I graduated as a biological technician at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Before I started working at NIOO I had different jobs as research technician at various research institutes. In 1998 I started working at NIOO where I conducted experiments with waterfowl. Since 2009 I am a member of the department of Animal Ecology where I assist in various projects.
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- Verhagen, I., Laine, V. N., Mateman, A. C., Pijl, A., de Wit, R., van Lith, B.,... Visser, M. E. (2019). Fine-tuning of seasonal timing of breeding is regulated downstream in the underlying neuro-endocrine system in a small songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, [jeb.202481]. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.202481
- Tomotani, B. M., de la Hera, I., Lange, C. Y. M. J. G., van Lith, B., Meddle, S. L., Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(17), [jeb201467]. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.201467
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12137
- Van Asch, M., Salis, L., Holleman, L. J. M., van Lith, B., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Evolutionary response of the egg hatching date of a herbivorous insect under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 3(3), 244-248. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE1717
- 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. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.100.0109
- Van Leeuwen, C. H. A., Van der Velde, G., van Lith, B., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2012). Experimental quantification of long distance dispersal potential of aquatic snails in the gut of migratory birds. PLoS One, 7(3), [e32292]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032292
- Declerck, S. A. J., Bakker, E. S., van Lith, B., Kersbergen, A. P., & Van Donk, E. (2011). Effects of nutrient additions and macrophyte composition on invertebrate community assembly and diversity in experimental ponds. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(5), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.05.001
- Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Eijkelenkamp, B., Van Oers, K., van Lith, B., van Wieren, S. E., Ydenberg, R. C., & Prins, H. H. T. (2009). Personality differences explain leadership in barnacle geese. Animal Behaviour, 78(2), 447-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.002
- Soons, M. B., van der Vlugt, C., van Lith, B., Heil, G. W., & Klaassen, M. R. J. (2008). Small seed size increases the potential for dispersal of wetland plants by ducks. Journal of Ecology, 96(4), 619-627. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01372.x
- Van Gils, J. A., Gyimesi, A., & van Lith, B. (2007). Avian herbivory: an experiment, a field test, and an allometric comparison with mammals. Ecology, 88(11), 2926-2935. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-0904.1
