Prof. dr. Marcel Visser

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Prof Dr Marcel E. Visser (1960) graduated from Leiden University in 1987, and continued there as a PhD student in the Animal Ecology Group for four years, working on the life-history of insect parasitoids.

After his PhD he obtained an EC Science Programme Fellowship to continue his parasitoids research at Imperial College (UK). In 1993 he shifted systems when he became a post-doc at the NIOO-KNAW, working on seasonal timing in great tits. In 1996 he was appointed as a Senior Researcher and in 2002 as Head of Department.

His main interests are the interaction between ultimate and proximate aspects of timing, particularly in the Oak - Winter Moth - Great Tit/Pied Flycatcher system. In January 2007 he obtained a personal VICI grant from NWO and in January 2014 his ERC Advanced grant started. From 2015 - 2017 he has been included in the Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researcher and in 2017 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) . He has been subject editor for Global Change Biology (2006-2018) and on the Editorial board of Philosophical Transactions B (2012-2018). He is co-founder and the president of the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB).

In June 2005 he was appointed as Professor on Seasonal Timing of Behaviour at Groningen University and in April 2012 Professor on Ecological genetics at Wageningen University but he remains based at the NIOO-KNAW.

Timing of growth and reproduction: ultimate functions and proximate mechanisms

An important part of this research has been funded by a NWO-VICI grant (2007-2013) and is currently funded by an ERC Advanced grant (2014-2019).

See the Visser-lab page for more information.

The impact or nocturnal illumination on flora and fauna - the Light on Nature and Light on Landscape projects

We study how nocturnal illumination affects flora and fauna using a world-wide unique set-up. See https://nioo.knaw.nl/nl/licht-op-natuur

The evolution of bill size - can we predict evolution?

Bill size is a morphological trait which has undergone phenotypic change in the UK, possibly in response to humans putting out food. We study the genotype-phenotype map for bill size in Dutch great tit and measure selection on bill size in the wild to see whether we can 'catch evolution in the act'. This projects is carried out by Judith Risse (https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/employees/judith-risse) in collaboration with Jacintha Ellers (VU), Mirte Bosse (WUR) and Jon Slate (Sheffield, UK).

Songbird genomics in wild passerines

This project is carried out in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Martien A.M. Groenen from the Animal Breeding and Genetics department of the WUR, Dr. Kees van Oers of the NIOO, Dr. Jon Slate (Univ of Sheffield) and Prof. Dr. Ben Sheldon (University of Oxford). The Dutch component of the project has been funded by the NGI Horizon program and by my ERC Advanced grant.

Impact of light at night: preventing habitat loss and habitat fragmentation by adapting night-time illumination

This project studies how we can reduce habitat fragmentation by reducing light at night along roads. It is funded by NWO-TTW, Philips, RWS, ZIUT and Nobralux for th eperiod 2019-2024. The project leader is Dr. Kamiel Spoelstra and the PhD student is Claire Hermans. The project is a follow-up of the Light on Nature project (with Prof. Dr. Frank Berendse and Dr. Elmar M. Veenendaal from the Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology department of the WUR).

Studies on Populations of Individuals - SPI-birds project

In this project we aim to make long-term data on populations of individually known birds more accessible. We collect meta-data on these populations accross their distribution range, focussing at hole-breeding passerines.The SPI-Birds Database is a searchable, publically available overview of hole-nesting bird research conducted across Eurasia. The associated SPI-Birds Network came together to create a community-defined, standardized method for formatting data on hole-nesting birds and describing the attributes of hole-nesting bird populations. In this way it becomes much easier to exchange data, ideas, and other news within and beyond the network. See https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/spi-birds

Predicting evolution - one of the game changers of the Origins Center

Within the Game Changer Predicting Evolution of the Origins Center, which I coordinate together with Jacintha Ellers, we run an experimental evolution experiment on nematodes where we collaborate with seven Dutch and Belgian institutions. We explore which factors determine the predictability of evolution. https://www.origins-center.nl/

My ResearcherID is A-9151-2009, see http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-9151-2009

My Orcid is 0000-0002-1456-1939, see http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-1939

You can also find my publications on ResearchGate, see www.researchgate.net

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for a complete literature list (updated on 21 October 2019)

2020

Harvey, J. A., Heinen, R., Armbrecht, I., Basset, Y., Baxter-Gilbert, J. H., Bezemer, T. M.,... de Kroon, H. (2020). International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery: Correspondence. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Online. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1079-8
Dominoni, D., Smit, J. A. H., Visser, M. E., & Halfwerk, W. (2020). Multisensory pollution: Artificial light at night and anthropogenic noise have interactive effects on activity patterns of great tits (Parus major). Environmental Pollution, 256, [113314]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113314

