arctic amplification. Global Change Biology, in press. doi:10.1111/gcb.13684
Wood, K. A., Nuijten, R. J. M., Newth, J. L., Haitjema, T., Vangeluwe, D., Ionnidis, P.,... Rees, E. C. (2017). Apparent survival of an Arctic breeding migratory bird over 44 years of fluctuating population size. Ibis, in press. doi:10.1111/ibi.12521

2016

Bakker, E. S., Wood, K. A., Pagès, J. F., Veen, G. F. C., Christianen, M. J. A., Santamaría, L.,... Hilt, S. (2016). Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: a review and perspective. Aquatic Botany, 135, 18-36. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.04.008
Chudzińska, M. E., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nolet, B. A., & Madsen, J. (2016). Foraging behaviour and fuel accumulation of capital breeders during spring migration as derived from a combination of satellite- and ground-based observations. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(4), 563-574. doi:10.1111/jav.00899
De Fouw, J., Bom, R. A., Klaassen, R., Müskens, G. J. D. M., De Vries, P. P., Popov, I. Y.,... Nolet, B. A. (2016). Breeding in a den of thieves: pros and cons of nesting close to egg predators. Ecosphere, 7(6), [1353]. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1353
Fokkema, W., de Boer, W., van der Jeugd, H. P., Dokter, A., Nolet, B. A., De Kok, L. J.,... Olff, H. (2016). The nature of plant adaptations to salinity stress has trophic consequences. Oikos, 125(6), 804-811. doi:10.1111/oik.02757
Kölzsch, A., Müskens, G. J. D. M., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., Weinzierl, R., Nolet, B. A., & Wikelski, M. (2016). Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure. Oikos, 125(10), 1496-1507. doi:10.1111/oik.03121
Kölzsch, A., Neefjes, M., Barkway, J., Müskens, G. J. D. M., van Langevelde, F., De Boer, W. F.,... Nolet, B. A. (2016). Neckband or backpack? Differences in tag design and their effects on GPS/accelerometer tracking results in large waterbirds. Animal Biotelemetry, 4:13. doi:10.1186/s40317-016-0104-9
Nolet, B. A., Gyimesi, A., van Krimpen, R., De Boer, W. F., & Stillman, R. A. (2016). Predicting effects of water regime changes on waterbirds: insights from staging swans. PLoS One, 11(2), [e0147340]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147340
Nolet, B. A., Kölzsch, A., Elderenbosch, M., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2016). Scaring waterfowl as a management tool: how much more do geese forage after disturbance? Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, 1413-1421. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12698
Poen, M. J., Verhagen, J. H., Manvell, R. J., Brown, I., Besteboer, T. M., van der Vliet, S.,... Fouchier, R. A. M. (2016). Lack of virological and serological evidence for continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 virus in wild birds in the Netherlands, 14 November 2014 to 31 January 2016. Eurosurveillance, 21(38), [pii=30349].
Shariati Najafabadi, M., Darvishzadeh, R., Skidmore, A. K., Kölzsch, A., Exo, K-M., Nolet, B. A.,... Toxopeus, A. G. (2016). Environmental parameters linked to the last migratory stage of barnacle geese en route to their breeding sites. Animal Behaviour, 118, 81-95. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.05.018
van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Beukeboom, R., Nolet, B. A., Bakker, E. S., & Pollux, B. J. A. (2016). Locomotion during digestion changes current estimates of seed dispersal kernels by fish. Functional Ecology, 30, 215-225. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12485
Wood, K. A., Newth, J. L., Hilton, G. M., Nolet, B. A., & Rees, E. C. (2016). Inter-annual variability and long-term trends in breeding success in a declining population of migratory swans. Journal of Avian Biology, in press, 597-609. doi:10.1111/jav.00819

