As a PhD candidate at Naturalis, my research within the LIFE PolliNature project focuses on how Species Distribution Models can be used to predict suitable habitats for different groups of insect pollinators as accurately as possible across several Dutch provinces. In addition, I monitor these pollinators in the field to assess the effectiveness of pollinator-friendly landscapes that are being developed within this project.
Keywords
Biodiversity restoration, pollinators, landscape elements, ecological connectivity, monitoring, Species Distribution Models (SDMs), LIFE PolliNature
Researchinterest
Pollinators are essential for healthy ecosystems and our food supply, but they are under pressure. With my research, my aim is to contribute to determining pollinator populations and opportunities for recovery as efficiently and accurately as possible. To do so, I compare identification techniques in terms of efficiency and accuracy, predict with maps where suitable habitat might be located for different groups of pollinators and monitor in the field how effective recently developed pollinator-friendly landscapes are.
Currenttopics
- Broader interest in the interactions between nature and society
- Developing Species Distribution Models to map habitat suitability and connectivity as accurately as possible for pollinators.
- Monitoring of pollinators
- Development of pollinator friendly landscapes
- Effectiveness of various molecular and morphological identification techniques for pollinators
- ANTENNA project
- LIFE PolliNature project