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Theunis Piersma

University of GroningenORCID 0000-0001-9668-466XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Chris J. Hassell· 1 shared Daniel R. RuthrauffiD· 1 shared Jesse R. ConkliniD· 1 shared Job ten HorniD· 1 shared Margaux J. M. LefebvreiD· 1 shared Michaël C. FontaineiD· 1 shared Nils D. WarnockiD· 1 shared Pavel S. TomkovichiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionBehavioral Ecology and SociobiologyPeer-reviewedOct 13, 2025

Eurasian Spoonbill chicks receive parental care up to several months after fledging, but not into migration

Tamar Lok, Petra de Goeij, Рахимбердиев Эльдар Нурланович…·Wouter M. G. Vansteelant

This study quantifies post-fledging parental care in Eurasian spoonbills, showing it ends before migration and varies with chick age and parent-chick interactions.

3 citations

imagingexperimental assay

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Evolutionary BiologyMolecular EcologyPeer-reviewedJul 6, 2024

Phylogeography of bar-tailed godwits: pre-LGM structure in Beringia and westward colonization of post-glacial Europe

Jesse R. Conklin, Yvonne I. Verkuil, Margaux J. M. Lefebvre…·Michaël C. Fontaine

This study uses nextRAD sequencing to analyze the population genetics of bar-tailed godwits, revealing pre-LGM structure in Beringia and post-glacial westward colonization of Europe.

9 citations

non-human primateDNA methylation

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