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(Herbert) Bos. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dutch cybersecurity research internationally has a big name. In addition, the endless stream of incidents proves how relevant and urgent it is. In dcypher I want to devote myself for excellence in this field. Frank Boos, president of the Frank H. Boos Gallery, has been in the appraisal and auction business for over forty years and in that period has built a leading regional auction house based on quality, professionalism and excellence. The Boos Gallery is known for.
SupervisorsWalter Rossing (FSE Wageningen UR)Jules Bos ( Wageningen UR)David Kleijn ( Wageningen UR)Henk Sierdsema (, Nijmegen)There is a possibility to combine the project with a thesis at the of Wageningen UR (prof. Frank Berendse)IntroductionDuring the last three decades there have been widespread and severe declines of farmland bird populations and other wildlife in agricultural areas. These declines have been attributed to the general process of agricultural intensification. With farmland constituting the single largest habitat in Europe, the continental-scale effects of agricultural intensification on biodiversity may be comparable with potential effects of climate change. Addressing biodiversity loss on European farmland therefore is a major societal issue.The comprehensive knowledge base for some farmland bird species (e.g. Grey partridge ( Perdix perdix), Skylark ( Alauda arvensis)) allows the modelling of population density at landscape scale as a function of landscape composition and/or land use in terms of e.g. Cultivated crops, field size, agricultural management and supply of semi-natural habitats.
This allows the evaluation of alternative landscape configurations in terms of bird conservation relative to other objectives of land use, for instance those related to carbon sequestration, surface water storage and agricultural production. Such integrated analyses are rare due to fragmentation of knowledge along disciplinary divides and limited interest among scientists in design-oriented approaches. At the same time integration of information and demonstration of trade-offs and synergies can support learning and negotiation processes which by many are deemed essential to develop new perspectives for systems management.