Research at the Biodiversity Unit
Research at Biodiversity Unit focuses broadly on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and –services.
The research infrastructure including the botanical garden and two field stations, long-term experiments and environmental monitoring datasets and scientific collections provides an excellent support for multidisciplinary research on topical questions such as climate change, biodiversity crisis, and the sustainable use and protection of natural resources in both natural and man-made environments.
In addition to its own research, the Biodiversity Unit promotes multidisciplinary research at the university and serves as a showcase for public outreach.
Our research
New publications
Re-evaluation of Padre Secchi’s visual method for modern oceanography (2024)
Frontiers in Marine Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
European pollen reanalysis, 1980-2022, for alder, birch, and olive (2024)
Scientific Data
(A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal)
Unravelling the Entoloma politum complex (2024)
Plant and fungal systematics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Forecasting daily total pollen concentrations on a global scale (2024)
Allergy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A survey of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Atypidae, Nemesiidae) of Azerbaijan, including the description of two new species (2024)
Zoology in the Middle East
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Integrating museum collections and molecules reveals genus-level synonymy and new species in red devil spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Middle East and Central Asia (2024)
European Journal of Taxonomy
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
New national and regional bryophyte records, 76 (2024)
Journal of Bryology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Global threats to insects (2024)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Harnessing online digital data in biodiversity monitoring (2024)
PLoS Biology
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraqi Kurdistan, with new species and records (2024)
Zootaxa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)