The Amazing Diversity of Mediterranean Bees
- Beschreibung
The Mediterranean region is considered a biodiversity hotspots for wild bee species worldwide. Wild bees are a key element of the Mediterranean fauna and play a key role as pollinators of its flora. Their contribution to plant reproduction is essential for the stability and persistence of natural communities in this region.
Wild bee diversity is still poorly studied and understood in different Mediterrean countries, with Croatia being one area where more studies about wild bee richness are needed.
In this project, students will participate on ongoing research project to generate a reference collection and produce a list of wild bee species from the coastal region of Croatia. Taxonomic skills, entomological methods as well as the use of molecular techniques, such as species barcoding, will be employed in this project to identify the richness of wild bees from the study site. Opportunity for field work depending on students engagement.
- Beschreibung des interdisziplinären Teils des Projekts
- taxonomy, molecular biology, biodiversity analyses, mutualistic interactions and plant-insect interactions will be part of the topics included in this project.
- Projektzeitraum
- Wintersemester 2025/2026 und Sommersemester 2026
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 13. bis 27.10.2025
- Durchführung
- semesterbegleitend
- Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung
Project is ongoing and new participants (up to 2 people) can start immediately. Number of work hours can be increased or decreased depending on student availability.
- Studienfach
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Biologie
Biologie - Lehramt
Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity
Landscape Ecology - Betreuende
- Dr. Simone Cappellari
- Institut
- Institut für Biologie (190) (Plant Evolutionary Biology)
- Sprache
- deutsch/englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
- min. 1, max. 2
- Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 60 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
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ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- empirisch
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
- bee taxonomy
- knowledge of bee diversity in the Mediterranean
- species identification
- entomological collections expertise
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
Flexible working hours and goals can be adjusted to interest of the candidates.
- Schlagworte
- biodiversity, wild bees, pollination, mediterranean, entomology, species interactions, ecology