Bart Nolet
Education
1994 PhD University of Groningen, Animal Ecology
1988 MSc University of Groningen (cum laude)
Key interests
My research focuses on behavioural decisions of birds and mammals, and their effects on population dynamics and community functioning. The basic idea is that population sizes and community patterns can to a large extent be predicted, at least in principle, from processes acting at the individual level. The basis of my work is formed by foraging theory and migration theory. My main line of research is on plant-herbivore interactions, notably between avian/mammalian herbivores and their food plants. I focus on rules of thumb used by animals to exploit their resources. Emphasis is on foraging behaviour as this has a link with trophic interactions but is also related to more applied concepts such as carrying capacity. Current topics of study are foraging scale, foraging currencies, search tactics, patch and habitat use, and grazing impact. The main study systems are swans foraging on pondweeds, beavers foraging on willows, and geese foraging on grass, which are, in many circumstances, mutualistic relationships in an ecological sense. The approach taken is a combination of field, experimental and modelling work.
See also my personal page at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/ppages/bnolet/
Key publications
- Nolet, B.A., Gyimesi, A. & Klaassen, R.H.G. (2006) Prediction of bird-day carrying capacity on a staging site: a test of depletion models. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1285-1292.
- Nolet, B.A., Broftová, L., Heitkönig, I.M.A., Vorel, A. & Kostkan, V. (2005) Slow growth of translocated beaver population partly due to a climatic shift in food quality. Oikos 111: 632-640.
- Nolet, B.A., Langevoord, O., Bevan, R.M., Engelaar, K.R., Klaassen, M., Mulder, R.J.W. & Van Dijk, S. (2001) Spatial variation in tuber depletion by swans explained by differences in net intake rates. Ecology 82: 1655-1667.
- Nolet, B.A. & Baveco, J.M. (1996) Development and viability of a translocated beaver Castor fiber population in the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 75: 125-137.
- Nolet, B.A., Butler, P.J., Masman, D. & Woakes, A.J. (1992) Estimation of daily energy expenditure from heart rate and doubly labeled water in exercising geese. Physiological Zoology 65: 1188-1216
For a complete publication list see: http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/ppages/bnolet/pubs_pos.cfm#sp