| Empirical evidence for differential organ reductions during trans–oceanic bird flight PF Battley, T Piersma, MW Dietz, S Tang, A Dekinga, K Hulsman Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000 | 253 | 2000 |
| Avian pectoral muscle size rapidly tracks body mass changes during flight, fasting and fuelling A Lindstrom, A Kvist, T Piersma, A Dekinga, MW Dietz Journal of Experimental Biology 203 (5), 913-919, 2000 | 190 | 2000 |
| Parental energy expenditure during brood rearing in the great tit (Parus major) in relation to body mass, temperature, food availability and clutch size JM Tinbergen, MW Dietz Functional ecology, 563-572, 1994 | 186 | 1994 |
| Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc-eating in a shorebird II. Optimizing gizzard size in the face of seasonal demands JA van Gils, T Piersma, A Dekinga, MW Dietz Journal of experimental biology 206 (19), 3369-3380, 2003 | 176 | 2003 |
| Glutamate phase shifts circadian activity rhythms in hamsters JH Meijer, EA Van der Zee, M Dietz Neuroscience letters 86 (2), 177-183, 1988 | 172 | 1988 |
| Time course and reversibility of changes in the gizzards of red knots alternately eating hard and soft food A Dekinga, MW Dietz, A Koolhaas, T Piersma Journal of experimental biology 204 (12), 2167-2173, 2001 | 162 | 2001 |
| Estimating organ size in small migrating shorebirds with ultrasonography: an intercalibration exercise MW Dietz, A Dekinga, T Piersma, S Verhulst Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72 (1), 28-37, 1999 | 106 | 1999 |
| Is long-distance bird flight equivalent to a high-energy fast? Body composition changes in freely migrating and captive fasting great knots PF Battley, MW Dietz, T Piersma, A Dekinga, S Tang, K Hulsman Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74 (3), 435-449, 2001 | 99 | 2001 |
| Energy requirements for molt in the kestrel Falco tinnunculus MW Dietz, S Daan, D Masman Physiological zoology 65 (6), 1217-1235, 1992 | 95 | 1992 |
| Intraspecific variation in avian pectoral muscle mass: constraints on maintaining manoeuvrability with increasing body mass MW Dietz, T Piersma, A Hedenström, M Brugge Functional Ecology 21 (2), 317-326, 2007 | 94 | 2007 |
| Body-building without power training: endogenously regulated pectoral muscle hypertrophy in confined shorebirds MW Dietz, T Piersma, A Dekinga Journal of Experimental Biology 202 (20), 2831-2837, 1999 | 85 | 1999 |
| Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to what extent, and why T Piersma, MW Dietz, A Dekinga, S Nebel, J Van Gils, PF Battley, ... Acta ornithol 34 (2), 175-181, 1999 | 63 | 1999 |
| The effects of intraventricular carbachol injections on the free-running activity rhythm of the hamster JH Meijer, E Van der Zee, M Dietz Journal of biological rhythms 3 (4), 333-348, 1988 | 61 | 1988 |
| Basal metabolic rate declines during long-distance migratory flight in great knots PF Battley, A Dekinga, MW Dietz, T Piersma, S Tang, K Hulsman The Condor 103 (4), 838-845, 2001 | 55 | 2001 |
| Daily energy budgets of avian embryos: the paradox of the plateau phase in egg metabolic rate MW Dietz, M van Kampen, MJM van Griensven, S van Mourik Physiological zoology 71 (2), 147-156, 1998 | 42 | 1998 |
| Single‐point isotope measurements in blood cells and plasma to estimate the time since diet switches M Klaassen, T Piersma, H Korthals, A Dekinga, MW Dietz Functional Ecology 24 (4), 796-804, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| When the seasons don't fit: speedy molt as a routine carry-over cost of reproduction MW Dietz, KG Rogers, T Piersma PLoS One 8 (1), e53890, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Heat Increment of Feeding in the Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, and its Natural Seasonal Variation D Masman, S Daan, M Dietz Physiology of cold adaptation in birds, 123-135, 1989 | 38 | 1989 |
| Functional ecology of saltglands in shorebirds: flexible responses to variable environmental conditions JS Gutiérrez, MW Dietz, JA Masero, RE Gill Jr, A Dekinga, PF Battley, ... Functional Ecology 26 (1), 236-244, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| Growth rate and maturation of skeletal muscles over a size range of galliform birds MW Dietz, RE Ricklefs Physiological Zoology 70 (5), 502-510, 1997 | 33 | 1997 |
Theunis PiersmaChair in Global Flyway Ecology at University of Groningen/Royal NIOZVerified email at nioz.nl
