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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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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
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DeltaTrack (EVINBO)
Van De Walle, M., Verstraete, H., Vanermen, N., Courtens, W. & Stienen, E.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Evinbo
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Bird Atlas 2020-2024
Spanoghe, G., Courtens, W., Vermeersch, G., Stienen, E., Vanermen, N., Everaert, J., Van De Walle, M., Verstraete, H., Devos, K. & T'Jollyn, F.
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Legally bound
Research output
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Tracking lesser black-backed and herring gulls in the Dutch Delta: Distribution, behaviour, breeding success and diet in relation to (future) offshore wind farms
Vanermen, N., Fijn, R., Rebolledo, E. B., Buijs, R-J., Courtens, W., Duijns, S., Lilipaly, S., Verstraete, H. & Stienen, E., 9-Feb-2022, 69 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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Belgian seabird displacement monitoring program: macro-avoidance of GPS-tagged lesser black-backed gulls & potential habituation of auks and gannets
Vanermen, N., Courtens, W., Van De Walle, M., Verstraete, H. & Stienen, E., 31-Dec-2021, Memoirs of the marine environment: Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea. p. 33-46 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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Geïntegreerde populatie- analyse van vijf soorten kustbroedvogels in het Zuidwestelijk Deltagebied.
Schekkerman, H., Arts, F., Buijs, R-J., Courtens, W., Van Daele, T., Fijn, R., A., V. K., van der Jeugd, H., M., R., Stienen, E., L., D. V. & Ens, B. J., 2021, 100 p. (Sovon-rapport 2021/03, CAPS-rapport 2021/01. )Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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Monitoring van broedvogels, vegetatie en hydrologie binnen de ingerichte percelen ter compensatie van natuurwaarden in de Achterhaven van Zeebrugge - Resultaten 2019 en 2020
Verstraete, H., Van De Walle, M., Courtens, W., Vanermen, N., De Bie, J. & Verbelen, D., 2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 144 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 17)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Monitoring van de instandhouding van kustbroedvogels in de SBZ-V ‘Kustbroedvogels te Zeebrugge-Heist’ en de westelijke voorhaven van Zeebrugge in de periode 2004-2020
Stienen, E., Courtens, W., Van De Walle, M., Vanermen, N. & Verstraete, H., 2021, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 36 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 19)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest › peer-review
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Datasets
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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
Dataset
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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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