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Photo of Professor Böhmer delivering a talk

13th January 2023

How is climate change affecting the world's forests? Geobotany professor provides answers in keynote talk

Powerpoint slide showing images of biological control interactions.

19th December 2022

Institute of Geobotany researcher shares new insights into biological pest control at University of Würzburg seminar series

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3rd November 2022

New biodiversity and ecosystem services seminar series featuring early career scientists

Aphids feeding on a plant stem

1st November 2022

When plants need to defend themselves, they tend to reach for the same weapon

Building on JLU campus

20th October 2022

Zoological Biodiversity Group moves to Justus Liebig University of Gießen

21st September 2022

New publication illustrates strong potential for archetype models to predict natural pest control services

Cacao Seeds

19th September 2022

International research team begins disentangling ecosystem services & disservices in cacao agroecosystems

Photo of Dr. Diana Rubene

19th August 2022

How one researcher combined her passion for birds, insects, and plants

27th April 2022

A new study for chocolate lovers elucidates pollination services in cacao

23rd February 2022

Seminar series on biodiversity and ecosystem services featuring international speakers begins in March

17th February 2022

European and African research partners gather for UPSCALE general assembly

Location, location, location—insect predator traits and the strength of pest control services change across landscapes

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Faculty of Natural Sciences: more events

Archive: past events

Dr. Daniel Leybourne: Investigating insect-microbe interactions across agricultural landscapes

Dr. Lauren Snyder: Bringing Biodiversity Research & Communication into the 21st Century with Machine-actionable Scientific Literature

Dr. Lucile Muneret: Drivers of biological control—from agricultural landscapes to natural enemy community compositions

Professor Sara Leonhardt: Food for health—the nutritional ecology of plant-pollinator interactions

Dr. Daniel Paredes: How can landscapes help mitigate pest outbreaks? An ecoinformatic approach

Dr. Ute Fricke: Climate-smart pest management

Dr. Natalia Estrada Carmona: Beyond ecosystem services, mobilizing agrobiodiversity for nutritious food and farmers’ wellbeing

Dr. Chlöe Raderschall: Ecological intensification of faba bean cropping under land-use and climate change

Professor Daniel Montoya: Stability of ecosystem services in agricultural systems—implications for food security

Professor Wolfgang Weisser: Increasing biodiversity and human-nature interactions in cities – obstacles and possible solutions

Dr. Costanza Geppert: Mountain plants on the move—What drives plant redistribution under global change

Dr. Elena Alonso Velado: SHOWCASE project—Narratives, Co-Design & Preliminary Results from the Spanish Experimental Biodiversity Area

Dr. Antonia Mayr: BienABest—Promoting wild bees in agricultural landscapes

Dr. Adrien Rusch: Biological pest control services in agricultural landscapes: synthesis and prospects

Dr. Harmen Hendriksma: What do honeybees tell us about landscapes?

Dr. Matthew Mitchell: Dynamics of ecosystem services and biodiversity across scales in agricultural landscapes

Dr. Heather Grab: Mitigating the effects of agricultural intensification on ecosystem services

Exploring the Interactions between the agricultural Landscape und Insect Diversity

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Insight from Urban Gardens

Plant-insect Interactions in Agroecosystems: the Effects of land-use Change on Ecosystem Services and Plant Evolution

Crop diversification – benefit to biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

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