Previous internship projects at the Behavioural Ecology Group

Are you currently finishing your MSc and looking for internship opportunities within Behavioural Ecology group? You can find here a list of previous internships at BHE divided by research domains.

Behavioural Ecology

Organisation Project title Supervisor
NIOO-KNAW Differences in executive functions in great tits, blue tits and marsh tits Kees van Oers
ARK Natuurontwikkeling Carcass use and the role of social recruitment in juvenile ravens on the Veluwe Lysanne Snijders
Copenhagen University (Denmark) The biological underpinnings of pied babbler combinatorial communication Marc Naguib
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad) Social cognitive testing of high-predation schools of Poecilia reticulata Alexander Kotrschal
Stichting AAP The effect of ecologically relevant sounds on the behavioural patterns of captive Japanese macaques Marc Naguib
Leiden University Chimpanzee’s attention to dominant and subordinate roles in third-party grooming and aggression Marc Naguib
University of Antwerp (Belgium) Local enhancement in lizards of the Greek Naxos island Alexander Kotrschal
NTNU (Norway) Population flock structures of house sparrows in the Åfjord region Alexander Kotrschal
NIOO-KNAW Personality differences in city and forest great tits Kees van Oers
Diergaarde Blijdorp Stereotypic behavior in polar bears Filipe Cunha
NIOO-KNAW Problem-solving performance does not predict survival in great tits (Parus major) during the post-fledging period Kees van Oers
University of Vienna (Austria) Do ravens take the opportunity? Foraging decisions in unfamiliar and unpredictable environments Alexander Kotrschal
Diergaarde Blijdorp The effect of a change in feeding regime on behavioural complexity in captive giraffes Filipe Cunha
Black wheatear project (Spain) A comparison of catching strategies for the Black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) in the non-breeding season Gretchen Wagner
NIOO-KNAW Exploratory behaviour in House Sparrows Kees van Oers
Nature Conservation Egypt (Egypt) Stop-over sites of White Stork in Egypt Marc Naguib
Lined Seedeater Project (Brasil) Factors influencing territory size in Lined Seedeaters (Sporophila lineola) Filipe Cunha
NIOO-KNAW DNA methylation in relation to exploratory behaviour and cognition Kees van Oers
Diergaarde Blijdorp Creating the best practice guidelines of the Tufted Deer Sjouke Kingma
NTNU (Norway) Quantifying the within flock structures of Åfjord sparrows Alexander Kotrschal
Diergaarde Blijdorp Visual contact with conspecifics positively affects pacing in captive tigers Filipe Cunha
Stichting AAP Assessing the effects of translocating wild, invasive raccoons into captivity using the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), a novel approach for raccoon welfare Chris Tyson
Safaripark Beekse Bergen Environmental choice in zoos: welfare effects on large carnivore Alexander Kotrschal
NIOO-KNAW Investigating beak size variation in Passer sparrows Kees van Oers
Regelink Ecologie & Landschap An analysis of the moments when tree falcons feed prey to their young Sjouke Kingma
HCMR (Greece) Aggregation behaviour of invasive lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Eastern Mediterranean Alexander Kotrschal
Bureau Stadsnatuur Rotterdam & Van der Helm Milieubeheer B.V. Behavioural activity pattern of Pipistrellus nathusii and Pipistrellus pipistrellus during the mating season Lysanne Snijders
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Quantifying the within flock structures of Åfjord sparrows. Alexander Kotrschal
Diergaarde Blijdorp The behavioral impact of carcass feeding on captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) Filipe Cunha
University of Utrecht Co-feeding Tolerance in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Family and Individual Variation Marc Naguib
NIOO-KNAW Exploring Intergenerational Mendelian Inheritance of CpG Methylation in Great tits (Parus major) Kees van Oers
Rijkswaterstaat Effectiveness of Fauna Exit Sites for Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) Lysanne Snijders
The Artic University of Norway Variation in incubation activity of great tits (Parus major) across latitudes Kees van Oers
Uppsala University (Sweden) The hybrid system of pied and collared flycatchers Sjouke Kingma
NIOO-KNAW Who eats first? Inter- and intra-sexual competition for food resources in the great tit (Parus major) Kees van Oers
Ouwehands Dierenpark Bear Brains: How Enrichment Shapes Polar Bear Behaviour Marc Naguib
Arcadis Temperature measurements under Swift roof tiles Sjouke Kingma
University of Utrecht Foraging area of ​​the European Badger (Meles meles): compensation with attention to biodiversity Hugo Loning
SOVON Lost in Translation? Exploring Detection Accuracy in PAM and BirdNET Marc Naguib

Companion Animals

Organisation Project title
EquInnoLab The use of heart rate (variability) to assess how horses experience dressage training
Hulphond How to improve the habituation of an assistance dog from foster family to a kennel?
Wolf Science Center (Austria) Cooperation between humans and canines
NVWA Ethological needs of kennelled dogs; expanding and evaluating the FIDO-tool
Hondenschool Fair Play Which factors influence the learning speed of dogs during dog training?
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Austria) Social learning strategies in free-ranging dogs
Koninklijke luchtmacht Learning and training in the military working dog
Hulphond Effect of workload on stress levels in therapy-dogs

Conservation Biology

Organisation Project title Supervisor
Blijdorp Zoo Project design for a study on the effectiveness of nature conservation education in Blijdorp Royal Rotterdam Zoo Filipe Cunha
Picchio Wildlife Research Center (Japan) Olfactory strategies for Asiatic Bear Conflict Mitigation: Investigating responses to different odours Lysanne Snijders
Natuurmonumenten Prevention of negative effects of new (mountain bike) roads on the local fauna Lysanne Snijders
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (France) Determining the genetic status of Indian Ocean island birds for conservation purposes Sjouke Kingma
Bushy Park Sanctuary (New Zealand) Bird conservation New Zealand Marc Naguib
Landcare Research (New Zealand) Interactions between native lizards and introduces predators in New Zealand's drylands Marc Naguib