Bichet C, Moiron M, Kürten N, Vedder O, Bouwhuis S (in press) Egg characteristics of female common terns are repeatable, and vary with maternal age and laying order. Ecology and Evolution

Castano MV, García GO, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2025) Individual behavioural responses to novel stimuli in breeding common terns (Sterna hirundo). Ethology 31: 55-63

Strubbe S, Bourski O, Amshoff J, Meinken M, Tarasov V, Volkova V, Heim RJ, Kürten N, Hahn S, Thorup K, Heim W (2025) Tracking the migration of a Bluethroat Luscinia svecica svecica from central Siberia. Journal of Ornithology 166: 869-874

Bertram J, Bichet C, Moiron M, Beccardi M, Kürten N, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2025) Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival. Environmental Research 285: 122283

Wynn J, Kürten N, Moiron M, Bouwhuis S (2025) Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 94: 535-544

Bertram J, Kürten N, Bichet C, Moiron M, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2025) Parental blood mercury levels are correlated, and predictive of those in eggs in a long-lived seabird. Environmental Research 275: 121437

Kürten N, Wynn J, Haest B, Schmaljohann H, Vedder O, González-Solís J, Bouwhuis S (2025) Route flexibility is associated with headwind minimization in a long-distance migratory seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20242522

Bertram J, Moiron M, Bichet C, Kürten N, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2024) Mercury concentrations in blood and back feathers are repeatable, heritableand correlated in a long-lived seabird. Science of the Total Environment 599:176939

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

Militão T, Kürten N, Bouwhuis A, González-Solís J (2023) Sex-specific faraging strategies of common terns during the incubation period. Marine Biology 170: 132

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

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

Kürten N*, Piening K*, Vedder O (2021) Does parental heart rate affect embryonic heart rate during incubation? An experiment in common terns. Journal of Ornithology 162: 759–764

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

*shared first-authorship