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| Title | Biodiversity project |
| Group | Behavioural Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Alexander Kotrschal |
| Examiner(s) | Alexander Kotrschal |
| Contact info | alexander.kotrschal@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2024/04/01 |
| End date | 2025/09/30 |
| Description | We have four biodiversity projects running for the next three years in the Alm Valley. 1) Invertebrate collection using pitfalls and sweep nets in eight meadows; half the meadows are not mowed and the other half are moved every month. 4) Monitoring of 200 nest boxes for occupancy and fledging success. 3) Experimental tests of impacts of traffic noise on heart rate in song birds in nest boxes; measure car activity across habitat types (meadow, forest, lake, stream) using automated recorders. 4) Drone monitoring of riverine bird nests and encaging active nests of birds nesting along the pebble shores; could entail work with social media as we advocate for time-and-space sharing of certain pebble beaches during nesting.
Fieldwork: Alm Valley, Austria @Konrad Lorenz Institute |
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