Publications
N = 65, h-index = 28, citations = 4550
In press
• Monticelli D, Defourny H, Degros E, Portier B, Cerveira LR, Ramos JA, Paiva VH, Berthelsen UM, Bregnballe T, van der Winden J, Bouwhuis S*, Szczys P* (in press) Sex identification based on biometrics in four long-distance migratory tern species mist-netted along the East Atlantic Flyway. Journal of Ornithology (*shared senior authorship)
• Wynn J, Kürten N, Moiron M, Bouwhuis S (in press) Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology
• Schnelle A, Rollins RE, Cecere JG, Sánchez Gutiérrez J, Masero JA, Risch M, Bouwhuis S*, Liedvogel M* (in press) Assessment of genetic diversity in a locally endangered tern species suggests population connection instead of isolation. Conservation genetics (*shared senior authorship)
2024
• Bertram J, Moiron M, Bichet C, Kürten N, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2024) Mercury concentrations in blood and back feathers are repeatable, heritable and correlated in a long-lived seabird. Science of the Total Environment 955: 176939
• Schnelle A, Winter M, Bouwhuis S, Risch M (2024) Diet composition and reproductive performance in Central Europe’s last gull-billed tern population - a long term study. Ardea 112: 247-258
• Firth J, Albery GF, Bouwhuis S, Brent LJN, Salguero-Gomez R (2024) Understanding age and society using natural populations. Philosophical Transactions B 379: 20220469
• Moiron M, Bouwhuis S (2024) Age-dependent shaping of the social environment in a long-lived seabird – a quantitative genetic approach. Philosophical Transactions B 379: 20220465
• Cansse T, Vedder O, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2024) Feeding rate reflects quality in both parents and offspring: a longitudinal study in common terns. Animal Behaviour 214: 111-120
• Bertram J, Bichet C, Moiron M, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2024) Sex- and age-specific mercury accumulation in a long-lived seabird. Science of the Total Environment 927: 172330
• Moiron M, Teplitsky C, Haest B, Charmantier A*, Bouwhuis S* (2024) Micro-evolutionary response of spring migration timing in a wild seabird. Evolution letters 8: 8-17 (*shared senior authorship)
2023
• Militão T, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2023) Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a long-lived seabird. Marine Biology 170: 132
• Abdel-Glil MY, Braune S, Bouwhuis S, Sprague LD (2023) First description of Mergibacter septicus isolated from a common tern (Sterna hirundo) in Germany. Pathogens 12: 1096
• Pohlmann A, Stejskal O, King J, Bouwhuis S, Packmor F, Ballstaedt E, Hälterlein B, Hennig V, Stacker L, Graaf A, Hennig C, Günther A, Liang Y, Hjulsager C, Beer M, Harder T (2023) Mass mortality among colony-breeding seabirds in the German Wadden Sea in 2022 due to distinct genotypes of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b. Journal of General Virology 104: 001834
• Meyer B, Moiron M, Caswara C, Chow W, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Haase B, Howe K, Mountcastle J, Uliano-Silva M, Wood J, Jarvis ED, Liedvogel M*, Bouwhuis S* (2023) Sex-specific changes in autosomal methylation rate in ageing common terns. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 982443 (*shared senior authorship)
2022
• Włodarczyk R, Bouwhuis S, Bichet C, Podlaszczuk P, Chyb A, Indykiewicz P, Dulisz B, Betleja J, Janiszewski T, Minias P (2022) Contrasting haemoparasite prevalence in larid species with divergent ecological niches and migration patterns. Parasitology 149: 1479-1486
• Vedder O, Moiron M, Bichet C, Bauch C, Verhulst S, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2022) Telomere length is heritable and genetically correlated with lifespan in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 31: 6297-6307
• Bertram J, Kürten N, Bichet C, Schupp PJ, Bouwhuis S (2022) Mercury contamination level is repeatable and predicted by wintering area in a long-distance migratory seabird. Environmental Pollution 313: 120107
• Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips RA, Alvarez D, Anker-Nilssen T, Barrett RT, Bech C, Becker PH, Berglund P-A, Bouwhuis S, Burr ZM, Chastel O, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Descamps S, Diamond T, Elliott K, Erikstad K-E, Harris M, Hentati-Sundberg J, Heubeck M, Langset M, Lorentsen S-H, Mallory M, Mellor M, Miles WTS, Moe B, Mostello C, Newell M, Nisbet I, Reiertsen TK, Rock J, Varpe Ø, Lewis S, Phillimore AB (2022) Variation and correlation in the timing of breeding of North Atlantic seabirds across multiple scales. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 1797-1812
