Proposals for master degree projects in Biology
Proposal for master degree projects in:
- Animal Ecology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Molecular Ecology
- Plant ecology and systematics
- Sensory Biology
- Theoretical Ecology
Animal Ecology
Sexual selection, mating behaviours and colour signals in damselflies
Supervisor Erik Svensson
Cognition and observational memory in great tits
Supervisor Anders Brodin
The impact of anthropogenic food sources on bird health
Supervisor Caroline Isaksson
Natterjack toads, presence at breeding sites
Supervisor Jon Loman
Moth dispersal and trappability in relation to altitude
Supervisor Lars Pettersson
Aquatic Ecology
Can predation threat change phytoplankton behaviour
Supervisor Per Carlsson
Zooplankton effects on dinoflagellate vertical migration
Supervisor Per Carlsson
Assessing the effects on the marine pelagic food web by the invasive marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris
Supervisor Per Carlsson
The Ecology and Evolution of Partial Migration
Supervisor Ben Chapman
Personality traits and boldness in freshwater fish
Supervisor Ben Chapman
Chemical Ecology and Conservation Biology
Pheromone communication in Stag beetles
Supervisor Glenn Svensson
Conservation Biology
Predation by dragonflies on aphid prey: can aquatic habitats contribute to biological control?
Supervisor Torben Wittwer
Flower strips – a measure to enhance biodiversity?
Supervisor Lina Herbertsson
Impact of a neonicotinoid pesticide on bumble bees
Supervisor Maj Rundlöf
Is neonicotinoid seed dressing harmful to solitary bees?
Supervisor Maj Rundlöf and Lina Herbertsson
Bumble bee trends - positive, negative or neutral?
Supervisor Maj Rundlöf and Sven Nilsson
Population dynamics of trap nesting bees
Supervisor Maj Rundlöf and Anna Persson
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
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)
Molecular Ecology
From Arctic to Temperate: how do barnacle geese cope with new breeding environments?
Supervisor Götz Eichhorn
Intertidal genomic ecology
Supervisor Maren Wellenreuther
The microbial control of the soil carbon cycle
Supervisor Johannes Rousk
Plant ecology and systematic
How does warm winters affect the flowering time in a sandy grassland?
Supervisor Johanna Birgander
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
Last modified26 Feb 2013