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Mini-symposium "Animal behaviour in a changing environment - Ecological causes and consequences of food choice"

When:Th 01-06-2017 13:05 - 16:45
Where:NIOZ Texel, Oceaanzaal

This symposium is organized preceding the defence of the thesis "Red knot habits: An optimal foraging perspective on intertidal life at Banc d'Arguin" by Thomas Oudman on Friday 2 June 2017 at the University of Groningen.

1 June, NIOZ Texel 13:05 - 13:15 Jan van Gils (NIOZ) - Introduction
13:15 - 14:00 Melissa Bateson (University of Newcastle) - Food for thought: The effects of early-life feeding schedules on adult foraging decisions in European starlings
14:00 - 14:30 André de Roos (University of Amsterdam) - Decreasing marine food levels increase persistence of threatened anadromous populations
14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:30 Mo Verhoeven (GELIFES) - Variation in migration patterns of bar-tailed godwits
15:30 - 16:15 Thomas Oudman (NIOZ) - Red knot habits: An optimal foraging perspective on intertidal life at Banc d’Arguin
16:15 - 16:45 Theunis Piersma (NIOZ/GELIFES) - Did we miss our funeral? Why biology should not let go of the environment
2 June, Academy Building Groningen 11:00 Thomas Oudman - Thesis defence