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Besides classical stressors, which are related also to the course of this year’s weather, the conference was focused on the influence of toxic substances on plants. In addition to abiotic stressors, plants are affected by biotic factors, not only by anthropogenic influences. The contributions of the conference addressed the issues of impact of diseases and…

Methods and research activities and results of Plant Pathology and Mycology research group were presented at „Weekend with SAS“ held on Primate´s square in Bratislava on 7 and 8 September. Visitors were mainly interested in acoustic tomography, which is a non-destructive detection method of tree stability with. The stereomicroscope that allows enlarging microscopic pathogens attracted…

In Zvolen at the premises of the Institute of Ecology of the Forest SAS, will be held a multidisciplinary international conference. Its participants will be able to get acquainted with the latest results of theoretical and applied research in the field of plant stress physiology, including application of the results obtained in breeding, cultivation and…

In July 2018 CETIP and Institute of Forest Ecology SAS undertaken field research of SIMRA project to ancient isolated rural settlement VIDOVICI in Adriatic Island CRES. After turbulent times over the past 5 centuries and as the response to global crises of early 20s, in particular de-population and land degradation Vidovici area is facing reconfiguration…

The monograph is focused on Slovak spider names recorded in our country, on the history of Slovak names and basic rules of zoological nomenclature. Moreover it briefly discussed spider ecology and phylogeny, and is also a guide to Slovakian spider families. In the history of the Slovak language was largely suppressed, therefore the formation of…

The consortium of H2020 Social Innovations in Marginalized Rural Areas project (SIMRA – http://www.simra-h2020.eu/ ) has met in Padova (June 12 – 14, 2018), Italy to present, share and further develop the results of two years of work. In this project, SEA Department of IFE SAS is responsible for leading the work package 2. An…

The spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, is the most destructive insect pest of spruce forests in Slovakia. At present, its populations are very active and characterized by massive outbreaks with continual establishments of new foci over large areas of spruce forests. Control of bark beetles is based on a range of phytosanitary measures, insecticide treatments…

Eva Pšidová and PESP Research group has won awards of SAPV: best scientific work in 2017 in the competition of young scientists in the field of agriculture and rural development in the field of forestry. The award ceremony took place on 29 May 2018 at the SAPV General Assembly in the congress hall of the…

On June 3, 2018, a team of the Department SEA IFE SAS – in cooperation with CE SPECTRA and the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAV – organized a programme ‘Our Climate’ within the Open Academy project and with the support of H2020 SIMRA project. The programme, aimed at supporting city ecosystem services, in particular the role…

Dear orthopterologists, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Second European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation organised by the IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group (GSG). The host institution is the Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS). For more details, click here.