Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology

📢 Our first #EcologySeminar of the semester! Elisabeth Prangel will explore how changes in land use affect biodiversity and whether ecological restoration can help protect it. Join us! 📅 Wed 28.10 at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

A fantastic conference for our team! We shared research on flower fields, carabids, landscape-scale agri-environment schemes, drought and crop pollination, participatory biodiversity mapping, and pollinator health. 🌸🪲🐝 #Agroecology #Biodiversity #NSOGFÖ2026 @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Happy after two wonderful talks by Kyra and Marleen on carabid diversity and predation as ecosystem services. 🥳 Congratulations to you both! #NSOGFÖ2026 @mar-krae.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Great talk by Marco Ferrante on how flower fields influence the spatiotemporal dynamics of carabid communities in agricultural landscapes #NSOGFÖ2026 @gfoesoc.bsky.social Novel results from KOOPERATIV project www.uni-goettingen.de/en/628701.html

🌱 Special Interest Group Agroecology – meet us in Odense! The Special Interest Group Agroecology will meet at the NSO-GfÖ Conference in Odense, Denmark, on Tuesday, 15 September, from 13:00–14:00.

📢 New publication! 🦇🦅 Our study shows that excluding birds and bats increased #macadamia nut damage by 70%. 🌳 Natural habitat supports bat diversity, pest control and higher yields — highlighting the value of #biodiversity in farming. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Einheimische Kakaosorten in Peru müssen oft dem #Massenanbau weichen – auf Kosten der #Biodiversität. Ein Team unter Leitung unserer @funcagroeco.bsky.social und @bioversityciat.bsky.social veredelte mehr als 2.000 einheimische Bäume und steigerte die Erträge deutlich: s.gwdg.de/8hr6mp; doi.org/rh2t

💚 Thank you all for joining and supporting our #EcologySeminar in the Summer Semester 2026! We're especially grateful to our speakers for sharing their expertise and passion 😊 📣 More inspiring sessions coming in October! 🐝 🌱 @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join us for the concluding #EcologySeminar of this summer semester! Alfredo Venturo on how non-crop habitats affect beneficial arthropod distribution in agroecosystems across time and space 🪲 🌾 📅 Wed 15th July at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

🌼 Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Christian Meyer kicked off his summer tour with a visit to the #KOOPERATIV project and the Biodiversity Round Table in Uslar. 📄 Official press release: buff.ly/ZOj4ZgH #Biodiversity #SustainableAgriculture #Research

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! From Milpa to Push-Pull: Felipe Librán-Embid will discuss how traditional and modern intercropping can boost sustainable smallholder agriculture 📅 Wed 8th July at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @jlugiessen.bsky.social

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! How do landscape-wide agri-environmental measures affect bees and wasps? Ricarda Koch on effects on diversity, interactions, resources 🐝 🚜 📅 Wed 1st July at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Curious about the insect-decline debate? Roel van Klink will clarify and outline how research and conservation can move forward. 📅 Wed 24th June at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @idiv-research.bsky.social

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Eva Moracho will demonstrate how species interaction networks can support the restoration of ecosystem function and resilience 🕸️ 📅 Wed 17th June at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @au.dk

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! How can grassland biodiversity be conserved in times of rapid global change? Thomas Fartmann will explore current challenges and perspectives 🌾 🦗 🌍 📅 Wed 10th June at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Huan Liang will share insights about plant-pollinator interactions in natural and urban ecosystems 🐝🏙️🌻 📅 Wed 3rd June at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @idiv-research.bsky.social

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Viktoria Sagolla presents how temperate alley cropping agroforestry influences arthropod predator diversity and its spatiotemporal effects on natural pest control 🌳 🕷️ 📅 Wed 27th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Robert Künast will take you from pixels to patterns, showing how AI is unlocking new ways to track arthropod responses to mowing and weather 🦗 🖥️ 💡 📅 Wed 20th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de @tum.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! From pollen to entire landscapes! Evan Sloan will explore the exciting applications of pollen metabarcoding in landscape-scale pollination ecology 🐝 🧬 🌻 📅 Wed 13th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Iryna Litovska will talk about the ecology of arthropods in a nature-inclusive farming system 🕷️ 🚜 🌾 📅 Wed 6th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Francesco Maria Sabatini on the interplay of climatic hazards, vulnerability, and exposure to assess vegetation risk across three mountainous regions in Italy. 📅 Wed 29th April at 10:15 AM ‼️ Zoom only 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

🐝🐝🐝 Sieben neue Wildbienenarten für Niedersachsen entdeckt! 🐝🐝🐝 Artikel in Kooperation von Fachleuten der @bsggoettingen.bsky.social @habitecture.bsky.social @jki-research.bsky.social @funcagroeco.bsky.social @cblei.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de ua. Download▶️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Dr. Filip Harabiš will shed light on the question of whether ponds in agricultural landscapes function as biodiversity hotspots or ecological traps 🐸 🌾 🪲 📅 Wed 22April at 10:15 AM ❗️ Only online 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Toni Kasiske will focus on how agricultural land use and landscape structure affect butterflies across spatial and temporal scales. 📅 Wed 15.April at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @thuenen.de @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 The new programme for the Ecology Seminar is out - starting tomorrow!🐝🚜🐦 Everyone who is interested is invited to join. 🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. CET 📧 Please DM us if you would like to receive the Zoom link 🔗 Programme: buff.ly/AptWe6l @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

📢 New publication in the Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies 🚜💰 Opportunity costs strongly drive the profitability of perennial flower fields. Establishment and management costs have smaller actual effects, but farmers still perceive them as important. 👉️ See buff.ly/KePgmaH

BioIntakt Spring School excursion to @jki-research.bsky.social Inspiring insights into AI in plant protection, plus demos on insect rearing, acoustic monitoring, including the "magic sound box", and field sampling methods. Thanks to the JKI team for a great experience! @feda.bio www.biointakt.de

📢 Die Zukunft der EU-Agrarpolitik beeinflusst die Artenvielfalt in Agrarlandschaften. Bei „Akademie im Gespräch“ der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen diskutieren Catrin Westphal, Sebastian Lakner und Claus Hartmann. Publikumsbeteiligung willkommen! Weitere Infos: buff.ly/0OrNphW

📢 New publication in Ecology Letters! 🐝🌼 🐝 Viral prevalence in multispecies bee communities is driven by multiple key hosts, not single dominant species. Whole-community network structure is crucial when managing pollinator health. See: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... @unihalle.bsky.social

This week in our #Hymenoptera identification course, students observed live how #Parasitoid wasps of the genus Lysiphlebus parasitize aphids — directly in their own petridish. 🐝👀 For us, this is what university #Teaching is about: Connecting theory, observation, and real-world application 📚🔬🌍

🔔Just a quick reminder! The open postdoctoral researcher position is still waiting for the right candidate. 🧪 🕒 Apply by: 01.03.2026 Feel free to share with your network or reach out if you have questions! see www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f... @uni-goettingen.de @agrarunigoe.bsky.social

💚 Thank you all for your participation and genuine interest in our #EcologySeminar during the Winter Semester 2025/26! We are especially grateful to our wonderful speakers for sharing their expertise, insights, and passion with us😊 📣 Stay tuned for more inspiring sessions in April! 🐝 🌱