Marcel E. Visser

Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally
Radchuk, V., Jones, C. V., McLean, N., Charmantier, A., Teplitsky, C., Alisauskas, R., Ancona, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arcese, P., Arlt, D., Aubry, L. M., Bailey, L., Barbraud, C., Berg, K. S., Berteaux, D., Blumstein, D. T., Bouwhuis, S., Brose, U., Brouwer, L. & Catry, P. & 62 others, Chero, G., Chiaradia, A., Courtiol, A., Daunt, F., Delord, K., Dobson, F. S., Drummond, H., Eeva, T., Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Genovart, M., Granadeiro, J. P., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Harris, M., Igual, J. M., Janzen, F., Keogan, K., Korpimäki, E., Kramer-Schadt, S., Kruuk, L. E. B., Lewis, S., Mallory, M., Martin, J., Massot, M., Matthysen, E., Mihoub, J. B., Møller, A. P., Nater, C. R., Newell, M., Oppel, S., Oro, D., Ortega, S., Parejo, D., Pärt, T., Payo-Payo, A., Pemberton, J., Phillips, R. A., Pillay, N., Avilés, J. M., Rödel, H. G., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Saraux, C., Schielzeth, H., Schradin, C., Schroeder, J., Sheldon, B. C., Tavecchia, G., Tarwater, C. E., Veiberg, V., Viblanc, V. A., von Holst, D., Vriend, S. J. G., Wanless, S., Wheelwright, N., Wood, A. G., Sæther, B. E., Jenouvrier, S., Clobert, J., Beissinger, S. R., Visser, M. E., Reed, T. E. & van de Pol, M., 12 Jan 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 479.
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
1 Citation (Scopus)
Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness
Buddendorf, S. W. J. (Corresponding author), Broeckx, H. D., van Delft, J., Groot, A. T., Visser, M. E., Burdfield-Steel, E. R. & Spoelstra, K., Feb 2026, In: Biological Conservation. 314, 111638.
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
1 Citation (Scopus)
Female chronotype relates to lay date but not fitness in an island population of great tits
Strauß, A. F. T., Tomotani, B. M., Helm, B. & Visser, M. E., 10 Jan 2026, In: Oecologia. 208, 22.
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
Supplemental feeding as experimental tool to understand why birds do not lay earlier in the season
Both, C. & Visser, M. E., 23 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2026, 1, 03537.
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
Timing of attraction to light of nocturnal insects is spectrum and taxon dependent: implications for mitigating light pollution
Charvalakis, G. A., van Boxem, N., Visser, M. E., Hut, R. A. & Spoelstra, K., 26 Jan 2026, In: Biological Conservation. 315, 111711.
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

5 Active
22 Finished

InsectDevelop: Insect egg development in a warming world: an eco-evo-devo approach to assess the adaptive potential of wild populations
Visser, M. E. (PI)
01/10/2025 → 01/04/2030
Project: Research
Space-for-time: predicting genetic adaptation to climate change from spatial adaptation patterns
van Dis, N. (PI) & Visser, M. E. (Supervisor)
01/10/2025 → 30/09/2029
Project: Research
NESTKAST 1.0: digitisation and FAIRification of a nation-wide data set on breeding birds in nest boxes from 1922 to 1950
Visser, M. E. (PI), Vriend, S. (Collaborator) & Burant, J. (Collaborator)
01/09/2024 → 01/09/2026
Project: Research
The heartbeat of the forest: using a digital twin to assess cascading effects of beech crop dynamics on a species interaction network
Visser, M. E. (PI)
01/07/2024 → 30/06/2028
Project: Research
LTER LIFE: A research infrastructure to develop Digital Twins of ecosystems in a changing world
Visser, M. E. (PI), Bakker, E. S. (PI) & Hof, C. H. J. (PI)
01/06/2023 → 30/06/2033
Project: Research

Dutch Data Incentive Prize for the Medical and Life Sciences
Culina, A. (Recipient) & Visser, M. E. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) › Societal
Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
Visser, M. E. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researcher
Visser, M. E. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction › Academic
Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researcher
Visser, M. E. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other distinction › Academic
Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researcher
Visser, M. E. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other distinction › Academic

