This summer school highlights how an integrated approach that considers the ecological, evolutionary, and social dimensions of freshwater (blue) and terrestrial (green) ecosystems benefits the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity. It is aimed primarily for PhD students to bring themselves up to date with the latest research and to reflect on their own work with an interdisciplinary lens.

The course explores the ecology of birds and mammals, integrating key concepts such as nutrition, physiology, behavioral ecology, population biology, biogeography, and community ecology with practical applications in conservation and management. While providing a global perspective, the course will also emphasize the dynamics of Central European fauna.