Publications and talks

Here I will keep a list of my publications.

(click on the title to see or download the publication)

TED talk on carnivores and their effects on prey populations during TEDx Ede 2016.

Shared talk with Prof René van de Wal during the ‘Worth to know’ series at SLU in Umeå.

Peer-reviewed

Journals

43. Rocío Cano-Martínez, Neri H. Thorsen, Tim R. Hofmeester, John Odden, John D.C. Linnell, Olivier Devineau, Siaw Yan Jennifer Angoh & Morten Odden (in press) Bottom-up rather than top-down mechanisms determine mesocarnivore interactions in Norway. Ecology and Evolution. (preprint: doi: 10.22541/au.169755366.65406099/v1)

42. Pieter Otte, Joris PGM Cromsigt, Christian Smit & Tim R Hofmeester (early view) Snow cover-related camouflage mismatch increases detection by predators. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. doi: 10.1002/jez.2784

41. David Jachowski, Scott M Bergeson, Stacey R Cotey, Elizabeth Croose, Tim R Hofmeester, Jenny MacPherson, Patrick Wrigth, Camilo A Calderón-Acevedo, Stephen P Carter, Andrin C Dürst, Gregory B Egloff, M Kevin Hamed, Paul Hapeman, Stephen N Harris, Kendyl Hassler, Jean-Yves Humbert, Denise Karp, Roland Kays, Jelena Mausbach, Dana J Morin, Jeroen Mos, Salvador S Allué, Lisa Smith, Joshua P Twining, Chad R Williamson & Karol Zub (early view) Non-invasive methods for monitoring weasels: Emerging technologies and priorities for future research. Mammal Review. doi: 10.1111/mam.12344

40. Tim R Hofmeester, Jeroen Mos & Karol Zub (early view) Comparing direct (live-trapping) and indirect (camera-trapping) approaches for estimating the abundance of weasels (Mustela nivalis). Mammalian Biology. doi: 10.1007/s42991-023-00394-z

39. Jakub W Bubnicki, Ben Norton, Steven J Baskauf, Tom Bruce, Francesca Cagnacci, Jim Casaer, Marcin Churski, Joris PGM Cromsigt, Simone Dal Farra, Christian Fiderer, Tavis D Forrester, Heidi Hendry, Marco Heurich, Tim R Hofmeester, Patrick A Jansen, Roland Kays, Dries PJ Kuijper, Yorick Liefting, John DC Linnell, Mathew S Luskin, Christopher Mann, Tanja Milotic, Peggy Newman, Jürgen Niedballa, Damiano Oldoni, Federico Ossi, Tim Robertson, Francesco Rovero, Marcus Rowcliffe, Lorenzo Seidenari, Izabela Stachowicz, Dan Stowell, Mathias W Tobler, John Wieczorek, Fridolin Zimmermann & Peter Desmet (early view) Camtrap DP: An open standard for the FAIR exchange of archiving of camera trap data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1002/rse2.374

38. Nannet Fabri, Hans Heesterbeek, Joris PGM Cromsigt, Frauke Ecke, Hein Sprong, Lonneke Nijhuis, Tim R Hofmeester & Nienke Hartemink (2024) Exploring the influence of host community composition on the outbreak potential of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 15, 102275. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102275

37. Pablo Palencia, Pelayo Acevedo, Tim R Hofmeester, Jorge Sereno-Cadierno & Joaquin Vicente (2023) Inter-population variability in movement parameters: practical implications for population density estimation. Journal of Wildlife Management, 87, e22473. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.22473

36. Allan W Stokes, Tim R Hofmeester, Neri H Thorsen, John Odden, John DC Linnell & Simen Pedersen (2023) Altitude, latitude, and climate zone as determinants of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) coat colour change. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e10548. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10548

35. Juan Camilo Cepeda-Duque, Eduven Arango-Correa, Gabriel P Andrade-Ponce, Luis Mazariegos, Tim R Hofmeester & Héctor E Ramírez-Chaves (2023) Expanding the frontiers of camera-trapping in Colombia: application of the “Mostela” system to gain knowledge on small non-volant mammals from an Andean cloud forest. Mammalia, 87, 419-428. doi: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0033