2019

Radchuk, V., Reed, T., Teplitsky, C., van de Pol, M., Charmantier, A., Hassall, C.,... Kramer-Schadt, S. (2019). Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient. Nature Communications, 10(3109), [3109]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4
Dominoni, D. M., Kjellberg Jensen, J., de Jong, M., Visser, M. E., & Spoelstra, K. (2019). Artificial light at night, in interaction with spring temperature, modulates timing of reproduction in a passerine bird. Ecological Applications, In press. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2062
Cao, Y., Visser, M. E., & Tufto, J. (2019). A time-series model for estimating temporal variation in phenotypic selection on laying dates in a Dutch great tit population. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(9), 1401-1411. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13249
Hsu, B-Y., Verhagen, I. C., Gienapp, P., Darras, V. M., Visser, M. E., & Ruuskanen, S. (2019). Between- and within-individual variation of maternal thyroid hormone deposition in wild great tits (Parus major). American Naturalist, 194(4), E96-E108. https://doi.org/10.1086/704738
Ramakers, J. J. C., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Comparing two measures of phenological synchrony in a predator–prey interaction: Simpler works better. Journal of Animal Ecology, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13143
Visser, M. E. (2019). Evolution: Adapting to a Warming World: Editorial. Current Biology, 29(22), R1189-R1191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.062
Visser, M. E., & Gienapp, P. (2019). Evolutionary and demographic consequences of phenological mismatches: review article. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0880-8
Laine, V. N., Verhagen, I., Mateman, A. C., Pijl, A., Williams, T. D., Gienapp, P.,... Visser, M. E. (2019). Exploration of tissue-specific gene expression patterns underlying timing of breeding in contrasting temperature environments in a song bird. BMC Genomics, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6043-0
Laine, V. N., Gossmann, T. I., van Oers, K., Visser, M. E., & Groenen, M. A. M. (2019). Exploring the unmapped DNA and RNA reads in a songbird genome. BMC Genomics, 20(1), [19]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-5378-2
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
Verhagen, I. C., Gienapp, P., Laine, V., van Grevenhof, E., Mateman, A. C., van Oers, K., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Genetic and phenotypic responses to genomic selection for timing of breeding in a wild songbird. Functional Ecology, 33(9), 1708-1721. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13360
Gienapp, P., Calus, M. P. L., Laine, V. N., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Genomic selection on breeding time in a wild bird population. Evolution Letters, 3(2), 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.103
Salis, L., Caro, S. P., Hut, R. A., Vernooij, L., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Manipulation of photoperiod perception advances gonadal growth but not laying date in the great tit. Journal of Avian Biology, Online, [jav.02197]. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02197
Caro, S. P., Cornil, C. A., van Oers, K., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Personality and gonadal development as sources of individual variation in response to GnRH challenge in female great tits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286(1902), [20190142]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0142
Ramakers, J. J. C., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Phenological mismatch drives selection elevation, but not on slope, of breeding time plasticity in a wild songbird. Evolution, 73(2), 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13660
Ramakers, J. J. C., Visser, M. E., & Gienapp, P. (2019). Quantifying individual variation in reaction norms: Mind the residual. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13571
Ramakers, J. J. C., Culina, A., Visser, M. E., & Gienapp, P. (2019). Reply to: More evidence is needed to show that heritability and selection are not associated. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, [1408(2019)]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0991-2
Bosse, M., Spurgin, L. G., Laine, V. N., Cole, E. F., Firth, J. A., Gienapp, P.,... Slate, J. (2019). Response to Perrier and Charmantier: On the importance of time scales when studying adaptive evolution. Evolution Letters, 3(3), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.112
Viitaniemi, H., Verhagen, I. C., Visser, M. E., Honkela, A., van Oers, K., & Husby, A. (2019). Seasonal Variation in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns and the Onset of Seasonal Timing of Reproduction in Great Tits. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(3), 970. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz044
Visser, M. E., van Dooremalen, C., Tomotani, B. M., Bushuev, A., Meijer, H. A. J., Marvelde, L. T., & Gienapp, P. (2019). Short-term, but not long-term, increased daytime workload leads to decreased night-time energetics in a free-living song bird. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(14), [jeb199513]. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.199513
Mäkinen, H., Viitaniemi, H., Visser, M. E., Verhagen, I. C., van Oers, K., & Husby, A. (2019). Temporally replicated reduced representation bisulfate sequencing data on DNA methylation patterns in great tit. Scientific data, 6, [136]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0136-0
da Silva, V. H., Laine, V. N., Bosse, M., Spurgin, L. G., Derks, M. F. L., van Oers, K.,... Groenen, M. A. M. (2019). The Genomic Complexity of a Large Inversion in Great Tits. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(7), 1870-1881. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz106
Laine, V. N., Atema, E., Vlaming, P., Verhagen, I., Mateman, C., Ramakers, J. J. C.,... Visser, M. E. (2019). The Genomics of Circadian Timing in a Wild Bird, the Great Tit (Parus major). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, [e00152]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00152
Ulgezen, Z. N., Käpylä, T., Meerlo, P., Spoelstra, K., Visser, M. E., & Dominoni, D. M. (2019). The preference and costs of sleeping under light at night in forest and urban great tits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 286(1905), [20190872]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0872
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

2018

Kim, J-M., Santure, A. W., Barton, H. J., Quinn, J. L., Cole, E. F., Great Tit HapMap Consortium,... Slate, J. (2018). A high density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(4), 877-891. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12778
Hopkins, G. R., Gaston, K. J., Visser, M. E., Elgar, M. A., & Jones, T. M. (2018). Artificial light at night as a driver of evolution across urban-rural landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(8), 472-479. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1828
Spoelstra, K., Verhagen, I. C., Meijer, D., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Artificial light at night shifts daily activity patterns but not the internal clock in the great tit (Parus major). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285(1875), [2751]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2751
Tomotani, B. M., van der Jeugd, H. P., Gienapp, P., De la Hera, I., Pilzecker, J., Teichmann, C., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Climate change leads to differential shifts in the timing of annual cycle stages in a migratory bird. Global Change Biology, 24(2), 823-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14006
da Silva, V. H., Laine, V. N., Bosse, M., Oers, K. V., Dibbits, B. W., Visser, M. E.,... Groenen, M. A. M. (2018). CNVs are associated with genomic architecture in a songbird. BMC Genomics, 19(2), [195]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4577-1
Junker, R. R., Kuppler, J., Amo, L., Blande, J. D., Borges, R. M., van Dam, N. M.,... Köllner, T. G. (2018). Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. New Phytologist, 220(3), 739-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14505
Dominoni, D. M., Jong, M., Bellingham, M., O'Shaughnessy, P., Oers, K., Robinson, J.,... Helm, B. (2018). Dose-response effects of light at night on the reproductive physiology of great tits (Parus major): Integrating morphological analyses with candidate gene expression. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329(8-9), 473-487. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2214
de Jong, M., Lamers, K. P., Eugster, M., Ouyang, J. Q., Da Silva, A., Mateman, A. C.,... Spoelstra, K. (2018). Effects of experimental light at night on extra-pair paternity in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 329(8-9), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2193
Ramakers, J. J. C., Culina, A., Visser, M. E., & Gienapp, P. (2018). Environmental coupling of heritability and selection is rare and of minor evolutionary significance in wild populations. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1093-1103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0577-4
Culina, A., Crowther, T. W., Ramakers, J. J. C., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2018). How to do meta-analysis of open datasets: comment. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1053-1056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0579-2
Jones, W., Kulma, K., Bensch, S., Cichon, M., Kerimov, A., Krist, M.,... Qvarnstrom, A. (2018). Interspecific transfer of parasites following a range-shift in Ficedula flycatchers. Ecology and Evolution, 8(23), 12183-12192. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4677
Ramakers, J., Cobben, M., Bijma, P., Reed, T. E., Visser, M. E., & Gienapp, P. (2018). Maternal effects in a wild songbird are environmentally plastic but only marginally alter the rate of adaptation. American Naturalist, 191(5), [E-article]. https://doi.org/10.1086/696847
Culina, A., Baglioni, M., Crowther, T. W., Visser, M. E., Woutersen-Windhouwer, S., & Manghi, P. (2018). Navigating the unfolding open data landscape in ecology and evolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 420-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0458-2
Spoelstra, K., Ramakers, J. J. C., van Dis, N. E., & Visser, M. E. (2018). No effect of artificial light of different colors on commuting Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii) in a choice experiment. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 329(8-9), 506-510. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2178
Samplonius, J. M., Bartošová, L., Burgess, M. D., Bushuev, A. V., Eeva, T., Ivankina, E. V.,... Both, C. (2018). Phenological sensitivity to climate change is higher in resident than in migrant bird populations among European cavity breeders. Global Change Biology, 24(8), 3780-3790. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14160
Salis, L., van den Hoorn, E., Beersma, D. G. M., Hut, R. A., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Photoperiodic cues regulate phenological carry-over effects in an herbivorous insect. Functional Ecology, 32(Special issue), 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12953
Tomotani, B. M., Muijres, F. T., Koelman, J., Casagrande, S., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Simulated moult reduces flight performance but overlap with breeding does not affect breeding success in a long-distance migrant. Functional Ecology, 32(2), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12974
de Jong, M., Van den Eertwegh, L., Beskers, R., De Vries, P. P., Spoelstra, K., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Timing of avian breeding in an urbanized world. Ardea, 106(1), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v106i1.a4
Amo, L., Tomás, G., Saavedra, I., & Visser, M. E. (2018). Wild great and blue tits do not avoid chemical cues of predators when selecting cavities for roosting. PLoS One, 13(9), [e0203269]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203269