• Moiron M, Charmantier AC*, Bouwhuis S* (2022) The quantitative genetics of fitness in a wild seabird. Evolution 76: 1443–1452 (*shared senior authorship)
• Kürten N, Schmaljohann H, Bichet C, Haest B, Vedder O, González-Solís J, Bouwhuis S (2022) High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird. Movement Ecology 10:5
• Bichet C, Moiron M, Matson KD, Vedder O, Bouwhuis S (2022) Immunosenescence in the wild? A longitudinal study in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 458-469
2021
• Culina A, Adriaensen F, Bailey LD, Burgess MD, Charmantier A, Cole EF, Eeva T, Matthysen E, Nater CR, Sheldon BC, Sæther B-E, Vriend SJG, Zajkova Z, Adamík P, Aplin LM, Angulo E, Artemyev A, Barba E, Barišić S, Belda E, Bilgin CC, Bleu J, Both C, Bouwhuis S, Branston CJ, Broggi J, Burke T, Bushuev A, Camacho C, Campobello D, Canal D, Cantarero A, Caro SP, Cauchoix M, Chaine A, Cichoń M, Ćiković D, Cusimano CA, Deimel C, Dhondt AA, Dingemanse NJ, Doligez B, Dominoni DM, Doutrelant C, Drobniak SM, Dubiec A, Eens M, Erikstad KE, Espín S, Farine DR, Figuerola J, Gülbeyaz PK, Grégoire A, Hartley IR, Hau M, Hegyi G, Hille S, Hinde CA, Holtmann B, Ilyina T, Isaksson C, Iserbyt A, Ivankina E, Kania W, Kempenaers B, Kerimov K, Komdeur J, Korsten P, Král M, Krist M, Lambrechts M, Lara CE, Leivits A, Liker A, Lodjak J, Mägi M, Mainwaring MC, Mänd R, Massa B, Massemin S, Martínez‐Padilla J, Mazgajski TD, Mennerat A, Moreno J, Mouchet A, Nakagawa S, Nilsson J‐Å, Nilsson JF, Norte AC, van Oers K, Orell M, Potti J, Quinn JL, Réale D, Reiertsen TK, Rosivall B, Russell AF, Rytkönen S, Sánchez‐Virosta P, Santos ESA, Schroeder J, Senar JC, Seress G, Slagsvold T, Szulkin M, Teplitsky C, Tilgar V, Tolstoguzov A, Török J, Valcu M, Vatka E, Verhulst S, Watson H, Yuta T, Zamora‐Marín JM, Visser ME (2021) Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: the SPI-Birds data hub. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2147-2160
• Sydeman WJ, Schoeman DS, Thompson SA, Hoover BA, García-Reyes M, Daunt F, Agnew P, Anker-Nilssen T, Barbraud C, Barrett R, Becker PH, Bell E, Boersma PD, Bouwhuis S, Cannell B, Crawford RJM, Dann P, Delord K, Elliott G, Erikstad KE, Flint E, Furness RW, Harris MP, Hatch S, Hilwig K, Hinke JT, Jahncke J, Mills JA, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Sherley RB, Surman C, Taylor G, Thayer JA, Trathan PN, Velarde E, Walker K, Wanless S, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y (2021) Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of marine ecosystem sentinels. Science 372: 980-983
• Vedder O, Pen I, Bouwhuis S (2021) How fitness consequences of early-life conditions vary with age in a long-lived seabird: a Bayesian multivariate analysis of age-specific reproductive values. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1505-1514
2020
• Moiron M, Araya-Ajoy YG, Teplitsky C, Bouwhuis S*, Charmantier A* (2020) Understanding the social dynamics of breeding phenology: indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in a long distance migrant. American Naturalist 196: 566-576 (*shared senior authorship)
• Bouwhuis S, Ballani F, Bourgeois M, Stoyan D (2020) Colony size affects breeding density, but not spatial distribution type, in a seabird. Behavioral Ecology 31: 1113-1119
• García GO, Paterlini CA, Favero M, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2020) Age-, sex- and tactic-specific kleptoparasitic performance in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Ornithology 161: 183-188
• Bichet C, Bouwhuis S, Bauch C, Verhulst S, Becker PH, Vedder O (2020) Telomere length is repeatable, shortens with age and reproductive success, and predicts remaining lifespan in a long-lived seabird. Molecular Ecology 29: 429-441
2019
• Kürten N, Vedder O, González-Solís J, Schmaljohann H, Bouwhuis S (2019) No detectable effect of light-level geolocators on the behaviour and fitness of a long-distance migratory seabird. Journal of Ornithology 160: 1087-1095
