Luc Lens

12.6k total citations
311 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Luc Lens is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Lens has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Ecology, 114 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 95 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Luc Lens's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (91 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (81 papers). Luc Lens is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (91 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (83 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (81 papers). Luc Lens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Kenya and Germany. Luc Lens's co-authors include Stefan Van Dongen, Erik Matthysen, Dries Bonte, Mwangi Githiru, Jean‐Pierre Maelfait, André A. Dhondt, Lucas A. Wauters, Willem Talloen, Frederik Hendrickx and Carl Vangestel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Luc Lens

306 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Luc Lens 3.7k 2.6k 2.4k 1.4k 1.2k 311 7.6k
Bruce D. Patterson 5.3k 1.4× 4.1k 1.6× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 773 0.6× 186 9.7k
Frances C. James 3.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 934 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 75 6.3k
Gavin H. Thomas 3.7k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 79 7.7k
Michael T. Kinnison 4.1k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 4.3k 1.8× 3.4k 2.4× 2.1k 1.7× 123 9.1k
Yoram Yom‐Tov 5.9k 1.6× 3.6k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 767 0.6× 213 7.9k
Richard Svanbäck 4.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 3.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 68 7.7k
Carla M. Sgrò 4.4k 1.2× 3.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 4.1k 2.9× 1.2k 1.0× 132 9.5k
Mark R. Forbes 3.6k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 634 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 227 6.4k
Patrice David 3.2k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 4.0k 2.8× 1.2k 1.0× 171 8.4k
Cino Pertoldi 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 813 0.3× 2.6k 1.8× 547 0.5× 261 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Luc Lens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luc Lens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luc Lens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luc Lens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luc Lens 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 Luc Lens. Luc Lens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Müller, Wendt, et al.. (2025). Do ecological valid stop signals aid detour performance? A comparison of four bird species. Royal Society Open Science. 12(6). 250316–250316. 3 indexed citations
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López‐Calderón, Cosme, Francisco Hortas, Víctor Martín‐Vélez, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 3). 122477–122477.
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Debeer, Dries, An Martel, Wendt Müller, et al.. (2025). Neophobia across social contexts in juvenile herring gulls. Royal Society Open Science. 12(5). 250398–250398. 1 indexed citations
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Martel, An, Lander Baeten, Manoj Fonville, et al.. (2024). The effect of forest structural complexity on tick-borne pathogens in questing ticks and small mammals. Forest Ecology and Management. 562. 121944–121944. 3 indexed citations
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Apfelbeck, Beate, et al.. (2023). Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings. Animal Behaviour. 198. 107–116. 3 indexed citations
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Martín‐Vélez, Víctor, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Marta I. Sánchez, et al.. (2021). Spatial patterns of weed dispersal by wintering gulls within and beyond an agricultural landscape. Journal of Ecology. 109(4). 1947–1958. 33 indexed citations
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Perring, Michael P., Lionel R. Hertzog, Daan Dekeukeleire, et al.. (2020). Overstorey composition shapes across‐trophic level community relationships in deciduous forest regardless of fragmentation context. Journal of Ecology. 109(4). 1591–1606. 2 indexed citations
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Lens, Luc, et al.. (2019). Sharing the burden: on the division of parental care and vocalizations during incubation. Behavioral Ecology. 30(4). 1062–1068. 15 indexed citations
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Gelorini, Vanessa, Annemieke Verbeken, Luc Lens, et al.. (2012). Effects of land use on the fungal spore richness in small crater-lake basins of western Uganda. Fungal Diversity. 55(1). 125–142. 20 indexed citations
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Adriaensen, Frank, Mwangi Githiru, Erik Matthysen, & Luc Lens. (2006). Modelling forest connectivity for critically-endangered bird species: A case study in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 7 indexed citations
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Vangestel, Carl & Luc Lens. (2006). Fluctuating asymmetry and ptilochronology as phenotypic markers of food stress in the House Sparrow. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3 indexed citations
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Laet, Jenny De, et al.. (2006). The status of the House Sparrow in large towns: First results from Belgium. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Nuffel, Annelies Van, Willem Talloen, Bart Sonck, Luc Lens, & Frank Tuyttens. (2003). Measuring Fluctuating Asymmetry for assessing broiler Welfare. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Dongen, Stefan Van, Luc Lens, & Erik Matthysen. (2001). Developmental instability in relation to stress and fitness in birds and moths studied by the laboratory of animal ecology of the university of Antwerp. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Lens, Luc & Stefan Van Dongen. (2001). Fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of stress: paradigm or conservation tool?. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
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Lens, Luc, Frank Adriaensen, & Erik Matthysen. (1999). Dispersal studies in recently and historically fragmented forests - a comparison between Kenya and Belgium. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 12 indexed citations
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Brodin, Anders, Kimmo Lahti, Luc Lens, & Jukka Suhonen. (1996). A northern population of willow tits Parus montanus did not store more food than southern ones. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 21 indexed citations
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Bossche, W. Van den & Luc Lens. (1994). Soaring bird migration at the Bosphorus (Turkey): the need for a multi-station survey. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4 indexed citations
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Lens, Luc & André A. Dhondt. (1992). VARIATION IN COHERENCE OF CRESTED TIT WINTER FLOCKS - AN EXAMPLE OF MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATION. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 25 indexed citations

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