How are Pacific NW mountain birds responding to climate change? I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out. but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible" new paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 Join our SOIL FAUNA session at EGU2026! Excited to team up with Dmytro Monoshyn, Marion Mittmannsgruber & Gerrit Angst. Looking forward to catching up, or getting to know you and your work! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌

🌍 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

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....

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

A few days left to apply!

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

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

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

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

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

📣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... 👈

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 💚

🪱 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...

❄️ "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/...

📢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

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

Just out in scientific data: StoichLife: A Global Dataset of Plant and Animal Elemental Content - 28,049 records from 5,876 species from terrestrial, freshwater, and marine realms. Led by Angelica Gonzalez and Olivier Dezerald. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idiv-research.bsky.social #sBIOMAPS

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ein unaufgeregter Text, subtil, emotional berührend, nie moralisierend. Ein wirklich sehr gutes Buch ist Susanne Gregor mit "Halbe Leben" gelungen. Absolute Leseempfehlung #lesen

Interested in applying for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at @euracalpenv.bsky.social ?

If: - you are a #mountainbiodiversity scientist - you are working on #soils species - you have not yet submitted an abstract to present at @imc2025.info then: you have 2 days left to write up your abstract for session FS 3.139: Mountain soil biodiversity imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

Deadline February 20, 4 p.m. 👇🏻

Tracking pieces of the local Biodiversity Crisis (South Tyrol): 1. Drastic loss of traditional extensive meadow orchards 🍎 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2. Intensive apple orchards host a fraction of biodiversity 🌳 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

🧬 Catch up on #eDNA for biodiversity monitoring! Our webinar recording is now available. Learn about using eDNA in soil, marine & freshwater environments! https://www.biodiversa.eu/2025/01/15/webinar-edna-in-biodiversity-monitoring/

Zu Weihnachten das tolle Buch von @klenkflorian.bsky.social bekommen und schon gelesen. Einen Fakt zum Thema #Regenwürmer, der mich schon im Podcast gestört hat, möchte ich aber gerne richtigstellen: Regenwürmer kommen bei Regen nicht aus ihren Röhren, weil sie Angst vor dem Ertrinken haben,...

Happy World Soil Day 2024 🦠🪱🍄🪲🐜🕷️ We are looking forward to your exciting research on Soil Biology. Please find the newest research in our December issue shorturl.at/lD2Cm

This channel will be dedicated to showcasing YOUR groundbreaking research! Stay tuned for the latest articles on the fascinating world of life in soil. In the meantime, explore our webpage for more insights. We can't wait to see your latest discoveries! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/euro...

We need much more data on invertebrates living in high mountain soils! Great talk by @msteinwandter.bsky.social about the extended #Gloria protocol to include invertebrates in their monitoring. #EuBiReCo in Bozen/Bolzano.

You are interested in research in mountain regions and on mountain topics? 🏔️ Then consider joining and participate at the INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE 2025 #IMC2025 in #Innsbruck, #Tyrol, #Austria. To stay informed, join the newsletter! eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

NEW PAPER OUT! Matteo Dainese led this review about “Global change experiments in mountain ecosystems”. Have a look at it, download and read it, it is #OpenAccess and for free ;) 📄 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Mountains #AlpineEcology #Ecotron #GlobalChange #Biodiversity

Nice tip from Charlene Janion-Scheepers, #SoilMesofauna expert from #SouthAfrica during their great talk at the #ICSZ2024 #Conference: "BUY" one hectare of Marion Island (sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean) to save the island's #seabirds from a mice invasion. Check out here: mousefreemarion.org/donate/

What an intensive week of #alpine #SoilBiodiversity sampling. Despite being holidays in 🇮🇹, we climbed up #mountains in 🇦🇹 in the #NationalParkHoheTauern for our #SnowBeds project (w/ @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social & @unibern.bsky.social). Such a great view 😎 #AlpSoil_Lab #EuracResearch #NPHT #AlpFor

Nicht wirklich eine Neuigkeit, aber es ist immer wieder erschreckend, den Gletscherschwund so direkt zu sehen. Zwischen den 2 Bildern des Großvenedigers liegen nur 2 Jahre, jetzt gibt‘s einen See mit Eisschollen. #Gletscherschwund #Klimawandel

Parallel to other #SoilEcology project, we at the #AlpSoil_Lab of #EuracResearch started with the #SnowBed project to sample #SoilMesofauna in #alpine environment. Late this year but it is sunny up there! #SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER

What an adventure 🤠 We as #AlpSoil_Lab from @euracalpenv.bsky.social set up our highest pitfall traps yet at high #alpine sites at 3300m and 3100m. These #GLORIA sites are quite steep and challenging to reach, but I can't wait to see the #soilfauna living up there 🔍 #SoilScience #SoilBiodiversity

Every year it’s a pleasure to teach the Alpine Animal Ecology course in Obergurgl and the beautiful Rotmoos Valley.

What do we know about soil biodiversity in mountains? @msteinwandter.bsky.social presents our #GMBA review #WorldBiodiversityForum2024 ⛰️

Presenting the Biodiversa+ soil pilot at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos. We compared traditional and eDNA methods to assess soil biodiversity in forests.

#AlpSoil_Lab field work day 🤠 Despite a rainy start, the weather was quite friendly up at 2500m at @euracalpenv.bsky.social 's #LTSER site Matsch/Mazia in #Vinschgau, #SouthTyrol, #Italy Checked some #SoilTemp loggers for fresh #alpine soil temperature data from our (dry) grassland spots.

Today @nadinepraeg.bsky.social rocked the floor at the #IUSS2024 #SoilScience #Conference speaking about the #microbiome in #soils and different organisms interacting with soil such as #SoilFauna and mammals. A collaboration of @euracalpenv.bsky.social, @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social , & #FEM (Trentino)