Theunis Piersma

University of Groningen — Netherlands

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(495), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(200), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(183), Marine and fisheries research(123), Marine and coastal plant biology(93)

Publications983 total

Free‐living Black‐tailed Godwits maintain constant intake rates across varying grassland habitat conditions by adjusting their foraging behaviour
Ibis·2026· 1 citedOpen Access
Male and female Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa bohaii show differences in habitat use and daily rhythms during spring staging in China
Journal für Ornithologie·2026Open Access
Black-tailed Godwits crossing the Tibetan Plateau adjust flight altitudes in response to topography rather than temperature variations
2025Open Access
China’s intertidal mariculture as an unexpected lifeline sustaining the world’s most threatened shorebird flyway
Nature Communications·2025Open Access
During dry conditions, traditional surface-drained grasslands support higher earthworm abundances than contemporary deeply drained grasslands
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment·2025Open Access
Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long‐distance migratory shorebird
Functional Ecology·2025Open Access
Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds
Journal of Avian Biology·2025Open Access
Is the resident subspecies of the Eurasian spoonbill in Mauritania, <i>Platalea leucorodia balsaci</i> , threatened by introgression of genes from the migratory nominate subspecies <i>leucorodia</i> ?
Oryx·2025Open Access
Corrigendum to “Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100233]
Avian Research·2025Open Access
Eurasian spoonbill chicks receive parental care up to several months after fledging, but not into migration
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2025Open Access
Challenges in population monitoring: Bar‐tailed Godwits (<i>Limosa lapponica</i>) on the East Atlantic Flyway defy assumed population structure
Ibis·2025Open Access
A Time and a Place for Everything: Eurasian Spoonbills Divide Spring and Summer Activities Across Different Areas in the Eastern Dutch Wadden Sea
Ardea·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Coastal Shorebirds Delay Maturity More Than Inland Ones
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Data and code from: Coastal shorebirds delay maturity more than inland ones
DRYAD·2025Open Access
Eurasian Spoonbill chicks receive parental care up to several months after fledging, but not into migration
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Arthropod taxa in faeces of chicks of Black-tailed Godwits and Northern Lapwings in Germany and the Netherlands revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Wader Study·2025Open Access
Negotiating the northern edge of a nonbreeding distribution: a case of winter mortality in Eurasian Spoonbills
Journal für Ornithologie·2025Open Access
Maintaining shallow waters to maximize the potential of saltpans as foraging habitat for migratory shorebirds along an endangered flyway
Biological Conservation·2025Open Access
Demand‐Resource Mismatch Explains Body Shrinkage in a Migratory Shorebird
Global Change Biology·2025Open Access
Sufficient food is critical for a long-distant migratory shorebird to advance migration phenology
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Åke Lindström(7), Anne Dekinga(6), Phil F. Battley(5), Joop Jukema(4), Leo Zwarts(4), Popko Wiersma(4), Anita Koolhaas(4), David S. Melville(3), Hongyan Yang(3), Zhengwang Zhang(3), Robert E. Gill(3), Marcel Kersten(3), Han Olff(3), Jan A. van Gils(3), Tanya J. Compton(3), Anders Kvist(3), Bruno J. Ens(3), Yvonne I. Verkuil(2), Allan J. Baker(2), Jan Drent(2)