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Online-workshop: Introduction to BExIS and land use in the Biodiversity Exploratories

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    23. April 2026  — 24. April 2026
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    online
Date: 23 April 2026 from 8.00 – 10.00: Introduction to land use, forest lecture (Christian Ammer)
23 April 2026 from10.00 – 12.00: Introduction to land use, grassland lecture (Norbert Hölzel)
23 April 2026 from 13.00 – 15.00: Introduction to LUI (Nico Blüthgen)
24 April 2026 from 8.00 – 8.30: Do’s and Don’ts new phase + fieldwork (Melissa Jüds)
24 April 2026 from 8.30 – 12.00: Introduction to BExIS (Andreas Ostrowski, Cornelia Fürstenau)
Target group: Postdocs, PhD candidates and all new BE-members

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer, Prof. Dr. Norbert Hölzel, Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen, Dr. Melissa Jüds, Andreas Ostrowski, Dr. Cornelia Fürstenau

Course language: English

Topics: In this workshop, new project members will be introduced to five leading topics of the Exploratories, which will be distributed over two workshop days. The participants will receive an overview of the background, land use types, plot distribution, and research structure of the forest and grassland sites. Besides, they are introduced to the computation and application of the land use index (LUI) and receive important information needed for the interpretation of the provided land use data. The introduction to BExIS covers relevant tools for fieldwork planning, such as Maps or the BExIS fieldbook, and provides an overview of datasets, publications, and Data policy. The presentation “Do’s and Don’ts new phase + fieldwork ” will give an overview about specifications and rules during fieldwork in the three exploratories.

Link to register: https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/emm/EventRegistration/EventRegistration

Registration deadline: 22nd of April 2026

Important information: Your registration is binding. The participation is for Explorers only! In autumn, the workshop will be complemented by an excursion to exploratory Hainich. The appointment and application tool will be forwarded timely.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the BEO.

Synthesis Workshop: The Grazing Axis Workshop

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    28. April 2026  — 29. April 2026
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    Darmstadt 
Date: April 27 – 29, 2026
Location: TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 9, 64287 Darmstadt

Building: B201, Institut of Applied Geoscience

Target group: All Explorers

Course language: English

The workshop topics include:

  • Discussion of preliminary results and next steps from synthesis proposal 82: the grazing axis: press vs. pulse perturbation
    • We will provide the preliminary methods and results a week in advance
  • Deciding next steps on disentangling grazing components within the Biodiversity Exploratories
Tentative programme:
27th April: 13:00-18:00 presentation and discussion of preliminary results
We will provide a summary report a week in advance, so it would be great if you take the time to read it.
28th April: 9:00-12:00 general discussion on grazing aspects, pitfalls to avoid

Contributions are most welcome, so please contact Merin directly (merin.rejichacko@gmail.com) as soon as possible if you’d like to give a talk during this time.

Some interesting aspects to consider:
  • Different types of responses: taxonomic, functional groups, compositional changes, processes
  • Accounting for important underlying patterns such as differences in grassland types, exploratories, livestock choice by farmers
28th April: 12:00-17:00 lunch and excursion to a nearby farm
29th April: 9:00-12:00 next steps; spinoff ideas
Contributions are welcome here as well, but some ideas that will be discussed are:
  • Climate, seasonality, drought and other extreme events
  • Socio-ecological aspects
Please note: Only register if you have a real interest in participating in the course and have sufficient time for it. This workshop offers limited numbers of seats and has high cancellation fees in terms of hotel reservations.
If you are unable to attend the workshop despite registering, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can possibly reallocate the seat. There have been many unexcused no-shows in the past, therefore please note: In the case of an unexcused absence, we will unfortunately have to block you for the next workshop. No-Shows cause unnecessary costs for us and, above all, take away potential spots for other Explorers.
The Hotel will be organized by the BEO; you will receive all information once the registration is closed.
Registration deadline: April 20, 2026

BE20 Conference 2026

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    8. June 2026  — 12. June 2026
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    Berlin
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    Schorfheide-Chorin

International conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Biodiversity Exploratories

Title: “Integrating emerging topics in long-term and large-scale biodiversity research”

Venue: Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus in Berlin

Programme Overview:

06.06.26: Opening & Icebreaker
09./10./11.06.26: Sessions
12.06.26: Excursion to exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin

Further information can be found here.


24th Assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories

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    23. February 2027  — 26. February 2027
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    Wernigerode

Venue: HKK Harzer Kultur- & Kongresshotel Wernigerode
Pfarrstraße 41, 38855 Wernigerode

Date:
Start: Tue, 23rd February 2027
End: Fri, 26th February 2027

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