Conservation Biology seminar 2022

Spring semester 2022

23.02.2022 Maria Villalpando, MSc proposal
First species distribution model of the critically endangered coral species Dendrogyra cylindrus in the Dominican Republic to promote local conservation actions

02.03.2022 Jérémie Moulin, UNIL + UNIBE, MSc first results
Understanding the dynamic of wolves attacks on livestock

09.03.2022 Laurent Schenker, MSc proposal
Small structures for mustelids

16.03.2022 Lucy Novovitch, MSc proposal
Assessing the prey community in relation of environmental covariates in Ipole, Tabora region

23.03.2022 Shaquille Matthys, MSc proposal
Multi-criteria assessment of control methods for the invasive red eared slider (Trachemys scripta) in Switzerland

30.03.2022 Alina Kurmann, MSc proposal
Mid-term effects of grassland restoration on wild bee communities

06.04.2022 Gilles Hauser, MSc proposal
Saproxylic beetles communities related to forest structures

13.04.2022 BSc proposals
(1) 10:30 Rico Felder. Analyzing two different attachment methods of radio-transmitters for juvenile Upupa epops (European Hoopoe).
(2) 11:00 Maude Vernet. Testing the mesopredator release theory based on camera trap data in Valais.
(3) 11:30 Léa Höhener. Permanent vs rotational uncut grass refuge, which one favours more invertebrate abundance?

20.04.2022 Eastern break

27.04.2022 BSc proposals
(1) 10:30 Célestin Luisier. Will Wallcreeper winter abundance and distribution increase under temperature warming?
(2) 11:00 Anita Schmid. Linking flight behavioral states of golden eagles to terrain characteristics.
(3) 11:30 Gregory Egloff. The effect of land use heterogeneity and small structures on mustelids in the Valais Rhône valley.

Fall semester 2022

21.09.2022 Yann Rime, Vogelwarte
Migration behaviour and habitat preferences of a high-alpine long-distance migrant

28.09.2022 Angeleri Romain, PhD results
The White-backed Woodpecker as an umbrella species for threatened saproxylic beetles in Central Europe

05.10.2022 Anita Schmid, BSc results
Linking flight behavioral states of golden eagles to terrain characteristics

12.10.2022 Célestin Luisier, BSc results
Effects of the global warming on the winter distribution of a partial migratory montane species, the Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria), in the Swiss alps

19.10.2022 Rico Felder, BSc results
Analyzing two different attachment methods of radio-transmitters for juvenile Upupa epops (European Hoopoe)

26.10.2022 Maude Vernet, BSc results
Testing the mesopredator release theory based on camera trap data in Valais

02.11.2022 Dr Felicity Newell
Using montane climate to provide insights into a changing climate: How rainfall regulates reproduction across multi-trophic food webs in Andean cloud forest

09.11.2022 Alina Kurmann, MSc first results
Mid-term effects of grassland restoration on wild bee communities

16.11.2022 Gilles Hauser , MSc first results
Saproxylic beetles communities related to forest structures

23.11.2022 Laurent Schenker, MSc first results, and Greg Egloff , BSc results
Small structures for mustelids

30.11.2022 Shaquille Matthys, MSc first results
Multi-criteria assessment of control methods for the invasive red eared slider (Trachemys scripta) in Switzerland

07.12.2022 Maria Villalpando, MSc first results
First species distribution model of the critically endangered coral species Dendrogyra cylindrus in the Dominican Republic to promote local conservation actions

14.12.2022 Giacomo Rosa, University of Genova
Optimizing monitoring and conservation of herpetofauna with limited resources

21.12.2022 Jérémie Moulin, University of Lausanne
Understanding the dynamic of wolves attacks on livestock