Projects

Previous projects

• Frosch im Wassertropfen: Assessment of amphibian populations and the occurrence of the Chytrid fungus via a Citizen Science approach in Austria, Corinna Wallinger (PI), Michael Traugott (Co-PI), Martina Nindl-Kaplenig, Anna Mutti, Nathalie Pirgstaller

 

• Insekten-Bus-Monitoring: Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel erfassen die Insektenbiodiversität Österreichs, Prof. Michael Traugott und Marjana Ljubisavljevic, BSc

 

• Wireworm-Control: Practical and sustainable control of wireworms, Michael Traugott (PI), Michael Brunner (PhD student), Riccardo Favaro (PostDoc), Prisca Tretter (MSc. student), Natalie Modl, Anna Maurer, Kevin Lachberger (BSc. students), Marjana Ljubisavljevic, Melissa Suntinger (field assistants)

 

• FRESHH: Farmer acceptable REstoration of Semi-natural Habitat to limit Herbicides, Corinna Wallinger (PI), Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark, Michael Traugott, Marijana Ljubisavljevic (MSc. student), ANR, FWF,TAČR, LNV, SEPA

 

• Food Web Dynamics: Assessing food web dynamics to improve biocontrol of pests, Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark, PhD. (PI), Dr. Michael Traugott (co-PI & host), Pedro Leote Branco, MSc., FWF

 

• The DNA of forests: Biodiversity assessment via eDNA, Michael Traugott (PI), Corinna Wallinger, Daniela Sint, Bettina Thalinger, Yannick Pütz, Julia Wagner, Daniel Lanbach, Waldfonds Republik Österreich

 

• Seed DNA Detection: Calibrating post-feeding detection times of ingested weed seeds by carabid beetles, Corinna Wallinger (PI), Veronika Neidel (PhD student), OEAD

 

• Vector Detect: Detection and Quantification of vectors and their associated pathogens in host tissue
  Daniela Sint, Gernot Walder & Michael Traugott (PI), FFG-BRIDGE 1

 

• BioAWARE: Could Biodiversity Assure Weed regulAtion for Resilient Ecosystem service provision? ERA-net project
  Veronika Neidel, Corinna Wallinger, Michael Traugott (PI), http://c-ipm.org/research/bioaware/

 

• eDNA-Alpfish: Assessing alpine fish species using environmental DNA, Bettina Thalinger, Christian Moritz, Richard Schwarzenberger, Michael Traugott (PI), FFG-BRIDGE 1

 

• ElatPro: Predicting wireworm activity in top soil for integrated pest management in arable crops
  Christiane Zeisler, Michael Traugott (PI), http://c-ipm.org/research/elatpro/

 

• New Approaches to control wireworms in potatoes: Christiane Zeisler, Michael Traugott (PI), BMLFUW, https://www.global2000.at/arge-drahtwurm

 

• Trophic assessment of ecosystem services provided by carabid beetles in agricultural land: Yasemin Guenay, Corinna Wallinger (PI) and Michael Traugott (Co-PI)

 

• Effects of fertilization type on biocontrol of pests: Oskar Rubbmark, Daniela Sint (Co-PI) and Michael Traugott (PI)

 

• Sparkling Science: The effect of fertilization type on invertebrates and plants in cereal fields: Corinna Wallinger, Michael Traugott, Johannes Rainer, Ulrike Traugott-Priester, Gabriele Pallua, Andrea Illmer-Zotlöterer, Ute Hiederer-Willi, Daniel Nigg, Daniela Sint (PI)

 

• Frosch im Wassertropfen - Citizen Science - 350 years University of Innsbruck anniversary project