Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
I am an enthusiastic behavioural and evolutionary ecologist, broadly interested in the evolution of individual variation in behaviours and life-history strategies in wild animal populations. I am particularly interested in the role of social effects in the emergence and maintenance of observed phenotypic variation.
I’m currently employed as a postdoc researcher and work on a range of topics: evolution of animal personality, local adaptation processes, dispersal ecology, life-history evolution and avian colouration.
I conduct most of my research on long-term monitored passerine populations performing large-scale experiments in the wild and using tools from behavioural ecology and quantitative genetics.
You can also find me on Researche Gate ; Google Scholar and my personal blog
Education/Academic qualification
University of Groningen
2004 → 2009
Award Date: 30-Oct-2009
UNIV LOUIS PASTEUR, University of Strasbourg
2002 → 2003
Award Date: 1-Jul-2003
Univ Paris 11, University of Paris Sud - Paris XI
1997 → 2001
Award Date: 1-Jul-2001
External positions
postdoctoral position, Univ Pablo de Olavide, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Dept Mol Biol & Biochem Engn
1-Feb-2015 → 30-Nov-2015
postdoctoral position, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (Seewiesen)
1-Jan-2010 → 30-Jan-2015
Network
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Habitat fragmentation induces rapid divergence of migratory and isolated sticklebacks
Ramesh, A., Groothuis, T. G. G., Weissing, F. J. & Nicolaus, M., Jan-2022, In: Behavioral Ecology. 33, 1, p. 167-177 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Unravelling the causes and consequences of dispersal syndromes in a wild passerine
Nicolaus, M., Wang, X., Lamers, K. P., Ubels, R. & Both, C., 11-May-2022, In: Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 289, 1974, 9 p., 20220068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Does genetic differentiation underlie behavioral divergence in response to migration barriers in sticklebacks? A common garden experiment
Ramesh, A., Domingues, M. M., Stamhuis, E. J., Groothuis, T. G. G., Weissing, F. J. & Nicolaus, M., 24-Nov-2021, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 75, 12, 12 p., 161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird
Mouchet, A., Cole, E. F., Matthysen, E., Nicolaus, M., Quinn, J. L., Roth, A. M., Tinbergen, J. M., van Oers, K., van Overveld, T. & Dingemanse, N. J., 7-Jul-2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 28, 6 p., 2024994118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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State dependence explains individual variation in nest defence behaviour in a long-lived bird
de Jong, M. E., Nicolaus, M., Fokkema, R. W. & Loonen, M. J. J. E., Apr-2021, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 90, 4, p. 809-819 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)17 Downloads (Pure)
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The eco-evo-devo of social personalities
Weissing, F., Groothuis, A., Nicolaus, M. & Gismann, J.
01/06/2019 → 01/06/2023
Project: Research
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Evolutionary causes and consequences of dispersal syndromes: An experimental approach
01/12/2015 → 01/09/2019
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Academic event
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Unravelling the mechanisms of population phenotypic changes: Do individual differences matter for colonisation?
Marion Nicolaus (Speaker)
28-Nov-2019Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Datasets
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Data from: Diet and provisioning rate differ predictably between dispersing and philopatric pied flycatchers
Nicolaus, M. (Contributor), Barrault, S. C. Y. (Contributor) & Both, C. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 11-Oct-2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n3m2qh2, https://doi.org/10.5061%2Fdryad.n3m2qh2
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Data from: Sources of (co)variation in alternative siring routes available to male great tits (Parus major)
Araya-Ajoy, Y. G. (Contributor), Kuhn, S. (Contributor), Mathot, K. J. (Contributor), Mouchet, A. (Contributor), Mutzel, A. (Contributor), Nicolaus, M. (Contributor), Wijmenga, J. J. (Contributor), Kempenaers, B. (Contributor) & Dingemanse, N. J. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 26-Jul-2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s67kg, https://zenodo.org/record/5007118
Dataset
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Replication Data for: Descriptive and experimental evidence for timing-mediated polygyny risk in a pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) population
Lamers, K. (Creator), Nicolaus, M. (Creator), Rakhimberdiev, E. (Creator), Nilsson, J. (Creator) & Both, C. (Creator), University of Groningen, 13-Jan-2020
DOI: https://hdl.handle.net/10411/SARBDB
Dataset
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Replication Data for: Descriptive and experimental evidence for timing-mediated polygyny risk in a pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) population
Lamers, K. (Contributor), Nicolaus, M. (Contributor), Rakhimberdiev, E. (Contributor), Nilsson, J. -. (Contributor) & Both, C. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 13-Jan-2020
DOI: 10.34894/4h2giu
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Data from: The correlation between colouration and exploration behaviour varies across hierarchical levels in a wild passerine bird
Nicolaus, M. (Creator), Piault, R. (Creator), Ubels, R. (Creator), Tinbergen, J. (Creator) & Dingemanse, N. (Creator), University of Groningen, 27-May-2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4nj8t
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