New study led by iDiv, SENCKENBERG and Universität Kiel CAU 🎓 shows: biodiversity is positively related to mental health. The higher the number of plant and bird species in a region, the healthier the people who live there. idiv.de/biodiversity-m… Aletta Bonn Katrin Böhning-Gaese Dr Melissa Marselle

Our food supply depends on pollination not just from honey bees, but from wild bees too. @msuberrybugs explains the wonders of wild bees and why we should care about declining wild and honey bee populations. #SpartansWill #SpartanInsects

Happy National Native Plant Month! Native plants are vital for our pollinators. Check out these plants and pollinators Oakland University. #NativePlantMonth

I am pleased to know that Emily Dickinson appreciated dandelions as do I and wild bees. #shoutingFlower

Puzzled about how best to measure microclimate temperature? Our paper just out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution gives guidance and explains the major potential pitfalls of using e.g. iButtons doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

I spotted a Hobomok Skipper today and Wild Geranium, which happens to be one of its favorite nectaring plants. #springvibes #getoutside

Pootling around the web trying to understand the difference between inter- & trans-disciplinary projects I came across a handy sketch by Alexander Refsum Jensenius which helped, and hope might be helpful to others, so I'm posting here. Blog @ arj.no/2012/03/12/dis… @engaged_art Alli Jackson

How does temperature determine bee flight endurance? Check out our research using flight mills to reveal thermal performance curves of bumblebees of varied body sizes. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… This is Danny Kenna’s (@thebeemumbler) 2nd PhD publication – big congrats!!

We had a great time in the French Alps, doing as many 15-min counts as possible. Such counts (in which we know the effort in time and length/area) are much more valuable than opportunistic records. More info on 15-min counts on butterfly-monitoring.net/ebms-app

Our newest book “Common Bees of Eastern North America” comes out later this month. To celebrate we decided to give some books away. #giveaway How to enter: 1. follow us on twitter 2. retweet this announcement We will select a winner in 1 week (Wednesday September 15th).

Pollination advantage of rare plants unveiled nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Cultivar Series is a continuously growing collection of photographs that reveal the mind-boggling diversity of crops by German photographer @uliwestphal Discover more 👉buff.ly/2WDEJ1y

New research in Nature Communications: Large-scale field study in Germany shows contrasting response of insect biomass and richness to climate and land use. Urbanization and agriculture as major drivers of insect decline Zoology III Würzburg bayklif #LandKlif nature.com/articles/s4146…

During early #COVID19 #lockdowns people worldwide resorted to #urban #gardening to cope. Here's our #bigdata analysis in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment w BrendaLinScientist Monika Egerer Dr Yotti Kingsley @yottikingsley.bsky.social et al + UCDavisPlants CSIRO What can we do after COVID for urban greening? doi.org/10.1002/fee.24…

New paper to share! How mycorrhizae and herbivores affect floral volatiles and floral microbiomes🐛🌸🦠. Great team work with Rob Whyle @dr_tialynn @maryajamieson @holdenarboretum Get Your PhD @PittBioSci @OaklandBiology academic.oup.com/hr/article/doi…

Taking advantage of data from a public habitat mapping program in Hamburg, a new study examines gains & losses of habitats & the species that live in them doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4… #HabitatChange #OpenAccess @LinaLuttgert Helge Bruelheide Florian Jansen ARK Universität Halle (inaktiv) iDiv Biodiversity Research