Allert Bijleveld

 

Allert I. Bijleveld MSc
PhD student Marine Ecology		Ecology of Information Foraging ecology Interference competition Spatial Ecology Spatial data Analyses
Allert.Bijleveld@nioz.nl +31(0)222-369382 +31(0)222-319674
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Landsdiep 4 NL-1797 SZ 't Horntje (Texel) The Netherlands   Tel. (+31) (0)222-369300 Fax: (+31) (0)222-319674	P.O. Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg The Netherlands

 

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Personal
Family name     First name(s) Date of birth Place of birth	Bijeleveld Allert Imre 31 May 1980 Duivendrecht, The Netherlands
Education
2007       2006 1998	MSc Ecology & Evolution, University of Amsterdam [cum laude] Specialization Animal Ecology, University of Groningen BSc General Biology, University of Amsterdam Athenaeum B, Amsterdam College, Amsterdam
Employment record
2009-2013 2007-2009   2003-2007	PhD student at NIOZ Researcher at NIOZ (Optimisation of sampling designs and the analyzes of spatial data) Teaching assistant in statistics course at University of Amsterdam

 

Research Interests	Top ^
I am fascinated in how social animals gather and use information from the environment and group mates to their benefit, and especially how information use leads to group decisions on where to forage. In my PhD project I focus on this behaviour in red knots (Calidris canutus). This bird is a wader species that forages in large groups, and feeds on molluscs which are hidden in the sediment of tidal mudflats. The extent of the foraging area, the limited time window available for foraging, and their cryptic prey, makes it a likely candidate for using social foraging information to increase foraging efficiency. During my PhD project I hope to unravel the types of social information that red knots use and how they balance this social information with personal information in their group-decision foraging process. I aim to do this by using a modelling, experimental and field observation approach. We have developed a model to predict synchronous departures based on roost arrival times. With this model we can generate predictions which we will validate with field observations. Additionally, the NIOZ has facilities to simulate a tidal system which allows controlled indoor experiments on red knot behaviour.

 

 

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Internship positions for MSc and BSc students are regularly available. There are also opportunities for shorter periods to gain experience in the field, laboratory or with data analyses. If you are interested please contact me and we can discuss the possibilities for a suitable project.   For 2011 we have a special offer:   MSc/BSc research project: Red Knot foraging paths on a known food landscape   Click here for more information

 

 

Selected Publications

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Bijleveld, A.I., van Gils, J.A., Egas, M., and Piersma, T. (2010). Beyond the information centre hypothesis: communal roosting for information on food, predators, travel companions and mates? Oikos, 119, 277-285. (article as pdf)   Bijleveld, A.I., van Gils, J.A., van der Meer, J., Dekinga, A., Kraan, C., van der Veer, H., and Piersma, T. (submitted). Designing  a benthic monitoring programme with multiple conflicting objectives.   Kraan, C., van Gils, J.A., Spaans, B., Dekinga, A., Bijleveld, A.I., van Roomen, M., Kleefstra. R., and Piersma, T. (2009). Landscape-scale experiment demonstrates that Wadden Sea intertidal flats are used to capacity by molluscivore migrant shorebirds, Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, 1259-1268. (article as pdf)   Bijleveld, A.I. and Mullers, R.H.E. (2009). Reproductive effort in biparental care: an experimental study in long-lived Cape gannets. Behavioural Ecology, 20, 736-744. (article as pdf)