Current Projects

Inventory and typology of the dry grasslands in the Alpine Biogeographical Region of Austria
The biogeography and ecology of alien pathogenic fungi world-wide
ECO-CACAO: Ecological intensification and multifunctionality of genetically diverse cacao agroforestry in Peruvian landscapes
ECO-OLIVES: Ecological management of European olive agroforestry: linking biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and productivity
MICROCLIM: A micro-scale perspective on alpine floras under climate change. Linking observations and models to improve our understanding of the future of European high mountain plants
[AgriWeedClim] Emerging Agricultural Weeds under climate and land-use changes in Central Europe: identifying high-risk species, modelling their distributions, assessing impacts and management need.
Role of genome duplication in changing mountain landscapes
ASICS: ASsessing and mitigating the effects of climate change and biological Invasions on the spatial redistribution of biodiversity in Cold environmentS
[REGRASS II] Re-Etablierung von Graslandstreifen zur Förderung von Biodiversität und Ökosystemleistungen im Agrarland
Interacting effects of land use and biological invasions on local biodiversity: a global multi-taxon study
[AlienScenarios] Developing and applying scenarios of biological invasions for the 21st century
[SALBES] Scenarios for Agricultural Landscapes' Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Modelling climate-driven range changes of European butterflies and their host plants – do transient dynamics matter?
[CCCCCS] Conservation under Climate Change: Challenges, Constraints and Solutions
[Biodiv Vienna] Vienna’s global biodiversity footprint. A multi-scale analysis outlining options to reduce urban pressures on biodiversity
[D2C - DaRe to Connect] DaRe to Connect - Supporting Danube Region’s ecological Connectivity by linking Natura 2000 areas along the Green Belt
[GloNAF] The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database: understanding patterns and drivers of global plant invasions