Rianne Pinxten

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Experimental removal of the male parent negatively affects growth and immunocompetence in nestling great tits.

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Songs differing in consistency elicit differential aggressive response in territorial birds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Non-breeding song rate reflects nutritional condition rather than body condition.

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

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

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

Hot or not: the effects of exogenous testosterone on female attractiveness to male conspecifics in the budgerigar.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Light pollution disrupts sleep in free-living animals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Little parental response to anthropogenic noise in an urban songbird, but evidence for individual differences in sensitivity.

The serotonin transporter gene and female personality variation in a free-living passerine.

Variable and consistent traffic noise negatively affect the sleep behavior of a free-living songbird.

Serotonin transporter (SERT) polymorphisms, personality and problem-solving in urban great tits.