I am a zoologist and have expertise in biodiversity of arthropods, animal-plant interactions, predator-prey interactions, and land-use change effects on organisms. Currently, I am working on the effects of the re-establishment of grasslands on the promotion of farmland biodiversity and key ecosystem services, the impact of abandonment of alpine grasslands on biodiversity, regulating ecosystem services, human health and well-being, biodiversity monitoring in agroecosystems, and the implementation of linear semi-natural habitats adjoining intensively used grassland to support insect diversity. I have led and leads/co-leads many national and international research projects, e.g. funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austrian Ministries, and the EU2020.
Entomology
I am interested to understand the dynamics of grassland managements as they are not unidirectional, but they are multifaceted and multidirectional. I am curious to see how different arthropods diversity (predators and pollinators) respond to grassland managements and conservation strategies.