Seminar & events

Terrestrial ecology, seminar and journal club

Teaching module on KSL: 2153-HS2023-0
Seminar schedule on ILIAS with PDF's

The Terrestrial Ecology (TERR) seminar series takes place only during the Fall Semesters. The TERR seminar mainly consists of talks given by the members of TERR. Through this seminar, we aim to provide students with an overview of our ongoing research centred on investigating global change effects on terrestrial biodiversity. As a participant in this seminar, a student will have to actively participate in the discussion and will be evaluated based on how often they engage in the discussion through asking questions and sharing their views. The final exam is writing an essay by connecting two different talks.

  • Time: unless specified otherwise, every Tuesday, at 14:15
  • Place: Haller-Auditiorium 248, Geologie, Baltzerstrasse 1
  • Contact: Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur

Below is the list of forthcoming events.

 
Date
Title
19.09.2023 Nicolò Tartini, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Plant insect interaction in a changing world

26.09.2023 Dr. Ana-Hermina Ghenu, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?: higher-order interactions impact the resistance and recovery of soil bacteria to extreme heat events

03.10.2023 Daniel Roth, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

BSc project introduction: Microbial colonizers of icelandic nunataks: evaluating fungal and bacterial diversity and the influence of island size and age in glacial landscapes

Anouk Gremion, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project introduction: Does plant-soil-feedback explain the spatial dynamics of the clonal grass Brachypodium pinnatum?

10.10.2023 Adriana Moriguchi Jeckel, University of Bern, IPS, Switzerland

Chemically mediated host pathogen interactions under climate extremes

17.10.2023 Anine Wyser, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Drought influence on belowground trophic interactions in slow and fast growing plants

Jan Tscheulin, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Fungal and bacteria interaction in drought

24.10.2023 Yu Sun, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Effects of severe drought on root morphological traits across plant functional groups: A meta-analysis

31.10.2023 Itzel Lopez, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The role of multitrophic soil diversity in the establishment of an invasive plant during global change

14.11.2023 Shareen Sanders, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The Roots of Triumph: explaining invasive success through plant-soil feedback experiments in the context of climate extremes

21.11.2023 Gerard Martinez De Leon, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Soil community responses to climate extremes at different elevations across seasons

05.12.2023 Jingjing Shi, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The resistance and recovery of soil fungi and bacteria under climate extremes: a biotic interaction perspective

12.12.2023 Chiara Zimmermann, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Thermoregulation in a lowland spider species

Fabrice Bucheli, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Unveiling the role of host-plant dynamics for butterfly range expansions in a changing world

19.12.2023 Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur & Dr. Ludovico Formenti, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Effects of periodic heat waves and predation on Collembola