Spring semester 2024
21.02.2024
Prof. Njal Rollinson, University of Toronto
Responses of ectothermic vertebrates to climate change inferred from decades of individual-based monitoring
28.02.2024 (1)
Léa Höhener and (2)
Juliette Stettler, MSc proposals
(1) Flower strips in vineyards: benefits and risks for wild bees
(2) How do stone pile characteristics and landscape elements influence stoat presence in fruit cultures in the Valais
06.03.2024 (1)
Tom Tobler and (2)
Sidney Friedrich, MSc proposals
(1) Comparing Methods for better Estimation of Size Population of the European Tree Frog (
Hyla arborea) in Switzerland
(2) A Population Model of the European Tree Frog
Hyla arborea for Management Planning
13.03.2024 (1)
Lalya Poupon and (2)
Silja Eller, MSc proposals
(1) Response of butterfly communities to different active grassland restoration methods
(2) Extensification effects of montane and subalpine meadows on wild bee and hoverfly communities
20.03.2024 (1)
Lara Schärer and (2)
Valeria Benz, MSc proposals
(1) The effect of small structures on the carabid beetle community
(2) Effects of different treatments of forest disturbance sites on ungulate activity and browsing damages
27.03.2024 (1)
Shaquille Matthys, PhD proposal; and (2)
Lisa Moser, MSc proposal
(1) Dealing with uncertainty and conflicting objectives in the control of the invasive species
Trachemys scripta
(2) An animal welfare assessment during the management of the invasive red-eared slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
03.04.2024
Eastern break
10.04.2024 (1)
Luca Robbi, and (2)
Serena Poloni, MSc proposals
(1) Using drone mounted thermal imaging cameras for microclimate mapping in alpine landscapes
(2) Contribution of grape-protection nets in vineyards to avian mortality
17.04.2024 (1)
Gilles Hauser, PhD proposal; and (2)
Jeanne Käser, MSc proposal
(1) Conservation of the high alpine alluvial habitats released by melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps
(2) TBA
24.04.2024 (1)
Laetitia Studer, MSc proposal; and (2)
Pascal Pini, BSc proposal
(1) Post-fledging ecology of Hoopoes
(2) Estimating body condition and its influence to early movement in young Eurasian hoopoes (
Upupa epops)
01.05.2024
MSc final results mini-symposium
Maude Vernet, Assessing and modelling invasion risks: application to a conservation introduction
Rico Felder, Post-fledging survival and habitat use of juvenile
Upupa epops (European Hoopoe)
Gaëtan Marchand, Effects of passive mountain grassland restoration on diurnal butterfly community in the Swiss alps
Marina Hofer, Five different reptile, bird and mammal predators of Thekla’s lark
Galerida theklae and Mediterranean short-toed lark
Alaudala rufescens in Lleida, NW Spain
Gregory Egloff, Small structures for mustelids
08.05.2024
BSc proposal presentations
TBA
