On September 14, 2022, Magali Frauendorf will defend her thesis ‘Causes of spatiotemporal variation in reproductive performance of Eurasian oystercatchers in a human-dominated landscape’ at Radboud University. In December 2016 she started her PhD in the project CHIRP (Cumulative Human Impact on biRd Populations) at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology in collaboration with Radboud University … Read More
Why is the Oystercatcher population declining ? And can we turn this tide? What are the cumulative effects of human activities in the breeding and wintering areas? The Cumulative Human Impact on biRd Populations (CHIRP) study investigated these questions. CHIRP will be closed at the beginning of 2022. In the Symposium Oystercatcher we look back … Read More
Why is the population of breeding Mallards in the Netherlands declining? Based on an analysis of four different datasets collected by citizen scientists, researchers from Sovon Vogelonderzoek, Radboud University and the Vogeltrekstation have come to the conclusion that a high duckling mortality is the main cause. If we want to protect the Mallard, we will … Read More
A new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) rolls back the curtain on half a century of evidence highlighting climate change-driven changes in more than 60 different bird species in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and carried out in … Read More
The fitness of an individual bird is a very important measure in the research of behaviour, evolution and the protection of species. But how do we quantify fitness? Is it just the body weight of an animal, or do we need to measure more variables? And how do you do this in a good manner … Read More
The Wadden Sea is of great importance to shorebirds, with millions of birds overwintering or fuelling for migration in the area each year. But they also face disturbances from natural and anthropogenic sources, including raptors, walkers, cyclists, boats and aircraft. A new, three-year study takes a detailed look at the effects of aircraft on the … Read More