• Vedder O, Zhang H, Dänhardt A, Bouwhuis S (2019) Age-specific offspring mortality economically tracks food abundance in a piscivorous seabird. American Naturalist 193: 588-597
• Culina A, Linton DM, Pradel R, Bouwhuis S, Macdonald DW (2019) Live fast, don’t die young: survival reproduction trade-offs in long-lived income breeders. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 746-756
• Bichet C, Vedder O, Sauer-Gürth H, Becker PH, Wink M, Bouwhuis S (2019) Contrasting heterozygosity-fitness correlations across life in a long-lived seabird. Molecular Ecology 28: 671-685
• Colchero F, Jones OR, Conde DA, Hodgson D, Zajitschek F, Schmidt BR, Malo AF, Alberts SC, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S, Bronikowski AM, de Vleeschouwer KM, Delahay RJ, Dummermuth S, Fernández-Duque E, Frisenvænge J, Hesselsøe M, Larson S, Lemaître J-F, McDonald J, Miller DAW, O'Donnell C, Packer C, Raboy BE, Reading CJ, Wapstra E, Weimerskirch H, While GM, Baudisch A, Flatt T, Coulson T, Gaillard J-M (2019) The diversity of population responses to environmental change. Ecology Letters 22: 342-353
2018
• Vedder O, Verhulst S, Zuidersma E, Bouwhuis S (2018) Embryonic growth rate affects telomere attrition: an experiment in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb181586
• Bouwhuis S (2018) On the ecological insights provided by a long-term study on an even longer-lived bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 891-892
• Bouwhuis S, Verhulst S, Bauch C, Vedder O (2018) Reduced telomere length in offspring of old fathers in a long-lived seabird. Biology Letters 14: 20180213
• Hamel S, Gaillard J-M, Yoccoz NG, Bassar RD, Bouwhuis S, Caswell H, Douhard M, Gangloff EJ, Gimenez O, Lee PC, Smallegange IM, Steiner UK, Vedder O, Vindenes Y (2018) Moving forward on individual heterogeneity. Oikos 127: 750-756
• Vedder O, Bouwhuis S (2018) Heterogeneity in individual quality in birds: overall patterns and insights from a study on common terns. Oikos 127: 719-727
• Keogan K, Daunt F, Wanless S, Phillips RA, Walling CA, Agnew P, Ainley DG, Anker-Nilssen T, Ballard G, Barrett RT, Barton KJ, Bech C, Becker PH, Berglund P-A, Birkhead T, Bollache L, Bond AL, Bouwhuis S, Bradley RW, Burr ZM, Camphuysen K, Catry P, Chiaradia A, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Cuthbert R, Dehnhard N, Descamps S, Diamon T, Divoky G, Drummond H, Dugger KM, Dunn MJ, Emmerson L, Erikstad KE, Fort J, Fraser W, Gaston A, Genovart M, Gilg O, González-Solís J, Granadeiro JP, Gremillet D, Hansen J, Hanssen SA, Harris M, Hedd A, Hinke J, Igual JM, Jahncke J, Jones I, Kappes PJ, Lang J, Langset M, Lescroël A, Lorentsen S-H, Lyver PO'B, Mallory M, Moe B, Montevecchi WA, Monticelli D, Mostello C, Newell M, Nicholson L, Nisbet I, Olsson O, Oro D, Pattison V, Poisbleau M, Pyk T, Quintana F, Ramos J, Ramos R, Reiertsen TK, Rodríguez C, Ryan P, Sanz-Aguilar A, Schmidt NM, Shannon P, Sittler B, Southwell C, Surman C, Svagelj WS, Trivelpiece W, Warzybok P, Watanuki Y, Weimerskirch H, Wilson PR, Wood AG, Phillimore AB, Lewis S (2018) Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change 8: 313-318
2017
• Vedder O, Verhulst S, Bauch C, Bouwhuis S (2017) Telomere attrition and growth: a life-history framework and case study in common terns. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 1409-1419
• Vedder O, Kürten N, Bouwhuis S (2017) Intra-specific variation in, and environment-dependent resource allocation to, embryonic development time in common terns. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90: 453-460
• Dobson FS, Becker PH, Arnaud CM, Bouwhuis S, Charmantier A (2017) Plasticity results in delayed breeding in a long-distant migrant seabird. Ecology & Evolution 7: 3100-3109
• Bouwhuis S, Vedder O (2017) Avian escape artists? Patterns, processes and costs of senescence in wild birds. In: The evolution of senescence in the tree of life. Eds. Shefferson RP, Jones OR, Salguero-Gómez R. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK)
• Vedder O, Zhang H, Bouwhuis S (2017) Early mortality saves energy: estimating the energetic cost of excess offspring in a seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162724
2016
• Vedder O, Bouwhuis S, Benito MM, Becker PH (2016) Male-biased sex allocation in ageing parents; a longitudinal study in a long-lived seabird. Biology Letters 12: 20160260
