In this blogpost, Moritz Link reports how pesticide toxicity affects stream ecosystems in Transylvania, Romania, a region where traditional agriculture prevails. The researchers analyzed macroinvertebrate communities, leaf litter decomposition and parasite prevalence in relation to physico-chemical stressors in the stream and the landscape.
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Year in Review – Part 1
In this first installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we would like to give our readers a glimpse of some of the best blogposts of the year 2021.
Continue readingAgriculture without paradises? Low intensity agriculture and pesticide use in Eastern Europe
In this post, Verena Schreiner talks about a recently published paper on pesticide pollution in a European region with considerable amount of traditional agriculture.
Continue readingField study in Transylvania: News from the Landscape Ecology Group
This years field season of the Landscape Ecology group is marked by a comprehensive study in Romania. Continue reading