Ecological research infrastructures in the Netherlands

From experimental mini-lakes to research vessels, and from living labs to collections. In The Netherlands we have many and diverse ecological research facilities. This website provides a national overview of the large-scale ecological research infrastructures.

For ecological researchers in the Netherlands this overview offers opportunities to team up with other researchers and to link to existing ecological research facilities and initiatives. Currently, the inventory of large-scale ecological research facilities focuses on ecotrons, scientific (data) collections, long-term field studies and research infrastructures for fieldwork.

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Vogeltrekstation (Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography)

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NIOO-KNAW

Ringersvereniging (bird banding society)

Vogeltrekstation (Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography) is a cooperation between NIOO-KNAW and the Ringersvereniging (bird banding society). It arranges the daily practicalities with relation to catching and ringing of wild birds for science, policy and conservation.
Waterfowl facility

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NIOO-KNAW

This is a facility for keeping waterfowl for behavioural and physiological research. The facility consists of an outdoor aviary and a building for waterfowl indoors.
Wild bird biobank

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Erasmus MC

The ErasmusMC hosts a biobank that consists of data and samples resulting from two lines of research in wild bird monitoring conducted by the Erasmus Medical Center and the Dutch Centre for Avian Migration: bird flu with a focus on waterbirds (1999-current), and arboviruses with a focus on songbirds (2016-current). The biobank contains samples of birds infected with viruses as well as negative samples (serum, swabs, feathers), and ticks found on birds.

www.eco-ri.nl is initiated and maintained by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), and supported by the Dutch universities and research institutes connected to NERN (Netherlands Ecological Research Network) and/or BiodiversityXL (Centre of Excellence for Netherlands Biodiversity Research).

The inventory of ecological research infrastructures is ongoing. You are very welcome to share additional information via our contact address below.

Highlighted Ecological Research Infrastructures

National Research Fleet

The National Research Fleet consists of three research vessels: RV Pelagia, RV Navicula and RV Adriaen Coenen.
Limnotrons

The limnotrons are twelve stainless steel indoor mesocosms or mini-lakes with a high level of control.
LTSER-platform Veluwe

The Veluwe is the largest connected nature area of the Netherlands, with a great array of ecological and socio-economic research.