Unit for Theoretical Biology

The work in our unit is motivated by theoretical and conceptual questions in organismal evolutionary biology. Systemic properties of organisms, such as developmental and physiological processes, as well as their interactions with the environment, strongly influence their ability to respond to selection and to evolve. Our goal is to identify and understand these interactions in order to explain how the enormous diversity of life has evolved and continues to evolve. In pursuit of this general goal, we apply and advance theoretical, biometric, comparative, and experimental research methods.

Latest News

24.10.2023

Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications

Philipp Mitteröcker

31.08.2023

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Stefan Pavloski

Contribution of murine utering aging to delayed parturition.

07.07.2023

New FWF Project (ESPRIT-Programm): The Obstetrical Dilemma: Evolutionary Trade-Offs in the Human and Mammalian Pelvis

Nicole Grunstra

20.06.2023

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Dominik Huemer

Population dynamics of the European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, in Obere Lobau (Donau-Auen National Park, Vienna)

06.06.2023

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Tobias Nigl

The amphibian fauna of the Natura 2000 nature reserve “Traun-Donau-Auen” near Linz, with evaluation of important spawning sites and...

05.04.2023

New paper in Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Site-specific attachment of Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia: Unionidae) glochidia on two new fish hosts introduced in Lake Trasimeno (Italy).