Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
In the Anthropocene, human pressures on wildlife are reaching unprecedented levels. Animals, plants, and entire ecosystems must bear these pressures across different spatial and temporal scales. The Wildlife Ecology and Conservation group, led by Frank van Langevelde, studies how humans influence wildlife. We examine both direct mechanisms like hunting and fire, and mechanisms that are more indirect and that are part of larger-scale processes, such as climate change.
Research themes
Education
Education by Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
At the Chair Groups of Wageningen University, we are very passionate about teaching. Our teaching staff is involved in multiple courses on BSc and MSc level for different study programs. Our courses include aspects of various sciences. In addition, we offer courses that focus on training academic skills, such as writing and debating skills.
Publications & Projects
The fundamental research at Wageningen University & Research is conducted by chair groups. Each chair group, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. All chair groups share a common research domain: healthy food and living environment. Wageningen University & Research is comprised of one faculty that is divided into five departments.
Projects of this Chair Group cover various topics in its own area of expertise. Outcomes of these studies are regularly published in scientific journals. You can find all publications and projects in Wageningen Library.
Highlighted publications
- A random encounter model for wildlife density estimation with vertically oriented camera traps
- Comparing daily, circalunar and seasonal activity patterns of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in response to livestock presence in Botswana
- Biomass production of tropical trees across space and time: The shifting roles of diameter growth and wood density
Chair Holder
Frank van Langevelde’s research focuses broadly on ecological and evolutionary adaptations of animals to stress (e.g. diseases, poor food quality, predators, high temperatures, humans). Environmental stresses can constrain movement and searching for habitat and food, such as the presence of predators and exposure to extreme ambient temperatures or periods of drought.
prof.dr.ir. F (Frank) van Langevelde
Professor/Chairholder Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
People of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Each chair group of Wageningen University & Research, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. Meet the people of this Chair Group.
