by Agnes | Aug 28, 2020 | reflections and news
Launched!! Together with my colleagues Lucas Bacci, Thuane Bochorny, Fabián Michelangeli, Vinicius Brito and Ana Flávia Caetano, I have initiated a new online seminar series on Melastomataceae! Inspired by the fantastic Solanaceae seminar series, we thought it is high...
by Agnes | Jul 8, 2020 | new projects, reflections and news
I am very excited to announce that my new project on investigating the biotic and abiotic drivers of diversification in Merianieae has been funded through the post-doc Hertha-Firnberg programme through the Austrian Science Fund FWF! 😀 I am excited to dig deeper into...
by Agnes | Jun 3, 2020 | student research
I had planned to start looking into a European study system, and with strict travel restrictions, now is the time. Together with my student Katharina Kagerl, I set up fieldwork to study the abiotic and biotic (pollination) niche of the European species Phyteuma...
by Agnes | Mar 16, 2020 | fieldwork
From Colombia, we flew to Costa Rica to continue work on pollination syndromes and buzz-pollination in Melastomataceae. It is the aim of Constantin’s thesis to test whether floral traits identified as informative in delineating pollination syndromes in Merianieae are...
by Agnes | Feb 25, 2020 | fieldwork
2 Finally, a dream came true and I got to see some Colombian Melastomataceae! Together with my Master student Constantin Kopper, I did a first exploratory fieldtrip to the areas of Calí (southern Colombia) and Bogotá. We spent our days observing pollinators, searching...