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  1. The earlier birds pair, the better they fare

    News
    27/02/2021 The breeding season may seem worlds away amidst the recent winter cold, but a research team led by Antica Culina has found that the earlier in the year great tits meet their 'spouse', the more likely they are to breed successfully.
    Koolmees in de sneeuw

  2. Predicting soil biodiversity to make food production more sustainable

    Press release
    Fields and meadows provide a range of key services, as long as the soil is healthy. A group of researchers and companies will study how farmlands can be returned to multifunctionality.
    Microscopie

  3. Live-in bacteria protect plants against infections

    Press release
    Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant’s growth and tolerance to stress. This research is featured this week in the scientific journal Science.
    Zaailingen van suikerbieten, links goed groeiend door micro-organismen, rechts minder goed groeiend zonder micro-organismen

  4. New UN environment report tackles 'mismatches' and other emerging concerns

    News
    The latest UN Environment Frontiers Report has been launched in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
    Frontiers 2022 Rapport (banner)

  5. PhD thesis defence Azkia Nurfikari: residual streams from insect cultivation for sustainable crop management

    Event
    Azkia Nurfikari will defend her PhD thesis "Prospects of residual streams from insect cultivation for sustainable crop management".

    insect op blad

  6. PhD defence Melanie Lindner: Bird reproduction in a warming world

    Event
    Melanie Lindner will defend her PhD thesis titled "Avian seasonal reproduction in times of global warming: Insights from evolution, ecology and (epi-)genomics"
    vliegende vogels voor oranje lucht

  7. Seasonal timing of growth and reproduction: ultimate functions and proximate mechanisms

    Project 1993
    For many species, there is only a short period in the annual cycle in which conditions are suitable for reproduction or growth.
    A family of great tits

  8. Microbes for plant health

    Microbes can act as bodyguards for plants and can foster plant growth in other ways as well. At NIOO, we are digging into the mechanisms: in what ways do they interact? And how can we stimulate this, to make our agriculture more sustainable? Let's rewild our microbes!
    Sorghum field infected with the parasitic plant Striga

  9. Seasonal timing

    Species are able to adapt to changes over time. If climate change is changing their way of life, an adjusted timing may mean that they are still in time for spring. How does this work, and what are the limits to such adaptations in nature?
    Koolmees in de sneeuw

  10. Nocturnal light makes birds change their behaviour

    Press release
    Songbirds change their behaviour and timing when nestboxes are exposed to artificial light at night. "They become light sleepers, literally and metaphorically", says Maaike de Jong (NIOO-KNAW). She successfully defended her thesis on the effects of different colours of light at Wageningen University on Friday. The most surprising effect she's found? Some birds are forced to become more monogamous...
    Foto 3 stefan sand