Publications

Books

1 Piersma, T. & van Gils, J.A. (2010). The Flexible Phenotype: Towards a Body-Centred Integration of Physiology, Ecology and Behaviour. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Contribution to books

2 Piersma, T., van Gils, J. & Wiersma, P. (1996). Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 3. Hoatzins to Auks (eds J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargital), pp. 444-533. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

International (refereed) journals (Impact Factor included)

3 Schmidt, K.A., Dall, S.R.X. & van Gils, J.A. (2009). The ecology of information: an overview on the ecological significance of making informed decisions. Oikos, provisionally accepted (IF: 3.136).

4 van Gils, J.A. (2009). State-dependent Bayesian foraging on spatially autocorrelated food distributions. Oikos, provisionally accepted (IF: 3.136).

5 Kraan, C., van Gils, J.A., Spaans, B., Dekinga, A., Bijleveld, A.I., van Roomen, M., Kleefstra, R. & Piersma, T. (2009). Landscape-scale experiment demonstrates that Wadden Sea intertidal flats are used to capacity by molluscivore migrant shorebirds. J. Anim. Ecol., provisionally accepted (IF: 3.747).

6 van Gils, J.A., Kraan, C., Dekinga, A., Koolhaas, A., Drent, J., de Goeij, P. & Piersma, T. (2009). Reversed optimality and predictive ecology: burrowing depth forecasts population change in a bivalve. Biol. Lett. 5, 5-8 (IF: 2.716).

7 van Gils, J.A., Beekman, J.H., Coehoorn, P., Corporaal, E., Dekkers, T., Klaassen, M., van Kraaij, R., de Leeuw, R. & de Vries, P.P. (2008). Longer guts and higher food quality increase energy intake in migratory swans. J. Anim. Ecol. 77, 1234-1241 (IF: 3.747).

8 van Gils, J.A., Dekinga, A., van den Hout, P.J., Spaans, B. & Piersma, T. (2007). Digestive organ size and behavior of red knots (Calidris canutus) indicate the quality of their benthic food stocks. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol. 53, 329-346 (IF: 0.609).

9 van Gils, J.A., Gyimesi, A. & van Lith, B. (2007). Avian herbivory: an experiment, a field test, and an allometric comparison with mammals. Ecology 88, 2926-2935 (IF: 4.822).

10 van Gils, J.A. & Tijsen, W. (2007). Short-term foraging costs and long-term fueling rates in central-place foraging swans revealed by giving-up exploitation times. Am. Nat. 169, 609-620 (IF: 4.543).

11 van Gils, J.A., Munster, V.J., Radersma, R., Liefhebber, D., Fouchier, R.A.M. & Klaassen, M. (2007). Hampered foraging and migratory performance in swans infected with low-pathogenic avian influenza A virus. PLoS ONE 2, e184.

12 van Gils, J.A., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., Spaans, B. & Kraan, C. (2006). Shellfish-dredging pushes a flexible avian toppredator out of a marine protected area. PLoS Biol. 4, 2399-2404 (IF: 13.501).

13 van Gils, J.A., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A. & Battley, P.F. (2006). Modelling phenotypic flexibility: an optimality analysis of gizzard size in red knots (Calidris canutus). Ardea 94, 409-420 (IF: 1.076).

14 Klaassen, R.H.G, Nolet, B.A., van Gils, J.A. & Bauer, S. (2006). Optimal movement between patches under incomplete information about the spatial distribution of food items. Theor. Pop. Biol. 70, 452-463 (IF: 1.950).

15 Rogers, D.I., Battley, P.F., Piersma, T., van Gils, J.A. & Rogers, K.G. (2006). High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay. Anim. Behav. 72, 563-575 (IF: 2.752).

16 van Gils, J.A., Spaans, B., Dekinga, A. & Piersma, T. (2006). Foraging in a tidally structured environment by red knots (Calidris canutus): ideal, but not free. Ecology 87, 1189-1202 (IF: 4.822).

