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Loonen, Dr Maarten

Maarten Loonen
Maarten Loonen

Maarten Loonen is a polar researcher who has been travelling to Spitsbergen for over 25 years to study the behaviour of migratory birds and changes in their living conditions. The Polar regions are unique for researchers as rises in temperature and the consequences for humans, animals and plants are extra visible here. On Spitsbergen, Loonen and other Groningen scientists are studying whale hunting, tourism, mining, ecosystems and the consequences of climate change for migratory birds. In 2014, Loonen was one of the researchers of the University of Groningen that were invited by the Dutch Navy to join an expedition to Jan Mayen island. This was a unique opportunity for the researchers to visit this isolated island. The multidisciplinary research team concentrated on archaeology and biology.

Loonen also charts the flying routes of the arctic tern. To that end he implemented an instrument that was new in academic research – crowdfunding. Loonen was able to fit arctic terns with geolocators and expects to be able to chart the changes in the migratory patterns after a few years. And, because the birds cross the entire globe twice a year, he hopes to gain a better idea of the ecological changes that are taking place worldwide.

Loonen led the largest Dutch polar expedition in history, to the east side of Spitsbergen, in 2015. He was the driving force behind this large-scale research project. The expedition was repeated in 2022.

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Publications

2024

Christiansen, H. H., Matero, I. S. O., Baddeley, L., Holmén, K., Hoppe, C. J. M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Storvold, R., Vitale, V., Zaborska, A., & Lihavainen, H. (2024). Developing the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS). Earth System Dynamics, 15(4), 933-946. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-933-2024
Malta, I., Geiger, J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2024). Engaging Strategies for Environmental Education: A Case Study on Extended Reality to Learn about Climate Change. Abstract from Communicating Sustainabilities.
Ruiz Puerta, E., Jarrett, G., McCarthy, M. L., en Pan, S., Keighley, X., Aiken, M., Zampirolo, G., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Gotfredsen, A. B., Howse, L. R., Szpak, P., Pálsson, S., Rufolo, S., Malmquist, H. J., Desjardins, S., Olsen, M. T., & Jordan, P. (2024). Greenland Norse walrus exploitation deep into the Arctic. Science Advances, 10(39), Article eadq4127. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq4127
Magnusson, R. I., Schuring, S., Hamm, A., Verhoeven, M., Limpens, J., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Lang, S. I. (2024). Limited sensitivity of permafrost soils to heavy rainfall across Svalbard ecosystems. The Science of the Total Environment, 943, Article 173696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173696
Beaulieu, A., Cengiz, E., Cordero Carrasco, R., Eren, S., Feron, S., Ficozzi, M., Garzon-López, C., Hobbis, S., Howison, R., Kraamwinkel, C., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Miedema, M., & Rodighiero, D. (2024). Liveable Futures: A guiding concept for knowledge infrastructures. EASST Review, 43(1). https://easst.net/easst-review/43-1/liveable-futures-a-guiding-concept-for-knowledge-infrastructures/

2023

Skyllas, N., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Bintanja, R. (2023). Arctic tern flyways and the changing Atlantic Ocean wind patterns. Climate Change Ecology, 6, Article 100076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2023.100076
Layton-Matthews, K., Vriend, S. J. G., Grøtan, V., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Sæther, B. E., Fuglei, E., & Hansen, B. B. (2023). Author Correction: Extreme events, trophic chain reactions, and shifts in phenotypic selection (Scientific Reports, (2023), 13, 1, (15181), 10.1038/s41598-023-41940-6). Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 16394. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43603-y
Jensen, T. C., Schartau, A. K., Majaneva, M., Veraart, A. J., Hessen, D., Eiler, A., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Skjelbred, B. (2023). Bird impacts on biological communitis in Arctic ponds. Poster session presented at Svalbard Science Conference 2023, Oslo, Norway.
Layton-Matthews, K., Vriend, S. J. G., Grøtan, V., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Sæther, B.-E., Fuglei, E., & Hansen, B. B. (2023). Extreme events, trophic chain reactions, and shifts in phenotypic selection. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 15181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41940-6
Petit Bon, M., Hansen, B. B., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Petraglia, A., Bråthen, K. A., Böhner, H., Layton-Matthews, K., Beard, K. H., Le Moullec, M., Jónsdóttir, I. S., & van der Wal, R. (2023). Long-term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem CO2-fluxes in high-Arctic tundra. Journal of Ecology, 111(12), 2627-2642. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14200
Han, B., van den Berg, H., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Mateo, R., & Brink, N. W. V. D. (2023). Mercury-Modulated Immune Responses in Arctic Barnacle Goslings (Branta leucopsis) upon a Viral-Like Immune Challenge. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(13), 5337-5348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07622

