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Project Overview

Project Code: LS 05

Project name:

Bee-plant interactions

TUM Department:

LS - Brewing and Food Technology

TUM Chair / Institute:

Plant-Insect Interactions

Research area:

Ecology

Student background:

BiologyEcology and Ecosystem Management

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Planned project location:

Germany: Freising and sites of the German Biodiversity Exploratories

Project Supervisor - Contact Details


Title:

Prof. Dr.

Given name:

Sara Diana

Family name:

Leonhardt

E-mail:

sara.leonhardt@tum.de

Phone:

08161 714574

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Project Description


Project description:

Our research investigates bee-plant interactions as well as bee health and performance in different habitats and along biodiversity gradients.
Student tasks can comprise field- and/or lab work.

Fieldwork tasks:
- detection and sampling of bees in grasslands
- sampling of reed-nesting bees
- collection of flowers for pollen extraction

Lab tasks:
- processing of bees, i.e. weighing bees and dissecting legs for barcoding analysis
- dissection of bee nesting reeds (of trap nesting bee species) and sampling of pollen from brood cells for further analysis
- pollen extraction
- chemical analyses (chromatography: GCMS, IEC)

Also:
- statistical analyses
- use of chemstation software to analyze chemistry data

Working hours per week planned:

40

Prerequisites


Required study level minimum (at time of TUM PREP project start):

2 years of bachelor studies completed

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