Projects
bAImo: Bavarian Artificial Intelligence for Insect Monitoring
The project is further developing insect surveys in Bavaria based on models and combines artificial intelligence with ecological expertise as well as monitoring and citizen science data.
Head: Dr Eva Katharina Engelhardt
Duration: 2026-2030
Global change in above-belowground multitrophic grassland communities
The project investigates how land use intensity and climate change jointly alter above- and belowground food webs, ecological interactions and the multifunctionality of grassland ecosystems.
Head: Prof. Dr Malte Jochum
Duration: 2024-2027
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MultiCrossBEF: Land-use impacts on above-belowground arthropod food webs, energy flux, and multitrophic ecosystem functioning
| PI: | Prof. Dr. Malte Jochum |
| Subject: | Land use, Above-belowground |
| Study site: | 3 Regions across Germany: Schorfheide-Chorin, Hainich-Dün, Schwäbische Alb |
| Funding: | NA |
| Duration: | 2024-2027 |
| Collaborators: | Dr. Melanie Pollierer, Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Klaus Birkhofer |
| Staff: | Ayuhsi (PhD candidate), Rasmus Dam Jensen (PhD candidate), multiple student helpers |
| Links: | Project Description at Biodiversity Exploratories Website |
BadBug
As part of the international BugNet network, the project is investigating how invertebrate herbivores and pathogenic fungi influence plant communities and ecosystems along environmental gradients.
Head: Prof Dr Malte Jochum
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