Dear ABOL community, this years´ ABOL meeting will take place on 4th of December again in the Schlossmuseum Linz. Please save the date! It will be directly after the NOBIS meeting (2nd & 3rd of December 2016, Schlossmuseum Linz.)
Dear ABOL Community, It was 2004 when Christian & Szeptycki revealed the Leopoldsberg to be the worldwide biodiversity hotspot of Protura, reporting 23 species from the soil of a very dry slope. Applying DNA barcoding to re-assess the diversity of these very small and blind soil dwellers at the genetic level reported 4 additional species […]
Recently a new associated project joined ABOL – DNA barcoding of Central European Orthopterans A first transnational cooperation between GBOL, SwissBOL and ABOL adresses the genetic diversity of many species of Central European grasshoppers. The project funded by the Verein der Freunde des Naturhistorischen Museums will be extended by further national projects. Read more…
We want to point out that the ABOL webpage is updated and extended continously. For some time we have started to restructure the website with regard to the future overall project. Major modifications concern the items “About us” and “Project”. In particular we want to point out the new page “Professional collecting” to be found in […]
…is already some days old, therefore it is high time to send the best wishes to all members of the biodiversity community! Your ABOL team
Just before the end of the old year fortunately a new associated project joined the steadily growing ABOL community. The project of Dr. Wolfram Graf and colleagues aims at recording of the genetic diversity of the Austrian caddisfly fauna comprising some 310 species. Caddisflies, especially their larval stage, are important bioindicators in freshwater ecology. Read […]
It is a plesure to welcome a new associated project! Manfred Hartbauer, Doris Reineke and Liza Nemes investigate collective defence mechanisms in non-myrmecophilous aphid species by means of various playback experiments and analysis of alarm pheromones. Additionally. the evolution of collective physical defence will be reconstructed in a phylogenetic approach encompassing different species of the subfamily of Aphidinae. […]
Liebe ABOL-Gemeinschaft!
Wir freuen uns, dass Sie bei der diesjährigen ABOL-Tagung wieder so zahlreich teilgenommen haben.
The planned main project of ABOL intends to record the entire Austrian biodiversity. Such an ambitious objective can only be achieved by a cooperating network of experts/ volunteers/ working groups/ and institutions. The new “Join-us-page” provides information on our growing network along with contact possibilities. All persons able and willing to participate are cordially invited […]
A selection of scientific and popular publications on the topic of DNA barcoding in general and ABOL in particular can be accessed via the link https://www.zotero.org/groups/abol_literatur. The main page of the Zotero literature-database displays recent additions. By activating the link „Group Library“ the structure of the database (hierarchic folders) will be opened with the entire […]
M. SonnleitnerABOL-BioBlitz at Hohe Tauern National park28. July, 2025 - 16:39Fortunately, the weather in the Hohe Tauern was kind to us this year, from July 18-20, 2025. At the National Park’s Day of Biodiversity, in the Gradental and Gartltal valleys in Carinthia, not only was the weather record-breaking, but so was the number of participating experts, with almost 100 registrations. Many were already out in […]
N. FialABOL at the ÖEG Insect Camp in the Nature Park Hohe Wand14. July, 2025 - 15:39For the fourth time (in a row), ABOL participated in the 11th ÖEG Insect Camp from June 26th to 29th with a BioBlitz. This time, the trip took us to the Hohe Wand Nature Park in Lower Austria – a biogeographically highly interesting region on the northeastern edge of the Alps, where the Pannonian and […]
M. SonnleitnerABOL at the Day of Biodiversity in Baden bei Wien3. July, 2025 - 13:40On June 13 and 14, 2025, the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald organized its 20th Day of Biodiversity– this year in the Lower Austrian part of the biosphere reserve around Baden bei Wien. Around 100 experts from various disciplines explored the diverse flora, fauna, and funga of the area from the Kurpark to the Lindkogel. In perfect […]