List of Publications (H-index = 28)

Moiron M, Bouwhuis S (in press) Age-dependent shaping of the social environment in a long-lived seabird - a quantitative genetic approach. Philosophical Transactions B

Schnelle A, Winter M, Bouwhuis S , Risch M (in press) Diet composition and reproductive performance in Central Europe’s last gull-billed tern population - a long term study. Ardea

Cansse T, Vedder O, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2024) Feeding rate reflects quality in both parents and offspring: a longitudinal study in common terns. Animal Behaviour 214: 111-120

Bertram J, Bichet C, Moiron M, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2024) Sex- and age-specific mercury accumulation in a long-lived seabird. Science of the Total Environment 927: 172330

Moiron M, Teplitsky C, Haest B, Charmantier A*, Bouwhuis S * (2024) Micro-evolutionary response of spring migration timing in a wild seabird. Evolution Letters 8: 8-17 (*shared senior authorship)

Militão T, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2023) Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a long-lived seabird. Marine Biology 170: 132

Abdel-Glil MY, Braune S, Bouwhuis S , Sprague LD (2023) First description of Mergibacter septicus isolated from a common tern (Sterna hirundo) in Germany. Pathogens 12: 1096

Pohlmann A, Stejskal O, King J, Bouwhuis S , Packmor F, Ballstaedt E, Hälterlein B, Hennig V, Stacker L, Graaf A, Hennig C, Günther A, Liang Y, Hjulsager C, Beer M, Harder T (2023) Mass mortality among colony-breeding seabirds in the German Wadden Sea in 2022 due to distinct genotypes of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b. Journal of General Virology 104: 001834

Meyer B, Moiron M, Caswara C, Chow W, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Haase B, Howe K, Mountcastle J, Uliano-Silva M, Wood J, Jarvis ED, Liedvogel M*, Bouwhuis S * (2023) Sex-specific changes in autosomal methylation rate in ageing common terns. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 982443 (*shared senior authorship)

Włodarczyk R, Bouwhuis S , Bichet C, Podlaszczuk P, Chyb A, Indykiewicz P, Dulisz B, Betleja J, Janiszewski T, Minias P (2022) Contrasting haemoparasite prevalence in larid species with divergent ecological niches and migration patterns. Parasitology 149: 1479-1486

Vedder O, Moiron M, Bichet C, Bauch C, Verhulst S, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2022) Telomere length is heritable and genetically correlated with lifespan in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 31: 6297-6307

Bertram J, Kürten N, Bichet C, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2022) Mercury contamination level is repeatable and predicted by wintering area in a long-distance migratory seabird. Environmental Pollution 313: 120107

Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips RA, Alvarez D, Anker-Nilssen T, Barrett RT, Bech C, Becker PH, Berglund P-A, Bouwhuis S , Burr ZM, Chastel O, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Descamps S, Diamond T, Elliott K, Erikstad K-E, Harris M, Hentati-Sundberg J, Heubeck M, Langset M, Lorentsen S-H, Mallory M, Mellor M, Miles WTS, Moe B, Mostello C, Newell M, Nisbet I, Reiertsen TK, Rock J, Varpe Ø, Lewis S, Phillimore AB (2022) Variation and correlation in the timing of breeding of North Atlantic seabirds across multiple scales. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 1797-1812

Moiron M, Charmantier AC*, Bouwhuis S * (2022) The quantitative genetics of fitness in a wild seabird. Evolution 76: 1443-1452 (*shared senior authorship)

Kürten N, Schmaljohann H, Bichet C, Haest B, Vedder O, González-Solís J, Bouwhuis S (2022) High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird. Movement Ecology 10: 5

Bichet C, Moiron M, Matson KD, Vedder O, Bouwhuis S (2022) Immunosenescence in the wild? A longitudinal study in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 458-469

