Microorganisms play an important role in nutrition, metabolic transformations, and as parasites and causative agents of infectious diseases for humans. However, insects are also associated with a variety of bacteria…

Animals play an essential role in a variety of ecosystems and are significant for us humans in many ways. They are an important part of our diet, influence our lives…

Currently, two positions related to Biodiversity are open within Eurac Research: Junior researcher within the project Survey and monitoring of protected and endangered species in South Tyrol (SpeciesMonitoring): Survey of…

Every year, the BMS hosts many interns who support the team in the fieldwork, while our interns learn a lot about monitoring methods and gain a good taxonomic knowledge. Now…

With their beautifully colored wings, butterflies are undoubtedly among the most popular insects. However, the charismatic butterflies are not only beautiful, but also important beneficial insects: They are valuable pollinators…

Human survival depends on healthy ecosystems, wild areas with many interacting species. Conservation of this ‘biodiversity’ often aims at preserving particular species of plant or animal, while the microorganisms that…

After an intensive season from June to September, the field work in the first year of the LUZALP project was successfully completed. In total, researcher Valentin Heimer collected nearly 3000…

Orchard meadows are a remarkable form of agriculture. Researchers from Eurac Research 2021 have studied how the biodiversity of intensive orchards differs from that in scattered orchards. The preliminary results…

Initiative Baumgart awards the prize of the orchard meadow championship 2022 The Baumgart Initiative organized the first orchard meadow championship in South Tyrol in 2022. All owners of orchards meadows,…