M.Sc. Forest Ecology and Management
Yvonne Christoffers

Degree programme ’Animal Management’ (B.Sc.) at the Van Hall Institute in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). Bachelor’s thesis: “Estimation of population density and spatial distribution of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Vitosha Mountain (Bulgaria), including a suitability study of migration corridors."

Degree programme ‘Forest Ecology and Management’ (M.Sc.) at the department of Forest and Environmental Sciences of the University of Freiburg. Master's thesis: “Systematic assessment of the conservation and management of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the cultural used landscapes of Germany."

Doctoral candidate at the Institute for Landscape Management of the University of Freiburg Doctoral thesis: The potential of the European beaver (Castor fiber) to promote the renaturation of wetlands

Internship at the NaturZoo Rheine

Internship at the Paradise Wildlife Park (Great Britain)

Internship at the Nationalpark Biebrza (Poland); research on the annual fluctuation of the population size of root voles (Microtus oeconomus); research on space use of weasel (Mustela nivalis) and stoat (Mustela erminea)

Internship at the 'Otter-Zentrum Hankensbüttel'; research on the spatial distribution of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Lower Saxony

Vitosha Nature Park (Bulgaria); Survey on brown bears in Vitosha Mountain

Internship at the Mammal Research Institute (Poland); Project: "Space use and reproductive strategy of the European bison (Bison bonasus) in the forests of Bialowieza and Knyszyn."

Scientific assistant at the Institute for Forest and Environmental Policy at the University of Freiburg

Researcher; dept. City Analysis, Thomas Daily GmbH, Freiburg