Luc Lens

This study examines metabolic responses of common waxbills to sub-thermoneutral temperatures, finding that BMR is not a reliable predictor of SMR and that energy-saving strategies involve shallow hypothermia.

The paper assesses biodiversity responses to forest structural complexity across taxa in temperate forests and finds inconsistent relationships.

This study compares space use and survival of hand-reared and wild juvenile herring gulls, finding differences in habitat preferences and range size but no survival difference.

This study shows that social instability increases aggression but does not affect response inhibition in chickens.

This study uses a mechanistic species distribution model to predict current and future ranges of the common waxbill, identifying climate-driven expansion risks in Europe.

This study examines thermoregulatory capacities of tropical montane forest birds, finding weak evaporative cooling and narrow thermal ranges linked to vulnerability to climate change.

This study shows that older Sandwich terns were disproportionately affected by HPAI H5N1 during a 2022 mass mortality event, highlighting age-related mortality in long-lived seabirds.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of wildlife rehabilitation by comparing survival and habitat use of rehabilitated and wild juvenile gulls, finding no survival difference but distinct habitat preferences in juveniles.

Japanese quails reared in groups of 15 versus five pecked a transparent cylinder less, but rearing group size did not change impulsive aggression in either context.

This study shows Ixodes ricinus nymphs prefer blood with Borrelia infection and low corticosteroid levels over other host blood or higher stress hormone concentrations.

This study examines how early-life group size affects response inhibition in Japanese quails, finding that larger groups reduce pecking time but do not impact learning rates.

This study examines the metabolic responses of common waxbills to cold temperatures in their native range, identifying a metabolic inflection point at 16°C that may indicate an adaptive energy-saving strategy.

This study examines stopping behaviour in two gull species using three tasks, finding species-specific differences linked to migration and foraging strategies.

The paper presents a high-quality draft genome assembly and annotation for the Taita White-eye, providing a genomic resource for evolutionary and comparative genomics studies.