03. December 2025 Franziska Middendorf: Doctorate completed Title of the dissertation: COMMUNITY PATTERNS AND PREY CONSUMPTION OF ARTHROPOD PREDATORS AT THE AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL INTERFACE
15. July 2025 Tobias Bauer successfully defends Title of the dissertation: Effects of urbanization, management and invasive neophytes on grassland arthropods in Karlsruhe, Germany
30. June 2025 BANU certification in field ornithology The exam was taken for the first time at RPTU, with over 20 students earning the bronze certificate.
24. June 2025 Manon Edo: Doctorate completed Title of the dissertation: Effects of Agroforestry on Birds, Bats and Spiders in Europe
07. April 2025 BANU certification Field Botany 2025 Register now for the species knowledge tests in field botany, dragonflies, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians or birds in Rhineland-Palatinate!
06. January 2025 New article on ground beetles in vineyards Gieser et al. (2025) Limited benefits of organic management and fungicide reduction to ground beetles in vineyards.
16. December 2024 Elyssa Dubois at the British Ecological Society conference! Poster title: Flooding and Invasive Plants Altered Soil Fungi Community Composition, Pesticides Didn't.
19. November 2024 Julius Reiff defends successfully! Title of the dissertation: Sustainability of Permaculture Farming
06. June 2024 Study on ground beetles in solar parks Zitzmann et al. (2024) Carabid beetles in solar parks: assemblages under solar panels are severely impoverished compared to gaps between panel rows…
21. May 2024 New article on biodiversity-friendly mowing Bauer et al. (2024) Dry grasslands in urban areas can harbour arthropod species of local conservation concern and should be prioritized for…
18. April 2024 Dissertation prize of the Upper Rhine Symposium Maike Huszarik wins at the Upper Rhine 2024 Water Symposium
18. April 2024 BANU certification field botany 2024 Register now for the botany species identification examinations (bronze, silver, gold) on July 12, 2024 in Eußerthal (EERES)!
18. April 2024 More agroforestry ... to support bird diversity! Manon Edo reports in the blog on the importance of agroforestry as an important habitat for birds.
21. February 2024 New DBU project Thanks to a doctoral scholarship from the DBU, Julia Gieser is researching the endangerment and conservation of dragonflies in urban freshwater…
31. December 2024 New manuscript at Journal of Applied Entomology Duque et al. (2023) Which temperature matters? Effects of origin, rearing and test conditions on the chemical sensitivity of Pardosa amentata
15. October 2023 Maike Huszarik - Fast-track promotion successful Title of the dissertation: Indirect effects of chemical stream pollution on the riparian food web
13. October 2023 New paper at Pest Management Science! Tomás Duque et al. (2024) Sensitivity of spiders from different ecosystems to lambda-cyhalothrin: effects of phylogeny and climate.
13. October 2023 Doctoral thesis defended: Marvin Kaczmarek Title of the dissertation: The effects of organic management, pesticide reduction, and landscape diversification for arthropod conservation in…
13. October 2023 Doctoral thesis defended: Jo Marie Reiff Title of the dissertation: Arthropod functional biodiversity in vineyards under reduced fungicide sprayings
27. September 2023 Tomás Duque successfully defends Title of the dissertation: Chemical sensitivity of spiders and earthworms: effects of ecology, phylogeny and habitat
21. August 2023 BANU certification field botany 2023 State Secretary Dr. Manz presents species knowledge certificates
11. July 2023 New article on sustainability in viticulture Reiff et al. (2023) Pest Management Science
31. March 2023 BANU certification field botany 2023 Dates for Field Botany Southwest Germany in Landau and Mainz
16. January 2023 New paper on mites in viticulture Möth et al. (2023) Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
22. December 2022 American dwarf spider conquers Europe Interview with Martin Entling on Deutschlandfunk (DLF)
22. November 2022 Paper published: Influence of invasive F. japonica and copper on nitrification Girardi et al. (2022) Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science