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BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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Active and passive anti-predator defence in a cooperatively breeding bird
Group-living can have many benefits, such as better protection from predators. White helmetshrikes, for example, actively mob and attack predators in nest vicinity to protect their brood. Larger groups might thus be better able to ...
Supervisor:
Sjouke A. Kingma
Kat L. Bebbington

Department: Behavioural Ecology

Apenheul
Foerageergedrag in losloopgebied met meerdere apensoorten Opdracht: gedragsobservaties en onderzoek van meerdere diersoorten (â€œmixed-speciesâ€) in losloopgebied met insectenmuur. Apenheul staat o.a. bekend om de ruime gebie ...
Supervisor: Bonne Beerda
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Animal Communication: Songbird vocal communication
Many bird species sing to attract a partner and to defend a territory, but could there be other functions and how does this work? In this project students will become familiar with theories of communication, the function of signal ...
Supervisor: Hugo Loning; Marc Naguib
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Songbird behaviour: personality traits and social interactions
There exists close collaboration between the BHE chair group and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology in Wageningen (NIOO-KNAW) and this allows students to contribute to ongoing projects with songbirds. Details on the available pr ...
Supervisor: Marc Naguib and Kees van Oers (WUR/NIOO-KNAW)
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Animal Communication: Social/communication/movement behaviour of wild Australian zebra finches
Zebra finches are the world's most studied songbird in the lab, but relatively little is known about their ecology. We are working on vocal communication, social networks, breeding behaviour and movement behaviour of Australian ze ...
Supervisor: Marc Naguib, Hugo Loning and/or Chris Tyson
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Human-animal bond: Influence of dog-directed parenting styles on the owner-dog relationship and dog welfare
Dog owners may interact with their dogs along so called 'parenting styles', but but how these influence the dog and its welfare is yet unknown. Parenting styles are determined by the caretakers levels of responsiveness and demandi ...
Supervisor: Bonne Beerda
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Reproductive microbiome of house sparrows
General background Animals live and evolve in a microbial world. Thus, it is hardly surprising that every animal hosts a diversity of microbial communities (i.e. microbiomes) in and on their bodies. Importantly, microbiomes are e ...
Supervisor: Dr. Melissah Rowe
Department of Animal Ecology
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NIOO-KNAW
Department: Behavioural Ecology

What determines predation risk of wild birds’ nests? – A field study in Africa
Nest predation is a major cause of reproductive failure in birds. Therefore birds are predicted to adopt behavioural strategies to avoid predation. In this project you will determine what cause predation: assessed factors include ...
Supervisor: Sjouke A. Kingma
Kat L. Bebbington

Department: Behavioural Ecology

Does predation risk promote cooperation in wild birds? – an experimental study
One major proposed benefit of cooperation in animals is that cooperation may reduce predation risk. More individuals may be more vigilant and may detect predators earlier, or they may be more successful in mobbing predators and ch ...
Supervisor: Sjouke A. Kingma
Kat L. Bebbington

Department: Behavioural Ecology

Spatial Behaviour: Great tit (Parus major) personality in space
Type: Spatial data analysis of previously collected data (Encounternet) Topic: Spatial associations may reflect social behaviour ï¿½ preferences or avoidance of conspecifics or certain phenotypes, but may also be affected by envi ...
Supervisor: Lysanne Snijders, Chris Tyson
Department: Behavioural Ecology

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