2017

Welbers, A., van Dis, N., Kolvoort, A., Ouyang, J. Q., Visser, M. E., Spoelstra, K., & Dominoni, D. M. (2017). Artificial Light at Night Reduces Daily Energy Expenditure in Breeding Great Tits (Parus major). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, [2017.00055]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00055
Van de Pol, M., Jenouvrier, S., Cornelissen, J. H. C., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Behavioural, ecological and evolutionary response to extreme climatic events: Challenges & directions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1723), [134]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0134
Kronfeld-Schor, N., Visser, M. E., Salis, L., & van Gils, J. A. (2017). Chronobiology of interspecific interactions in a changing world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1734), [0248]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0248
Corcoran, P., Gossmann, T. I., Barton, H. J., The Great Tit HapMap Consortium, Slate, J., & Zeng, K. (2017). Determinants of the Efficacy of Natural Selection on Coding and Noncoding Variability in Two Passerine Species. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(11), 2987-3007. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx213
Tomotani, B. M., Caglar, E., de la Hera, I., Mateman, A. C., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Early arrival is not associated with more extra-pair fertilizations in a long-distance migratory bird. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(6), 854-861. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01317
de Jong, M., Caro, S. P., Gienapp, P., Spoelstra, K., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Early Birds by Light at Night: Effects of Light Color and Intensity on Daily Activity Patterns in Blue Tits. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 32(4), 323-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730417719168
Gienapp, P., Laine, V., Mateman, A. C., van Oers, K., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Environment-Dependent Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Avian Breeding Time. Frontiers in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2017.00102
Da Silva, A., de Jong, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Visser, M. E., Kempenaers, B., & Spoelstra, K. (2017). Experimental illumination of a forest: no effects of lights of different colours on the onset of the dawn chorus in songbirds. Royal Society Open Science, 4(1), [160638]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160638
Visser, M. E. (2017). Phenological Shifts in Animals Under Contemporary Climate Change. In B. D. Roitberg [Ed.], Reference Module in Life Sciences Elsevier B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.02301-3
Bosse, M., Spurgin, L. G., Laine, V. N., Cole, E. F., Firth, J. A., Gienapp, P.,... Slate, J. (2017). Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait. Science, 358(6361), 365-368. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal3298
Spoelstra, K., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Ramakers, J. J. C., Ferguson, K. B., Raap, T., Donners, M.,... Visser, M. E. (2017). Response of bats to light with different spectra: light-shy and agile bat presence is affected by white and green, but not red light. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 284(1855), [0075]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0075
Ouyang, J. Q., de Jong, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Matson, K. D., Haussmann, M. F., Meerlo, P.,... Spoelstra, K. (2017). Restless roosts: Light pollution affects behavior, sleep, and physiology in a free-living songbird. Global Change Biology, 23(11), 4987-4994. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13756
Helm, B., Visser, M. E., Schwartz, W., Kronfeld-Schor, N., Gerkema, M., Piersma, T., & Bloch, G. (2017). Two sides of a coin: ecological and chronobiological perspectives of timing in the wild. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1734), [0246]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0246
Williams, C. M., Ragland, G. J., Betini, G., Buckley, L. B., Cheviron, Z. A., Donohue, K.,... Visser, M. E. (2017). Understanding Evolutionary Impacts of Seasonality: An Introduction to the Symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icx122-icx122. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx122
Ouyang, J. Q., de Jong, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Matson, K. D., Haussmann, M. F., Meerlo, P.,... Spoelstra, K. (2017). What type of rigorous experiments are needed to investigate the impact of artificial light at night on individuals and populations? Response to editor. Global Change Biology, 23(12), e9-e10. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13894