2022

Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2022). Arctic fox predation on a barnacle goose population. Paper presented at Arctic Fox Conference, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.
Mann, H. M. R., Iosifidis, A., Jepsen, J. U., Welker, J. M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Høye, T. T. (2022). Automatic flower detection and phenology monitoring using time-lapse cameras and deep learning. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8(6), 765-777. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.275
Pedersen, Å. Ø., Convey, P., Newsham, K. K., Mosbacher, J. B., Fuglei, E., Ravolainen, V., Hansen, B. B., Jensen, T. C., Augusti, A., Biersma, E. M., Cooper, E. J., Coulson, S. J., Gabrielsen, G. W., Gallet, J. C., Karsten, U., Kristiansen, S. M., Svenning, M. M., Tveit, A. T., Uchida, M., ... Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2022). Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Polar Research, 41, Article 6310. https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.6310
Speelman, F., Hammers, M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Komdeur, J. (2022). Nest defence behaviour is similar between pair members but only male behaviour predicts nest survival in barnacle geese. Journal of Avian Biology, 2022(9), Article e02982. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02982

2021

van den Berg, M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Çakırlar, C. (2021). Judging a reindeer by its teeth: A user-friendly tooth wear and eruption pattern recording scheme to estimate age-at-death in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31(3), 417-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2961
de Jong, M. E., Nicolaus, M., Fokkema, R. W., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2021). State dependence explains individual variation in nest defence behaviour in a long-lived bird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), 809-819. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13411

2020

Layton-Matthews, K., Grøtan, V., Hansen, B. B., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Fuglei, E., & Childs, D. Z. (2021). Environmental change reduces body condition, but not population growth, in a high-arctic herbivore. Ecology Letters, 24(2), 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13634
Fjelldal, M. A., Layton-Matthews, K., Lee, A. M., Grotan, V., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Hansen, B. B. (2020). High-Arctic family planning: Earlier spring onset advances age at first reproduction in barnacle geese. Biology Letters, 16(4), Article 20200075. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0075
Kankaanpaa, T., Vesterinen, E., Hardwick, B., Schmidt, N. M., Andersson, T., Aspholm, P. E., Barrio, I. C., Beckers, N., Bety, J., Birkemoe, T., DeSiervo, M., Drotos, K. H., Ehrich, D., Gilg, O., Gilg, V., Hein, N., Hoye, T. T., Jakobsen, K. M., Jodouin, C., ... Roslin, T. (2020). Parasitoids indicate major climate-induced shifts in arctic communities. Global Change Biology, 26(11), 6276-6295. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15297