Culina A, Adriaensen F, Bailey LD, Burgess MD, Charmantier A, Cole EF, Eeva T, Matthysen E, Nater CR, Sheldon BC, Sæther B-E, Vriend SJG, Zajkova Z, Adamík P, Aplin LM, Angulo E, Artemyev A, Barba E, Barišić S, Belda E, Bilgin CC, Bleu J, Both C, Bouwhuis S , Branston CJ, Broggi J, Burke T, Bushuev A, Camacho C, Campobello D, Canal D, Cantarero A, Caro SP, Cauchoix M, Chaine A, Cichoń M, Ćiković D, Cusimano CA, Deimel C, Dhondt AA, Dingemanse NJ, Doligez B, Dominoni DM, Doutrelant C, Drobniak SM, Dubiec A, Eens M, Erikstad KE, Espín S, Farine DR, Figuerola J, Gülbeyaz PK, Grégoire A, Hartley IR, Hau M, Hegyi G, Hille S, Hinde CA, Holtmann B, Ilyina T, Isaksson C, Iserbyt A, Ivankina E, Kania W, Kempenaers B, Kerimov K, Komdeur J, Korsten P, Král M, Krist M, Lambrechts M, Lara CE, Leivits A, Liker A, Lodjak J, Mägi M, Mainwaring MC, Mänd R, Massa B, Massemin S, Martínez‐Padilla J, Mazgajski TD, Mennerat A, Moreno J, Mouchet A, Nakagawa S, Nilsson J‐Å, Nilsson JF, Norte AC, van Oers K, Orell M, Potti J, Quinn JL, Réale D, Reiertsen TK, Rosivall B, Russell AF, Rytkönen S, Sánchez‐Virosta P, Santos ESA, Schroeder J, Senar JC, Seress G, Slagsvold T, Szulkin M, Teplitsky C, Tilgar V, Tolstoguzov A, Török J, Valcu M, Vatka E, Verhulst S, Watson H, Yuta T, Zamora‐Marín JM, Visser ME (2021) Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: the SPI-Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2147-2160

Sydeman WJ, Schoeman DS, Thompson SA, Hoover BA, García-Reyes M, Daunt F, Agnew P, Anker-Nilssen T, Barbraud C, Barrett R, Becker PH, Bell E, Boersma PD, Bouwhuis S , Cannell B, Crawford RJM, Dann P, Delord K, Elliott G, Erikstad KE, Flint E, Furness RW, Harris MP, Hatch S, Hilwig K, Hinke JT, Jahncke J, Mills JA, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Sherley RB, Surman C, Taylor G, Thayer JA, Trathan PN, Velarde E, Walker K, Wanless S, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y (2021) Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of marine ecosystem sentinels. Science 372: 980-983

Vedder O, Pen I, Bouwhuis S (2021) How fitness consequences of early-life conditions vary with age in a long-lived seabird: a Bayesian multivariate analysis of age-specific reproductive values. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1505-1514

Moiron M, Araya-Ajoy YG, Teplitsky C, Bouwhuis S *, Charmantier A* (2020) Understanding the social dynamics of breeding phenology: indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in a long distance migrant. American Naturalist 196: 566-576 (*shared senior authorship)

Bouwhuis S , Ballani F, Bourgeois M, Stoyan D (2020) Colony size affects breeding density, but not spatial distribution type, in a seabird. Behavioral Ecology 31: 1113-1119

García GO, Paterlini CA, Favero M, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2020) Age-, sex- and tactic-specific kleptoparasitic performance in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Ornithology 161: 183-188

Bichet C, Bouwhuis S , Bauch C, Verhulst S, Becker PH, Vedder O (2020) Telomere length is repeatable, shortens with age and reproductive success, and predicts remaining lifespan in a long-lived seabird. Molecular Ecology 29: 429-441

Kürten N, Vedder O, González-Solís J, Schmaljohann H, Bouwhuis S (2019) No detectable effect of light-level geolocators on the behaviour and fitness of a long-distance migratory seabird. Journal of Ornithology 160: 1087-1095

Vedder O, Zhang H, Dänhardt A, Bouwhuis S (2019) Age-specific offspring mortality economically tracks food abundance in a piscivorous seabird. American Naturalist 193: 588-597

