Night-time lighting and invasive species are changing food webs in ways we rarely notice. In this blog post, Collins explores how artificial light at night and invasive signal crayfish reshape spider diets and alter aquatic-terrestrial resource pathways.
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Highlights of 2024 (Part 1)
In the first part of the ‘Highlights of 2024’, we give our readers a recap of the scientific publications we covered this year.
Continue readingImpacts of Anthropogenic Stressors on Aquatic Insects and Terrestrial Food Webs
Anthropogenic stressors have a significant impact on the delicate balance of ecosystems such as emergence of aquatic insects, connecting aquatic and terrestrial food webs. These insects act as a high-quality food source for terrestrial consumers, such as spiders. In this blogpost, Sebastian Pietz talks about his latest publication on exploring the potential effects of subsidy quality on spiders.
Continue readingSeveral master theses in the DFG Research Training Group SystemLink
The Research Training Group SystemLink at University of Koblenz-Landau, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), currently offers several master theses.
Continue readingDo agricultural pesticides in streams influence riparian spiders?
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about their recently published paper “Do agricultural pesticides in streams influence riparian spiders?”.
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