Titel(s): 

Dr.

afdeling: 

Onderzoek & Inventarisaties

functie: 

Afdelingshoofd Onderzoek

vestiging: 

Nijmegen

e-mail: 

julia.stahl@sovon.nl

telefoon: 

024 7 410 476

06 49 39 05 13

Onderzoeksveld: 

long-term research experience on

• coastal and wetland ecology, especially ecology and population biology of arctic geese and ducks, meadow birds and birds of prey
• functional ecology of bird migration and habitat connectivity
• effects of global change such as climatic change and changes in human land use on the interplay between soil, plants and birds.

Expertise: 

• experimental field and laboratory studies on behavioural ecology, nutritional ecology and ecophysiology of waterbirds
• satellite telemetry and comparative studies with geolocation light level loggers on migratory pathways and timing of migration
• advanced experience in statistical habitat modelling

Editorial Board Member:

• Ardea (Journal of the Netherlands Ornithologist Union) 2004 to 2010
• Journal of Ornithology from 2012

CV: 

Scientific Experience

• 10/2012 until present
  Head of Research and Consultancy at Sovon
   
• 11/2008 - 09/2012
  Senior Researcher and Lecturer at Landscape Ecology Group, Univ. of Oldenburg, Germany
   
• 11/2004 – 10/2008
  Post-Doc at Landscape Ecology Group (prof. M. Kleyer), Univ. of Oldenburg; leader of junior research group "Flexible migration patterns in arctic geese" (DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
   
• 11/2002 – 10/2004
  Post-doc at Community and Conservation Ecology (prof. H. Olff, prof. J.P. Bakker) and Animal Ecology (prof. R.H. Drent, prof. T. Piersma), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
   
• 09/2001 – 10/2002
  Ecologist at It Fryske Gea – research on salt-marsh restoration projects in relation to habitat use of waterfowl

Scientific education

• 1990 - 1995
  MSc Study of Biology at University of Cologne, Germany, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Groningen, The Netherlands
   
• 1996-2001
  PhD at Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies CEES, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,
  Animal Ecology Group, Prof. Dr. R.H. Drent
  
  Title of the PhD thesis ‘Limits to the co-occurrence of avian herbivores. How geese share scarce resources.’ based on field ecological studies on bird migration and the role of herbivores in coastal ecosystems; including behavioral and ecophysiological studies on arctic geese and large herbivores (sheep, cattle, hares) in the Wadden Sea and on Spitsbergen