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BSc-MSc Thesis and Internship Projects, Wageningen University

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What a fish knows - how smart are they really? Lab study
We have a fancy new fish laboratory in which we investgate the cognitive abilities of fishes. We mostly work with guppies but are flexible. There are so many options - please get in touch to find out what interests you most. Cl ...
Supervisor: Alexander Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology

What a fish knows - cognition in the wild! Field study
We do regular field trips to tropical places to studz the cognitive abilities of fishes in the wild. Specifically we study: - the factors driving cognitive evolution in guppies, for which we go to Trinidad - individual differen ...
Supervisor: Alexander Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Animal cognition: Does being clever in one task mean being a genius generally? Project based on existing data
Cognition includes many different aspects, ranging from basic traits like attention and perception to more complex skills like insight and theory of mind that are traditionally associated with a few large brained species such as p ...
Supervisor: Séverine Kotrschal
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Animal Migration / Conservation Behaviour: Stork migration, human disturbance and stop over sites along the Nile in Egypt
Storks migrate annually from their northern breeding grounds to the Subsahara, across arid land and land with high human disturbance in Northern Africa. Here we will use online data from GPS tracked storks to determine their migra ...
Supervisor: Marc Naguib, Sjouke Kingma, Khaled el Noby, Anouschka Hof (WEC)
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Understanding nest parasitism: Shiny cowbird (fieldwork in Brazil)
In this project we explore some interesting questions on nest parasitism investigating the behaviour of Molothrus bonariensis and its hosts. The filedwork is in Brazil in Florestal, Minas Gerais, fieldwork can be conducted from Au ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Cooperation, dispersal, and climate adaptation in Australian fairy-wrens
MSc thesis projects are available to study purple-crowned fairy-wrens in the Kimberley, Australia. Project topics can include cooperative breeding, dispersal, parental care, brood parasitism, and climate change, but are not limite ...
Supervisor: Niki Teunissen
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Field work: The role of birds for managing Oak Processionary Caterpillars (eikenprocessierups)
Oak processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea processionea ; OPC) have increased in abundance greatly over the last decade. They are seen as a pest, because of their venomous hairs, which can cause skin irritation in humans. Over t ...
Supervisor: Prof. Kees van Oers (NIOO-KNAW/WUR)
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Animal Personality
Animal personality; a topic that has received much attention over the last 3 decades. Within this field many field, lab, data or literature studies are possible. Studies ranging from field studies, genetics and genomics studies, ...
Supervisor: Kees van Oers or other staff at BHE
Department: Behavioural Ecology

Investigating Referential Alarm calls (fieldwork in Brazil)
MSc students. The fieldwork takes place between December and April in Florestal/Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil. In this project, you will investigate if the Lined Seedeater has referential alarm calls. In the fieldwork ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology

(Fieldwork) Environmental constraints in nest parasitism
Fieldwork from August to November in Florestal/Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. In this project, you will study the nest parasitism behaviour of the Shiny cowbird. We want to better understand how the environmental aspects o ...
Supervisor: Filipe Cunha
Department: Behavioural Ecology

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