De WIJ-medewerkers van het WIJ-team Beijum hebben bij de dagelijkse uitvoering van hun werkzaamheden in ruime mate te maken met bewoners van diverse (multi)culturele achtergronden. Onder de WIJ-medewerkers is (middels interviews) onderzocht of, en hoe zij kennis opdoen over interculturele samenwerkingen …

Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates the harmful effects of other human-mediated threats. The associated consequences are potentially severe, particularly …

Presentatie voor studenten van WIJS (Wijkinzet Jongeren en Studenten)

Eén van de 15 robuuste interdisciplinaire leergemeenschappen van Modern Health heeft zich gepresenteerd en het multidisciplinair onder­wijs binnen de Geboortezorg centraal gesteld. In deze leergemeenschap heeft multidisciplinair onderwijs in het curriculum van alle disciplines betrokken bij Geboortezorg, …

Parasitoids lay their eggs in or on a host, usually another insect. During foraging, parasitoids can encounter insects that differ in terms of host suitability and quality. At one extreme end of this spectrum are non-hosts that are unsuitable for offspring development.Non-hosts are generally ignored …

Hyperparasitoids are some of the most diverse members of insect food webs. True hyperparasitoids parasitize the larvae of other parasitoids, reaching these larvae with their ovipositor through the herbivore that hosts the parasitoid larva. During pupation, primary parasitoids also may be attacked by …

Adults of many mosquito species feed on plants to obtain metabolic energy and to enhance reproduction. Mosquitoes primarily rely on olfaction to locate plants and are known to respond to a range of plant volatiles. We studied the olfactory response of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti to methyl …

Animals can alter their foraging behavior through associative learning, where an encounter with an essential resource (e.g., food or a reproductive opportunity) is associated with nearby environmental cues (e.g., volatiles). This can subsequently improve the animal’s foraging efficiency. However, when …

1. Dynamic conditions in nature have led to the evolution of behavioural traits that allow animals to use information on local circumstances and adjust their behaviour accordingly, for example through learning. Although learning can improve foraging efficiency, the learned information can become unreliable …

Many species of parasitoid wasps use plant volatiles to locate their herbivorous hosts. These volatiles are reliable indicators of host presence when their emission in plants is induced by herbivory. Hyperparasitoids may also use information from lower trophic levels to locate their parasitoid hosts …