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Dissertations

2026
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J.E. Badji-Churchill (BPE): The delayed effects of climate on embryonic and nestling development in the thorn-tailed Rayadito in Patagonia (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J. Komdeur, Prof. R.A. Vásquez Salfate (University of Chile)


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L. Barba Escoto (ConsEco): Complex interactions in meadow bird conservation - Field and landscape dynamics, shaped by people (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. P. Tittonell; copromotores: Dr S. López-Ridaura (CIMMYT), Dr R.A. Howison (CF)


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I.P.R. Buyens (ConsEco): From patches to processes - Linking grazing, facilitation, and trait variation in a grazed salt marsh (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. C. Smit, Prof. P.C. le Roux (University of Pretoria)


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T.B. Craft (ConsEco): Bird’s-eye views - Tracking landscape change through remote sensing imagery and movements of Black-tailed Godwits (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T. Piersma, Prof. J.A. Beaulieu (CF); copromotores: Dr M.F. Henriques Baldé (CF), Dr R.A. Howison (CF)


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J. Dickson (ConsEco/MarBio): Sunken driftwood - A lost ecosystem (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T. van der Heide, Prof. B.D.H.K. Eriksson, Prof. L.L. Govers; copromotor: Dr O. Franken


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M.M.G. Driessen (BPE/TRÊS): Trading off immunity - Disentangling life-history and environmental effects on zebra finch innate immunity (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. S. Verhulst, Prof. I.R. Pen, Prof. B.I. Tieleman


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M.H. Kimaro (ConsEco): Managing human-wildlife conflict along hard boundaries of African protected areas through fencing (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. H. Olff; copromotor: Dr Kristen Denninger Snyder (Colorado State University/RISE, Tanzania)


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Y. Li (ConsEco): Forage quality and resource partitioning of herbivores across a protected area and rangelands (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. H. Olff; copromotor: Dr M.P. Veldhuis (Leiden University)


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S. Mei (GREEN): A missing link in microbial ecology? - Unpacking the soil mobilome over a century-long soil chronosequence (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. J. Falcao Salles; copromotores: Dr T. Hackl, Dr S.J.J. Lequime


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X. Moreira Lopes (MarBio): Cetacean population genomics in a changing environment (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. P.J.Palsbøll; copromotores: Dr M. Bérubé, Dr K. Kovacs (University Centre Svalbard)


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R.P. Muller (BPE): Exploring changes in avian breeding phenology in South Africa using historical nest record cards (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. B.I. Tieleman, Prof. B. Helm, Prof. A. Amar (University of Cape Town); copromotor: Dr C.J. Nwaogu


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J. Nepal (GREEN): Insights into the diversity of the endophytic community in potatoes and factors affecting this diversity (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J. Falcao Salles, Prof. R. Guyoneaud (Université de Pau); copromotor: Dr E. Attard (Université de Pau)


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C. Paraciani (NeuBio): 'Lost' to sleep loss - Mechanisms and strategies to reverse sleep deprivation-induced amnesia (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. Prof. R. Havekes, Prof P. Meerlo


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T. Qin (TRÊS): Diversification models and neural inference (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. R.S. Etienne; copromotores: Dr L.M. Lima Valente (Naturalis), Dr K.J. van Benthem


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E.E. Roeble (TRÊS): Asteraceae in isolation - Island biogeography of the largest plant family (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. L.M. Lima Valente (TRÊS/Naturalis), Prof. R.S. Etienne


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R. Scherrer (TRÊS): On the multiple facets of species diversification - Investigations into micro- and macroevolutionary shenanigans (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. R.S. Etienne, Prof. G.S. van Doorn


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R. Veenstra (ConsEco): Sensing the soil - Foraging black-tailed godwits in an agricultural grassland landscape (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T. Piersma, Prof. M. Berg (VU); copromotor: Dr M.F. Henriques Baldé (CF)


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Q. Wang (ConsEco): Carbon emissions and climate change impacts on food production in China and beyond (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. P. Tittonell, Prof. K. Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)


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W. Wang (BPE): The effects of ecological and social factors on life history trade-offs and sex differences in parental care in burying beetles (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J. Komdeur, Prof. H. Wu (China Normal University)


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T. Zhao (NeuBio/EvolGen): Phenotypic and genetic differences of migratory landbirds in East-Central Asian flyways (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. B. Helm, Prof. B. Wertheim


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N. Zickert (EvolGen): Functional and evolutionary aspects of lateralization (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. A.G.G. Groothuis; copromotor: Dr R.H. Geuze (UMCG)


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