Foundations will fund the grazing project on the Rhine island of the nature reserve
Today, the Frey-Clavel Foundation decided to support the grazing project on the Ile du Rhin (Rhine island) of the nature reserve Petite Camargue Alsacienne with a large contribution, covering the costs for the first Konik horses, the…
Poster prize for Lilla Lovász
Lilla Lovász won the prize for the best poster at the 11th Conference of the European Ornithologists Union in Turku, Finland. Congrats!
The earth is flat (p > 0.05)
After years of discussion and more than one decade of teaching applied statistics for biologists, Valentin, Fränzi and Tobias publish a very long paper on «The earth is flat (p > 0.05): significance thresholds and the crisis of unreplicable…
Research grant from the Fondation de bienfaisance Jeanne Lovioz
The Fondation de bienfaisance Jeanne Lovioz will fund a doctoral thesis on the restauration of a large conservation area on the Ile du Rhin of the Petite Camargue Alsacienne. Many thanks! (On the picture: the benefactress Jeanne Lovioz)
Ecological research methods in the Petite Camargue
33 students take part in the field course «Ecological research methods in the Petite Camargue». During the annual five-day course, the students hear about practical nature conservation, discuss possible research projects, choose their study…
Titular professor
Valentin Amrhein has been appointed titular professor of zoology. (Picture taken at Mývatn, Iceland)
Dr. Hartmann P. Koechlin visits the research station
Dr. Hartmann P. Koechlin (1919–2018), founder and honorary president of the «Swiss Association Pro Petite Camargue Alsacienne», visits the research station and the newly restored area on the Ile du Rhin.
Meeting at Le Villaret: Konik or Przewalski's horses for the Petite Camargue Alsacienne?
At Le Villaret in Lozère, Frédéric Joly discusses with Lilla Lovász whether Przewalski's horses or Konik horses could be a better option for the Petite Camargue Alsacienne.
New book by Prof. Heinz Durrer
Heinz Durrer, professor emeritus of biology and first director of the Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne, has published a new book together with Lukas Landmann, professor emeritus of anatomy: Kostbarkeiten der / Trésors de la…