av John Strand | jul 11, 2022 | Management of CW, Wetland as buffers
This week we started a field experiment where we simulate drought by emptying (lowering the water table) some wetlands. We emptied 8 wetlands and have another 8 as controls. The purpose is to see the effect of drought on the arthropod communities at the shorelines of...
av John Strand | jul 4, 2022 | Wetland as buffers
John presented some data from the dragonfly surveys at ECOO 2022 (European Congress on Odonata) in Slovenia, the 26-30 of June. It was a nice conference with lots of discussions on dragonflies (of course). Dragonfly researchers from 25 countries participated and apart...
av John Strand | maj 30, 2022 | Management of CW, Wetland as buffers, Wetlands 2.0
We had a 2-day project group meeting at Lilla Böslid, Halland where we discussed among other things; current available data, future sampling strategies and forthcoming papers from the projects.
av John Strand | apr 19, 2022 | Management of CW, Wetland as buffers
The first paper from our surveys is now published. The title is: Insects and spiders in constructed wetlands: interesting findings from a systematic survey in Uppland and southern Halland, and is published in Entomologisk Tidskrift 143 (1–2): 47–66. It can be viewed...
av John Strand | mar 25, 2022 | Management of CW, Wetland as buffers, Wetlands 2.0
The annual meeting for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency´s research grants on Wetland ecosystem services was held att Hushållningssällskapet Halland/LIFE-Goodstream the 17-18 of March. It was a hybrid meeting with ca 25 persons on site and ca 45 joining...
av John Strand | mar 11, 2022 | Wetland as buffers, Wetlands 2.0
We have now started to analyze last summers field experiment with Osmia nest boxes in a hydrological gradient from the wetlands. We get data on nr of individuals, sex and occurence of dead or not developed individuals.
