Proposals for master degree projects in Biology
Proposal for master degree projects in:
- Animal Ecology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Plant ecology and systematics
- Sensory Biology
- Theoretical Ecology
Animal Ecology
Thesis work about damselflies
Supervisors Anna Runemark, Eriks Svensson, Mikkel Brydegaard and Sune Svanberg
Natterjack toads, presence at breeding sites
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Aquatic Ecology
Biogas from macroalgae: Will coastal birds be affected?
External supervisor: Sven-Bertil Jonsson, BIOMARIN
Supervisor Lund University Per Carlsson
Sinking rates and phenotypic plasticity among marine phytoplankton in a warmer world
Supervisor Per Carlsson
The Ecology and Evolution of Partial Migration
Supervisor Ben Chapman
Personality traits and boldness in freshwater fish
Supervisor Ben Chapman
Partial migration and animal personality in a freshwater fish, roach Rutilus rutilus
Supervisor Ben Chapman
Chemical Ecology and Conservation Biology
Pheromone communication in Stag beetles
Supervisor Glenn Svensson
Conservation Biology
Mycorrhizal fungi and insect pollinators: linking above- and below-ground ecosystem processes
Supervisor Alwyn Williams
Explaining the continuous decline of Pulsatilla vulgaris
Supervisor Torbjörn Tyler
Which factors determine the species richness and distribution of bryophytes on old church-yards?
Supervisor Torbjörn Tyler
Quantifying the impact of climate change on plants
Supervisor Satu Ramula
Does disturbance promote plant invasion?
Supervisor Satu Ramula
Moth distribution as a function of host plant distribution: using Small Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla pratensis, to map a rare geometrid moth, Horisme aquata
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Clearcuts as refuges for farmland butterflies (30 cr, also available as 15 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Host plants as a key to understanding the distribution of geometrid moths (30 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Where are all the moth caterpillars? (30 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson if you are interested in this proposal.
Moth diversity in short rotation willow coppicing (30 cr, also available as 15 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Spatial dynamics of moth diversity during willow flowering (30 cr, also available as 15 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Flight altitude of summertime moths (30 cr, also available as 15 cr)
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Bumblebees as subject för master thesis (.pdf)
Plant ecology and systematic
How many species of Plagiothecium are there and how should they be delimited and identified?
Supervisor Torbjörn Tyler
Patterns of morphological variation, geographic distribution and taxonomy of a less well understood group of plants in the Scandinavian flora
Supervisor Torbjörn Tyler
Dilemma of surplus flowers: lack or waste of resources?
Supervisor Satu Ramula
Evolution and systematics of some forms in Rubus sect. Corylifolii (Rosaceae)
Supervisors Mikael Hedrén and Ulf Ryde
Local adaptation in the partial inbreeder Collinsia heterophylla
Supervisor Stefan Andersson
Sensory Biology
Magnetic alignment in animals
Supervisor Rachel Muheim
Use of magnetic cues to find a food reward in birds
Supervisor Rachel Muheim
The sky compass of dung beetles
Supervisor Jochen Smolka
Ultraviolet reflections from urine scent marks
Supervisor Almut Kelber and Olle Lind
Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds
Supervisor Rachel Muheim
Polarized light sensitivity in birds
Supervisor Rachel Muheim
What did the first eyes see?
Would you like to study a “living fossil”?
Supervisor Miriam Henze
Receptors out of place!
Study the mysterious “ventral stripe” in the cricket compound eye!
Supervisor Miriam Henze
How does visual input modulate the swimming system of box jellyfish?
Supervisor Ronald Petie
Theoretical Ecology
Mechanisms of coexistence in microbial communities
Supervisor Per Lundberg and Mikael Pontarp
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