🌼New BE study: How do land use and changes in #plant communities affect floral morphology?🌺It shows that #land-use intensity directly influences flower display size, while variation in floral traits is driven mainly by changes in the surrounding plant community. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🌐

🌳🌲 Meet #ForMIX - this BE paper presents a new index to quantify #forest management intensity by combining #tree species composition, tree removal, #deadwood availability and stand maturity. ForMIX is usable, comparable, easy to apply & biologically meaningful. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🌐

Five inspiring days of science, collaboration, & exchange at #BE20conference! 🌱🔬 To celebrate 20 years of the Biodiversity Exploratories, researchers from around the world came together for keynotes, talks, workshops, discussions & an excursion to the Exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin. #Biodiversity

📊 New BE-study: #Plant functional diversity in #grasslands is scale-dependent. 🌱 Functional richness increases while divergence decreases from plots to farms. Hump-shaped grazing effects on richness at plot and farm scale. Key implications for conservation. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌐

Our colleague Viktoriia Radchuk has attended #BE20conference in Berlin last week and presented the #estar package to quantify stability across levels of organisation. Great conference, inspiring keynotes and ample time for interactions!👍 @bexplo.bsky.social

🌿 #BE20Conference: Excursion🚍-BE20Final day Our field excursion from Berlin to the Exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin offered valuable insights into biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and long-term ecological research. 🌱🌳 A great opportunity to connect science with real-world ecosystems. 🌍✨ #bexplo

Amazing experience last week at the BE20 conference in Berlin! I also presented my own work on silicon and calcium biomineralization trade-off in plants. Grateful for the discussions and connections with researchers from around the world.

News. Great plenary talks and sessions & posters on #BE20conference in #Berlin @bexplo.bsky.social

Attended the @bexplo.bsky.social conference last week. Presented my work on Variation in plant functional traits, part of @formula-research.bsky.social as a poster, at the conference. @joanabergmann.bsky.social @elsaelsam.bsky.social @janaduchoslavova.bsky.social @nahidrasa.bsky.social

📣 #BE20conference – Day 4 Final day of BE20 featured keynotes: Elizabeth Borer, Tim Newbold @tnewbold31.bsky.social&Kirsten Thornicke, parallel talks&closing remarks by Markus Fischer. Tomorrow’s excursion to Exploratory Schorfheide-Chorin concludes BE20! Thanks to everyone for an inspiring BE20!

📣 #BE20conference Poster Session The poster session provided participants the opportunity to explore current research projects, exchange ideas & engage in insightful discussions with the authors. A big thanks to all contributors for their inspiring posters & valuable scientific exchange.

📣 #BE20conference Exhibitors Our exhibitors @feda.bio, WiNoDa Knowledge Lab, @nordicoikos.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social, NFDI4 Biodiversity were sharing valuable insights with attendees. The exhibition area provided a great opportunity for networking & knowledge exchange. #BE20conference

📣#BE20conference: Day 3 We had inspiring keynote presentations from Helmut Hillebrand and Andrew Gonzalez, insightful talks, and engaging workshops throughout the day. The BE20 Dinner at Restaurant Nolle was the perfect way to end the day. Great discussions, valuable networking. #BE20conference

📣#BE20conference: Day 2 Today's program featured inspiring keynote talks by Richard Bardgett, @ducciorocchini.bsky.social and Rachael Winfree as well as workshops. Another day full of insightful discussions and new perspectives on biodiversity and ecological research. ✨ #bexplo #Biodiversity

The #BE20conference officially kicked off with a great welcome session led by Markus Fischer. A fantastic start to what promises to be an inspiring event filled with great keynotes, discussions, exciting workshops and networking. Looking forward to the days ahead! ✨ #bexplo #biodiversity

We’re excited to welcome all participants to Berlin on Monday. 📍 Registration opens at 1:00 PM. You can download the BE20 Book of Abstracts&the excursion guide on our website✨ 📸 Use #BE20conference and tag us. We wish everyone safe travels & look forward to inspiring discussions & exciting insights.

