RESEARCH AT BOKU, VIENNA: BOTANY AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

This week CIBIO-InBIO Seminar will include two invited speakers from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (BOKU).

Professors Karl Georg Bernhardt and Klaus Hackländer are coordinators of an annual field course on Wildlife Biology. This year they are visiting Portugal with a group of 21 international students to contact with the unique biodiversity and landscapes of Iberia and research centres. During their stay they will visit CIBIO-InBIO, and present the ongoing projects in BOKU. This is an excellent opportunity to establish new collaborations and learn about Vegetation Ecology and Wildlife Biology. After their seminar they will stay the afternoon at CIBIO-InBIO and are looking forward to informally interacting with CIBIO-InBIO researchers and students.

Karl Georg Bernhardt is a Botanist, Full Professor and Head of the Institute of Botany of his University, expert in population biology and vegetation ecology and evolution, with more than100 published articles and participant in more than 20 research projects. Klaus Hackländer is a Zoologist, Full Professor and Head of the Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management of his University, expert in Wildlife Biology and Conservation of mammals, with more than 50 published articles with more than 1000 citations and active member of the German Society for Mammalian Biology.

[Host: Paulo Célio Alves, Conservation Genetics and Wildlife Management]

Image credits: Koch et al and Paulo Célio Alves