PhD projects
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The importance of carcasses in nature
How do dead animals (i.e. “carcasses”) decompose in nature? Which nutrients are stored in the bodies of carcasses? How important is the... -
Visual system of bumblebees
We study the visual system of bumblebees. How do bumblebees depend on their visual system to perform well controlled landings? -
Long-distance migratory seabirds linking Arctic and ocean
Rob van Bemmelen studies the migration of a set of Arctic long-distance migratory seabirds. These seabirds spent the larger part of their annual cycle... -
Infectious diseases, compositions of host assemblages and species traits
Yingying Wang investigates how the compositions of host assemblages and species traits affect disease risks. -
Grassland-forest transitions in South American rangelands
Rafael Bernardi studies socio-ecological drivers of tree cover and estimates effects of grassland transitions to savannas/forests in South America. -
Eco epidemiology of Bovine tuberculosis
Sintayehu Dejene studies the role of interactions with wildlife on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa. -
Biodiversity and disease risk
Helen Esser studies the relationship between biodiversity loss and the emergence of tick-borne disease emergence, using extensive sampling across a... -
Human pressures on African protected areas
Dorit Gross studies how socio-economic pressures and biophysical preconditions drive land cover change in African protected areas and their... -
Land use changes in Russia
Mikhail Grishchenko studies how migration of geese is affected by the loss of stop-over sites due land use change in Russia, using a combination of... -
Tick-host interactions
Tim Hofmeester investigates how the composition of wild animal communities affects the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens – particularly those...