Marcel Kersten

High Levels of Energy Expenditure in Shorebirds; Metabolic Adaptations to an Energetically Expensive Way of Life

Marcel Kersten, Theunis Piersma · Ardea · 2002 · 344 citations · Full text

Biology, Metabolic Adaptations, Foraging +10

Territory Quality, Parental Effort and Reproductive Success of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

Bruno J. Ens, Marcel Kersten, A. Brenninkmeijer et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1992 · 240 citations

Variability in Basal Metabolic Rate of a Long-Distance Migrant Shorebird (Red Knot, Calidris canutus) Reflects Shifts in Organ Sizes

Theunis Piersma, Leo W. Bruinzeel, Rudolf H. Drent et al. · Physiological Zoology · 1996 · 192 citations · Full text

Biology, Animal Physiology, Calidris Canutus +15

Moult, Mass and Flight Range of Waders Ready to Take Off for Long-Distance Migrations

Leo Zwarts, Bruno J. Ens, Marcel Kersten et al. · Ardea · 2002 · 151 citations · Full text

Engineering, Movement Ecology, Population Ecology +16

Pre‐breeding energy requirements: thyroid hormone, metabolism and the timing of reproduction in house sparrows <i>Passer domesticus</i>

Olivier Chastel, André Lacroix, Marcel Kersten · Journal of Avian Biology · 2003 · 110 citations

Breeding Behavior, Fertility, Fitness +16