Meet an Ecology PhD
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Meet an Ecology PhD - Albin Hammerle
Sink or not a sink, that’s the question!
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Meet an Ecology PhD - Daniela Sint
What’s on the menu?
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Georg Niedrist
Georg Niedrist focuses among other topics on running waters in high altitudes and latitudes.
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Carina Rofner
FWF-project: Heterotrophic freshwater bacterial groups and the biogeochemical cycle of phosphorus in mountain lakes
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Herbert C. Wagner
Herbert C. Wagner, a myrmecologist, decryptes a complex of European ant species.
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Marina Kohler
Marina Kohler concentrates on future ecosystem service provision of grassland
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Roland Hasibeder
Roland's thesis focuses on a fundamental process within the plant soil system of ecosystems, namely carbon allocation
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Katharina Scholz
Influence of climate extremes on the carbon balance of a pre-alpine lake
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Patrick Krapf
Focus on the (non-)aggressive behaviour of an Alpine ant species
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Pablo Manuel Aguilar Espinosa
Bacterial diversity and community composition from high-elevation aquatic ecosystems
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Carina Desirée Heussler
From Waste to Feed - Waste products as a source of protein-rich feedstuff
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Yasemin Günay
Trophic assessment of ecosystem services provided by carabid beetles in agricultural land
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Meet an Ecology PhD: Karolina Sakowska
MSCA project: Carbonyl sulfide and sun-induced fluorescence as joint constraints on terrestrial carbon cycling (COSIF)
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Klemens Weisleitner
Microbial Ecology of Cryospheric Habitats in Polar Regions
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Lisa Huber
Modelling Ecosystem Services in Alpine Areas with Special Emphasis on Human Impacts
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Matsapume Detcharoen
Effects of Wolbachia on Alpine fly Drosophila nigrosparsa
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Veronika Hierlmeier
... it is something special to be involved in the research on insect decline and to have these unforgettable field trips in the summer
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Martin Dalvai-Ragnoli
With my research I am able to combine on the one hand my passion for rivers and on the other hand my curiosity as a scientist.
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Lorenz Hänchen
AgroClim Huaraz: Spatio-temporal variability in water availability and demand in the Peruvian Andes
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Meet an Ecology-PhD student: Elia Guariento
'The world is beautiful because it’s diverse'. This Italian saying well describes my research focus as a biologist: the diversity of the living
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Marlene Haider
Population genetics and genomics of two grouse species – the western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Elena Tello García
Understanding the functioning of grassland ecosystems
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: SOSA JIRÓN Tania
From admiring rock pools at the beach to developing a river network at the laboratory
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: OBERLEITNER Florian
Drought legacy effects on mountain grassland and forest
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: GATTINGER Daniel
Dispersal of antibiotic-resistant microbes in alpine snow and its consequences
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Lucía LAORDEN CAMACHO
Effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem services and functions due to land-use and climate change
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Tania HOLTZEM
Investigating the evolutionary consequences of recent anthropogenic change in the water-flea Daphnia
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Friederike BARKMANN
(Insect) biodiversity and its spatial patterns and temporal trends
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Meet an Ecology PhD-student: Lumnesh JOSEPH
How will Future Climate Change affect the Phenology of Mountain Grasslands?