iDiv scientists explain research on tropical arthropods in journal for young readers  › more

Growth rates shape distributions of tropical tree species on a soil moisture gradient  › more

On Monday the 26th of November MIE welcomed class 12 of the Louise-Otto-Peters-school from Leipzig to the molecular lab. During their time in the lab, the students got an insight in molecular genetic…  › more

Media release by UFZ  › more

Zooming in on the causes of complementarity in grasslands  › more

Certificate handed over on 3 December  › more

New ranking published  › more

MIE and EcoMetEoR host Jiao Qu  › more

Wide range of activities of iDiv scientists  › more

sPlot paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution  › more

Area of habitat larger than New Zealand could be lost to urbanisation over next 20 years   › more

Molecular characterisation of an entire genebank collection   › more

Scientists call for better monitoring  › more

For the next months, Abigail Moreno-Pedraza (CINVESTAV, Mexico) and Diandro Ricardo Barilli (UNESP, Brazil) stay with us as guest researchers of the EcoMetEoR platform. Abigail will use her time in…  › more

three iDiv members involved  › more

New paper in Molecular Ecology   › more

This text is only available in German.  › more

Two new iDiv publications take a closer look at rewilding.  › more

How macroecology and microbial ecology could benefit from a unified research agenda  › more

Major success for the research profile of the University Jena  › more

New study in Nature Geoscience  › more

Dr Mick Hanley (Plymouth University, UK) and Dr Nicole M. van Dam (iDiv, Leipzig, Germany) are looking for an enthusiastic candidate for a postdoctoral position shared between their labs.  › more

Reforestation with a variety of tree species would help biodiversity and climate  › more

Quaas' professorship starts on 1 Oktober 2018  › more

Analysis of comprehensive data set led to publication in Nature.  › more

International Conference at the Interface of Ecology and Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena  › more

Renske Onstein presented her research in Jena  › more

How trait variability within species can be incorporated in Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs).  › more

On 09 October the topic will be “Crisis of biological diversity: what can we learn for Germany from the insights of IPBES?”  › more

Side event of the exhibition „Garten findet Stadt“ on Saturday, 08 September  › more

The 4th iDiv Summer School on “Ecological Theory and Modelling for the Biodiversity Crisis” took place from 20 to 31 August.  › more

Number of alien species on islands increases with distance to mainland  › more

Improved research cooperation as a goal of funding  › more

Study from 39 grassland experiments published in Nature Ecology and Evolution  › more

The sequence published in Science is the first reference genome of wheat.   › more

Talks and exhibition inauguration (in German)  › more

Joint position paper of renowned researchers  › more

Study based on ten years of research in subtropical forests  › more

Brown bears could live in an additional 380,000 square kilometres  › more

The collaborative Research Centre ChemBioSys was positively re-evaluated for the second funding period by the German Research Foundation (DFG).  › more

Newly discovered dispersal strategy for mites  › more

Rosenthal was elected for two years by the board members.   › more

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the pedunculate oak  › more

Katja Steinauer, PostDoc at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), stays with us in June 2018 as a guest researcher using the facilities of the EcoMetEoR platform.  › more

Data on soil biodiversity is lacking from large regions of the world, new sDiv study finds.  › more

Start of research group “Evolution and Adaptation”.  › more

Exhibition on gardening opened on 24 May in the Botanical Garden of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.  › more

Regulating their body temperature is a burden for chimpanzees living in the savanna  › more

Environment protection should be a priority for the Chinese initiative to promote global trade.  › more

New strategic axis of tropical tree species discovered  › more

Esther-Marie Lintzel, master student from the University Leipzig, starts her master thesis.  › more

New paper with participation of Jon Chase and Stefano Larsen  › more

By supporting and teaching ecologist and biodiversity researchers, Henriette will implement metabolomics analyses in their research.  › more

Massive study finds more gorillas and chimpanzees than previously thought, but 80% are outside the safe havens of protected areas  › more

“Root chemical traits and their roles in belowground biotic interactions" second most downloaded paper of Pedobiologia in the last 90 days.  › more

A study in the new book "Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity" postulates key conditions   › more

Dimitra Papantoniou joins MIE as a PhD student. She is part of MiRA EU-ITN, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie program funded network to study Microbe-induced Resistance to Agricultural Pests.  › more

Genetic adaptation to different habitats  › more

The new buidling will be complete by March 2020.  › more

The stronger global warming is, the greater the increase in the number of plant species on mountain tops. This was the main finding of a study published in the journal Nature.  › more

Striking similarities between biology and computer operating systems   › more

MIE hosts Dr. Lori Shapiro. Dr. Shapiro will give a talk on species interactions and co.evolution along the global plant crop movement.  › more

Several iDiv scientists are among the authors.   › more

New findings from BEF China published in Nature Communications.  › more

This text in only available in German.  › more

The sWeep - Unifying marine and terrestrial biodiversity at the interplay of macroecology, macrophysiology and macroevolution with Miguel Ángel Olalla Tárraga and Ignacio Morales Castilla as PIs and…  › more

Fotos from a camera trap provide the evidence  › more

Valérie Lopez, PhD student of University of Rennes, France, will stay with us for the entire month of March 2018.  › more

Land-use planning could reconcile agricultural growth with conservation of nature  › more

Common media release by iDiv, UFZ and Senckenberg  › more

Under the keywords "People-Places-Stories", scientists from Austria and UFZ/iDiv have analysed the role of narration in Citizen Science   › more

Dr. Andreas Schedl: Maternity leave cover of Dr. Katharina Grosser  › more

FSU Jena BSc students at iDiv - New BSc course “Integrative Ökologie”.  › more

new study published in PNAS  › more

Global demand for natural resources has reduced the number of orangutans by more than 100,000 animals in the last 16 years  › more

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals continental drivers of community species richness  › more

An inclusive approach to assess nature’s contributions to people in SCIENCE  › more

Species-specific fungal communities colonise dead wood - media release by UFZ  › more

Esraa Mustafa is a Master of science student from Cairo University in Egypt. Her research focus while at the Molecular Interaction Ecology group in iDiv is to evaluate the impact of plant root…  › more

Two postdoctoral researcher positions at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig.  › more

The Max Planck Society has extended the renowned Max Planck fellow programme for iDiv director Christian Wirth for five years.  › more