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Researcher

Bram Vanden Broecke

Awards & Distinctions

24 Results

2025

Modeling rodent population and pathogen dynamics in agricultural environments: Assessing the impact of control strategies on disease transmission

Marina VoinsonBram Vanden BroeckeHerwig LeirsVincent Sluydts

U Journal Article in Ecological Modelling

The use of miniaturised bluetooth low energy proximity loggers to study contacts among small rodents in agricultural settings

Florian HuelsBram Vanden BroeckeVincent SluydtsLucinda KirkpatrickIvan Herrera OlivaresHendrik EnnenDries VermeirenHerwig LeirsJens Jacob

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2024

Antibodies against medically relevant arthropod-borne viruses in the ubiquitous African rodent Mastomys natalensis

Wim De KeselBram Vanden BroeckeBenny BorremansLéa FourchaultElisabeth WillemsAnn CeulemansChristopher SabuniApia MassaweRhodes H. MakundiHerwig Leirs et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Breeding density affects the movements of gull chicks, the size of their home ranges and their association with neighbours

R. SalasW. MüllerE. StienenHans MatheveBram Vanden BroeckeFrederick VerbruggenLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

Seasonal breeding in three sympatric rodent species in semi-arid Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Kiros WelegerimaRhodes H. MakundiBram Vanden BroeckeNsajigwa E. MbijeYonas Meheretu

A1 Journal Article in MAMMALIA

Unravelling the seasonal dietary dynamics of the endangered garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) in Flanders, Belgium

Manuel Van DoorenOlivier DochyGoedele VerbeylenHerwig LeirsBram Vanden Broecke

A1 Journal Article in BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

2023

Can animal personalities save human lives? Evidence for repeatable differences in activity and anxiety in African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei)

Bram Vanden BroeckeLaura AbrahamKate WebbMiriam SchneiderCynthia D. Fast

A1 Journal Article in APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Drivers behind co-occurrence patterns between pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, and helminths in populations of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis

Bram Vanden BroeckePamela Jones June TafompaBaraka Edson MwamundelaLisse BernaertsAlexis RibasLadslaus L. MnyoneHerwig LeirsJoachim Marien

A1 Journal Article in ACTA TROPICA

2022

SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Antwerp sewer system, Belgium

Valeria Carolina ColomboVincent SluydtsJoachim MarienBram Vanden BroeckeNatalie Van HoutteWannes LeirsLotte JacobsArne IserbytMarine HubertLeo Heyndrickx et al.

A1 Journal Article in TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES

2021

Effects of forest disturbance on the fitness of an endemic rodent in a biodiversity hotspot

Olaoluwa John AdemolaBram Vanden BroeckeHerwig LeirsLoth S. MulunguApia W. MassaweRhodes H. Makundi

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Linking behavior, co-infection patterns, and viral infection risk with the whole gastrointestinal helminth community structure in Mastomys natalensis

Bram Vanden BroeckeLisse BernaertsAlexis RibasVincent SluydtsLadslaus MnyoneErik MatthysenHerwig Leirs

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Nonlinear maternal effects on personality in a rodent species with fluctuating densities

Bram Vanden BroeckeAurelia BongersLadslaus MnyoneErik MatthysenHerwig Leirs

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT ZOOLOGY

Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents : ten essential questions we still need to solve

Harry P. AndreassenJanne SundellFraucke EckeStefan HalleMarko HaapakoskiHeikki HenttonenOtso HuituJens JacobKaja JohnsenEsa Koskela et al.

A1 Journal Article in OECOLOGIA

The effects of personality on survival and trappability in a wild mouse during a population cycle

Bram Vanden BroeckeVincent SluydtsJoachim MariënChristopher Andrew SabuniApia W. MassaweErik MatthysenHerwig Leirs

A1 Journal Article in OECOLOGIA

2020

Factors affecting the composition of rodent assemblages in the North Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Simon ChidodoCharles J. KilaweLadslaus L. MnyoneBram Vanden BroeckeLoth S. Mulungu

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of small rodent pest species in agricultural landscapes in Eastern Uganda

Alex MayambaRobert M. ByamunguBram Vanden BroeckeHerwig LeirsProches HieronimoAlice NakiyembaMoses IsabiryeDavid KifumbaDidas N. KimaroMshaka E. Mdangi et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Feeding behavior and activity of Phlebotomus pedifer and potential reservoir hosts of Leishmania aethiopica in southwestern Ethiopia

Myrthe PareynAbena KochoraLuca Van RooyNigatu EligoBram Vanden BroeckeNigatu GirmaBehailu MerdekiosTeklu WegayehuLouis MaesGuy Caljon et al.

A1 Journal Article in PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Fitness of the pestiferous small rodent Mastomys natalensis in an agroecosystem in Mayuge district, Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda

Alex MayambaBram Vanden BroeckeHerwig LeirsBrian E. IsabiryeRobert M. ByamunguAlice NakiyembaMoses IsabiryeDavid KifumbaApia W. MassaweDidas N. Kimaro et al.

A1 Journal Article in MAMMALIA

2019

Analysing the recolonisation of a highly fragmented landscape by wild boar using a landscape genetic approach

Anneleen RuttenKaren CoxThomas ScheppersBram Vanden BroeckeHerwig LeirsJim Casaer

A1 Journal Article in WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Relationship between population density and viral infection : a role for personality?

Bram Vanden BroeckeJoachim MariënChristopher Andrew SabuniLadslaus MnyoneApia W. MassaweErik MatthysenHerwig Leirs

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Soil type influences population dynamics and survival of the Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) in semi-arid areas in Tanzania

Emmanuel C. M. MlyashimbiBram Vanden BroeckeJoachim MariënDidas N. KimaroAkwilin J. P. TarimoRobert S. Machang'uMoses IsabiryeRhodes H. MakundiApia W. MassaweProches Hieronimo et al.

A1 Journal Article in CROP PROTECTION

2018

Arenavirus infection correlates with lower survival of its natural rodent host in a long-term capture-mark-recapture study

Joachim MariënVincent SluydtsBenny BorremansSophie GryseelsBram Vanden BroeckeChristopher A SabuniAbdul A S KatakwebaLoth S MulunguStephan GüntherJoëlle Goüy de Bellocq et al.

A1 Journal Article in PARASITES & VECTORS

Does exploratory behavior or activity in a wild mouse explain susceptibility to virus infection?

Bram Vanden BroeckeBenny BorremansJoachim MariënRhodes H. MakundiApia W. MassaweHerwig LeirsNelika K. Hughes

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT ZOOLOGY

2017

Arenavirus dynamics in experimentally and naturally infected rodents

Joachim MariënBenny BorremansSophie GryseelsBram Vanden BroeckeBeate Becker-ZiajaRhodes MakundiApia MassaweJonas ReijniersHerwig Leirs

A1 Journal Article in ECOHEALTH