News of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group
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June 3, 2014 - Teken vormen een lastig probleem voor bezoekers van bossen en natuurterreinen. Sip van Wieren gaat deze zomer onderzoek doen waarin... -
Does chopping down forests spread diseases?
January 30, 2014 - Some people go to Panama for the seafood and sunshine. Helen Esser, doctoral candidate at Wageningen University (at the chair groups of Herbert Prins... -
One tree likes seabird poop, the next prefers fresh air
January 23, 2014 - Off the west coast of Peru, seabirds deposit thick layers of guano that accumulates on the ground because of the lack of rain. Guano has historically... -
Success of the Month for Milena Holmgren, Juul Limpens and Monique Heijmans
November 15, 2013 - They published a news breaking paper in Global Change Biology on the impact of climate change on boreal peatlands -
Human influence on the population dynamics of large herbivores
October 30, 2013 - Insights into the processes that influence population size are vital to the conservation of wild species in terrestrial ecosystems. Until recently,... -
Mangrove ecology on Mafia Island
July 31, 2013 - Students are welcome to work on mangrove ecology in a marine reserve -
More opportunities for bats in forts along the New Dutch Waterline
July 2, 2013 - Climatic conditions such as temperature and humidity have less influence on the presence of bats in the abandoned forts along the New Dutch Waterline... -
Pig DNA gets into wild boar population
February 14, 2013 - The DNA of wild boars in North-West Europe is being increasingly 'contaminated' by genes from domesticated pigs. Resource nr. 13, February 28,... -
Msc research project: Insects and aquatic bugs in Ladakh.
January 1, 2013 - We are urgently seeking students who will be going to the highest mountains on Earth to assess the importance of these areas for bird migration and...