Supervision of PhD Beatriz Baptista Marques Dos Santos Taboada
Rowe, M. (Supervisor) & Visser, M. E. (Supervisor)
15 Nov 2025 → 15 Nov 2028
Activity: Teaching/Examination/Supervision › PhD candidate supervision
NESTKAST Lezingendag 2025
Burant, J. (Organiser), Visser, M. E. (Organiser) & Oosterkamp, W. (Organiser)
11 Oct 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Workshop, seminar › Societal
Een korte geschiedenis van het nestkastonderzoek in Nederland
Visser, M. E. (Invited speaker)
11 Oct 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Societal
The evolution and ecology of avian seasonal timing in a changing world: understanding the past and predicting the future
Visser, M. E. (Invited speaker)
02 Oct 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Academic
Supervision of PhD Emma Sellers
Rowe, M. (Supervisor) & Visser, M. E. (Supervisor)
01 Oct 2025 → 01 Oct 2029
Activity: Teaching/Examination/Supervision › PhD candidate supervision

Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout
Visser, M. E.
03/04/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout
Visser, M. E.
03/04/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout
Visser, M. E. & van Deventer, M.
03/04/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Het eerste koolmeesei van 2026 is het allervroegste ooit
Visser, M. E. & van Deventer, M.
02/04/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Vroegste koolmees-ei ooit gevonden in meer dan 70 jaar onderzoek
Visser, M. E. & van Deventer, M.
02/04/2026
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research

Wintermoth developmental temperature sensitivity
van Dis, N. (Owner), Risse, J. (Contributor), Pijl, A. (Creator), Hut, R. A. (Creator), Visser, M. E. (Creator) & Wertheim, B. (Creator), European Nucleotide Archive (ENA), 20 Sept 2022
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB55675
Dataset
Data from: Combining acoustic tracking and LiDAR to study bat flight behaviour in three-dimensional space
Hermans, C. (Creator), koblitz, J. (Creator), Bartholomeus, H. (Creator), Stilz, P. (Creator), Visser, M. E. (Creator) & Spoelstra, K. (Creator), DataverseNL, 20 Oct 2022
DOI: 10.34894/CHW0HB
Dataset
Data from: Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant
Tomotani, B. (Creator), De la Hera, I. (Creator), Lange, C. (Creator), van Lith, B. (Creator), Meddle, S. L. (Creator), Both, C. (Creator) & Visser, M. E. (Creator), Dryad, 19 Aug 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kb89vs7
Dataset
Quantifying individual variation in reaction norms: mind the residual
Ramakers, J. (Creator), Visser, M. E. (Creator) & Gienapp, P. (Creator), Dryad, 04 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.tqjq2bvts
Dataset
Data from: Short-term, but not long-term, increased daytime workload leads to decreased night-time energetics in a free-living song bird
Visser, M. E. (Creator), van Dooremalen, C. (Creator), Tomotani, B. (Creator), Bushuev, A. (Creator), Meijer, H. A. J. (Creator), te Marvelde, L. (Creator) & Gienapp, P. (Creator), Dryad, 17 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pp77bs0
Dataset

Marcel E. Visser

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Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally

Dimming streetlights in urban areas reduces insect attraction but pipistrelle bats forage more in darkness

Female chronotype relates to lay date but not fitness in an island population of great tits

Supplemental feeding as experimental tool to understand why birds do not lay earlier in the season

Timing of attraction to light of nocturnal insects is spectrum and taxon dependent: implications for mitigating light pollution

InsectDevelop: Insect egg development in a warming world: an eco-evo-devo approach to assess the adaptive potential of wild populations

Space-for-time: predicting genetic adaptation to climate change from spatial adaptation patterns

NESTKAST 1.0: digitisation and FAIRification of a nation-wide data set on breeding birds in nest boxes from 1922 to 1950

The heartbeat of the forest: using a digital twin to assess cascading effects of beech crop dynamics on a species interaction network

LTER LIFE: A research infrastructure to develop Digital Twins of ecosystems in a changing world

Dutch Data Incentive Prize for the Medical and Life Sciences

Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW)

Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researcher

Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researcher

Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researcher

Supervision of PhD Beatriz Baptista Marques Dos Santos Taboada

NESTKAST Lezingendag 2025

Een korte geschiedenis van het nestkastonderzoek in Nederland

The evolution and ecology of avian seasonal timing in a changing world: understanding the past and predicting the future

Supervision of PhD Emma Sellers

Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout

Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout

Eerste koolmeesei ooit vroeg gelegd in Oosterhout

Het eerste koolmeesei van 2026 is het allervroegste ooit

Vroegste koolmees-ei ooit gevonden in meer dan 70 jaar onderzoek

Wintermoth developmental temperature sensitivity

Data from: Combining acoustic tracking and LiDAR to study bat flight behaviour in three-dimensional space

Data from: Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant

Quantifying individual variation in reaction norms: mind the residual

Data from: Short-term, but not long-term, increased daytime workload leads to decreased night-time energetics in a free-living song bird

Marcel E. Visser

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