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List of works by Rianne Pinxten

A comparison of non-destructive sampling strategies to assess the exposure of white-tailed eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus albicilla) to persistent organic pollutants

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Acute stress induces a rapid increase of testosterone in a songbird: implications for plasma testosterone sampling

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

Ambient anthropogenic noise but not light is associated with the ecophysiology of free-living songbird nestlings.

scientific article

An Important Personality Trait Varies with Blood and Plumage Metal Concentrations in a Free-Living Songbird

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

An exposure study with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): toxicokinetics and reproductive effects

scientific article

Anthropogenic noise is associated with telomere length and carotenoid-based coloration in free-living nestling songbirds

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Are low-frequency songs sexually selected, and do they lose their potency in male-female interactions under noisy conditions?

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Artificial light at night affects body mass but not oxidative status in free-living nestling songbirds: an experimental study.

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Artificial light at night affects sleep behaviour differently in two closely related songbird species

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Artificial light at night causes an unexpected increase in oxalate in developing male songbirds

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Artificial light at night disrupts sleep in female great tits (Parus major) during the nestling period, and is followed by a sleep rebound

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Artificial light at night does not affect telomere shortening in a developing free-living songbird: A field experiment: Artificial light at night and telomere dynamics

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Bare-part color in female budgerigars changes from brown to structural blue following testosterone treatment but is not strongly masculinized

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Behavioural response of European starlings exposed to video playback of conspecific flocks: effect of social context and predator threat

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Breeding performance of great tits (Parus major) along a gradient of heavy metal pollution

scientific article published in May 2003

Brominated and phosphorus flame retardants in White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla nestlings: bioaccumulation and associations with dietary proxies (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N and δ³⁴S).

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

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Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?

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Carotenoid supplementation positively affects the expression of a non-visual sexual signal

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Carotenoid- but not melanin-based plumage coloration is negatively related to metal exposure and proximity to the road in an urban songbird

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Carotenoids, birdsong and oxidative status: administration of dietary lutein is associated with an increase in song rate and circulating antioxidants (albumin and cholesterol) and a decrease in oxidative damage

scientific article

Castration does not decrease nonreproductive aggression in yearling male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2003

Cavities shield birds from effects of artificial light at night on sleep

article by Thomas Raap et al published 20 May 2018 in Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology

Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

scientific article published in 2014

Complex modulation of singing behavior by testosterone in an open-ended learner, the European Starling

scientific article published in October 2009

Context-dependent effects of castration and testosterone treatment on song in male European starlings

scientific article published in November 2002

DOES TESTOSTERONE AFFECT THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN INVESTMENT IN SEXUAL/TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR AND PARENTAL CARE IN MALE GREAT TITS?

Difficulties when assessing birdsong learning programmes under field conditions: a re-evaluation of song repertoire flexibility in the great tit

scientific article (publication date: 17 January 2011)

Disruptive effects of light pollution on sleep in free-living birds: season and/or light intensity-dependent?

scientific article published on 27 August 2017

Early life exposure to artificial light at night affects the physiological condition: An experimental study on the ecophysiology of free-living nestling songbirds

scientific article published on 13 August 2016

Early-life exposure to artificial light at night elevates physiological stress in free-living songbirds☆

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Ecological and spatial factors drive intra- and interspecific variation in exposure of subarctic predatory bird nestlings to persistent organic pollutants

scientific article published on 28 April 2013

Effect of age and testosterone on autumnal neurogenesis in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published on July 2003

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 heavy metal exposure on the condition and health of nestlings of the great tit (Parus major), a small songbird species

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Effects of laying order and experimentally increased egg production on organic pollutants in eggs of a terrestrial songbird species, the great tit (Parus major)

article by Evi Van den Steen et al published August 2009 in Science of the Total Environment

Effects of testosterone on Reelin expression in the brain of male European starlings

scientific article published on 26 February 2003

Effects of testosterone on song, aggression, and nestling feeding behavior in male great tits, Parus major

scientific article published in March 2002

Endocrine disrupting, haematological and biochemical effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a terrestrial songbird, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published on November 2010