2016

Amo, L., Dicke, M., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Are naive birds attracted to herbivore-induced plant defences? Behaviour, 153(3), 353-366. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003345
Tomotani, B. M., Gienapp, P., Beersma, D. G. M., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Climate change relaxes the time constraints for late-born offspring in a long-distance migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 283(1839). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1366
Sæther, B-E., Grøtan, V., Engen, S., Coulson, T., Grant, P. R., Visser, M. E.,... Weimerskirch, H. (2016). Demographic routes to variability and regulation in bird populations. Nature Communications, 7, 12001. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12001
Gamelon, M., Grotan, V., Engen, S., Bjørkvoll, E., Visser, M. E., & Sæther, B-E. (2016). Density dependence in an age-structured population of great tits: identifying the critical age classes. Ecology, 97(9), 2479-2490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1442
De Jong, M., Jeninga, L., Ouyang, J., van Oers, K., Spoelstra, K., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night. Physiology & Behavior, 155(1), 172-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.12.012
De Jong, M., Ouyang, J., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Visser, M. E., & Spoelstra, K. (2016). Do wild great tits avoid exposure to light at night? PLoS One, 11(6), [0157357]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157357
Ruuskanen, S., Darras, V. M., Visser, M. E., & Groothuis, T. G. G. (2016). Effects of experimentally manipulated yolk thyroid hormone levels on offspring development in a wild bird species. Hormones and Behavior, 81, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.03.006
Sæther, S. A., Visser, M. E., Grotan, V., & Engen, S. (2016). Evidence for r- and K-selection in a wild bird population: a reciprocal link between ecology and evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 283, [1829]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2411
Laine, V., Gossmann, T. I., Schachtschneider, K. M., Garroway, C. J., Madsen, O., Verhoeven, K. J. F.,... Groenen, M. A. M. (2016). Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome. Nature Communications, 7, [10474]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10474
Ruuskanen, S., Darras, V. M., de Vries, B., Visser, M. E., & Groothuis, T. G. G. (2016). Experimental manipulation of food availability leads to short-term intra-clutch adjustment in egg mass but not in yolk androgen or thyroid hormones. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00728
Mulder, H. A., Gienapp, P., & Visser, ME. (2016). Genetic variation in variability: phenotypic variability of fledging weight and its evolution in a songbird population. Evolution, 70(9), 2004-2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13008
Ruuskanen, S., Gienapp, P., Groothuis, T. G. G., Schaper, S. V., Darras, V. M., Pereira, C.,... Visser, M. E. (2016). Heritable variation in maternally derived yolk androgens, thyroid hormones and immune factors. Heredity, 117, 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2016.49
Lemoine, M., Lucek, K., Perrier, C., Saladin, V., Adriaensen, F., Barba, E.,... Richner, H. (2016). Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118(3), 668-685. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12745
Salis, L., Lof, M., Van Asch, M., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Modeling winter moth Operophtera brumata egg phenology: nonlinear effects of temperature and developmental stage on developmental rate. Oikos, 125(12), 1772-1781. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03257
Visser, M. E. (2016). Phenology: Interactions of climate change and species. Nature, 535(7611), 236-237. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18905
Mills, J. A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P. H., Birkhead, T. R.,... Zedrosser, A. (2016). Solutions for Archiving Data in Long-Term Studies: A Reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(2), 85-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.004
Ruuskanen, S., Groothuis, T. G. G., Schaper, S. V., Darras, V. M., de Vries, B., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Temperature-induced variation in yolk androgen and thyroid hormone levels in avian eggs. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 235, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.05.026
Reed, T. E., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Testing for biases in selection on avian reproductive traits and partitioning direct and indirect selection using quantitative genetic models. Evolution, 70(10), 2211-2225. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13017

2015

Mills, J. A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., H. Becker, P., Birkhead, T. R.,... Zedrosser, A. (2015). Archiving primary data: solutions for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(10), 581-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006
Reed, T., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2015). Density dependence and microevolution interactively determine effects of phenology mismatch on population dynamics. Oikos, 124(1), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01398
Stevenson, T. J., Visser, M. E., Arnold, W., Barrett, P., Biello, S., Dawson, A.,... Helm, B. (2015). Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security, and ecosystems: a call for integrated research. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282(1817), [1453]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1453
De Jong, M., Ouyang, J. Q., Da Silva, A., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Kempenaers, B., Visser, M. E., & Spoelstra, K. (2015). Effects of nocturnal illumination on life-history decisions and fitness in two wild songbird species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370(1667), [20140128]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0128
Visser, M. E., Gienapp, P., Husby, A., Morrisey, M., de la Hera, I., Pulido, F., & Both, C. (2015). Effects of Spring Temperatures on the Strength of Selection on Timing of Reproduction in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird. PLoS Biology, 13(4), [e1002120 ]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002120
Chevin, L-M., Visser, M. E., & Tufto, J. (2015). Estimating the variation, autocorrelation, and environmental sensitivity of phenotypic selection. Evolution, 69(9), 2319-2332. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12741
Spoelstra, K., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Donners, M., Gienapp, P., Huigens, M. E., Slaterus, R.,... Veenendaal, E. (2015). Experimental illumination of natural habitat—an experimental set-up to assess the direct and indirect ecological consequences of artificial light of different spectral composition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 370(1667), [2014.0129]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0129
Santure, A. W., Poissant, J., de Cauwer, I., van Oers, K., Robinson, M. R., Quinn, J. L.,... Slate, J. (2015). Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations. Molecular Ecology, 24(24), 6148-6162. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13452
Ouyang, J. Q., de Jong, M., Hau, M., Visser, M. E., van Grunsven, R. H. A., & Spoelstra, K. (2015). Stressful colours: corticosterone concentrations in a free-living songbird vary with the spectral composition of experimental illumination. Biology Letters, 11(8), [20150517]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0517
Stenseth, N. C., Durant, J. M., Fowler, M. S., Matthysen, E., Adriaensen, F., Jonzen, N.,... Dhondt, A. A. (2015). Testing for effects of climate change on competitive relationships and coexistence between two bird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282(1807), [20141958]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1958
Derks, M., Smit, S., Salis, L., Schijlen, E., Bossers, A., Mateman, A. C.,... Megens, H-J. (2015). The genome of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) provides a genomic perspective on sexual dimorphism and phenology. Genome Biology and Evolution, 7(8), 2321-2332. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv145

2014

Ruuskanen, S., Morales, J., Laaksonen, T., Moreno, J., Mateo, R., Belskii, E.,... Eeva, T. (2014). Large-scale geographical variation in eggshell heavy metal and calcium content in a passerine bird (Ficedula hypoleuca). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(5), 3304-3317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2299-0
De la Hera, I., Pulido, F., & Visser, M. E. (2014). Longitudinal data reveal ontogenetic changes in the wing morphology of a long-distance migratory bird. Ibis, 156(1), 209-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12112
Reparaz, L. B., Van Oers, K., Naguib, M., Doutrelant, C., Visser, M. E., & Caro, S. P. (2014). Mate Preference of Female Blue Tits Varies with Experimental Photoperiod. PLoS One, 9(3), [e92527]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092527
Van Oers, K., Santure, A. W., de Cauwer, I., Van Bers, N. E. M., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Sheldon, B. C.,... Groenen, M. A. M. (2014). Replicated high-density genetic maps of two great tit populations reveal fine-scale genomic departures from sex-equal recombination rates. Heredity, 112, 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2013.107
Gienapp, P., Reed, T., & Visser, M. E. (2014). Why climate change will invariably alter selection pressures on phenology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281(1793), [20141611]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1611