Culina A, Linton DM, Pradel R, Bouwhuis S , Macdonald DW (2019) Live fast, don’t die young: survival reproduction trade-offs in long-lived income breeders. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 746-756

Bichet C, Vedder O, Sauer-Gürth H, Becker PH, Wink M, Bouwhuis S (2019) Contrasting heterozygosity-fitness correlations across life in a long-lived seabird. Molecular Ecology 28: 671-685

Colchero F, Jones OR, Conde DA, Hodgson D, Zajitschek F, Schmidt BR, Malo AF, Alberts SC, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S , Bronikowski AM, de Vleeschouwer KM, Delahay RJ, Dummermuth S, Fernández-Duque E, Frisenvænge J, Hesselsøe M, Larson S, Lemaître J-F, McDonald J, Miller DAW, O'Donnell C, Packer C, Raboy BE, Reading CJ, Wapstra E, Weimerskirch H, While GM, Baudisch A, Flatt T, Coulson T, Gaillard J-M (2019) The diversity of population responses to environmental change. Ecology Letters 22: 342-353

Vedder O, Verhulst S, Zuidersma E, Bouwhuis S (2018) Embryonic growth rate affects telomere attrition: an experiment in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb181586

Bouwhuis S (2018) On the ecological insights provided by a long-term study on an even longer-lived bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 891-892

Bouwhuis S , Verhulst S, Bauch C, Vedder O (2018) Reduced telomere length in offspring of old fathers in a long-lived seabird. Biology Letters 14: 20180213

Hamel S, Gaillard J-M, Yoccoz NG, Bassar RD, Bouwhuis S , Caswell H, Douhard M, Gangloff EJ, Gimenez O, Lee PC, Smallegange IM, Steiner UK, Vedder O, Vindenes Y (2018) Moving forward on individual heterogeneity. Oikos 127: 750-756

Vedder O, Bouwhuis S (2018) Heterogeneity in individual quality in birds: overall patterns and insights from a study on common terns. Oikos 127: 719-727

Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips RA, Walling CA, Agnew P, Ainley DG, Anker-Nilssen T, Ballard G, Barrett RT, Barton KJ, Bech C, Becker PH, Berglund P-A, Birkhead T, Bollache L, Bond AL, Bouwhuis S , Bradley RW, Burr ZM, Camphuysen K, Catry P, Chiaradia A, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Cuthbert R, Dehnhard N, Descamps S, Diamon T, Divoky G, Drummond H, Dugger KM, Dunn MJ, Emmerson L, Erikstad KE, Fort J, Fraser W, Gaston A, Genovart M, Gilg O, González-Solís J, Granadeiro JP, Gremillet D, Hansen J, Hanssen SA, Harris M, Hedd A, Hinke J, Igual JM, Jahncke J, Jones I, Kappes PJ, Lang J, Langset M, Lescroël A, Lorentsen S-H, Lyver PO'B, Mallory M, Moe B, Montevecchi WA, Monticelli D, Mostello C, Newell M, Nicholson L, Nisbet I, Olsson O, Oro D, Pattison V, Poisbleau M, Pyk T, Quintana F, Ramos J, Ramos R, Reiertsen TK, Rodríguez C, Ryan P, Sanz-Aguilar A, Schmidt NM, Shannon P, Sittler B, Southwell C, Surman C, Svagelj WS, Trivelpiece W, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Wilson PR, Wood AG, Phillimore AB, Lewis S (2018) Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change 8: 313-318

Vedder O, Verhulst S, Bauch C, Bouwhuis S (2017) Telomere attrition and growth: a life-history framework and case study in common terns. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 1409-1419

Vedder O, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2017) Intra-specific variation in, and environment-dependent resource allocation to, embryonic development time in common terns. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90: 453-460

Dobson FS, Becker PH, Arnaud CM, Bouwhuis S , Charmantier A (2017) Plasticity results in delayed breeding in a long-distant migrant seabird. Ecology & Evolution 7: 3100-3109

Bouwhuis S , Vedder O (2017) Avian escape artists? Patterns, processes and costs of senescence in wild birds. In: The evolution of senescence in the tree of life. Eds. Shefferson RP, Jones OR, Salguero-Gómez R. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK)

