In this post, Carsten Brühl introduces a recently published discussion paper on management practices for conservation in agricultural landscapes and their potential pesticide exposure.
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Internship in Amphibian Exotoxicology at Agroscope
Agroscope in Switzerland is hiring an intern to assess the exposure of amphibians to plant protection products in agroecosystems.
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Our Institute for Environmental Sciences at the Campus Landau/Pfalz is hiring a scientist to analyse the distribution of pesticides in terrestrial ecosystems.
Read moreToads could be exposed to pesticides when moving through agricultural landscapes
In this post, Christoph Leeb talks about his recently published paper on amphibian presence in a vineyard in Southern Germany and potential exposure risk to pesticides.
Continue readingBiodiversity crisis in agricultural landscapes: Caused by insufficient testing of pesticides?
In this post, Carsten Brühl discusses their recently published paper “Biodiversity decline as an inappropriate environmental risk assessment of pesticides”.
Continue readingPostDoc position in crop pest modelling at ZALF
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) near Berlin is hiring a PostDoc researcher for modelling of crop pest dynamics.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Water Quality Data Analysis at Eawag
The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) has a vacancy for a 2-year PostDoc position in water quality data analysis within its Department of Environmental Chemistry.
Continue readingMSc thesis opportunity: Insects on the decline – catastrophe ahead?
We are offering a MSc thesis on insect decline in our Working Group “Quantitative Landscape Ecology” of University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau campus.
Continue readingMSc thesis opportunity in amphibian reproductive fitness at Uni Koblenz-Landau
We are offering a MSc thesis opportunity in reproductive fitness of common toads in agricultural and natural landscapes in our Working Group “Community Ecology and Ecotoxicology” at University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau campus.
Continue readingInsecticides threaten U.S. surface waters
In this post, Jakob Wolfram talks about their recently published paper “Meta-analysis of Insecticides in U.S. Surface Waters: Status and Future Implications”.
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