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Breeding structure and cohesion in zebra finches (aviary experiment in Bielefeld, Germany)
How do personality and social bonds influence breeding cohesion and distribution in zebra finches? In this unique experimental set-up, zebra finches will have access to multiple aviaries, giving them the freedom to choose where to ...
Supervisor: Lysanne Snijders, Chris Tyson, Marc Naguib
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: Alexander 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: 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

Greylag Goose: ontogeny of vocalisations
The calls of goslings will be recorded every day/week to measure the ontogeny of calls including social context and cues to individuality in call characteristics. You will learn how to record, label, and archive calls and analyse ...
Supervisor: Alexander Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology

How human - bee interaction may affect bee health Fieldwork in Sweden or Netherlands
Healthy bees are crucial for the global food production. About one third of human diet directly or indirectly depends on successful pollination by bees. But the western honey bee struggles to survive. Colony numbers are rapidly de ...
Supervisor: Séverine kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Are bigger groups better care-providers?
Group living can have various benefits: Larger groups might be able to defend larger territories, have better protection from predators, or might have more helpers taking care of the offspring in case of cooperatively breeding spe ...
Supervisor: Miriam Kuspiel
Sjouke A. Kingma
Kat L. Bebbington

Department: Behavioural Ecology

Cats consuming natural prey or commercial foods – differences in eating behaviour
Modern foods for pet cats are primarily designed to be safe, tasty and nutritious. The act of eating of such foods (i.e. bites, chews, swallowing) impacts on many aspects, like oral health and appetite regulation. Modern manmade f ...
Supervisor: Bonne Beerda, Guido Bosch
Department: Behavioural Ecology

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