2019

Layton-Matthews, K., Hansen, B. B., Grotan, V., Fuglei, E., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2020). Contrasting consequences of climate change for migratory geese: Predation, density dependence and carryover effects offset benefits of high-arctic warming. Global Change Biology, 26(2), 642-657. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14773
Lameris, T. K., de Jong, M. E., Boom, M. P., van der Jeugd, H. P., Litvin, K. E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Nolet, B. A., & Prop, J. (2019). Climate warming may affect the optimal timing of reproduction for migratory geese differently in the low and high Arctic. Oecologia, 191(4), 1003-1014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04533-7
Layton-Matthews, K., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Hansen, B. B., Coste, C. F. D., Saether, B.-E., & Grotan, V. (2019). Density-dependent population dynamics of a high Arctic capital breeder, the barnacle goose. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88(8), 1191-1201. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13001
de Jong, M. E., Wetherbee, R., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2019). Effects of fleas on nest success of Arctic barnacle geese: experimentally testing the mechanism. Journal of Avian Biology, 50(5), Article 01944. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01944
Tiusanen, M., Huotari, T., Hebert, P. D. N., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Roslin, T. (2019). Flower-visitor communities of an arcto-alpine plant — Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning. Molecular Ecology, 28(2), 318-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14932
Hitchcock, D. J., Andersen, T., Varpe, O., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Warner, N. A., Herzke, D., Tombre, I. M., Griffin, L. R., Shimmings, P., & Borga, K. (2019). Potential Effect of Migration Strategy on Pollutant Occurrence in Eggs of Arctic Breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis). Environmental science & technology, 53(9), 5427-5435. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00014
Bacon, L., Madsen, J., Jensen, G. H., de Vries, L., Follestad, A., Koffijberg, K., Kruckenberg, H., Loonen, M., Mansson, J., Nilsson, L., Voslamber, B., & Guillemain, M. (2019). Spatio-temporal distribution of greylag goose Anser anser resightings on the north-west/south-west European flyway: guidance for the delineation of transboundary management units. Wildlife biology, 2019(1), Article 00533. https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00533
Pedersen, C. A., Bischof, K., Kohler, J., Krejci, R., Hudson, S., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Fuglei, E. (2019). State of the new Arctic as observed in Ny-Ålesund Research Station. Poster session presented at Arctic Frontiers , Tromso, Norway.
Loonen, M., Bosscher, F., Vastenhoud, H., Zanting, L., van Bodegom, R., Steenhuisen, F., Dresscher, S., Rooke, W., & de Vries, K. (2019). Veranderingen in een 17de eeuws grafveld op Spitsbergen door dooiende permafrost. Paleo-aktueel, (30), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.21827/pa.30.119-126

2018

Moe, B., Hanssen, S. A., Gabrielsen, G. W., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2018). Fugleovervåkning ved etablering av nytt geodesianlegg ved Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard: Årsrapport for 2017. (NINArapport; No. 1465). Norsk institutt for naturforskning.
van den Brink, N. W., Scheiber, I. B. R., de Jong, M. E., Braun, A., Arini, A., Basu, N., van den Berg, H., Komdeur, J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2018). Mercury associated neurochemical response in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis). Science of the Total Environment, 624, 1052-1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.191
Hitchcock, D. J., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Andersen, T., & Borgå, K. (2018). Migration effects on pollutants in eggs of Arctic breeding geese. Poster session presented at SETAC, Rome, Italy.
Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2018). Ny-Ålesund Research Station in Svalbard, Norway - a home for international research collaboration. Poster session presented at Polar2018, Davos, Switzerland.
Hayashi, K., Tanabe, Y., Ono, K., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Asano, M., Fujitani, H., Tokida, T., Uchida, M., & Hayatsu, M. (2018). Seabird-affected taluses are denitrification hotspots and potential N2O emitters in the High Arctic. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 17261. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35669-w
Scheiber, I. B. R., Weiß, B. M., de Jong, M. E., Braun, A., van den Brink, N. W., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Millesi, E., & Komdeur, J. (2018). Stress behaviour and physiology of developing Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis) is affected by legacy trace contaminants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1893), Article 20181866. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1866
Loonen, M. J. J. E., Bij de Vaate, I., Hoek, W. Z., & Wagner-Cremer, F. (2018). Svalbard ecosystems under pressure through climate and goose grazing: Proxy development for goose impact based on phytoliths. Poster session presented at Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, Veldhoven, Netherlands.

