Prof. dr. Kees van Oers
ResearcherAnimal Ecology |
Research themes
Research expertiseAnimal personality Avian genomics Behaviour genetics Behavioural ecology Ecological epigenetics
Page last updated: 17-04-2019
I have a broad interest in Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and my goal is to find answers to fundamental and strategic questions related to individual behavioural responses to changing environments. My main research line focuses on explaining the causes and consequences of variation in animal personality. I do this from an evolutionary point of view, at the crossroads of behavioural ecology and behaviour genetics. I thereby take an integrative approach combining novel developments by engaging in fruitful national and international collaborations. I base my research on the triangle natural population - captive population; laboratory, unique facilities at the NIOO-KNAW. With this I aim at explaining the existence and maintenance of behavioural consistency and plasticity. My current projects focus on unraveling the behavioural, genomic and physiological mechanisms underlying personality differences. For this I use whole-genome and methylome approaches and study stress-hormones and androgenes. By integrating this with work on behaviorual mechanisms in captive and natural populations, I investigate the fitness consequences of this variation and the consequences for behavioural evolution. This is relevant since the world and therefore the environment is constantly changing, partly due to human influences, and we need to know how organisms are responding to these changes.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018- professor "Animal Personality" at Behavioural Ecology Group (Wageningen University & Research)
2011- Senior Scientist, Dpt. Animal Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
2012- Group leader, Animal Personality & Ecological Genomics group
2009-2011 Research Scientist Dpt. Animal Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
2006-2009 VENI Research Associate Dpt. Animal Population Biology, NIOO-KNAW
2004-2006 Postdoc - Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology (Seewiesen, Germany)
2003-2004 Postdoc - Dept. Animal Population Biology, NIOO-KNAW
1998-2003 PhD student "on the quantitative genetic background of personalities in Great Tits" (NIOO-KNAW, University of Utrecht)
1996 MSc in Animal Ecology at University of Groningen
1994 BSc in Ecology at Utrecht University
OTHER TASKS
2018 - Review pannel member Swedish Research Council 2018 - Associate Editor for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2012 - Board member of the NVG (Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology)
2013 - 2016 Editor for Animal Behaviour (2013-2016)
2011 - 2013 Consulting Editor for Animal Behaviour
2010 - 2012 Editor for ARDEA
EXPERTISE
Animal Behaviour
- All aspects of bird- and other animals behaviour.
Animal Personality
- Proximate (genetics, physiology) and ultimate (natural and sexual selection) aspects explaining variation in personality
- Conceptual issues and the link to human personality
Ecological Genomics of Behavioural- and Life-History Traits
- Quantitative and molecular genetics of behaviour in natural- and controlled lab populations
- Ecological epigenetics: songbird DNA methylation
- 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]. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-5378-2
- Smit, J. A. H., & van Oers, K. (2019). Personality types vary in their personal and social information use. Animal Behaviour, Online, 185-193. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.02.002
- 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. doi:10.1093/gbe/evz044
- Bengston, S., Dahan, R., Donaldson, Z., Phelps, S., van Oers, K., Sih, A., & Bell, A. (2018). Genomic tools for behavioral ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behavior. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 944-955. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0411-4
- Chen, C., Biere, A., Gols, R., Halfwerk, W., van Oers, K., & Harvey, JA. (2018). Responses of insect herbivores and their food plants to wind exposure and the importance of predation risk. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(4), 1046-1057. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12835
- 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]. doi:10.1186/s12864-018-4577-1
- 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. doi:10.1002/jez.2214
- Dubuc-Messier, G., Caro, S. P., Perrier, C., van Oers, K., Réale, D., & Charmantier, A. (2018). Gene flow does not prevent personality and morphological differentiation between two blue tit populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31(8), 1127-1137. doi:10.1111/jeb.13291
