Ecological & evolutionary physiology

Carter, J. Y., Khamadi, S., Mwangi, J., Muhula, S., Munene, S. M., Kanyara, L., Kinyua, J., Lagat, N., Chege, J., Oira, R., Maiyo, A., Stewart, R., Postma, M., Stekelenburg, J., Osur, J., & van Hulst, M. (2025). Seroprevalence and demographic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-infected residents of Kibera informal settlement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 15(4), e094546. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094546

Boettner, C., Trebitsch, M., & Dayal, P. (2025). A Bayesian approach to the halo galaxy – supermassive black hole connection through cosmic time. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, Article A295. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346194

Javůrková, V. G., Brlík, V., Heneberg, P., Požgayová, M., Procházka, P., Dietz, M. W., Salles, J. F., & Tieleman, B. I. (2024). Host traits rather than migration and molting strategies explain feather bacterial load in Palearctic passerines. Iscience, 27(11), Article 111079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111079

Alström, P., Mohammadi, Z., Donald, P. F., Nymark, M., Enbody, E. D., Irestedt, M., Elisha, E. B., Ndithia, H. K., Tieleman, B. I., Engelbrecht, D., Olsson, U., Rancilhac, L., & Stervander, M. (2024). Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae). Zoological journal of the linnean society, 200(4), 1080-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad107

Boettner, C., Dayal, P., Trebitsch, M., Libeskind, N., Rice, K., Cockell, C., & Tieleman, B. I. (2024). Populating the Milky Way Characterising planet demographics by combining galaxy formation simulations and planet population synthesis models. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A167. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449557

Boettner, C., Viswanathan, A., & Dayal, P. (2024). Exoplanets across galactic stellar populations with PLATO: Estimating exoplanet yields around FGK stars for the thin disk, thick disk, and stellar halo. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 692, A150. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451537

van Veelen, H. P. J., Ibáñez-Álamo, J. D., Horrocks, N. P. C., Hegemann, A., Ndithia, H. K., Shobrak, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2023). Cloacal microbiota are biogeographically structured in larks from desert, tropical and temperate areas. BMC Microbiology, 23(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02768-2

Alström, P., Mohammadi, Z., Enbody, E. D., Irestedt, M., Engelbrecht, D., Crochet, P. A., Guillaumet, A., Rancilhac, L., Tieleman, B. I., Olsson, U., Donald, P. F., & Stervander, M. (2023). Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data. Avian Research, 14, Article 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100095

Dijk, L., Kerkhof, M., Driessen, M., Gerritsma, Y. H., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Correia-de-Sousa, J., Dekhuijzen, P. N. R., Leving, M., Price, D. B., Tsiligianni, I., Usmani, O., Kerstjens, H. A. M., & Kocks, J. W. H. (2023). Does mixing inhaler devices lead to unchecked inhaler technique errors in patients with COPD? Findings from the cross-sectional observational MISMATCH study. BMJ open respiratory research, 10(1), Article e001821. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001821

Gerritsma, Y. H., Driessen, M. M. G., & Verhulst, S. (2023). Zebra finch behaviour differs consistently between individuals but is not affected by early life adversity. Animal Behaviour, 199, 79-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.014

Driessen, M. M. G., Versteegh, M. A., Gerritsma, Y. H., Tieleman, B. I., Pen, I. R., & Verhulst, S. (2022). Effects of manipulated food availability and seasonality on innate immune function in a passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(12), 2400-2411. Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13822

Dietz, M., Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M., van der Velde, M., Parmentier, H. K., Arts, J. A. J., Falcao Salles, J., & Tieleman, B. I. (2022). Gut microbiota of homing pigeons shows summer–winter variation under constant diet indicating a substantial effect of temperature. Animal microbiome, 4, Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00216-6

van Veelen, H. P. J., Salles, J. F., Matson, K. D., van Doorn, G. S., van der Velde, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2022). The microbial environment modulates non-genetic maternal effects on egg immunity. Animal microbiome, 4(1), Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00195-8

Boettner, C., & Boers, N. (2022). Critical slowing down in dynamical systems driven by nonstationary correlated noise. Physical Review Research, 4, Article 013230 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013230

Gerritsma, Y. H., Driessen, M., Tangili, M., de Boer, S., & Verhulst, S. (2022). Experimentally manipulated food availability affects offspring quality but not quantity in zebra finch meso‑populations. Oecologia, 199, 769–783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05183-y

