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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 17d

🌍 What a great week at #IMC2025 in Innsbruck! 🏔️

Proud to showcase our institute among outstanding #mountain scientists 🧠 with talks, posters, and sessions featuring several of our projects🎤📊

@imc2025.bsky.social @jseeber.bsky.social @msteinwandter.bsky.social

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · 24d

Well done to @nadinepraeg.bsky.social for presenting and promoting our review of #MountainSoilBiodiversity at the #IMC2025. 👏🙏
In collaboration with @gmba-ipo.bsky.social, we compiled a wealth of information on our knowledge of alpine soil biota. 🪴🦠🪱

Openly accessible here: doi.org/10.1111/brv....

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · 27d

Are you at #IMC25? Then come and join our session, we have great talks about mountain #soil #biodiversity ! imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

#IMC25 - FS 3.139: Mountain soil biodiversity

imc2025.info

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Georg Niedrist @gniedrist.bsky.social · Sep 12

Das Interesse am Klimathema geht zurück. Wie kann ich jetzt als Wissenschaftler kommunizieren?
Alternativen, Kritik etc. welcome...
(Danke an @martinangler.com für die Redaktion)

www.eurac.edu/de/blogs/con...

Klimakrise: Es ist alles gesagt. Oder?

Was kleine süße Hündchen mit der Regenbogenflagge und Taylor Swift zu tun haben? Nichts. Dies ist ein plumper Versuch, Interesse an einem weiteren Artikel über die Klimaerwärmung zu wecken. Wie sonst....

www.eurac.edu

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Georg Niedrist @gniedrist.bsky.social · Sep 3

Der erste Biodiversitätsreport für Südtirol ist da!
www.eurac.edu/de/magazine/...

Südtirols Artenvielfalt unter Druck

Südtirol beheimatet eine außergewöhnlich vielfältige Tier- und Pflanzenwelt. Doch Klimawandel, intensive Landwirtschaft und Siedlungsdruck gefährden diesen Reichtum zunehmend. Der Ergebnisbericht über...

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Soil BON Global @soilbon.bsky.social · Sep 1

Did you know that Soil BON has a ✨YouTube channel✨? 🤩

We do! Check out the channel for instructional videos of sampling protocols and COMING SOON... behind the scenes at Soil BON with our talented staff! @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/@SoilBONGlobal

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · Aug 8

What is living in (and on) alpine soils at 3100m in the European #Alps?

"Not too much"? Check out this sample.
A lot of critters (abundance) and also some larger larvae (Tipulidae) and some flying insects (biomass).

Very excited to sort out these #GLORIA samples from #SouthTyrol.

#AlpSoil_Lab

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Soil BON Global @soilbon.bsky.social · Aug 8

Julia Seeber and Michael Steinwandter found a way to protect their wood decompostion sticks for the Soil BON project from curious bovines by using poultry wire boxes. Brilliant! ✨🌱🐄✨

@jseeber.bsky.social @msteinwandter.bsky.social

Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jun 17

Protection of the woodsticks from nosy cows 🐮

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Enrico Tomelleri @etomelleri.bsky.social · Aug 4

Five years after VAIA:

– Norway spruce dominates regeneration (67%), but only 26% of plots meet targets.
– Browsing affects 25% of seedlings, especially Rowan, Willow, and Silver fir.

Management should promote species diversity and control browsing.

doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jul 13

ging uns gestern gleich….🥵

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ours doesn’t have one, I‘m not even sure if I want to see on paper how much time we spent at admin…

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Hannes Schuler @schulhans.bsky.social · Jun 23

A few days left to apply!

Hannes Schuler @schulhans.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚀 Join our research team at @unibz.bsky.social! We're seeking a postdoc to investigate #insect #symbionts of #barkbeetles and #psyllids.
More details here 👇
www.unibz.it/en/home/posi...
Please share!

