prof. dr. T. (Theunis) Piersma

Rudi Drent Chair in Global Flyway Ecology

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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+31 50 36 32043

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t.piersma rug.nl

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Research interests

Theunis Piersma is the founder and scientific director of the RUG newly created interdisciplinary BirdEyes - Centre for Global Ecological Change at the Faculties of Science & Engineering and Campus Fryslân. BirdEyes is an experimental science and creative centre that views the world through the eyes of birds. More and more birds are flying around with tiny transmitters, loggers and other high technology on their backs and legs. This generates an unimaginable amount of information. By cleverly combining such data with other sources of information, and by using new ways to tell stories and share the insights with, BirdEyes strives to open up a new knowledge network. The centre aims to be an innovative part of the University of Groningen, with empirical and inspirational roots in the farthest corners of the world.

Publications

An allometric approach to seasonal changes in intake rates of migratory shorebirds in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau

Coelho, A. P., Rocha, A. D., de Barros, A. R., Piersma, T. & Alves, J. A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ibis.

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

Biometric variability and sexual size dimorphism in the Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

Dorofeev, D., Ivanov, A., Khudyakova, E., Verkuil, Y., Piersma, T. & Meissner, W., 8-Jan-2024, In: The European Zoological Journal. 91, 1, p. 64-74 11 p.

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

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Spain: Habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 9 October 2024

Hooijmeijer, J., Das, D. & Piersma, T., Oct-2024, 21 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Academic

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa limosa) in France (Vendée & Charente Maritime) during spring migration: Habitat descriptions and finding colour marked birds from 6 – 15 March 2024

Hooijmeijer, J. & Piersma, T., 31-Mar-2024, University of Groningen.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26 February 2024

Hooijmeijer, J., Stessens, M., Haaksma, L. R., Hotting, M., Jager, K. D., Tijsen, W., Brandhorst, W., Loos, B., de Vries, J. J. & Piersma, T., 19-Nov-2024, 90 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

De geest in het beest. Het zijn van Charles Foster

Piersma, T., 2024, In: De Gids.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular

Does early spring arrival lead to early nesting in a migratory shorebird? Insights from remote tracking

Nightingale, J., Gill, J. A., Gunnarsson, T. G., Rocha, A. D., Howison, R., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., Piersma, T. & Alves, J. A., Apr-2024, In: IBIS – International Journal of Ornithology. 166, 2, p. 424-439 16 p.

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

Flyways Beyond Migratory Pathways: The Case of Waterbird Conservation

Eren, S., Beaulieu, A., Piersma, T. & Crockford, N., 2024, In: Conservation and Society. 22, 2, p. 74-85 12 p.

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

Global temperature homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory animals with potential loss of population structure

Bom, R. A., Piersma, T., Alves, J. A. & Rakhimberdiev, E., Jan-2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 1, 9 p., e17069.

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

Grutto Landschap Project Jaarverslag 2023: De staat van ons landschap: Biomonitoring van duurzame landbouw innovaties

Hooijmeijer, J., Rakhimberdiev, E., van der Velde, E., Howison, R., Stessens, M., Kraamwinkel, C., Craft, T., Fokkema, R., Lagendijk, G., Ligtelijn, M., Onrust, J., Saarloos, A., Vansteelant, W., Belfin, O., Basting, S., Zijlstra, N., Verkuil, Y. & Piersma, T., 15-Feb-2024, University of Groningen. 130 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional