Evolution during seed production for ecological #restoration? A molecular analysis of 19 species finds only minor genomic changes Malte Conrady @AnnaBucharova. New #OpenAccess paper 👉 bit.ly/3JS4Vhd

Today we would like to present the SADE project biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/projects/ef… Martin Freitag judith.hinderling

One of the highlights of our year, the aerial census is a vital tool to assess the three populations of saiga antelope. Between 2019 and 2021 the numbers had more than doubled from 334,000 to 842,000. Watch this space to see the results of 2022 revealed! #GenerationRestoration

Grasslands are easy to overlook and undervalue. I've spent the last 6+ months reporting a story on why that's a terrible mistake. My latest for The Atlantic #longreads theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Recent #PlantScience accepted in New Phyt 🌱Abrahão et al. Microbes and grassland restoration Anna Abrahão ow.ly/UbEk50KRBOL 🌱Graus et al. Tobacco leaf salt detoxifixation ow.ly/PcSj50KRBOI 🌱Xue et al. Sweet potato drought response. ow.ly/we8G50KRBOJ

Congrats Anna! It was great bring part of it!

The idea that biodiversity drives ecosystem function is deeply engrained in ecology, and has been applied to agriculture. A rigorous analysis of causation vs. correlation challenges this: "there is no causal relationship found between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning."

Microbial drivers of plant richness and productivity in a grassland restoration experiment along a gradient of land-use intensity Biodiversity Exploratories Research Uni Hohenheim @alinawazfcc Tesfaye Wubet Biodiversity & Ecosystem Research MS @ValentinEcology Martin Freitag @UteHamer Hans lambers ow.ly/4IaO50L9iVw

Welche Lebewesen wohnen im Totholz, die wir nicht sehen können? Welchen Zusammenhang gibt es zw. #Biodiversität und der Krankheitsverbreitung? Das sind nur zwei Beispielfragen, die ihr bei #BookanExplorer an unsere Explorer:innen stellen könnt. RT ist willkommen! #bookascientist

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#Moore leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag zum #Klimaschutz und für die #Biodiversität. Im #DBUprojekt haben Forscher:innen der @WWU_Muenster untersucht, wie #Torfmoose in Hochmooren für die Renaturierung genutzt werden können. Die Ergebnisse findet ihr hier: dbu.de/doiLanding1685…

Our initiative is investigating many aspects of the steppe ecosystem including its carbon storage #WorldSoilDay

Put your hands together for our latest #COTF23 team to step onto the field - The BLACK LARKS! These four conservation heroes from Kazakhstan are already saving threatened species in their region, inc Red-breasted Geese! Read on here: champions-of-the-flyway.com/blacklarks23/ #GoChampions

Overview of open positions to work iDiv Biodiversity Research with me & Henrique Pereira as part of the new 🇪🇺EU Topic centre on Biodiversity and Ecosystems. Apply with us and support the EU State of Nature reporting and restoration policy! Deadline approaching soon idiv.de/en/about_idiv/……

Nice article for German speakers on our recent NatureEcoEvo paper on grassland biodiversity and ecosystem services: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2023/01/25/art… Original paper: nature.com/articles/s4155…. Thanks to @ValentinEcology for writing it!

Faculty of Science USB in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia, offers an international Master's programme in Ecology. Applications are open now, the deadline is on 18 May. Students will learn ecological theory, data analysis and modern methods of ecology research. prf.jcu.cz/ecology

This still remains one of the greatest bollard moments of all time. This will DEFINITELY brighten your day. Enjoy. #WorldBollardAssociation

Two #PhD positions likely soonish available in our research group in conservation biology at Universität Bern, Switzerland. #Grassland restoration. Spread widely and apply! #biodiversity #conservation Forum Biodiversität Schweiz Conservation Biology Conservation Evidence SCB Office français de la biodiversité

Cool paper on the excessive use, creation and derivatization of global maps in environmental sciences without much care for underlying uncertainties and error propagation. An important read that should make us all think. nature.com/articles/s4146…

An experiment conducted at 73 sites, covering a very wide range of grassland management intensity in the @BExplo_reseasearch shows that increasing plant species richness by seeding has only marginal effects on ecosystem functioning. OA in Journal of Ecology: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…