Urban weedy plantains (Plantago spp.) do not hyperaccumulate heavy metals nor shelter their soil microarthropod communities from these metals Heavy metal hyperaccumulation by plants is a powerful tool in phytoremediation, where plants store heavy metals in large amounts in their aboveground …

My first PhD chapter is OUT (for free for 44 days, Elsevier 😔)! See what's up in urban plant ecological response to metals and their soil critter communities! 🌱🐜🌆

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Nice tip from Charlene Janion-Scheepers, #SoilMesofauna expert from #SouthAfrica during their great talk at the #ICSZ2024 #Conference:

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Ascent to our snowbed sampling sites in the European Central Alps.

One of our snowbeds at 2700m, with cages protecting the flora from grazing sheep.

A soil ecologist taking suction samples to collect ground-dwelling soil mesofauna.

Detailed view on the suction sampling.

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!

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