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Research expertise
Wouter Courtens has been working as an ornithologist in the seabird team of the Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) since 2003. This team studies the occurrence of seabirds at sea and the influence of human activities (such as wind turbines, oil pollution and plastics) and food availability on seabird populations. The research also includes the monitoring of coastal breeding birds (such as gulls and terns) and of the population dynamics, food ecology and habitat use of these species. Initially these were mainly Belgian projects, but in the meantime a lot of research is being done in the Netherlands as well. Wouter also has extensive expertise in breeding bird monitoring, including long-term projects around meadow, marsh and reed birds.
Thematic List
- Species and biotopes
Technological
- identification
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
- statistics and modelling
Policy
- Birds Directive
- protected Flemish nature
- special areas of conservation
- Natura 2000
- conservation goals
Geographic List
- Belgium
- Zeeland
- Europe
- West Flanders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Ecological advice and monitoring coastal breeding birds Zeebrugge-Heist (EVINBO)
Courtens, W., Vanermen, N., Stienen, E., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H.
1/03/23 → 1/03/24
Project: Evinbo
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TOPGULL
Courtens, W., Vanermen, N., Stienen, E., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H.
1/04/22 → 1/04/31
Project: coöperation agreement
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Monitoring the effects of sea farm Westdiep on the avifauna (EVINBO)
Courtens, W., Vanermen, N., Stienen, E., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H.
26/11/21 → 31/12/31
Project: Evinbo
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PHD Ecological and evolutionary drivers of foraging specialisation in lesser black-backed gulls – from causes to consequences
Courtens, W., Vanermen, N., Stienen, E., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H.
1/11/20 → 1/11/24
Project: fwo_doctoraat
Research output
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Advies over de impact van recreatieve kano- en kajakvaart op de Dommel in het Hageven
Pauwels, I., Leyssen, A., De Knijf, G., Huysentruyt, F. & Courtens, W., 13-Oct-2023, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4684)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Seabirds and offshore wind farms: The potential value of sensitivity mapping in marine spatial planning
Vanermen, N., Courtens, W., Van de walle, M., Verstraete, H. & Stienen, E., 15-Jan-2023, Memoirs on the Marine Environment - Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Getting ready for offshore wind farm expansion in the North Sea. p. 55-67 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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Vogelrichtlijngebied in de kijker: Kustbroedvogels te Zeebrugge-Heist
STIENEN, E. (ed.), Courtens, W., Matheve, H., Van De Walle, M., Vanermen, N., Verstraete, H. & Devos, K., 2023, In: Oriolus: Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Ornithologie. 2, p. 45-67 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: Article in a journal with peer review, not included in A1 › peer-review
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Adult and chick diet of Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis in the Dutch Delta area in 2013-2021
Courtens, W., Mouton, C., Fijn, R. & Stienen, E., 2022, Sandwich Terns in the Netherlands in 2019-2021: Distribution, behaviour, survival and diet in light of (future) offshore wind farms. p. 116-138 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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Cijfers en kaarten van het project Algemene Broedvogels Vlaanderen en het Vogelatlas-project
Vermeersch, G., Onkelinx, T., Feys, S., Driessens, G., Courtens, W., T'Jollyn, F. & Devos, K., 2022, In: Vogelnieuws : ornithologische nieuwsbrief van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 35Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Vogelnieuws
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Datasets
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Photos and measurements of otoliths from fish caught in the southern part of the North Sea
Verstraete, H. (Creator), Courtens, W. (Creator), Daelemans, R. (Creator), Van De Walle, M. (Creator), Vanermen, N. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator) & Stienen, E. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 29-Oct-2020
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Bird tracking - GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast
Stienen, E. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Data manager), Aelterman, B. (Contributor), Courtens, W. (Contributor), Feys, S. (Contributor), Vanermen, N. (Contributor), Verstraete, H. (Contributor) & Van De Walle, M. (Contributor), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 18-Jun-2014
DOI: 10.15468/02omly, http://dataset.inbo.be/bird-tracking-gull-occurrences
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