| The flexible phenotype: a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology, and behaviour T Piersma, JA van Gils Oxford University Press, 2011 | 593 | 2011 |
| The ecology of information: an overview on the ecological significance of making informed decisions KA Schmidt, SRX Dall, JA van Gils Oikos 119 (2), 304-316, 2010 | 391 | 2010 |
| A three-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems T van der Heide, LL Govers, J de Fouw, H Olff, M van der Geest, ... Science 336, 1432-1434, 2012 | 331 | 2012 |
| Hampered foraging and migratory performance in swans infected with low-pathogenic avian influenza A virus JA van Gils, VJ Munster, R Radersma, D Liefhebber, RAM Fouchier, ... PLoS One 2 (1), 2007 | 309 | 2007 |
| Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes) T Piersma, J van Gils, P Wiersma Handbook of the Birds of the World 3, 444-533, 1996 | 300* | 1996 |
| Body shrinkage due to Arctic warming reduces red knot fitness in tropical wintering range JA Van Gils, S Lisovski, T Lok, W Meissner, A Ożarowska, J De Fouw, ... Science 352 (6287), 819-821, 2016 | 297 | 2016 |
| Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc-eating in a shorebird II. Optimizing gizzard size in the face of seasonal demands JA van Gils, T Piersma, A Dekinga, MW Dietz Journal of experimental biology 206 (19), 3369-3380, 2003 | 203 | 2003 |
| Foraging in a tidally structured environment by red knots (Calidris canutus): ideal, but not free JA van Gils, B Spaans, A Dekinga, T Piersma Ecology 87 (5), 1189-1202, 2006 | 200 | 2006 |
| Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots Calidris canutus. I. Prey choice JA van Gils, SR de Rooij, J van Belle, J van der Meer, A Dekinga, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 74 (1), 105-119, 2005 | 188 | 2005 |
| Shellfish dredging pushes a flexible avian top predator out of a marine protected area JA van Gils, T Piersma, A Dekinga, B Spaans, C Kraan PLoS Biology 4 (12), e376, 2006 | 181 | 2006 |
| High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay DI Rogers, PF Battley, T Piersma, JA van Gils, KG Rogers Animal Behaviour 72 (3), 563-575, 2006 | 177 | 2006 |
| Incompletely informed shorebirds that face a digestive constraint maximize net energy gain when exploiting patches JA van Gils, IW Schenk, O Bos, T Piersma The American Naturalist 161 (5), 777-793, 2003 | 172 | 2003 |
| Holling’s functional response model as a tool to link the food-finding mechanism of a probing shorebird with its spatial distribution T Piersma, J van Gils, P de Goeij, J Meer Journal of Animal Ecology 64, 493-504, 1995 | 167 | 1995 |
| Digestive bottleneck affects foraging decisions in red knots Calidris canutus. II. Patch choice and length of working day JA van Gils, A Dekinga, B Spaans, WK Vahl, T Piersma Journal of Animal Ecology 74 (1), 120-130, 2005 | 165 | 2005 |
| Reinterpretation of gizzard sizes of red knots world-wide emphasises overriding importance of prey quality at migratory stopover sites JA van Gils, PF Battley, T Piersma, R Drent Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1581), 2609-2618, 2005 | 143 | 2005 |
| Landscape‐scale experiment demonstrates that Wadden Sea intertidal flats are used to capacity by molluscivore migrant shorebirds C Kraan, JA van Gils, B Spaans, A Dekinga, AI Bijleveld, M van Roomen, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 78 (6), 1259-1268, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
| Fuelling conditions at staging sites can mitigate Arctic warming effects in a migratory bird E Rakhimberdiev, S Duijns, J Karagicheva, CJ Camphuysen, A Dekinga, ... Nature Communications 9 (1), 4263, 2018 | 128 | 2018 |
| Beyond the information centre hypothesis: communal roosting for information on food, predators, travel companions and mates? AI Bijleveld, M Egas, JA van Gils, T Piersma Oikos 119 (2), 277-285, 2010 | 128 | 2010 |
| Chronobiology of interspecific interactions in a changing world N Kronfeld-Schor, ME Visser, L Salis, JA Van Gils Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 …, 2017 | 124 | 2017 |
| Designing a benthic monitoring programme with multiple conflicting objectives AI Bijleveld, JA van Gils, J van der Meer, A Dekinga, C Kraan, ... Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3, 526-536, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
Theunis PiersmaChair in Global Flyway Ecology at University of Groningen/Royal NIOZVerified email at nioz.nl