2015

de Weerd, N., van Langevelde, F., van Oeveren, H., Nolet, B. A., Kölzsch, A., Prins, H. H. T., & De Boer, W. F. (2015). Deriving animal behaviour from high-frequency GPS: tracking cows in open and forested habitat. PLoS One, 10(6), [e0129030]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129030
Ehrich, D., Ims, R. A., Yoccoz, N. G., Lecomte, N., Killengreen, S. T., Fuglei, E.,... Sokolov, V. A. (2015). What can stable isotope analysis of top predator tissues contribute to monitoring of tundra ecosystems? Ecosystems, 18(3), 404-416. doi:10.1007/s10021-014-9834-9
Kleyheeg, E., Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Morison, M. A., Nolet, B., & Soons, M. (2015). Bird-mediated seed dispersal: reduced digestive efficiency in active birds modulates dispersal capacity of plant seeds. Oikos, 124(7), 899-907. doi:10.1111/oik.01894
Kölzsch, A., Bauer, S., De Boer, R., Griffin, L., Cabot, D., Exo, K-M.,... Nolet, B. A. (2015). Forecasting spring from afar? Timing of migration and predictability of phenology along different migration routes of an avian herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(1), 272-283. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12281
Kölzsch, A., Alzate, A., Bartumeus, F., de Jager, M., Weerman, E. J., Hengeveld, G. M.,... Van de Koppel, J. (2015). Experimental evidence for inherent Lévy search behaviour in foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282(1807), [0424]. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0424
Shariati Najafabadi, M., Darvishzadeh, R., Skidmore, A. K., Kölzsch, A., Vrieling, A., Nolet, B. A.,... Toxopeus, A. G. (2015). Satellite- versus temperature-derived green wave indices for predicting the timing of spring migration of avian herbivores. Ecological Indicators, 58(November), 322-331. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.005
van Dijk, J. G. B., Kleyheeg, E., Soons, M., Nolet, B. A., Fouchier, R. A. M., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2015). Weak negative associations between avian influenza virus infection and movement behaviour in a key host species, the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Oikos, 124(10), 1293-1303. doi:10.1111/oik.01836
Verhagen, J. H., Van der Jeugd, H., Nolet, B. A., Slaterus, R., Kharitonov, S. P., De Vries, P.,... Fouchier, R. A. M. (2015). Wild bird surveillance in the Netherlands around outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 virus in 2014 within the context of global flyways. Eurosurveillance, 20(12), [21069].

2014

Bakker, E. S., & Nolet, B. A. (2014). Experimental evidence for enhanced top-down control of freshwater macrophytes with nutrient enrichment. Oecologia, 176(3), 825-836. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-3047-y
De Jager, M., Bartumeus, F., Kölzsch, A., Weissing, F. J., Hengeveld, G. M., Nolet, B. A.,... Van de Koppel, J. (2014). How superdiffusion gets arrested: Ecological encounters explain shift from Lévy to Brownian movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281(1774), 20132605. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2605
Hidding, B., Meirmans, P., Klaassen, M. R. J., De Boer, T., Ouborg, N. J., Wagemaker, C. A. M., & Nolet, B. A. (2014). The effect of herbivores on genotypic diversity in a clonal aquatic plant. Oikos, 123(9), 1112-1120. doi:10.1111/oik.01136
Nolet, B. A., Gyimesi, A., & van Lith, B. (2014). Lower foraging efficiency of offspring constrains use of optimal habitat in birds with extended parental care. Ibis, 156(2), 387-394. doi:10.1111/ibi.12137
Nuijten, R. J. M., Kölzsch, A., Van Gils, J. A., Hoye, B. J., Oosterbeek, K., De Vries, P. P.,... Nolet, B. A. (2014). The exception to the rule: retreating ice front makes Bewick’s swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii migrate slower in spring than in autumn. Journal of Avian Biology, 45(2), 113-122. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00287.x
Shariatinajafabadi, M., Wang, T., Skidmore, A. K., Toxopeus, A. G., Kölzsch, A., Nolet, B.,... Griffin, L. (2014). Migratory herbivorous waterfowl track satellite-derived green wave index. PLoS One, 9(9), [e108331]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108331
Suselbeek, L., Adamczyk, V. M. A. P., Bongers, F., Nolet, B. A., Prins, H. H. T., van Wieren, S. E., & Jansen, P. A. (2014). Scatter hoarding and cache pilferage by superior competitors: an experiment with wild boar (Sus scrofa). Animal Behaviour, 96, 107-115. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.08.001
Van Dijk, J. G. B., Hoye, B. J., Verhagen, J. H., Nolet, B. A., Fouchier, R. A. M., & Klaassen, M. (2014). Juveniles and migrants as drivers for seasonal epizootics of avian influenza virus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83(1), 266-275. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12131

