Wageningen UR BSc and MSc Project Database

BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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Dendrochronology on Arctic tundra shrubs
Shrub expansion is widely observed in the Arctic and is related to climate warming. But beside temperature, rainfall patterns will change and likely critically govern the degree to which shrubs can capitalize on warmer conditions ...
Supervisor: Ute Sass-Klaassen (FEM), RÃºna MagnÃºsson and Monique Heijmans (PEN)
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Understanding drivers of "Arctic greening" in the Siberian tundra
A large proportion of arctic tundra and permafrost ecosystems is situated in the Russian Arctic. As collaboration and field monitoring data from Russia becomes scarce, remote sensing becomes an even more crucial tool to understand ...
Supervisor: RÃºna + 2nd supervisor from GIS group
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

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

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

BSc thesis: Vegetatieontwikkeling op de Wolfhezerheide
Schrale gronden kunnen goede habitats zijn voor bijvoorbeeld reptielen en dagvlinders, en typische plantensoorten die kunnen omgaan met de lage nutrientbeschikbaarheid. In het geval van heidegebieden zijn deze schrale gronden onts ...
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Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Fraai hertshooi in De Meinweg - thesis of internship
Fraai Hersthooi (Hypericum pulchrum) is een zeldzame plantensoort van bosranden, bermen, struwelen, heide en heischraal. Fraai hertshooi is gebonden aan lemige bodem. In het nationaal park de Meinweg komt de soort voor, maar deze ...
Supervisor: Philippine Vergeer
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Tree species’ distributions - Understanding the Who Where What Why?
Trees are pivotal to global biodiversity, acting as ecosystem engineers and generating habitat to half the world’s known terrestrial flora and fauna. Accelerating global changes are threatening these tree species, where widespread ...
Supervisor: Coline Boonman
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

Internship bij Unie van Bosgroepen: Aminozuurtekorten en Calciumgebrek; de rups als schakel tussen boom en vogel
Inleiding De verzuring van eikenbossen op zandgronden heeft niet alleen directe gevolgen voor de vegetatie, maar veroorzaakt ook problemen hogerop in de voedselketen. Uit onderzoek is gebleken dat een verstoorde nutrientenbalans ...
Supervisor: Jaap Bouwman (Unie van Bosgroepen), Philippine Vergeer (WUR)
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

MSc thesis: It's getting hot in here! - Does the sensitivity of permafrost to changing weather conditions differ across the Arctic?
Across the Arctic, researchers monitor the thawing depth of permafrost as a critical environmental variable. You will work with a database with end-of-season thaw depths, also known as "Active Layer Thicknesses". This is the top l ...
Supervisor: RÃºna MagnÃºsson & Monique Heijmans
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

MSc Thesis: Assessing the impact of nature-inclusive farming on seasonal insect abundance
In this MSc thesis, you will study insects in diverse strip cropping fields (https://weblog.wur.eu/spotlight/more-nature-in-fields-through-strip-cropping/). These diverse fields contain early, late, and perennial crops, leading to ...
Supervisor: Rik Waenink
Department: Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group

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