Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer of Uni Koblenz-Landau will give a talk on the current research and debates surrounding insect decline, with focus on the key drivers, trends among aquatic versus terrestrial insects, the role of pollutants, and mitigation measures.
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Research position in Aquatic Community Ecology at INRAE, France
The National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) in Lyon is hiring a permanent researcher to study aquatic community ecology under global change.
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In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about the new project RESIST which investigates the effects of multiple stressors on stream food webs and ecosystem functioning.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Ecological Modelling at Lund University
Lund University in Sweden is recruiting a 2-year PostDoc researcher in ecosystem service modelling.
Continue readingNew online lecture on “Mechanisms underlying biodiversity patterns in river-like dendritic networks”
The Quantitative Landscape Ecology Group and the Graduate School SystemLink from the University of Koblenz-Landau would like to invite you to an online lecture by Dr. Isabelle Gounand (Institut d’Écologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris (iEES-Paris); Sorbonne Université) on 28 October 2020.
Continue readingInsectExpo: What are the risks of agricultural pesticides to insects?
With observations of declining insects in agricultural landscapes, research is focusing on figuring out the role of potential stressors, such as structural homogeneity, fertilizer and pesticide inputs. In this blog, Carolina Honert explains how their project “InsectExpo” can fill these knowledge gaps.
Continue readingDocumentary on insect decline in German agricultural landscapes and the role of agriculture
The German television shot a documentary on the observation of declining insects in Germany, and the science behind it. The film features researchers involved in a recent study entitled “More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas”.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Integrative Global Change Ecology at TUM
The Terrestrial Ecology Group at Technische Universität München (TUM) Weihenstephan is hiring a PostDoc in integrative global change ecology.
Continue readingFlower strips and pesticides – trap or habitat?
In this post, Carsten Brühl introduces a recently published discussion paper on management practices for conservation in agricultural landscapes and their potential pesticide exposure.
Continue readingPhD position in Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems at TU Kaiserslautern
The Molecular Ecology group at TU Kaiserslautern is offering a PhD position to assess multiple stressor effects in aquatic ecosystems.
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