Conservation Biology seminar 2017

Spring

22.02.2017 No Seminar
But current CB students and prospecting students (BSc and MSc) should attend

01.03.2017 Corina Maurer (1) and Elisabeth Klaus (2), MSc proposals; Franziska Arnold (1) and Beatrice Schranz (2), BSc proposal
(1) Effects of habitat fragmentation in vineyards on bumblebee foraging activity and colony fitness
(2) Effects of habitat fragmentation in vineyards on plant reproductive success

08.03.2017 Maria Weinrich (1), MSc proposal; Roman Roth (2), BSc proposal
(1) Grassland ecological quality: does plant and invertebrate diversity correlate?
(2) Seed bank (abundance and diversity) under delayed mowing regime

15.03.2017 Claudia Blumenstein (1) and Deborah Carannante (2), MSc proposals
(1) & (2) Artificial light and stream invertebrate community: the effect of lamp proximity to aquatic habitats on the attraction of adult aquatic insects

22.03.2017 Sophie Marti (1) and Anais Binggeli (2), MSc proposals; Ivan Candolfi (1), BSc proposal
(1) Foraging habitat selection by the Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus in the Swiss Alps
(2) Foraging habitat selection by the Snow Finch: habitat association and sensitivity to climate change

29.03.2017 Damaris Siegenthaler and Livio Ruzzante, MSc first results
The effects of management and ground cover vegetation on arthropod diversity in vineyards

05.04.2017 Yasemin Kurtogullari and Nora Rieder, MSc final results
Conservation and restoration of nardion grasslands

12.04.2017 Julien Mazenauer (1) and Gabriel Marcacci (2), MSc proposal; Klein Noëlle (3) and Julia Besimo (3), BSc proposal
(1) Large-scale and fine-scale species-specific habitat preferences of birds in vineyard
(2) Savannah bird assemblages VS gradients of grazing by large native African herbivores
(3) Hoopoe project

19.04.2017 Malie Lessard-Therrien, PhD defense trial
Trade-offs between productivity and biodiversity conservation in montane and subalpine semi-natural grasslands

26.04.2017 No Seminar

03.05.2017 Stefanie Roder, MSc final results
Red deer abundance drives the establishment of wolves in the Western Swiss Alps

Fall

20.09.2017 Jaime Resano Mayor
Snowfinch foraging habitat selection during the breeding season. A radio-tracking approach in the Swiss Alps

27.09.2017 Julia Besimo (1) and Noëlle Klein (2)
(1) Effect of handling disturbance on the Hoopoe
(2) Performance of the Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags in Hoopoe

04.10.2017 Magdalena Steiner, University of Fribourg
Soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning and services in vineyards

11.10.2017 Louis Sutter, Agroscope Reckenholz
Quantification of insect pollination, natural pest control and their synergies in agricultural ecosystems

18.10.2017 Laura Bosco
Effects of vineyard management on Woodlarks and their invertebrate prey on local and landscape scale

25.10.2017 Silvia Zingg
The relationship between agricultural productivity and biodiversity at landscape scale

01.11.2017 Sophie Marti and Ivan Candolfi
Foraging habitat selection by the Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus in the Swiss Alps

08.11.2017 Anaïs Binggeli
Foraging habitat selection by the Snow Finch: habitat association and sensitivity to climate change

15.11.2017 Elisabeth Klaus and Beatrice Schranz
Effects of habitat fragmentation in vineyards on plant reproductive success

22.11.2017 Maria Weinrich (1) and Roman Roth (2)
1) Grassland ecological quality: does plant and invertebrate diversity correlate?
2) Seed bank (abundance and diversity) under different mowing regimes

29.11.2017 Claudia Blumenstein and Deborah Carannante
Artificial light and stream invertebrate community: the effect of lamp proximity to aquatic habitats on the attraction of adult aquatic insects

06.12.2017 Corina Maurer and Franziska Arnold
Effects of habitat fragmentation in vineyards on bumblebee foraging activity and colony fitness

13.12.2017 Sergio Vignali
PhD proposal + first results

20.12.2017