Browsing Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap by Title
Now showing items 1-20 of 121
-
ACCESS TO URBAN COOL AND GREEN SPACES FOR OLD ADULTS IN GOTHENBURG – A GIS-BASED ANALYSIS OF RADIANT HEAT
(2023-01-19)Old adults are particularly vulnerable against heat stress. Considering the ageing society and the projected increase of heat events, planning for heat-resilient urban environments for old adults will become increasingly ... -
African elephants' effect on the temporal use of elephant highway by predator and prey. Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.
(2023-08-18)African savanna elephants (Loxondonta africana) are the world’s largest land-mammal and are considered a keystone species. The effect they have on vegetation and their environment is well known, but their effect on other ... -
Air quality around preschools in Gothenburg: an evaluation of measurement methods
(2023-06-21)In this study the air quality around four different preschools, chosen to represent different local traffic environments, was measured and the measurement methods used were evaluated. The aim was to compare the information ... -
ARCTIC MYCORRHIZAL INTERACTIONS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022-07-06)The Arctic is experiencing climate change at an extreme rate, affecting both the rates of plant growth and nutrient cycling. Due to the changes in temperature, but also in nutrient cycling, with increased nutrient ... -
ARCTIC PLANT COMMUNITIES RISE WITH TEMPERATURE Plant functional traits as a tool to predict global climate change
(2022-07-06)Global warming occurs at a rate at least three-fold in the arctic regions compared to the rest of the world. Here, plant community functional traits were assessed in response to experimental warming in three arctic areas ... -
ASSESSING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES IN A CHEMICALLY STRESSED FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM USING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA
(2023-06-21)Microbial communities represent the fundamental cornerstones of riverine ecosystems because they are involved in numerous processes which mediate ecosystem services. However, riverine ecosystems are currently massively ... -
Att bemästra naturvetenskapens språk. Språkliga utmaningar och undervisningsstrategier i biologi.
(2023-11-07)Scientific language is fundamental for learning biology and therefore an important part of becoming an educated member of society. In secondary school biology, communication is part of the course objectives, yet there is ... -
An attempt to promote ground-nesting bees in an urban landscape. Investigating the use of sand beds as a conservation effort.
(2024-02-16)Pollinators provide crucial services for the ecosystems by pollinating around 80-90% of all plants. However, pollinating insects are declining worldwide which may cause a parallel decline in plant species leading to large ... -
Attityder och intresse för biologi hos högstadieelever och hur läraren påverkar detta
(2023-06-12)Interest for biology tends to be fairly neutral. Pupils generally have neither a negative nor a positive attitude towards the subject. If the pupils have a biology-oriented hobby they are more likely to be interested in, ... -
ÄLDRE EKARS TILLVÄXT - Naturvård, föryngring och inventeringsmetoder
(2022-07-06)Ekar (Quercus sp) utgör en viktig del av den svenska biologiska mångfalden då mer är 2000 arter kan anknytas till äldre ekars bark, krona och håligheter. Eken var betydligt vanligare förr, men skogsbruket och förändrad ... -
Är mossigare vadare gladare? Om vadare i restaureringsområden på två mossar.
(2023-12-27)Mires have been heavily exploited in southern Sweden. It has impacted waderbirds negatively, especially wooden sandpipers and golden plovers who only breed on mires, but also common snipe and curlew. My study area was ... -
Återhämtning efter värmestress – vid vilka förutsättningar är återhämtningen som mest effektiv hos den tropiska trädarten Maesa lanceolata
(2022-12-02)Global uppvärmning är ett faktum, därmed blir värmeextremer allt vanligare. Den stigande temperaturen utsätter växter i tropiska klimat för värmestress, som kan skada fotosystem II och därmed inaktivera fotosyntesen. För ... -
BYGGER VI FÖR FRAMTIDEN?
(2023-06-21)Gothenburg is growing and being built, now like never before. These new constructions determine environmental performance for quite long time. Has the environmental performance been missed in the rapid production of ... -
The bzzzt of frirends. Interspecific competition in Arctic plants for pollination services.
(2023-06-27)The Arctic has a harsh environment that is challenging for the flora and fauna that inhabits the region. The ruling abiotic factors of the region results is a low species richness that creates a potential challenge for the ... -
Can cellular osmolarity be used as a predictor for drought tolerance in common bean?
(2022-08-16)Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is a protein and nutrient rich food source grown around the world. Rwanda has one of the highest per capita consumption rates in the world. With climate change threatening food security, ... -
CAN LEAF LEVEL GAS EXCHANGE BE USED AS A PREDICTOR FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS)?
(2022-08-16)This study aimed to examine drought tolerance among a variety of landraces of the species Phaseolus vulgaris to discover whether leaf level gas exchange can be used as a predictor for drought tolerance. Beans of different ... -
CHANGES IN URBAN GREENERY DURING THE 2018 HEAT WAVE – A CASE STUDY FOR GÖTEBORG USING REMOTE SENSING
(2023-06-21)Urban vegetation plays a crucial role in diverse urban microclimates. The numerous ecosystem services provided by vegetation, particularly trees, ensure greater quality of life and thermal comfort regulation. Yet, not all ... -
A computational model of metapopulation dynamics and organism-mediated nutrient flow
(2023-08-07)The aim of this project was to assess, using in-silico experiments, how different life history char-acteristics, such as age at maturity and dispersal ability of individuals, influence the dynamics of a metapopulation. To ... -
Decreases over time in shannon diversity of land snails
(2023-02-15)With rising temperatures as a consequence of climate change, suitable habitats for land snails in the northern hemisphere may be shifting northwards. However, there is a lack of studies that explore the latitudinal effects ...