34. Siow Yan Jennifer Angoh, Neri H Thorsen, Tim R Hofmeester, John Odden, John DC Linnell & Scott Brainerd (2023) Forestry and environmental conditions as determinants of pine marten Martes martes occurrence in Norway. Wildlife biology, 2023, e01113. doi: 10.1002/wlb3.01113

33. Thomas Osinga, Henrik Thurfjell & Tim R Hofmeester (2023) Snow limits polecat Mustela putorius distribution in Sweden. Wildlife biology, 2023, e01051. doi: 10.1002/wlb3.01051

32. Erica von Essen, Jonathon Turnbull, Adam Searle, Finn Arne Jørgensen, Tim R Hofmeester & René van der Wal (2023) Wildlife in the Digital Anthropocene: Examining human-animal relations through surveillance technologies. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 6, 679-699. doi: 10.1177/25148486211061704

31. Nannet D Fabri, Hein Sprong, Hans Heesterbeek, Frauke Ecke, Joris PGM Cromsigt & Tim R Hofmeester (2022) The circulation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes is associated with community composition of vertebrate hosts. Ecosphere, 13, e4243. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4243

30. Pablo Palencia, Patricia Barroso, Joaquín Vicente, Tim R Hofmeester, Javier Ferreres & Pelayo Acevedo (2022) Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8, 670-682. doi: 10.1002/rse2.269

29. Neri H Thorsen, Richard Bischof, Jenny Mattisson, Tim R Hofmeester, John DC Linnell & John Odden (2022) Smartphone app reveals that lynx avoid human recreationists on local scale, but not home range scale. Scientific reports, 12, 4787. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-08468-7

28. Anna Widén, Michael Clinchy, Annika M Felton, Tim R Hofmeester, Dries PJ Kuijper, Navinder J Singh, Fredrik Widemo, Liana Y Zanette & Joris PGM Cromsigt (2022) Playbacks of predator vocalizations reduce crop damage by ungulates. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 328, 107853. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107853

27. Anna Wereszczuk, Tim R Hofmeester, Alexander Csanády, Tomislav Dumić, Morten Elmeros, József Lanszki, Aksel B Madsen, Gerard Müskens, Malamati A Papakosta, Marcin Popiołek, Margarida Santos-Reis, Iñigo Zuberogoitia & Andrzej Zalewski (2021) Different increase rate in body mass of two marten species due to climate warming potentially reinforces interspecific competition. Scientific reports, 11, 24164. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03531-1

26. Pavel Bína, Fredrik Brounéus, Dick Kasparowski, Niclas Hagen, Martin Bergman, Gustav Bohlin, Mari Jönsson, Stephen Coulson & Tim Hofmeester (2021) Awareness, views and experiences of Citizen Science among Swedish researchers – two surveys. Journal of Science Communication, 20, 1-6. doi: 10.22323/2.20060210

25. Tim R Hofmeester, Neri H Thorsen, John DC Linnell & John Odden (2021) Camera trap records of leucistic Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in central Norway. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 12902-12907. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8052

24. Tim R Hofmeester, Neri H Thorsen, Joris PGM Cromsigt, Jonas Kindberg, Henrik Andrén, John DC Linnell & John Odden (2021) Effects of camera-trap placement and number on detection of members of a mammalian assemblage. Ecosphere 12: e03662. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3662

23. Nannet D Fabri, Hein Sprong, Tim R Hofmeester, Hans Heesterbeek, Björn F Donnars, Fredrik Widemo, Frauke Ecke & Joris PGM Cromsigt (2021) Wild ungulate species differ in their contribution to the transmission of Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens. Parasites & Vectors 14: 360. doi: 0.1186/s13071-021-04860-w

22. Katsuhisa Takumi, Tim R Hofmeester, Hein Sprong (2021) Red and fallow deer determine the density of Ixodes ricinus nymphs containing Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Parasites & Vectors 14: 59. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04567-4

21. Anthony Caravaggi, A Cole Burton, Douglas A Clark, Jason T Fisher, Amelia Grass, Sian Green, Catherine Hobatier, Tim R Hofmeester, Ammie K Kalan, Daniella Rabaiotti & Danielle Rivet (2020) A review of factors to consider when using camera traps to study animal behaviour to inform wildlife ecology and conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 2: e239. doi: 10.1111/csp2.239

20. Jeroen Mos & Tim R Hofmeester (2020) The Mostela: an adjusted camera-trapping device as a promising non-invasive tool to study and monitor small mustelids. Mammal Research 65: 843-853. doi: 10.1007/s13364-020-00513-y

