Vidisha Bansal
Research Department Life Science Systems
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.1.7
Phone: +49 (0) 155 1011 7736
Email: vidisha.bansal(at)tum.de
ORCID: 0000-0003-1777-6916
Research interest
- Plant-Pollinator interactions
- Pollination Ecology
- Floral Biology
My main research is based on the effects of varying land-use intensities on intraspecific floral trait variation and the subsequent effects of trait variation on pollinator-plant interactions and pollination success.
My work is divided as follows:
- I investigate how the land use intensity influences the variation in floral traits, including scent, color, morphology, pollen and nectar quality and quantity.
- I'm studying how pollinator interactions with flowers shift across different traits.
- I analyse the effect of floral trait changes on pollination success, by measuring the seed set and cross pollination within one plant species.
Curriculum Vitae
| 05/2023-present | PhD candidate, Plant-Insect-Interactions, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München |
| 09/2019-07/2021 | Master of Science in Ecology and Evolution, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| 07/2016-07/2019 | Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Botany, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Mumbai |
Publications
- Ausma, T., Bansal, V., Kraaij, M., Verloop, A. C. M., Gasperl, A., Müller, M., Kopriva, S., De Kok, L. J., & van der Kooi, C. J. (2021). Floral displays suffer from sulphur deprivation. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 192, 104656, doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104656
- van Dis NE, Sieperda G-J,Bansal V, van Lith B, Wertheim B, Visser ME.2023 Phenological mismatch affects individualfitness and population growth in the wintermoth. Proc. R. Soc. B 290: 20230414, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0414