Wageningen UR BSc and MSc Project Database

BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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Soil sampling in Binnenveld wet meadows
In the Binnenveld wet meadows, north-west of Wageningen, a large-scale nature restoration project has taken place in the past years. Over a large area, the top layer of soil (15-50 cm) was removed in order to get rid of excessive ...
Supervisor: Monique Heijmans, Runa Magnusson
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

MSc thesis or internship: Salt marsh adaptive capacity to climate change: plant-sediment interactions in salt marshes
Salt marshes play an important role in coastal safety and harbor a unique biodiversity. One of the big questions is to what extent rising sea water levels and associated increases in flooding frequency will affect salt-marsh veget ...
Supervisor: dr. J. (Juul) Limpens and (depending on subtopic) dr. Marinka van Puijenbroek (Wageningen Marine Research), Jantsje van Loon-Steensma (WSG-WUR), Petra Goessen (HHNK)
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Kansen en knelpunten voor natuur in Zuid-Limburg (MSc thesis or internship)
In dit onderzoek breng je de kansen en knelpunten van een of meerdere natuurlijke gebieden in Zuid Limburg in kaart. Het doel is om op basis van dit werk tot beter natuurbeheer te komen waarbij nadrukkelijk wordt gekeken naar de s ...
Supervisor: Philippine Vergeer
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

BSc thesis: Do threatened butterflies share the same traits in different regions of Europe?
In 2017 we published a paper examining the relation between species traits and the Red List Status of European butterflies (DOI 10.1007/s10841-017-9972-4). This identified main trait components of species vulnerability at a contin ...
Supervisor: Prof. Michiel Wallis de Vries
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Plant responses to Climate Change: Adaptation to drought, changes in temperature and rainfall
It is important to predict how plants respond to changes in their environment, especially with todays unprecedented rate of climate change. Phenotypic responses to the environment may be determined not only by adaptive genetic ef ...
Supervisor: Dr Philippine Vergeer
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

MSc thesis: The role mass-migration of bumblebee queens for bumblebee population dynamics in agricultural landscapes
Bumblebees are enigmatic and important pollinators for wild plants and crops. However, their populations are declining due to landscape simplification and intensive agricultural practices. Surprisingly, some species seem to be abl ...
Supervisor: Thijs Fijen
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

MSc thesis: The value of strip cropping for crop pollination and crop yield
Strip cropping is proposed as a viable alternative to the specialized and intensive monocropping system in the Netherlands, as it can maintain high yields, is less reliant on artificial inputs, and can benefit biodiversity. Becaus ...
Supervisor: Thijs Fijen
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Evaluating the biodiversity benefits of farming for biodiversity by Land van Ons
In response to intensive farming practices and drastic biodiversity declines, more than 24.000 citizens have collaborated in the organisation Land van Ons to make change. Since early 2020 they bought farming land and started to fa ...
Supervisor: Thijs Fijen
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation 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

Ecosystems responses to extreme rainfall across Svalbard ecosystems
!!! Field season 2024 FULL -> I will know more about opportunities in 2025 after the summer season. You're very welcome for a lab or data based project, or for advise on opportunities in other Arctic studies/fieldwork . How wi ...
Supervisor: RÃºna MagnÃºsson
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

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