19. Michiel P Veldhuis, Tim R Hofmeester, Guy Balme, Dave J Druce, Ross T Pitman & Joris PGM Cromsigt (2020) Predation risk constrains herbivores’ adaptive capacity to warming. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1069-1074. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1218-2

18. Tim R Hofmeester, Sherry Young, Sonya Juthberg, Navinder J Singh, Fredrik Widemo, Henrik Andrén, John DC Linnell & Joris PGM Cromsigt (2020) Using by-catch data from wildlife surveys to quantify climatic parameters and the timing of phenology for plants and animals using camera traps. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 6: 129-140. doi:10.1002/rse2.136

17. Hein Sprong, Sander Moonen, Sip E van Wieren & Tim R Hofmeester (2020) Effects of cattle grazing on Ixodes ricinus-borne disease risk in forest areas of the Netherlands. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 11: 101355. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101355

16. Tim R Hofmeester, Esther J Bügel, Bob Hendrikx, Miriam Maas, Frits FJ Franssen, Hein Sprong & Kevin D Matson (2019) Parasite load and site-specific parasite pressure as determinants of immune indices in two sympatric rodent species. Animals 9: 1015. doi: 10.3390/ani9121015

15. Katsuhisa Takumi, Hein Sprong & Tim R Hofmeester (2019) Impact of vertebrate communities on Ixodes ricinus-borne disease risk in forest areas. Parasites & Vectors 12: 434. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3700-8

14. Tim R Hofmeester, Vilmar Dijkstra, Jasja JA Dekker, Tom van der Meij & Sim Broekhuizen (2019) The status of the Dutch polecat population: correction of a recently published error. Mammalia, 83, 453-454. doi: 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0051

13. Tim R Hofmeester, Joris PGM Cromsigt, John Odden, Henrik Andrén, Jonas Kindberg & John DC Linnell (2019) Framing pictures: A conceptual framework to identify and correct for biases in detection probability of camera traps enabling multi-species comparison. Ecology and Evolution 9: 2320-2336. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4878

12. Tim R Hofmeester, Aleksandra I Krawczyk, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Manoj Fonville, Margriet GE Montizaan, Koen van den Berge, Jan Gouwy, Sanne C Ruyts, Kris Verheyen & Hein Sprong (2018) Role of mustelids in the life-cycle of ixodid ticks and transmission cycles of four tick-borne pathogens. Parasites & Vectors 11: 600. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3126-8.

11. E Claudia Coipan, L A Gilian van Duijvendijk, Tim R Hofmeester, Katsuhisa Takumi & Hein Sprong (2018) The genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts. Parasites & Vectors 11: 454. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3006-2.

10.Sabine E Pfeffer, Robert Spitzer, Andrew M Allen, Tim R Hofmeester, Göran Ericsson, Fredrik Widemo, Navinder J Singh & Joris PGM Cromsigt (2018) Pictures or pellets? Comparing camera trapping and dung counts as methods for estimating population densities of ungulates. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 4: 173-183. doi: 10.1002/rse2.67.

9. Tim R Hofmeester, Hein Sprong, Patrick A Jansen, Herbert H T Prins & Sip E van Wieren (2017) Deer presence rather than deer abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests. Parasites & Vectors 10: 433. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2370-7.

8. Tim R Hofmeester, J Marcus Rowcliffe & Patrick A Jansen (2017) Quantifying the availability of vertebrate hosts to ticks: a camera-trapping approach. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 4: 115. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00115.

7. Tim R Hofmeester, Patrick A Jansen, Hendrikus J Wijnen, E Claudia Coipan, Manoj Fonville, Herbert H T Prins, Hein Sprong & Sip E van Wieren (2017) Cascading effects of predator activity on tick-borne disease risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 284: 20170453. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0453

6. Tim R Hofmeester, J Marcus Rowcliffe & Patrick A Jansen (2017) A simple method for estimating the effective detection distance of camera traps. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 3: 81-89. doi: 10.1002/rse2.25

5. Tim R Hofmeester, E Claudia Coipan, Sip E van Wieren, Herbert H T Prins, Willem Takken & Hein Sprong (2016) Few vertebrate species dominate the Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. life cycle. Environmental Research Letters 11: 043001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/043001

