Our in-house press team at Eurac Magazine published an article about the soil biology research of @jseeber.bsky.social and myself where we focus on alpine environments. Check it out: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/... (available in German, Italian, and English) #SoilBiodiversity #SoilScience #SoilFauna

Increase of forest disturbances in Europe in the 21st century 🔥🌲🪲 New paper out in @science.org on continental-scale simulations trained on local models shows that disturbances like fire, wind and beetle will likely double by 2100 with implications for biodiversity and services Thread below 👇👇

Rupert Seidl@rupertseidl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread. Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100. New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...

New freshly published paper led by @micheletorresani.bsky.social comparing spectral satellite with field data to better estimate tree species diversity 🛰️ 🌲🌳 Happy that our forest inventory data across South Tyrol gets used for more studies! 👇🏻👇🏻📝

Michele Torresani@micheletorresani.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New paper out! 🤘 Can we estimate forest biodiversity using spaceborne #EnMAP data? 🛰️ Turns out, yes — spectral heterogeneity from EnMAP can estimate tree species diversity in Alpine forests 🌲🌳🏔️ Especially in the NIR region, with area-weighted pixels and canopy cover > 70%. 🔓 lnkd.in/eWKGeGfs

Find the seedling 🌱 #forestdisturbances #post-barkbeetle #forest-dynamics

First inspection to potential study sites in Norway spruce forests in the Dolomites for a new research project 🏔️🌲Stay tuned for updates soon! #ALPFOR-CSF @euracalpenv.bsky.social @forwards-project.bsky.social

Great time at the Integrate Network Workshop in Zurich! A good refresh of forestry concepts for biodiversity conservation and field trials to adapt forests to climate change 🌳🌡️🪲

🌿 Field season has officially started for MAP-Rezia project! Great to finally meet all partners in the forest instead of just on screen! We kicked off our data collection, discussed next steps, and set the ground for linking what we see on the ground🌲 with remote sensing data🛰️

#deadwood #dendromicrohabitats #forestbiodiversity

In our latest study we used the iLand model to explore the possible future expansion in the forest treeline ecotone in the Eastern Alps 🌲🌱⛰️🖥️ Enjoy the paper below 👇👇

Alpine Environment - Eurac Research@euracalpenv.bsky.social · last yr.

📢New study on forest-grassland ecotone expansion in the Eastern #Alps! 🌲 Using the iLand model💻, we explore how land-use abandonment & #climatechange impact #forests, disturbances & species shifts. 🔗 @marco-mina.bsky.social @edfm-tum.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @unibz.bsky.social

📌 New publication by #BAFU & @wslresearch.bsky.social: 🌳 Forest Report 2025 Heat, drought, storms, and pests have hit Swiss forests hard over the past decade. We need to boost their resilience to climate change to keep them thriving for people and nature. www.wsl.ch/en/news/fore...

Forest Report 2025: Swiss forests under pressure to adapt

Climate change is visibly affecting the forest, as shown by the 2025 Forest Report published by the FOEN and WSL.

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Two productive days discussing concrete ideas for research collaborations for Alpine forests - w/ B. Keeton, R.Aszalos et al 💡📝🌲🏔️

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

When a tree is dying, life explodes around it 🌲🦇🪶🪵 We analyzed the relationship between the amount of dead wood and the diversity of its birds and bats in the Italian Alps. Now the research is featured in our magazine “The echo of death”: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

Exciting to kick-off our new #MAP-Rezia project under the programme Interreg IT-CH! It will contribute to monitor biodiversity, herbivores and assess climate change impacts in the cross-border area of the Swiss and Stelvio National Parks 🌲⛰️🦌🛩️📶🌳 Cool collaboration in the next 2 1/2 years!

Michele Torresani@micheletorresani.bsky.social · last yr.

🌿 Kick-off for the #MAP-Rezia Project! 🌿 Excited to launch MAP-Rezia (~€1M, #InterregItaliaSvizzera) to monitor biodiversity in #ParcoNazionaledelloStelvio & #SchweizerischerNationalpark! We'll use remote sensing to map ecosystems, track herbivores & assess forest scenarios under climate change. 🚀🌍

Rural communities in Québec are embracing ‘mushroom tourism’ to boost local economies

Rural communities in Québec are embracing ‘mushroom tourism’ to boost local economies

Mycotourism (mushroom tourism) merges nature, culinary experiences and rural traditions. Quebec’s growth in this niche is notable, yet it remains relatively unknown.