- Kim, J-M., Santure, A. W., Barton, H. J., Quinn, J. L., Cole, E. F.,... 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. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12778
- Ruuskanen, S., Groothuis, T. G. G., Baugh, A. T., Schaper, S. V., de Vries, B., & van Oers, K. (2018). Maternal egg hormones in the mating context: the effect of pair personality. Functional Ecology, 32(2), 439-449. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12987
- Timm, K., van Oers, K., & Tilgar, V. (2018). SERT gene polymorphisms are associated with risk-taking behaviour and breeding parameters in wild great tits. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221, [171595]. doi:10.1242/jeb.171595
- Baugh, A. T., Senft, R. A., Firke, M., Lauder, A., Schroeder, J., Meddle, S. L.,... Hau, M. (2017). Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: a multilevel experiment in Parus major. Hormones and Behavior, 93(July), 99-108. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.011
- Baugh, A. T., Witonsky, K. R., Davidson, S. C., Hyder, L., Hau, M., & van Oers, K. (2017). Novelty induces behavioural and glucocorticoid responses in a songbird artificially selected for divergent personalities. Animal Behaviour, 130, 221-231. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.06.028
- Baugh, A. T., Davidson, S. C., Hau, M., & van Oers, K. (2017). Temporal dynamics of the HPA axis linked to exploratory behavior in a wild European songbird (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 250, 104-112. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.06.011
- 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. doi:10.1126/science.aal3298
- Corcoran, P., Gossmann, T. I., Barton, H. J., & 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. doi:10.1093/gbe/evx213
- 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. doi:10.3389/fgene.2017.00102
- Heylen, D. J. A., Sprong, H., Krawczyk, A., Van Houtte, N., Genné, D., Gomez-Chamorro, A.,... Voordouw, M. J. (2017). Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds. Scientific Reports, 7, [39596]. doi:10.1038/srep39596
- Laine, V., & van Oers, K. (2017). The Quantitative and Molecular Genetics of Individual Differences in Animal Personality. In J. Vonk, A. Weiss, & S. Kuczaj (Eds.), Personality in Nonhuman Animals (pp. 55-72). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59300-5_4
- Snijders, L., Naguib, M., & van Oers, K. (2017). Dominance rank and boldness predict social attraction in great tits. Behavioral Ecology, 28(2), 398-406. [arw158]. doi:10.1093/beheco/arw158
- Snijders, L., Weme, L. E. N., de Goede, P., Savage, J. L., van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2017). Context-dependent effects of radio transmitter attachment on a small passerine. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(5), 650-659. doi:10.1111/jav.01148
- Snijders, L., van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2017). Sex-specific responses to territorial intrusions in a communication network: evidence from radio-tagged great tits. Ecology and Evolution, 7(3), 918-927. doi:10.1002/ece3.2686
- Zandberg, L., Quinn, J. L., Naguib, M., & van Oers, K. (2017). Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies. Behavioural Processes, 134(January), 95-102. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2016.09.007
- Zandberg, E. C., Gort, G., van Oers, K., & Hinde, C. A. (2017). Direct fitness benefits explain mate preference, but not choice, for similarity in heterozygosity levels. Ecology Letters, 20(10), 1306-1314. doi:10.1111/ele.12827
- Cobben, M. M. P., & van Oers, K. (2016). Bolder Takes All and the role of epigenetics. A comment on Canestrelli et al.: Letter. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(7), 498-499. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.04.007
- de Jong, B., Lens, L., Amininasab, S. M., van Oers, K., Darras, V. M., Eens, M.,... Groothuis, T. G. G. (2016). Effects of experimentally sustained elevated testosterone on incubation behaviour and reproductive success in female great tits (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 230-231, 38-47. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.02.017
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.12.012
- Derks, M., Schachtschneider, K. M., Madsen, O., Schijlen, E. GWM., Verhoeven, K. J. F., & van Oers, K. (2016). Gene and transposable element methylation in great tit (Parus major) brain and blood. BMC Genomics, 17, [332]. doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2653-y
- 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]. doi:10.1038/ncomms10474
- 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. doi:10.1111/bij.12745