Aiello, S., Albert, A., Alshamsi, M., Garre, S. A., Aly, Z., Ambrosone, A., Ameli, F., Andre, M., Androulakis, G., Anghinolfi, M., Anguita, M., Ardid, M., Ardid, S., Aublin, J., Bagatelas, C., Baret, B., du Pree, S. B., Bendahman, M., Benfenati, F., ... Zywucka, N. (2022). Nanobeacon: A time calibration device for the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1040, Article 167132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167132

Gatt, M. C., Versteegh, M., Bauch, C., Tieleman, B. I., Granadeiro, J. P., & Catry, P. (2021). Costs of reproduction and migration are paid in later return to the colony, not in physical condition, in a long-lived seabird. Oecologia, 195(2), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04775-w

Driessen, M. M. G., Versteegh, M. A., Gerritsma, Y. H., Tieleman, B. I., Pen, I., & Verhulst, S. (2021). Effects of early-life conditions on innate immune function in adult zebra finches. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(11), Article eb242158. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242158

Ndithia, H. K., Matson, K. D., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2021). Immune function differs among tropical environments but is not downregulated during reproduction in three year-round breeding equatorial lark populations. Oecologia, 197(3), 599-614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05052-0

Boettner, C., Klinghammer, G., Boers, N., Westerhold, T., & Marwan, N. (2021). Early-warning signals for Cenozoic climate transitions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 270, Article 107177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107177

Nwaogu, C. J., Cresswell, W., & Tieleman, B. I. (2020). Geographic variation in baseline innate immune function does not follow variation in aridity along a tropical environmental gradient. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 5909. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62806-1

Roncalli, G., Soler, M., Tieleman, B. I., Versteegh, M. A., Ruiz-Raya, F., Colombo, E., Gomez Sambla, M., & Diego Ibanez-Alamo, J. (2020). Immunological changes in nestlings growing under predation risk. Journal of Avian Biology, 51(4), Article 02271. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02271

van Veelen, H. P. J., Falcão Salles, J., Matson, K. D., van der Velde, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2020). Microbial environment shapes immune function and cloacal microbiota dynamics in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Animal microbiome, 2(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00039-3

Ibanez-Alamo, J. D., Jimeno, B., Gil, D., Thomson, R. L., Aguirre, J., Diez-Fernandez, A., Faivre, B., Tieleman, B. I., & Figuerola, J. (2020). Physiological stress does not increase with urbanization in European blackbirds: Evidence from hormonal, immunological and cellular indicators. Science of the Total Environment, 721, Article 137332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137332

Dierickx, E. G., Sin, S. Y. W., van Veelen, H. P. J., Brooke, M. D. L., Liu, Y., Edwards, S. V., & Martin, S. H. (2020). Genetic diversity, demographic history and neo-sex chromosomes in the critically endangered Raso lark. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1922), Article 20192613. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2613

Nwaogu, C. J., Galema, A., Cresswell, W., Dietz, M. W., & Tieleman, B. I. (2020). A fruit diet rather than invertebrate diet maintains a robust innate immunity in an omnivorous tropical songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(3), 867-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13152

Mwangi, J., Klaassen, R. H. G., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2020). Home-ranges of tropical Red-capped Larks are influenced by breeding rather than vegetation, rainfall or invertebrate availability. Ibis, 162(2), 492-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12716

Dietz, M. W., Salles, J. F., Hsu, B.-Y., Dijkstra, C., Groothuis, T. G. G., van der Velde, M., Verkuil, Y. I., & Tieleman, B. I. (2020). Prenatal transfer of gut bacteria in Rock pigeon. Microorganisms, 8(1), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010061

Tieleman, B. I., Versteegh, M. A., Klasing, K. C., & Williams, J. B. (2019). Constitutive innate immunity of tropical House Wrens varies with season and reproductive activity. The Auk, 136(3), Article 029. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukz029

Ndithia, H. K., Versteegh, M. A., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2019). No downregulation of immune function during breeding in two year-round breeding bird species in an equatorial East African environment. Journal of Avian Biology, 50(9), Article 02151. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02151

Nwaogu, C. J., Cresswell, W., Versteegh, M. A., & Tieleman, B. I. (2019). Seasonal differences in baseline innate immune function are better explained by environment than annual cycle stage in a year-round breeding tropical songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88(4), 537-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12948