📢 New BE-study on #decomposition in #forests 🌳 Carrion decomposes up to 90× faster than leaf litter & #deadwood. Arthropods drive decomposition; canopy openness alters effects across substrates. ForMI showed no impact. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sebseibold.bsky.social

🌿 BE20 Keynote Speaker Line-up 🌍🎤 We are thrilled to welcome an outstanding group of international scientists and researchers to the BE20 Conference as our keynote speakers. ✨ #BE20conference

📢 BE 20 Conference Update The current program has been revised, and the sessions — including their respective chairs — are now available. ✨ Registration is still open — we look forward to welcoming many participants and exciting contributions. More infos: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

🔈New BE study: #plant traits shape plant tissue nutrients, while #land-use intensity and #soil properties drive rhizosphere nutrient distribution and #microbes. 🦠 Above- and belowground processes are largely decoupled in #grasslands.🌱 🔗 bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌐

Even though the abstract submission deadline has passed, registration for conference attendance is OPEN! 🎉 We’re currently assembling an exciting program with nearly 80 talks on #biodiversity and #ecosystems and inspiring international keynote speakers 🗣️ Looking forward to exchange ideas with you!

Biodiversity Exploratories@bexplo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Last chance! 🚨 Submit your abstract for our #BE20conference — deadline is TOMORROW! ⏳ Even if you don’t submit an abstract, you can still register after the deadline. Don’t miss it — we can’t wait to see you in Berlin!🌐

Building rain shelters for the new BEClimWood experiment in Hainich. Pretty exhausted but super happy with the work we did! The ground covered in wild garlic and wood anemone, birds chirping everywhere. Can't wait sampling for DeMoLD, investigating deadwood degradation dynamics! @bexplo.bsky.social

🚨 New BE paper on #forest #microclimates!🌲 Across 11 years and 149 plots in Germany, variability was driven mainly by precipitation and outside temperatures -not by low- to medium-intensity timber harvest. #Climate extremes may pose the greatest #biodiversity risk.🌐 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Impacts of forest management on the inter-annual variability of forest microclimate - European Journal of Forest Research

The microclimatic conditions within forests have great importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Consequently, understanding how management and associated changes in forest structure driv...

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📣 A new chapter for the Exploratories! We’ve moved from Senckenberg Nature Research @sgn.one to TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social. With Phase 8, Nico Blüthgen takes over scientific leadership—many thanks to Markus Fischer for building and shaping the Exploratories. Updated contacts on our website.

🚨 Last chance! 🚨 Submit your abstract for our #BE20conference — deadline is TOMORROW! ⏳ Even if you don’t submit an abstract, you can still register after the deadline. Don’t miss it — we can’t wait to see you in Berlin!🌐

Biodiversity Exploratories@bexplo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Good news! ✨ The deadline has been extended – you can still submit your abstract and secure the early-bird rate. Look forward to inspiring keynote speakers and join us for an excursion to the Exploratorium Schorfheide-Chorin! 🌱🌿 Share the news with your scientific community. #BE20conference #🌐

Open postdoc position on genetic diversity in our groups at the Institute for Evolution and Ecology @unituebingen.bsky.social ! 🧬🌱🦋More info in the link ⬇️ @bexplo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social #biodiversity #genetics #evolution #conservation uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Accounting for spatial interactions in the upscaling of ecosystem services. Led by Lari Boesing. A how to guide to upscaling ES, particularly those driven by the movement of matter and mobile organisms besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

FINDING THE BIG PICTURE FOR GENETIC DIVERSITY! We are offering a 2-year POSTDOC JOB to work on genetic diversity synthesis & metrics across species, as part of a larger @bexplo.bsky.social project on multi-species genetic diversity. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social

First week of fieldwork this year successfully completed! We've been extremely lucky with this nice spring weather while taking the first samples from the new BEClimWood experiment in Hainich at the @bexplo.bsky.social Big thanks again to this great team! First 🌷 were also popping up everywhere

Good news! ✨ The deadline has been extended – you can still submit your abstract and secure the early-bird rate. Look forward to inspiring keynote speakers and join us for an excursion to the Exploratorium Schorfheide-Chorin! 🌱🌿 Share the news with your scientific community. #BE20conference #🌐