2017

Buij, R., Melman, T. C. P., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Fox, A. D. (2017). Balancing ecosystem function, services and disservices resulting from expanding goose populations. Ambio, 46 (Suppl. 2), S301-S318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0902-1
Sandström, C., Prop, J., van der Jeugd, H., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the arctic-breeding barnacle goose (branta leucopsis). In Should I stay or should I go?: Do geese gain health benefits by migrating to the Arctic? (pp. 43-68). University of Groningen.
Sandström, C., Vreman, S., Grone, A., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Can health status explain variation in growth rate of young barnacle geese (branta leucopsie)? In Should I stay or should I go?: Do geese gain health benefits by migrating to the Arctic? (pp. 69-86). University of Groningen.
Layton-Matthews, K., Grotan, V., Hansen, B. B., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Density dependence in an aging and declining population of high arctic geese. Poster session presented at Norwegian Ecological Society, Oslo, Norway.
Scheiber, I., de Jong, M., Komdeur, J., Pschernig, E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Millesi, E., & Weiss, B. M. (2017). Diel pattern of corticosterone metabolites in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis) under continuous natural light. PLoS ONE, 12(8), Article e0182861. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182861
Sandström, C., Prop, J., Buma, A., van der Jeugd, H., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Does habitat of habtuation to humans affect innate immune activity during acute stress in barnacle geese (branta leucopsis)? In Should I stay or should I go?: Do geese gain health benefits by migrating to the Arctic? (pp. 87-114). University of Groningen.
de Jong, M., Scheiber, I. B. R., Brink, N. W. V. D., Braun, A., Matson, K., Komdeur, J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Indices of stress and immune function in Arctic barnacle goslings (Branta leucopsis) were impacted by social isolation but not a contaminated grazing environment. Science of the Total Environment, 601, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.183
Sandström, C., Buma, A., Hoye, B. J., Prop, J., van der Jeugd, H., Voslamber, B., Madsen, J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Latitudinal variability in the seroprevalence of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii in non-migrant and arctic migratory geese. In Should I stay of should I go?: Do geese gain health benefits by migrating to the Arctic? (pp. 29-42). University of Groningen.
Loonen, M. J. J. E., Hitchcock, D., Warner, N., Herzke, D., Andersen, T., Tombre, I. M., Shimmings, P., Griffin, L. R., Varpe, Ø., & Borgå, K. (2017). Migration effects on pollutants in eggs of arctic-breeding geese.. Poster session presented at 16th international conference on chemistry and the environmental icce2017.org, Norway.
Volkov, A. E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Volkova, E. V., & Denisov, D. A. (2017). New data for Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) migration from White Sea (Onega Peninsula). Ornithologia , 41, 58-68.
Loonen, M. J. J. E., de Goede, E., Bartholomeus, H., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Kooistra, L., & van Bodegom, P. (2017). Remote sensing (sub-) Arctic Functional Diversity. Poster session presented at Svalbard Science Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Bonhof, W., Verheijen, I., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2017). Uitgestorven maar nog niet veilig: hoe klimaatverandering de mammoet bedreigt. Paleo-aktueel, 2017(28), 121-127.
Loonen, M. J. J. E., Hayashi, K., Tanabe, Y., Ono, K., Uchida, M., Tago, K., & Hayatsu, M. (2017). Very higt nitrification and denitrification potentials of soils on the talus under a kittiwake-cliff in Ny-Ålesund. Poster session presented at Svalbard symposium, Oslo, Norway.

2016

Moe, B., Hanssen, S. A., Gabrielsen, G. W., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2016). Fugleovervåkning ved etablering av nytt geodesieanlegg ved Ny-Ålesund: Årsrapport for 2015. (NINA Rapport; No. 1228). Norsk institutt for naturforskning.
Sandström, C. A. M., Vreman, S., Gröne, A., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2016). Health Status of Young Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) from Migratory and Sedentary Populations. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 154(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.10.020
Loonen, M. (2016). Het arctisch onderzoek aan ganzen, steltlopers en zeevogels. In A. Buma, A. Scheepstra, & R. Bintanja (Eds.), Door de kou bevangen: Vijftig jaar Nederlands onderzoek in de poolgebieden (pp. 168-177). MaRiSuDa.
Huiskes, A., Loonen, M., & Rozema, J. (2016). Terrestrisch onderzoek tijdens het vierde Internationale Pooljaar. In A. Buma, A. Scheepstra, & R. Bintanja (Eds.), Door de kou bevangen: Vijftig jaar Nederlands onderzoek in de poolgebieden (pp. 182-185). MaRiSuDa.

