Research output per year
Research output per year
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Research interests
Ecologist Jan van Gils investigates the red knot, a wader that breeds in the Arctic, overwinters in the Wadden Sea, but also migrates through the Netherlands to its winter quarters in West Africa. ‘In effect, the red knot is like a canary in a global coal mine. Just like the miner’s canaries in the past warned for impending high concentrations of mine gases, the red knot now informs us now about the state of the climate.’
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Senior scientist, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
2014 → …
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A DNA-based dietary study of shorebird chicks in Greenland
Zhemchuzhnikov, M. K., Versluijs, T. S. L., Bom, R. A., Blok, R., van Bleijswijk, J. D. L., Reneerkens, J. & van Gils, J. A., 1-Jan-2025, In: Wader Study. 131, 3, p. 226-230 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Different currencies for calculating resource phenology result in opposite inferences about trophic mismatches
Versluijs, T. S. L., Zhemchuzhnikov, M. K., Kutcherov, D., Roslin, T., Schmidt, N. M., Van Gils, J. A. & Reneerkens, J., 27-Mar-2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291, 2019, 9 p., 20231785.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Disentangling the diet composition of chicks of Arctic shorebirds provides a new perspective on trophic mismatches
Zhemchuzhnikov, M. K., Zhemchuzhnikova, E. A., Lameris, T. K., van Bleijswijk, J. D. L., Golovnyuk, V. V., ten Horn, J., Kutcherov, D. A., Popovkina, A. B., Soloviev, M. Y., Sukhova, M. A., Witte, H. J. & van Gils, J. A., Jun-2024, In: Food Webs. 39, 7 p., e00349.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Food web interactions of two breeding Arctic shorebird species, little stint Calidris minuta and red knot Calidris canutus, are shaped by their elevational distribution
Zhemchuzhnikov, M. K., Lameris, T. K., Soloviev, M. Y., Golovnyuk, V. V., ten Horn, J., Kutcherov, D. A., Popovkina, A. B., Sukhova, M. A., Zhemchuzhnikova, E. A. & van Gils, J. A., Mar-2024, In: Polar Biology. 47, 3, p. 247-261 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Arriving late and lean at a stopover site is selected against in a declining migratory bird population
Peng, H. B., Ma, Z., Rakhimberdiev, E., van Gils, J. A., Battley, P. F., Rogers, D. I., Choi, C. Y., Wu, W., Feng, X., Ma, Q., Hua, N., Minton, C., Hassell, C. J. & Piersma, T., Oct-2023, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 92, 10, p. 2109-2118 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)175 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
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Coping with phenological mismatch: How an insectivorous migrant shorebird may mitigate the negative effects of a warming Arctic by prey and patch selection
van Gils, J. (PI), Piersma, T. (PI), Reneerkens, J. (Postdoc) & Versluijs, T. (PhD student)
01/01/2019 → 01/01/2023
Project: Research
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Increasing Arctic cloud cover is expected to limit gosling growth and survival
Verhoeven, M. (Speaker), Nolet, B. (Contributor), van Gils, J. (Contributor), Limpens, J. (Contributor), Elzenga, T. (Contributor), Pallozzi, E. (Contributor), Augusti, A. (Contributor), Maturilli, M. (Contributor) & Loonen, M. (Contributor)
20-Sept-2022Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
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Aanpassingen van trekvogels aan een snel veranderende wereld
van Gils, J. (Speaker)
21-Sept-2021Activity: Talk and presentation › Inaugural lecture › Popular
Datasets
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Data from: Personality drives physiological adjustments and is not related to survival
Bijleveld, A. (Creator), Massourakis, G. (Creator), van der Marel, A. (Creator), Dekinga, A. (Creator), Spaans, B. (Creator), van Gils, J. (Creator) & Piersma, T. (Creator), University of Groningen, 9-May-2014
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jr934
Dataset
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Data from: Phenotype-limited distributions: Short-billed birds move away during times that prey bury deeply
Duijns, S. (Creator), van Gils, J. (Creator), Smart, J. (Creator) & Piersma, T. (Creator), University of Groningen, 19-May-2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.v51t0
Dataset
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Data from: Morphological and digestive adjustments buffer performance: how staging shorebirds cope with severe food declines
Zhang, S. (Creator), Ma, Z. (Creator), Choi, C.-Y. (Creator), Peng, H. (Creator), Melville, D. S. (Creator), Zhao, T.-T. (Creator), Bai, Q.-Q. (Creator), Liu, W.-L. (Creator), Chan, G. (Creator), Gils, van, J. (Creator) & Piersma, T. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 19-Mar-2019
Dataset
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Data from: How habitat-modifying organisms structure the food web of two coastal ecosystems
van der Zee, E. (Creator), Angelini, C. (Creator), Govers, L. L. (Creator), Christianen, M. (Creator), Altieri, A. H. (Creator), van der Reijden, K. J. (Creator), Silliman, B. R. (Creator), van de Koppel, J. (Creator), van der Geest, M. (Creator), van Gils, J. (Creator), Veer, H. W. V. D. (Creator), Piersma, T. (Creator), Ruiter, de, P. C. (Creator), Olff, H. (Creator) & van der Heide, T. (Creator), University of Groningen, 16-Feb-2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.22p7r
Dataset
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Appendix A. On the calculation of ∆x.
van Gils, J. (Contributor), Spaans, B. (Creator), Dekinga, A. (Creator) & Piersma, T. (Creator), Wiley, 5-Aug-2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3526127
Dataset
Press/Media
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Trekvogels geven een uniek inkijkje in het leven in Siberië, nu onderzoekers er niet meer mogen komen
07/04/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Popular
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De doorbraak - Jan van Gils: Dolblij met diarree
07/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research › Popular
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Het klimaat maakt het Arctisch vogelbroedseizoen onvoorspelbaar
Reneerkens, J., Versluijs, T., Zhemchuzhnikov, M. & van Gils, J.
28/07/2023 → 02/08/2023
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
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Uitval in de wetenschap na de inval van de Russen
12/03/2022 → 10/06/2022
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
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De lente arriveert eerder in het noorden, maar broedvogels passen hun reisschema niet aan
02/05/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular