The Heat Dissipation Limit (HDL) hypothesis posits that animals are limited by their ability to dissipate heat when they are active. Even moderately warmer …
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SupervisorsMaria Swanberg, Senior Lecturer in Translational Neuroscience Kajsa Atterling Brolin, Postdoctoral Fellow PlacementTranslational Neurogenetics Unit, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, BMC, Lund https://portal.research.lu.se/en/organisations/translational-neurogenetics Project descriptionParkinson’s disease …
Pollinators in agricultural landscapes suffer from an increasingly intensive agriculture and loss of semi-natural habitat, which has resulted in lack of flower resources. To …
Molecular neuroscience has largely focused on the functions of protein-coding genes, which account for less than 2% of our DNA. Repetitive elements – including …
Sandy grasslands are important habitats for a number of threatened species, including wild bees, butterflies and beetles. Many of these species are declining as …
Small migratory birds travel thousands of kilometers between the breeding and wintering areas while crossing seas and deserts. In this project you will conduct …
Sandiga gräsmarker utgör viktiga livsmiljöer för ett flertal hotade arter, så som vildbin, fjärilar och skalbaggar. En minskning av arter knutna till dessa livsmiljöer …
Bombus sylvarum is a small bumblebee species which has a melanistic morph in southern Sweden. However, further north in Sweden it can be found …
Flower color is one of the most striking traits to attract pollinators and it varies between species and populations. Pollinators may have preferences for …
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and dynamic landscape that plays a pivotal role in the progression and behavior of cancer. Comprising various …
The underlying causes of the global decline of wild bees is important to understand because bees are essential for pollination of both crops and …
In a bluetit population situated outside Lund the prevalence of blood parasites has increased in the population from around 45% in 1996 to over …
Pesticides play a crucial role in our environment and are essential for sustaining food production. However, our understanding of the impact pesticides can have …
In the last few decades, the populations of several wild bird species decreased dramatically worldwide. This is due to many factors associated with urbanization, …
This is an opportunity to work with pollinators in an urban setting and be part of a European project where we will investigate the …
What do traits tell us about species responses to environmental change and the resulting impacts for ecosystem function and services? Which forest management practises …
Green Infrastructure (GI) is widely adopted by policymakers and practitioners as a form of Nature-based solution (NbS) to help restore nature and boost biodiversity, …
More than 80% of all animal life are insects and most of this diversity stems from a single monophyletic innovation ca. 320 million years …
It is becoming abundantly clear that wild and domesticated bees are surprisingly sensitive to global warming, heatwaves, and droughts – all hallmarks of climate …
Unlike mammals, birds have nucleated red blood cells that retain almost all functional organelles in the mature state. Amongst these are the mitochondria – …