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General Information about MSc projects at the Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach.

PhD

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Post-doctoral position

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Current topics for MSc projects

Priority species

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Bird migration

Stopovers during migration - literature review and meta-analysis

Year-round analyses of flight behaviour and migratory index

Quality check of radar signal processing/analysis

Can temperature changes recorded by geolocators be used for defining flight bouts in migrating birds?

How reliable are full light patterns recorded by geolocators to define flights of nocturnal migrants into the day?

Mapping of global tidal mudflats and its long-term changes

Ecological research

Determinants of stopover locations during migration in Red Kites

Adaptations of the white-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis, in extreme alpine environements

Nest site selection of the white-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis, in an extreme environement

MSc Thesis: Red kite overwintering behaviour in Switzerland

Conservation and enhancement of habitats

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