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dr. M.A. (Maaike) Versteegh

Research Assistant

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 33408

+31 6 3192 1440

E-mail:

m.a.versteegh rug.nl

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Research interests

I am research assistant associated with the groups of Irene Tieleman, Jan Komdeur and Hannah Dugdale.

I defended my PhD thesis with the title “Physiology in a life history perspective: stonechats’ adaptations to different environments” in February 2012 at Groningen University.

Currently my main focusses are coordinating and assisting fieldwork, eco-immunological labwork and giving statistical assistance to MSC and PhD students. I also teach in the BSc course (Systems Ecology and) Ecological Interactions, and the MSc course Molecular Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Publications

Adult sex ratio influences courtship behaviour, contest behaviour and breeding success in Onthophagus taurus

Zhang, L., Sliep, D., Versteegh, M. A., Székely, T. & Komdeur, J., May-2024, In: Animal Behaviour. 211, p. 81-90 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

May brood desertion be ruled by partner parenting capability in a polygamous songbird? An experimental study

Zheng, J., Wang, H., Jiang, J., Versteegh, M. A., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Z., Chen, D. & Komdeur, J., May-2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 5, 13 p., e11394.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Individual responses to capture are not predicted by among-individual risk-taking in response to predation threat

Zhan, X., Martinez Baquero, I., Yu, G., Salazar, S., Versteegh, M. A., Komdeur, J. & Korsten, P., 2023.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

The delayed effect of climatic conditions on pre-fledging nestling haematocrit in a suboscine species in Patagonia

Churchill, J. E., Birker, M. L. M., Versteegh, M., Altamirano, T. A., Vásquez, R. A. & Komdeur, J., 1-Sept-2023, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2023, 9-10, e03056.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Competition as a driver of eco-evolutionary dynamics: Linking individual aggression and environmental quality to reproductive performance - A project plan

Zhan, X., Yu, G., Versteegh, M. A., Komdeur, J. & Korsten, P., 22-Jul-2022.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

Effects of manipulated food availability and seasonality on innate immune function in a passerine

Driessen, M. M. G., Versteegh, M. A., Gerritsma, Y. H., Tieleman, B. I., Pen, I. R. & Verhulst, S., Dec-2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 12, p. 2400-2411 12.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Gut microbiota of homing pigeons shows summer-winter variation under constant diet indicating a substantial effect of temperature

Dietz, M., Matson, K., Versteegh, M., van der Velde, M., Parmentier, H. K., Arts, J. A. J., Falcao Salles, J. & Tieleman, B. I., 18-May-2022, (Submitted) BioRxiv, (bioRxiv).

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Gut microbiota of homing pigeons shows summer–winter variation under constant diet indicating a substantial effect of temperature

Dietz, M., Matson, K. D., Versteegh, M., van der Velde, M., Parmentier, H. K., Arts, J. A. J., Falcao Salles, J. & Tieleman, B. I., 13-Dec-2022, In: Animal microbiome. 4, 21 p., 64.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Intruder sex and breeding stage influence territorial aggressiveness: But only in male not female blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Yu, G., Baas , K., Schlatmann, A. A., Salazar, S., Versteegh, M. A., Komdeur, J. & Korsten, P., 22-Jul-2022.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

Is risk-taking behaviour consistent throughout different threats?: Measuring among-individual variation in a population of blue tits

Martinez Baquero, I., Yu, G., Zhan, X., Andhare, A., Versteegh, M. A., Komdeur, J. & Korsten, P., 22-Jul-2022.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic

All (44) publications

Press/media

Roodkapleeuweriken in Kenia - Vogelstudie met een sociaal randje

Tieleman, I., Versteegh, M., Mwangi, J., Ndithia, H. & Bakari, S.

01/10/2015

Press/Media: Research › Professional

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