List of works - Kees van Oers

A genetic analysis of avian personality traits: correlated, response to artificial selection

scientific article

A high density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

scientific article

Baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid concentrations are not repeatable but covary within individual great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

Bolder Takes All and the Role of Epigenetics. A Comment on Canestrelli et al.

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

Boldness affects foraging decisions in barnacle geese: an experimental approach

article

Central assumptions of predator-prey models fail in a semi-natural experimental system

scientific article published in February 2004

Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: a review of case studies

article

Correlated response to selection of testosterone levels and immunocompetence in lines selected for avian personality

article

Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities.

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Developmental stress does not induce genome‐wide <scp>DNA</scp> methylation changes in wild great tit (<i>Parus major</i>) nestlings

scientific article published in 2023

Direct fitness benefits explain mate preference, but not choice, for similarity in heterozygosity levels.

scientific article published on 3 September 2017

Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Dose-response effects of light at night on the reproductive physiology of great tits (Parus major): Integrating morphological analyses with candidate gene expression.

scientific article published on 29 July 2018

Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird

scientific article

Effects of experimentally sustained elevated testosterone on incubation behaviour and reproductive success in female great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Effects of social conditions during early development on stress response and personality traits in great tits (Parus major).

scientific article

Environment-Dependent Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Avian Breeding Time

scientific article

Evidence from pyrosequencing indicates that natural variation in animal personality is associated with DRD4 DNA methylation

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Evolutionary genomics of animal personality

scientific article published on December 2010

Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Experimental nest site limitation affects reproductive strategies and parental investment in a hole-nesting passerine

Exploration of tissue-specific gene expression patterns underlying timing of breeding in contrasting temperature environments in a song bird

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Exploratory behavior undergoes genotype-age interactions in a wild bird

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Extraterritorial forays by great tits are associated with dawn song in unexpected ways

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Fine-tuning of seasonal timing of breeding is regulated downstream in the underlying neuro-endocrine system in a small songbird

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Gender and Personality Differences in Response to Social Stressors in Great Tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Gene and transposable element methylation in great tit (Parus major) brain and blood

scientific article

Gene flow does not prevent personality and morphological differentiation between two blue tit populations

article

Genome-wide SNP detection in the great tit Parus major using high throughput sequencing.

scientific article

Genomic tools for behavioural ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behaviour

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits

article

Mate preference of female blue tits varies with experimental photoperiod

scientific article

Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species.

scientific article published in August 2010

Personality and gonadal development as sources of individual variation in response to GnRH challenge in female great tits

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Personality is associated with extrapair paternity in great tits, Parus major

Personality predicts the use of social information.

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework

scientific article

Rapid changes in DNA methylation associated with the initiation of reproduction in a small songbird

scientific article published on 02 February 2021

Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Realized heritability of personalities in the great tit (Parus major)

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait.

scientific article

Repeatability of signalling traits in the avian dawn chorus

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Replicated high-density genetic maps of two great tit populations reveal fine-scale genomic departures from sex-equal recombination rates.

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Response to Perrier and Charmantier: On the importance of time scales when studying adaptive evolution.

scientific article published on 4 April 2019

Responses of insect herbivores and their food plants to wind exposure and the importance of predation risk

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major.

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

SERT gene polymorphisms are associated with risk-taking behaviour and breeding parameters in wild great tits.

scientific article

Seasonal Variation in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns and the Onset of Seasonal Timing of Reproduction in Great Tits

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Sex-specific responses to territorial intrusions in a communication network: Evidence from radio-tagged great tits.

scientific article

Shy and bold great tits (Parus major): body temperature and breath rate in response to handling stress

scientific article published in October 2004

Singing Activity Reveals Personality Traits in Great Tits

Song trait similarity in great tits varies with social structure

scientific article

Temporal dynamics of the HPA axis linked to exploratory behavior in a wild European songbird (Parus major).

scientific article published on 18 June 2017

Temporally replicated DNA methylation patterns in great tit using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

The Genomic Complexity of a Large Inversion in Great Tits

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The design and cross-population application of a genome-wide SNP chip for the great tit Parus major.

scientific article published on 5 April 2012

The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2010)

Variation in DNA Methylation in Avian Nestlings Is Largely Determined by Genetic Effects

scientific article published in 2023

Worms under cover: relationships between performance in learning tasks and personality in great tits (Parus major).

scientific article published on 25 April 2012

List of works by Kees van Oers

A genetic analysis of avian personality traits: correlated, response to artificial selection

A high density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour.

Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

Baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid concentrations are not repeatable but covary within individual great tits (Parus major).

Bolder Takes All and the Role of Epigenetics. A Comment on Canestrelli et al.

Boldness affects foraging decisions in barnacle geese: an experimental approach

Central assumptions of predator-prey models fail in a semi-natural experimental system

Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: a review of case studies

Correlated response to selection of testosterone levels and immunocompetence in lines selected for avian personality

Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities.

Developmental stress does not induce genome‐wide <scp>DNA</scp> methylation changes in wild great tit (<i>Parus major</i>) nestlings

Direct fitness benefits explain mate preference, but not choice, for similarity in heterozygosity levels.

Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

Dose-response effects of light at night on the reproductive physiology of great tits (Parus major): Integrating morphological analyses with candidate gene expression.

Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird

Effects of experimentally sustained elevated testosterone on incubation behaviour and reproductive success in female great tits (Parus major).

Effects of social conditions during early development on stress response and personality traits in great tits (Parus major).

Environment-Dependent Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Avian Breeding Time

Evidence from pyrosequencing indicates that natural variation in animal personality is associated with DRD4 DNA methylation

Evolutionary genomics of animal personality

Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome.

Experimental nest site limitation affects reproductive strategies and parental investment in a hole-nesting passerine

Exploration of tissue-specific gene expression patterns underlying timing of breeding in contrasting temperature environments in a song bird

Exploratory behavior undergoes genotype-age interactions in a wild bird

Extraterritorial forays by great tits are associated with dawn song in unexpected ways

Fine-tuning of seasonal timing of breeding is regulated downstream in the underlying neuro-endocrine system in a small songbird

Gender and Personality Differences in Response to Social Stressors in Great Tits (Parus major).

Gene and transposable element methylation in great tit (Parus major) brain and blood

Gene flow does not prevent personality and morphological differentiation between two blue tit populations

Genome-wide SNP detection in the great tit Parus major using high throughput sequencing.

Genomic tools for behavioural ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behaviour

Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of the DRD4 gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations

Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds

Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major).

Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits

Mate preference of female blue tits varies with experimental photoperiod

Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species.

Personality and gonadal development as sources of individual variation in response to GnRH challenge in female great tits

Personality is associated with extrapair paternity in great tits, Parus major

Personality predicts the use of social information.

Personality-dependent differences in problem-solving performance in a social context reflect foraging strategies

Phenology, seasonal timing and circannual rhythms: towards a unified framework

Rapid changes in DNA methylation associated with the initiation of reproduction in a small songbird

Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities

Realized heritability of personalities in the great tit (Parus major)

Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait.

Repeatability of signalling traits in the avian dawn chorus

Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations

Replicated high-density genetic maps of two great tit populations reveal fine-scale genomic departures from sex-equal recombination rates.

Response to Perrier and Charmantier: On the importance of time scales when studying adaptive evolution.

Responses of insect herbivores and their food plants to wind exposure and the importance of predation risk

Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major.

SERT gene polymorphisms are associated with risk-taking behaviour and breeding parameters in wild great tits.

Seasonal Variation in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns and the Onset of Seasonal Timing of Reproduction in Great Tits

Sex-specific responses to territorial intrusions in a communication network: Evidence from radio-tagged great tits.

Shy and bold great tits (Parus major): body temperature and breath rate in response to handling stress

Singing Activity Reveals Personality Traits in Great Tits

Song trait similarity in great tits varies with social structure

Temporal dynamics of the HPA axis linked to exploratory behavior in a wild European songbird (Parus major).

Temporally replicated DNA methylation patterns in great tit using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing

The Genomic Complexity of a Large Inversion in Great Tits

The design and cross-population application of a genome-wide SNP chip for the great tit Parus major.

The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more

Variation in DNA Methylation in Avian Nestlings Is Largely Determined by Genetic Effects

Worms under cover: relationships between performance in learning tasks and personality in great tits (Parus major).