Do selenium nanoparticles in fish food cause subtle alterations in behavior of fish: effect of particles size and concentration?

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon & Prof. dr. H.H. de Iongh

What impact does a mid-season wildfire have on grassland invertebrates?

Does a mid-season fire impact invertebrate populations?

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Smets, M. Stech

My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.

What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?

Het Solar Fish-project van hoogleraar biofysische organische chemie Huub de Groot, krijgt een plaats in het Llowlab op popfestival Lowlands.

Does the presence of Ring-necked parakeets negatively influence feeding and feeding behaviour of native bird species on artificial bird feeders and if so, what are possible solutions?

Describe and identify what dosimetry parameters are of importance to interpret dose-response relationships (eg., mortality, sub-lethal, growth or reproduction inhabitation, DNA damage and reactive oxygen species, etc. ) for metal-based nanoparticles? How to develop quantitative models that enable to…

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Promotor: B. van de Water, Co-promotor: E.H.J. Danen

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?

Ethiopian wolves are endangered diurnal Afroalpine rodent hunters. I investigated the interaction between wolves, rodents and human land use in Borena Sayint National Park (BSNP), Abune Yosef and Aboi Gara in Ethiopia.

Congres/symposium

What invertebrates live in the fields and edges? Do the populations change with landscape complexity?

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets. Co-promotores: B. Gravendeel, F. Pupulin

What are the environmental trade-offs for SMEs considering moving from monoculture aquaculture practice towards IMTA? What are the environmental trade-offs comparing IMTA species with their conventional monoculture alternatives?

Promotores: G.A. Persoon, H.H. de Iongh

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo

Does a high quality prairie restoration in an urban/agricultural landscape provide invertebrates necessary for a sustainable ecosystem?

Promotores: J.A.van Veen, P.L.G.Klinkhamer. Co-promotor: E.E.Kuramae

Plants produce an astonishing variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) which are thought to play vital roles in the fitness of plants through ecological interactions.

Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver

The effects of anthropogenic noise on interactions between predators and their prey are still little understood.

Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

In this thesis, I targeted the orchid genus Lepanthes, one of the six genera of angiosperms that surpasses 1,000 species in the Neotropics, as a study model to investigate the evolutionary processes that promoted species diversifications.

Plant-microbe interaction resulted in different physio/chemical responses by host plant and interacting rhizobacteria.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.C. van Welzen

What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…

How does the management of Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi relate to wider contexts of policies, theories and regions? And how can the current management system be adapted to achieve long-term sustainability of the fishery?

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossil plants found as part of a rock formation from the Early Permian (296 million years old), located in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Hybrid zones occur where two species meet and produce offspring (hybrids). Typically, hybrids show a considerable reduction in fitness. In this thesis two hybrid zones are treated.

Promotie

Creating a framework to assess the sustainability of fish farms which will set sustainability standards and give consumers information about the the sustainability and safety of their seafood.

Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.