2013

Nolet, B. A., Bauer, S., Feige, N., Kokorev, Y. I., Popov, I. Y., & Ebbinge, B. S. (2013). Faltering lemming cycles reduce productivity and population size of a migratory Arctic goose species. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(4), 804-813. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12060
Nolet, B. A., & Gyimesi, A. (2013). Underuse of stopover site by migratory swans. Journal of Ornithology, 154(3), 695-703. doi:10.1007/s10336-013-0934-7

2012

De Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Response to comment on "Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity". Science Magazine, 335(6071), 918. doi:10.1126/science.1215903
Gyimesi, A., van Lith, B., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Commensal foraging with Bewick’s Swans Cygnus bewickii doubles instantaneous intake rate of Common Pochards Aythya ferina. Ardea, 100(1), 55-62. doi:10.5253/078.100.0109
Gyimesi, A., Varghese, S., De Leeuw, J., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Net energy intake rate as a common currency to explain swan spatial distribution in a shallow lake. Wetlands, 32(1), 119-127. doi:10.1007/s13157-011-0256-6
Gyimesi, A., Franken, M. S., Feige, N., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Human disturbance of Bewick's Swans is reflected in giving-up net energy intake rate, but not in giving-up food density. Ibis, 154(4), 781-790. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01253.x
Hidding, B., Klaassen, M. R. J., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Aquatic plant shows flexible avoidance by escape from tuber predation by swans. Basic and Applied Ecology, 13(1), 50-58. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2011.11.002
Hoye, B. J., Hahn, S. M., Nolet, B. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2012). Habitat use throughout migration: linking individual consistency, prior breeding success and future breeding potential. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(3), 657-666. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01948.x
Klaassen, M. R. J., Hoye, B. J., Nolet, B. A., & Buttemer, W. A. (2012). Ecophysiology of avian migration in the face of current global hazards. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1596), 1719-1732. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0008
Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Nolet, B. A., Prins, H. H. T., Ydenburg, R. C., & Van Oers, K. (2012). Boldness affects foraging decisions in barnacle geese: an experimental approach. Behavioral Ecology, 23(6), 1155-1161. doi:10.1093/beheco/ars091
Van Dijk, J. G. B., Duijns, S., Gyimesi, A., De Boer, W. F., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Mallards feed longer to maintain intake rate under competition on a natural food distribution. Ethology, 118(2), 169-177. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01994.x
Van Wijk, R. E., Kölzsch, A., Kruckenberg, H., Ebbinge, B. S., Müskens, G. J. D. M., & Nolet, B. A. (2012). Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration. Oikos, 121(5), 655-664. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20083.x

2011

Bauer, S., Nolet, B. A., Giske, J., Chapman, J. R., Åkesson, S., Hedenström, A., & Fryxell, J. M. (2011). Cues and decision rules in animal migration. In J. M. Fryxell, E. J. Milner-Gulland, & A. R. E. Sinclair (Eds.), Animal Migration: a modern synthesis (pp. 68-87). New York: Oxford University Press.
Baveco, J. M., Kuipers, H., & Nolet, B. A. (2011). A large-scale multi-species spatial depletion model for overwintering waterfowl. Ecological Modelling, 222(20-22), 3773-3784. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.09.012
De Jager, M., Weissing, F. J., Herman, P. M. J., Nolet, B. A., & Van de Koppel, J. (2011). Levy walks evolve through interaction between movement and environmental complexity. Science Magazine, 332(6037), 1551-1553. doi:10.1126/science.1201187
Gyimesi, A., De Vries, P. P., De Boer, T., & Nolet, B. A. (2011). Reduced tuber banks of fennel pondweed due to summer grazing by waterfowl. Aquatic Botany, 94(1), 24-28. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.10.002
Hedenström, A., Bowlin, M. S., Nathan, R., Nolet, B. A., & Wikelski, M. (2011). Mechanistic principles of locomotion performance in migrating animals. In J. M. Fryxell, E. J. Milner-Gulland, & A. R. E. Sinclair (Eds.), Animal Migration: a modern synthesis (pp. 35-51). Oxford University Press.

