The 25. Turmfest will take place at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden this Sunday, 11.09.2022, and five researchers from the Technische Universität Dresden, among which our group leader Prof. Dr. Anna Cord, will be there to answer all of your burning scientific questions. The science Q&A, moderated by “Checker Julian”, will start at 14:00 and is …
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The jury of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has assessed ECO²SCAPE as a particularly positive contribution to the conservation and restoration of ecosystems in the field of cultural and agricultural landscapes and biodiversity. Our project was therefore recognized as an “Outstanding Example of the UN Decade” in the UN Decade Project Competition on Ecosystems …
Working with farmers to halt the loss of biological diversity? Find out more on the practical implementation of the “co-design” approach in our new ECO²SCAPE publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12169. In this paper, we outline the importance of co-design in the context of farmland biodiversity conservation, which refers to the participatory design of conservation measures for a secific …
Our research groups was well represented at the European Congress for Conservation Biology (ECCB 2022) which took place last week in Prague, Czech Republic! Our lab members Lisanne, Gaby and Stephanie joined the conference to present some of their current research, encompassing diverse topics: from plant diversity in fallow fields, to prairie dog disturbances in …
Our Computational Landscape Ecology group was at the ECCB 2022 in Prague! Read More »
For our new paper published in Ecology and Evolution we studied the effect caused by the disturbance of the endemic prairie dog Cynomys mexicanus (in the picture) on plant functional and taxonomical diversity. The species in endangered and is considered to be a grassland ecosystem engineer due to their grazing and burrowing activities (you can …
We are looking for a research associate for a 3-years position based at our chair and embedded in the ScaDS.AI center of Dresden/Leipzig. We are looking for candidates with a university degree in data/computer science, machine learning, mathematics or a comparable engineering or natural science, combined with a strong interest in environmental/ecological applications, or in …
The BESTMAP Summer School on modelling policy impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity will take place in Olomouc, Czech Republic on September 12–16, 2022 and is organised jointly by Palacky University Olomouc, University of Leeds, UFZ–Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, TU Dresden and other project partners. The full agenda of the Summer School can be …
The Computational Landscape Ecology group just came back from a 3-day long group retreat in the beautiful Spree Forest (Spreewald). Spending some time together in a different environment was important to get to know each other better both at the personal and professional level, reflect on the group’s advancements so far and set the priorities …
On May 31st and June 1st, all ECO²SCAPE project partners, together with members of the Advisory Board, met in Berlin to report on the project progress, discuss research activities and ongoing publications, and brainstorm new ideas. The 2-day meeting was intense and sparked many fruitful discussions which the group is eager to further develop; for …
Our paper entitled “Response of endangered bird species to land-use changes in an agricultural landscape in Germany” has been published in Regional Environmental Change! How can we reconcile crop production and biodiversity conservation in agricultural areas? Stakeholders and birds joined forces to find the answer in this paper, check it out here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-022-01878-3
