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Department of Biology

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Biodiversity, Eco, Evo

Hayfe Chamkhi

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Doctoral student, third-party funds

Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology

Address

Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
Department biology
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology
Ohnhorststr. 18
22609 Hamburg

Office

Carl von Linné Haus
Room: 2.518

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42816- 674

Key aspects of activity

  • Pollinator ecology in arid environments: Bee-plant diversity, population dynamic, bee-plant interactions
  • Effects of drought and livestock grazing on bee-plant systems
  • Insect pollination and seed set of Acacia trees in Tunisia
  • Rangeland ecology and land use systems in North Africa
  • Savannah ecosystems North Africa

CV

Promotion:

Topic: Sustaining essential biotic Ecosystem Services in North African Drylands - Assessing the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on bee-plant communities on the Saharan fringe in Tunisia

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Universität Hamburg

Dr. Krsitin M. Krewenka, Universität Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Jörg Ganzhorn, Universität Hamburg

Scholarships:

·         2015: DAAD Jahresstipendien für Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden

·         2015-laufend: Promovierendenförderung vom Avicenna Studienwerk

·         2016: Bayer Stipendium: Jeff Schell

Publications

2016

Degen, J., Kirbach, A., Reiter, L., Lehmann, K., Norton, P., Storms, M., Koblofsky, M., Winter, S., Georgieva, P.B., Nguyen, H., Chamkhi, H., Meyer, H., Singh, P.K., Manz, G., Greggers, U., Menzel, R. (2016): Honeybees Learn Landscape Features during Exploratory Orientation Flights. Current Biology 26(20), 2800–2804. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CUB.2016.08.013

2015

Degen, J., Kirbach, A., Reiter, L., Lehmann, K., Storm, M., Koblofsky, M., Winter, S., Georgieva, P.B., Chamkhi, H., Greggers, U., Menzel, R. (2015):  Exploratory behaviour of honeybees during orientation flights. Animal Behaviour 102: 45-57. , DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.030

Conference contributions:

Poster:

Chamkhi, H., Krewenka, K.M., (2016) Assessing the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on bee-plant communities on the Saharan fringe in Tunisia. Poster, 2nd International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health, and Policy. Pennsylvania, USA