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Two Master students: How do breeding barnacle geese cope with new environments?
Over the past few decades barnacle geese have successfully colonized new breeding areas to the southwest of its original Russian Arctic distribution, including temperate areas in the Baltic and the Netherlands. This offers a unique situation for comparative research along a latitudinal gradient to investigate how animals may adapt functionally to rapidly changing environments (keyword global change).
We are looking for two master students to compare barnacle goose populations from Dutch and Russian colonies
Laboratorium assistent HLO, Chemisch analist
Het Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO) is een onderzoeksinstituut van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, met als opdracht het verrichten van excellent fundamenteel en strategisch ecologisch onderzoek. Het NIOO is gevestigd in een nieuw duurzaam onderzoekscomplex te Wageningen gebouwd volgens het Cradle to Cradle principe. Het nieuwe gebouw bij heeft state-of-the-art laboratoria en onderzoeksfaciliteiten.
Directiesecretaresse
Het Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO) is een onderzoeksinstituut van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, met als opdracht het verrichten van excellent fundamenteel en strategisch ecologisch onderzoek. Het NIOO is gevestigd in een nieuw duurzaam onderzoekscomplex te Wageningen gebouwd volgens het Cradle to Cradle principe.
Door vertrek van onze huidige directiesecretaresse is een vacature ontstaan voor een
Tenure track position Animal Ecology
The Department of Animal Ecology (AnE) is one of the four departments of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Its unifying theme of research is the behavioural and evolutionary ecology of animals and it carries out fundamental ecological research with an open eye to society’s needs. AnE has an outstanding reputation within the international scientific community and was assessed as ‘excellent’ in the last international peer review.
Manipulating seasonal timing in the wild: mechanisms and fitness
The objective of this project is to manipulate seasonal timing in great tits in the wild in order to experimentally assess the fitness consequences of breeding earlier. The experimental method that will be used is to manipulate the female great tit while roosting in the nest box at night by giving her an hour of light in the box (which will be temporally closed) towards the end of the night (but not at dawn).
Manipulating seasonal timing in the wild: mechanisms and fitness
The objective of this project is to manipulate seasonal timing in great tits in the wild in order to experimentally assess the fitness consequences of breeding earlier. The experimental method that will be used is to manipulate the female great tit while roosting in the nest box at night by giving her an hour of light in the box (which will be temporally closed) towards the end of the night (but not at dawn).
Ecology of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soil
In this project we study the response of ammonia-oxidizing soil archaea and bacteria to the biogeochemical and biological factors surrounding them in their habitat. Especially the story of archaeaI ammonia-oxidation desperately needs to be uncovered and put into context, as these have only very recently been discovered. Hence, little is known and lot’s to do! We are addressing several questions on the general ecology of these prokaryotes by studying their interaction with plants and other soil microorganisms.
Ecology of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soil
In this project we study the response of ammonia-oxidizing soil archaea and bacteria to the biogeochemical and biological factors surrounding them in their habitat. Especially the story of archaeaI ammonia-oxidation desperately needs to be uncovered and put into context, as these have only very recently been discovered. Hence, little is known and lot’s to do! We are addressing several questions on the general ecology of these prokaryotes by studying their interaction with plants and other soil microorganisms.
Ecology of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soil
In this project we study the response of ammonia-oxidizing soil archaea and bacteria to the biogeochemical and biological factors surrounding them in their habitat. Especially the story of archaeaI ammonia-oxidation desperately needs to be uncovered and put into context, as these have only very recently been discovered. Hence, little is known and lot’s to do! We are addressing several questions on the general ecology of these prokaryotes by studying their interaction with plants and other soil microorganisms.
Thin or thick, shallow or deep, long or short: How do soil microbial communities affect root morphology, and the other way around?
Are you a MSc. or BSc. student with a keen interest in experimental plant ecology? Are you fascinated by the (largely unexplored) belowground part of a plant’s environment? Then you might be interested in the following project, which offers you a nice opportunity to further develop your scientific skills as an ecology-oriented biologist in spe, and explore the way plants cope with their dynamic soil biological environment.
