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 …

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 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 – …

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

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 …

Migratory birds use daylength, or photoperiod, to align their migration schedules to the annual cycle, and global climate change is shifting temperature gradients towards …

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

Increasing evidence suggests that the community of microbes located within the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates, known as the “gut microbiome”, is a crucial determinant …