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How does variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity affect tree growth? What are the knowledge gaps to more fully answering this question? See my review out today in Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

🌲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: Session FS 3.191 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 – 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! 🌲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: IMC 2025 – International Mountain Conference 📍 Innsbruck, Austria Deadline: 20 feb 2025 imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

Are you/do you know a student interested in biodiversity and ecology and with strong data-handling skills? Apply for our summer trainee position at @luke.fi: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/trai... (DL 31.1) Many other great trainee and seasonal worker positions also now open in Luke!

Trainee, data science ("big data" and geo-spatial data) - Natural Resources Institute Finland

Open job: Trainee, data science ("big data" and geo-spatial data), Natural Resources Institute Finland - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

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We are looking for a motivated intern with experience in taxonomy of fungi in mountain forests to support us on fungal diversity survey in late summer/fall in South Tyrol 🍄🌲⛰️ Deadline is January 20th eurac.onboard.org/jobs/7G6noEG...

Internship fungal diversity survey in forests of South Tyrol

Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

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By chance, two artists living in Zurich have discovered the bioluminescence of a fungus. Together with a mycologist from WSL, they are describing the poorly understood phenomenon. wsl.ch/en/news/glow... #biodiversity #biodiversity #mushrooms #forest 📷Baggenstos/Rudolf

Glowing mushrooms: an intrigue for artists and scientists alike

Two artists from Zurich team up with a WSL mycologist to look into the newly discovered green glow of a mushroom.

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Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS

Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...

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A short reportage about our research activities on forest ecology, modelling and biodiversity at the Institute for Alpine Environment at Eurac Research 🌲⛰️🌡️🌱📈 youtu.be/3rPcKzOmFgI?... 👉for English turn on Auto generated captions 👉for German see youtu.be/hzcI0rflJas?...

Research South Tyrol | Special Mention 2023: Marco Mina

YouTube video by Provincia Bolzano

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Publishing a paper takes time (too long! imho). But preprints are a good options to share research results in real time. Have a look at our preprint on canopy photography methods for forest ecology and biodiversity studies 🌲📷🌱 @euracalpenv.bsky.social

Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids@jenteo.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New preprint: Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Last year, a MSc student did an internship at EURAC in Italy. She reworked her report into a nice manuscript that we recently submitted. 📷🌳🌲

Conveying results of #simulationmodels is tricky. We produced a video to help folks understand how #climatechange and #fire could affect the iconic landscape of Greater #Yellowstone. Would love to see this used for ecology classes and outreach. @ttkeller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIp7...

Future landscapes of Greater Yellowstone

YouTube video by UW-Madison Campus Connection

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🚨New publication🚨 Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... First author and awesome researcher Dr. Gabi Dri is doing amazing work! I'm grateful for the opportunity to collaborate on this one. #ecology

Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently

Our work used large-scale data to understand how bird and mammal communities respond to timber harvest practices in temperate forests of the northeastern USA. We found that niche breadth (diet), morp...

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Done with #TwiXXer social. I wont post any more content here. Moved to 👇👇 🦋 marco-mina.bsky.social

Our first starter pack is here! A list of members and alumni of @wslresearch.bsky.social working on biodiversity research and outreach. It will updated as more people join. Let us know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e

Escaping from Twitter/X! 🙂 As a first post, have a look at our initiative on monitoring fungal diversity in the Alps 🍄🌲⛰️ www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

Blog post by @Frances90179642 on our recent results on the application of canopy photography in forests of the Alps to capture differences in forest types and studying the relationship with understory plants🌳 📸🌲 @Cost_BottomsUp t.co/CgmQ55kW3k

Intense days for @EuracAlpine forest ecologists busy at the #IUFRO2024 conference in Stockholm 🌲 🌳 🇸🇪 Lot’s of ideas exchanges, great talks and setting the basis for new research collaborations.