Bernard Spaans

2.0k total citations
47 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Bernard Spaans is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Spaans has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Bernard Spaans's work include Avian ecology and behavior (35 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (12 papers). Bernard Spaans is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (35 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (12 papers). Bernard Spaans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Australia. Bernard Spaans's co-authors include Theunis Piersma, B.S. Ebbinge, Jan A. van Gils, Anne Dekinga, Jutta Leyrer, Maarten Brugge, Piet J. van den Hout, Casper Kraan, Wolf Teunissen and Phil F. Battley and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The American Naturalist and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Spaans

42 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Spaans Netherlands 24 1.4k 567 404 326 240 47 1.6k
José A. Masero Spain 24 1.6k 1.2× 543 1.0× 324 0.8× 380 1.2× 142 0.6× 92 1.9k
Marcelo Bertellotti Argentina 21 1.5k 1.1× 483 0.9× 407 1.0× 285 0.9× 169 0.7× 81 1.8k
Esteban Frere Argentina 23 1.5k 1.1× 332 0.6× 619 1.5× 330 1.0× 206 0.9× 98 1.7k
Anita Koolhaas Netherlands 18 951 0.7× 346 0.6× 484 1.2× 213 0.7× 347 1.4× 28 1.3k
Rudi H. Drent Netherlands 15 1.3k 0.9× 535 0.9× 233 0.6× 338 1.0× 95 0.4× 17 1.5k
Katarzyna Wojczulanis‐Jakubas Poland 25 1.6k 1.1× 730 1.3× 519 1.3× 127 0.4× 242 1.0× 126 2.0k
John W. Chardine Canada 20 1.4k 1.0× 410 0.7× 485 1.2× 371 1.1× 63 0.3× 51 1.7k
Jacquie A. Clark United Kingdom 23 1.5k 1.1× 426 0.8× 304 0.8× 433 1.3× 67 0.3× 87 1.8k
M. P. Harris United Kingdom 19 1.1k 0.8× 369 0.7× 366 0.9× 296 0.9× 65 0.3× 41 1.3k
Bruce M. Dyer South Africa 26 1.3k 0.9× 205 0.4× 705 1.7× 268 0.8× 254 1.1× 67 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernard Spaans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Spaans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Spaans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bernard Spaans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bernard Spaans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bernard Spaans. Bernard Spaans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lameris, Thomas K., Job ten Horn, Simeon Lisovski, et al.. (2025). Demand‐Resource Mismatch Explains Body Shrinkage in a Migratory Shorebird. Global Change Biology. 31(4). e70170–e70170.
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Hout, Piet J. van den, Theunis Piersma, Job ten Horn, Bernard Spaans, & Tamar Lok. (2016). Individual shifts toward safety explain age-related foraging distribution in a gregarious shorebird. Behavioral Ecology. arw173–arw173. 9 indexed citations
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Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Piet J. van den Hout, Maarten Brugge, Bernard Spaans, & Theunis Piersma. (2015). Seasonal mortality and sequential density dependence in a migratory bird. Journal of Avian Biology. 46(4). 332–341. 39 indexed citations
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Oudman, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Digestive Capacity and Toxicity Cause Mixed Diets in Red Knots That Maximize Energy Intake Rate. The American Naturalist. 183(5). 650–659. 23 indexed citations
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Spaans, Bernard, et al.. (2013). Flexibility in faithfulness of Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta b. bernicla to moulting sites. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2013(3). 116–134.
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Spaans, Bernard, et al.. (2009). Oost, west, thuis best: Op welk schaal benutten individuele Kanoeten het Nederlandse Waddengebied?. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 82. 113–121. 3 indexed citations
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Kraan, Casper, Jan A. van Gils, Bernard Spaans, et al.. (2009). Landscape‐scale experiment demonstrates that Wadden Sea intertidal flats are used to capacity by molluscivore migrant shorebirds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 78(6). 1259–1268. 78 indexed citations
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Gils, Jan A. van, Theunis Piersma, Anne Dekinga, Bernard Spaans, & Casper Kraan. (2006). Shellfish Dredging Pushes a Flexible Avian Top Predator out of a Marine Protected Area. PLoS Biology. 4(12). e376–e376. 92 indexed citations
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Reneerkens, Jeroen, Theunis Piersma, & Bernard Spaans. (2005). De Waddenzee als kruispunt van vogeltrekwegen: literatuurstudie naar de kansen en bedreigingen van wadvogels in internationaal perspectief. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 4 indexed citations
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Piersma, Theunis & Bernard Spaans. (2004). Inzicht uit vergelijkingen: ecologisch onderzoek aan wadvogels wereldwijd. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 77. 43–54. 7 indexed citations
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Green, Martin A., Theunis Piersma, Joop Jukema, et al.. (2002). Radio-telemetry observations of the first 650 km of the migration of Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica from the Wadden Sea to the Russian Arctic. Ardea. 90(1). 71–80. 23 indexed citations
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Spaans, Bernard, et al.. (2002). Use of individual colour-ringing to estimate annual survival in male and female Red Knot Calidris canutus islandica. 99. 54–56. 1 indexed citations
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Spaans, Bernard, et al.. (2002). Use of individual colour-ringing to estimate annual survival in male and female Red Knot Calidris canutus islandica: a progress report for 1998–2001. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 99. 54–56. 16 indexed citations
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Nebel, Silke, Theunis Piersma, Jan A. van Gils, Anne Dekinga, & Bernard Spaans. (2001). Length of stopover, fuel storage and a sex-bias in the occurrence of two sub-species of Red Knots Calidris c. canutus and C.c. islandica in the Dutch Wadden Sea during southward migration (vol 88, pg 165, 2000). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Gils, Jan A. van, Theunis Piersma, Anne Dekinga, & Bernard Spaans. (2000). Voortdurend in de lucht: Zenderonderzoek aan Kanoeten Calidris canutus in de westelijke Waddenzee. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 73(1). 29–34. 9 indexed citations
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Nebel, Silke, Theunis Piersma, Jan A. van Gils, Anne Dekinga, & Bernard Spaans. (2000). Length of stopover, fuel storage and a sex-bias in the occurrence of red knots Calidris c. canutus and C-c. islandica in the Wadden Sea during southward migration. Ardea. 88(2). 165–176. 57 indexed citations
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Piersma, Theunis, Maurine W. Dietz, Anne Dekinga, et al.. (1999). Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to what extent, and why?. Acta Ornithologica. 34(2). 175–181. 41 indexed citations
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Spaans, Bernard, et al.. (1998). Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla forego breeding when Arctic Foxes Alopex lagopus are present during nest initiation. Ardea. 86(1). 11–20. 40 indexed citations
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Teunissen, Wolf, Bernard Spaans, & R.H. Drent. (1985). BREEDING SUCCESS IN BRENT IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL FEEDING OPPORTUNITIES DURING SPRING STAGING IN THE WADDEN SEA. Ardea. 73(2). 109–119. 69 indexed citations

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