Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution
Mission Statement
Our mission is to offer an internationally competitive doctoral training, combining excellent research and teaching. The Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution provides PhD candidates an excellent research environment and infrastructure to carry out cutting edge research and to advance our knowledge on the organization and development of individual organisms to ecosystems.
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Doctoral programme
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Join the DocSchool
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Research Areas
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Activities & Events
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Open position in Quantitative Agroecology & Biodiversity Modelling
We are happy to share a new fully funded PhD position within the new international research project EU-OLIVES “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in EU Olive Farming”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
Application deadline: 15th October 2026
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PhD Project Presentation
Newest Publications
1970
Barth, F. (1970). Fine structure of the spider integument. II. Three-dimensional arrangement of microfibers in the lamellate cuticle and its relation to pore canal shape (Cupiennius salei Keys., adult, long after moulting, tarsus). Cell and Tissue Research, 104(1), 87-106. http://www.springerlink.com/content/n03451832645g372/?p=4b043b808ac04e889f286cee7d1498de&pi=6
1969
Barth, F. (1969). Fine structure of the spider integument. I. Walking leg cuticle of adult animals long after moulting (Cupiennius salei Keys). Cell and Tissue Research, 97(1), 137-159. http://www.springerlink.com/content/w11065l167057846/?p=3cb5a1977f544cff8d92d6b245ec23fd&pi=10
1967
Barth, F. (1967). Single slit sensillum on spider tarsus: its nervous response to the components of airborne sound. Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie, 55(4), 407-449. http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250521305&partnerID=40&rel=R6.5.0
Did you know?
Our Doctoral School currently has
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159PhD candidates
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79Supervisors
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6Research areas