Research projects
2008 - 2010 Post doctoral research project "Body size, visitation frequency and the structure of pollination webs" with Nickolas M. Waser and Mary Price, University of California, University of Arizona, RMBL, USA, and Peter Klinkhamer and Eddy van der Meijden, Leiden University, The Netherlands read more
2003 – 2007 PhD project at Leiden University
(The Netherlands) with field work in Spain: “The structure
of flower visitation webs: how morphology and abundance affect interaction
patterns between flowers and flower visitors” Promotor:
Eddy van der Meijden, Co-promotor: Peter Klinkhamer
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2000 – 2002 Research projects: “Developing and testing an index of floral complexity” and “Plant species diversity and floral biology along an abiotical gradient in a wet dune valley”, Leiden University, with Eddy van der Meijden read more
1999 Research project in Austria: “Floral biology of alpine plants” with Werner Kreisch, associated scientist Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Germany
1997– 1999 Research projects “Functional morphology and functional classification of flowers” and “The anthogram, a method to describe flowering phenology and floral diversity of plant communities” with Bodo Schick, University of Kassel, Germany
1995 – 1997 Research project “Flowering phenology and pollination biology of insect pollinated plants in the dunes”, Leiden University, Plant Ecology Group, Eddy van der Meijden
1987 – 1991 Research project “Flowering
phenology and pollination ecology of xerothermic vegetation complexes
in Central Europe” with Bodo Schick, Institute of Systematic
Botany and Plant Geography, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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1984 -1985 Master thesis project: “On the Pollination biology of Anthericum liliago and Stachys recta as elements of dry meadows”, supervision Bodo Schick, Institute of Systematic Botany and Plant Geography, Free University of Berlin, Germany