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Animal Cooperation: Why do birds help each other?
In some birds species individuals forego own reproduction in order to help others in raising their offspring. Since evolutionary theory predicts selfish behaviour, how can we explain such seemingly selfless behaviour? We catch and ...
Supervisor: Sjouke Anne Kingma
Kat Bebbington
Miriam Kuspiel

Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Do helpers-at-the-nest reduce the chance of cuckoo parasitism?
One commonly proposed benefit of group living of birds is that individuals in groups are better to prevent cuckoos laying an egg in their nest. However, direct study and evidence of this hypothesis is rare. In Eswatini, we study a ...
Supervisor: Sjouke Anne Kingma

Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Functional Diversity of Birds in the Neotropical Region
BSc and/or MSc thesis. In this project, we will use citizen science data (and potential fieldwork) to investigate aspects of the functional diversity of birds in the Neotropics. The scope of the project will be defined togethe ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Functional Diversity of Birds in the Neotropical Region
BSc and/or MSc thesis. In this project, we will use citizen science data (and potential fieldwork) to investigate aspects of the functional diversity of birds in the Neotropics. The scope of the project will be defined togethe ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
FIELDWORK BRAZIL: Eco-accoustics for nature-positive food production
The current project ‘Eco-accoustics for nature-positive food production’ is open for up to two MSc students at the moment. The project involves field work in Brazil with automated recorders of bird song at agricultural fields. ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha, Lysanne Snijders
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Animal cognition: Social effects on cognitive performance. Laboratory based experimental work.
Living in a group can be beneficial as it allows for social learning to facilitate life. Increased competition for food sources and access to mates however can also result in stress, which can negatively affect cognitive performan ...
Supervisor: S�verine Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Animal cognition: Testing optimism in fish- a potential welfare project in fish. Laboratory based experimental work.
To assess a person’s level of optimism you may ask whether a glass is half full or half empty. We can ask fish a similar question, by training them to associate either the colour black or white with a food reward and then measure  ...
Supervisor: Séverine Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Het welzijn van tropische papegaaien in relatie met temperatuur / The wellbeing of tropical parrots in relation to temperature
Het gedragsonderzoek wordt gedaan aan 2 groepen oranjevleugelamazones (amazona amazonica) waarvan 1 groep warmtelampen krijgt. Het is een opdracht van het Nederlandse ministerie, op onderzoeklocatie Erica in Drenthe (World of Bird ...
Supervisor: Willeke Huizinga (Wildlife’s Welfare) - willekehuizinga@gmail.com, BHE contact marc.naguib@wur.nl
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Greylag Goose: ontogeny of social behaviour in goslings
In 2024, we will hand-raise goslings and you will have opportunity to observe goslings at very close distance. Using focal sample techniques with our GooseGander app, you will score the behavioural interactions of each gosling acr ...
Supervisor: Alexander Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
Greylag Goose: ontogeny of social behaviour in goslings
In 2024, we will hand-raise goslings and you will have opportunity to observe goslings at very close distance. Using focal sample techniques with our GooseGander app, you will score the behavioural interactions of each gosling acr ...
Supervisor: Alexander Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology
 
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