New paper out on community ecology of parasitoids and their hosts 🪲🐝🪰🕷️
Great work led by Lisa Obwegs
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social

Balancing bats and agriculture: Investigating the effects of agricultural management practices on bat species diversity in mountain ecosystems Changes in agricultural land use and farming practices have been recognized as significant drivers of biodiversity loss, especially when they involve …

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

Event: Connecting people, technology, and data for biodiversity monitoring Biodiversa+ is thrilled to announce its first “Biodiversity monitoring science fair”, taking place in Barcelona on 21 and 22 May...

📢 Save the date for our 1st Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair! Online, 21-22 May. Connect with R&I, policy & business to explore the future of monitoring: tech sessions (eDNA, bioacoustics, remote sensing), project showcases, interactive talks, & more!

BEEhold - South Tyrol’s wild bees: biodiversity on display The BEEhold project celebrates the diversity and importance of South Tyrol’s wild bees.

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

Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies Understory is a key component of forest biodiversity. The structure of the forest stand and the horizontal composition of the canopy play a major role…

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,...

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

New distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee database Throughout South Tyrol, in northern Italy, there is a data deficiency relating to wild bee species pool. Here, we present significant findings from the collection of 3,313 wild bees gathered over two ...

🐝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....

erleichtert, dass der Spuk vorbei ist 🫡 orf.at/live/5463-Ko...

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

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.

Strumigenys baudueri: an ant documented in South Tyrol for the first time Eurac Research’s Institute for Alpine Environment has documented the ant, Strumigenys baudueri for the first time in South Tyrol. The finding makes one wonder how much more there is to discover, even....

📣 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/...

find the animal (Chorthippus sp. I guess)

Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy

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...

Researcher for bird habitat modeling Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

Are you interested in a habitat mapping project for bird species in a mountain environment? 🐦⛰️
and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our
@euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here:
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...

An inset with a blue snoot, bluish legs, yellowish coloring on the body, and blue wings with green patches toward the body, and yellow patches with with dots transitioning to dark yellow veins with dark patches at the end. It is standing on a mottled log with dark greens in the background.

Fulgorid planthopper from the Amazon rainforest. I like how this one has what looks like a picture of islands surrounded by water on its wings.
(Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
#ArtAdventCaledar

A cushion of low-statured Leucogenes grandiceps in front of a snow-capped mountain in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

A vegetation survey plot with flowers and small rocks in Val Müschauns, Swiss National Park, Grisons, Switzerland

A snow-covered mountain plateau landscape at Hochschwab, Styria, Austria

Late-evening sunrays between the clouds and a mountain range seen from Murtaröl at Swiss National Park, Grisons, Switzerland

Happy #InternationalMountainDay 🏔️
Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out!
I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places.

📚 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...

please spread the voice!

🥁 Ecologist working in mountains: We still have spots in the Mountain Ecology Starter Pack for Scientists working on various aspects of Mountain Ecology ⛰️ 🏞️🌄 👇. Let me know if you would like to be included. 🌎 🧪 🌐
go.bsky.app/V5Ydank

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„Renaturierung“ ist Wort des Jahres 2024 Die Gesellschaft für Österreichisches Deutsch in Graz hat „Renaturierung“ zum Wort des Jahres 2024 gekürt. Zum Unwort des Jahres wurde „Volkskanzler“, „heast“ gewann in der Jugendwort-Kategorie.

"Renaturierung" is Austrian word of the year 💪 @lgewessler.bsky.social steiermark.orf.at/stories/3284...

A few more oak treehopper photos because they are my fav. I named this mama “Oakley.” Here you can see the development of her colony from newly laid eggs to second instar nymphs. Look at the size difference between mama and her babies. 😍

talk about a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social pilot study from @jseeber.bsky.social at #Eubireco showing how difficult it will be, to establish a European soil biodiversity monitoring scheme based on eDNA

great talk of @msteinwandter.bsky.social at #Eubireco conference in Bozen/Bolzano!

Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

We are hiring !! Eurac Research is looking for a motivated Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement to work on two European projects, RESPOnD & TRANSFOrm.🍇🍎🍐🐝🪶
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…

Fiasko in jeder Hinsicht, für alle Beteiligten
www.rainews.it/tgr/tagessch...

"Der Straßenbau soll dabei nicht zu kurz kommen. Denn irgendwo müssten die Autos neuer Technologie ja fahren, wie der ÖVP-Chef anmerkte."
ein absurderes Argument für Straßenbau kann man sich kaum vorstellen. Virus Auto wird virulent. #nehammer #austria #oevp

wichtig!!!

ich hoffe, der WaltherPark wird noch rechtzeitig fertig... Bauruine im Bozner Zentrum wäre nicht so prickelnd

bluesky post nr 1, is .... a plant photo (what else)