Nwaogu, C. J., Tieleman, B. I., & Cresswell, W. (2019). Weak breeding seasonality of a songbird in a seasonally arid tropical environment arises from individual flexibility and strongly seasonal moult. IBIS – International Journal of Ornithology, 161(3), 533-545. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12661

Rubio, E., Sanllorente, O., Tieleman, B. I., & Ibanez-Alamo, J. D. (2018). Fecal sacs do not increase nest predation in a ground nester. Journal of Ornithology, 159(4), 985-990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1566-8

van Veelen, H. P. J., Salles, J. F., & Tieleman, B. I. (2018). Microbiome assembly of avian eggshells and their potential as transgenerational carriers of maternal microbiota. The ISME journal, 12(5), 1375-1388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0067-3

Roncalli, G., Colombo, E., Soler, M., Tieleman, B. I., Versteegh, M. A., Ruiz-Raya, F., Samblas, M. G., & Ibanez-Alamo, J. D. (2018). Nest predation risk modifies nestlings' immune function depending on the level of threat. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(10), Article 170662. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.170662

Mwangi, J., Ndithia, H. K., Kentie, R., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2018). Nest survival in year-round breeding tropical red-capped larks Calandrella cinerea increases with higher nest abundance but decreases with higher invertebrate availability and rainfall. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), Article 01645. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01645

Nwaogu, C. J., Tieleman, B. I., Bitrus, K., & Cresswell, W. (2018). Temperature and aridity determine body size conformity to Bergmann’s rule independent of latitudinal differences in a tropical environment. Journal of Ornithology, 159(4), 1053-1062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1574-8

Tieleman, B. I. (2018). Understanding immune function as a pace of life trait requires environmental context. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72(3), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2464-z

Nwaogu, C. J., Dietz, M. W., Tieleman, B. I., & Cresswell, W. (2017). Breeding limits foraging time: Evidence of interrupted foraging response from body mass variation in a tropical environment. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(4), 563-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01132

Ndithia, H. K., Bakari, S. N., Matson, K. D., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2017). Geographical and temporal variation in environmental conditions affects nestling growth but not immune function in a year-round breeding equatorial lark. Frontiers in Zoology, 14, Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0213-1

van Veelen, H. P. J., Falcao Salles, J., & Tieleman, B. I. (2017). Multi-level comparisons of cloacal, skin, feather and nest-associated microbiota suggest considerable influence of horizontal acquisition on the microbiota assembly of sympatric woodlarks and skylarks. Microbiome, 5(1), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0371-6

Ndithia, H. K., Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M. A., Muchai, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2017). Year-round breeding equatorial Larks from three climatically-distinct populations do not use rainfall, temperature or invertebrate biomass to time reproduction. PLoS ONE, 12(4), Article 0175275. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175275

Matson, K. D., Riedstra, B., & Tieleman, B. I. (2016). In ovo testosterone treatment reduces long-term survival of female pigeons: a preliminary analysis after nine years of monitoring. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 100(6), 1031-1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12469

Hegemann, A., Marra, P. P., & Tieleman, B. I. (2015). Causes and consequences of partial migration in a passerine bird. American Naturalist, 186(4), 531-546. https://doi.org/10.1086/682667

Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M. A., van der Velde, M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2015). Effects of immune supplementation and immune challenge on bacterial assemblages in the avian cloaca. Journal of Ornithology, 156(3), 805-810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1180-y

Horrocks, N. P. C., Hegemann, A., Ostrowski, S., Ndithia, H., Shobrak, M., Williams, J. B., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, B. I. (2015). Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life. Oecologia, 177(1), 281-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3136-y

Horrocks, N. P. C., Hegemann, A., Ostrowski, S., Ndithia, H., Shobrak, M., Williams, J. B., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, B. I. (2015). Erratum to Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life (vol 177, pg 281, 2015). Oecologia, 177(1), 291-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-3174-5

Grizard, S., Versteegh, M. A., Ndithia, H. K., Salles, J. F., & Tieleman, B. I. (2015). Shifts in bacterial communities of eggshells and antimicrobial activities in eggs during incubation in a ground-nesting passerine. PLoS ONE, 10(4), Article e0121716. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121716

Vermeulen, A., Muller, W., Matson, K. D., Tieleman, B. I., Bervoets, L., & Eens, M. (2015). Sources of variation in innate immunity in great tit nestlings living along a metal pollution gradient: An individual-based approach. Science of the Total Environment, 508, 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.095

