G4B: Grasslands for biodiversity
@g4biodiv.bsky.social
Devoted to the project funded by Biodiversa+: G4B: Grasslands for biodiversity: supporting the protection of the biodiversity-rich grasslands and related management practices in the Alps and Carpathians www.grass4b.com
A great pleasure to present at the 1st WSL–Eawag Biodiversity Research Day our latest G4B (www.grass4b.com) project results: 10m resolution grassland management mapping efforts over the Alps and Carpathians. @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @g4biodiv.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu
Have you ever faced challenges analysing vegetation surveys collected from different plot areas? We published a new paper on harmonising vegetation surveys across various plot areas. @marcobarandun.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @agroscope.bsky.social
Check the new paper describing the role of livestock and traditional management practices in maintaining grassland diversity in the Carpathians 🐑 🏵️ 🌱 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @biodiversa.eu @g4biodiv.bsky.social
In the last two weeks, our G4B project (www.grass4b.com) had wide coverage (8! presentations) at two important events: the IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress and Forum Carpaticum 2025. @euracalpenv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu 👇
🦬European #bison are Europe’s largest surviving herbivore – but would there be space for large bison populations in Central Europe? New paper addressing this question led by Hendrik Bluhm 👉 just out in Biological Conservation! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding
⚛️Exciting scientific opportunities available at our G4B partner institution!
Tobias Kuemmerle@tkuemmerle.bsky.social · last yr.A bit more context on the two professorships that we are currently advertising: - Human Geography and Global Transitions - Geography of Global Environmental Change haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/... @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Deadline abstract submission: March 14, 2025 Join us at IALE 2025 iale2025.sav.sk within two sessions closely related to our G4B project: S3G–Interdisciplinary Responses: Perspectives for Grassland Research and Conservation Projects S4G–Remote Sensing of the Grassland-Dominated Landscapes
It's amazing to see how much landscapes changed. In the G4B project, we strongly believe that the biodiversity of grasslands depends on the past legacies of land-use management. We look at historical maps, satellites & aerial imagery, landscape changes 🗺️, and relate them to grassland diversity.
Speaking about the grassland diversity, how it really looks like? This timelapse gives some insights from a hotspot in the Carpathians. (author V. Sifra). Few more timelapses at our G4B project website: www.grass4b.com @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social
Productive discussions on G4B grassland habitat and diversity remote sensing and protection with our partners at Humboldt University today. #G4B @g4biodiv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Landscape structure is important for allowing #megafauna to share space with people – even in one of Europe's ‘wildest’ regions! New paper out Biological Conservation by Gabri Retez: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #Rewilding @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social
A new paper, also based on data collected within the G4B project, co-authored by Erich Tasser, describes the complex shifts in the species composition of grassland ecosystems in European mountain areas over 70 years as a result of climate and land-use change. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
