Marcel Eens

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Male song as a cue for mate choice in the European starling

  Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  300
  Citations

• Can excrement and feathers of nestling songbirds be used as biomonitors for heavy metal pollution

  T. Dauwe;L. Bervoets;R. Blust;R. Pinxten

  261
  Citations

• Understanding the complex song of the European starling: an integrated ethological approach

  Marcel Eens

  244
  Citations

• Testosterone, testes size, and mating success in birds: a comparative study

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;S. Hurtrez-Bousses;S. Hurtrez-Bousses;Anders Pape Moller

  202
  Citations

• Seasonal changes in courtship song and the medial preoptic area in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

  Lauren V. Riters;Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Deborah L. Duffy

  199
  Citations

• Behavioural syndromes and trappability in free-living collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;János Török

  193
  Citations

• Great and blue tits as indicators of heavy metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems.

  Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf F. Verheyen;Ronny Blust

  185
  Citations

• Experimental evidence of a testosterone-induced shift from paternal to mating behaviour in a facultatively polygynous songbird

  Elke De Ridder;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  177
  Citations

• Sex-role reversal in vertebrates: behavioural and endocrinological accounts.

  Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten

  175
  Citations

• Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies.

  Arild Johnsen;Andrew E. Fidler;Andrew E. Fidler;Sylvia Kuhn;Kim Lois Carter

  166
  Citations

• In vivo manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging reveals connections and functional properties of the songbird vocal control system.

  A. Van der Linden;M. Verhoye;V. Van Meir;I. Tindemans

  165
  Citations

• Heavy metals and selenium in feathers of great tits (Parus major) along a pollution gradient

  Ellen Janssens;Tom Dauwe;Lieven Bervoets;Marcel Eens

  164
  Citations

• Relationships between metal concentrations in great tit nestlings and their environment and food

  Tom Dauwe;Ellen Janssens;Lieven Bervoets;Ronny Blust

  157
  Citations

• Evaluation of the usefulness of bird feathers as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for organic pollutants : A comparative and meta-analytical approach

  V. L. B. Jaspers;S. Voorspoels;Adrian Covaci;Gilles Lepoint

  149
  Citations

• The evolution of hippocampus volume and brain size in relation to food hoarding in birds

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens

  140
  Citations

• Brain space for a learned task: strong intraspecific evidence for neural correlates of singing behavior in songbirds.

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens

  139
  Citations

• Effects of heavy metal exposure on the condition and health of nestlings of the great tit (Parus major), a small songbird species.

  Ellen Janssens;Tom Dauwe;Rianne Pinxten;Lieven Bervoets

  139
  Citations

• Function of the Song and Song Repertoire in the European Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) : an Aviary Experiment

  Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  134
  Citations

• The evolution of song in female birds in Europe

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Denitza Zaprianova Pavlova;Marcel Eens;Anders Pape Møller

  131
  Citations

• Feathers as a nondestructive biomonitor for persistent organic pollutants

  Tom Dauwe;Veerle Jaspers;Adrian Covaci;Paul Schepens

  130
  Citations

• Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in eggs of little owls (Athene noctua) from Belgium.

  Veerle Jaspers;Adrian Covaci;Johan Maervoet;Tom Dauwe

  129
  Citations

• Opposite Changes in Plasma Testosterone and Corticosterone Levels Following a Simulated Territorial Challenge in Male Great Tits

  E Van Duyse;R Pinxten;Veerle Darras;Lut Arckens

  126
  Citations

• The effect of heavy metal exposure on egg size, eggshell thickness and the number of spermatozoa in blue tit Parus caeruleus eggs

  T. Dauwe;E. Janssens;Bart Kempenaers;Marcel Eens

  126
  Citations

• Heavy metal pollution affects dawn singing behaviour in a small passerine bird.

  Leen Gorissen;Tinne Snoeijs;Els Van Duyse;Marcel Eens

  125
  Citations

• Seasonal changes in the densities of α2-noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

  Lauren V. Riters;Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Gregory F. Ball

  122
  Citations

• Birds Reveal their Personality when Singing

  László Zsolt Garamszegi;Marcel Eens;János Török

  119
  Citations

• Short- and long-term effects of male-like concentrations of testosterone on female European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

  Elke De Ridder;Rianne Pinxten;Veerle Mees;Marcel Eens

  118
  Citations

• PFOS levels in the blood and liver of a small insectivorous songbird near a fluorochemical plant.

  Tom Dauwe;Kristin Van de Vijver;Wim De Coen;Marcel Eens

  118
  Citations

• Age- and behavior-related variation in volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings.

  Daniel J. Bernard;Marcel Eens;Gregory F. Ball

  116
  Citations

• On the function of singing and wing-waving in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

  M. Eens;R. Pinxten;R. F. Verheyen

  115
  Citations

• Correlated evolution of male and female testosterone profiles in birds and its consequences

  Anders Møller;László Z. Garamszegi;Diego Gil;S. Hurtrez-Boussès;S. Hurtrez-Boussès

  114
  Citations

• The importance of exogenous contamination on heavy metal levels in bird feathers. A field experiment with free-living great tits, Parus major.

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  101
  Citations