4. Tim R Hofmeester, Pieter-Bas van der Lei, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Hein Sprong & Sip E van Wieren (2016) New foci of Haemaphysalis punctata and Dermacentor reticulatus in the Netherlands. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7: 367-370. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.009

3. G Arjen de Groot, Tim R Hofmeester, Maurice La Haye, Hugh AH Jansman, Maribel Perez-Haro & Hans-Peter Koelewijn (2016) Hidden dispersal in an urban world: genetic analysis reveals occasional long-distance dispersal and limited spatial substructure among Dutch pine martens. Conservation Genetics 17: 111-123. doi:10.​1007/​s10592-015-0765-6

2. Arno Swart, Adolfo Ibañez-Justicia , Jan Buijs, Sip E van Wieren, Tim R Hofmeester, Hein Sprong & Katsuhisa Takumi (2014) Predicting tick presence by environmental risk mapping. Frontiers in Public Health 2: 238. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00238

1. Jasja JA Dekker & Tim R Hofmeester (2014) The status of the American mink (Neovison vison) in the Netherlands. Lutra 57: 5-15.

Preprints

Book chapters

4. Bryn, R. van der Wal, L. Norton & T. Hofmeester (2023) Citizen science: data collection by volunteers. In: Monitoring Biodiversity: combining environmental and social data (eds. A. Allard, E.C.H. Keskitalo & A. Brown), Routledge, London, UK, p108-121. doi: 10.4324/9781003179245-6

3. Declan T O’Mahony, Emma Sheehy & Tim R Hofmeester (2017) Noninvasive research applied to the Martes complex: towards a unified methodological approach. In: The Martes complex in the 21st Century: ecology and conservation (eds. A. Zalewski, I. Wierzbowska, K.B. Aubry, J.D.S. Birks, D.T. O’Mahony & G. Proulx), Bialowieza, Poland, Mammal Research Institute, p 289-312.

2. Tim R Hofmeester (2016) The role of host diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. dynamics. In: Ecology and prevention of Lyme borreliosis (eds. M.A.H. Braks, S.E. van Wieren, W. Takken & H. Sprong), Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases, Volume 4, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Wageningen Academic Publishers, p173-186.

1.Sip E van Wieren & Tim R Hofmeester (2016) The role of large herbivores in Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. dynamics. In: Ecology and prevention of Lyme borreliosis (eds. M.A.H. Braks, S.E. van Wieren, W. Takken & H. Sprong), Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases, Volume 4, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Wageningen Academic Publishers, p75-89.

Books

Tim R. Hofmeester (2016) The wild life of tick-borne pathogens. PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 224 pages.

Popular scientific papers

T. Hofmeester (2021) Vi behöver varandra – Biologisk mångfald i städer behöver tvärvetenskaplig forskning. Biodiverse.

T. Hofmeester (2021) Teken bij wilde dieren. In: Lyme ziekte: Over teken, tekenbeten en tekenbeetziekten (eds. J. Hovius, K. van den Wijngaarde, J. van Everdingen & J. van den Broek), Stichting Biowetenschappen en Maatschappij, Den Haag, the Netherlands.

T. Hofmeester, J. Mos, M. Smaal, J. Peereboom, C. Van Tuijl, J. Rozema & F. Biljam (2020) Op weg naar een betere toekomst voor kleine marters in Nederland. Zoogdier.

L.A.G. van Duijvendijk & T.R. Hofmeester (2019) Hoe de levende natuur het risico op de ziekte van Lyme beïnvloed. De Levende Natuur.

T. Hofmeester (2018) De Bunzing door de ogen van Tim Hofmeester. Zoogdier 29 (4), 12-13.

T. Hofmeester (2017) Zoogdieren als belangrijke gastheer voor teken. Zoogdier 28 (2), 15-17.

P.A. Jansen, T. Hofmeester, Y. Liefting & J. den Ouden (2017) Cameravallen voor kwantitatief onderzoek aan zoogdiergemeenschappen. Vakblad Natuur Bos en Landschap 137, 18-19.

T.R. Hofmeester & S.E. van Wieren (2017) Beheer van dierpopulaties ter preventie van tekenbeten. Vakblad Natuur Bos en Landschap 135, 26-28.

T. Hofmeester (2017) Het wilde leven van teken. Lyme #1, 10-15.

T. Hofmeester (2017) Vossen en Lyme. Mens & Vogel 55 (2), 20-29.

T. Hofmeester & J.J.A. Dekker (2016) De Bunzing. In: Atlas van de Nederlandse Zoogdieren (eds. S. Broekhuizen, K. Spoelstra, J.B.M. Thissen, K.J. Canters & J.C. Buys), Zeist, the Netherlands, KNNV uitgeverij.

Erwin van Maanen, Jeroen Mos, Tim Hofmeester, Fokko Biljam, Carola van den Tempel, Frank van der Knaap & Johann Prescher (2015) Waar zijn de kleine marters? Zoogdier 26 (1), 1-4.

E. van Maanen, J. Mos, T. Hofmeester, F. Biljam, C. Van den Tempel, F. Van der Knaap & J. Prescher (2015) Inventarisatie van kleine marterachtigen in De Wieden & Weerribben in het najaar van 2014. Marterpassen, 21, 49-62.

Tim Hofmeester & Sip van Wieren (2014) Teken op Nederlandse zoogdieren. Zoogdier 25 (1), 11.

Tim Hofmeester (2014) Waar zitten de teken. De Levende Natuur 115 (4), 191.

Arjen de Groot, Hugh Jansman & Tim Hofmeester (2014) Verwantschap en herkomst van de Limburgse populaties van het Wild zwijn. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 103 (7), 177-182.

E. van Maanen, J. Mos, T. Hofmeester, F. Bilijam, B. Houben & J. Dekker (2013) Hoe gaat het trouwens met de kleine marters? Marterpassen, 14, 56-58.

T. Hofmeester (2008) Zoogdieren in de stad. Amoeba, 82, 7.

T. Hofmeester (2007) Beleid in Nederland ten opzichte van natuurbeheer. Amoeba, 81, 15.

Reports

F. Widemo, G. Hartman, C-G Thulin, H. Thurfjell & T. Hofmeester (2023) Reproduktionsperioder och andra störningskänsliga perioder hos vissa mindre däggdjur. Naturvårdsverket Rapport 7126.

T. Hofmeester, F. Dahl, G. Hartman, P. Nordin, C-G Thulin, H. Thurfjell & F. Widemo (2023) Övervakning av vissa mindre däggdjur: metoder och pågående övervakning. Naturvårdsverket Rapport 7125.

T. Hofmeester, J. van der Kooij, J. Dahl Møller, J. Mos & H. Thurfjell (2019) Development of a monitoring method for the western polecat (Mustela putorius) in Sweden. Artdatabanken 2019, SLU.dha.2019.5.5-16.

Hugh A.H. Jansman, Tim Hofmeester, G. Arjen de Groot, Ivo Laros, Jan Bovenschen, Marinus Speelman, Jasper van der Hout, Jim Caesar, Peter Breyne & Hans Peter Koelewijn (2013) Genetica van wilde zwijnen in Limburg en Noord-Brabant; Verspreiding, herkomst en verwantschap. Wageningen, Alterra, Alterra-rapport 2404. 62p.

Invited talks

Tim Hofmeester (2021) De fyra små: mård, iller, hermelin och vessla i Skåne. Biologisk mångfald i Skåne, Naturskyddsförening Skåne, Tyringe, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2021) Scandcam: Loinventering med viltkameror. Viltkretskonferens, Jägareförbundet Västerbotten, Lycksele, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2019) Technology as a gateway to let people experience nature and contribute to science. Värt att veta series, Faculty of Forest Science, SLU, Umeå, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2019) Scandcam: möjligheter med viltkameror. Naturvårdsverkets Viltkonferens, Stockholm, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2018) Wildlife monitoring with camera traps: possibilities and challenges. Naturvårdsverkets Viltförvaltarkonferens, Stockholm, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2018) Framing pictures: What are camera traps and what can we do with them? Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Riddarhyttan, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2018) Wildlife monitoring with camera traps: possibilities and challenges. Naturvårdsverkets Viltforskningsdagarna, Umeå, Sweden

Tim Hofmeester (2017) Reynaert, Fluwijn and their cousins: the past, present and future of the Dutch carnivores. Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Tim Hofmeester (2017) Carnivores protect us from tick-borne diseases. Dies Natalis Symposium, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Tim Hofmeester (2016) The wild life of tick-borne pathogens. Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.

Tim Hofmeester (2016) The carnivore effect: From fairy tales to reality. TEDx, Ede, the Netherlands.

Conference proceedings & abstracts 

Tim R Hofmeester, Marcus Hedblom, Roland Kays, Doris Grellmann, Göran Ericsson, Joris Cromsigt (2021) Meet your wild neighbours: using technology to bring people in contact with local wildlife. International Urban Wildlife Conference, virtual conference (Recorded talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, Lina Leksell, Marcus Hedblom, Roland Kays, Doris Grellmann, Göran Ericsson & Joris Cromsigt (2020) Meet your wild neighbours: using technology to bring citizens in contact with local wildlife. The fourth conference of the Nordic Society Oikos, Reykjavik, Iceland (poster)

Tim R Hofmeester & Henrik Thurfjell (2019) Polecats in Sweden: current, past and future. 33rd European Mustelid Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal (talk)

Jeroen Mos & Tim Hofmeester (2019) The Mostela: an adjusted camera-trapping device, a promising tool to study common weasel (Mustela nivalis). 33rd European Mustelid Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal (poster)

Tim R Hofmeester, Neri H Thorsen, Joris PGM Cromsigt, Jonas Kindberg, Henrik Andrén, John DC Linnell & John Odden (2019) Using by-catch data from camera-trapping studies aimed at carnivores to study their prey. 8th European Congress of Mammalogy, Warsaw, Poland (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester (2017) Food for thought: Prey availability rather than competition as determinant of relative abundance of Dutch mustelids. 32nd European Mustelid Colloquium, Lyon, France (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester (2016) Does biodiversity protect against tick-borne diseases? Tick tactics 3, Wageningen, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, Patrick A Jansen, Sip E van Wieren (2016) Tick burden of rodents as determinant of tick-borne disease risk. Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, Lunteren, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, Patrick A Jansen, Sip E van Wieren (2015) Traits, predators and deer as determinants of tick burdens of rodents: implications for Lyme borreliosis risk. 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, Stockholm, Sweden (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, E Claudia Coipan, Frans Jacobs, Patrick A Jansen, Herbert HT Prins, Hein Sprong & Sip E van Wieren (2015) Deer and rodents as determinants of tick density and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in ticks in the Netherlands. Genes, Ecosystems and Risk of Infection, Heraklion, Greece (talk)

Sanne Ruyts, Tim R Hofmeester, E Claudia Coipan, Evy Ampoorter, Sip E van Wieren, Herbert HT Prins, Willem Takken, Kris Verheyen & Hein Sprong (2015) Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. populations are maintained by a few common host species. Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, Lunteren, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester & Sip E van Wieren (2014) Ticks (Ixodidae) parasitizing pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) – a literature review and preliminary data. 6th International Martes Symposium, Krakow, Poland (poster)

Tim R Hofmeester, E Claudia Coipan, Sip E van Wieren, Herbert HT Prins, Willem Takken & H Sprong (2014) Host importance in tick-borne disease dynamics. PhD Spring School, Host-Microbe Interactomics, Wageningen, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, E Claudia Coipan, Patrick A Jansen, Hein Sprong, Herbert HT Prins & Sip E van Wieren (2014) Of mammals, ticks and Lyme: The interaction between mammal community composition, Ixodes ricinus, and Borrelia afzelii. Tick Tactics 2, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester & Sip E van Wieren (2013) Are Mustelids good for your health? The role of Mustelids in tick-borne disease dynamics. 31st Mustelid Colloquium, Szczecin, Poland (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester, Patrick A Jansen, Herbert HT Prins & Sip E van Wieren (2013) Tick-host interactions and the community ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. XII International Jena Symposium on Tick-borne Diseases, Weimar, Germany (poster)

Tim R Hofmeester, Maurice Lahaye, Hans Peter Koelewijn & Hugh AH Jansman (2011) Landscape genetic structure and genetic diversity of the Dutch pine marten (Martes martes) population. 29th European Mustelid Colloquium, Southampton, United Kingdom (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester & Hugh AH Jansman (2010) Pine marten CSI: Gaining knowledge from tongues and faeces. 28th Mustelid Colloquium, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (talk)

Tim R Hofmeester & Frank van Langevelde (2009) Geographical analysis of the pine marten (Martes martes) bib marks in Europe. 27th Mustelid Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal (poster)