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funcagroeco.bsky.social
Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology
@funcagroeco.bsky.social
Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology group at University of Göttingen 🧪
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/596513.html

#biodiversity #landscape #pollination #biocontrol #agriculture #restoration
Landscape composition determines reproductive success: more cropland and forest reduce brood cell numbers.

The results highlight how local plant communities and land use shape specialist bee #conservation and could guide grassland #restoration.

Thanks for funding
@biodiversa.eu
@dfg.de
February 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
New article led by Evan T. Sloan🐝

Pollen metabarcoding shows strong preference for Cichorioideae in the specialist bee Osmia leaiana.

Foraging patterns are driven by local flower abundance and nearby semi-natural grasslands.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@basicapplecol.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Alina Twerski
will give a talk about grasslands’ multifunctionality and it's restoration 🌾

📅 Wed 4. Feb at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@hsanhalt.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Lucia Hoffmann
shares fresh insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how farmers view transaction costs in cooperative agri-environment-climate measures 🌾🤝

📅 Wed 28.Jan at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Giacomo Assandri
will answer the question "Why eating Parmesan can support biodiversity". Curious?

📅 Wed 21.Jan. at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 AM
📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Lisa Prudnikow
will explore how landscape diversity, orchard management & pollen diets shape the health of Osmia bees in apple orchards🍎🐝

📅 Wed 7. Jan at 10:15 AM
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@hsmw.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Great talk by Lisa Prudnikow at #BES Annual Meeting

Reproductive success of mason bees is higher at orchard edges, while management and landscape factors seem to have little effect so far 🍎

Next up: cascading effects of pollen diet and gut microbiome!

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/685181.html
@dfg.de
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Using a wide range of methods from stakeholder interviews, metabarcoding and metanetworks.

Check out our recent publications and preprints

Predation ecosystem services by birds and arthropods
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Resource use of bumblebees
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Calcareous grassland #restoration 🐦👩‍🌾🐝
Presenting InterRest results at #BES Annual Meeting

Impressive to see what we’ve achieved: linking habitat quality, agricultural landscapes, pollinators, birds, predation functions and people in grassland restoration.

Thanks to the great InterRest team 💚
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 Join our #EcologySeminar!
Dr. Gabriella Bishop
will focus on pollinator conservation across space and time

📅 Wed 17.Dec at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
One of the greatest moments after the defence: the Göttingen tradition of kissing the Gänseliesel💐

A beautiful way to celebrate a big accomplishment! 🎓

@kathicz.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Kathrin Czechofsky on successfully defending her doctoral thesis! 🥳

Well done - an incredible achievement.

It was great to have you in the lab, and we will miss your energy, dedication, openness, and friendliness.

We wish you all the best for the next stage of your life! 💚
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 Upcoming #EcologySeminar!
Kyra Zembold
will share novel insights from #ProjectKOOPERATIV on how landscape diversity + flower fields togehter effect natural pest control at the landscape scale.

📅 Wed 10.Dec. at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
First door of our lab Advent calendar opened! 🎄
A cozy start into December — small surprises, big smiles, and the great team to share it with. 🎁 ✨🕯️

#AdventCalendar #LabLife #DecemberJoy
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
📢 Join our #EcologySeminar this week!
Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke
will share new insights on biodiversity-friendly farming without yield loss.

📅 Wed 3. Dec. at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@teja-tscharntke.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Award ceremony for outstanding courses at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Ricarda Koch and Marco Ferrante offered diverse courses on the ecology of agricultural landscapes - their dedication was highly appreciated by the students.
Congratulations to both of them! 👏

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Don’t miss the related article:
a Europe-wide meta-analysis led by Qian on how to optimize flower-area design to support ground-active predators.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
📢 Join us #EcologySeminar!
Qian Zhang
will will share new #ProjectKOOPERATIV insights, on how flower areas enrich ground-dwelling arthropod diversity and ecosystem services.

📅 Wed 19.11. at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/628701.html
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Want to dive deeper into social–ecological interactions?
Check out Jule Huber’s work on farmer motivations and participation in collaborative agri-environmental and climate measures. 🌼🚜🐝
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/publicati...
@plieningerlab.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
@bfn-de.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢 Join us #EcologySeminar!
Jule Huber
will share novel results from #ProjectKOOPERATIV
How collaboration at the landscape scale can drive conservation through shared motivations, relational values and transformative change.

📅 Wed 12.11. at 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢Upcoming #EcologySeminar

Reut Vardi

will focus on digital #BiodiversityConservation and the question
What online platforms reveal about people and nature?

📅 Join us Wed (05.11.) at 10:15 AM
📩 DM for webinar link!

@stedmundhall.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
📢Upcoming #EcologySeminar

Marlene Wätzold will start this winter semester with a talk on

How Sustainable are Sustainability Certifications?
Evidence from Rwanda's Coffee and Ghana's Cocoa Sectors

📅 Wed 27.10.25 10:15 AM
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@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out!

It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦

🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...

@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
International Spring School: #Bioacoustics & Species Recognition using AI 🐝🐦🦗

Join us March 23–27, 2026!
Infos & registration: www.biointakt.de/en/springsch...

@feda.bio
@uni-goettingen.de
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@thuenen.de
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📣 New Publication!

Biodiversity supports functions that drive ecosystem services and disservices. Measuring these functions is key to evaluating conservation strategies and land use change.

We present methods to quantify ecosystem functions using the sentinel approach:
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM