Tasks

Research associate in the research group of "Beneficial Arthropods and Functional Biodiversity" the project "Optimization of beneficial insect promotion in protected areas to strengthen biological plant protection" (BfN project Schutzhochzwei).

• Planning and implementation of an exemplary field study on the development of pest impact and beneficial insect populations on arable land.
• Recording and evaluation of population development of aphidophagous hoverflies in protected area plots and comparison plots of the field study.
• Evaluation of the feeding ecology and fitness status of these beneficial insects in relation to available food resources.