17 van Gils, J.A., Battley, P.F., Piersma, T. & Drent, R. (2005). Reinterpretation of gizzard sizes of red knots world-wide emphasises overriding importance of prey quality at migratory stopover sites. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272, 2609-2618 (IF: 4.112).

18 Battley, P.F., Rogers, D.I., van Gils, J.A., Piersma, T., Hassell, C.J., Boyle, A. & Yang, H.-Y. (2005). How do red knots leave Northwest Australia in May and reach the breeding grounds in June? Predictions of stopover times, fuelling rates and prey quality in the Yellow Sea. J. Avian Biol. 36, 494-500 (IF: 2.381).

19 van Gils, J.A., Dekinga, A., Spaans, B., Vahl, W.K. & Piersma, T. (2005). Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots (Calidris canutus). II. Patch choice and length of working day. J. Anim. Ecol. 74, 120-130 (IF: 3.747).

20 van Gils, J.A., de Rooij, S.R., van Belle, J., van der Meer, J., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. & Drent, R. (2005). Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots (Calidris canutus). I. Prey choice. J. Anim. Ecol. 74, 105-119 (IF: 3.747).

21 Battley, P.F., Piersma, T., Rogers, D.I., Dekinga, A., Spaans, B. & van Gils, J.A. (2004). Do body condition and plumage during fuelling predict northwards departure dates of Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) from north-west Australia? Ibis 146, 46-60 (IF: 1.219).

22 van Gils, J.A., Edelaar, P., Escudero, G. & Piersma, T. (2004). Carrying capacity models should not use fixed prey density thresholds: a plea for using more tools of behavioural ecology. Oikos 104, 197-204 (IF: 3.136).

23 van Gils, J.A. & Piersma, T. (2004). Digestively constrained predators evade the cost of interference competition. J. Anim. Ecol. 73, 386-398 (IF: 3.747).

24 van Gils, J.A., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A. & Dietz, M.W. (2003). Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc-eating in a shorebird. II. Optimizing gizzard size in the face of seasonal demands. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 3369-3380 (IF: 2.972).

25 Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., van Gils, J.A., Achterkamp, B. & Visser, G.H. (2003). Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc-eating in a shorebird. I. Foraging and processing costs estimated by the doubly labelled water method. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 3361-3368 (IF: 2.972).

26 van Gils, J.A., Schenk, I.W., Bos, O. & Piersma, T. (2003). Incompletely informed shorebirds that face a digestive constraint maximize net energy gain when exploiting patches. Am. Nat. 161, 777-793 (IF: 4.543).

27 Green, M., Piersma, T., Jukema, J., de Goeij, P., Spaans, B. & van Gils, J. (2002). Radio-telemetry observations of the first 650 km of the migration of Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica from the Wadden Sea to the Russian Arctic. Ardea 90, 71-80 (IF: 1.076).

28 Nebel, S., Piersma, T., van Gils, J., Dekinga, A. & Spaans, B. (2000). Length of stopover, fuel storage and a sex-bias in the occurrence of two subspecies of red knots (Calidris c. canutus and islandica) in the Dutch Wadden Sea during southward migration. Ardea 88, 165-176 (IF: 1.076).

29 Piersma, T., Dietz, M.W., Dekinga, A., Nebel, S., van Gils, J., Battley, P.F. & Spaans, B. (1999). Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to which extent, and why? Acta Ornithol. 34, 175-181 (IF: 0.745).

30 van Gils, J. & Piersma, T. (1999). Day- and nighttime movements of radiomarked knots, Calidris canutus, staging in the western Wadden Sea in July-August 1995. Wader Study Group Bull. 89, 36-44.

31 Piersma, T., Wiersma, P. & van Gils, J. (1997). The many unknowns about plovers and sandpipers of the world: introduction to a wealth of research opportunities highly relevant for shorebird conservation. Wader Study Group Bull. 82, 23-33.

