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  1. Migrating starlings are no copycats

    Press release
    Young, naïve starlings are looking for their wintering grounds independently of experienced conspecifics. Starlings are highly social birds throughout the year, but this does not mean that they copy the migration route from each other. By revisiting a classic ‘displacement’ experiment and by adding new data, a team of researchers at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and the Swiss Ornithological Institute (Vogelwarte Sempach) have settled a long-lasting debate. Their findings are now published in the scientific journal Biology Letters.
    Zwerm spreeuwen

  2. Seasonal timing

    Species can adapt over the course of time. As the lives of species are altered by climate change, a different seasonal timing could make them adapt to an early spring, for example. How does this work, and what are the limits to such adaptations?
    Koolmees in de sneeuw

  3. PhD Thesis defence Kees Schreven: range expansion in Arctic-breeding geese

    Event
    On Friday 8 September 2023, our colleague Kees Schreven will defend his PhD thesis "Geese colonising New Land: causes and mechanisms of range expansion in an Arctic-breeding migrant".
    Geese Colonising New Land

  4. 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

  5. Impression of the King's visit to NIOO

    News
    Earlier this month, His Royal Highness King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). The visit included a tour, an introduction to NIOO's three major research themes, and a number of hands-on ecological measurements and experiments in which the King took part.
    ZKM Koning Willem-Alexander in het chemisch-analytisch lab

  6. NIOO Theme Sustainable use of land and water

    Healthy surface water and soils are essential for life on earth. They provide a range of life-supporting functions, including carbon storage, oxygen generation, and nutrient cycling. At NIOO, we combine research on the ecosystem services provided to society with research on how these ecosystem services are impacted by society.
    Studying the ecology of crops

  7. Research data

    A data portal has been developed in order to streamline and organise the data and information management of the institute.
    Datasets

  8. King Willem-Alexander to visit NIOO on 6 July

    News
    On 6 July, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in Wageningen.  
    Dronefoto NIOO

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

    Project 1993–Present
    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

  10. 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