2013

Amo, L., Jansen, J. J., Van Dam, N. M., Dicke, M., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Birds exploit herbivore-induced plant volatiles to locate herbivorous prey. Ecology Letters, 16(11), 1348-1355. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12177
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
De la Hera, I., Reed, T., Pulido, F., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Feather mass and winter moult extent are heritable but not associated with fitness-related traits in a long-distance migratory bird. Evolutionary Ecology, 27(6), 1199-1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-013-9639-x
Gienapp, P., Van Noordwijk, A. J., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Genetic background, and not ontogenetic effects, affect avian seasonal timing of reproduction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(10), 2147-2153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12205
Schaper, S. V., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Great tits provided with ad libitum food lay larger eggs when exposed to colder temperatures. Journal of Avian Biology, 44(3), 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.00129.x
Schaper, S. V., Gienapp, P., Dawson, A., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Heritability of gonad size varies across season in a wild songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(12), 2739-2745. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12249
Caro, S. P., Schaper, S. V., Dawson, A., Sharp, P., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Is microevolution the only emergency exit in a warming world? Temperature influences egg laying but not its underlying mechanisms in great tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 190(sept), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.025
Reed, T., Jenouvrier, S., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Phenological mismatch strongly affects individual fitness but not population demography in a woodland passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(1), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02020.x
Visser, M. E. (2013). Phenological shifts in animals under contemporary climate change. In S. A. Levin [Ed.], Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (pp. 716-727). Elsevier B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00376-2
Reed, T., Grotan, V., Jenouvrier, S., Saether, B. E., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Population growth in a wild bird is buffered against phenological mismatch. Science Magazine, 340(6131), 488-491. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1232870
Gienapp, P., Lof, M. E., Reed, T., McNamara, J. M., Verhulst, S., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Predicting demographically-sustainable rates of adaptation: can great tit breeding time keep pace with climate change? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1610), 20120289. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0289
Caro, S. P., Schaper, S. V., Hut, R. A., Ball, G. F., & Visser, M. E. (2013). The case of the missing mechanism: how does temperature influence seasonal timing in endotherms? PLoS Biology, 11(4), [e1001517]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001517
Spoelstra, K., & Visser, M. E. (2013). The impact of artificial light on avian ecology. In D. Gils, & H. Brumm [Eds.], Avian Urban Ecology (Vol. Part 1: Chap 2, pp. 21-28). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Morales, J., Ruuskanen, S., Laaksonen, T., Mateo, R., Belskii, E., Eeva, T.,... Moreno, J. (2013). Variation in eggshell traits between geographically distant populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. Journal of Avian Biology, 44(2), 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05782.x

2012

Titulaer, M., Spoelstra, K., Lange, C., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Activity patterns during food provisioning are affected by artificial light in free living great tits (Parus major). PLoS One, 7(5), [e37377]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037377
Visser, M. E., te Marvelde, L., & Lof, M. E. (2012). Adaptive phenological mismatches of birds and their food in a warming world. Journal of Ornithology, 153, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-011-0770-6
te Marvelde, L., Schaper, S. V., & Visser, M. E. (2012). A single long day triggers follicle growth in captive female Great Tits (Parus major) in winter but does not affect laying dates in the wild in spring. PLoS One, 7(4), [e35617]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035617
Visser, M. E. (2012). Biology: Birds and butterflies in climatic debt. Nature Climate Change, 2, 77-78. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1387
Burger, C., Belskii, E., Eeva, T., Laaksonen, T., Mägi, M., Mänd, R.,... Both, C. (2012). Climate change, breeding date and nestling diet: how temperature differentially affects seasonal changes in pied flycatcher diet depending on habitat variation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(4), 926-936. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01968.x
Lehmann, M., Spoelstra, K., Visser, M. E., & Helm, B. (2012). Effects of temperature on circadian clock and chronotype: an experimental study in a passerine bird. Annual Review of Chronopharmacology, 29(8), 1062-1071. https://doi.org/10.3109/07420528.2012.707159
te Marvelde, L., Webber, S. L., Meijer, H. A. J., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Energy expenditure during egg laying is equal for early and late breeding free-living female great tits. Oecologia, 168(3), 631-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2122-x
Schaper, S. V., Dawson, A., Sharp, P., Gienapp, P., Caro, S. P., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Increasing temperature, not mean temperature, is a cue for avian timing of reproduction. American Naturalist, 179(2), E55-E69. https://doi.org/10.1086/663675
Schaper, S. V., Dawson, A., Sharp, P. J., Caro, S. P., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Individual variation in avian reproductive physiology does not reliably predict variation in laying date. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 179(1), 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.021
te Marvelde, L., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Manipulation of life-history decisions using leptin in a wild passerine. PLoS One, 7(3), [e34090]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034090
Van Bers, N. E. M., Santure, A. W., Van Oers, K., de Cauwer, I., Dibbits, B. W., Mateman, A. C.,... Slate, J. (2012). The design and cross-population application of a genome-wide SNP chip for the great tit Parus major. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12(4), 753-770. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03141.x
Lof, M. E., Reed, T., McNamara, J. M., & Visser, M. E. (2012). Timing in a fluctuating environment: environmental variability and asymmetric fitness curves can lead to adaptively mismatched avian reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279(1741), 3161-3169. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0431

