Dr Jelle Boonekamp
- Senior Lecturer (Physiology Ageing & Welfare)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627XBiography
2008 – 2009 University of Wageningen (lecturer)
2009 – 2013 University of Groningen (PhD)
2014 – 2016 GELIFES University of Groningen (Post-doc)
2017 – 2018 TRES University of Groningen (Post-doc)
2018 – 2020 CEC University of Exeter (Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow)
2020 – present SBOHVM University of Glasgow (lecturer)
Research interests
My research focusses on understanding the ultimate (evolutionary) and proximate (physiological) causes of senescence. I use birds and insects as study systems to investigate candidate mechanisms of ageing such as oxidative stress and telomere attrition. My research uses a combination of experimental approaches in the lab and in the wild to investigate causal relationships, and quantitative genetic approaches to estimate selection, heritability, and evolution. In the context of evolution and local adaptation I am also interested in pathways of non-genetic inheritance, such as inter- and transgenerational epigenetic effects based on the work of Waddington.
For more info see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jelle_Boonekamp
Research groups
Publications
2026
Kalra, Anika, Dominoni, Davide and Boonekamp, Jelle 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2026)
The impact of microplastics on the mice gut microbiome: a meta-analysis.
Scientific Reports, 16(1),
18785.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-49190-y)
(PMID:42020632)
(PMCID:PMC13272680)
Tregenza, Tom, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Ojanguren, Alfredo F., Hopwood, Paul and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2026)
Impacts of parental age and inbreeding on fitness in a wild insect.
PLoS Biology, 24(3),
e3003713.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003713)
(PMID:41805840)
(PMCID:PMC12991364)
2025
Reid, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Dawson, Neal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-8692, Evans, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Mitchell, Christopher, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2025)
Artificial light at night weakens body condition but does not negatively affect physiological markers of health in great tits.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(13),
jeb249926.
(doi: 10.1242/jeb.249926)
(PMID:40509875)
(PMCID:PMC12276810)
Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2025)
Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3),
pp. 368-378.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171)
(PMID:39219149)
(PMCID:PMC11880655)
2024
Monaghan, Pat ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2024)
An integrative approach to understanding variation in the form, pattern and pace of ageing.
In: Lemaître, Jean-François and Pavard, Samuel (eds.)
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity.
Cambridge University Press, pp. 138-161.
ISBN 9781009007245
(doi: 10.1017/9781009007245.009)
Reid, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Haddou, Yacob, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2024)
The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027),
20240617.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617)
(PMID:39016598)
(PMCID:PMC11253839)
2023
Badás, Elisa P., Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws.
Molecular Ecology, 32(24),
pp. 6913-6923.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.17177)
(PMID:37864481)
Lodjak, Jaanis, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Lendvai, Ádám Z. and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Short- and long-term effects of nutritional state on IGF-1 levels in nestlings of a wild passerine.
Oecologia, 203,
pp. 27-35.
(doi: 10.1007/s00442-023-05445-3)
(PMID:37676486)
(PMCID:PMC10615909)
Tregenza, Tom, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Ojanguren, Alfredo F., Hopwood, Paul and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2023)
Impacts of Parental Age and Inbreeding on Fitness in a Wild Insect.
Other.
Public Library of Science.
(Accepted for Publication)
Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Hopwood, Paul, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Edwards, Stanley A., Price, Tom W., Rees, Jasper and Tregenza, Tom
(2023)
Local adaptation does not constrain the expression of behaviour in translocated wild crickets.
Animal Behaviour, 200,
pp. 15-23.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.010)
Borger, Mirjam J., Buach, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross-foster experiment.
Journal of Avian Biology, 2023(5-6),
e03099.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.03099)
Armstrong, Emma and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2023)
Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres in vivo? A meta-analysis.
Ageing Research Reviews, 85,
101854.
(doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2023.101854)
(PMID:36657619)
2022
Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Korsten, Peter, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2022)
High heritability of telomere length and low heritability of telomere shortening in wild birds.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6308-6323.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.16183)
(PMID:34532917)
(PMCID:PMC9787985)
Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Hopwood, Paul, Zuidersma, Erica, Mulder, Ellis, Wilson, Alastair, Verhulst, Simon and Tregenza, Tom
(2022)
Telomere length is highly heritable and independent of growth rate manipulated by temperature in field crickets.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6128-6140.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.15888)
(PMID:33728719)
2021
Tregenza, T. et al. (2021) Evidence for genetic isolation and local adaptation in the field cricket Gryllus campestris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(10), pp. 1624-1636. (doi: 10.1111/jeb.13911) (PMID:34378263)
2020
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Bauch, Christina, Verhulst, Simon and Richardson, David
(2020)
Experimentally increased brood size accelerates actuarial senescence and increases subsequent reproductive effort in a wild bird population.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(6),
pp. 1395-1407.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13186)
(PMID:32037534)
(PMCID:PMC7317873)
Makai, Gul, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2020)
Males and females differ in how their behaviour changes with age in wild crickets.
Animal Behaviour, 164,
pp. 1-8.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.011)
Goerlich, V. C., Dijkstra, C., Boonekamp, J. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Groothuis, T. G. G.
(2020)
Change in body mass can overrule the effects of maternal testosterone on primary offspring sex ratio of first eggs in homing pigeons.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83(3),
pp. 490-500.
(doi: 10.1086/651315)
(PMID:20345244)
2019
Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Fisher, David, Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Slower senescence in a wild insect population in years with a more female-biased sex ratio.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1900),
20190286.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0286)
(PMID:30940063)
(PMCID:PMC6501688)
Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Korsten, Peter, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2019)
Epigenetic inheritance of telomere length in wild birds.
PLoS Genetics, 15(2),
e1007827.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007827)
(PMID:30763308)
(PMCID:PMC6375570)
Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Liu, Xing P., Skicko, Ian, Fisher, David N., Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Testing the effect of early‐life reproductive effort on age‐related decline in a wild insect.
Evolution, 73(2),
pp. 317-328.
(doi: 10.1111/evo.13679)
(PMID:30597559)
(PMCID:PMC6590129)
Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Liu, Xing P., Skicko, Ian, Haugland Pedersen, Sophie, Fisher, David N., Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Comparing individual and population measures of senescence across 10 years in a wild insect population.
Evolution, 73(2),
pp. 293-302.
(doi: 10.1111/evo.13674)
(PMID:30597539)
(PMCID:PMC6590638)
2018
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, Ellis, Verhulst, Simon and Coulson, Tim
(2018)
Canalisation in the wild: effects of developmental conditions on physiological traits are inversely linked to their association with fitness.
Ecology Letters, 21(6),
pp. 857-864.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.12953)
(PMID:29601669)
Wilbourn, Rachael V., Moatt, Joshua P., Froy, Hannah, Walling, Craig A., Nussey, Daniel H. and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2018)
The relationship between telomere length and mortality risk in non-model vertebrate systems: a meta-analysis.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1741),
p. 20160447.
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0447)
(PMID:29335371)
(PMCID:PMC5784067)
2017
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Bauch, Christina, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2017)
Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres?
Biology Letters, 13(5),
20170164.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0164)
(PMID:28468913)
(PMCID:PMC5454244)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dijkstra, Rutger, Dijkstra, Cor, Verhulst, Simon and Blanckenhorn, Wolf
(2017)
Canalization of development reduces the utility of traits as fitness biomarkers: feather fault bars in nestling birds.
Functional Ecology, 31(3),
pp. 719-727.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12765)
Briga, Michael, Koetsier, Egbert, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Jimeno, Blanca and Verhulst, Simon
(2017)
Food availability affects adult survival trajectories depending on early developmental conditions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1846),
20162287.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2287)
(PMID:28053061)
(PMCID:PMC5247499)
2016
Atema, Els, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Verhulst, Simon
(2016)
Costs of long-term carrying of extra mass in a songbird.
Behavioral Ecology, 27(4),
pp. 1087-1096.
(doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw019)
Gorter, Jenke A., Jagadeesh, Samyukta, Gahr, Christoph, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Levine, Joel D. and Billeter, Jean-Christophe
(2016)
The nutritional and hedonic value of food modulate sexual receptivity in Drosophila melanogaster females.
Scientific Reports, 6,
19441.
(doi: 10.1038/srep19441)
(PMID:26777264)
(PMCID:PMC4726014)
2015
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Briga, Michael and Verhulst, Simon
(2015)
The heuristic value of redundancy models of aging.
Experimental Gerontology, 71,
pp. 95-102.
(doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.09.005)
(PMID:26362219)
2014
Verhulst, Simon, Geerdink, Moniek, Salomons, H. Martijn and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2014)
Social life histories: jackdaw dominance increases with age, terminally declines and shortens lifespan.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1791),
20141045.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1045)
(PMID:25100696)
(PMCID:PMC4132676)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, G.A., Salomons, H. Martijn, Dijkstra, Cor and Verhulst, Simon
(2014)
Nestling telomere shortening, but not telomere length, reflects developmental stress and predicts survival in wild birds.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1785),
20133287.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3287)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Salomons, Martijn, Bouwhuis, Sandra, Dijkstra, Cor, Verhulst, Simon and Sorci, Gabriele
(2014)
Reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence in wild birds: an experimental study.
Ecology Letters, 17(5),
pp. 599-605.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.12263)
(PMID:24818237)
2013
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Simons, Mirre J. P., Hemerik, Lia and Verhulst, Simon
(2013)
Telomere length behaves as biomarker of somatic redundancy rather than biological age.
Aging Cell, 12(2),
pp. 330-332.
(doi: 10.1111/acel.12050)
(PMID:23346961)
2008
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Ros, Albert H.F. and Verhulst, Simon
(2008)
Immune activation suppresses plasma testosterone level: a meta-analysis.
Biology Letters, 4(6),
pp. 741-744.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0347)
(PMID:18700197)
(PMCID:PMC2614147)
Articles
Kalra, Anika, Dominoni, Davide and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2026)
The impact of microplastics on the mice gut microbiome: a meta-analysis.
Scientific Reports, 16(1),
18785.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-49190-y)
(PMID:42020632)
(PMCID:PMC13272680)
Tregenza, Tom, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Ojanguren, Alfredo F., Hopwood, Paul and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2026)
Impacts of parental age and inbreeding on fitness in a wild insect.
PLoS Biology, 24(3),
e3003713.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003713)
(PMID:41805840)
(PMCID:PMC12991364)
Reid, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Dawson, Neal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-8692, Evans, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Mitchell, Christopher, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2025)
Artificial light at night weakens body condition but does not negatively affect physiological markers of health in great tits.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(13),
jeb249926.
(doi: 10.1242/jeb.249926)
(PMID:40509875)
(PMCID:PMC12276810)
Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089
(2025)
Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3),
pp. 368-378.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171)
(PMID:39219149)
(PMCID:PMC11880655)
Reid, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Haddou, Yacob, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955
(2024)
The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027),
20240617.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617)
(PMID:39016598)
(PMCID:PMC11253839)
Badás, Elisa P., Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws.
Molecular Ecology, 32(24),
pp. 6913-6923.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.17177)
(PMID:37864481)
Lodjak, Jaanis, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Lendvai, Ádám Z. and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Short- and long-term effects of nutritional state on IGF-1 levels in nestlings of a wild passerine.
Oecologia, 203,
pp. 27-35.
(doi: 10.1007/s00442-023-05445-3)
(PMID:37676486)
(PMCID:PMC10615909)
Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Hopwood, Paul, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Edwards, Stanley A., Price, Tom W., Rees, Jasper and Tregenza, Tom
(2023)
Local adaptation does not constrain the expression of behaviour in translocated wild crickets.
Animal Behaviour, 200,
pp. 15-23.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.010)
Borger, Mirjam J., Buach, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Verhulst, Simon
(2023)
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross-foster experiment.
Journal of Avian Biology, 2023(5-6),
e03099.
(doi: 10.1111/jav.03099)
Armstrong, Emma and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2023)
Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres in vivo? A meta-analysis.
