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Promiscuous pollinators—Evidence from an Afromontane sunbird–plant pollen transport network

Promiscuous pollinators—Evidence from an Afromontane sunbird–plant pollen transport network Our sunbird pollen transport network is a first for an Afromontane forest. In fact, it is the first sunbird pollen transport network ever and shows how the sunbird species in Ngel Nyaki forest transport pollen of a very wide range of flower types. Read the article …

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative- do we know what it is and what it is doing to our planet?

China’s Belt and Road Initiative- do we know what it is and what it is doing to our planet? China’s Belt and Road, the 21st century Silk Road, is a colossal scheme comprising a ‘belt‘ of roads and railways and a maritime ‘road‘ of shipping lanes. This massive infrastructure development is supposed to involve 81 nations, two thirds …

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Summer Scholarship

Summer Scholarship Project Title: Genetic variation in invasive populations of Monkey Flower Project Number: 231 An opportunity for a summer scholarship in my lab working on invasive species ecology – you will be part of a team investigating the invasive potential of the monkeyflower, Erythranthe guttata in New Zealand. We will collect samples of monkey …

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Congratulations Biplang!

Congratulations Biplang! Biplang Yadok has successfully completed his PhD oral exam with Nobby Cordeiro as oral examiner. Biplang investigated the ecology of the African Giant Pouched Rat (Cricetomys sp. Nov) in Ngel Nyaki forest. Biplangs study is the most comprehensive investigation into the ecology of this widespread African African rat genus. Papers on different aspects …

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