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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

Current joint projects

ADAPT

Adaptation of Alpine Pollinators in Times of Global Change

Alice Classen, Fabienne Maihoff, Janika Kerner, Kristof Brenzinger (former employees)

Förderer: Bayerische Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst

ANDIV

Patterns and drivers of insect diversity and their microbiome along a complete forest elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell Peters, Kim Holzmann, Pedro Alonso

Förderer: DFG

BayÖkotox

Ecotoxicological Evaluation from substances in our environment

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Ricarda Scheiner, Sarah Manzer, Antonia Schuhmann

Funding: Bavarian State Office for the Environment and Consumer Protection

BeeConnected

Understanding and anticipating mechanisms of honey bee colony mortality with connected beehives

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Fabrice Requie, Fani Hatjina, Andreas Hotho, Giulia Mainardi

Funding: BMEL, Germany, ANR, France, GSRT, Greece

BETA-FOR

Enhancing the structural diversity between patches for improving multidiversity and multifunctionaliy in production forests

Jörg Müller, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Alice Claßen, Marcell Peters, Oliver Mitesser, Sonja Kümmet, Clàudia Massó Estaje, Johanna Asch, Clara Wild

Funder: DFG

ConservES

Living-lab approach to floral enrichment as a tool to conserve biodiversity and maximising ecosystem services in European agricultural landscapes

Sarah Redlich

Funder: BioDivERSA/Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

DorfBienen

Promotion of wild bees and other pollinators in villages

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Douglas Sponsler, Sonja Schulze, Jie Zhang

Funding: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Biodiversity Centre Rhön

Eco-Peru

Ecological intensification and multifunctionality of genetically diverse cacao agroforestry in Peruvian landscapes

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Blanca Ivañez Ballesteros

Funder: DFG

FarmerBeeWild

Pollinator-friendly agricultural landscapes (2022 - 2024)

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Denise Bertleff, Janika Kerner

Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Project Management Agency: Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)

FARMS4Biodiversity

Farmer-led Agroecological Research in Malawi using Scenarios for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Cassandra Vogel, Georg Küstner

Funding: Belmont Forum, BiodivERsA, and the EU

IndiaHoneybee

Effects of land use on resource partitioning and foraging neuroecology in four honey bee species in India

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Abhinay Arra

Funder: DFG

LandKliF

Effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in semi-natural, agricultural and urban landscapes, and strategies for managing climate change

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jörg Müller, Thomas Hovestadt, Jie Zhang, Sarah Redlich, Ute Fricke, Cristina Ganuza Vallejo

Funding: Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs

Rettet Rosi

Auswirkungen von Management und Habitatqualität von Saumstrukturen auf die Diversität von Wanzen und dem Vorkommen der Essigrosen-Dickfühlerweichwanze

in cooperation with Institut für Biodiversitätsinformation (IfBI) in Ebern (2020-2025)

Jochen Krauß, Fabian Klimm

Funding : Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with capital from Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

SAFEGUARD

Safeguarding European wild pollinators

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Douglas Sponsler, Jie Zhang, Jochen Krauß, Carolin Biegerl

Funding: European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

T0P-AGRI-Network

Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture : European Network for sustainability

Sarah Redlich

Funder: European Union (COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology)

UPSCALE

Upscaling the benefits of push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell Peters, Jie Zhang, David Meinhof

Funding: EU Horizon 2020