Topical Advisory Panel
- Marine Diversity Section
- Biodiversity Conservation Section
- Plant Diversity Section
- Freshwater Biodiversity Section
Members
Interests: fishery resources; diversity and spatiotemporal of nekton; fish biology; ichthyological ecology; fish taxonomy
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Interests: functional morphology; shape evolution; ecomorphology; diversification; functional and behavioural inference
Interests: aphids; behavioural ecology; biological control; biological invasions; chemical ecology; coccinellidae; community ecology; DNA barcoding; dryocosmus kuriphilus; halyomorpha halys; insect behaviour; integrated pest management; ladybirds; molecular ecology; odour; olfaction; olfactometer; parasitoid efficacy; PCR; RT-qPCR; sanger sequencing; stink bugs; tri-trophic interactions; trophic cascades; UV-light
Interests: meiofauna; nematoda; benthic biodiversity; marine pollution; ecological quality assessment
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Interests: functional ecology of plant-soil interactions; plant functional traits; agroecology; ecological engineering; nutrients; trace metals; sustainable soil management
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Interests: ciliates; Parameciu; protists; symbiosis; bacterial symbionts; microbiomes; mating types; speciation mechanisms; the species concept
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Interests: protists; ciliates; systematics; phylogeny; evolution; ecology
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Interests: prokaryotic and eukaryotic symbionts of ciliates; microbial ecology; adaptation; evolution; intracellular bacteria; Paramecium; Rickettsia; Holospora; Caedibacter; Megaira
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Interests: marine biodiversity conservation; population genetic and genomics; marine invertebrates ecology; environmental DNA
Interests: behavioural endocrinology in mammals, reptiles, and birds; address proximate and ultimate questions concerning regulative endocrine mechanisms with links to animal conservation, climate change, human–wildlife conflict, land transformation, and urbanisation
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Interests: evolution; meiofauna; Annelida; nervous system; extreme habitats; morphology; transcriptomics
Interests: phylogenetic diversity; macroecology; biogeography; plant community ecology; plant-insect interactions; biodiversity; eco-evolutionary approaches evolutionary; ecology
Interests: molecular and chemical ecology of insect plant interactions and associated symbionts; basic and applied chemical ecology; insect biology and ecology; insect sensory biology and host plant selection mechanisms; enhancement of host plant resistance to biotic stresses; biological control and insect pest management
Interests: ecology of meiofauna; taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of free-living marine Nematoda and Arctic Kinorhyncha
Interests: estuarine and marine ecology; ecology of meiobenthos and nematodes assemblages of the estuarine and deep sea sediments; ecological indicators and food webs
Interests: forest and landscape restoration; Theobroma cacao genetic resources; Bertholletia excelsa ecology; GIS; species suitability modeling; inter- and intra-specific spatial diversity analysis; ethnobotany
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Interests: marine alien species; structural and functional marine biodiversity; conservation biology; marine biocostructions; marine fouling; marine invertebrate rearing
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Interests: behavioural ecology; management and conservation of large vertebrates
2. Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
3. Department for Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics, Jozef Štefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: microbial evolution and diversity; bioinformatics and applied statistics; systems biology, systems medicine; high performance computing; metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics; metagenome assembled genomes; human microbiome in exercise and IBD; anaerobic ecosystems; genome taxonomy database; scientific software containerization into singularity
Interests: microalgae and cyanobacteria taxonomy and systematics; aquatic phototrophic biofilms; electron and confocal microscopy; harmful cyanobacteria and microalgae; ecophysiology of benthic and planktic microalgae and cyanobacteria in culture and nature; cyanobacterial and microalgal biomass application; microcosms; microalgae-based nanotechnology and drug discovery
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Interests: flora; habitat conservation; Natura 2000; phytosociology; plant communities; riparian vegetation; IAS
Interests: aquatic microbial ecology; food webs; biogeography; diversity
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Interests: fishes; biogeography; phylogeography; DNA barcoding; conservation genetics; tropics
Interests: vegetation dynamics triggered by human disturbances and restoration ecology; vegetation and floristic mapping and analysis by G.I.S. tecniques; monitoring plant species and communities; biodiversity conservation and management with particular reference to rare and threatened with extinction plant species; statistical analysis of environmental data
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Interests: octocoral and black coral taxonomy
Interests: marine ecology and biodiversity; coral reef ecology and conservation; carbonate chemistry; ecophysiology; integrated coastal management
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Interests: vascular plant ecology; vascular plant genetics; reproductive biology of vascular plants
Interests: insect and crustacean physiology; taste and olfaction; transduction mechanisms of chemosensory systems; chemicals of feeding and reproductive significance; electrophysiology; behavior; biodiversity; alien species; pest management
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Interests: taste perception; olfactory perception; insect-host plant interaction; electrophysiological recordings; chemosensory input and behavioral output; food choices and food intake; transduction mechanisms of chemosensory systems
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Interests: Illumina MiSeq; soil fungal biodiversity; mycorrhizal fungi; microbial ecology; orchids mycorrhizal fungi; Archaeobotany
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