2010

Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Declerck, S. A. J., Helmsing, N. R., Hidding, B., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Effect of macrophyte community composition and nutrient enrichment on plant biomass and algal blooms. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(5), 432-439. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.005
Gyimesi, A., van Rooij, E. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Nonlinear effects of food aggregation on interference competition in mallards. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(11), 1897-1904. doi:10.1007/s00265-010-1001-5
Gyimesi, A., Stillman, R. A., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Cryptic interference competition in swans foraging on cryptic prey. Animal Behaviour, 80(5), 791-797. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.006
Hidding, B., Brederveld, R. J., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). How a bottom-dweller beats the canopy: inhibition of an aquatic weed (Potamogeton pectinatus) by macroalgae (Chara spp.). Freshwater Biology, 55(8), 1758-1768. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02409.x
Hidding, B., Bakker, E. S., Keuper, F., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Differences in tolerance of pondweeds and charophytes to vertebrate herbivores in a shallow Baltic estuary. Aquatic Botany, 93(2), 123-128. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.04.002
Hidding, B., Nolet, B. A., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2010). Above- and below-ground vertebrate herbivory may each favour a different subordinate species in an aquatic plant community. Oecologia, 162(1), 199-208. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1450-6
Klaassen, M. R. J., Hangelbroek, H. H., De Boer, T., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Insights from the eco-physiological book of records: Bewick's swans outperform the canonical intake-maximizing vertebrate. Oikos, 119(7), 1156-1160. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18186.x
Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Prins, H. H. T., van Wieren, S. E., Van Oers, K., Nolet, B. A., & Ydenberg, R. C. (2010). The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277(1681), 601-608. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1474
Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Van Oers, K., Nolet, B. A., Jonker, R. M., van Wieren, S. E., Prins, H. H. T., & Ydenberg, R. C. (2010). Personality predicts the use of social information. Ecology Letters, 13(7), 829-837. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01473.x

2009

Duriez, O. P. M., Bauer, S., Destin, A. R. D., Madsen, J., Nolet, B. A., Stillman, R. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2009). What decision rules might pink-footed geese use to depart on migration? An individual-based model. Behavioral Ecology, 20(3), 560-569. doi:10.1093/beheco/arp032
Hidding, B., Nolet, B. A., De Boer, T., De Vries, P. P., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2009). Compensatory growth in an aquatic plant mediates exploitative competition between seasonally tied herbivores. Ecology, 90(7), 1891-1899. doi:10.1890/08-1218.1
Hidding, B., Nolet, B. A., van Eerden, M. R., Guillemain, M., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2009). Burial depth distribution of fennel pondweed tubers (Potamogeton pectinatus) in relation to foraging by Bewick's swans. Aquatic Botany, 90(4), 321-327. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.12.001
Nolet, B. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2009). Retrodicting patch use by foraging swans in a heterogeneous environment using a set of functional responses. Oikos, 118(3), 431-439. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16857.x

2008

Klaassen, R. H. G., & Nolet, B. A. (2008). Persistence of spatial variance and spatial pattern in the abundance of a submerged plant. Ecology, 89(11), 2973-2979. doi:10.1890/07-974.1
Klaassen, M. R. J., & Nolet, B. A. (2008). Stoichiometry of endothermy: shifting the quest from nitrogen to carbon. Ecology Letters, 11(8), 785-792. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01180.x

2007

Klaassen, M. R. J., & Nolet, B. A. (2007). The role of herbivorous water birds in aquatic systems through interactions with aquatic macrophytes, with special reference to the Bewick's Swan - Fennel Pondweed system. Hydrobiologia, 584, 205-213. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-0598-5
Klaassen, R. H. G., Nolet, B. A., & Van Leeuwen, C. H. A. (2007). Prior knowledge about spatial pattern affects patch assessment rather than movement between patches in tactile-feeding Mallard. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76(1), 20-29. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01184.x
Nolet, B. A., De Boer, T., & De Vries, P. P. (2007). Habitat quality estimated from head-dipping time in trampling swans. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 53(3-4), 317-328. doi:10.1560/IJEE.53.3.317