- Naguib, M., van Rooij, E. P., Snijders, L., & van Oers, K. (2016). To sing or not to sing: seasonal changes in singing vary with personality in wild great tits. Behavioral Ecology, 27(3), 932-938. doi:10.1093/beheco/arv235
- Verhulst, E., Mateman, A. C., Zwier, M. V., Caro, S. P., Verhoeven, K. J. F., & van Oers, K. (2016). Evidence from Pyrosequencing Indicates that Natural Variation in Animal Personality is Associated with DRD4 DNA Methylation. Molecular Ecology, 25(8), 1801-1811. doi:10.1111/mec.13519
- Greives, T. J., Kingma, S. A., Kranstauber, B., Mortega, K. G., Wikelski, M., van Oers, K.,... Hau, M. (2015). Costs of sleeping in: circadian rhythms influence cuckoldry risk in a songbird. Functional Ecology, 29(10), 1300-1307. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12440
- 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. doi:10.1111/mec.13452
- Snijders, L., van der Eijk, J., van Rooij, E. P., De Goede, P., van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2015). Song Trait Similarity in Great Tits Varies with Social Structure. PLoS One, 10(2), [e0116881]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116881
- Snijders, L., van Rooij, E. P., Henskens, M. F. A., van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2015). Dawn song predicts behaviour during territory conflicts in personality-typed great tits. Animal Behaviour, 109(November), 45-52. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.037
- van der Meer, E., & van Oers, K. (2015). Gender and personality differences in response to social stressors in great tits (Parus major). PLoS One, 10(5), [e0127984]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127984
- van Oers, K., Kohn, G. M., Hinde, C. A., & Naguib, M. (2015). Parental food provisioning is related to nestling stress response in wild great tit nestlings: implications for the development of personality. Frontiers in Zoology, 12(Supl1:S10). doi:10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S10
- Baugh, A. T., Van Oers, K., Dingemanse, N. J., & Hau, M. (2014). Baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid concentrations are not repeatable but covary within individual great tits (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 208(November), 154-163. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.08.014
- Heylen, D., Sprong, H., Van Oers, K., Fonville, M., & Matthysen, E. (2014). Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato? Environmental Microbiology, 16(4), 1081-1089. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12332
- Ouyang, J., Van Oers, K., Quetting, M., & Hau, M. (2014). Becoming more like your mate: hormonal similarity reduces divorce rates in a wild songbird. Animal Behaviour, 98, 87-93. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.032
- 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]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092527
- Snijders, L., van Rooij, E. P., Burt, J., Hinde, C. A., Van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2014). Social networking in territorial great tits: slow explorers have weaker social network positions. Animal Behaviour, 98, 95-102. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.029
- 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. doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.107
- Atema, E., Van Oers, K., & Verhulst, S. (2013). GAPDH as a control gene to estimate genome copy number in Great Tits, with cross-amplification in Blue Tits. Ardea, 101(1), 49-54. doi:10.5253/078.101.0107
- Baugh, A. T., Van Oers, K., Naguib, M., & Hau, M. (2013). Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 189(1 August 2013), 96-104. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.030
- Mueller, J. C., Korsten, P., Hermannstädter, C., Fuelner, T., Dingemanse, N. J., Matthysen, E.,... Kempenaers, B. (2013). Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations. Molecular Ecology, 22(10), 2797-2809. doi:10.1111/mec.12282
- Naguib, M., Van Oers, K., Braakhuis, A., Griffioen, M., De Goede, P., & Waas, J. R. (2013). Noise annoys: effects of noise on breeding great tits depend on personality but not on noise characteristics. Animal Behaviour, 85(5), 949-956. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.02.015
- Van Oers, K., & Sinn, D. L. (2013). Quantitative and molecular genetics of animal personality. In C. Carere, & D. Maestripieri (Eds.), Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution (pp. 149-200). Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press.
- Van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2013). Avian personality. In C. Carere, & D. Maestripieri (Eds.), Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution (pp. 66-95). Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press.