Positions for Academic Staff | Plant pathology and entomology (Prof. Schuler, Hannes)

Competence Centre for Plant Health: Selection procedure for 1 research contract/s in the academic recruitment field 07/AGRI-05 (Plant pathology and entomology)

www.unibz.it

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · Jun 23

Unser Review über "Biodiversität in Bergböden oberhalb der Baumgrenze" im Newsroom der @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social 🤓

www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/

(Original: doi.org/10.1111/brv....)

mit @nadinepraeg.bsky.social , @jseeber.bsky.social , @fundivecol.bsky.social ‬, @gmba-ipo.bsky.social , and many more

Newsroom | Aktuelle Meldungen der Universität Innsbruck

Aktuelle Meldungen aus Wissenschaft und Forschung, Videos, Podcasts und Magazine der Universität Innsbruck. Lesen Sie mehr in unserem Newsroom!

www.uibk.ac.at

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Matteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · Jun 18

we are hiring!!! eurac.onboard.org/jobs/yek8X8mw

Junior Researcher to conduct passive acoustic monitoring and point count of birds

Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

eurac.onboard.org

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jun 17

beautiful alpine #soil at our sites at 2500 m

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jun 17

Protection of the woodsticks from nosy cows 🐮

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · Jun 17

Start of #SoilBON sampling in our alpine grassland sites ⛰️
@soilbon.bsky.social, @euracalpenv.bsky.social, @msteinwandter.bsky.social

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Soil Organisms Journal @soilorganismsj.bsky.social · May 23

What is needed to implement Soil Biodiversity Awareness in Germany? Willi Xylander and Frank Glante investigate in the latest issue of @soilorganismsj.bsky.social
Please repost! 🪱🌱🍄

doi.org/10.25674/458

Deficits, needs, solution attempts and transfer formats for implementing a “Soil Biodiversity Awareness” in Germany: – This paper is part of the special collection ‘Faktencheck Artenvielfalt’ ...

doi.org

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Julia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · May 15

It was quite a ride, but finally our review on #mountain #SoilBiodiversity is online 🥳 👇🏻

Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · May 15

NOW ONLINE at Biological Reviews!

Global review on "Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline" by @nadinepraeg.bsky.social, me, and many great #SoilBiodiversity researcher.

Free read and download at doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Here, a short thread 🧵 (1/4)

#UIBK #EuracResearch #UniGraz #GMBA

Screenshot of the cover page of the scientific review on "Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline" by Nadine Praeg and Michael Steinwandter and many co-authors.

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 7

📣We still have places available for the 2025 edition of the 'Lab Skills Course for Assessing Soil Functions'. 🪱🦠
A range of methods related to soil functions will be discussed and will provide practical training in a subset of measures. 🥼Link here: biosisplatform.eu/services/tra... 👈

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Soil Organisms Journal @soilorganismsj.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are #collembola #bioluminescent? They sure are!! 🤩
Can you capture this with a smart phone? You can! 😍

Atsuko Ohira & Taizo Nakamori show us in their latest paper in Soil Organisms. Check it out below!

soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

📢 Please repost 💚

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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Apr 24

🪱 How can we improve soil biodiversity monitoring across Europe?
The 2nd-year results of our pilot project are in, comparing traditional & eDNA methods:
www.biodiversa.eu/2025/04/22/s...

Soil pilot: Second year report

The second-year report from the soil monitoring pilot compares traditional vs. eDNA methods at a transnational scale...

www.biodiversa.eu

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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Apr 19

❄️ "Glacier fleas", ice-dwelling springtails, show surprising diversity. #Prioritice ( #BiodivProtect) found 5 new species in the Alps & Apennines, with some widespread and others narrowly endemic, raising conservation concerns due to warming.
doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...

doi.org

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Chiara Paniccia @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social · Apr 18

📢1 PhD position (3 yrs) @UniTrento on acoustic environments in mountains 🎶🏔️In collaboration with @EuracResearch & @UCL IEDE (London) – part of the “Soundscape for All” project, funded by HEAD-Genuit-Stiftung. Stay tuned & reach out if interested!
#PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · Apr 17

There are still some #GoodNews out there 🥳

It is a pleasure to accept your manuscript entitled "Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline" in its current form for publication in Biological Reviews.

Thanks to everyone involved!
Happy Easter holidays ✌️

#AlpSoil_Lab #GMBA #AlpineSoils

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