• Mourocq E, Bize P, Bouwhuis S, Bradley R, Charmantier A, de la Cruz C, Drobniak SM, Espie RHM, Herényi M, Hötker H, Krüger O, Marzluff J, Møller AP, Nakagawa S, Phillips RA, Radford AN, Roulin A, Török J, Valencia J, van de Pol M, Warkentin IG, Winney IS, Wood AG, Griesser M (2016) Lifespan and reproductive cost explain interspecific variation in the optimal onset of reproduction. Evolution 70: 296-313
2015
• Bouwhuis S, Vedder O, Becker PH (2015) Sex-specific pathways of parental age effects on offspring lifetime reproductive success in a long-lived seabird. Evolution 69: 1760-1771
• Zhang H, Vedder O, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Age-dependent trait variation: the relative contribution of within-individual change, selective appearance and disappearance in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 797-807
• Szostek KL, Bouwhuis S, Becker PH (2015) Are arrival date and body mass after spring migration influenced by large-scale environmental factors in a migratory seabird? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: article 42
• Zhang H, Vedder O, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Contrasting between- and within-individual trait effects on mortality risk in a long-lived seabird. Ecology 96: 71-79
• Zhang H, Rebke M, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S (2015) Fitness prospects: effects of age, sex and recruitment age on reproductive value in a long-lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 199-207
• Bouwhuis S, Vedder O, Garroway CJ, Sheldon BC (2015) Ecological causes of multi-level covariance between size and first-year survival in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 208-218
2014
• Boonekamp JJ, Salomons HM, Bouwhuis S, Dijkstra C, Verhulst S (2014) Reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence in wild birds: an experimental study. Ecology Letters 17: 599-605
• Vedder O, Bouwhuis S, Sheldon BC (2014) The contribution of an avian top predator to selection in prey species. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 99-106
• Bouwhuis S, Quinn JL, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2014) Personality and metabolic rate in a wild bird population. Oikos 123: 56-62
2013
• Vedder O, Bouwhuis S, Sheldon BC (2013) Quantitative assessment of the importance of phenotypic plasticity in adaptation to climate change in wild bird populations. PLOS Biology 11: e1001605 (rated as of exceptional quality by the Faculty of 1000)
• Bolund E, Bouwhuis S, Pettay J, Lummaa V (2013) Divergent selection on, but no genetic conflict over, female and male timing and rate of reproduction in a human population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20132002
2012
• Bouwhuis S, Choquet R, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2012) The forms and fitness cost of senescence: age-specific recapture, survival, reproduction and reproductive value in a wild bird population. American Naturalist 179: E15-E27
2011
• Bouwhuis S, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (2011) Basal metabolic rate and the rate of senescence in the great tit. Functional Ecology 24: 829-838
2010
• Bouwhuis S, van Noordwijk AJ, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S, Visser ME (2010) Similar patterns of age- specific reproduction in an island and mainland population of great tits, Parus major. Journal of Avian Biology 41: 615-620
• Bouwhuis S, Charmantier A, Verhulst S, Sheldon BC (2010) Individual variation in rates of senescence: natal origin effects and disposable soma in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1251-1261 (recommended by the Faculty of 1000)
• Bouwhuis S, Charmantier A, Verhulst S, Sheldon BC (2010) Trans-generational effects on ageing in a wild bird population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 636-642
2009
• Bouwhuis S, Sheldon BC, Verhulst S, Charmantier A (2009) Great tits growing old: selective disappearance and the partitioning of senescence to stages within the breeding cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 2769-2777
• Quinn JL, Patrick SC, Bouwhuis S, Wilkin TA, Sheldon BC (2009) Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 1203-1215
2006
• Both C, Bouwhuis S, Lessells CM, Visser ME (2006) Climate change and population declines in a long- distance migratory bird. Nature 441: 81-83