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Rianne Pinxten is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields related to environmental science, biology, psychology, and the study of animal behavior and evolution.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Psychology. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, History and Philosophy of Science, Social Psychology, and Developmental Biology.

Pinxten's research concentrates on topics including:

  • Evolution and Science Education
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine Animal Studies Overview
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Avian Ecology and Behavior

Their recent scholarly contributions include published papers such as:

  • Towards common ground in measuring acceptance of evolution and knowledge about evolution across Europe: a systematic review of the state of research (2020) published in Evolution Education and Outreach
  • Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment (2021) published in Evolution Education and Outreach
  • Anthropogenic noise and light pollution additively affect sleep behaviour in free-living birds in sex- and season-dependent fashions (2022) published in Environmental Pollution
  • Anthropogenic noise is associated with telomere length and carotenoid-based coloration in free-living nestling songbirds (2020) published in Environmental Pollution

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Pinxten on multiple publications include Marcel Eens, Paul Kuschmierz, Dragana Cvetković, Anna Beniermann, and Radka Marta Dvořáková.

Regarding publication venues, Pinxten's work has appeared repeatedly in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Evolution Education and Outreach
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Variation of heavy metals within and among feathers of birds of prey: effects of molt and external contamination.

    T Dauwe;L Bervoets;R Pinxten;R Blust

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

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

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

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

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

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

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

    Elke De Ridder;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

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

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten

  • 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

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

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  • 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

  • Great and blue tit feathers as biomonitors for heavy metal pollution

    Tom Dauwe;Bervoets Lieven;Janssens Ellen;Pinxten Rianne

  • 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

  • Heavy metal exposure affects the humoral immune response in a free-living small songbird, the great tit (Parus major).

    Tinne Snoeijs;Tom Dauwe;Rianne Pinxten;Frans Vandesande

  • Multiple signals for multiple messages: great tit, Parus major, song signals age and survival

    Hector F. Rivera-Gutierrez;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • Artificial light at night disrupts sleep in female great tits (Parus major) during the nestling period, and is followed by a sleep rebound.

    Thomas Raap;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • 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

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

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

  • Effects of testosterone on song, aggression, and nestling feeding behavior in male great tits, Parus major.

    Els Van Duyse;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • Extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris: evidence from DNA fingerprinting

    Rianne Pinxten;Olivier Hanotte;Marcel Eens;Rudolf Frans Verheyen

  • Brominated and phosphorus flame retardants in White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla nestlings: Bioaccumulation and associations with dietary proxies (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S)

    Igor Eulaers;Veerle L.B. Jaspers;Duncan J. Halley;Gilles Lepoint

  • Female presence affects male behavior and testosterone levels in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

    Rianne Pinxten;Elke de Ridder;Marcel Eens

  • Context-Dependent Effects of Castration and Testosterone Treatment on Song in Male European Starlings

    Rianne Pinxten;Elke De Ridder;Jacques Balthazart;Marcel Eens

  • 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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  • Breeding performance of great tits (Parus major) along a gradient of heavy metal pollution.

    Ellen Janssens;Tom Dauwe;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • Seasonal variation in androgen-metabolizing enzymes in the diencephalon and telencephalon of the male European starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

    Lauren V. Riters;M. Baillien;M. Eens;R. Pinxten

  • Inter-sexual conflicts over copulations in the European starling: evidence for the female mate-guarding hypothesis

    Marcel Eens;Rianne Pinxten

  • Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

    Evi Van den Steen;Rianne Pinxten;Veerle L.B. Jaspers;Adrian Covaci

  • Polygyny in the European Starling

    Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens;Rudolf F. Verheyen

  • Within- and among-clutch variation of organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of great tits (Parus major).

    E. Van den Steen;T. Dauwe;A. Covaci;V.L.B. Jaspers

  • The reproductive success and quality of blue tits (Parus caeruleus) in a heavy metal pollution gradient

    Tom Dauwe;Ellen Janssens;Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • MALE FEEDING OF NESTLINGS IN THE; FACULTATIVELY POLYGYNOUS EUROPEAN STARLING: ALLOCATION PATTERNS AND EFFECT ON FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS

    Rianne Pinxten;Marcel Eens

  • Effect of age and testosterone on autumnal neurogenesis in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

    Philippe Absil;Rianne Pinxten;Jacques Balthazart;Marcel Eens

  • The combined effect of lead exposure and high or low dietary calcium on health and immunocompetence in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

    Tinne Snoeijs;Tom Dauwe;Rianne Pinxten;Veerle M. Darras

  • Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale

    Marcel Eens;Veerle L. B. Jaspers;Evi Van den Steen;Melissa Bateson

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Veerle L.B. Jaspers
Veerle L.B. Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Veerle Darras
Veerle Darras KU Leuven
Tom Dauwe
Tom Dauwe University of Antwerp
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Bruno Massa
Bruno Massa University of Palermo
Jacques Balthazart
Jacques Balthazart University of Liège
Mikko Mönkkönen
Mikko Mönkkönen University of Jyväskylä
David Costantini
David Costantini French National Museum of Natural History

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