Vedder O, Zhang H, Bouwhuis S (2017) Early mortality saves energy: estimating the energetic cost of excess offspring in a seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162724

Vedder O, Bouwhuis S , Benito MM, Becker PH (2016) Male-biased sex allocation in ageing parents; a longitudinal study in a long-lived seabird. Biology Letters 12: 20160260

Mourocq E, Bize P, Bouwhuis S , Bradley R, Charmantier A, de la Cruz C, Drobniak SM, Espie RHM, Herényi M, Hötker H, Krüger O, Marzluff J, Møller AP, Nakagawa S, Phillips RA, Radford AN, Roulin A, Török J, Valencia J, van de Pol M, Warkentin IG, Winney IS, Wood AG, Griesser M (2016) Lifespan and reproductive cost explain interspecific variation in the optimal onset of reproduction. Evolution 70: 296-313

Bouwhuis S , Vedder O, Becker PH (2015) Sex-specific pathways of parental age effects on offspring lifetime reproductive success in a long-lived seabird. Evolution 69: 1760-1771

Zhang H, Vedder O, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Age-dependent trait variation: the relative contribution of within-individual change, selective appearance and disappearance in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 797-807

Szostek KL, Bouwhuis S , Becker PH (2015) Are arrival date and body mass after spring migration influenced by large-scale environmental factors in a migratory seabird? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: article 42

Zhang H, Vedder O, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Contrasting between- and within-individual trait effects on mortality risk in a long-lived seabird. Ecology 96: 71-79

Zhang H, Rebke M, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Fitness prospects: effects of age, sex and recruitment age on reproductive value in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 199-207

Bouwhuis S , Vedder O, Garroway CJ, Sheldon BC (2015) Ecological causes of multi-level covariance between size and first-year survival in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 208-218

Boonekamp JJ, Salomons HM, Bouwhuis S , Dijkstra C, Verhulst S (2014) Reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence in wild birds: an experimental study. Ecology Letters 17: 599-605

Vedder O, Bouwhuis S , Sheldon BC (2014) The contribution of an avian top predator to selection in prey species. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 99-106

Bouwhuis S , Quinn JL, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2014) Personality and metabolic rate in a wild bird population. Oikos 123: 56-62

Vedder O, Bouwhuis S , Sheldon BC (2013) Quantitative assessment of the importance of phenotypic plasticity in adaptation to climate change in wild bird populations. PLOS Biology 11: e1001605 (rated as of exceptional quality by the Faculty of 1000)

Bolund E, Bouwhuis S , Pettay J, Lummaa V (2013) Divergent selection on, but no genetic conflict over, female and male timing and rate of reproduction in a human population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20132002

Bouwhuis S , Choquet R, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2012) The forms and fitness cost of senescence: age-specific recapture, survival, reproduction and reproductive value in a wild bird population. American Naturalist 179: E15-E27

Bouwhuis S , Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2011) Basal metabolic rate and the rate of senescence in the great tit. Functional Ecology 24: 829-838

Bouwhuis S , van Noordwijk AJ, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S, Visser ME (2010) Similar patterns of age- specific reproduction in an island and mainland population of great tits, Parus major. Journal of Avian Biology 41: 615-620

Bouwhuis S , Charmantier A, Verhulst S, Sheldon BC (2010) Individual variation in rates of senescence: natal origin effects and disposable soma in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1251-1261 (recommended by the Faculty of 1000)

Bouwhuis S , Charmantier A, Verhulst S, Sheldon BC (2010) Trans-generational effects on ageing in a wild bird population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 636-642

Bouwhuis S , Sheldon BC, Verhulst S, Charmantier A (2009) Great tits growing old: selective disappearance and the partitioning of senescence to stages within the breeding cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 2769-2777

Quinn JL, Patrick SC, Bouwhuis S , Wilkin TA, Sheldon BC (2009) Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 1203-1215

Both C, Bouwhuis S , Lessells CM, Visser ME (2006) Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird. Nature 441: 81-83