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75
Citations
17893
World Ranking
1072
National Ranking
400

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Elliott Coues Award, American Ornithological Society (AOS)
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

André A. Dhondt is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with 28 publications, and Environmental Science, with 26 publications. Subfields of focus include Ecology, Parasitology, Microbiology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Developmental Biology.

Their work covers several main topics such as:

  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

André A. Dhondt has collaborated frequently with several researchers including María Teresa Reinoso-Pérez, Keila V. Dhondt, Amanda D. Rodewald, E. R. Tulman, and Steven J. Geary.

Common venues for their published research include:

  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases
  • Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Restoration Ecology

Notable papers authored or co-authored by André A. Dhondt include:

  • Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Multiscale drivers of restoration outcomes for an imperiled songbird (2020, Restoration Ecology)
  • Regional abundance and local breeding productivity explain occupancy of restored habitats in a migratory songbird (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Host population dynamics in the face of an evolving pathogen (2021, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Environmental lead reduces the resilience of bald eagle populations (2022, Journal of Wildlife Management)

In 2009, André A. Dhondt was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea, indicating involvement in a European academy of sciences and humanities.

Best Publications

  • The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

    Brian L. Sullivan;Jocelyn L. Aycrigg;Jessie H. Barry;Rick E. Bonney

  • Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit.

    Bart Kempenaers;G. R. Verheyen;M. van den Broeck;Terry Burke;Terry Burke

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Density-dependent decline of host abundance resulting from a new infectious disease

    Wesley M. Hochachka;André A. Dhondt

  • Variable responses to large-scale climate change in European Parus populations

    ME Visser;F Adriaensen;JH Van Balen;J Blondel

  • Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators

    Stan Boutin;Lucas A. Wauters;Andrew G. McAdam;Murray M. Humphries

  • Artificial nest predation and habitat fragmentation: different trends in bird and mammal predators

    Nadia Nour;Erik Matthysen;André A. Dhondt

  • Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in wild songbirds: the spread of a new contagious disease in a mobile host population.

    John R. Fischer;David E. Stallknecht;M. Page Luttrell;Andre A. Dhondt

  • Spacing behaviour of red squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris: variation between habitats and the sexes

    Luc Wauters;André A. Dhondt

  • Density-dependent clutch size caused by habitat heterogeneity

    Andre A. Dhondt;Bart Kempenaers;Frank Adriaensen

  • EPIDEMIC MYCOPLASMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS IN HOUSE FINCHES FROM EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

    André A. Dhondt;Diane L. Tessaglia;Roger L. Slothower

  • Male quality, reproduction, and survival in the great tit ( Parus major )

    Marcel Lambrechts;André A. Dhondt

  • BODY WEIGHT, LONGEVITY AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN RED SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS VULGARIS)

    Luc Wauters;Andre A. Dhondt

  • Population dynamics and partial migration of the european robin (Erithacus rubecula) in different habitats

    Frank Adriaensen;Andre A. Dhondt

  • Interspecific competition in birds

    André A. Dhondt

  • Seasonality and wildlife disease: how seasonal birth, aggregation and variation in immunity affect the dynamics of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches

    Parviez R. Hosseini;André A. Dhondt;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Seasonal dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in eastern North American house finches

    Sonia Altizer;Wesley M. Hochachka;André A. Dhondt

  • Summer Dispersal and Survival of Juvenile Great Tits in Southern Sweden

    André A. Dhondt

  • The anti-exhaustion hypothesis: a new hypothesis to explain song performance and song switching in the great tit

    Marcel Lambrechts;André A. Dhondt

  • Mate guarding and copulation behaviour in monogamous and polygynous blue tits: do males follow a best-of-a-bad-job strategy?

    Bart Kempenaers;Geert R. Verheyen;Andr A. Dhondt

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
Wesley M. Hochachka
Wesley M. Hochachka Cornell University
Frank Adriaensen
Frank Adriaensen University of Antwerp
Dana M. Hawley
Dana M. Hawley Virginia Tech
Luc A. Wauters
Luc A. Wauters University of Insubria
David H. Ley
David H. Ley North Carolina State University
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Marcel M. Lambrechts
Marcel M. Lambrechts Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen

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