Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Prof Marcel Klaassen
  Phone   +61 3 522 72464
Email   marcel.klaassen@deakin.edu.au
Position   Director, Centre for Integrative Ecology
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Prof. Marcel Klaassen has developed broad research interests including theoretical, experimental and
observational studies on numerous animal, plant and microbe taxa. Throughout this, his focus has
primarily been on bird migration, nutritional ecology and disease ecological issues.

Research interests

  1. Modelling avian migration strategies, population dynamics and conservation strategies
  2. Disease Ecology and the connecting powers of migrants
  3. Nutritional ecology and reserve dynamics in waterfowl, waders and marsupials


Career

Head of Department - Plant-Animal Interactions, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (1997 - 2009)
Postdoc - Netherlands Institute of Ecology (1995 - 1997)
Postdoc - Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Germany (1991 - 1995)
Scientist - Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, The Netherlands (1988 - 1991)
PhD - University of Groningen, The Netherlands (1988-1992)

Key publications

Klaassen, M., Bauer, S., Madsen, J. & Possingham, H. (2008) Optimal management of a goose flyway: migrant management at minimum cost Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 1446-1452

Klaassen, M. & Nolet, B.A. (2008) Stoichiometry of endothermy: shifting the quest from nitrogen to carbon. Ecology Letters 11, 785-792

Van Gils, J.A., Munster, V.J., Radersma, R., Liefhebber, D., Fouchier, R.A. & Klaassen, M. (2007) Hampered foraging and migratory performance in swans infected with low-pathogenic avian influenza A virus PLoS One 2, e184

Nolet, B.A. & Klaassen, M. (2005) Time and energy constraints in demanding phases of the annual cycle: an example of time limitation in refueling migratory swans Oikos 111, 302-310

Klaassen M, Lindstrom A, Meltofte H & Piersma T (2001) Arctic waders are not capital breeders Nature Vol 413, No 6858, 794

Professional activities

Associate Editor Evolutionary Ecology, Journal of Comparative Physiol B, The Auk, Infection Ecology and Epidemiology
member of the National Wild Bird Avian Influenza Surveillance Program Steering Group

Related links

To the Centre for Integrative Ecology
www.deakin.edu.au/scitech/les/ research/rpa/ecophysiology/cie /index.php

An overview of Marcel's publications and more
www.researcherid.com/rid/B-432 5-2008

Personal web page of Marcel at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (as guest researcher)
www.nioo.knaw.nl/users/mklaass en/

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Jutta Leyrermigration and disease ecology David Roshiermigration and disease ecology  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Bethany Hoye (ext.)Host-pathogen interaction: the effects of avian influenza viruses on free-living Mallards Casper van Leeuwen (ext.)Dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterfowl Jacintha van Dijk (ext.)Host-pathogen interaction: the effects of avian influenza viruses on free-living Mallards Megan Page UnderwoodThe consequence of subtle sexual size dimorphism in the ecology of white faced storm petrels Yaara Aharon RotmanMovement Ecology of shorebirds: habitat and flyway selection --  

 

Teaching areas

Vertebrate Structure Function and Evolution
Disease Ecology Epidemiology and Evolution


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