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Afdeling Dierecologie
De afdeling Dierecologie bestudeert hoe evolutie de ecologie van vogels heeft vormgegeven: van persoonlijkheid tot fenologie en van genen tot populaties.
2019 |
Hole-Nesting Bird Network | We are a network of researchers working on hole-nesting passerine birds. On our website, you can learn more about our work and also search for populations of... |
2018 |
Ecological epigenetics and the brain: the evolutionary consequences of epigenomic modifications in a songbird | This unique inter-disciplinary collaboration between three of the larger institutes of the KNAW aims to elucidate the function of epigenetic regulation in the... |
2018 |
Epigenetics of animal personality: DNA methylation and its influence on exploratory behaviour in great tits | Recent studies have shown that early developmental effects and environmental conditions experienced by parents also affect personality traits, even over... |
2018 |
GooseScare: Indirect effects of goose disturbance | Goose management is based on safeguarding (migratory) goose populations, while preventing excessive damage. Barnacle geese forage on agricultural grasslands... |
2018 |
Pair-bonds beyond the breeding season – a new approach to understanding divorce and fidelity using the power of Open Data | In animals, as in humans, not all individuals pair for life. Pair-bonds and their stability likely affect survival and reproduction and hence influence all... |
2018 |
Predicting the evolution of an avian trait under human-induced natural selection | This project aims to predict the genetic and the phenotypic changes of a trait that is expected to be under directional selection: beak size in great tits (... |
2018 |
Timing of growth and reproduction: ultimate functions and proximate mechanisms | For many species, there is only a short period in the annual cycle in which conditions are suitable for reproduction or growth. This period is often determined... |
2017 |
ArcticPinkfeet: Response of geese to climate warming in the Arctic | Climate is warming faster in the Arctic than elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. As a result, migratory Arctic-nesting birds may arrive too late to benefit... |
2017 |
CHIRP: Cumulative Human Impact on biRd Populations | How do human impacts such as climate change affect bird populations, and in particular the oystercatcher? As part of the new Centre for Avian Population... |
2017 |
GooseHeart: A new style of life in a traditionally Arctic migratory bird | Anthropogenic change paved the way for a traditionally arctic-breeding, long-distance migratory bird, the barnacle goose to stop migrating and also breed... |
2017 |
Next generation miniaturized microscopes for high-throughput screening and decoding neural correlates of naturalistic behaviour. | Fluorescence imaging is a widely-used technique in the life sciences and has been applied to the study of cell division, in vivo tumour growth, but also... |
2016 |
Open Science in Ecology and Evolution | Open Science is changing the way scientific research is conducted. Open Science includes open (i.e. available to anyone to access and use) data, code,... |
2015 |
Ageing in the light: the effect of light pollution on the rate of ageing in wild animals | Artificial light at night (LAN) is an emerging problem. Recent studies have demonstrated short-term effects of LAN on animals, including humans, but the long-... |
2015 |
ArcticSwans: Unravelling the annual cycle of an Arctic migrant in search of its decline | The decline of long-distance migratory birds is a great challenge for European nature conservation. The Netherlands harbours many migratory birds in winter and... |
2014 |
Evolutionary responses to a warming world: physiological genomics of seasonal timing | The world is seasonal and organisms’ adjustment of their seasonal timing to this environmental variation is crucial for their fitness. Climate change is... |
2013 |
ArcticBarnies: How can Arctic-nesting geese cope with Arctic amplification? | Most Arctic-nesting birds are long-distance migrants, wintering in tropical or temperate regions, many of those in The Netherlands (e.g., 85% of the flyway... |
2013 |
How is phenotypic variation in great tits maintained by sexual selection? | Female choice for top quality males is expected to result in the evolution of exaggerated male secondary sexual characters. However, a strong directional... |
2010 |
Host-pathogen interaction | Avian influenza has become one of the most dangerous infections for animals and humans at present. Around the world, surveillance programs are initiated to... |
| Adaptive management of migratory populations; developing novel tools at the interface between ecology, economy, agriculture and society (MIGRAPOP) | Various management tools and economic incentives have been used to reduce the increasing agricultural damage caused by migratory geese wintering/staging in... | |
| Artificial light | What are the effects of nocturnal illumination on daily and seasonal timing of activity and how does this affect fitness? Research Nocturnal illumination leads... | |
| E-Track: EGNOS and EDAS enhanced tracking of animal movement and behaviour | E-Track will develop GPS animal tracking and analysis tools for sophisticated behavioural research on wild and domestic animals. The project makes use of the... | |
| Horizon project | Linking quantitative genetic variation in life-history traits with polymorphisms in genes that code for this variance is essential for our understanding of the... | |
| Metawad 1: work package Brent Goose | Brent geese Branta bernicla are high-arctic breeding birds that feed extensively on intertidal mudflats outside the breeding season, where they graze on... | |
| Seasonal Timing | Timing of growth and reproduction: ultimate functions and proximate mechanisms For many species, there is only a short period in the annual cycle in which... | |
| Towards adaptive management of white-fronted geese wintering in the Netherlands | In winter, the Netherlands harbours a large proportion of the arctic-nesting geese in Europe, and as such bears an international responsibility for these... |
Open Dag 2019
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