Full team in the #AgroForageTreeProject to count tree leaves and assess fodder yield before the grazing trials that are coming soon 🌳🍃🐄 #agroforestry @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch

🌳🍃🐄 Our fodder tree #hedgerows are doing well despite the #heat wave and #drought, not like #grasslands that already turned yellow few weeks ago. They are ready to be eaten by cows in the coming weeks. #agroforestry #AgroForageTreeProject @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch

Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social

🚨Journal of Ecology is seeking an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📈 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌷more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

🌳🍃🐄 On Wednesday afternoon, Julie Botzas-Coluni and I presented the #AgroForageTreeProject during one excursion of the #EURAF2026 conference in Neuchâtel🇨🇭 Despite the extremely hot weather, we had great discussions and knowledge exchange about fodder trees. @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch

2 X Scholarships in microbial ecology, soil health and crop disease management are available in our lab @uwanews The University of Western Australia. Both domestic and international candidates can apply More details & how to apply - visit web-link below researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/scholarships...

🥳 New paper out on #drought impacts on #grassland vegetation! @agroscope.bsky.social

🌽Plants use two strategies under low N: root expansion vs exudate-driven microbial recruitment. In maize, these shape distinct rhizosphere enzyme hotspots, with exudates playing a dominant role in microbiome assembly and N acquisition 👉️ buff.ly/KFoWlKH

🌧️Plant and soil elemental coupling respond to experimentally altered precipitation and root herbivory in an Australian grassland 👉️ buff.ly/OyDcO2b

🌳 Woodland landscapes with more edges and heterogeneous plots support higher specialist plant diversity, even when local edge effects are negative. Scale matters in fragmentation research 👉️ buff.ly/PQ3AuPO

📣 We're recruiting for an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📊 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌿 more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

🌿Using alpine grasslands along broad climatic gradients, it was shown that a shift in plant investment strategy from tall, resource-acquisitive vegetation at warmer, drier sites to short, more conservative vegetation at cold, wetter sites strongly regulates ecosystem C exchange 👉️ buff.ly/caovz0p

🌳Check Our new study based on ForestGEO and CForBio: Conserving plant diversity is critical for enhancing carbon sequestration and mitigating the effects of climatic conditions, particularly in cold climates and regions facing an increase in arid conditions.

🥳 New paper out on #drought impacts on #grassland vegetation! @agroscope.bsky.social

🌳🍃Our #fodder #tree hedgerows are growing well in the #AgroForageTreeProject @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #agroforestry

😎 Full team to collect samples for leaf functional traits measurements and species sorting in the #DryMountProject 🌱☀️ @emilieroinel.bsky.social

🎉 Happy International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia #IDAHOBIT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today, @emilieroinel.bsky.social presented the findings of her PhD on #drought resistant #forage mixtures to the farmers during the annual Spring Day of the Swiss #Grassland Society with more than 300 participants 🌱🇨🇭 #DryMountProject @agroscope.bsky.social

🌳🌱Continuying vegetation surveys along the fodder tree hedgerows in the #AgroForageTreeProject @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch #agroforestry

🌱 Subordinate grassland species enhance drought resistance by increasing belowground C allocation and N uptake, influencing microbial activity and soil functions 👉️ buff.ly/aXPsAfj

🏆We are excited to announce that the winner of the 2025 Harper prize is Jing Xiao! ⭐In the winning paper, Jing Xiao et al. provides a new tool for analysing biodiversity & advances theoretical understanding of large-scale diversity patterns across environmental gradients (1/4)

🚨We're accepting proposals for our latest Special Feature, "Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene" joint with @animalecology.bsky.social, @jappliedecology.bsky.social and @funecology.bsky.social! 🏔️Deadline to submit is 17 May. For more info 👉️ buff.ly/iNVgR40

🌱 Plant dominance can be predicted from soil water flow because root traits are conserved within species 👉️ buff.ly/g6pDmbd

🌱By surveying 55,311 plants for precise coordinate and height data on the Mongolian Plateau, researchers found the key driver of productivity shifts from species diversity to vertical & finally horizontal structure along the precipitation gradient 👉️ buff.ly/MctlU3J

🌳Climate-driven range shifts in alpine plants require recruitment beyond tree lines. For P. cembra, seed origin & maternal reproductive traits drive seedling establishment, potentially outweighing microclimate & maternal genetics @valgra.bsky.social @aaronkauffeldt.bsky.social 👉️ buff.ly/NyNPcJb

🍃In a 5-year grassland experiment with >2,000 leaf trait measurements, authors show that fast-growing species destabilize productivity and that trait differences drive species asynchrony in ways that change with species richness 👉️ buff.ly/TTcrmjw

🚨 New #agroforestry paper out @inrae-france.bsky.social & FiBL🚨 I am thrilled to share my latest paper "Seasonal dynamics of the nutritive value of temperate forage trees differ among species" 🌳🐄 10 years from field to print! Free access 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s104... 🧵 1/n

