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Müller, Wendt
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Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Gedragsecologie en Ecofysiologie, more

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Morel, M.; Mitchell, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Verbruggen, F.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2026). Navigating the unknown: how exploratory traits shape juvenile post-fledging behaviour and survival in gulls. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 293(2065): 20252904. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2904, more Cano-Povedano, J.; López-Calderón, C.; Hortas, F.; Martín-Vélez, V.; Sánchez, M.I.; Cañuelo-Jurado, B.; Cózar, A.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Müller, W.; Thaxter, C.B.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Forero, M.G.; Afán, I.; Blas, J.; Fiedler, W.; Green, A.J. (2025). Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds. Environ. Res. 285: 122477. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.122477, more Martín-Vélez, V.; Cano-Povedano, J.; Cañuelo-Jurado, B.; López-Calderón, C.; Céspedes, V.; Ros, M.; Sánchez, M.I.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Müller, W.; Thaxter, C.B.; Camphuysen, C.J.; Cózar, A.; Green, A.J. (2024). Leakage of plastics and other debris from landfills to a highly protected lake by wintering gulls. Waste Management 177: 13-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.01.034, more Salas, R.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.; Matheve, H.; Vanden Broecke, B.; Verbruggen, F.; Lens, L. (2024). Breeding density affects the movements of gull chicks, the size of their home ranges and their association with neighbours. Royal Society Open Science 11(5): 231431. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231431, more Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Verbruggen, F.; Van de Weghe, N.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2022). Resource predictability drives interannual variation in migratory behavior in a long-lived bird. Behav. Ecol. 33(1): 263-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab132, more Salas, R.; Baert, J.; Stienen, E.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2022). Territoriality constrains foraging activity and has carry-over effects on reproductive investment. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 169(7): 87. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04073-4, more Salas, R.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E.; Verbruggen, F.; Müller, W. (2022). Growing up in a crowd: social environment shapes the offspring's early exploratory phenotype in a colonial breeding species. Royal Society Open Science 9(10): 220839. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220839, more Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Lens, L. (2022). Weather- and human-related shifts in feeding conditions promote the use of built-up areas by an avian opportunist. Landsc. Urb. Plan. 217: 104268. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104268, more Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Verbruggen, F.; Van de Weghe, N.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2021). Context‐dependent specialisation drives temporal dynamics in intra‐ and inter‐individual variation in foraging behaviour within a generalist bird population. Oikos (Kbh.) 130(8): 1272-1283. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/oik.08067, more Brown, J.M.; van Loon, E.E.; Bouten, W.; Camphuysen, C.J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W.; Thaxter, C.B.; Shamoun-Baranes, J. (2021). Long‐distance migrants vary migratory behaviour as much as short‐distance migrants: An individual‐level comparison from a seabird species with diverse migration strategies. J. Anim. Ecol. 90(5): 1058-1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13431, more Kavelaars, M.M.; Baert, J.M.; Van Malderen, J.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2021). Simultaneous GPS-tracking of parents reveals a similar parental investment within pairs, but no immediate co-adjustment on a trip-to-trip basis. Movement Ecology 9(1): 42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00279-1, more Lopez-Antia, A.; Kavelaars, M.M.; Müller, W.; Bervoets, L.; Eens, M. (2021). Understanding PFAAs exposure in a generalist seabird species breeding in the vicinity of a fluorochemical plant: influence of maternal transfer and diet. Environ. Pollut. 271: 116355. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116355, more Kavelaars, M.M.; Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2020). Breeding habitat loss reveals limited foraging flexibility and increases foraging effort in a colonial breeding seabird. Movement Ecology 8(1): 45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00231-9, more Salas, R.; Müller, W.; Vercruijsse, H.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E. (2020). Forced nest site relocations negatively affect reproductive investment in a colonial seabird species. Biol. Conserv. 246: 108550. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108550, more Santos, C.; Sotillo, A.; Gupta, T.; Delgado, S.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L.; Soares, A.M.V.M; Monteiro, M.S.; Loureiro, S. (2020). Mercury uptake affects the development of Larus fuscus chicks. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 39(10): 2008-2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4823, more Kavelaars, M.M.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2019). Sharing the burden: on the division of parental care and vocalizations during incubation. Behav. Ecol. 30(4): 1062-1068. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz049, more Santos, C.S.A.; Loureiro, S.; Sotillo, A.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L.; Monteiro, M.S. (2019). Assay optimisation and age-related baseline variation in biochemical markers in Lesser Black-backed gulls. