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  1. Selecting the right bird model in experimental studies on endocrine disrupting chemicals

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  2. Spatial and interspecific variation of accumulated trace metals between remote and urbane dwelling birds of Pakistan

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  3. Influence of taxa, trophic level, and location on bioaccumulation of toxic metals in bird’s feathers: A preliminary biomonitoring study using multiple bird species from Pakistan

    Article • Chemosphere, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  4. Brominated and phosphorus flame retardants in White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla nestlings: Bioaccumulation and associations with dietary proxies (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  5. Legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in the Barn Owl

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  6. POPs in the Terrestrial Environment

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  7. List of Contributors

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  8. Antiparasite treatments reduce humoral immunity and impact oxidative status in raptor nestlings

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  9. Plasma concentrations of organohalogenated pollutants in predatory bird nestlings: Associations to growth rate and dietary tracers

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  10. Polar bear stress hormone cortisol fluctuates with the North Atlantic Oscillation climate index

    Article • Polar Biology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  11. Ecological and spatial factors drive intra- and interspecific variation in exposure of subarctic predatory bird nestlings to persistent organic pollutants

    Article • Environment International, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  12. Perfluoroalkyl substances in soft tissues and tail feathers of Belgian barn owls (Tyto alba) using statistical methods for left-censored data to handle non-detects

    Article • Environment International, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  13. Can starling eggs be useful as a biomonitoring tool to study organohalogenated contaminants on a worldwide scale?

    Article • Environment International, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  14. Blood plasma clinical–chemical parameters as biomarker endpoints for organohalogen contaminant exposure in Norwegian raptor nestlings

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  15. A comparison of non-destructive sampling strategies to assess the exposure of white-tailed eagle nestlings (Haliaeetus albicilla) to persistent organic pollutants

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  16. Body feathers as a potential new biomonitoring tool in raptors: A study on organohalogenated contaminants in different feather types and preen oil of West Greenland white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla)

    Article • Environment International, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  17. A first evaluation of the usefulness of feathers of nestling predatory birds for non-destructive biomonitoring of persistent organic pollutants

    Article • Environment International, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  18. A screening of persistent organohalogenated contaminants in hair of East Greenland polar bears

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  19. Distribution of PCBs, Their Hydroxylated Metabolites, and Other Phenolic Contaminants in Human Serum from Two European Countries†

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  20. Relationships between organohalogen contaminants and blood plasma clinical–chemical parameters in chicks of three raptor species from Northern Norway

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Prof Dr Christian Sonne

  21. The relationship between perfluorinated chemical levels in the feathers and livers of birds from different trophic levels

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  22. Effects of laying order and experimentally increased egg production on organic pollutants in eggs of a terrestrial songbird species, the great tit (Parus major)

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  23. Concentrations in bird feathers reflect regional contamination with organic pollutants

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  24. Interspecific differences in concentrations and congener profiles of chlorinated and brominated organic pollutants in three insectivorous bird species

    Article • Environment International, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  25. An exposure study with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): Toxicokinetics and reproductive effects

    Article • Environmental Pollution, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  26. Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool

    Article • Environment International, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers, Professor János Török

  27. Preen oil as the main source of external contamination with organic pollutants onto feathers of the common magpie (Pica pica)

    Article • Environment International, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  28. Predatory Bird Species Show Different Patterns of Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls (HO-PCBs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  29. Variation, levels and profiles of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in great tit (Parus major) eggs from different types of sampling locations in Flanders (Belgium)

    Article • Environment International, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  30. Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in various tissues of birds of prey

    Article • Environmental Pollution, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  31. Accumulation of Organochlorines and Brominated Flame Retardants in the Eggs and Nestlings of Great Tits, Parus major

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  32. Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in eggs of little owls (Athene noctua) from Belgium

    Article • Environmental Pollution, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  33. FEATHERS AS A NONDESTRUCTIVE BIOMONITOR FOR PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers

  34. The importance of exogenous contamination on heavy metal levels in bird feathers. A field experiment with free-living great tits, Parus major

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Veerle LB Jaspers