The grey partridge is a critically endangered species in Germany. One of the major threats is predation. The main aim of the project is to test an innovative non-lethal method to reduce predation risk.
For more information: Save the grey partridge. Congratulations on your achievement, Hugo! Stephen Salazar successfully defended his international doctoral thesis on As this defence took place in Groningen, everyone is wearing great gowns. This system provided a unique opportunity to investigate species differences without the confounding effects of habitat and dietary variation. Their results show that patterns of microbial diversity varied across species, while lack of compositional differences suggests that habitat and diet likely exert a strong influence on the gut microbiota of plovers.
They also found that the endemic A. Find out more in the paper "The gut microbiota of three avian species living in sympatry". Are you interested in red kites and other birds of prey and enjoy working in the field?
Then apply! A full-time scientific assistant position salary scale E13 is available from March 1st or soon thereafter. German advert. Kai, a member of our raptor team, has collaborated with statisticians from Salzburg to develop a new method for measuring the niche overlap of several species simultaneously. The breeding site and habitat data of the common buzzard, red kite and eagle owl were used as a data example. Many congratulations to Hugo for submitting his thesis about: Microbioms in the wild: insights from avian species.
For this she received one of the prices for "Best Talk". Now Svenja and her colleagues are heading back to the Galapagos for the annual field season to collect more interesting data on the Galapagos sea lions Zalophus wollebaeki. Good luck in the field!
