Welcome

to the pages of the Institute of Experimental Ecology at Ulm. Enjoy browsing our web pages and do not hesitate to contact our staff anytime if you would like to know more! On the left, you can access the primary reseach groups of Prof. Elisabeth Kalko (Head), Prof. Manfred Ayasse (Deputy Head) and Prof. Gerhard Maier, find details on their research portfolio, the work of our academics and students as well as publications and other useful resources like contact  details.

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Find out more about recently published research:

Testosterone and harems in flying-foxes
(Biology Letters, 18 August 2009, BBC comment)

Henipavirus RNA in African bats
(PLoS One, 26 July 2009)

All Across Africa: Migration routes of Eleonora’s Falcon
(Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2 Sept 2008)

Orchids Attract Prey-Hunting Wasps for Pollination
(Current Biology, 20 May 2008)

Bats cry out loud to detect their prey
(PLoS One, 30 April 2008)

Selected project links:

German Research Foundation Biodiversity Exploratories

Publications of the Institute of Experimental Ecology

Chemical Ecology Work on Bees

Tropical Community Ecology Research on BCI in Panama

Bat Research in the EU Chiroping Project