We present fine-scale habitat requirements of the critically endangered Barred Warbler (Curruca nisoria) at the edge of its breeding range in the Italian Alps 🏔️. 🔬 Learn how hedgerows, bush cover & slope drive occurrence and what this means for habitat conservation 👉 doi.org/10.1002/2688...

A handful of soil contains more organisms than humans on Earth – from bacteria & nematodes to insects & spiders. This diversity is fundamental for ecosystems. Check out the video in our online magazine, where Julia Plunger explains why soil biodiversity matters and how we study it.

Happy World Soil Day! 🌍🪱 A handful of soil holds more organisms than Earth has people. These invertebrates keep ecosystems functioning and our planet alive. Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol (BMS) is financed by Province of Bolzano & Land Südtirol. www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

🌍 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

📢 new study Species-specific thresholds boost #BirdNET ’s precision in passive acoustic monitoring of Alpine #birds. 🐦🦅 🗒️ First open list of 72 thresholds for #Europe - replicable tool for #biodiversity surveys in complex landscapes.👂 #bioacoustics #research read more: ℹ️ tinyurl.com/acustics

New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt Exploring #hymenopteran #parasitoid communities & their hosts: comparative study of farmland & semi-natural ecotones with focus on #pentatomoids doi.org/10.1111/afe.70009 @jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

🕊️ Alpine farmland is losing its biodiversity. New research shows: ✅ Natural habitats & habitat diversity help #birds thrive ❌ Intensification fragments landscapes & harms ecosystems 🌍 #Conservation must scale across landscapes 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je... @step-roilo.bsky.social @mattande.bsky.social

📢 Wild #bees thrive in biodiverse mountain farms! 🐝🐝 Zanini et al. found that #multidiversity boosts pollination, buffering #climate impacts. 🌤️🌱🐝 Find out more here: 🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... @mdainese.bsky.social, @mattande.bsky.social, @eliaguariento.bsky.social & more

📢 COME WORK WITH US 📢 The call for applications to the PhD program at UniTrento DICAM, which includes a position on the "Soundscape for all", is now online! ⛰️🎵🐦 lnkd.in/dr9Mnpra 🗓️Deadline: August 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM

🚨 Hiring: Biodiversity Monitoring Officer (Full-time | Bolzano) Join Biodiversa+ & @euracalpenv.bsky.social to build an EU-wide biodiversity monitoring network and work with leading institutions to bridge science & conservation policy. ⏳ Apply by 31 July! More info: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/XGJ2xrGM

We’re thrilled to share that @mattande.bsky.social has won the prestigious Stefan M. Gergely Prize! 🏆 Awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) for outstanding research on biodiversity and ecosystems. Big congrats, Matteo! 👏🌿 📸 ÖAW / D. Hinterramskogler

Scientific Workshop Quantification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Agriculture and Forestry 🌳🌱 Excellent speakers from @euracalpenv.bsky.social, FiBL, @thuenen.de & WU Vienna Join us: 27 June 2025 in Vienna and online 🫴 bab.gv.at/index.php?op... @bokuvienna.bsky.social @bmluk.gv.at

Today is #worldbeeday 🐝 Read here about the work we do on #wildbees: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/... @euracalpenv.bsky.social

📢fresh out of the press: a first global analysis of published research on #cryptogams, #microorganisms, and #fauna in #mountain #soils above the treeline, and a structured synthesis of current knowledge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is the result of >2.5 years of collaborative effort led by @gmba-ipo.bsky.social mountain soil biodiversity working group lead @msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @jseeber.bsky.social @fundivecol.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy

New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄 Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social

Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎 blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...

📢New study on forest-grassland ecotone expansion in the Eastern #Alps! 🌲 Using the iLand model💻, we explore how land-use abandonment & #climatechange impact #forests, disturbances & species shifts. 🔗 @marco-mina.bsky.social @edfm-tum.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @unibz.bsky.social

500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. 🐝 To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity: beehold.eurac.edu/en

We linked canopy structure 🌲📸 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory #plantdiversity 🌱 in forest plots. Our findings show canopy #photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forests. @marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...

#Microplastics have been found in almost all environmental spheres! In this #study, @DahmsHeinrich & the Departm. of Zoology at the Uni of Johannesburg investigated #microplastics in a transboundary river system of multiple African nations. 🌍 ➡️: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com

Our researchers @msteinwandter.bsky.social, @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social & @eliaguariento.bsky.social have found three specimens of the Eurasian pygmy shrew in South Tyrol at over 3,000 meters a.s.l.. This #discovery marks a European #record! 🏆 📰: eurac.edu/de/press/eur... Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi

Death is not the opposite of life, but part of it. #Decay and regeneration work hand in hand. Our newly published article examines how dead #wood is vital to life in a #forest. Read the full article here: eurac.edu/en/magazine/... Ph: A de Giovanni / Eurac Research #biodiversity

🐝Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their #distribution. Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝 🔎Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

📣Save the date: LTER Austria and LTER Italy members are convening a workshop on "Strengthening long-term socio-ecological research in mountain LTSER platforms" at #imc25 from September 14-18, 2025 in Innsbruck. We are looking foreward to your contributions! For more information 👇

Der "Köstlichste" ist Streuobstsorte des Jahres 2025! 🍎 Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus.

#IMC2025📍 Innsbruck, 14-18 Sep 2025 🌍Submit abstracts for the focus session (FS 3.137) "The aquatic biodiversity of mountain waterscapes" 🌊⛰️ 📅 Deadline: 20 Feb 2025 🌐 Details: shorturl.at/yH0DT #stream #Biodiversity #Mountains #water

#IMC2025📍 Innsbruck, 14-18 Sep 2025 🌍Submit abstracts for the focus session (FS 3.149) "Mountain regions as key biodiversity observatories – challenges & solutions in times of global changes" 📅 Deadline: 20 Feb 2025 🌐 Details: shorturl.at/uL0Am #Biodiversity #Mountains @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social

Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio... @msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social

📣New paper on "Short-term impact of low air pressure on plants’ #functionaltraits" 🌱🪴 by Silvia Lembo et al. conducted in the #climate #simulation center 🌐TerraXcube w/ @gniedrist.bsky.social, @nadinepraeg.bsky.social, @fwf-at.bsky.social and many more ℹ️have a read: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

📣New paper alert: Understanding the long-term dynamics of #vegetation🌱 since 1953 in high-mountain regions by @KRamskogler, @LéonLepesant, @erichtasser with #Sehag & #Nationalpark Stilfserjoch/Stelvio. 📜 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Great News: Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol! 🔎Find out more below ⬇️ and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

Orchard meadows in South Tyrol have decreased by over 95% since the 1950s due to agricultural intensification, urbanization, and reforestation. 🌳🍎🍐 Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱 🔎Read more about the topic here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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📚 Proud to announce that our botanist Roberto Dellavedova co-authored "FLORA ENDEMICA nel Nord Italia" - the first atlas of endemic plants covering the entire Alps! Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry! fondazionemcr.it/events_detai...