Biology Education

Department of Biology | Lund University

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March 20, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Bird migration: fieldwork and data loggers

Small migratory birds travel thousands of kilometers between the breeding and wintering areas while crossing seas and deserts. In this project you will conduct …
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March 19, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Population genomics and colour morphology

Bombus sylvarum is a small bumblebee species which has a melanistic morph in southern Sweden. However, further north in Sweden it can be found …
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March 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Flower variation in Digitalis purpurea

Flower color is one of the most striking traits to attract pollinators and it varies between species and populations. Pollinators may have preferences for …
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February 13, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Why are holometabolous insects so successful?

More than 80% of all animal life are insects and most of this diversity stems from a single monophyletic innovation ca. 320 million years …
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February 12, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Can birds use their fat to produce heat?

Mammals have a form of internal heat production localised to their mitochondria, which they ramp up in the cold. This heat production is localised …
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February 7, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Sociality and migration in dunnocks

Songbirds rely on an endogenous program to follow species-specific routes and schedule their migrations to the annual cycle. The expression of the migration program …
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February 6, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Movement ecology of a top predator

The tawny owl (Swedish: kattuggla; Strix aluco) is one of our most common top predators occurring in a range of landscapes including urban, agricultural …
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January 24, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

How urban life affects genetic variation in wood lice

Terrestrial isopods are important detritivores, contributing to essential ecosystem services by breaking down plant material and recycling nutrients. Due to their ancestry (they are …
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