Alexandra Klein
@naturealexk.bsky.social
Nature Conservation & Landscape Ecology at Uni Freiburg. Sustainable farming, functional biodiversity, bee-flower interplay 🚵♀️ @naturealexk@freiburg.social at Mastodon
📢 Funding Opportunity for researchers @uni-freiburg.de and other Freiburg based research institutions. 🔹 groups of 3-6 researchers, at least two full-time professors from UFR. 🔹 12 or 15 months (Oct 2027-Dec 2028) 🔹 up to 35.000€ per group 👉Call for Applications: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Are you a farmer, scientist, politician or simply someone interested in pollinators? Our Pollinator Restoration ToolBox is filled with resources that can help you plan, take action and help to restore pollinators. Test it here and let us know what you think!👉 restpoll-toolbox.eu/browse-tools/
💡Think you can guess the bee by their scent? Put your senses to the test and try out our new Bee Scent Quiz👇 restpoll.eu/e-learning/
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What is your favourite measure for pollinators? Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein shares her favourite measure: hedgerows!🐝🌿
Don't miss this opportunity! #academicmom
Mothers in Science@mothersinsci.bsky.social · 8mo agoApplications are open for our Caregiver Travel Grant 2026! Apply now for a chance to receive flexible funding to cover caregiving expenses while attending an in-person scientific conference! Apply: https://www.mothersinscience.com/caregiver-travel-grant 📅 Deadline: April 26, 2026 #WomenInSTEM
What do bees smell like? Take the @restpoll.bsky.social bee-scent quiz #pollinators restpoll.eu/e-learning/
E-learning - RestPoll
Explore pollinators and restoration with our e-learning tools Discover a range of digital and interactive tools designed to deepen your understanding of pollinators and effective restoration measures....
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@naturealexk.bsky.social, coordinator of the @restpoll.bsky.social, presented the project and its objectives at #VALORmeets2026 🐝 VALOR and RestPoll work closely together, strengthening collaboration across projects. 🤝 👉 Check out the RestPoll e-learning platform: restpoll.eu/e-learning/
Hummeln verbreiten tödliches Virus unter Honigbienen share.google/RUxLLZbjGwW7...
Hummeln verbreiten tödliches Virus unter Honigbienen | MDR.DE
Hallenser Forscher haben das Viren-Netzwerk auf Wiesen untersucht. Das Ergebnis: Die Steinhummel überträgt ein Virus, das für sie selbst harmlos, für Honigbienen aber tödlich ist.
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📢Day 2 of #VALORmeets2026 is underway! The morning session opened with Bethan Henderson (@unepwcmc.bsky.social), who shared insights from a user needs study on pollinator tools, conducted with @restpoll.bsky.social. She further reviewed the ENCORE tool, including potential future development. 🛠️🐝
👉73% of globally traded crops depend on pollinators. 👉36% of global food production depends on pollination. At VALOR AGM1, @naturealexk.bsky.social presented updates to the crop pollination dependence database and plans for its upcoming publication. #VALORmeets2026
Last week I posted a #preprint entitled “The global relationship between flowering plant and #pollinator diversity holds true across scales, latitude, and human influence”. I was not prepared for what happened after it went live on 2nd March! Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/03/12/t...
The global relationship between flowering plant and pollinator diversity…and what they don’t tell you about posting preprints!