2011

te Marvelde, L., Webber, S. L., Van den Burg, AB., & Visser, M. E. (2011). A new method for catching cavity-nesting birds during egg laying and incubation. Journal of Field Ornithology, 82(3), 320-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00335.x
Jenouvrier, S., & Visser, M. E. (2011). Climate change, phenological shifts, eco-evolutionary responses and population viability: toward a unifying predictive approach. International Journal of Biometeorology, 55(6), 905-919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-011-0458-x
Visser, M. E., Schaper, S. V., Holleman, L. J. M., Dawson, A., Sharp, P., Gienapp, P., & Caro, S. P. (2011). Genetic variation in cue sensitivity involved in avian timing of reproduction. Functional Ecology, 25(4), 868-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01844.x
Eeva, T., Ruuskanen, S., Salminen, J. P., Belskii, E., Jarvinen, A., Kerimov, A.,... Laaksonen, T. (2011). Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Oecologia, 165(2), 277-287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1772-4
Ruuskanen, S., Siitari, H., Eeva, T., Belskii, E., Järvinen, A., Kerimov, A.,... Laaksonen, T. (2011). Geographical variation in egg mass and egg content in a passerine bird. PLoS One, 6(11), [e25360]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025360
te Marvelde, L., Webber, S. L., Meijer, H. A. J., & Visser, M. E. (2011). Mismatched reproduction is energetically costly for chick feeding female great tits. Functional Ecology, 25(6), 1302-1308. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01889.x
Amo, L., Caro, S. P., & Visser, M. E. (2011). Sleeping birds do not respond to predator odour. PLoS One, 6(11), [e27576]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027576
Amo, L., Visser, M. E., & Van Oers, K. (2011). Smelling out predators is innate in birds. Ardea, 99(2), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.099.0207
Husby, A., Visser, M. E., & Kruuk, L. E. B. (2011). Speeding up microevolution: the effects of increasing temperature on selection and genetic variance in a wild bird population. PLoS Biology, 9(2), [e1000585]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000585
Schaper, S. V., Rueda, C., Sharp, P. J., Dawson, A., & Visser, M. E. (2011). Spring phenology does not affect timing of reproduction in the great tit (Parus major). Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(21), 3664-3671. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.059543
De Vries, H. H., Ens, S. H., de Graaf, G., Teunissen, L., te Velde, R., Vogelaar, L.,... Visser, M. E. (2011). Synchronisation of egg hatching of brown hairstreak (Thecla betulae) and budburst of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in a warmer future. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15(1-2), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-010-9355-6
Husby, A., Hille, S. M., & Visser, M. E. (2011). Testing mechanisms of Bergmann’s rule: Phenotypic decline but no genetic change in body size in three posserine bird populations. American Naturalist, 178(2), 202-213. https://doi.org/10.1086/660834

2010

Atiénzar, F., Visser, M. E., Greño, J. L., Holleman, L. J. M., Belda, E. J., & Barba, E. (2010). Across and within-forest effects on breeding success in Mediterranean Great Tits Parus major. Ardea, 98(1), 77-89. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.098.0110
Visser, M. E. (2010). Climate change: Fatter marmots on the rise. Nature, 466(7305), 445-447. https://doi.org/10.1038/466445a
Husby, A., Nussey, D. H., Visser, M. E., Wilson, A. J., Sheldon, B. C., & Kruuk, L. E. B. (2010). Contrasting patterns of phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits in two great tit (Parus Major) populations. Evolution, 64(8), 2221-2237. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00991.x
van Bers, N. E. M., Van Oers, K., Kerstens, H. H. D., Dibbits, B. W., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Visser, M. E., & Groenen, M. A. M. (2010). Genome-wide SNP detection in the great tit Parus major using high throughput sequencing. Molecular Ecology, 19, 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04486.x
Helm, B., & Visser, M. E. (2010). Heritable circadian period length in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277(1698), 3335-3342. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0871
Visser, M. E. (2010). In Memoriam. Albert Christiaan Perdeck (1923-2009). Ardea, 98(1), 131-132. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.098.0117
Van Asch, M., Julkunen-Tiito, R., & Visser, M. E. (2010). Maternal effects in an insect herbivore as a mechanism to adapt to host plant phenology. Functional Ecology, 24(5), 1103-1109. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01734.x
Visser, M. E., Caro, S. P., Van Oers, K., Schaper, S. V., & Helm, B. (2010). Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1555), 3113-3127. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0111
Van der Putten, W. H., Macel, M., & Visser, M. E. (2010). Predicting species distribution and abundance responses to climate change: why it is essential to include biotic interactions across trophic levels. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1549), 2025-2034. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0037
Bouwhuis, S., Van Noordwijk, A. J., Sheldon, B. C., Verhulst, S., & Visser, M. E. (2010). Similar patterns of age-specific reproduction in an island and mainland population of great tits Parus major. Journal of Avian Biology, 41(6), 615-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05111.x
Naguib, M., Kazek, A. M., Schaper, S. V., Van Oers, K., & Visser, M. E. (2010). Singing activity reveals personality traits in great tits. Ethology, 116(8), 763-769. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01791.x
Veen, T., Sheldon, B. C., Weissing, F. J., Visser, M. E., Qvarnström, A., & Sætre, G-P. (2010). Temporal differences in food abundance promote coexistence between two congeneric passerines. Oecologia, 162(4), 873-884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1544-1

2009

Van den Steen, E., Pinxten, R., Jaspers, V. L. B., Covaci, A., Barba, E., Carere, C.,... Eens, M. (2009). Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool. Environment International, 35(2), 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.002
Both, C., Van Asch, M., Bijlsma, R. G., Van den Burg, A. B., & Visser, M. E. (2009). Climate change and unequal phenological changes across four trophic levels: constraints or adaptations? Journal of Animal Ecology, 78(1), 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01458.x
Visser, M. E., Perdeck, A. C., van Balen, J. H., & Both, C. (2009). Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances. Global Change Biology, 15(8), 1859-1865. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01865.x
Husby, A., Kruuk, L. E. B., & Visser, M. E. (2009). Decline in the frequency and benefits of multiple brooding in great tits as a consequence of a changing environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 276(1663), 1845-1854. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1937
Visser, M. E., & Sanz, J. J. (2009). Solar activity affects avian timing of reproduction. Biology Letters, 5(6), 739-742. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0429
Grøtan, V., Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., van Balen, J. H., Perdeck, A. C., & Visser, M. E. (2009). Spatial and temporal variation in the relative contribution of density dependence, climate variation and migration to fluctuations in the size of great tit populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78(2), 447-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01488.x
Visser, M. E., Holleman, L. J. M., & Caro, S. P. (2009). Temperature has a causal effect on avian timing of reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 276(1665), 2323-2331. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0213
Caro, S. P., & Visser, M. E. (2009). Temperature-induced elevation of basal metabolic rate does not affect testis growth in great tits. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(13), 1994-1998. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.026344
Robinson, A., Crick, H. Q. P., Learmonth, J. A., Maclean, I. M. D., Thomas, C. D., Bairlein, F.,... Visser, M. E. (2009). Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research, 7, 87-99. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00095

2008

Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Grøtan, V., Bregnballe, T., Both, C., Tryjanowski, P.,... Winkel, W. (2008). Forms of density regulation and (quasi-) stationary distributions of population sizes in birds. Oikos, 117(8), 1197-1208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16420.x
Wingfield, J. C., Visser, M. E., & Williams, T. D. (2008). Introduction. Integration of ecology and endocrinology in avian reproduction: a new synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1497), 1581-1588. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.0012
Visser, M. E. (2008). Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 275(1635), 649-659. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0997

