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Project properties |
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| Title | Biodiversity on Wageningen Campus |
| Group | Biosystematics Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Dr. Casper Quist |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. dr. Eric Schranz |
| Contact info | Casper.quist@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2022/09/01 |
| End date | 2025/12/30 |
| Description | A long-term monitoring project aims to survey biodiversity and changes therein over time on Wageningen Campus, which will help us to protect biodiversity on Campus. Data be obtained for discovering trends in (urban) biodiversity.
Close involvement of students will ensure a more thorough understanding of biodiversity of these soon-to-be researchers and policy makers, and is likely to enhance their appreciation and awareness of nature. You will: - collect data of one (or more) taxonomic groups (e.g. plants, insects, fungi, nematodes, mice) in plots across (a part of) the Wageningen Campus - use identification keys or DNA barcode based techniques to identify taxa. - analyze the biodiversity data by calculating alpha, beta, gamma diversity - use geostatistical analysis to calculate biodiversity maps over space (and time |
| Used skills | - Use identification keys
- Molecular biology techniques (DNA extraction, qPCR) |
| Requirements | Basic knowledge of field biology
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