Prof. Dr. Axel Hochkirch

Professor for Biodiversity and Conservation / Professor für Biodiversität und Naturschutz
Trier University
Trier Centre for Biodiversity Conservation
Fachbereich VI, Raum und Umweltwissenschaften
Biogeographie
Campus I, Gebäude N
Universitätsring 15
54296 Trier
Raum: N216
E-mail: hochkirchuni-trierde
Tel: +49 (0)651-201-4692
Fax: +49 (0)651-201-3851
Sprechstunde: nach Vereinbarung
Themenliste für Abschlussarbeiten (Stand Dezember 2020)
News Feed
12-13 May 2022: Virtual Workshop Teasel Bee Action Plan
10 May 2022: Our new paper on insect community changes has been published online
13 April 2022: New species Leptophyes axeli named after me!
11-13 April 2022: Advisory Board Meeting Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
05-07 April 2022: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Steering Committee
31-March - 02 April 2022: 3rd European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation
18 March 2022: Visit of the ex situ facilities in Zoo Cologne
17 March 2022: Virtual meeting of the IUCN World Heritage Panel
5 March 2022: Virtual Workshop for German Red List of Orthoptera
11 February 2022: Regional competition of the German context for young scientists (Jugend Forscht)
27-29 January 2022: Rigi Zoo Symposium
21 January 2022: Virtual Workshop European Red List of Insect Taxonomists
19 January 2022: Virtual meeting of the IUCN World Heritage Panel
10, 13 + 15 December 2021: Virtual meeting of the IUCN World Heritage Panel
06-08 December 2021: Advisory Board Meeting Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
03 December 2021: Prionotropis conservation symposium
22-23 November 2021: Virtual Workshop Canary Island Pollinator Action Plan
03 November 2021: British Orthoptera Meeting
28 October 2021: Virtual Advisory Board Meeting project ELSA
01 October 2021: Lecture on pollinator declines in Kaiserslautern
11 September 2021: Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
01 September 2021: Second Technical Workshop for the European Red List of Taxonomists
17-19 August 2021: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Steering Committee
28 July 2021: Our paper on quantifying species recovery (Green Status of species) is published in Conservation Biology
16 July to 16 August 2021: Field trip to Finland and the Baltic states
26 June 2021: Orthoptera excursion near Cologne ("Wahner Heide")
6 June: Lecture on insect declines in UBZ Leidenhausen (Cologne)
5 June: Our new paper on the population connectivity of Alpine newts is online
2-3 June 2021: FEdA workshop on insect declines
12 May 2021: Technical Workshop for the European Red List of Taxonomists
6 May 2021: Our policy paper on conservation triage is published in Conservation Biology
19 April 2021: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group
14 April 2021: Lecture on insect declines as the SGD Nord (Koblenz)
1 April 2021: Interview on wild bee conservation with DW
18 March 2021: Our paper on mitigating collateral damage in locust control is published in Science
12 March 2021: Our paper on measuring insect population reductions for IUCN Red List assessments is published.
25 Febraury 2021: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group
12 February 2021: Our paper distribution model for Sphinonotus rubescens is published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
10-12 February 2021: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Steering Committee
29 January 2021: Virtual inception meeting of the European Red List of Taxonomists project
27 January 2021: Virtual meeting of the EU Life BEETLES project advisory board
7-8 December 2020: Virtual meeting of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund advisory board
11 November 2020: Virtual meeting of the UK Orthopterists
1-4 September 2020: Virtual meeting of the IUCN SSC Steering Committee
13 August 2020: Our paper on changes in the insect fauna in a wetland in Luxembourg is published.
12 August 2020: My interview on the lack of evidence for insect declines in the US in NZZ
12 August 2020: My interview on the discovery of the aggregation pheromone in locusts in Spektrum
10 August 2020: My interview on the lack of evidence for insect declines in the US in Süddeutsche Zeitung
06 August 2020: Our fieldguide to SE European Orthoptera is now available in French
03 August 2020: Our fieldguide to SE European Orthoptera is now available in Italian
13 July 2020: Our paper on how to address data deficiency in neglected taxa is published online
07 June 2020: Our fieldguide to SE European Orthoptera is now available in Dutch
26 May 2020: Interview on the locust outbreak in Spiegel
20 May 2020: Interview on the locust outbreak in the Greenpeace Magazin
25 April 2020: Interview on global insect declines in Zeit
25 April 2020: Interview on global insect declines in Spiegel
23 April 2020: Interview on global insect declines in Süddeutsche Zeitung