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External scientific users at the University Gardens

The University Gardens are an invaluable resource for research in a wide range of disciplines

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Current visiting researchers include staff of other sections of the UM, of other groups at UiB, and of the Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA).

We also welcome UiB students for practical internships; for examples, see the blogs of Hedda and Camilla who have been based at the Botanical Garden.

Experiment at the glasshouses
Photo:
Alistair Seddon, UiB
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Caterpillars collcted in a tube and a young bird

Bird and Caterpillar Phenology

Researchers from UiB will be monitoring bird boxes and shaking caterpillars out of trees this spring!

Great tit

Monitoring of hole-nesting birds

Dr. Adele Mennerat and colleagues (UiB, Department of Biological Sciences) use the Arboretum for education and research

Experiment at the glasshouses

Chemical variations in pine pollen in response to UV-B radiation

The PalaeoChem Research Group at UiB investigates how biodiversity has responded to environmental changes thousands of years into the past.

Children's illustrations

The CALENDARS project and adapting to seasonality

The CALENDARS project aims to explore how the gardens adapt to changes in seasonality.

Invasive rhododendrons in Norway

Dr. Rakel Blaalid and colleagues have been working to track the genetic background of invasive rhododendrons in Norway

07.04.2025