May 2020 - University of Tartu Landscape Biodiversity Group

August 7, 2022

Fieldwork in the frames of the InterRest project

In July, our working group was engaged in fieldwork: in InterRest project we estimated plant biodiversity and took soil samples…

August 4, 2022

A meeting of the WoodMeadowLIFE project took place

On 2.-3. August, a meeting of WoodMeadowLIFE project experts took place in Saaremaa. The wooded meadows of the Kaarma storage…

July 31, 2022

Kristiina met with OÜ Piira Talu

On July 28, Kristiina met with OÜ Piira Talu in Lääne-Virumaa. Piira Talu is interested in joining the project ForEst&Farmland.…

July 4, 2022

Aveliina was keynote speaker in Nordic Society Oikos 5th confrenece in Aarhus

Aveliina and Triin participated in the 5th conference of the Nordic Society Oikos, from 7-11th of June 2022. They had…

June 3, 2022

Defences of bachelor's and master's theses

On June 2 and 3, the bachelor's and master's theses of the Department of Botany were defended. Three of the…

June 3, 2022

Message from David Attenborough on LIFE projects

The European Commission has selected the Life to Alvars project as the best LIFE project ever carried out in Natura…

May 31, 2022

Aveliina Helm became professor of restoration ecology

On 27th of May senate of University of Tartu approved the proposal of the attestation committee in the Faculty of…

May 18, 2022

Landscape biodiversity and Macroecology workgroup joint seminar in Laelatu

Joint seminar of the Landscape Biodiversity and Macroecology Working Groups was held May 11th in Laelatu. Both working groups presented…

May 17, 2022

Cowslip campaign is in full swing

The citizen science project "Looking for Cowslips", led by our workgroup, is in full swing. Cowslip observations can be made…

May 11, 2022

The alvar restoration project received the award for the best LIFE project ever

The "Life for Alvars" project was selected by the European Commission as the best LIFE project ever carried out in…

May 10, 2022

Marianne gave a talk at the PhD students' conference

On May 6-7, the conference of doctoral students of the Department of Botany and the Department of Zoology of the…

April 29, 2022

Aveliina made a presentation at the 14th Estonian Ecology Conference

14th Estonian Ecology Conference took place at 22th of April. Conference topic was "Estonian Landscapes 100", where various scientists and…

April 28, 2022

Student research supervised by Triin received an award

The final round of the National Contest of Young Scientists took place in Tartu on 12th-13th April. A research project…

April 26, 2022

A new project about the restoration of wooded meadows

Our workgroup is participating in a new LIFE project aimed at restoring and maintaining wooded meadows in Estonia and Latvia.…

April 19, 2022

Plant Geography course in Tenerife

Our doctoral student Marianne attended a field course in Plant Geography at the beginning of April, which took place in…

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