Horrocks, N. P. C., Hine, K., Hegemann, A., Ndithia, H. K., Shobrak, M., Ostrowski, S., Williams, J. B., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, B. I. (2014). Are antimicrobial defences in bird eggs related to climatic conditions associated with risk of trans-shell microbial infection? Frontiers in Zoology, 11, Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-49

Grizard, S., Dini Andreote, F., Tieleman, B. I., & Falcao Salles, J. (2014). Dynamics of bacterial and fungal communities associated with eggshells during incubation. Ecology and Evolution, 4(7), 1140-1157. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1011

Versteegh, M. A., Helm, B., Kleynhans, E. J., Gwinner, E., & Tieleman, B. I. (2014). Genetic and phenotypically flexible components of seasonal variation in immune function. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(9), 1510-1518. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.097105

Geiger, F., Hegemann, A., Gleichman, M., Flinks, H., de Snoo, G. R., Prinz, S., Tieleman, B. I., & Berendse, F. (2014). Habitat use and diet of Skylarks (Alauda arvensis) wintering in an intensive agricultural landscape of the Netherlands. Journal of Ornithology, 155(2), 507-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1033-5

Matson, K. D., Mauck, R. A., Lynn, S. E., & Tieleman, B. I. (2014). Island life shapes the physiology and life history of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87(1), 172-182. https://doi.org/10.1086/670811

Praus, L., Hegemann, A., Tieleman, B. I., & Weidinger, K. (2014). Predators and predation rates of skylark Alauda arvensis and woodlark Lullula arborea nests in a semi-natural area in the Netherlands. Ardea, 102(1), 87-94.

Reneerkens, J., van Veelen, P., van der Velde, M., Luttikhuizen, P., & Piersma, T. (2014). Within-population variation in mating system and parental care patterns in the sanderling (Calidris alba) in northeast Greenland. The Auk, 131(2), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-13-247.1

Hegemann, A., Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M. A., Villegas, A., & Tieleman, B. I. (2013). Immune response to an endotoxin challenge involves multiple immune parameters and is consistent among the annual-cycle stages of a free-living temperate zone bird. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(14), 2573-2580. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.083147

Hegemann, A., Matson, K. D., Flinks, H., & Tieleman, B. I. (2013). Offspring pay sooner, parents pay later: Experimental manipulation of body mass reveals trade-offs between immune function, reproduction and survival. Frontiers in Zoology, 10, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-77

Versteegh, M. A., Helm, B., Gwinner, E., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Annual cycles of metabolic rate are genetically determined but can be shifted by phenotypic flexibility. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(19), 3459-3466. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.073445

Matson, K. D., Horrocks, N. P. C., Versteegh, M. A., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Baseline haptoglobin concentrations are repeatable and predictive of certain aspects of a subsequent experimentally-induced inflammatory response. Comparative biochemistry and physiology a-Molecular & integrative physiology, 162(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.010

Versteegh, M. A., Schwabl, I., Jaquier, S., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Do immunological, endocrine and metabolic traits fall on a single Pace-of-Life axis? Covariation and constraints among physiological systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(9), 1864-1876. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02574.x

Zehtindjiev, P., Krizanauskiene, A., Scebba, S., Dimitrov, D., Valkiunas, G., Hegemann, A., Tieleman, B. I., & Bensch, S. (2012). Haemosporidian infections in skylarks (Alauda arvensis): A comparative PCR-based and microscopy study on the parasite diversity and prevalence in southern Italy and the Netherlands. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58(1), 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0586-y

Hegemann, A., Matson, K. D., Both, C., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Immune function in a free-living bird varies over the annual cycle, but seasonal patterns differ between years. Oecologia, 170(3), 605-618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2339-3

Horrocks, N. P. C., Hegemann, A., Matson, K. D., Hine, K., Jaquier, S., Shobrak, M., Williams, J. B., Tinbergen, J. M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85(5), 504-515. https://doi.org/10.1086/666988

Buehler, D. M., Vezina, F., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I., Versteegh, M., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2012). Independence among physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(8), 1600-1613. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02543.x

Matson, K. D., Horrocks, N. P. C., Tieleman, B. I., & Haase, E. (2012). Intense flight and endotoxin injection elicit similar effects on leukocyte distributions but dissimilar effects on plasma-based immunological indices in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(21), 3734-3741. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.072264