32 Piersma, T. van Gils, J., de Goeij, P. & van der Meer, J. (1995). Holling’s functional response model as a tool to link the food-finding mechanism of a probing shorebird with its spatial distribution. J. Anim. Ecol. 64, 493-504 (IF: 3.747).

National (refereed) journals

33 van Gils, J. (2009). Hoe de draagkrachten van Waddenzee en Banc d’Arguin voor overwinterende steltlopers gekoppeld kunnen zijn. Limosa, provisionally accepted.

34 van Gils, J. (2006). Van kleine zenders bij grote kanoeten tot grote zenders bij kleine zwanen. Limosa 79, 27-28.

35 van Gils, J., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A. & Spaans, B. (2000). Voortdurend in de lucht: zenderonderzoek aan kanoeten Calidris canutus in de westelijke Waddenzee. Limosa 73, 29-34.

Other

36 van Gils, J.A., Yang, H.-Y. & T. Piersma (2009). Insights in the Carrying Capacity of the Dutch Wadden Sea for Red Knots through an Analysis of Their Diet. NIOZ Report, in press.

37 van Gils, J. (2007). Review of Vahl (2006): Interference competition among foraging waders. Ardea 95, 326-328.

38 van Gils, J. & W. Tijsen (2007). Kleine zwanen die dineren op dichtstbijzijnde bietenakker trekken het snelst. De Levende Natuur 108, 213-214.

39 van Gils, J. (2007). Kleine zwanen gevolgd met miniatuur GPS. Tussen Duin & Dijk 6, 20-22.

40 van Gils, J. (2006). Kleine zwanen uitgerust met miniatuur GPS. Grauwe Gans 3, 13-19.

41 van Gils, J.A. (2005). Abstracts of Wader Theses: Foraging decisions in a digestively constrained long-distance migrant, the red knot (Calidris canutus). Wader Study Group Bull. 106, 10.

42 van Gils, J.A. (2004). Foraging Decisions in a Digestively Constrained Long-Distance Migrant, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus). PhD-thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

43 Kraan, C., Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., van der Meer, J., van Gils, J.A., Spaans, B., Koolhaas, A. & Raaijmakers, C. (2004). Korte Termijn Effecten van de Mechanische Kokkelvisserij in de Westelijke Waddenzee op Bodemfauna. NIOZ Report, pp. 1-30.

44 Piersma, T., van Gils, J., Dekinga, A., Spaans, B., Dietz, M.W. & Visser, G.H. (2000). Physiology-based trade-offs in diet and habitat selection of a small shorebird. Am. Zool. 40, 1172-1173.

45 Piersma, T., Dekinga, A., Dekker, R., Edelaar, P., van Gils, J., de Goeij, P., Koolhaas, A., van der Meer, J. & Nebel, S. (1999). Het konijn uit de zwarte doos: kokkels en visserij-effecten in de westelijke Waddenzee. Waddenbulletin 34, 33-35.

46 Piersma, T., Dietz, M.W., Dekinga, A., Nebel, S., van Gils, J., Battley, P.F. & Spaans, B. (1999). Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to which extent, and why? Proceedings of the Second Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union, Gdansk, Poland.

47 van Gils, J. (1998). Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Predators: the Importance of Prey Abundance. Introductory Essays in Functional Ecology 2, pp. 1-48.

48 Luttikhuizen, P., Drent, J., Edelaar, P. & van Gils, J. (1997). Review of Zwarts (1997): Waders and their estuarine food supplies. Wader Study Group Bull. 83, 11-14.

49 van Gils, J., Piersma, T. & Dietz, M.W. (1996). Telemetric tracking of long-distance migrating shorebirds (Knots, Calidris canutus) reveals possible interaction between area use, diet and digestive organ adjustment. Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Wildlife Telemetry, Strasbourg, France.