News - University of Tartu Landscape Biodiversity Group

February 19, 2020

A new article was published on 'rule breaking plants' whose strategy helps to withstand climate change better

Large-scale study involving researchers from 21 countries, led by Dr. Annabel Smith, from the University of Queensland and where Aveliina…

February 17, 2020

Sabrina talked about landscape genetics in the department seminar

Sabrina gave a talk about landscape genetic analyses in the seminar of Department of Botany (UT) on the 13th of…

February 10, 2020

Tsipe went to a Conserve Plants COST meeting in Prague

Tsipe participated in a Conserve Plants COST meeting near Prague in the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of…

February 3, 2020

Media coverage in January

In the first half of January Aveliina gave an interview to Saturday edition of Postimees - Arter (in Estonian). She…

January 28, 2020

The first G-BiKE COST action Policy Brief was released

The first Policy Brief of the COST action G-BiKE, where Tsipe and Sabrina from our workgroup are participating, was released.…

January 24, 2020

A report about the sustainability of management schemes of Estonian semi-natural grasslands was finished

Tsipe and Liis contributed to the preparation of a thorough report about the sustainability of management schemes of Estonian semi-natural…

January 22, 2020

Aveliina talked about preserving biodiversity on agricultural land biodiversity day

On January 21 agricultural biodiversity day was organized by the Ministry of Rural Affairs and the Agricultural Research Center where…

January 20, 2020

Elisabeth gave a presentation in the doctoral conference

The annual doctoral conference of Botany and Zoology department took place on 17th of January in Tartu. Our PhD student…

January 7, 2020

Call for postdoctoral researchers

Our workgroup is open to host new postdoctoral researchers, whose research is related to conservation and restoration of different ecosystems…

January 7, 2020

New paper out!

We are happy to be part of a huge collaborative effort of compiling the world's most comprehensive and largest database…

January 2, 2020

Media coverage in December

December was quite a busy month for our workgroup. It started with the 100th anniversary of our national university where…

December 23, 2019

Aveliina discussed applications of historical ecology at the annual meeting of British Ecological Society

Aveliina participated in this year's annual meeting of British Ecological Society from 10th to 13th December in Belfast. She gave…

December 23, 2019

Aveliina was awarded with the title 'Friend of the Nature 2019'

Estonian Society for Nature Conservation awarded Aveliina Helm and Mart Meriste with the title 'Friend of the Nature 2019' for promoting…

December 2, 2019

Happy birthday, Estonia's National University!

On the 1st of December, University of Tartu celebrated its 100th anniversary as Estonia's national university, providing higher education in…

November 25, 2019

DarkDivNet workshop in Tartu

At the DarkDivNet 2019 workshop, 20 – 23 November, Aveliina, Iris, and Sabrina represented our group with oral and poster…

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