Spring
21.02.2018 Arnaud Barras (PhD first resutls) and Astrance Fenestraz (MSc proposal)
Habitat selection by the Ring Ouzel in Swiss mountains: a multiscale approach
28.02.2018 Yann Rime (MSc proposal)
Species-habitat associations of birds in fruit tree plantations along the year cycle
07.03.2018 Julia Besimo (MSc proposal) and Leony Malthaner (BSc proposal)
Breeding ecology and wintering population dynamics of the Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) in the Swiss Alps: Implications for conservation
14.03.2018 Noëlle Klein (MSc proposal) and Sophie Rüfenacht (BSc proposal)
Orthopteran abundance as a driver of Scops Owl presence
21.03.2018 Beatrice Schranz and Marco Pilati (MSc proposals)
River bed restoration: an ecological trap for rare wading birds?
28.03.2018 Roman Roth and Sarah Ettlin (MSc proposals), Gino Enz, Daniela Heldner and Lucas Rossier (BSc proposals)
Active restoration of species-poor, lowland grasslands (New SNF grassland restoration project)
04.04.2018 Eastern break
11.04.2018 (1) Gabriel Marcacci (MSc proposal), (2) Dina Gebhardt (BSc proposal) and (3) Sarah Rohr (BSc proposal)
(1) The importance of tradionnal agriculture for birds communities in Ethiopian highlands
(2) Density estimations of ungulate prey species based on camera trap data
(3) Habitat selection of male field crickets (Gryllus campestris) after the relocation into a revitalised habitat
18.04.2018 MSc final results symposium
(1) 10:15 Corina Maurer. Effects of habitat fragmentation in vineyards on bumblebee colony fitness and foraging trip time.
(2) 10:30 Elisabeth Klaus. Plant reproductive success in Valais vineyard landscapes: a quasi experimental approach.
(3) 10:45 Deborah Carannante. LEDs, rivers and insect attraction: magnitude of the attractive effect on adult aquatic insects from their river habitat to artificial lights.
(4) 11:00 Claudia Blumenstein. LEDs, rivers and insect attraction: distance thresholds for attracting adult aquatic insects from their river habitat to artificial lights.
(5) 11:15 Maria Weinrich. Grassland ecological quality: does plant and invertebrate diversity correlate?
(6) 11:30 Anais Binggeli. Foraging habitat selection by the Snow Finch: habitat association and sensitivity to climate change.
Fall
19.09.2018 Romain Angeleri, Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL) and University of Bern (PhD proposal)
Study of the Saproxylic Beetle communities in the habitat of the White-Backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
26.09.2018 Ron Milgalter (PhD proposal)
The space use and flight behavior of adult golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in the Swiss Alps: applied implications for mitigating airspace conflicts with future wind energy developments
03.10.2018 Daniel Slodowicz (PhD proposal)
Active restoration of species-poor, extensively managed lowland grasslands
10.10.2018
17.10.2018 Sarah Rohr (BSc results)
Habitat selection and distribution of the field cricket (Gryllus campestris, LINNAEUS 1758) in revitalised area in Upper Valais
24.10.2018 Yann Rime (MSc first results)
Landscape scale and parcel scale habitat preferences of wintering, migrant and breeding birds in intensively managed fruit-tree plantations
31.10.2018 (1) Noëlle Klein (MSc first results) and (2) Sophie Rüfenacht (BSc results)
(1 and 2) Orthopteran abundance as a driver of Scops Owl presence
07.11.2018 (1) Astrance Fenestraz (MSc first results) and (2) Yannick Hunziker (BSc results)
(1) Habitat selection by the Ring Ouzel in Swiss mountains: a multiscale approach
(2) Quantifying the nestling diet of Ring Ouzel
14.11.2018 (1) Sarah Ettlin (MSc first results) and (2) Gino Enz (BSc results)
(1) Characteristics of ecologically poor hay meadows in the Swiss lowlands
(2) Links between the humidity and nutrient Landolt indices and plant- and leafhopper abundance in extensively managed grasslands in the Swiss lowlands
21.11.2018 (1) Roman Roth (MSc first results) and (2) Lucas Rosier (BSc results)
(1) Determinants of species composition of invertebrates in extensively managed grasslands in the Swiss lowland
(2) The effect of plant diversity and plant community composition on ground beetle abundance in grassland habitats in the Swiss lowlands
28.11.2018 (1) Beatrice Schranz (MSc first results) and (2) Marco Pilati (MSc first results)
(1) and (2) Habitat preference of two endangered wading birds in a revitalised section of an alpine river
05.12.2018 Canceled (no seminar)
12.12.2018 Julia Besimo (MSc first results)
Breeding ecology and wintering population dynamics of the Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) in the Swiss Alps
19.12.2018 Gabriel Marcacci (MSc final results)
Large-scale versus small-scale agriculture: disentangling the relative effects of management and semi-natural habitats on birds' habitat preferences in Ethiopian agroecosystems
