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Biodiversitäts-Master startet erstmals im Herbst
Letzten Herbst hat die UZH im deutschsprachigen Raum das neue Studienprogramm "Biodiversität" eingeführt. Nach einem erfolgreichen Bachelorstart mit überLetzten Herbst hat die UZH im deutschsprachigen Raum das neue Studienprogramm "Biodiversität" eingeführt. Nach einem erfolgreichen Bachelorstart mit über 140 Studierenden beginnt dieses Herbstsemester erstmals das Masterprogramm.
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The Kalahari Biodiversity Project
The Kalahari Biodiversity Project, now encompassing 72 km², employs a dense network of 150 camera traps and novel soil invertebrate trapping methods to study vertebrate and invertebrate interactions across varied land uses, unraveling the complex relationships between species, land use, and climate change, offering crucial insights for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.
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African Wild Dog Project
Working with the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, we analyse birth and death rates, group structures, and track the movements of both resident packs and dispersing sub-adults. This comprehensive approach provides insights into their habitat preferences, success in establishing new territories, and the interplay between local and regional population dynamics.
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UZH’s Ecology places 5th in the Shanghai Ranking
The Ecology research at the University of Zurich is now ranked fifth worldwide, according to the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
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Geheimnisse der Erdmännchen-Kommunikation
Im Herbst dieses Jahres führten unsere Forscherinnen im Zoo Zürich eine umfassende Studie über das Verhalten der Erdmännchen in der Lewa Savanne durch. Dabei zeichneten sie Töne auf, spielten diese ab und führten präzise Beobachtungen durch. Die resultierenden Erkenntnisse, begleitet von drei Videos, werden hier vorgestellt.
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Groundwater Biodiversity
First Swiss-wide assessment of groundwater biodiversity (here: two groundwater amphipods, Niphargus puteanus and Niphargus auerbachi) using citizen-science approaches reaveals hidden diversity and several species new to science.
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Fishing for DNA
Fishing for DNA to measure biodiversity. Like detectives searching for DNA at the scene of a crime, scientists can extract environmental DNA (eDNA) from water collected in rivers to estimate the biodiversity of their fish population. This is an accurate, informative and more ethical method than electrofishing.
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Urnerboden, the birthplace of new species in Switzerland
Our researchers from the group Shimizu and Shimizu-Inatsugi studied a new type of plant called Cardamine insueta, which formed as a mix of two other plants in a Swiss village over the last 150 years.
