Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology

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...

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💚 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! 🐝 🌱

Mehrjährige Blühfläche zwischen Ackerflächen. Ziehen solche Maßnahmen Bestäuber an und erhalten ihre Artenvielfalt auf eine Weise, die das Wachstum der Insekten-Populationen im Agrarland fördert? Das untersuchen Forschende um Dr. Elena Velado-Alonso im Projekt METAGROLAND. © Arne Wenzel

Agrarwissenschaftlerin Dr. Elena Velado-Alonso. Sie erhält von der Europäischen Union ein Stipendium im Rahmen der Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Maßnahmen. Damit startet sie das Projekt METAGROLAND. (c) Elena Velado-Alonso Foto: Elena Velado-Alonso

Forschung für wirksame Agrarumweltprogramme: Im Projekt METAGROLAND untersuchen Elena Velado-Alonso & Team Wechselwirkungen zw. Pflanzen und ihren Bestäubern und prüfen, ob Maßnahmen wie Blühflächen Insekten-Populationen im Agrarland fördern. Viel Erfolg! Mehr: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

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🌱🔬 On #11F, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the women shaping agroecology through research, teaching, and action.
At @funcagroeco.bsky.social we stand for inclusive, diverse, and equitable science — because sustainable food systems need all voices.
#WomenInScience

You will work in the transdisciplinary #ProjectKOOPERATIV with a great and diverse team of ecologists, economists and social scientists.
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/628701.html

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@gfoesoc.bsky.social

📢 Join our team: Are you interested in the synthesis of ecological data?

We are offering a postdoctoral researcher position on the effects of collaborative agri-environment measures on multiple taxa and ecosystem services.

See #job advert
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...

📢 Join our last #EcologySeminar of the semester!
Marleen Krämer
will share first insights in #ProjectHEAVEN - just started last year!
Focus is on Carabids in agrucultural landscapes🪲

📅 Wed 11.Feb at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@mar-krae.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de

Landscape composition determines reproductive success: more cropland and forest reduce brood cell numbers.

The results highlight how local plant communities and land use shape specialist bee #conservation and could guide grassland #restoration.

Thanks for funding
@biodiversa.eu
@dfg.de

New article led by Evan T. Sloan🐝

Pollen metabarcoding shows strong preference for Cichorioideae in the specialist bee Osmia leaiana.

Foraging patterns are driven by local flower abundance and nearby semi-natural grasslands.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@basicapplecol.bsky.social

#presse
🌱 EU-Förderung für Agrarforschung: Dr. Elena Velado-Alonso (@uni-goettingen.de; @funcagroeco.bsky.social groeco.bsky.social ) erhält ein Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Stipendium für METAGROLAND.

🔗Zur Pressemitteilung: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Alina Twerski
will give a talk about grasslands’ multifunctionality and it's restoration 🌾

📅 Wed 4. Feb at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@hsanhalt.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de

Reminder 📣 submit your abstract for a talk or poster by February 15th and register to secure early bird price by April 30th for the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology!

See you in Leiden, the Netherlands 6 - 10 July 2026!

More at eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses...

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝

📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Giacomo Assandri
will answer the question "Why eating Parmesan can support biodiversity". Curious?

📅 Wed 21.Jan. at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social

Thanks for the inspiring and very interesting talk!

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Federico Riva
will give a talk about why appreciating biodiversity change across scales is essential for optimizing conservation and environmental decisions

📅 Wed 14. Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Lisa Prudnikow
will explore how landscape diversity, orchard management & pollen diets shape the health of Osmia bees in apple orchards🍎🐝

📅 Wed 7. Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@hsmw.bsky.social

Great talk by Lisa Prudnikow at #BES Annual Meeting

Reproductive success of mason bees is higher at orchard edges, while management and landscape factors seem to have little effect so far 🍎

Next up: cascading effects of pollen diet and gut microbiome!

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/685181.html
@dfg.de

Both local habitat quality and diversified agricultural landscapes support the restoration of metacommunity cohesion in calcareous grasslands Restoring semi-natural habitats in agricultural landscapes has become a target of many international policies. However, restoration efforts should go beyond local, species-centered approaches and also...

Plant-pollinator interactions and metacommunity cohesion
www.authorea.com/users/976286...

@velado.bsky.social

Social-ecological perspective on European semi-natural grassland conservation and restoration: Key challenges and future pathways Semi-natural grasslands result from traditional agriculture and are among the most species-rich ecosystems in Europe. These grasslands were once wides…

Social-ecological perspective on challenges and future pathways
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Using a wide range of methods from stakeholder interviews, metabarcoding and metanetworks.

Check out our recent publications and preprints

Predation ecosystem services by birds and arthropods
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Resource use of bumblebees
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Calcareous grassland #restoration 🐦👩‍🌾🐝
Presenting InterRest results at #BES Annual Meeting

Impressive to see what we’ve achieved: linking habitat quality, agricultural landscapes, pollinators, birds, predation functions and people in grassland restoration.

Thanks to the great InterRest team 💚

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Gabriella Bishop
will focus on pollinator conservation across space and time

📅 Wed 17.Dec at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de

One of the greatest moments after the defence: the Göttingen tradition of kissing the Gänseliesel💐

A beautiful way to celebrate a big accomplishment! 🎓

@kathicz.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de

🎉 Congratulations to Kathrin Czechofsky on successfully defending her doctoral thesis! 🥳

Well done - an incredible achievement.

It was great to have you in the lab, and we will miss your energy, dedication, openness, and friendliness.

We wish you all the best for the next stage of your life! 💚

📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Kyra Zembold
will share novel insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how landscape diversity + flower fields togehter effect natural pest control at the landscape scale.

📅 Wed 10.Dec. at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social

First door of our lab Advent calendar opened! 🎄
A cozy start into December — small surprises, big smiles, and the great team to share it with. 🎁 ✨🕯️

#AdventCalendar #LabLife #DecemberJoy“

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar this week!
Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke
will share new insights on biodiversity-friendly farming without yield loss.

📅 Wed 3. Dec. at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@teja-tscharntke.bsky.social

Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...

The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...