2015

Singh, S. M., Tsjui, M., Gawas-Sakhalker, P., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Hoshino, T. (2015). Bird feather fungi from Svalbard Arctic. Polar Biology, 39(3), 523–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1804-y
Loonen, M. (2015). Een onthoofde voedselpyramide. In L. Hacquebord, E. Postma, & E. Verheul (Eds.), Met de Zr.Ms.Zeeland op expeditie naar Jan Mayen (pp. 40-45). Barkhuis/University of Groningen.
Moe, B., Hanssen, S. A., Gabrielsen, G. W., & Loonen, M. (2015). Fugleovervåkning ved etablering av nytt geodesieanlegg ved Ny-Ålesund: Årsrapport for 2014. (NINA Rapport ; Vol. 1140). Norsk institutt for naturforskning.
van den Brink, N., Scheiber, I., de Jong, M., Braun, A., Komdeur, J., & Loonen, M. (2015). Mercury in Arctic barnacle goslings in contaminated terrestrial habitats. Poster session presented at SETAC, Barcelona, Spain.

2014

Loonen, M. J. J. E., Sandström, C. A. M., Prop, J., & van der Jeugd, H. (2014). Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than moult stage in the arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis). PLoS ONE, 9(12), Article e114812. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114812
Loonen, M., Fivez, L., & Meire, P. (2014). Different mechanisms of goose influence both accelerate and retard the decomposition process in an Arctic wetland. In Biogeochemical cycling in wetlands. Goose influences (pp. 55). Article poaper 2
Loonen, M., Fivez, L., Teuchies, J., Boon, N., & Meire, P. (2014). Geese are directing the plant and microbial communities of their arctic forage habitat. In Biogeochemical cycling in wetlands : goose influences (pp. 35-52). Article paper 1 University of Antwerp.
Loonen, M., Fivez, L., Meire, P., Janssens, I., & Boeckx, P. (2014). Geese impact on the nitrogen cycle and especially on the fate of litter nitrogen in Artic wetlands. In Biogeochemical cycling in wetlands: Goose influences (pp. 81-103). Article paper 3 University of Antwerp.
Loonen, M., Fivez, L., Meire, P., & Teuchies, J. (2014). Influence of goose grazing on plant availability of nutrients. In Biogeochemical cycling in wetlands: Goose influences (pp. 105-113). Article paper 4 University of Antwerp.
Hayashi, K., Cooper, E. J., Loonen, M., Kishimoto-Mo, A. W., Motohka, T., Uchida, M., & Makatsubo, T. (2014). Potential of Svalbard reindeer winter droppings for emission/absorption of methane and nitrous oxide during summer. Polar Science, 8(2), 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2013.11.002

2013

Miedema, S. A., & Loonen, M. (2013). Arctic Drilling: friend or foe of the global energy system. NRG Magazine, 10, 29-31.
Jonker, R. M., Kraus, R. H. S., Zhang, Q., Van Hooft, P., Larsson, K., Van der Jeugd, H. P., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., van Wieren, S. E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Ydenberg, R. C., Groenen, M. A. M., & Prins, H. H. T. (2013). Genetic consequences of breaking migratory traditions in barnacle geese Branta leucopsis. Molecular Ecology, 22(23), 5835-5847. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12548
Sandstrom, C. A. M., Buma, A. G. J., Hoye, B. J., Prop, J., van der Jeugd, H., Voslamber, B., Madsen, J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2013). Latitudinal variability in the seroprevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in non-migrant and Arctic migratory geese. Veterinary Parasitology, 194(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.027
Weijman, A. C. M., & Loonen, M. (2013). Plaagdieren op Spitsbergen. Dierplagen Informatie, 16(3), 22-25.