Champagne, A. M., Munoz-Garcia, A., Shtayyeh, T., Tieleman, B. I., Hegemann, A., Clement, M. E., & Williams, J. B. (2012). Lipid composition of the stratum corneum and cutaneous water loss in birds along an aridity gradient. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(24), 4299-4307. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.077016

Horrocks, N. P. C., Matson, K. D., Shobrak, M., Tinbergen, J. M., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Seasonal patterns in immune indices reflect microbial loads on birds but not microbes in the wider environment. Ecosphere, 3(2), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00287.1

Hegemann, A., Voesten, R., van Eerde, K., van der Velde, M., & Tieleman, I. (2012). The use of tongue spots for ageing and wing length for sexing skylarks Alauda arvensis: A critical evaluation. Ringing & Migration, 27, 7-12.

Hegemann, A., Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M. A., & Tieleman, B. I. (2012). Wild Skylarks Seasonally Modulate Energy Budgets but Maintain Energetically Costly Inflammatory Immune Responses throughout the Annual Cycle. PLoS ONE, 7(5), Article e36358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036358

Horrocks, N. P. C., Tieleman, B. I., & Matson, K. D. (2011). A simple assay for measurement of ovotransferrin - a marker of inflammation and infection in birds. Methods in ecology and evolution, 2(5), 518-526. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00096.x

Buehler, D. M., Versteegh, M. A., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, I. (2011). One Problem, Many Solutions: Simple Statistical Approaches Help Unravel the Complexity of the Immune System in an Ecological Context. PLoS ONE, 6(4), Article 18592. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018592

Horrocks, N. P. C., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, B. I. (2011). Pathogen Pressure Puts Immune Defense into Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51(4), 563-576. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr011

Hegemann, A., van der Jeugd, H. P., de Graaf, M., Oostebrink, L. L., & Tieleman, B. I. (2010). Are Dutch Skylarks partial migrants? Ring recovery data and radio-telemetry suggest local coexistence of contrasting migration strategies. Ardea, 98(2), 135-143.

van de Crommenacker, J., Horrocks, N. P. C., Versteegh, M. A., Komdeur, J., Tieleman, B. I., & Matson, K. D. (2010). Effects of immune supplementation and immune challenge on oxidative status and physiology in a model bird: implications for ecologists. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(20), 3527-3535. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.045591

Buehler, D. M., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2010). How do migratory species stay healthy over the annual cycle? A conceptual model for immune function and for resistance to disease. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3), 346-357. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq055

Buehler, D. M., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2010). Indices of immune function are lower in Red Knots (Calidris canutus) recovering protein than in those storing fat during stopover in Delaware Bay. The Auk, 127(2), 394-401. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2010.09017

Tieleman, B. I., Croese, E., Helm, B., & Versteegh, M. A. (2010). Repeatability and individual correlates of microbicidal capacity of bird blood. Comparative biochemistry and physiology a-Molecular & integrative physiology, 156(4), 537-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.04.011

Buehler, D. M., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2009). Age and environment affect constitutive immune function in Red Knots (Calidris canutus). Journal of Ornithology, 150(4), 815-825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-009-0402-6

Tieleman, B. I., Versteegh, M. A., Fries, A., Helm, B., Dingemanse, N. J., Gibbs, H. L., & Williams, J. B. (2009). Genetic modulation of energy metabolism in birds through mitochondrial function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276(1662), 1685-1693. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1946

Tieleman, B. I. (2009). High and low, fast or slow: the complementary contributions of altitude and latitude to understand life-history variation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78(2), 293-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01522.x

Buehler, D. M., Encinas-Viso, F., Petit, M., Vezina, F., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2009). Limited Access to Food and Physiological Trade-Offs in a Long-Distance Migrant Shorebird. II. Constitutive Immune Function and the Acute-Phase Response. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 82(5), 561-571. https://doi.org/10.1086/603635

Buehler, D. M., Koolhaas, A., Van't Hof, T. J., Schwabl, I., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T., & Tieleman, B. I. (2009). No evidence for melatonin-linked immunoenhancement over the annual cycle of an avian species. Journal of comparative physiology a-Neuroethology sensory neural and behavioral physiology, 195(5), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-009-0422-y

Tieleman, B. I., Versteegh, M. A., Helm, B., & Dingemanse, N. J. (2009). Quantitative genetics parameters show partial independent evolutionary potential for body mass and metabolism in stonechats from different populations. Journal of Zoology, 279(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00597.x

Williams, J. B., Tieleman, B. I., & Shobrak, M. (2009). Validation of temperature-sensitive radio transmitters for measurement of body temperature in small animals. Ardea, 97(1), 120-124.

