News of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group
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Success of the Month for Milena Holmgren, Juul Limpens and Monique Heijmans
- They published a news breaking paper in Global Change Biology on the impact of climate change on boreal peatlands -
Human influence on the population dynamics of large herbivores
- Insights into the processes that influence population size are vital to the conservation of wild species in terrestrial ecosystems. Until recently,... -
Mangrove ecology on Mafia Island
- Students are welcome to work on mangrove ecology in a marine reserve -
More opportunities for bats in forts along the New Dutch Waterline
- Climatic conditions such as temperature and humidity have less influence on the presence of bats in the abandoned forts along the New Dutch Waterline... -
Effects of interannual climate variability on tropical tree cover
- Satellite data reveal how tropical ecosystems may respond to climate extremes. Tree cover in the tropics will likely change in surprising ways as... -
Pig DNA gets into wild boar population
- The DNA of wild boars in North-West Europe is being increasingly 'contaminated' by genes from domesticated pigs. Resource nr. 13, February 28,... -
African elephant fares better in countries with good education than in countries with newly created nature
- Elephants are rare in African countries where poor schooling, a failing economy and widespread corruption are rife. Countries where these factors are... -
Msc research project: Insects and aquatic bugs in Ladakh.
- We are urgently seeking students who will be going to the highest mountains on Earth to assess the importance of these areas for bird migration and...