2012

Loonen, M. (2012). Netherlands Arctic Station. In K. Elger, T. Opel, E. Topp-Jorgensen, & M. Rasch (Eds.), INTERACT Station catalogue (pp. 152)
Weijers, S., Alsos, I. G., Eidesen, P. B., Broekman, R., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Rozema, J. (2012). No divergence in Cassiope tetragona: Persistence of growth response along a latitudinal temperature gradient and under multi-year experimental warming. Annals of Botany, 110(3), 653-665. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs123
Jonker, R. M., Zhang, Q., Van Hooft, P., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Van der Jeugd, H. P., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Groenen, M. A. M., Prins, H. H. T., & Kraus, R. H. S. (2012). The Development of a Genome Wide SNP Set for the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis. PLoS ONE, 7(7), Article e38412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038412

2011

Stech, M., Kolvoort, E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Vrieling, K., & Kruijer, J. D. (2011). Bryophyte DNA sequences from faeces of an arctic herbivore, barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis). Molecular Ecology Resources, 11(2), 404-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02938.x
Gauthier, G., Abraham, K. F., Doiron, M., Edwards, K. A., Horrigan, E. J., Lévesque, E., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Rockwell, R. F. (2011). Geese. In ArcticWOLVES: Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems: Final synthesis report (pp. 54-65). Centre d'etudes nordiques, Universite Laval, Quebec.
Dolnik, O. V., Metzger, B. J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2011). Keeping the clock set under the midnight sun: Diurnal periodicity and synchrony of avian Isospora parasites cycle in the High Arctic. Parasitology, 138(9), 1077-1081. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011000795
Sjoegersten, S., van der Wal, R., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Woodin, S. J. (2011). Recovery of ecosystem carbon fluxes and storage from herbivory. Biogeochemistry, 106(3), 357-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9516-4
Hahn, S., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Klaassen, M. (2011). The reliance on distant resources for egg formation in high Arctic breeding barnacle geese Branta leucopsis. Journal of Avian Biology, 42(2), 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05189.x

2010

Fox, A. D., Ebbinge, B. S., Mitchell, C., Heinicke, T., Aarvak, T., Colhoun, K., Clausen, P., Dereliv, S., Farago, S., Koffijberg, K., Kruckenberg, H., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Madsen, J., Mooij, J., Musil, P., Nilsson, L., Pihl, S., & der Van Jeugd, H. (2010). Current estimates of goose population sizes in western Europe, a gap analysis and assessment of trends. Ornis svecica, 20, 115 - 127.
Sjogersten, S., Kuijper, D. P. J., van der Wal, R., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Huiskes, A. H. L., & Woodin, S. J. (2010). Nitrogen transfer between herbivores and their forage species. Polar Biology, 33(9), 1195-1203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0809-9
Coulson, S., Gabrielsen, G. W., Hübner, C. E., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2010). Terrestrial ecosystem, a flagship program for Ny-Ålesund. Concluding document from workshop 6-8 May 2009. Svalbard Science Forum. Brief Report Norwegian Polar Institute 20. In Host Publication (pp. 1 - 42)
Hubner, C. E., Tombre, I. M., Griffin, L. R., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Shimmings, P., & Jonsdottir, I. S. (2010). The connectivity of spring stopover sites for geese heading to arctic breeding grounds. Ardea, 98(2), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.098.0203

2009

Kuijper, D. P. J., Ubels, R., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2009). Density-dependent switches in diet: A likely mechanism for negative feedbacks on goose population increase? Polar Biology, 32(12), 1789-1803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0678-2
van Liere, D. W., van Eekeren, N. W. M., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2009). Feeding preferences in Greylag Geese and the effect of activated charcoal. Journal of Wildlife Managament, 73, 924 - 931.
Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2009). Review: Eichhorn, G. 2008. Travels in a changing world. Ph.D. thesis University of Groningen. Ardea, 97, 389 - 390.

2008

Bos, D., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Bakker, J. P. (2008). Fertilization of coastal grasslands and capacity for accommodating geese. Vogelwelt, 129, 141-146.
Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2008). Linnaeus as biologist. The importance and limitations of Linnaean Systematics in biology. Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek, 29(1-2), 145 - 152.

