Selected projects

• Land use intensity in Hungarian vineyards and bird species richness. In cooperation with Gabor Lövei, University of Debrecen, Hungary. 2024 - 2026.
• Organisation of the citizen science project "Monitoring the Red Kite population in the UNESCO biosphere reserve Schwarzwald". Project sponsor: NABU Kreisgruppe Lörrach e.V (in co-operation with the Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg in 2019). Period: 2019 -2024.
• Survey of Pygmy Owl and Tengmalm's owl in core areas of the UNESCO biosphere reserve Schwarzwald. Contractor: NABU Kreisgruppe Lörrach e.V.; Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg. 2017 - 2024.
• Country-wide survey of Lepidoptera (butterflies) and Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, crickets) in Baden-Württemberg. In co-operation with Dolek & Geyer GmbH. Client: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), Karlsruhe. Period: 2018 - 2025.
• Monitoring of commong breeding birds in Baden-Württemberg. In co-operation with ABL Freiburg. Client: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), Karlsruhe. Period: 2018 - 2025.
• Biosphere reserves as example landscapes for the conservation of insects: survey of Orthoptera in the biosphere Black Forest. Client: WWF Deutschland Berlin. Period: 2022 - 2025.
• Survey of owl species in the national parks Mt. Aenos und Mt. Roudi, Kefalonia, Greece, using automatic recorder units. Project sponsor: Management Body of Aenos National Park, Argostoli. Period: 2023 - 2024.
• Comparison of a traditional field survey of the Pygmy Owl and the Boreal Owl with an automatic monitoring using audio recorders. Project sponsor: Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg. 2023.
• Common pastures in the UNESCO biosphere reserve Black Forest: diversity of insects, structural richness and recommendations for land management. In co-operation with ABL, Freiburg. Client: Stiftung Naturschutzfonds Baden-Württemberg. Period: 2021 - 2022.
• Survey of the midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) in the UNESCO biosphere reserve Black Forest. Contractor: NABU Kreisgruppe Lörrach e.V.; Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg. 2021 - 2022.
• Genome Editing - New challenges for the monitoring of environmental effects. In co-operation with the Environmental Agency Austria, Wien. Client: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. 2020 - 2021.

• briskaR-NTL: Biological risk assessment with R: impact of Bt maize on non-target Lepidoptera. In co-operation with INRA, Paris. Client: EFSA, Parma. Period: 2019 - 2020.
• Survey of the breeding sites of the Red Kite and Black Kite in Baden-Württemberg. In co-operation with ABL Freiburg. Client: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), Karlsruhe. Period: 2019.

• Raptor monitoring in the Black Forest biosphere reserve: recording of breeding sites and rest areas of the Red Kite. In cooperation with ABL Freiburg. Client: Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald and NABU Landesverband Baden-Württemberg. Period: 2017 – 2018.
• Assessment of adverse effects of various Bt toxins on lepidopteran larvae. Client: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. Period: 2016 – 2018.
• Recording of Red Kite nests in the area of the planned wind power stations 'Rohrenkopf' and 'Hasel' (Black Forest). Client: Windkraftgegner Gersbach. Period: 2016 – 2017.
• Survey of the butterfly community of the Samerberger 'Streuwiesen' (litter meadows) and 'Quellmoore' (spring fens). Client: Landratsamt Rosenheim, Untere Naturschutzbehörde. Period: 2016.
• Assessment of the operability of the database Edaphobase for gmo monitoring purposes within the framework of the soil information system of the BMBF. Client: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt. Period: 2013 – 2016.
• AMIGA research project “Assessing and Monitoring the Impacts of Genetically modified plants on Agro-ecosystems”. Butterfly monitoring in Romania, Spain and Sweden, and development of an European-wide monitoring concept. Client: European Commission, 7th EU Framework Programme. Period: 2011 – 2016.
• Monitoring butterflies in low-intensive farmland of Romania. Client: Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG), Basel, Schweiz. Period: 2015.
• Survey of birds of prey, owls and woodpeckers in the range of the planned wind power stations „Tännlebühl” and “Vögelestein” (Black Forest, Germany). Client: Bürgerinitiative zum Schutz des Hochschwarzwaldes e.V. St. Märgen, and PAN München. Period: 2014 – 2015.
• Biodiversity monitoring Switzerland (BDM): Field monitoring of butterflies. Client: Hintermann&Weber AG, Switzerland. Period: 2006 – 2015.
• Monitoring of the breeding sites of the Red Kite and the Black Kite in regions of Baden-Württemberg suitable for windpower. Client: ABL Freiburg and LUBW Karlsruhe. Period: 2014.
• Guidelines for butterfly monitoring approaches to survey the effects of transgenic crops in Switzerland. Client: Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Switzerland. Period: 2013.
• Potential usage of the volunteer butterfly monitoring scheme in Germany for monitoring transgenic crops. Client: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. Period: 2010 – 2012.
• Development of a mathematical model simulating the effect of Bt maize cropping on non-target butterflies. Client: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. Period: 2011 – 2012.
• Exposure and possible hazard of the butterfly community in protected sites through cropping of transgenic plants. Client: Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Switzerland. Period: 2011 – 2012.
• Feeding ecology of larvae of the Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on nettles (Urtica dioica). Client: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn. Period: 2011.
• Monitoring the possible effects of transgenic crops on butterflies: lessons from long-term routine monitoring schemes in Switzerland. Client: Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Switzerland. Period: 2010.
• Promotion of butterfly diversity on grazed farmland of two organic farms in the Swiss Jura. Client: Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Switzerland. Period: 2007 – 2008.