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.
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InsectExpo: 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.
Continue reading2 PhD positions in Freshwater Ecology at IGB
The Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) is hiring two PhD researchers for projects in spatial freshwater biodiversity and conservation planning.
Continue readingDiverse & Exciting: How Landau’s research could contribute to the success of SETAC Toronto (Part 1)
In this post, Jakob Wolfram reports on how Landau researchers contributed to the 40th Annual SETAC North America conference in Toronto from November 3-7, 2019.
Continue readingPhD & PostDoc positions in Ecology at University of Duisburg-Essen
The Department of River Ecology and Conservation at Senckenberg in cooperation with the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen are jointly hiring one PhD and one PostDoc researcher in terrestrial or freshwater ecology.
Continue readingA perfect mix of science, management & policy at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
In this post, Verena Sesin shares her visit at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) in Montreal from October 27-31, 2019, a forum for new and emerging issues related to invasive species in aquatic environments.
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