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Botanic Gardens in Innsbruck-Hötting and Alpine Garden Patscherkofel
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Herbarium IB an Algae Culture Collection ASIB
News
Grazing Livestock and not climate shaped the subalpine and alpine plant diversity since the Bronze Age
Ancient sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA) extruded from 14 subalpine and alpine lakes in Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland contained DNA from over 600 plant species and more than 10 mammal (wild and livestock) species, and revealed that livestock grazing and not so much climatic factors were responsible for the development of today’s flora and its diversity since 2000 BC.
“FutureForests” explores forest responses to change
The Horizon Europe project “FutureForests” connects nine major forest experiments across Europe to study how forests respond to global environmental change. Led by the University of Birmingham, it trains 15 PhD researchers – two of them at the University of Innsbruck – to strengthen forest resilience for a sustainable future.
Events
Botanical Colloquium 14.01.26
Absolvent*innen des MA-Studiums Botanik berichten aus ihrem Arbeitsalltag:
Elias Nitz, MSc (BH Landeck), Jonas Guerden, MSc (Freiberufler), Nicki Marami-Zonouz, MSc
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Department of Botany
Sternwartestraße 15
6020 Innsbruck/Austria