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Overview

Beat Naef-Daenzer is affiliated with the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specialization in Ecology and related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study cover a range of ecological disciplines:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • General Health Professions

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology

Beat Naef-Daenzer has contributed to multiple recent publications, with research papers appearing in varied scientific venues:

  • "Juvenile survival of little owls decreases with snow cover," 2024, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Reduced habitat quality increases intrinsic but not ecological costs of reproduction," 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Political borders impact associations between habitat suitability predictions and resource availability," 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • "Political borders impact associations between habitat suitability predictions and resource availability," 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Reduced habitat quality increases intrinsic but not ecological costs of reproduction," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Landscape Ecology

Beat Naef-Daenzer collaborates regularly with various researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Matthias Tschumi
  • Martin U. Grüebler
  • Herbert Keil
  • Vanja T. Michel
  • Patrick Scherler

Best Publications

  • Differential post-fledging survival of great and coal tits in relation to their condition and fledging date

    Beat Naef-Daenzer;Fritz Widmer;Maria Nuber

  • The foraging performance of great and blue tits (Parus major and P. caeruleus) in relation to caterpillar development, and its consequences for nestling growth and fledging weight

    Beat Naef‐Daenzer;Lukas F. Keller

  • The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

    Marcel M. Lambrechts;Frank Adriaensen;Daniel R. Ardia;Alexandr V. Artemyev

  • Prey selection and foraging performance of breeding Great Tits Parus major in relation to food availability

    Luzia Naef-Daenzer;Beat Naef-Daenzer;Ruedi G. Nager

  • Radio-tracking reveals that lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) forage in woodland

    Fabio Bontadina;Henry Schofield;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Quantifying habitat use in satellite-tracked pelagic seabirds : application of kernel estimation to albatross locations

    A. G. Wood;B. Naef-Daenzer;P. A. Prince;J. P. Croxall

  • Post-fledging survival of altricial birds: ecological determinants and adaptation

    Beat Naef‐Daenzer;Martin U. Grüebler

  • An allometric function to fit leg‐loop harnesses to terrestrial birds

    Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Body condition and wind support initiate the shift of migratory direction and timing of nocturnal departure in a songbird.

    Heiko Schmaljohann;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • A predictive model of the density of airborne insects in agricultural environments

    Martin U. Grüebler;Martin U. Grüebler;Muriel Morand;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Female biased mortality caused by anthropogenic nest loss contributes to population decline and adult sex ratio of a meadow bird

    Martin U. Grüebler;Heidi Schuler;Mathis Müller;Reto Spaar

  • Patch time allocation and patch sampling by foraging great and blue tits.

    Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Miniaturization (0.2 g) and evaluation of attachment techniques of telemetry transmitters

    B. Naef-Daenzer;D. Früh;M. Stalder;P. Wetli

  • FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF PRE- AND POST-FLEDGING TIMING DECISIONS IN A DOUBLE-BROODED PASSERINE

    Martin U. Grüebler;Martin U. Grüebler;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Habitat use and foraging ecology of the nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) in the Swiss Alps: towards a conservation scheme

    Antoine Sierro;Raphaël Arlettaz;Beat Naef-Daenzer;Stephan Strebel

  • Stopover optimization in a long-distance migrant: the role of fuel load and nocturnal take-off time in Alaskan northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe)

    Heiko Schmaljohann;Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt;Beat Naef-Daenzer;Rolf Nagel

  • A New Transmitter for Small Animals and Enhanced Methods of Home-Range Analysis

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  • Nocturnal exploratory flights, departure time, and direction in a migratory songbird

    Heiko Schmaljohann;Philipp J. J. Becker;Hakan Karaardic;Felix Liechti

  • Ecologically enhanced areas – a key habitat structure for re-introduced grey partridges Perdix perdix

    Francis Buner;Francis Buner;Markus Jenny;Niklaus Zbinden;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Survival benefits of post‐fledging care: experimental approach to a critical part of avian reproductive strategies

    Martin U. Grüebler;Martin U. Grüebler;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Fitness consequences of timing of breeding in birds: date effects in the course of a reproductive episode

    Martin U Grüebler;Beat Naef-Daenzer

  • Exclusion of ground predators improves Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus chick survival

    Olivia Rickenbach;Olivia Rickenbach;Martin U. Grüebler;Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Andreia Koller

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Heiko Schmaljohann
Heiko Schmaljohann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Guy Pe'er
Guy Pe'er Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
Hanna Kokko
Hanna Kokko Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ruedi G. Nager
Ruedi G. Nager University of Glasgow
Lukas F. Keller
Lukas F. Keller University of Zurich
Franz Bairlein
Franz Bairlein Max Planck Society
L. Scott Johnson
L. Scott Johnson Towson University
Charles F. Thompson
Charles F. Thompson Illinois State University

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