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Sovon

Sovon is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sovon rather than just read about it. In short: Sovon (official name: Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederland; English name Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) is the national data management organisation for ornithology in the Netherlands. It coordinates bird monitoring and research at a national level according to standardised scientific criteria, and encourages the participation of as many volunteers as possible in bird monitoring.

Key takeaways

Sovon belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sovon to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sovon from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sovon (official name: Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederland; English name Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) is the national data management organisation for ornithology in the Netherlands. It coordinates bird monitoring and research at a national level according to standardised scientific criteria, and encourages the participation of as many volunteers as possible in bird monitoring. The association is headquartered in Nijmegen.

History Sovon was founded in 1973 by three biologists who were at the time involved in research on birds (Luit Buurma, Jan Wattel and Herman Klomp), with the name Stichting Ornithologisch Veldonderzoek Nederland (SOVON). It was modelled on the British example of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) which was founded with similar objectives forty years earlier. The first major SOVON project was the (first) Dutch Breeding Bird Atlas, which was published in 1979. In 1984 the SOVON foundation became an association, at first as Samenwerkende Organisaties Vogelonderzoek Nederland, but eventually the exact meaning of the acronym SOVON was abandoned. The official name of the association is Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederland (Sovon Bird Research Netherlands). The most recent Dutch Breeding Bird Atlas (Vogelatlas van Nederland) was published by Sovon in 2019, in cooperation with partner organisations including Vogelbescherming Nederland. Sovon publishes the magazine Limosa, jointly with the Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sovon

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sovon claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sovon before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sovon ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sovon

In research: Sovon appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sovon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sovon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Organisations based in the Netherlands, Organizations established in 1973, Ornithological organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sovon outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sovon in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sovon means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Sovon out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sovon in simple terms?

Why does Sovon matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sovon?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Sovon.