🌳🌱🍄‍🟫🪲🕷️🐜 This week we are sampling micro, meso and #macrofauna in our fodder #tree #hedgerows and in adjacent grazed #grassland to assess the impact of this #agroforestry system on #soil #biodiversity #AgroForageTreeProject @snsf.ch @agroscope.bsky.social

🌱 Our blog post discussing our recently published paper in @journalofecology.bsky.social is out! #Drought #SubordinateSpecies @albertocanarini.bsky.social Here is also the full paper in open access: shorturl.at/Gsilo

🥳👏 Very proud of @emilieroinel.bsky.social who won the prize for the best poster of her session at the #EGF2026 conference! @agroscope.bsky.social

The Grazing Systems group from @agroscope.bsky.social at the European Grassland Federation conference in Evora🇵🇹 #EGF2026 Caren Pauler @pierremariotte.bsky.social Lucia Mochi @emilieroinel.bsky.social Julie Botzas-Coluni

🌳🍃🐂🐐Lucia Mochi just gave a talk on the nutritional value of the encroaching #Alnus viridis shrub and its selection by #livestock (goats, Highland cattle, heifers of productive breeds) at the European Grassland Federation conference #EGF2026 #shrubencroachment @agroscope.bsky.social @snsf.ch

🌱🚜 Today I am presenting a poster at the European Grassland Federation conference in Evora🇵🇹 on the sum of temperatures as a decision-making tool for the #management of permanent #grasslands #EGF2026 @agroscope.bsky.social

🌳🍃🐄 Julie Botzas-Coluni just presented some results of the #AgroForageTreeProject at the European Grassland Federation conference in #Evora🇵🇹 #agroforestry #grasslands #EGF2026 @snsf.ch @agroscope.bsky.social

The @agroscope.bsky.social team at the European Grassland Federation conference in #Evora 🇵🇹 #EGF2026 #grasslands 🌱

🌱☀️ @emilieroinel.bsky.social is presenting the results of the #DryMountProject on drought-resistant forage mixtures at the #EGF2026 conference in Evora🇵🇹 @agroscope.bsky.social @jkloetzli.bsky.social

Fieldwork is starting in the #AgroForageTreeProject with vegetations surveys along the fodder tree hedgerows 🌱🌳🐐🫏 @snsf.ch @agroscope.bsky.social #agroforestry

🔥Boreal fungi recover very differently after fire vs. clear-cutting. Fires leave long-lasting deadwood that supports rich and red-listed species; clear-cuts do not. High deadwood + structural complexity are key, but old-growth remains irreplaceable 👉️ buff.ly/DLExOE9

🌿🌳Our new paper, led by the brillant @alyssakullberg.bsky.social, shows that trees acclimate to warming by preserving thermoregulation. Yet, with hot droughts, higher thermotolerance cannot compensate when hydraulic stress prevents leaf cooling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

🌱High AMF diversity no longer enhances multifunctionality under multiple global change factors but consistently promotes plant growth. 🔍 Article: buff.ly/NqSnlX3

🦗Insect herbivores promote plant species richness in restored grasslands in a long-term experiment. 🔍 Article: buff.ly/CwvQBpn

💧New study emphasises profound role of climate wetness in regulating the response of net primary productivity to N enrichment and reveals the different patterns of responses at the above- & below-ground levels 👉️ buff.ly/017vFTk

🧬Genomic life history traits deterministically predict how grassland communities reshuffle due to habitat loss and nutrient pollution. Irrespective of the considered global change driver: diploids decline, polyploids thrive! 👉️ buff.ly/0cjIOze

🗻 we're accepting proposals for a new Special Feature, "Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene", which will also be included in @funecology.bsky.social and @journalofecology.bsky.social 📩 submit your proposal before 17 May here: buff.ly/vBbRmgH

Great to see that the field site from our study is on the front cover of @journalofecology.bsky.social 🙂

⚠️ New paper out in @journalofecology.bsky.social Our study highlights the mechanisms associated with the stronger drought resistance of subordinate species in grasslands 🌱☀️ @albertocanarini.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

It turns out that drought and warming enhance the risk of nitrogen losses in intensively managed grasslands. Extensively managed ones, on the other hand, stay strong and stable! 😮‍💨Check our new publication rdcu.be/e88Cm @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social @pierremariotte.bsky.social

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

⚠️ New paper out in @journalofecology.bsky.social Our study highlights the mechanisms associated with the stronger drought resistance of subordinate species in grasslands 🌱☀️ @albertocanarini.bsky.social @andreasrichter.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

New paper from lab has mapped plant pathogen hotspots worldwide and revealed how soils naturally suppressed plant disease. Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com Dominance and natural suppression of bacterial plant pathogens across global soils led by Min Gao www.nature.com/articles/s41...