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Seeding water: the socio-hydrological linkages of managed aquifer recharge
Country: Oaxaca, Mexico Host institute: Ecothropic Period: open Project Summary: In Zapotec communities of Mexico, the rivers, and then the wells, went dry. Without water, there was no work, forcing people to migrate. The com ...
Supervisor: Jaime Hoogesteger and Britt Basel
Department: Water Resources Management group

Reducing water usage and NOx emission: A “two-in-one” approach using drip irrigation and drip nitrogen fertigation
Country: Netherlands Host institute: MegaGroup Trade Holding B.V. Period: tbd Project type: thesis or internship Problem context Irrigation and fertilization are regarded as the key components when it comes to crop cultiva ...
Supervisor: Harm Boesveld, Rhaphael Kiran
Department: Water Resources Management group

De achteruitgang van oud bossoorten - en hoe krijgen we ze terug? (MSc thesis)
Veel Brabantse bossen liggen op voedselarme dekzandruggen, veelal voormalige heiden. Een rijke bodem ontbreekt vaak, alsmede boomsoorten die rijk strooisel vormen. Door verzuring en verarming zijn veel oude bossoorten waarschijnli ...
Supervisor: Philippine Vergeer (Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group)
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Effects of plant diversity and soil type on soil carbon cycling
Managing terrestrial ecosystems to increase the carbon contained in soils can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Soil carbon is also key to supporting ecosystem functioning and is therefore critical for sustainable land us ...
Supervisor: Robin Guilmot (SBL); Gabriel Moinet (SBL)
Department: Soil Biology

What is the biomass of tropical rainforest trees?
Tropical forests store a quarter of all terrestrial biomass and play therefore an important role in the global carbon cycle. Much of the biomass in stored in giant emergent trees. Yet, estimations of carbon storage remain highly u ...
Supervisor: FEM group: , Lourens Poorter,
Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Dynamics of forest islands in a Bolivian savanna, and regeneration of the Motcu palm, a key resource for an endemic maca
150 years of extensive cattle ranching, grassland burning by farmers and deforestation have altered the state of the endangered Beni savanna ecoregion. Barba Azul Nature Reserve (11.000 ha) is the only reserve protecting this thre ...
Supervisor: FEM group: Lourens Poorter
Other organisation: Tjalle Boorsma (Asociación Civil Armonía)

Department: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group

Identification of multi-stress response mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana HapMap population using a genome-wide association study approach (BSc. Only).
Plant encounter a myriad of stress conditions in the wild, both biotic as well as abiotic conditions. These stress conditions affect germination, growth (e.g. shoot growth, root growth, etc.) and the response to other stress condi ...
Supervisor: Dr. Iris Kappers
Department: Plant Physiology, Laboratory of

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

Analysis of near future demands for sprinkling irrigation in Brabant
Groundwater levels in parts of Brabant are declining, which affects brooks and nature reserves. In this research satellite data and soil moisture measurements are combined to analyse the regional groundwater systems. An important ...
Supervisor: Jos van Dam
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group

The Argentina case: land use drives groundwater and flooding issues
During the latest years Argentina is hit by floods which cannot be explained by climate change alone. Analyses at a national scale indicate land use changes as a main contributor to increasing groundwater levels. Research has a fo ...
Supervisor: Joop Kroes, Ab Veldhuizen
Department: Soil Physics and Land Management group

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