2007

Mols, C. M. M., & Visser, M. E. (2007). Great Tits (Parus major) reduce caterpillar damage in commercial apple orchards. PLoS One, 2(2), [e202]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000202
Van Asch, M., & Visser, M. E. (2007). Phenology of forest caterpillars and their host trees: The importance of synchrony. Annual Review of Entomology, 52, 37-55. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091418
Van Asch, M., van Tienderen, P. H., Holleman, L. J. M., & Visser, M. E. (2007). Predicting adaptation of phenology in response to climate change, an insect herbivore example. Global Change Biology, 13(8), 1596-1604. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01400.x
Saether, B-E., Engen, S., Grøtan, V., Fiedler, W., Matthysen, E., Visser, M. E.,... Winkel, W. (2007). The extended Moran effect and large-scale synchronous fluctuations in the size of great tit and blue tit populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76(2), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01195.x

2006

Klok, C., Holtkamp, R., van Apeldoorn, R., Visser, M. E., & Hemerik, L. (2006). Analysing population numbers of the House Sparrow in the Netherlands with a matrix model and suggestions for conservation measures. Acta Biotheoretica, 54(3), 161-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-006-7871-2
Both, C., Bouwhuis, S., Lessells, C. M., & Visser, M. E. (2006). Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird. Nature, 441(7089), 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04539
Helm, B., & Visser, M. E. (2006). Integrating the avian annual cycle. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52((Suppl.)), 59-60.
Visser, M. E., Both, C., & Gienapp, P. (2006). Mistimed reproduction due to global climate change. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52((Suppl.)), 158-161.
Both, C., Sanz, J. J., Artemyev, A. V., Blaauw, B., Cowie, R. J., Dekhuijzen, A. J.,... Zang, H. (2006). Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca travelling from Africa to breed in Europe: differential effects of winter and migration conditions on breeding date. Ardea, 94(3), 511-525.
Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2006). Possible fitness consequences of experimentally advanced laying dates in Great Tits: differences between populations in different habitats. Functional Ecology, 20(1), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01079.x
Visser, M. E., Holleman, L. J. M., & Gienapp, P. (2006). Shifts in caterpillar biomass phenology due to climate change and its impact on the breeding biology of an insectivorous bird. Oecologia, 147(1), 164-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0299-6
Gienapp, P., Postma, E., & Visser, M. E. (2006). Why breeding time has not responded to selection for earlier breeding in a songbird population. Evolution, 60(11), 2381-2388. https://doi.org/10.1554/06-235.1

2005

Gienapp, P., Hemerik, L., & Visser, M. E. (2005). A new statistical tool to predict phenology under climate change scenarios. Global Change Biology, 11(4), 600-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00925.x
Mols, C. M. M., Van Noordwijk, A. J., & Visser, M. E. (2005). Assessing the reduction of caterpillar numbers by Great Tits Parus major breeding in apple orchards. Ardea, 93(2), 259-269.
Both, C., Bijlsma, R. G., & Visser, M. E. (2005). Climatic effects on timing of spring migration and breeding in a long-distance migrant, the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. Journal of Avian Biology, 36(5), 368-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03484.x
Sæther, B-E., Lande, R., Engen, S., Weimerskirch, H., Lillegård, M., Altwegg, R.,... Visser, M. E. (2005). Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics. Nature, 436(7047), 99-102. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03666
Nussey, D. H., Postma, E., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2005). Selection on heritable phenotypic plasticity in a wild bird population. Science Magazine, 310(5746), 304-306. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1117004
Visser, M. E., & Both, C. (2005). Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 272(1581), 2561-2569. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3356
Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2005). The effect of climate change on the correlation between avian life history traits. Global Change Biology, 11(10), 1606-1613. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01038.x
Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Møller, A. P., Visser, M. E., Matthysen, E., Fiedler, W.,... Török, J. (2005). Time to extinction of bird populations. Ecology, 86(3), 693-700. https://doi.org/10.1890/04-0878

2004

Mols, C. M. M., Van Oers, K., Witjes, L. M. A., Lessells, C. M., Drent, P. J., & Visser, M. E. (2004). Central assumptions of predator-prey models fail in a semi-natural experimental system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 271, S85-S87. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0110
Visser, M. E., Both, C., & Lambrechts, M. M. (2004). Global climate change leads to mistimed avian reproduction. Advances in Ecological Research, 35, 89-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2504(04)35005-1
Both, C., Artemyev, A. V., Blaauw, B., Cowie, R. J., Dekhuijzen, A. J., Eeva, T.,... Visser, M. E. (2004). Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 271(1549), 1657-1662. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2770
Sæther, B-E., Engen, S., Møller, A. P., Weimerskirch, H., Visser, M. E., Fiedler, W.,... van Hecke, P. (2004). Life-History variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population Dynamics. American Naturalist, 164(6), 793-802. https://doi.org/10.1086/425371

2003

Saether, B-E., Engen, S., Møller, A. P., Matthysen, E., Adriaensen, F., Fiedler, W.,... Thomson, D. L. (2003). Climate variation and regional gradients in population dynamics of two hole-nesting passerines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 270(1531), 2397-2404. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2499
Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2003). Density dependence, territoriality, and divisibility of resources: From optimality models to population processes. American Naturalist, 161(2), 326-336. https://doi.org/10.1086/346098
Visser, M. E., Adriaensen, F., Van Balen, J. H., Blondel, J., Dhondt, A. A., Van Dongen, S.,... Thomson, D. L. (2003). Variable responses to large-scale climate change in European Parus populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 270(1513), 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2244

2002

Saether, B-E., Engen, S., Lande, R., Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2002). Density dependence and stochastic variation in a newly established population of a smal songbird. Oikos, 99(2), 331-337. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990214.x
Grieco, F., Van Noordwijk, A. J., & Visser, M. E. (2002). Evidence for the effect of learning on timing of reproduction in blue tits. Science Magazine, 296(5565), 136-138. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1068287
Vet, L. E. M., Hemerik, L., Visser, M. E., & Wäckers, F. L. (2002). Flexibility in host-search and patch-use strategies of insect parasitoids. In E. E. Lewis, J. F. Cambell, & M. V. K. Sukhdeo [Eds.], The Behavioural Ecology of Parasites (pp. 39-64). Wallingford, UK: CAB International.
Mols, C. M. M., & Visser, M. E. (2002). Great tits can reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards. Journal of Applied Ecology, 39(6), 888-899. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00761.x
Visser, M. E., Silverin, B., Lambrechts, M. M., & Tinbergen, J. M. (2002). No evidence for tree phenology as a cue for the timing of reproduction in tits Parus spp. Avian Science, 2(2), 77-86.