2007

Van Geest, G. J., Hessen, D. O., Spierenburg, P., Dahl-Hansen, G. A. P., Christensen, G., Faerovig, P. J., Brehm, M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Van Donk, E. (2007). Goose-mediated nutrient enrichment and planktonic grazer control in arctic freshwater ponds. Oecologia, 153(3), 653-662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0770-7
Loonen, M. J. J. E., Zöckler, C., & Ebbinge, B. (2007). Goose populations. In Arctic Report Card 2007 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/essay_loonen.html
Dolnik, O. V., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2007). Isospora plectrophenaxia n. sp (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new coccidian parasite found in Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) nestlings on Spitsbergen. Parasitology Research, 101(6), 1617-1619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0703-8
Prestrud, K. W., Asbakk, K., Fuglei, E., Mork, T., Stien, A., Ropstad, E., Tryland, M., Gabrielsen, G. W., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K. M., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Sagerup, K., & Oksanen, A. (2007). Serosurvey for Toxoplasma gondii in arctic foxes and possible sources of infection in the high Arctic of Svalbard. Veterinary Parasitology, 150(1-2), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.006

2006

O'Connel, M. J., Huiskes, A. H. L., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Madsen, J., Klaassen, M., & Rounsevell, M. (2006). Developing an integrated approach to understanding the effects of climate change and other environmental alterations at a flyway level. In G. C. Boere, C. A. Galbraith, & D. A. Stroud (Eds.), Waterbirds around the world (pp. 385-397). The Stationary Office.
Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2006). Grenzen verleggen. In J. W. Veluwenkamp, L. Hacquebord, & N. Boschman (Eds.), Het topje van de ijsberg. 35 jaar Arctisch Centrum (1970-2005) (pp. 97 - 101). Barkhuis Publishing.
Kuijper, D. P. J., Bakker, J. P., Cooper, E. J., Ubels, R., Jónsdóttir, I. S., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2006). Intensive grazing by Barnacle geese depletes High Arctic seed bank. Canadian Journal of Botany, 84(6), 995-1004. https://doi.org/10.1139/B06-052

2005

Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Rockwell, R. F. (2005). Has habitat degradation affected foraging behaviour and reproductive success of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens)? Ecoscience, 12(4), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.2980/i1195-6860-12-4-439.1
Cope, D. R., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Rowcliffe, J. M., & Pettifor, R. A. (2005). Larger barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) are more efficient feeders: A possible mechanism for observed body size-fitness relationships. Journal of Zoology, 265, 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836904006028
Bos, D., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Stock, M., Hofeditz, F., Graaf, A. J. V. D., & Bakker, J. P. (2005). Utilisation of Wadden Sea salt marshes by geese in relation to livestock grazing. Journal for Nature Conservation, 13(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2004.10.001

2004

COOPER, E., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Chaput, D., Kuijper, D., Loonen, M., Pahud, A., Sjögersten, S., Ubels, R., van der Wal, R., Woodin, S. J., & Huiskes, A. (2004). Climate Change and Goose Grazing on Svalbard’s Tundra. In ACIA International Symposium on Climate Change in the Arctic

2003

Bakker, J. P., Bos, D., Drent, R., & Loonen, M. (2003). Rotganzen tussen polder en kwelder. De Levende Natuur, 104, 24-29.

2002

Stahl, J., Bos, D., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2002). Foraging along a salinity gradient: The effect of tidal inundation on site choice by Dark-Bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla and Barnacle Geese B. leucopsis. Ardea, 90(2), 201-212. http://ardea.nou.nu/ardea_show_abstract.php?lang=uk&nr=189

2001

van der Wal, R., van Lieshout, S. M. J., & Loonen, M. J. J. E. (2001). Herbivore impact on moss depth, soil temperature and arctic plant growth. Polar Biology, 24(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000170
Stahl, J., Tolsma, P. H., Loonen, M. J. J. E., & Drent, R. H. (2001). Subordinates explore but dominants profit: Resource competition in high Arctic barnacle goose flocks. Animal Behavior, 61, 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1564

1999

Loonen, M. J. J. E., Bruinzeel, L. W., Black, J. M., & Drent, R. H. (1999). The benefit of large broods in barnacle geese: A study using natural and experimental manipulations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68(4), 753-768. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00325.x
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