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Researcher

Laurence Cousseau

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Awards & Distinctions

20 Results

2026

Forest degradation and weather jointly affect early‐life development in a tropical understory bird

Gladys Nyakeru Kung'uLaurence CousseauVirginie CanoineJanne HeiskanenMwangi GithiruPeter NjorogePetri PellikkaJan Christian HabelLuc LensBeate Apfelbeck

A1 Journal Article in GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

2025

An integrative, peer-reviewed and open-source cooperative-breeding database (Co-BreeD)

Yitzchak Ben MochaMaike WoithSophie Scemama de GiallulyLucia BruscagninNatalie KestelShai MarkmanSzymon M. DrobniakVittorio BaglioneJordan BoersmaLaurence Cousseau et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Habitat degradation relates to reduced immune function in nestlings, but not adults, of a tropical forest bird

Tamara Isabelle SorgArne HegemannLaurence CousseauGladys Nyakeru Kung'uJanne HeiskanenPetri PellikkaMwangi GithiruLuc LensBeate Apfelbeck

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF NATURE

Habitat disturbance alters movement behaviour in a social Afrotropical forest bird

Gladys Nyakeru Kung'uChristina FischerJanne HeiskanenLaurence CousseauMwangi GithiruJan Christian HabelKim G. MortegaPeter NjorogeLinda AlilaPetri Pellikka et al.

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Habitat disturbance alters movement behaviour in a social Afrotropical forest bird

Gladys Nyakeru Kung'uChristina FischerJanne HeiskanenLaurence CousseauMwangi GithiruJan Christian HabelKim G. MortegaPeter NjorogeLinda AlilaPetri Pellikka et al.

Heterophil-to-lymphocyte ratio varies with habitat fragmentation and canopy cover in a tropical understory insectivore

Vincent Otieno OnyangoMagdalena GinkoGeorge Gatere NdirituLaurence CousseauJanne HeiskanenGladys Nyakeru Kung'uPeter NjorogeMwangi GithiruPetri PellikkaLuc Lens et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Long-term genetic and demographic surveys reveal the impact of population history, habitat change, and conservation efforts on the globally endangered Turdus helleri (Taita Thrush)

Laurence CousseauPieter SanczukSeppe De MitsCarl VangestelLuca BorghesioMwangi GithiruLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in ORNITHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

2024

Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation

Beate ApfelbeckLaurence CousseauGladys Nyakeru Kung'uVirginie CanoineJanne HeiskanenDavid K. KorirFredrick LalaPetri PellikkaMwangi GithiruLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in ISCIENCE

2023

Anthropogenic activities affect forest structure and arthropod abundance in a Kenyan biodiversity hotspot

Gladys Nyakeru Kung'uLaurence CousseauMwangi GithiruJan Christian HabelMwangi KinyanjuiKennedy MathekaChristine B. SchmittTobias SeifertMike TeucherLuc Lens et al.

A1 Journal Article in BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings

Dries Van de LoockLaurence CousseauBeate ApfelbeckMwangi GithiruLuc LensErik Matthysen

A1 Journal Article in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioural responses to habitat fragmentation

Beate ApfelbeckLaurence CousseauGladys Kung`uVirginie CanoineJanne HeiskanenDavid KorirFredrick LalaPetri PellikkaMwangi GithiruLuc Lens

2022

Kin do not always help : testing multiple hypotheses on nest feeding in a cooperatively breeding bird

Laurence CousseauDries Van de LoockBeate ApfelbeckMwangi GithiruErik MatthysenLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

2020

Female need for paternal care shapes variation in extra-pair paternity in a cooperative breeder

Laurence CousseauDries Van de LoockMwangi GithiruCarl VangestelLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Flexible habitat use in a migratory songbird expanding across a human-modified landscape : is it adaptive?

Robin GaillyLaurence CousseauJean-Yves PaquetNicolas TiteuxMarc Dufrêne

A1 Journal Article in OECOLOGIA

Habitat fragmentation shapes natal dispersal and sociality in an Afrotropical cooperative breeder

Laurence CousseauMartijn HammersDries Van de LoockBeate ApfelbeckMwangi GithiruErik MatthysenLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Kin structure and behavioral strategies in a cooperatively breeding bird

Laurence CousseauLuc Lens

2018

Assessing the dynamics of natural populations by fitting individual-based models with approximate Bayesian computation

Jukka SirenLuc LensLaurence CousseauOtso Ovaskainen

A1 Journal Article in METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

2016

A longitudinal genetic survey identifies temporal shifts in the population structure of Dutch house sparrows

Laurence CousseauM HusemannR FoppenCarl VangestelLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in HEREDITY

2015

Effects of population size and isolation on the genetic structure of the East African mountain white-eye Zosterops poliogaster (Aves)

Martin HusemannLaurence CousseauLuca BorghesioLuc LensJan Christian Habel

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Post-fragmentation population structure in a cooperative breeding Afrotropical cloud forest bird: emergence of a source-sink population network

M HusemannLaurence CousseauTom CallensE MatthysenCarl VangestelC HallmannLuc Lens

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY