Institute of Ecology and Evolution

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Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Nentwig

Professor Emeritus Community Ecology

Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Ecology of the agricultural landscape (set aside, ecological compensation areas, renewable resource plants);
Ecology of invasive species, biological control of pests and weeds (e.g. projects on slugs, Cirsium arvense, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Impatiens glandulifera), impact and risk assessment protocols, early warning system;
Ecology and non-target-effects of transgenic plants (oilseed rape, corn, wheat);
Ecology of spiders (biochemistry and ecology of spider venom, macroecology of spiders, European spider identification key, spider systematics, barcoding, World Spider Catalog).

Year	Description
1979	Master in Ecology (Diploma), University of Marburg, Germany
1981	PhD, University of Marburg, Germany
1983/84	Visiting scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
1985	Habilitation in Zoology, University of Marburg, Germany
1985 - 1988	Assistant professor, Institute of Zoology, University of Regensburg, Germany
1988 - 2019	Full professor for ecology at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland