News of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group
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Sex in a world of fear: rodents produce more offspring when frightened
November 21, 2018 - Rodent mothers produce more offspring after smelling odors produced by frightened males. This is reported by a team of biologists from Finland and the... -
Flammable floodplains are weak spot of Amazon forest
April 19, 2017 - Peripheral parts of the Amazon forest were long thought to be most vulnerable to climate-induced collapse. Now, a study by an international team of... -
New book: Food Production and Nature Conservation - conflicts and solutions
December 16, 2016 - Today a new book is published by Resource Ecology professor Herbert Prins and colleagues on the relationship between food production and nature... -
Remotely Sensed Slowing Down Indicates Tropical Forest Fragility
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Poaching in tropical forests is bad for carbon storage
May 18, 2016 - Poaching reduces the dispersal of tree seeds in tropical forests by animals, which adversely affects the climate regulation function of these forests.... -
What genetics can tell us about wildlife populations
June 15, 2015 - Last month our PhD candidate Joost de Jong was interviewed for the magazine of the Dutch hunter society. In this interview De Jong, who works on the... -
Succes van de Maand voor Joost de Jong
April 29, 2015 - De directie heeft het Succes van de Maand toegekend aan Joost de Jong, promovendus bij de leerstoelgroep Resource Ecology van Herbert Prins. -
Do Arctic breeding geese track or overtake a green wave during spring migration?
March 5, 2015 - Geese breeding in the Arctic have to do so in a short time-window while having sufficient body reserves. Hence, arrival time and body condition upon... -
Tim Hofmeester in Vroege Vogels (Dutch television)
October 16, 2014 - Het aantal mensen dat jaarlijks de ziekte van Lyme krijgt stijgt nog steeds. Muizen blijken een cruciale rol te spelen in de verspreiding van besmette... -
Excellent Teaching Awards for 3 REG courses
September 12, 2014 - Excellent Teaching Awards for Ecological Methods I and II and Resource Ecology (among the best 30 of a total of 700 courses)