News

05.09.2025
Bumblebees in clover fields and weeds in cereal fields feature in our newly published research articles

Researchers from the Pollination Ecology Workgroup have recently co-authored two scientific articles on biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. One focused on […]

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03.09.2025
Estonia faces the task of mapping its invisible richness 

At the beginning of 2026, European countries must assess the state of intraspecific, or genetic, diversity of different species and […]

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04.06.2025
Conference on pollination ecology integrated multiple levels of biodiversity to understand plant–pollinator interactions 

With the arrival of summer, it is easy to notice the bustling activity of insects flowering plants in meadows, forests, […]

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23.04.2025
Marianne Kivastik PhD defence

The results from Marianne Kivastik PhD thesis indicate that vulnerability of heterostylous species to rapid land use changes and highlight […]

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12.04.2025
Springtime in Sweden attracted researchers to the field 

The annual meeting of the FuncNet project took place in Uppsala this time. Although a trip to the Swedish study […]

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28.03.2025
The Pollination Ecology Workgroup is looking forward to joining undergraduate and graduate students! 

The Pollination Ecology Workgroup, led by Associate Professor Tsipe Aavik, is looking forward to join the undergraduate and graduate students. […]

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13.03.2025
Genetic diversity is key to restoring nature

People and governments are recognising that the world faces a biodiversity crisis. Nature is struggling in the face of new […]

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14.02.2025
Seminar on plant-pollinator interactions in fragmented dune slacks 

A fellow researcher, Arne Devriese from KU Leuven, will visit the Pollination Ecology Workgroup and will give an overview of […]

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23.01.2025
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the floral traits of insect-pollinated plants

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations […]

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11.12.2024
Iris Reinula's doctoral thesis was awarded a mention in the national competition for student research

The doctoral thesis of landscape geneticist Iris Reinula, "Genetic variation of grassland plants in changing landscapes" was awarded a mention […]

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Pollination Ecology Workgroup at the University of Tartu
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Tsipe Aavik / tsipe.aavik@ut.ee / +372 516 1187