- Amy, M., Van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2012). Worms under cover: relationship between performance in learning tasks and personality in great tits (Parus major). Animal Cognition, 15(5), 763-770. doi:10.1007/s10071-012-0500-3
- Baugh, A. T., Schaper, S. V., Hau, M., Cockrem, J. F., De Goede, P., & Van Oers, K. (2012). Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 175(3), 488-494. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.012
- 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
- Ritschard, M., Van Oers, K., Naguib, M., & Brumm, H. (2012). Song amplitude of rival males modulates the territorial behaviour of great tits during the fertile period of their mates. Ethology, 118(2), 197-202. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01999.x
- Schut, E., Magrath, M. J. L., Van Oers, K., & Komdeur, J. (2012). Volume of the cloacal protuberance as an indication of reproductive state in male Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Ardea, 100(2), 202-205. doi:10.5253/078.100.0212
- Titulaer, M., Van Oers, K., & Naguib, M. (2012). Personality affects learning performance in difficult tasks in a sex-dependent way. Animal Behaviour, 83(3), 723-730. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.020
- 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. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03141.x
- Amo, L., Visser, M. E., & Van Oers, K. (2011). Smelling out predators is innate in birds. Ardea, 99(2), 177-184. doi:10.5253/078.099.0207
- Naguib, M., Flörcke, C., & Van Oers, K. (2011). Effects of social conditions during early development on stress response and personality traits in great tits (Parus major). Developmental Psychobiology, 53(6), 592-600. doi:10.1002/dev.20533
- Van Oers, K., & Sinn, D. L. (2011). Towards a basis for the phenotypic gambit: advances in the evolutionary genetics of animal personality. In M. Inoue-Murayama, S. Kawamura, E. Inoue, & A. Weiss (Eds.), From genes to animal behavior: Social structures, personalities, communication by color (pp. 165-183). (Primatology Monographs). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-53892-9_7
- Van Oers, K., Buchanan, K. L., Thomas, T. E., & Drent, P. J. (2011). Correlated response to selection of testosterone levels and immunocompetence in lines selected for avian personality. Animal Behaviour, 81(5), 1055-1061. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.014
- Beintema, A., Baarspul, T., Krijger, J. P., Van Oers, K., & Keller, M. (2010). Black Terns Chlidonias niger and their dietary problems in Dutch wetlands. Ardea, 98(3), 365-372. doi:10.5253/078.098.0310
- Brommer, J. E., Alho, J. S., Biard, C., Chapman, J. R., Charmantier, A., Dreiss, A.,... Winkel, W. (2010). Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species. American Naturalist, 176(2), 178-187. doi:10.1086/653660
- Korsten, P., Mueller, J. C., Hermannstädter, C., Bouwman, K. M., Dingemanse, N. J., Drent, P. J.,... Kempenaers, B. (2010). Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations. Molecular Ecology, 19(4), 832-843. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04518.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
- 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. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01791.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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04486.x
- Van Oers, K., Richardson, D., Saether, S. A., & Komdeur, J. (2010). Reduced blood parasite prevalence with age in the Seychelles Warbler: selecive mortality or suppression of infection? Journal of Ornithology, 151(1), 69-77. doi:10.1007/s10336-009-0427-x
- Van Oers, K., & Mueller, J. C. (2010). Evolutionary genomics of animal personality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1560), 3991-4000. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0178
- 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. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0111
- Fucikova, E., Drent, P. J., Smits, N., & Van Oers, K. (2009). Handling stress as a measurement of personality in great tit nestlings (Parus major). Ethology, 115(4), 366-374. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01618.x
- Jacot, A., Valcu, M., Van Oers, K., & Kempenaers, B. (2009). Experimental nest site limitation affects reproductive strategies and parental investment in a hole-nesting passerine. Animal Behaviour, 77(5), 1075-1083. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.012
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.002
- Van Oers, K. (2008). Animal personality, behaviour or traits: What are we measuring? European Journal of Personality, 22(5), 470-472.
