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Overview

Bruno J. Ens is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and primarily conducts research in Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, especially Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Avian ecology and behavior, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Marine animal studies overview, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Recent publications by Bruno J. Ens include:

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Connecting foraging and roosting areas reveals how food stocks explain shorebird numbers, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Conceptualizing and quantifying body condition using structural equation modelling: A user guide, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • The hidden cost of disturbance: Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) avoid a disturbed roost site during the tourist season, 2021, Ibis
  • The demographic causes of population change vary across four decades in a long-lived shorebird, 2021, Ecology

Bruno J. Ens frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter Desmet
  • Kees Oosterbeek
  • Willem Bouten
  • Henk-Jan van der Kolk
  • Martijn van de Pol

Their work is often published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ibis, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research), Radboud Repository (Radboud University), and Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • Shorebirds: An illustrated Behavioural Ecology

    Jan van de Kam;Bruno Ens;Theunis Piersma;Leo Zwarts

  • Green Light for Nocturnally Migrating Birds

    Hanneke Poot;Bruno J. Ens;Han de Vries;Maurice A. H. Donners

  • Territory Quality, Parental Effort and Reproductive Success of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

    Bruno J. Ens;Marcel Kersten;Alex Brenninkmeijer;Jan B. Hulscher

  • Divorce in the long-lived and monogamous oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus : Incompatibility or choosing the better option?

    Bruno J. Ens;Uriel N. Safriel;Mike P. Harris

  • Interference among Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, feeding on mussels, Mytilus edulis, on the Exe estuary

    B.J. Ens;J.D. Goss-Custard

  • Optimal avian migration: A dynamic model of fuel stores and site use

    Thomas P. Weber;Bruno J. Ens;Alasdair I. Houston

  • Do changes in the frequency, magnitude and timing of extreme climatic events threaten the population viability of coastal birds?

    Martijn van de Pol;Martijn van de Pol;Bruno J. Ens;Dik Heg;Lyanne Brouwer

  • Moult, Mass and Flight Range of Waders Ready to Take Off for Long-Distance Migrations

    Leo Zwarts;Bruno J. Ens;Marcel Kersten;Theunis Piersma

  • From sensor data to animal behaviour: an oystercatcher example

    Judy Shamoun-Baranes;Roeland Bom;E. Emiel van Loon;Bruno J. Ens

  • Mass mortality of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the Dutch Wadden Sea, winter 1999/2000: starvation in a commercially exploited wetland of international importance

    CJ Camphuysen;CM Berrevoets;Hjwm Cremers;A Dekinga

  • THE DESPOTIC DISTRIBUTION AND DEFERRED MATURITY: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN

    Bruno J. Ens;Franz J. Weissing;Rudolf H. Drent

  • Experimental evidence for effects of human disturbance on foraging and parental care in oystercatchers

    Simon Verhulst;K Oosterbeek;BJ Ens

  • Effects of climate change and variability on population dynamics in a long-lived shorebird.

    Martijn van de Pol;Yngvild Vindenes;Bernt-Erik Sæther;Steinar Engen

  • Models of interference and their consequences for the spatial distribution of ideal and free predators

    J. van der Meer;B.J. Ens

  • Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • Arctic Geese Tune Migration to a Warming Climate but Still Suffer from a Phenological Mismatch.

    Thomas K. Lameris;Henk P. van der Jeugd;Götz Eichhorn;Adriaan M. Dokter;Adriaan M. Dokter

  • Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates

    John D. Goss-Custard;Andrew D. West;Michael G. Yates;Richard W. G. Caldow

  • Consequences of habitat loss at migratory stopover sites: a theoretical investigation

    Thomas P. Weber;Alasdair I. Houston;Bruno J. Ens

  • Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus winter mortality in The Netherlands: The effect of severe weather and food supply

    C.J. Camphuysen;B.J. Ens;Dierik Heg;J.B. Hulscher

  • Predicting shorebird mortality and population size under different regimes of shellfishery management

    R. A. Stillman;J. D. Goss-Custard;A. D. West;S. E. A. Le V. Dit Durell

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Klaassen
Marcel Klaassen Deakin University
Joost M. Tinbergen
Joost M. Tinbergen University of Groningen
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Eelke Jongejans
Eelke Jongejans Radboud University
Willem Bouten
Willem Bouten University of Amsterdam
Jan P. Bakker
Jan P. Bakker University of Groningen
Simon Verhulst
Simon Verhulst University of Groningen
Raymond H. G. Klaassen
Raymond H. G. Klaassen University of Groningen
Tiejun Wang
Tiejun Wang University of Twente
Franz Bairlein
Franz Bairlein Max Planck Society

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