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66
Citations
13241
World Ranking
1722
National Ranking
20

Overview

Luc Lens is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focuses primarily on ecology and its related subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and global and planetary change.

Key topics in Lens's work include wildlife ecology and conservation, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, and primate behavior and ecology.

Lens has co-authored numerous publications with frequent collaborators such as Diederik Strubbe, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Eric Stienen, and Wendt Müller. These collaborations highlight a strong network within ecology and conservation research communities.

The scientist's work has appeared in several notable venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Biological Conservation

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Lens include:

  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota: experimental evidence from a wild passerine, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Long-distance migrants vary migratory behaviour as much as short-distance migrants: An individual-level comparison from a seabird species with diverse migration strategies, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Multi-class analysis of 46 antimicrobial drug residues in pond water using UHPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS and application to freshwater ponds in Flanders, Belgium, 2020, Talanta

Best Publications

  • Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

    M. Pfeifer;M. Pfeifer;V. Lefebvre;C.A. Peres;C. Banks-Leite

  • Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of fitness: can we bridge the gap between studies?

    Luc Lens;Stefan Van Dongen;Salit Kark;Erik Matthysen

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities.

    Thomas Merckx;Caroline Souffreau;Aurelien Kaiser;Lisa F Baardsen

  • Avian persistence in fragmented rainforest.

    Luc Lens;Stefan Van Dongen;Ken Norris;Mwangi Githiru

  • Airborne remote sensing of spatiotemporal change (1955-2004) in indigenous and exotic forest cover in the Taita Hills, Kenya.

    Petri K.E. Pellikka;Milla Lötjönen;Mika Siljander;Luc Lens

  • Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals.

    Matthew G. Betts;Christopher Wolf;Marion Pfeifer;Cristina Banks-Leite

  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented

    Friederike C. Bolam;Louise Mair;Marco Angelico;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies.

    James I. Watling;Victor Arroyo‐Rodríguez;Marion Pfeifer;Lander Baeten

  • Low propensity for aerial dispersal in specialist spiders from fragmented landscapes.

    Dries Bonte;Nele Vandenbroecke;Luc Lens;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

  • The cost of melanization: butterfly wing coloration under environmental stress

    W Talloen;H Van Dyck;Luc Lens

  • Germination success of temperate grassland species after passage through ungulate and rabbit guts

    E Cosyns;A Delporte;Luc Lens;Maurice Hoffmann

  • Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Katrien De Wolf;Katrien De Wolf;Francesca Bona;Dries Bonte

  • EFFECTS OF FOOD AVAILABILITY AND DENSITY ON RED SQUIRREL (SCIURUS VULGARIS) REPRODUCTION

    Luc A. Wauters;Luc Lens

  • Fluctuating asymmetry increases with habitat disturbance in seven bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forest

    Luc Lens;Stefan van Dongen;Christine M Wilder;Thomas M Brooks

  • Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Early Warning System in the Critically Endangered Taita Thrush

    Luc Lens;Stefan Van Dongen;Erik Matthysen

  • Final countdown for biodiversity hotspots

    Jan C. Habel;Jan C. Habel;Livia Rasche;Uwe A. Schneider;Jan Oliver Engler

  • Dynamics of Gut Microbiota Diversity During the Early Development of an Avian Host: Evidence From a Cross-Foster Experiment

    Aimeric Teyssier;Luc Lens;Erik Matthysen;Joël White

  • Thermal conditions during juvenile development affect adult dispersal in a spider.

    Dries Bonte;Justin M. J. Travis;Nele De Clercq;Ingrid Zwertvaegher

  • Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies

    James A. Mills;Céline Teplitsky;Beatriz Arroyo;Anne Charmantier

  • Geographical variation in wolf spider dispersal behaviour is related to landscape structure

    Dries Bonte;Jeroen Vanden Borre;Luc Lens;Jean-Pierre Maelfait

  • Effects of habitat fragmentation on the timing of Crested Tit Parus cristatus natal dispersal

    Luc Lens;Andre A. Dhondt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dries Bonte
Dries Bonte Ghent University
Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
An Martel
An Martel Ghent University
Diederik Strubbe
Diederik Strubbe Ghent University
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Jan Christian Habel
Jan Christian Habel University of Salzburg
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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