Last week I posted a preprint on the platform Research Square of a new manuscript entitled “The global relationship between flowering plant and pollinator diversity holds true across scales, …
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Not every striped pollinator is a bee #hoverflies #pollinators #Syrphidae
Insects living in the lowland tropics have evolved to deal with brutal heat. But many of them are close to their limit, according to a massive study that assessed the heat tolerance of hundreds of species. https://scim.ag/406Y5yh
Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits
Vast study in Peru and Kenya confirms limited defenses against rising temperatures, redoubling climate concerns
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A few more memories from #ECTE2026 in Passau! 🌍🌿 We had a great time connecting with the tropical ecology community. It was great to see so many early-career researchers presenting their work! Many thanks to the organizers of the fantastic conference! 📸© Ina Voshage @soctropecol.bsky.social
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Massimo Martini@entomassi.bsky.social · 8mo agoHappy to have won third place for best poster at #ECTE2026! We studied solitary bees and wasps nesting in standing and lying #deadwood 🪵🐝, all mediated by substrate humidity. Looking forward to getting this study publicly available! @multitroph.bsky.social @dfg.de
Some bees collect pollen by pressing and rubbing their entire bodies against flowers, a behavior scientists classify as body-rubbing pollen collection. To the human eye, it looks like bees are literally taking a pollen bath!🥰 📚Portman et al. (2019), Journal of Hymenoptera Research
We’re excited to share a new policy brief from the RestPoll project showing what really works to protect pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hoverflies. This new brief brings together expert knowledge on practical solutions that make a real difference. 📄 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Restoring pollinators in Europe: Evidence-based actions for Nature Restoration Plans
This brief summarizes expert knowledge on what really works to protect pollinators. To guide and assist national governments and other relevant governmental bodies in the endeavor to stop and reverse ...
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🐝 RestPoll partners from the University of Reading are co-designing a pollinator-friendly eco-label and interviewing actors across the food supply chain. We’re especially looking to speak with: • Retailers • Producers Interested or know someone who might be? Feel free to reach out!
🚨 New perspective piece - How to face Environmental crises? By aligning actions across roles, ecologists & environmental scientists can do more for a sustainable future, and professional societies can help them! 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/3d1GZZL
Ein neuer Policy Brief des EU-Projekts RestPoll unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein | @naturealexk.bsky.social gibt Empfehlungen an die EU-Mitgliedstaaten, mit welchen Renaturierungsmaßnahmen sie Bestäuber wie Wildbienen am effektivsten fördern können. ufr.link/renaturierung…
Policy brief "Restoring pollinators in Europe" Within our EU-funded project RestPoll, we bring together scientific evidence in a new policy brief that identifies the most effective renaturation measures to support... https://alexandra-m-klein.com/policy-brief-restoring-pollinators-in-europe
Well deserved poster award for @entomassi.bsky.social 👍 👏 🤗
Massimo Martini@entomassi.bsky.social · 8mo agoHappy to have won third place for best poster at #ECTE2026! We studied solitary bees and wasps nesting in standing and lying #deadwood 🪵🐝, all mediated by substrate humidity. Looking forward to getting this study publicly available! @multitroph.bsky.social @dfg.de
Looking forward to showcase some of my work and to meet like-minded ecologists from all over 🌿🐝🐜
@multitroph.bsky.social · 9mo agoNext week the annual meeting of the Society of Tropcical Ecology @soctropecol.bsky.social takes place at @unipassauresearch.bsky.social 😀 We are there with 6 exciting talks/posters. Today mock talks took place at @uni-freiburg.de Please join us for feedback next week 🙏
This is a publication I believe all ecologists should read and discuss. How often have you asked yourself: Are we impactful enough in times of multiple environmental crises? A collaborative effort of #ANdiNa besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Excited to present my research at #ECTE2026. If you're interested in how biodiversity-ecosystem functioning #BEF relationships can change over the course of a decade, come to HS5 at 14:30 on Thursday! 🌿🐝🕙 @soctropecol.bsky.social @unipassauresearch.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @dfg.de
Most interesting voice and facts by Lynn Dicks about insects and regenerative agriculture 👍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZRT...
Does Regenerative Agriculture Actually Work?
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Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Andrew Straw@andrewstraw.bsky.social · 11mo agoHave you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too! preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵 Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9
Team der #UniFreiburg um Prof. Dr. @andrewstraw.bsky.social hat untersucht, wie #Honigbienen navigieren. Die Forschenden fanden heraus, dass jedes Tier eine eigene bevorzugte Route hat und diese sehr präzise abfliegt – visuelle Orientierungspunkte wie Bäume helfen dabei. ➡️ ufr.link/bienennavigation