Estimating the complexity of bird song by using capture-recapture approaches from community ecology

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Evidence for opioid involvement in the regulation of song production in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published in February 2005

Extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris: evidence from DNA fingerprinting

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Female presence affects male behavior and testosterone levels in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published in August 2003

Heavy metal exposure affects the humoral immune response in a free-living small songbird, the great tit (Parus major).

scientific article published in April 2004

Honest Signaling and Oxidative Stress: The Special Case of Avian Acoustic Communication

article by Stefania Casagrande et al published 11 May 2016 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Hot or Not: The Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Female Attractiveness to Male Conspecifics in the Budgerigar ⬇️

scientific article published on August 12, 2013

In vivo MR imaging of the seasonal volumetric and functional plasticity of song control nuclei in relation to song output in a female songbird

scientific article published on 10 March 2006

Influence of mate preference and laying order on maternal allocation in a monogamous parrot species with extreme hatching asynchrony

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Inter-sexual conflicts over copulations in the European starling: evidence for the female mate-guarding hypothesis

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Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds.

scientific article

Learning speed is affected by personality and reproductive investment in a songbird

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in the Barn Owl.

scientific article published in December 2013

Light pollution disrupts sleep in free-living animals

scientific article

Maternal transfer of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article

Moorhens have an internal representation of their own eggs

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

Neither artificial light at night, anthropogenic noise nor distance from roads are associated with oxidative status of nestlings in an urban population of songbirds

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Nest defence behavioural reaction norms: testing life-history and parental investment theory predictions.

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Non-Breeding Song Rate Reflects Nutritional Condition Rather than Body Condition ⬇️

scientific article published on May 9, 2012

Organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) and imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) from the Falkland Islands

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Organohalogenated contaminants in plasma and eggs of rockhopper penguins: Does vitellogenin affect maternal transfer?

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Personality and artificial light at night in a semi-urban songbird population: No evidence for personality-dependent sampling bias, avoidance or disruptive effects on sleep behaviour

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Personality and plasticity in neophobia levels vary with anthropogenic disturbance but not toxic metal exposure in urban great tits: Urban disturbance, metal pollution and neophobia

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Positive effect of dietary lutein and cholesterol on the undirected song activity of an opportunistic breeder.

scientific article

Rigorous field experiments are essential to understand the genuine severity of light pollution and to identify possible solutions

scientific article

Seasonal changes in the densities of alpha(2) noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

scientific article published on February 2002

Seasonal fluctuations in plasma testosterone levels and diurnal song activity in free-living male great tits

scientific article published in October 2003

Simultaneous treatment with an aromatase inhibitor and an anti-androgen decreases the likelihood of dawn song in free-living male great tits, Parus major

scientific article published in August 2005

Songs differing in consistency elicit differential aggressive response in territorial birds

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Sources of individual variation in problem-solving performance in urban great tits (Parus major): Exploring effects of metal pollution, urban disturbance and personality

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Testosterone increases repertoire size in an open-ended learner: an experimental study using adult male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published in October 2012

Testosterone stimulates the expression of male-typical socio-sexual and song behaviors in female budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): An experimental study ⬇️

scientific article published on April 30, 2012

The Female Perspective of Personality in a Wild Songbird: Repeatable Aggressiveness Relates to Exploration Behaviour.

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The combined effect of lead exposure and high or low dietary calcium on health and immunocompetence in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published in March 2005

The importance of exogenous contamination on heavy metal levels in bird feathers. A field experiment with free-living great tits, Parus major

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The reproductive success and quality of blue tits (Parus caeruleus) in a heavy metal pollution gradient

scientific article published in July 2005

The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds.

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Variation in personality traits across a metal pollution gradient in a free-living songbird

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Variation, levels and profiles of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in great tit (Parus major) eggs from different types of sampling locations in Flanders (Belgium)

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