Buehler, D. M., Piersma, T., & Tieleman, B. I. (2008). Captive and free-living red knots Calidris canutus exhibit differences in non-induced immunity that suggest different immune strategies in different environments. Journal of Avian Biology, 39(5), 560-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04408.x

Buehler, D. M., Bhola, N., Barjaktarov, D., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I., Tieleman, B. I., & Piersma, T. (2008). Constitutive immune function responds more slowly to handling stress than corticosterone in a shorebird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81(5), 673-681. https://doi.org/10.1086/588591

Tieleman, B. I., Dijkstra, T. H., Klasing, K. C., Visser, G. H., & Williams, J. B. (2008). Effects of experimentally increased costs of activity during reproduction on parental investment and self-maintenance in tropical house wrens. Behavioral Ecology, 19(5), 949-959. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn051

Tieleman, B. I., van Noordwijk, H. J., & Williams, J. B. (2008). Nest site selection in a hot desert: Trade-off between microclimate and predation risk? Condor, 110(1), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.116

Versteegh, M. A., Heim, B., Dingemanse, N. J., & Tieleman, B. I. (2008). Repeatability and individual correlates of basal metabolic rate and total evaporative water loss in birds: A case study in European stonechats. Comparative biochemistry and physiology a-Molecular & integrative physiology, 150(4), 452-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.006

Buehler, D. M., Piersma, T., Matson, K. D., & Tieleman, B. I. (2008). Seasonal Redistribution of Immune Function in a Migrant Shorebird: Annual-Cycle Effects Override Adjustments to Thermal Regime. American Naturalist, 172(6), 783-796. https://doi.org/10.1086/592865

Tieleman, B. I. (2007). Differences in the physiological responses to temperature among stonechats from three populations reared in a common environment. Comparative biochemistry and physiology a-Molecular & integrative physiology, 146(2), 194-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.10.011

Williams, J. B., Tieleman, B. I., Visser, G. H., & Ricklefs, R. E. (2007). Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 80(5), 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1086/520126

Matson, KD., Tieleman, BI., Klasing, KC., & Klasing, K. C. (2006). Capture stress and the bactericidal competence of blood and plasma in five species of tropical birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79(3), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.1086/501057

Tieleman, B. I., Lasky, J. R., Mauck, R. A., Visser, G. H., Williams, JB., & Lasky, J. R. (2006). Physiological and behavioural correlates of life-history variation: a comparison between tropical and temperate zone House Wrens. Functional Ecology, 20(3), 491-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01126.x

Tieleman, B. I., Williams, J. B., Ricklefs, R. E., & Klasing, K. C. (2005). Constitutive innate immunity is a component of the pace-of-life syndrome in tropical birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 272(1573), 1715-1720. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3155

Williams, JB., Tieleman, BI., & Williams, J. B. (2005). Physiological adaptation in desert birds. BioScience, 55(5), 416-425. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0416:PAIDB]2.0.CO;2

Roosenberg, AS., Tieleman, BI., Williams, JB., & Klasing, KC. (2005). Seasonal trends in immune function of tropical house wrens. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45(6), 1186-1186.

Williams, J. B., Munoz-Garcia, A., Ostrowski, S., & Tieleman, B. I. (2004). A phylogenetic analysis of basal metabolism, total evaporative water loss, and life-history among foxes from desert and mesic regions. Journal of comparative physiology b-Biochemical systemic and environmental physiology, 174(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-003-0386-0

Tieleman, BI., Williams, J. B., & Visser, G. H. (2004). Energy and water budgets of larks in a life history perspective: Parental effort varies with aridity. Ecology, 85(5), 1399-1410. https://doi.org/10.1890/03-0170

Tieleman, BI. (2004). Migratory birds can use a drink. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(15), VI-VI. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01083

Tieleman, B., Ricklefs, R. E., & Williams, J. B. (2004). Nest attentiveness and egg temperature do not explain the variation in incubation periods in tropical birds. Functional Ecology, 18, 571-577. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00882.x

Tieleman, BI. (2004). Prospective parents are even more flexible! Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(9), V-VI. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00939

Tieleman, BI. (2004). Sick, cold or hungry? Take your pick. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(21), VI-VI. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01250

Tieleman, BI. (2004). Warm feet, cozy eggs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(3), 389-389. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00797