by Agnes | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Closely related plant species frequently occur in sympatry and overlap in ecological characters. This overlap may lead to resource competition (i.e. for pollinators) and result in character displacement (i.e. divergence in floral phenotype or phenology) or...
by Agnes | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today is a big day in the world of Melastomataceae! đ Finally, after about two years of work, Melastomatologists across the world have put together 34 chapters in a book soon to be published by Springer! Special thanks to the main editors Frank Almeda, Renato...
by Agnes | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
This has been such a fun project! Thanks to José Valverde, whom I had the pleasure to co-advise during his licenciate thesis at Universidad de Costa Rica, we now know the pollinators of Meriania macrophylla! This species is special because its flowers share traits of...
by Agnes | Aug 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the frame of my new 3-year postdoc project “Modelling abiotic and biotic drivers of a plant radiation”, I will spend one year at the University of Colorado Boulder working in tight collaboration with Stacey Smith! My first couple of weeks in Boulder and...
by Agnes | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
José did his licenciatura degree at the University of Costa Rica, working on the pollination biology of Meriania macrophylla. There, José confirmed yet another shift to passerine pollination in the Merianieae. He decided to continue research on the pollination biology...
by Agnes | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am happy to welcome Constantin Kopper as new PhD student in the Schönenberger lab! Constantin will be working with me on floral evolution and pollination syndromes in the plant family Melastomataceae, which contains more than 5700 species across the tropical regions...
