Tag Archives: nature conservation
EcolChange seminar (16th December, Thursday): Kadri Runnel about sustaining the habitat value of protected old forest fragments
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Dr. Kadri Runnel (Institute of Zoology, University of Tartu) Title of the talk: How to sustain the habitat value of protected old forest fragments? Time: Thursday, 16 December 2021 at 14.15 Place: virtual … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar (14th October, Thursday): Stefano Mammola about the conservation of subterranean ecosystems
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Dr. Stefano Mammola (Research Fellow at CNR, IRSA: Water Research Institute, Verbania) Title of the talk: Toward evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems Time: Thursday, 14 October 2021 at 14.15 Place: Tartu, Lai 40-218 (mandatory … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Silvia Lotman about everyman´s right to care about nature
Seminars of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Silvia Lotman is nature conservation expert and chairman of the board of the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF). She studied in the Department of Botany, University of Tartu, and … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Andras Zlinszky about LIDAR mapping of habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services
Seminars of Department of Botany, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Dr. Andras Zlinszky is reasearcher at the Center for Ecological Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is visiting Department of Botany … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson about the forest cover changes in Scandinavia
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson is Professor of Plant Ecology at Mid Sweden University. His research focuses on forest history and dynamics and its role in maintaining forest biodiversity. He has played an … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Nele Ingerpuu about the new trends in bryology
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Nele Ingerpuu is senior researcher at the Department of Botany, Tartu University. Title of the talk: Some new trends in bryology Time: Tuesday, 04. October 2018 at 15.15 Place: … Continue reading
EcolChange seminar – Aveliina Helm about everyone’s nature conservation
Seminar of Department of Botany and Centre of Excellence EcolChange Speaker: Aveliina Helm is senior researcher at macroecology workgroup of the Department of Botany. Title of the talk: Everyone’s nature conservation – what it is and why it is needed? Time: … Continue reading
New publication – Restoration of plant species and genetic diversity depends on landscape-scale dispersal
Text and pics by Tsipe Aavik In the era of ongoing global change, restoration efforts must lead to self-sustainable ecosystems resilient to environmental changes. Thus, it is necessary that restoration aims at achieving not only target species richness and composition, … Continue reading
Taavi Paal defended his PhD thesis: congratulations!
Text by Lauri Laanisto Author: Taavi Paal Title: Immigration limitation of forest plants into wooded landscape corridors Supervisor: Dr Jaan Liira, University of Tartu, Estonia Dissertation was accepted for the commencement of the degree of Doctor philosophiae in plant ecology … Continue reading
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