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BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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MSc thesis or internship: Drainage impact on greenhouse gas emissions from boreal peatland forests in northern Sweden
About 1.5 million hectares of Swedish peatlands have been drained and afforested during the past century to increase forest biomass production. However, serious concern has been raised that these drained peatlands act as major gre ...
Supervisor: Matthias Peichl (SLU, Umea, Sweden), Juul Limpens (PEN, WUR)
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Eliminating the competition: can Fe uptake by plants be improved by applying soil additives that bind elements that interfere with plant Fe acquisition strategies?
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient to plants that is abundantly present in almost all soils. However, in alkaline and calcareous soils with a circumneutral pH (7 – 8.5), covering approximately one third of the earth’s land su ...
Supervisor: Walter Schenkeveld
Department: Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality

Drought at Sea / Droogte op Zee
De afgelopen zomers waren bijzonder warm en droog. Dit leidde tot tal van gevolgen voor de natuur en voor de gebruikers van water. Droogte is zelfs niet zonder gevolgen voor de kustgebieden en de zee. Daar is toch water zat, hoezo ...
Supervisor: Name: Dr. Martin Baptist; Email: martin.baptist@wur.nl
Name: Mischa Streekstra; Email:mischa.streekstra@wur.nl

Department: Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group

(FIELDWORK SWEDEN) The ontogeny of trust
Siberian jays can use warning calls to deceive neighbours and access their food. Similar to humans, jays have evolved a strategy to avoid deception: they are more likely to trust individuals with members from their own group, rath ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology

The ecology and social behaviour of free-ranging dogs in Morocco
The student will gain insight into the social behaviour and feeding ecology of free-ranging dogs by performing and analysing behavioural observations at the field site in Morocco. They will obtain experience in observational techn ...
Supervisor: Giulia Cimarelli (VetMedUni)
Department: Behavioural Ecology

MSc thesis or internship: field campaign for assessing Safe operating Space for European peatlands
Wetlands store significant amounts of soil carbon and freshwater on Earth, regulate climate and flooding, and provide habitat for biodiversity and people. Yet, over a third of the global wetlands have disappeared, with the most se ...
Supervisor: Enahu.Tahitu@wur.nl, Juul.Limpens@wur.nl, Milena.Holmgren@wur.nl
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Scaling CSA in Bihar: Exploring different service provider business models to enhance the adoption of CSA technologies and practices by smallholder men and women farmers
In this project Wageningen UR closely works with CIMMYT, Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) and other stakeholders to develop business models at climate-smart village sites as a strategy to scale climate-smart agriculture (CS ...
Supervisor: Annemarie Groot (CALM) (The Netherlands)
Thomas B. Long (Management studies) (The Netherlands)
ML Jat (CIMMYT) (India)
Raj Kumar Jat (Borlaug Institute for South Asia) (India)

Department: Management Studies Group

How do plants kill butterfly eggs?
In response to eggs of cabbage white butterflies (Pieris spp.), black mustard plants (Brassica nigra, a relative of cabbage crops) respond with necrosis resembling a hypersensitive response (HR). HR is a form of programmed cell d ...
Supervisor: Dr. Nina Fatouros
Department: Biosystematics Group

Who lives below the reef?
Corals create immense three dimensional structures that are colonised by a colourful mix of benthic animals, plants and cyanobacteria. These groups living 'below' the reef play essential roles in ecosystem functioning by nutrient ...
Supervisor: Name: Mischa Streekstra
Email:mischa.streekstra@wur.nl

Department: Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group

Why did the earthworm cross the road? Explaining earthworm exploration behavior
Earthworms are among the most important soil fauna. They contribute to the quality of soil by improving soil structure, increasing nutrient mineralisation, mixing residues into the soil, and many other processes. Thus, having larg ...
Supervisor: Jan Willem van Groenigen, Ingrid Lubbers
Department: Soil Biology

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