2006

Klaassen, R. H. G., Nolet, B. A., & Bankert, D. (2006). The influence of social interactions on the foraging path of Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii. Ardea, 94(3), 477-484.
Klaassen, R. H. G., Nolet, B. A., & De Fouw, J. (2006). Intake rate at different scaled heterogeneous food distributions explained by the ability of tactile-foraging mallard to concentrate foraging effort within profitable areas. Oikos, 112, 322-331. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13461.x
Klaassen, R. H. G., Nolet, B. A., & Bankert, D. (2006). Movement of foraging Tundra Swans explained by spatial pattern in cryptic food densities. Ecology, 87(9), 2244-2254. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2244:MOFTSE]2.0.CO;2
Klaassen, R. H. G., Nolet, B. A., Van Gils, J. A., & Bauer, S. (2006). Optimal movement between patches under incomplete information about the spatial distribution of food items. Theoretical Population Biology, 70(4), 452-463. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2006.04.002
Nolet, B. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2006). Time and energy constraints: reply to comments by Jeschke et al. Oikos, 114(3), 555-555. doi:10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.13502.x
Nolet, B. A., Klaassen, R. H. G., & Mooij, W. M. (2006). The use of a flexible patch leaving rule under exploitative competition: a field test with swans. Oikos, 112(2), 342-352. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13460.x
Nolet, B. A., Fuld, V. N., & van Rijswijk, M. E. C. (2006). Foraging costs and accessibility as determinants of giving-up densities in a swan-pondweed system. Oikos, 112(2), 353-362. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13463.x
Nolet, B. A. (2006). Speed of spring migration of Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus in accordance with income or capital breeding strategy? Ardea, 94(3), 579-591.
Nolet, B. A., Gyimesi, A., & Klaassen, R. H. G. (2006). Prediction of bird-day carrying capacity on a staging site: a test of depletion models. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75(6), 1285-1292. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01150.x
Veraart, A. J., Nolet, B. A., Rosell, F., & De Vries, P. (2006). Simulated winter browsing may lead to induced susceptibility of willows to beavers in spring. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 84(12), 1733-1742. doi:10.1139/Z06-177

2005

Campbell, R. D., Rosell, F., Nolet, B. A., & Dijkstra, V. A. A. (2005). Territory and group sizes in Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber): echoes of settlement and reproduction? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58(6), 597-607. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0942-6
Charalambidou, I., Santamaria, L., Jansen, C., & Nolet, B. A. (2005). Digestive plasticity in Mallard ducks modulates dispersal probabilities of aquatic plants and crustaceans. Functional Ecology, 19(3), 513-519. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00998.x
Mooij, W. M., Hülsmann, S., De Senerpont Domis, L. N., Nolet, B. A., Bodelier, P. L. E., Boers, P.,... Lammens, E. H. R. R. (2005). The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review. Aquatic Ecology, 39(4), 381-400. doi:10.1007/s10452-005-9008-0
Nolet, B. A., Broftová, L., Heitkönig, I. M. A., Vorel, A., & Kostkan, V. (2005). Slow growth of a translocated beaver population partly due to a climatic shift in food quality. Oikos, 111(3), 632-640. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2005.13850.x
Nolet, B. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2005). Time and energy constraints in demanding phases of the annual cycle: an example of time limitation in refuelling migratory swans. Oikos, 111(2), 302-310. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14043.x

2004

Klaassen, M. R. J., Beekman, J. H., Kontiokorpi, J., Mulder, R. J. W., & Nolet, B. A. (2004). Migrating swans profit from favourable changes in wind conditions at low altitude. Journal of Ornithology, 145(2), 142-151. doi:10.1007/s10336-004-0025-x
Nolet, B. A. (2004). Overcompensation and grazing optimisation in a swan-pondweed system? Freshwater Biology, 49(11), 1391-1399. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01275.x

