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Monitoring the size and breeding success of bird populations

Center for Natural Sciences | Behavioral Ecology Research Group
Research field: Urban ecology, behavioral biology, evolution, reproductive systems, birds

Point and transect-based bird population surveys; locating and monitoring nests, determining reproductive success; trend estimation based on long-term datasets; individual bird marking; data collection using nest cameras; survival estimation based on mark-recapture.

Measurement of habitat-urbanization effects

Center for Natural Sciences | Behavioral Ecology Research Group
Research field: Urban ecology, behavioral biology, evolution, reproductive systems, birds

Determining urbanization based on built-up areas and green spaces from satellite images; estimating and verifying vegetation cover through field surveys; assessing disturbances associated with human presence; estimating arboreal insect biomass through "frassfall" sampling; estimating the climatic effects on bird nesting biology using statistical models.