Nooit te jong om te leren: wat doet een ecoloog. Met in de hoofdrol onze collega Robin Lexmond 🦋 npo.nl/start/afspel...

Methaan is een krachtig broeikasgas, en een deel van de uitstoot komt uit een bron die lang minder aandacht kreeg: onze binnenwateren (sloten, meren en rivieren). In het wetenschapsprogramma Focus volgt presentator Petra Grijzen het spoor van methaan.

🚨 Paper Alert! 📢We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, “Identifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)

New paper alert! 🚨 RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina Luévano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters. Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Onderzoek van onze afdeling in de spotlight! 🌾 De “future dikes” combineren waterveiligheid met biodiversiteit - een duurzaam ontwerp voor de toekomst. Lees meer: 👉 www.intonijmegen.com/blijf-op-de-...

Gefeliciteerd aan Joost Vogels met het succesvol verdedigen van zijn proefschrift cum laude, getiteld “Out of Balance: A Stoichiometric Perspective on Heathland Biodiversity Loss.” Lees hier een interview met Joost over zijn onderzoek 👇 www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/ook-i...

Kom kijken in ons Kassencomplex en de proeftuin! In ons kassencomplex wordt veel onderzoek gedaan, bv naar het effect van klimaatverandering op planten of naar bestuiving door insecten.

There have been some busy bees 🍯in the department! Judith van der Knaap and colleagues published a paper in Ecosystems about the contribution of drainage ditches to greenhouse gas emissions in drained peatlands here in the Netherlands. Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our paper on the Library of Identification Resources is out! In it, we describe how and why to record publications for the taxonomic identification of organisms in a FAIR database, and how to query that data to find applicable resources for an insect or a plant in NW Europe. doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Paper alert! 🚨 Check out: "Lines in the landscape" published in Nature Communications with contributions from our very own Judith van der Knaap, Sarian Kosten, and Quinten Struik! www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Today (August 27, 2025) is the inaugural United Nations World Lake Day. Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds are essential in ensuring global water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and other services. Find here a recent news story featuring department researchers: www.tubantia.nl/video/produc...

Paper alert! PhD student Yvet Telgenkamp and colleagues measured Sphagnum carpet subsidence in a long-term vascular plant removal experiment at Store Mosse National Park in Sweden. They found that vascular plants provide scaffolding for Sphagnum moss. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Funding granted to create SMART experimental hub for aquatic-processes! What if you connect the best aquatic facilities in the Netherlands, and add data scientists? See: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/over-eu21-million-awarded-for-projects-in-scientific-infrastructure (1/5)

Wilco Verberk recently joined an episode of the Big Biology podcast discussing heat tolerance in insects, fish, and other ectothermic animals and how collecting and sharing trait data is important to inform and implement predictive models. Tune in! bigbiology.substack.com/p/feel-the-h...

José Paranaíba, Quinten Struik, Sarian Kosten, and colleagues published a study measuring C accumulation in the sediments of Lake Berendonck, a nearby human-made lake. They found the lake has a C storage potential, even comparable to some temperate forests! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Looking for some inspiring reading after the long weekend? 🐣🐇 Adam Koks and colleagues from the ecology department and B-ware recently published a study in which they investigated ways to mitigate the toxicity of bicarbonate for Sphagnum mosses. Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Ditches and canals in the climate spotlight! 🌊 This week, our colleagues Sofia Baliña, Jose Reinaldo Paranaíba, Quinten Struik, Judith van der Knaap, and Sarian Kosten participated in the symposium "Towards net zero: accounting for and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from ditches and canals."

Department researchers Caspar Hallmann, Eelke Jongejans, Henk Siepel and Hans de Kroon along with colleagues from Germany recently published a study in Nature demonstrating that climate change alone cannot explain declines in insect biomass. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our colleague Bjorn Robroek co-authored a recently published study in Nature Climate Change discussing the role of photosynthetic microbes in peatland carbon dynamics. 🦠 Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨Senatoren, doe het niet! Vandaag debatteert de Eerste Kamer over de desastreuze bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap. Bezuinigingen die iedereen zullen raken: van studenten tot onderzoekers, medewerkers, het bedrijfsleven en de samenleving als geheel. Doe het niet! 🟥

New paper! Comparative morphology of the larval stages of Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with special reference to those in the Netherlands (doi.org/10.1163/2211...) larsgw.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-...

Paper alert! Department researchers (Judith van der Knapp, Jose Reinaldo Paranaíba, Sarian Kosten, and Quinten Struik) collaborated with colleagues abroad on a project assessing the importance of ditches and canals on global N2O and CO2 budgets. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Yesterday department researchers installed equipment to measure greenhouse gas emissions in a small lake largely covered by floating solar panels. The goal is to unravel the effects of floating solar on aquatic greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to #Solinor for facilitating this research!

Paper Alert! PhD candidate Rosa Boone and colleagues recently published work in Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. They explored the potential of microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (mVOCs) as biomarkers along a land use extensification gradient. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking for a postdoc? PostDoc position within HABITRACK project open. Apply with Radboud University to analyse tracking data and make a difference in EU bird conservation! www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Applications due April 20th.

New paper out in Applied Soil Ecology! Joren Bruggink, Marie-Charlott Petersdorf, Wilco Verberk, and Henk Siepel investigated the effects of soil age and phosphate content on the microarthopod community composition in 32 Dutch forests. Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper out in Restoration Ecology! Gabrielle Quadra and colleagues investigated the effects of fluctuations in the water table on the establishment of multiple Sphagnum species at a paludiculture site in Germany. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New year, new opportunities! The Radboud University Department of Ecology is excited to join the conversation at Blue Sky. Follow for department news, research updates, and nice pictures from the field! Shown here: Store Mosse National Park, Sweden.