Tamar Lok

Tamar Lok is a guest researcher at the Faculty of Science and Engineering (University of Groningen) within the Piersma group - Global Flyway Ecology. She contributes to migratory bird research, focusing on shorebirds, spoonbills, and flyway dynamics.

• Education: Completed PhD research (Metawad project, 2011-2018) on topics like Calidris canutus population dynamics and flyway ecology.

Research interests span:

• Flyway ecology: Tracking migratory bird routes (e.g., trans-Saharan, Bohai Bay) and assessing risks to shorebird populations.
• Foraging behavior: Using accelerometers to quantify prey ingestion in Eurasian spoonbills.
• Demographic modeling: Heterogeneity in stopover duration, mortality rates, and breeding season impacts.

Scientific contributions include:

• Dataset creation for species like red knots and spoonbills.
• Analysis of tropical wintering impacts on arctic-breeding shorebirds.
• Collaborative work on intertidal bivalve ecosystems in Mauritania.