2002

Beekman, J. H., Nolet, B. A., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2002). Skipping swans: Fuelling rates and wind conditions determine differential use of migratory stopover sites of Bewick's Swans Cygnus bewickii. Ardea, 90(3), 437-460.
Clausen, P., Nolet, B. A., Fox, A. D., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2002). Long-distance endozoochorous dispersal of submerged macrophyte seeds by migratory waterbirds in Northern Europe - a critical review of possibilities and limitations. Acta Oecologica, 23(3), 191-203. doi:10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01150-5
Jonzén, N., Nolet, B. A., Santamaría, L., & Svensson, M. (2002). Seasonal herbivory and mortality compensation in a swan-pondweed system. Ecological Modelling, 147(3), 209-219. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00426-4
Nolet, B. A., & Mooij, W. M. (2002). Search paths of swans foraging on spatially autocorrelated tubers. Journal of Animal Ecology, 71(3), 451-462. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00610.x
Nolet, B. A., Bevan, R. M., Klaassen, M. R. J., Langevoord, O., & Van der Heijden, Y. G. J. T. (2002). Habitat switching by Bewick's swans: maximisation of average long-term energy gain? Journal of Animal Ecology, 71(6), 979-993. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00662.x
Nolet, B. A. (2002). Efficiency as a foraging currency in animals attaining a gain below the energetic ceiling. Behavioral Ecology, 13(4), 571-574. doi:10.1093/beheco/13.4.571

2001

Nolet, B. A., Langevoord, O., Bevan, R. M., Engelaar, K. R., Klaassen, M. R. J., Mulder, R. J. W., & Van Dijk, S. (2001). Spatial variation in tuber depletion by swans explained by differences in net intake rates. Ecology, 82(6), 1655-1667. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1655:SVITDB]2.0.CO;2
Nolet, B. A., Andreev, V. A., Clausen, P., Poot, M., & Wessel, E. G. J. (2001). Significance of the White Sea as stopover for Bewick's Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii in spring. Ibis, 143(1), 63-71. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04170.x

1998

Nolet, B. A., & Rosell, F. (1998). Comeback of the beaver Castor fiber: An overview of old and new conservation problems. Biological Conservation, 83(2), 165-173. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00066-9
Nolet, B. A., & Drent, R. H. (1998). Bewick's Swans refuelling on pondweed tubers in the Dvina Bay (White Sea) during their spring migration: first come, first served. Journal of Avian Biology, 29(4), 574-581. doi:10.2307/3677178

1997

Nolet, B. A., Broekhuizen, S., Dorrestein, G. M., & Rienks, K. M. (1997). Infectious diseases as main causes of mortality to beavers Castor fiber after translocation to the Netherlands. Journal of Zoology London, 241, 35-42. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05497.x
Rosell, F., & Nolet, B. A. (1997). Factors affecting scent-marking behaviour in Eurasion beaver (Castor fiber). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 23(3), 673-689. doi:10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006403.74674.8a

1996

Nolet, B. A., & Baveco, J. M. (1996). Development and viability of a translocated beaver Castor fiber population in the Netherlands. Biological Conservation, 75(2), 125-137. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(95)00063-1

1995

Nolet, B. A., Van der Meer, P. J., Evers, E. G. J., & Ottenheim, M. M. (1995). A linear programming model of diet choice of free-living beavers. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 45(3-4), 315-337. doi:10.1163/156854295X00339

2014

De Boer, R., Bauer, S., Van der Jeugd, H., Ens, B. J., Griffin, L., Cabot, D.,... Kölzsch, A. (2014). Een vergelijking van de voorjaarstrek van drie populaties Brandganzen met behulp van GPS-satellietzenders. Limosa, 87(2), 99-106.
Nolet, B. A., & Nuijten, R. J. M. (2014). Kleine zwanen op trek: Migratie verloopt langzamer in het voorjaar door ijsvorming. Mens en vogel, 52(2), 42-47.
Nolet, B. A., Kölzsch, A., Oosterbeek, K. H., & De Vries, P. P. (2014). Pleisterplaatsen van geloggerde Kleine Zwanen. Limosa, 87(2), 149-155.

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