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University of Innsbruck Institute of Ecology Head of the Research Group: Applied and Trophic Ecology Technikerstrasse 25     (Room 506) A-6020 Innsbruck Tel: +43 (0)512 507-51670 Fax: +43 (0)512 507-51799 E-mail: Michael.Traugott@uibk.ac.at

Michael graduated in Zoology and Agroecology in 1997 and received his doctoral degree from the University of Innsbruck in 2001. In 2007 he obtained his professorial qualification ("Habilitation") in Ecology at the University of Innsbruck.

His scientific interests cover the ecology of invertebrates in natural and managed ecosystems and the role these organisms play in providing ecosystem services (e.g. pest control). Michael is especially interested in trophic and food web ecology, including novel approaches such as molecular techniques and stable isotope analysis to study trophic interactions under natural conditions. Both above- and below-ground systems have been addressed in his work, including arable and natural ecosystems. Detailed information on current and past research projects is available below.

At the Institute of Ecology Michael leads the Applied and Trophic Ecology research group. Furthermore, he acts as the coordinator and spokesman of the Research Unit for Mountain Agriculture at the University of Innsbruck and is the convenor of the IOBC/WPRS working group soil insect pests.

Michael is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Pest Science, serves as Subject Editor for Bulletin of Entomological Research and is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Applied Entomology.

• Publications

Active projects

• Litter decomposition and humus formation in high alpine soils
  Julia Seeber (PI) and Michael Traugott
• Impact of biotic invasion on food web interactions: Tracking predation on native and invasive earthworms by molecular techniques
  Daniela Straube and Anita Juen (PI)
• Indigenous natural enemies of the invading maize pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
  Anita Juen (PI)
• Invertebrate food webs in recently deglaciated alpine areas
  Daniela Sint, Lorna Raso, Rüdiger Kaufmann (co-PI) and Michael Traugott (PI)
• The feeding ecology of cormorants
  Johannes Oehm, Bettina Thalinger and Michael Traugott (PI)
• APPEAL: Assessment and valuation of Pest suppression potential through biological control in European Agricultural Landscapes
  Mattias Jonsson (coordinator & PI), Josef Settele (PI) and Michael Traugott (PI)
• The importance of natural enemy diversity and food-web structure for biological control
  Mattias Jonsson (PI), Cory Straub, Barbara Ekbom and Michael Traugott
• Agricultural intensification and aphid-parasitoid food webs
  Zhengpei Ye, Ines Vollhardt (PI) and Michael Traugott (PI)
• Molecular assessment of herbivory in soil invertebrates
  Karin Staudacher, Klaus Schallhart, Anita Juen, Corinna Wallinger and Michael Traugott (PI)
• Feeding ecology of an endangered Australian moth
  Anett Richter, Will Osborne (PI) and Michael Traugott (co-PI)
• Sustainable potato pest management in the Hindukush-Himalaya region
  Johannes Oehm, Bettina Thalinger and Michael Traugott (PI)

Previous projects