Project
The master thesis will focus on the mating system of an alpine population of the common toad (Bufo bufo), for which 40 years of individual data are available. I will use the data to test some of the explanations put forward in previous research. For example, I will assess if body size is a factor influencing mating success (e.g. size-assortative mating, or the bigger the males, the higher the chance of being successful) or if mating happens randomly, while accounting for aspects such as the sex ratio and the length of the breeding season.
CV
- 2024 – present, MSc Student in Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- 2018 – 2023, BSc Student in Biology, University of Zurich