Ageing Research Reviews, 85,
101854.
(doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2023.101854)
(PMID:36657619)
Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Korsten, Peter, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2022)
High heritability of telomere length and low heritability of telomere shortening in wild birds.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6308-6323.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.16183)
(PMID:34532917)
(PMCID:PMC9787985)
Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Hopwood, Paul, Zuidersma, Erica, Mulder, Ellis, Wilson, Alastair, Verhulst, Simon and Tregenza, Tom
(2022)
Telomere length is highly heritable and independent of growth rate manipulated by temperature in field crickets.
Molecular Ecology, 31(23),
pp. 6128-6140.
(doi: 10.1111/mec.15888)
(PMID:33728719)
Tregenza, T. et al. (2021) Evidence for genetic isolation and local adaptation in the field cricket Gryllus campestris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(10), pp. 1624-1636. (doi: 10.1111/jeb.13911) (PMID:34378263)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Bauch, Christina, Verhulst, Simon and Richardson, David
(2020)
Experimentally increased brood size accelerates actuarial senescence and increases subsequent reproductive effort in a wild bird population.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(6),
pp. 1395-1407.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13186)
(PMID:32037534)
(PMCID:PMC7317873)
Makai, Gul, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2020)
Males and females differ in how their behaviour changes with age in wild crickets.
Animal Behaviour, 164,
pp. 1-8.
(doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.03.011)
Goerlich, V. C., Dijkstra, C., Boonekamp, J. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Groothuis, T. G. G.
(2020)
Change in body mass can overrule the effects of maternal testosterone on primary offspring sex ratio of first eggs in homing pigeons.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83(3),
pp. 490-500.
(doi: 10.1086/651315)
(PMID:20345244)
Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Fisher, David, Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Slower senescence in a wild insect population in years with a more female-biased sex ratio.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1900),
20190286.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0286)
(PMID:30940063)
(PMCID:PMC6501688)
Bauch, Christina, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Korsten, Peter, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2019)
Epigenetic inheritance of telomere length in wild birds.
PLoS Genetics, 15(2),
e1007827.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007827)
(PMID:30763308)
(PMCID:PMC6375570)
Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Liu, Xing P., Skicko, Ian, Fisher, David N., Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Testing the effect of early‐life reproductive effort on age‐related decline in a wild insect.
Evolution, 73(2),
pp. 317-328.
(doi: 10.1111/evo.13679)
(PMID:30597559)
(PMCID:PMC6590129)
Rodríguez‐Muñoz, Rolando, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Liu, Xing P., Skicko, Ian, Haugland Pedersen, Sophie, Fisher, David N., Hopwood, Paul and Tregenza, Tom
(2019)
Comparing individual and population measures of senescence across 10 years in a wild insect population.
Evolution, 73(2),
pp. 293-302.
(doi: 10.1111/evo.13674)
(PMID:30597539)
(PMCID:PMC6590638)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, Ellis, Verhulst, Simon and Coulson, Tim
(2018)
Canalisation in the wild: effects of developmental conditions on physiological traits are inversely linked to their association with fitness.
Ecology Letters, 21(6),
pp. 857-864.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.12953)
(PMID:29601669)
Wilbourn, Rachael V., Moatt, Joshua P., Froy, Hannah, Walling, Craig A., Nussey, Daniel H. and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2018)
The relationship between telomere length and mortality risk in non-model vertebrate systems: a meta-analysis.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1741),
p. 20160447.
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0447)
(PMID:29335371)
(PMCID:PMC5784067)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Bauch, Christina, Mulder, Ellis and Verhulst, Simon
(2017)
Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres?
Biology Letters, 13(5),
20170164.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0164)
(PMID:28468913)
(PMCID:PMC5454244)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dijkstra, Rutger, Dijkstra, Cor, Verhulst, Simon and Blanckenhorn, Wolf
(2017)
Canalization of development reduces the utility of traits as fitness biomarkers: feather fault bars in nestling birds.
Functional Ecology, 31(3),
pp. 719-727.
(doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12765)
Briga, Michael, Koetsier, Egbert, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Jimeno, Blanca and Verhulst, Simon
(2017)
Food availability affects adult survival trajectories depending on early developmental conditions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1846),
20162287.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2287)
(PMID:28053061)
(PMCID:PMC5247499)
Atema, Els, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X and Verhulst, Simon
(2016)
Costs of long-term carrying of extra mass in a songbird.
Behavioral Ecology, 27(4),
pp. 1087-1096.
(doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw019)
Gorter, Jenke A., Jagadeesh, Samyukta, Gahr, Christoph, Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Levine, Joel D. and Billeter, Jean-Christophe
(2016)
The nutritional and hedonic value of food modulate sexual receptivity in Drosophila melanogaster females.
Scientific Reports, 6,
19441.
(doi: 10.1038/srep19441)
(PMID:26777264)
(PMCID:PMC4726014)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Briga, Michael and Verhulst, Simon
(2015)
The heuristic value of redundancy models of aging.
Experimental Gerontology, 71,
pp. 95-102.
(doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.09.005)
(PMID:26362219)
Verhulst, Simon, Geerdink, Moniek, Salomons, H. Martijn and Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2014)
Social life histories: jackdaw dominance increases with age, terminally declines and shortens lifespan.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1791),
20141045.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1045)
(PMID:25100696)
(PMCID:PMC4132676)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Mulder, G.A., Salomons, H. Martijn, Dijkstra, Cor and Verhulst, Simon
(2014)
Nestling telomere shortening, but not telomere length, reflects developmental stress and predicts survival in wild birds.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 281(1785),
20133287.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3287)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Salomons, Martijn, Bouwhuis, Sandra, Dijkstra, Cor, Verhulst, Simon and Sorci, Gabriele
(2014)
Reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence in wild birds: an experimental study.
Ecology Letters, 17(5),
pp. 599-605.
(doi: 10.1111/ele.12263)
(PMID:24818237)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Simons, Mirre J. P., Hemerik, Lia and Verhulst, Simon
(2013)
Telomere length behaves as biomarker of somatic redundancy rather than biological age.
Aging Cell, 12(2),
pp. 330-332.
(doi: 10.1111/acel.12050)
(PMID:23346961)
Boonekamp, Jelle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Ros, Albert H.F. and Verhulst, Simon
(2008)
Immune activation suppresses plasma testosterone level: a meta-analysis.
Biology Letters, 4(6),
pp. 741-744.
(doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0347)
(PMID:18700197)
(PMCID:PMC2614147)
Book Sections
Monaghan, Pat ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2024)
An integrative approach to understanding variation in the form, pattern and pace of ageing.
In: Lemaître, Jean-François and Pavard, Samuel (eds.)
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity.
Cambridge University Press, pp. 138-161.
ISBN 9781009007245
(doi: 10.1017/9781009007245.009)
Research Reports or Papers
Tregenza, Tom, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rolando, Ojanguren, Alfredo F., Hopwood, Paul and Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X
(2023)
Impacts of Parental Age and Inbreeding on Fitness in a Wild Insect.
Other.
Public Library of Science.
(Accepted for Publication)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Too hot to care? Understanding parental care and mate choice in a changing world
Leverhulme Trust
2025 - 2028
- Ageing of the germline: testing alternative theories of ageing
Leverhulme Trust
2024 - 2028
- Predictors of COVID-19 Outcomes
Natural Environment Research Council
2023 - 2023
- Developing health and frailty biomarkers linking environmental conditions to fitness in a wild insect population
Wild Animal Initiative
2022 - 2024
Supervision
- Pitt, Mark
Parental age effects on offspring quality
Teaching
I am coordinating the following courses
L3 Vertebrate Life (with Ash Le Vin)
L4 Animal Ecophysiology (with Shaun Killen)
Professional activities & recognition
Research fellowships
- 2018 - 2020: Marie Curie Fellowship
Grant committees & research advisory boards
- 2021 - 2022: European Research Council, Marie-Curie
Editorial boards
- 2023: Journal of animal ecology
Professional & learned societies
- , British Ecological Society
