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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 |
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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
Kat L. Bebbington
Department: Behavioural Ecology |
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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 & Lysanne Snijders
Department: Behavioural Ecology |
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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 & Lysanne Snijders
Department: Behavioural Ecology |
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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 |
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Active and passive anti-predator defence in a cooperatively breeding bird
Group-living can have many benefits, such as better protection from predators. White helmetshrikes, for example, actively mob and attack predators in nest vicinity to protect their brood. Larger groups might thus be better able to ...
Supervisor: Miriam Kuspiel
Sjouke A. Kingma
Kat L. Bebbington
Department: Behavioural Ecology |
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