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 172: 246-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.01.084, more Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Lens, L. (2019). Time and energy costs of different foraging choices in an avian generalist species. Movement Ecology 7(1): 41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0188-y, more Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Lens, L. (2019). Recently-adopted foraging strategies constrain early chick development in a coastal breeding gull. PeerJ 7: e7250. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7250, more van den Bosch, M.; Baert, J.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E. (2019). Specialization reduces foraging effort and improves breeding performance in a generalist bird. Behav. Ecol. 30(3): 792-800. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz016, more Vanermen, N.; Courtens, W.; Daelemans, R.; Lens, L.; Müller, W.; Van de walle, M.; Verstraete, H.; Stienen, E. (2019). Attracted to the outside: a meso-scale response pattern of lesser black-backed gulls at an offshore wind farm revealed by GPS telemetry. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer fsz199(2): 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz199, more Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Heylen, B.C.; Kavelaars, M.M.; Buijs, R.-J.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). High-resolution GPS tracking reveals sex differences in migratory behaviour and stopover habitat use in the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 5391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23605-x, more Kavelaars, M.M.; Stienen, E.; Matheve, H.; Buijs, R.-J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 165(5): 87. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3347-6, more Santos, C.S.A.; Blondel, L.; Sotillo, A.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Boeckx, P.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Monteiro, M.S.; Loureiro, S.; de Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2017). Offspring Hg exposure relates to parental feeding strategies in a generalist bird with strong individual foraging specialization. Sci. Total Environ. 601-602: 1315-1323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.286, more Gupta, T.; Santos, C.S.A.; Sotillo, A.; De Neve, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L. (2016). Nutritional stress causes heterogeneous relationships with multi-trait FA in Lesser black-backed gull chicks: an aviary experiment. Symmetry 8(11): a133 [1-12]. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym8110133, more Stienen, E.W.M.; Desmet, P.; Aelterman, B.; Courtens, W.; Feys, S.; Vanermen, N.; Verstraete, H.; Van de walle, M.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F.; Houthoofdt, R.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bouten, W.; Buijs, R.-J.; Kavelaars, M.; Müller, W.; Herman, D.; Matheve, H.; Sotillo, A.; Lens, L. (2016). GPS tracking data of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast. ZooKeys 555(555): 115-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6173, more Larsen, T.R.; Fairhurst, G.D.; De Baere, S.; Croubels, S.; Müller, W.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2015). Novel insights into relationships between egg corticosterone and timing of breeding revealed by LC-MS/MS. J. Avian Biol. 46(6): 643-647. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.00735, more Poisbleau, M.; Müller, W.; Carslake, D.; Demongin, L.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Van Camp, J.; Eens, M. (2012). Penguin chicks benefit from elevated yolk androgen levels under sibling competition. PLoS One 7(7): 1-8. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042174, more Müller, W.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Dijkstra, C. (2007). Consequences of sex-specific growth on sibling competition in black-headed gulls: a sexually-size dimorphic species with scramble competition. Journ. Ornithol. 148(4): 495-502. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0189-2, more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Baert, J.; Stienen, E.; Heylen, B.; Kavelaars, M.; Buijs, R.-J.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2018). Migratory routes and stopover sites of the Lesser Black-backed Gull: where to go if your options are endless?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 73, more Heylen, B.C.; Baert, J.M.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Müller, W.; Lens, L. (2018). Where to go during winter? Habitat use does not shape variation in migratory strategies in lesser black-backed gulls, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 80, more Salas, R.; Deneudt, K.; Lens, L.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Baert, J.; Kavelaars, M.M.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Müller, W. (2018). Time investment and territorial behaviour of lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) during the pre-laying period, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 88, more Sotillo, A.; Baert, J.; Müller, W.; Stienen, E.; Soares, A.; Lens, L. (2018). Fish or garbage: do diet and foraging choices of an avian scavenger impact on its breeding performance?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 57, more Stienen, E.; Desmet, P.; Hernandez, F.; Lens, L.; Müller, W. (2017). GPS tracking network of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 81, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (2) [show]
Salas Fernández, M. (2023). Colonial breeding in a rapidly changing world. PhD Thesis. University of Antwerp/University of Ghent: Antwerp. 146 pp., more Kavelaars, M. (2020). Parental investment in a changing world: how the optimal reproductive strategy is affected by the social and ecological environment. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 157 pp., more