The new ABOL-Folder ist ready. Many thanks to Josef Muhsil for the layout, and to all colleagues who provided the nice pictures. The folder (in German) can be downloaded as pdf at our site “Public Outreach/ Folder & Logos”, or below.
ABOL Folder 2015web… Read more
The project operated by Harald Letsch and Sven Winter aims at unravelling phylogenetic relationships within this morphologically difficult group in addition to DNA-Barcodes. Despite a recent restructuring of the genus Apion based on feeding plants and morphology still some taxonomic uncertainties remain. Preliminary Barcoding data suggest the existence of cryptic species in some groups.… Read more
Our new project: ABOL-RefDat23. January, 2024 - 11:20We are very pleased that the ABOL-RefDat project, funded by the Biodiversity Fund, started at the beginning of the year!
Our goal? The creation of at least 5,000 DNA barcodes for at least 1,500 Austrian species of animals, plants and fungi, as well as closing data gaps in Austria!… Read more
Christoph Gruber | BOKU-ITThese were the Days of Biodiversity 202320. November, 2023 - 15:58“Together on the way out of the biodiversity crisis” was the title of the Biodiversity Days 2023 from November 8th to 10th, which took place at BOKU Vienna.
In 9 sessions, different aspects of the biodiversity crisis and different actors were addressed.… Read more
M. SonnleitnerDNA barcoding workshop at the University of Zambia 2.019. October, 2023 - 15:02Due to last year’s great success, the 2nd DNA barcoding workshop took place in September at the University of Zambia (UNZA) in the capital Lusaka.
As part of the OeAD project “Inventorying biodiversity in the tropics: Establishing a DNA-barcoding pipeline for characterizing and monitoring Zambia’s biodiversity” led by the University of Graz (Stephan Koblmüller and Lukas Zangl) and participation by ABOL and Prof.… Read more