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UvA and Staatsbosbeheer join forces to study grazing in the Oostvaardersplassen
19 Apr 2021
On 19 April professor Annemarie van Wezel, director of the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), signed a cooperation agreement with Staatsbosbeheer in the context of the ...
Changes to European meteorological data policies threaten aerial biodiversity monitoring
15 Apr 2021
A group of international scientists, including UvA professor Judy Shamoun-Baranes, warns that changes to European meteorological data policies threaten biodiversity monitoring as they make vital data unavailable. In ...
Travel reveals the mind
15 Apr 2021
A large set of observations of the travel paths of wild primates provides new opportunities for in-depth insights in the evolution of the mental abilities that primates, including ourselves, use to know where and ...
The life story of a spoonbill called Sinagote
13 Apr 2021
This week a book was published by Theunis Piersma, Willem Bouten, Carl Zuhorn and Petra de Goeij, in which the life story of a spoonbill called Sinagote is being told.
Whales dive deep for profitable prey
31 Mar 2021
An international research team has investigated why dolphins and whales perform record-breaking dives to several kilometres deep. For the first time they were able to match hunting behaviour to the prey present in ...
Measuring bird migration above ARTIS as part of a demonstration site
26 Mar 2021
Researchers of the University of Amsterdam have installed a BirdScan radar at the elephant enclosure in ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo to record bird migration. This BirdScan radar is part of the first site of the ...
Airborne laser scanning reveals habitat features of wetland birds
23 Mar 2021
By making use of country-wide airborne laser scanning, researchers of the UvA Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics were able to show that three closely related warbler species separate their breeding ...
Six million euros for consortium research on reuse of wastewater
11 Mar 2021
The research programme AquaConnect is to receive 4 million euros from the NWO Perspective programme and 2 million euros from companies and societal organisations. AquaConnect focuses on reusing wastewater and ...
Sea butterflies already struggle in acidifying Southern Ocean
4 Mar 2021
Due to increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the Southern Ocean will acidify in the upcoming few decades. This will affect shell growth in sea butterflies, useful biological indicators of ocean ...
How sponges dine in a marine desert
23 Feb 2021
Marine biologists have been able to visualize for the first time how tropical sponges and their symbiotic bacteria work together to consume and recycle organic food. The research led by Meggie Hudspith and Jasper de ...
Will the marbled crayfish become the next successful invasive crayfish?
18 Feb 2021
Ecologists expect that the marbled crayfish could become a successful invasive species in the Netherlands. This it the main outcome of a new scientific publication in Scientific Reports by researchers from University ...
Pteropods produce thinner shells in more acidified and colder waters
28 Jan 2021
Shelled pteropods, tiny free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification because their fragile shells are vulnerable to increasing ocean acidity. A team of Dutch and American ...
Eutrophication turns aquatic omnivores into vegetarians
21 Jan 2021
The feeding behaviour of several invertebrate animals in aquatic food webs is drastically changed by increasing inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus into surface waters. This is demonstrated in a new study by ...
Biologists plead in Science: Include the protection of soil in international biodiversity strategies
15 Jan 2021
A quarter of all known species live in the soil. Life above ground depends on the soil and its countless inhabitants. Yet, global strategies to protect biodiversity have so far paid little attention to this habitat. ...
Large grant for UvA research in Caribbean
7 Jan 2021
During the annual consultation with the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, Ingrid van Engelshoven, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, has announced that more than 7 million euros has been awarded to two ...
In Memoriam Jan van Mourik
5 Jan 2021
IBED-researcher Jan van Mourik unexpectedly passed away on 22 December 2020. We will always remember Jan for his incredible energy and great drive for all the things he was working on, as well as for his striking ...
SETAC Emeritus Membership for Prof. Pim de Voogt
5 Jan 2021
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) awarded IBED’s emeritus Professor Pim de Voogt with the SETAC Emeritus Membership.
Scientists present vision for today’s challenges
17 Dec 2020
The sectors of environmental sciences, astronomy, biology and pharmaceutical sciences present a joint vision to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science today, entitled 'Voor een sterker fundament'. In their ...
King Carl XVI Gustaf´s Professorship in Environmental Science for Prof. André de Roos
11 Dec 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Professor André de Roos, from the UvA Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, the prestigious King Carl XVI Gustaf´s Professorship in Environmental Science ...
Daniel Pérez Pinedo wins East-West Seed Graduation Prize for Plant Sciences
10 Dec 2020
Daniel Pérez Pinedo, graduate of the MSc Biological Sciences at the UvA, is the winner of this year’s East-West Seed Graduation Prize for Plant Sciences. Last week he received the young-talent graduation prize, worth ...
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