Kees van Oers

Netherlands Institute of Ecology — Netherlands

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

49h-index9.7kcitations295works4.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(105), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(89), Avian ecology and behavior(69), Plant and animal studies(47), Genetic diversity and population structure(35)

Publications291 total

Early-life viability selection targets deleterious mutations in exons
Current Biology·2025Open Access
Epigenetic changes associated with reproductive investment and life-history trade-offs in lekking male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
2025Open Access
Decision-Making in the Wild: Urgency and Complexity Drive Feeding Decision Speed and the Likelihood of Revising a Choice in A Sex-Dependent Manner in Great Tit (<i>Parus major</i>) Parents
The American Naturalist·2025
Predicted deleterious mutations reveal the genetic architecture of male reproductive success in a lekking bird
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Independent Avian Epigenetic Clocks for Ageing and Development
Molecular Ecology Resources·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Parental control: ecology drives plasticity in parental response to offspring signals
Behavioral Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Associations between human non‐motorised recreational activity on nest box occupation, exploratory behaviour and breeding success in a passerine bird
Journal of Avian Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis
Evolution Letters·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis
2025Open Access
Continent‐Wide Drivers of Spatial Synchrony in Breeding Demographic Structure Across Wild Great Tit Populations
Ecology Letters·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
<scp>DNA</scp> Methylation Associates With Sex‐Specific Effects of Experimentally Increased Yolk Testosterone in Wild Nestlings
Molecular Ecology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Early-Life Viability Selection Targets Deleterious Mutations in Exons
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Geographic differences in the phenology of gonadal development and moult, but not of egg laying, are genetically based in a small songbird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Predicted deleterious mutations reveal the genomic mechanisms underlying fitness variation in a lekking bird
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Continent‐Wide Drivers of Spatial Synchrony in Breeding Demographic Structure Across Wild Great Tit Populations"
2024
Author response for "Associations between human non‐motorised recreational activity on nest box occupation, exploratory behaviour and breeding success in a passerine bird"
2024
Independent avian epigenetic clocks for aging and development
2024Open Access
Author response for "Continent‐Wide Drivers of Spatial Synchrony in Breeding Demographic Structure Across Wild Great Tit Populations"
2024
DNA methylation associates with sex-specific effects of experimentally increased yolk testosterone in wild nestlings
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Early‐life diet composition affects phenotypic variation of correlated animal personality traits
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Marcel E. Visser(14), Marc Naguib(9), Piet J. Drent(8), Ben C. Sheldon(8), Bart Kempenaers(7), Niels J. Dingemanse(6), Arie J. van Noordwijk(6), Martien A. M. Groenen(6), P.J. Drent(5), Jon Slate(5), Piet de Goede(4), Veronika N. Laine(4), R.P.M.A. Crooijmans(4), Michaela Hau(4), Camilla A. Hinde(4), Erik Matthysen(4), P. Samuel(3), Sonja V. Schaper(3), Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers(3), H.H.T. Prins(3)