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21st Assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories
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Successful 21st Assembly and inspiring impressions of all projects. As in previous years, the  BE-Assembly took place in the Harz Mountains in Wernigerode. In addition to insightful progress talks from all core and contributing projects and appealing poster sessions, three keynotes enriched us: Lisa Hülsmann (University of Bayreuth), Jörn Fischer (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) and Richard Bardgett (University of Manchester), as well as a presentation by Sina Grosskopf (University of Passau) in our Diversity Forum. The event also acted as […]

Forst-day at the Exploratory Hainich-Dün
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  In November, the Exploratorium Hainich-Dün hosted a forest conference for practitioners from forestry and nature conservation. The first part of the conference took place at the Waldcafé Prinzenhaus in Mühlhausen. In addition to the development of biodiversity on the land, forest forensics was also discussed in lectures and subsequent discussion rounds. Presentations were given by Prof. Dr. Christian Ammer (University of Göttingen), Dr. Michael Staab (Tu Darmstadt), Prof. Dr. Oliver Gailing (University of Göttingen), as well as doctoral students […]

Forest-day at the Exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin
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The Exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin organized a Forest-day with the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve and the Chorin Chief Forester's Office. In mid-October forester and scientists met at Chorin Monastery. There were presentations by our Explorers on their research in the forests, as well as a talk by Eberhard Luft (Head of the Chorin State Forestry Office) on the historical background and structure of the Chorin Forest (Forest Area of the Year 2023) and a talk by Ulf Pommer (LFE employee, former local manager […]

Annual meeting of the core projects
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Our core projects, the Local Management Team - LMT, the Central Coordination Office - BEO, the Data Management Team - BExIS and the Instumentation Team, met for their annual meeting this time in Jena. Four days long we talked about the latest news from the exploratories and future plans for our project. A guided tour of the Jena Experiment and the nearby Park an der Ilm in Weimar was also included.

Open doors into science!
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More than 2000 visitors attended the Long Night of Science at the University of Ulm on July 14, 2023. Different faculties opened their doors and put on more than 80 different program items for visitors. During the BioNight, the Department of Biology once again celebrated their 50th anniversary and put together an exciting program, from lectures on bumblebee breeding to a science slam. The Exploratories also had a booth where visitors could get information about our project and insights into […]

Excursion to the exploratory Swäbische-Alb
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  Master students of biology and geoecology from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen visited the Exploratorium Schwäbische-Alb last week. As part of the master's module Plant Ecology, this excursion took place for the third year in a row. This year it was organized by Maria Majekove, from the BE project ExploreNiche. The excursion included visits to two forest and two grassland areas with different management intensities, which gave the students a good impression of the areas. In addition, they […]

50 years of biology at the University of Ulm
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The Department of Biology at the University of Ulm celebrated its 50th anniversary on June 13, 2023. At a reception followed by a celebration, institute members and biology enthusiasts from all over the city came together. In a keynote speech by Markus Fischer, he emphasized the extinction of species and included a call to action to society - "We are at the beginning of a mass extinction if we do nothing about it." German news article:

The Exploratories on TV with a contribution on insect mortality in forests
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The Exploratorien are with their research results on television. "It has become quiet in Germany's forests, they are running out of insects...." - reports the Hessian broadcast, Hessicher Rundfunk. In this contribution Dr. Michael Staab, from the TU Darmstadt, leads the viewers into our exploratories and explains their research and connections of the insect death in German forests. Duration: 06:27Min.

AI – Artificial intelligence at the Hainich-Dün exploratory
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The meaning of deadwood in the forest, decomposition processes of rats by small animals and microbes, as well as the effect of clear-cutting on bats, among other things, are being researched at the exploratory in Hainich-Dün. In addition to familiar and well-tried research methods, artificial intelligence is being used as a research tool in the course of the new funding phase. For a more exact and faster data acquisition it is applied in two areas: Counting and identification of insect […]

19th BE-Assembly successfully completed
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Last Thursday, our 19th Biodiversity Exploratories Assembly ended. It was three long, but also interesting and exchange-filled days packed with project presentations, scientific discussions and informative keynote presentations. Even though everything went well and we were happy about every single participant and contribution, we also understand that online conferences are exhausting and face-to-face exchange is hampered. Therefore, we keep our fingers crossed that hopefully next year in week 8 (21.02-24.02.23) we will be able to exchange in person again (probably […]

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