Robin Wijnands

My interests are very broad, but my main passion lies in large mammal space-use and habitat selection and predator-prey interactions. During my studies I have conducted many research projects on various topics. For example, for my BSc internships I investigated the potential of the kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) as a pest control method in vineyards in New Zealand, and I studied sow-piglet and piglet-food interactions in a novel feeding system (family feeding matters). During the last year of my BSc, I started gaining more interest in predator-prey interactions, specifically regarding the return of wolves in large parts of Europe. For my MSc thesis, I conducted a project on the effect of the return of wolves on spatial activity patterns of ungulates in a national park (National park de Hoge Veluwe) in the Netherlands. Currently for my PhD, I am focusing on how water availability (focusing on water holes) affects space-use and movement of large mammals in the forest of Białowieża, using camera traps and telemetry data.