About the person
My name is Maarten
de Groot. My interest in nature actually started when we went
to the raptor show on Landskron in Villach (Austria), a village
nearby the border of Slovenia. From that time on, I was always
watching birds. Searching for equal minded people I joined the
JNM
(Youth organisation of Field biology and Environment) and went
for years on camps watching birds, searching insects like dragonflies
and butterflies.
My
interest in Slovenia was raised after a camp with the JNM in 1997
to Velike Bloke. Here I discovered a complete new country, Slovenia.
Although the birds were a little bit disappointing the nature
was (and still is) beautiful. On this camp I also met my girlfriend
Eva Vukelic. Offcourse I came back to this country and discovered
so many other things.
In
October 2006, I started my PhD at the National Institute of Biology
in Ljubljana. The main topic is vibrational communication as a
mechanism for directionality, speciation and male mate choice
in Nezara viridula (Hemiptera)
For my bibliography click on the following link: bibliography
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