NIB

Main research activities and interests:

• Diversity, ecology, monitoring and protection of pollinators (bumblebees, solitary bees)
• Management of pollinators in agriculture
• Green infrastructure and pollinators in cities
• Effects of pesticides on pollinators
• Agriculture and biodiveristy
• Entomovectoring
• Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) and Oriental hornet (V. orientalis)
• Popularisation of science

Projects:

• Horizon Europe: BeeGuards: Resilient beekeeping and breeding to safeguard natural genetic resources and pollination services (2023–2027)
• Interreg BE2GETHER: Strengthening the cross-border innovative system for improving biodiversity through bee monitoring (2023-2025)
• Interreg FRACTAL: FosteRing green infrAstruCTure in the ALps (2023–2024)
• Monitoring of wild bees in Slovenia (2023)
• EIP POMOP: Supporting pollinators in intensive agricultural landscapes to promote biodiversity (2022–2025)
• SafeAgroBee: Safeguarding agroecosystem resilience under climate change through efficient pollination and sustainable beekeeping (2021–2024)
• The design of the methodology for monitoring of wild pollinators in Slovenia (2019–2023)
• Potential exposure of bumblebees and other wild pollinators to pesticides in spraying in the early morning and evening (2018–2021)
• Fruit growers for pollinators and pollinators for fruit growers (2018–2021)
• LIFE NATURAVIVA - Biodiversity – Art of Life (2017–2022)
• Research of pollinators on green roofs (finished); video (2019)
• The importance of wild pollinators for crop pollination and sustainable management in agriculture to ensure reliable pollination (2016–2018)
• BICOPOLL: Targeted precision biocontrol and pollination enhancement in organic cropping systems (2011–2014)

Links:

• Personal bibliography (COBISS)
• ResearchGate
• LinkedIn

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