11.11.2024 | Roman Oester | SLF News
In the summer of 2024, SLF researchers investigated how many insects occur at what altitude and how predators and fungal diseases affect plants. This resulted in two videos that provide more detailed insights.
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On the one hand, Julien Bota, a PhD student at the SLF, has set up research plots at various altitudes. There, he is investigating the interactions between plants and fungal diseases as well as microorganisms such as insects and snails. He also wants to find out what influence changing environmental conditions as a result of climate change have on these communities.
SLF biologist Anne Kempel and her team also used the same altitude levels and other locations and set up insect cameras there. These automatically photograph insects that sit on a corresponding bright yellow sign. Kempel wants to test whether such methods are suitable for recording the frequency, size and diversity of pollinating insects in mountain regions.
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