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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…

April 18, 2022

A guide to supporting biodiversity in your yard was published

A guide made by Aveliina has been published: "How to support biodiversity with the help of grass in your yard?".…

April 18, 2022

InterRest project kickoff meeting in Göttingen

Triin and Elisabeth from our workgroup went to Göttingen, Germany between 29.03 and 01.04, where they met with the InterRest…

April 14, 2022

New article about soil fungal diversity

A new scientific article about soil fungal diversity and what influences it was published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry journal,…

April 11, 2022

Animation about the stages of research

An animation of the stages of research has been published as part of the cowslips campaign. The animation explains how…

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