2001

Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2001). Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird. Nature, 411(6835), 296-298. https://doi.org/10.1038/35077063
Visser, M. E., & Lessells, C. M. (2001). The costs of egg production and incubation in great tits (Parus major). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 268(1473), 1271-1277. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1661
Visser, M. E., & Holleman, L. J. M. (2001). Warmer springs disrupt the synchrony of oak and winter moth phenology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 268(1464), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1363

2000

Both, C., Tinbergen, J. M., & Visser, M. E. (2000). Adaptive density dependence of avian clutch size. Ecology, 81(12), 3391-3403. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3391:ADDOAC]2.0.CO;2
Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2000). Breeding territory size affects fitness: an experimental study on competition at the individual level. Journal of Animal Ecology, 69(6), 1021-1030. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00458.x
Lambrechts, M. M., Visser, M. E., & Verboven, N. (2000). Consequences of dispersal for the quantitative study of adaptation in small-scale plots: a case study of an avian island population. Ecography, 23(5), 525-530. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0587.2000.230502.x
Perdeck, A. C., Visser, M. E., & Van Balen, J. H. (2000). Great Tit Parus major survival, and the beech-crop cycle. Ardea, 88(1), 99-108.

1999

Both, C., Visser, M. E., & Verboven, N. (1999). Density-dependent recruitment rates in great tits: the importance of being heavier. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 266(1418), 465-469. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0660
Visser, M. E., & Lambrechts, M. M. (1999). Information constraints in the timing of reproduction in temperate zone birds: Great and Blue Tits. In N. J. Adams, & R. H. Slotow [Eds.], Proceedings 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban (pp. 249-264). Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.
Visser, M. E., Jones, T. H., & Driessen, G. (1999). Interference among insect parasitoids: a multi-patch experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68(1), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00269.x
Visser, M. E., & Verboven, N. (1999). Long-term fitness effects of fledging date in great tits. Oikos, 85(3), 445-450. https://doi.org/10.2307/3546694
Lambrechts, M. M., & Visser, M. E. (1999). Proximate aspects of the timing of reproduction. In N. J. Adams, & R. H. Slotow [Eds.], Proceedings 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban (pp. 231-233). Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.

1998

Verboven, N., & Visser, M. E. (1998). Seasonal variation in local recruitment of great tits: the importance of being early. Oikos, 81(3), 511-524. https://doi.org/10.2307/3546771
Visser, M. E., & Rosenheim, J. A. (1998). The influence of competition between foragers on clutch size decisions in insect parasitoids. Biological Control, 11(2), 169-174. https://doi.org/10.1006/bcon.1997.0589
Visser, M. E., Van Noordwijk, A. J., Tinbergen, J. M., & Lessells, C. M. (1998). Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits (Parus major). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 265(1408), 1867-1870. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0514

1997

Driessen, G., & Visser, M. E. (1997). Components of parasitoid interference. Oikos, 79(1), 179-182. https://doi.org/10.2307/3546104

1996

Visser, M. E. (1996). The influence of competition between foragers on clutch size decisions in an insect parasitoid with scramble larval competition. Behavioral Ecology, 7(1), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/7.1.109

1995

Visser, M. E. (1995). The effect of competition on oviposition decisions of Leptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae). Animal Behaviour, 49(6), 1677-1687. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(95)90089-6

2019

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2019). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2018: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.
Verhagen, I. C., Gienapp, P., Laine, V., Mateman, A. C., van Oers, K., & Visser, M. E. (2019). Successful genomic selection for timing of breeding in a wild songbird. (Functional Ecology).

2018

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2018). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2017: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.

2017

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2017). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2016: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.
Tomotani, B. M., Muijres, F. T., Koelman, J., Casagrande, S., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Male pied flycatchers with wing gaps are not so good at flying but maintain their breeding success: lay summary . (Functional Ecology; No. 20170822).
Salis, L., van den Hoorn, E., Beersma, D. G. M., Hut, R. A., & Visser, M. E. (2017). Photoperiod at the larval stage sets the timing of entire annual program in an herbivorous insect: lay summary. (Functional Ecology; No. 20170809).

2016

Amo, L., Jansen, J. J., van Dam, N. M., Dicke, M., & Visser, M. E. (2016). Inter-species interactions: Studying the role of VOCs in multitrophic relationships. In Thermal Desorption Applications Guide: biological profiling (pp. 18). Llantrisant,, UK: Markes International.
Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2016). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2015: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.

2015

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2015). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2014: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.

2014

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2014). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2013: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.

2013

Ballering, L., Beskers, R., Bouwmeester, H., van der Jeugd, H. P., van Turnhout, C., Nienhuis, J.,... Visser, M. E. (2013). Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2012: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders. (Nestkast: Jaarverslag Broedseizoen). NIOO-KNAW.
te Marvelde, L., Schaper, S. V., & Visser, M. E. (2013). Vogels en Klimaat: Broeden onze Koolmezen te laat? Mens en vogel, 20-27.

I am professor at GELIFES of the Groningen University: http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.e.visser/

I am professor at the Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre of the Wageningen University: http://www.wur.nl/abgc

I am co-founder and president of the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB): http://nlseb.nl/

I am a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) of the University of Trondheim (Norway): https://www.ntnu.edu/cbd

I am a one of the coordinators of the Studies of Populations of Individuals - Birds Network: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/spi-birds

I am a member of the council, the chair of the synergy committee and co-leader of the Game Changer Predicting Evolution of the Origins Center: https://www.origins-center.nl/

Teaching:

Master Class A master course "Ecology of animal life histories: the interactions between ecology and life history from an evolutionary perspective" at the Wageningen University - 17 February - 14 March 2020

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Prof. dr. Marcel Visser

Head of Department

Animal Ecology

Research themesEco-evolutionary dynamicsEcological epigeneticsGlobal environmental change

Research expertiseClimate changeGreat titsPhenologyTiming

Prof Dr Marcel E. Visser (1960) graduated from Leiden University in 1987, and continued there as a PhD student in the Animal Ecology Group for four years, working on the life-history of insect parasitoids.

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Research themes
Eco-evolutionary dynamics
Ecological epigenetics
Global environmental change

Research expertise
Climate change
Great tits
Phenology
Timing