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Arne Hegemann

Arne Hegemann

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
25
Citations
1810
World Ranking
2992
National Ranking
48

Overview

Arne Hegemann is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology, Ecological Modeling, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics primarily related to avian ecology and behavior, as well as animal behavior and reproduction. Key areas of research include bird parasitology and diseases, wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, viral infections and vectors, and marine animal studies.

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Arne Hegemann include Jan-Åke Nilsson, Petra Sumasgutner, Dennis Hasselquist, Caroline Isaksson, and Andrea Kölzsch.

Arne Hegemann has published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Die Naturwissenschaften
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biology Open

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Arne Hegemann include:

  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Explaining prevalence, diversity and host specificity in a community of avian haemosporidian parasites, 2020, Oikos
  • Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Exposure to artificial light at night alters innate immune response in wild great tit nestlings, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Telomeres in ecology and evolution: A review and classification of hypotheses, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Immune function in a free-living bird varies over the annual cycle, but seasonal patterns differ between years.

    Arne Hegemann;Kevin D. Matson;Christiaan Both;B. Irene Tieleman

  • Migratory common blackbirds have lower innate immune function during autumn migration than resident conspecifics

    Cas Eikenaar;Arne Hegemann

  • Causes and Consequences of Partial Migration in a Passerine Bird.

    Arne Hegemann;Peter P. Marra;B. Irene Tieleman

  • Wild Skylarks Seasonally Modulate Energy Budgets but Maintain Energetically Costly Inflammatory Immune Responses throughout the Annual Cycle

    Arne Hegemann;Kevin D. Matson;Maaike A. Versteegh;B. Irene Tieleman

  • Explaining prevalence, diversity, and host specificity in a community of avian haemosporidian parasites

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Xi Huang;Xi Huang;Helena Westerdahl;Jane Jönsson

  • Offspring pay sooner, parents pay later: experimental manipulation of body mass reveals trade-offs between immune function, reproduction and survival.

    Arne Hegemann;Kevin D Matson;Heiner Flinks;B Irene Tieleman

  • A physiological perspective on the ecology and evolution of partial migration

    Arne Hegemann;Adam M. Fudickar;Jan Åke Nilsson

  • Immune indexes of larks from desert and temperate regions show weak associations with life history but stronger links to environmental variation in microbial abundance.

    Nicholas P. C. Horrocks;Arne Hegemann;Kevin D. Matson;Kathryn Hine

  • A hidden cost of migration? Innate immune function versus antioxidant defense

    Cas Eikenaar;Caroline Isaksson;Arne Hegemann

  • Not just fuel: energy stores are correlated with immune function and oxidative damage in a long-distance migrant.

    Cas Eikenaar;Arne Hegemann;Florian Packmor;Iris Kleudgen

  • Immune function and blood parasite infections impact stopover ecology in passerine birds.

    Arne Hegemann;Pablo Alcalde Abril;Rachel Muheim;Sissel Sjöberg;Sissel Sjöberg

  • Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life.

    Nicholas P. C. Horrocks;Nicholas P. C. Horrocks;Arne Hegemann;Stéphane Ostrowski;Henry Ndithia

  • Immune response to an endotoxin challenge involves multiple immune parameters and is consistent among the annual-cycle stages of a free-living temperate zone bird.

    Arne Hegemann;Kevin D. Matson;Maaike A. Versteegh;Auxiliadora Villegas

  • Exposure to artificial light at night alters innate immune response in wild great tit nestlings

    Ann-Kathrin Ziegler;Hannah Watson;Arne Hegemann;Richard Meitern

  • Haemosporidian infections in skylarks ( Alauda arvensis ): a comparative PCR-based and microscopy study on the parasite diversity and prevalence in southern Italy and the Netherlands

    Pavel Zehtindjiev;Asta Krizanauskiene;Sergio Scebba;Dimitar Dimitrov

  • Migrating birds rapidly increase constitutive immune function during stopover.

    Cas Eikenaar;Sven Hessler;Arne Hegemann

  • Indices of immune function used by ecologists are mostly unaffected by repeated freeze-thaw cycles and methodological deviations

    Arne Hegemann;Sara Pardal;Kevin D. Matson

  • A mimicked bacterial infection prolongs stopover duration in songbirds—but more pronounced in short- than long-distance migrants

    Arne Hegemann;Pablo Alcalde Abril;Sissel Sjöberg;Sissel Sjöberg;Rachel Muheim

  • Are antimicrobial defences in bird eggs related to climatic conditions associated with risk of trans-shell microbial infection?

    Nicholas P. C. Horrocks;Nicholas P. C. Horrocks;Kathryn Hine;Arne Hegemann;Henry K. Ndithia

  • Habitat use and diet of skylarks (Alauda arvensis) wintering in an intensive agricultural landscape of the Netherlands

    Flavia Geiger;Arne Hegemann;Maurits Gleichman;Heiner Flinks

  • Predators and Predation Rates of Skylark Alauda arvensis and Woodlark Lullula arborea Nests in a Semi-Natural Area in the Netherlands

    Libor Praus;Arne Hegemann;B. Irene Tieleman;Karel Weidinger

  • Defence versus defence: Are crucian carp trading off immune function against predator-induced morphology?

    Jerker Vinterstare;Arne Hegemann;Per. Anders Nilsson;Per. Anders Nilsson;Kaj Hulthén

  • Are Dutch Skylarks Partial Migrants? Ring Recovery Data and Radio-Telemetry Suggest Local Coexistence of Contrasting Migration Strategies

    Arne Hegemann;Henk P. van der Jeugd;Merlijn de Graaf;Lotte L. Oostebrink

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Irene Tieleman
B. Irene Tieleman University of Groningen
Kevin D. Matson
Kevin D. Matson Wageningen University & Research
Caroline Isaksson
Caroline Isaksson Lund University
Joseph B. Williams
Joseph B. Williams The Ohio State University
Dennis Hasselquist
Dennis Hasselquist Lund University
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Sonia Kleindorfer
Sonia Kleindorfer University of Vienna
Thomas Alerstam
Thomas Alerstam Lund University
Vincenzo A. Ellis
Vincenzo A. Ellis University of Delaware
Jonas Waldenström
Jonas Waldenström Linnaeus University

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