02 Sep 2019
11:30

NIOO Seminar Dennis Hansen (University of Zurich): 'Aldabra Atoll: evolution and ecology in a land of dwarfs and giants'

Colloquium Room (2nd floor), NIOO-KNAW. Visitors welcome!
Dennis Hansen (University of Zurich): 'Aldabra Atoll: evolution and ecology in a land of dwarfs and giants'. Aldabra Atoll is an open air laboratory, where island biogeography, species extinctions, novel species interactions, conservation and restoration all meet. Dr. Hansen will talk about how evolution has shaped the flora and fauna of the island and how human impact through defaunation affected the ecological communities and how these are presently being restored. Featuring giant tortoises! Colloquim Room (2nd floor), NIOO-KNAW. Visitors welcome!
06 Sep 2019
(All day)

NIOO op Wereldhavendagen met 'de natuur van de toekomst'

Rijnhaven (Boston-Seattle), Rotterdam
Ook dit jaar is het NIOO te vinden op de drukbezochte Wereldhavendagen in Rotterdam, als onderdeel van het reizende 'duurzaamheidsdorp' SummerLabb. Het thema van de NIOO-stand dit jaar is de natuur van de toekomst. Hoe ziet die eruit? En overleef jij? We horen van alles over klimaatverandering,...
09 Sep 2019
11:30

NIOO Seminar Prof. Niels Dingemanse (LMU Munchen): 'Title TBA'

Colloquium room
26 Sep 2019
(All day)

Bodemdierendagen 2019

Heel Nederland
In 2019 hebben we een speciale editie van de Bodemdierendagen: de feestelijke 5e! Doe je ook mee? Van donderdag 26 september tot en met zondag 6 oktober kan iedereen weer meehelpen: ontdek welke bodemdieren er in je eigen tuin, het park om de hoek of op je balkon, groendak en schoolplein leven. En...
30 Sep 2019
11:30

NIOO seminar Marylou Sison-Mangus (University of California Santa Cruz) "The contribution of the microbiome to host resistance against environmental stressors"

NIOO Colloquium Room, 2nd floor
NIOO seminar Marylou Sison-Mangus (University of California Santa Cruz) "The contribution of the microbiome to host resistance against environmental stressors"
05 Oct 2019
(All day)

NIOO Open Day 2019 - Welcome to nature's future

NIOO-KNAW, Droevendaalsesteeg 10 Wageningen
On Saturday 5 October, we are opening NIOO's doors and grounds to everyone. Do you want to know how nature works and how it is changing? Come to the NIOO Open Day and discover what we can already do for the nature of the 21st century! Visit NIOO on Saturday 5 October. Find out how animals, plants,...
07 Oct 2019
11:30

NIOO seminar: Nelleke Buitendijk and Morgane van Antro

Colloquium Room (2nd floor), NIOO-KNAW. Visitors welcome!
Nelleke Buitendijk (AnE): ' Disturbing barnacle geese: How does lethal and non-lethal disturbance of barnacle geese influence agricultural damage? ' Abstract: In the last few decades goose populations and damage attributed to geese has increased a lot. A form of management to limit this damage is...
10 Oct 2019
09:30

Symposium Perspectives in Aquatic Ecology

Hotel Wageningsche Berg, Wageningen
'Perspectives in Aquatic Ecology' is a symposium that will be held on the occasion of the retirement of Ellen van Donk as Head of the Department of Aquatic Ecology at NIOO-KNAW. The symposium will take place in Hotel the Wageningsche Berg in Wageningen on 10 October 2019 from 9:30 to 18:00 (...
25 Nov 2019
11:30

NIOO seminar Jelmer Buijs / Margriet Mantingh

Colloquium Room (2nd floor), NIOO-KNAW. Visitors welcome!
Title: Declining meadowbirds and the presence of pesticides in livestock farming. We investigated how the the daily intake of pesticides by cows (via the consumption of concentrated feed) was related to the presence of beetles in fresh manure, which are a potential food source for breeding birds...
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