behavioural ecology group website bsc and msc projects 2024
BSC & MSC PROJECTS

PROJECTS BEING CARRIED OUT IN 2024

Student name

Degree

Thesis title

Amalie Bierbum Thiim

Bachelor

The visitor presence on the behaviour and enclosure utilization of yellow-footed rock wallabies at Copenhagen Zoo

Frederick Skjold Andersen

Bachelor

A study on changes in herd dynamics with a newborn calf in the female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) herd at Copenhagen Zoo

Tine Petersen and Kamilla Bringstrup

Bachelor

Vocalization in sheep: Assessing static and dynamic information through acoustic analysis

Ida Elisabeth Arrild Lyngfeldt

Bachelor

Pig vocal individuality across emotional valence

Julia Tang

Bachelor

The evolution of avian cognition: Investigating the effects of distractions on working memory in Streptopelia risoria

Alice Fratesi

Master

Digital conservation of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). An online content overview on human – macaque interactions

Cornelia Hindhede Warrer

Master

Investigation of the trends and drivers of large carnivore snare occurrence and prediction of snaring hotspots in Kruger National Park using citizen science and occupancy modelling

Drew Lincoln Larson

Master

Preference of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) for ecologically relevant auditory enrichment: A multi-zoo study

Giovanni Leonardi

Master

Effects and roles of vocal learning on vocal signature and contagion of emotions in peach-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula aurea)

Nadja Vive Ivø Beier

Master

The effect of covid-19 lockdown on giraffe associations in Pilanesberg National Park: Social network analysis and AI identification

Pernille Glææsner Kildebo-Jensen

Master

Calf behavior and creche formation in wild south african giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Pilanesberg National Park

Mathilde Bender Markvardsen

Master

Natural nursing behavior and weaning in modern commercially bred sows

Hannah Juul Michaelsen

Master

The function of whistles and use of whistle repertoire in white-beaked dolphins

Denise Klein

Thesis preparation project

Literature review on using automated deep learning for passive bioacoustics monitoring of marine mammal species, Neomonachus schauinslandi

Tine Petersen

Project out of the course scope (PUK)

Can vocalizations on farm animals indicate hormonal status and sickness

Laura Julie Purlund

Thesis preparation project

The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on wild species

Louise Ringhejm Nielsen

Bachelor

Investigating the effects of auditory enrichment on the ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Copenhagen- and Odense Zoo

Joachim Litman

Bachelor

Exploring the dynamics of human-animal interactions: a neurochemical and vocalization analysis in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Mia Selsmark Rasmussen

Bachelor

Investigating the link between sociability and stress contagion in sheep (Ovis aries)