Solveig and Arrian have been working in the Norefjell ski resort and looked at flower visits to common cow-wheat and wild raspberry along an elevation gradient spanning from 150 to 850 m.a.s.l. Lisa have done a similar study at Reinøya outside Tromsø, focusing on common cow-wheat, but also the rest of the plant community (including the lapland cornel). The arctic nature of her study system provided a short elevation gradient spanning 20 to 350 m.a.s.l. (where alpine vegetation took over). We hope to get started on the analyses of the collected data soon and will be back with more information on our findings.
Thomas Sawe is a PhD student from Tanzania, taking his degree at INA/NMBU with Katrine Eldegaard as main supervisor. As his work is highly relevant for the research focus of Dr. Nielsen, he has been invited in as a co-supervisor. Data on pollination activity in watermelon gardens in Tanzania are being sampled throughout the autumn of 2016 and early 2017 Thomas will be back and start working on the analyses of his study system.