- Van Oers, K., Drent, P. J., Dingemanse, N. J., & Kempenaers, B. (2008). Personality is associated with extrapair paternity in great tits, Parus major. Animal Behaviour, 76, 555-563. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.011
- Fidler, A. E., Van Oers, K., Drent, P. J., Kuhn, S., Mueller, J. C., & Kempenaers, B. (2007). Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 274(1619), 1685-1691. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0337
- Van Oers, K., & Carere, C. (2007). Long-term effects of repeated handling and bleeding in wild caught Great Tits Parus major. Journal of Ornithology, 148, S185-S190. doi:10.1007/s10336-007-0200-y
- Van Oers, K. (2007). The need for interdisciplinary research in personality studies. European Journal of Personality, 21(5), 589-637. doi:10.1002/per.646
- Van Oers, K., de Jong, G., Van Noordwijk, A. J., Kempenaers, B., & Drent, P. J. (2005). Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: a review of case studies. Behaviour, 142, 1185-1206. doi:10.1163/156853905774539364
- Van Oers, K., Klunder, M., & Drent, P. J. (2005). Context dependence of personalities: risk-taking behavior in a social and a nonsocial situation. Behavioral Ecology, 16(4), 716-723. doi:10.1093/beheco/ari045
- Carere, C., & Van Oers, K. (2004). Shy and bold great tits (Parus major): body temperature and breath rate in response to handling stress. Physiology & Behavior, 82(5), 905-912. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.07.009
- 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. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0110
- Van Oers, K., de Jong, G., Drent, P. J., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2004). A genetic analysis of avian personality traits: correlated, response to artificial selection. Behavior Genetics, 34(6), 611-619. doi:10.1007/s10519-004-5588-z
- Van Oers, K., Drent, P. J., de Jong, G., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2004). Additive and nonadditive genetic variation in avian personality traits. Heredity, 93(5), 496-503. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800530
- Van Oers, K., Drent, P. J., De Goede, P., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2004). Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 271(1534), 65-73. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2518
- Drent, P. J., Van Oers, K., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2003). Realized heritability of personalities in the great tit (Parus major). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 270(1510), 45-51. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2168
- Dingemanse, N. J., Both, C., Drent, P. J., Van Oers, K., & Van Noordwijk, A. J. (2002). Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild. Animal Behaviour, 64(6), 929-938. doi:10.1006/anbe.2002.2006
- Drent, P. J., Dingemanse, N. J., & Van Oers, K. (2002). Functional significance and heritability in coping strategies in a wild territorial passerine: the Great Tit. In C. C. Mettke-Hofmann, & U. Gansloßer (Eds.), Bird Research and Breeding. (pp. 25-46). Fürth: Filander Verlag.
- Van Oers, K., & Van Dijk, J. (2002). Distribution and behavioural ecology of the Buffon`s Macaw of Guayaquil (Ara ambigua guayaquilensis) in Southwest Ecuador. In: Bird Research and Breeding. In C. Mettke-Hofmann, & U. Gansloßer (Eds.), Bird Research and Breeding. (pp. 159-173). Fürth: Filander Verlag.
- Van Oers, K., Heg, D., & Le Drean Quenec'du, S. (2002). Anthelmintic treatment negatively affects chick survival in the Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus. Ibis, 144(3), 509-517. doi:10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00078.x
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- Guldemond, A., Leendertse, P., van Beek, J., Hoftijser, E., & van Oers, K. (2019). Mogelijke invloed buxusmotbestrijding op pimpel- en koolmezensterfte. In Jaarverslag Broedseizoen 2018: Nestkast: Landelijk NEtwerk voor STudies aan nestKASTbroeders (pp. 34-36). NIOO-KNAW.
- Guldemond, A., Leendertse, P., van Beek, J., Hoftijser, E., & van Oers, K. (2018). Mezensterfte door buxusmotbestreiding? Gewasbescherming, 49(4/5/6), 140-145.
- Ruuskanen, S., Groothuis, T. G. G., Baugh, A. T., Schaper, S. V., de Vries, B., & van Oers, K. (2018). Maternal egg hormones in the mating context: the effect of pair personality: lay summary. (Functional Ecology; No. 20170918).
- van Oers, K. (2016). Koolmeesgenoom. Mens en vogel, 54(2), 48-53.
- van Oers, K. (2011). Het gebruik van DNA voor vogelonderzoek. 122(1), 7-9.
- Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Nolet, B. A., Van Oers, K., & Prins, H. H. T. (2010). Brandganzen hebben persoonlijkheid. Vogels, 31.
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