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The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) for biodiversity | climate change | sustainable use research. Academy institute. Spectacular sustainable building. www.nioo.knaw.nl

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · yesterday

Kom je ook netwerken in de natuur? Tijdens de Open Dag van het NIOO laten de medewerkers graag zien wat ecologie is, waarom ecologie van belang is en aan welke thema’s en onderwerpen de onderzoekers van het NIOO werken. Kom ook op 3 oktober: nioo.knaw.nl/opendag

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 5d ago

Kom je ook de natuur onderzoeken? Kijk door een echte microscoop, gebruik je spierkracht om onze vijver schoon te filteren, of test of jij dezelfde stoffen uitademt als een bacterie. Er is genoeg te doen tijdens onze Grote Open Dag op 3 oktober! Meer informatie: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/evenement...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 5d ago

Interested in #ecological #research? Visit our #OpenDay on 3 October. Our theme 'Nature's networks' not only applies to ecological connections, but also to the opportunity of visitors to connect with our researchers. Come #network with us! More info: nioo.knaw.nl/en/events/bi...

Big NIOO Open Day 2026: Nature's networks

Save the date: on Saturday 3 October 2026, NIOO will open its doors again to visitors for our Big Open Day. From 11:00 to 17:00, everyone will be welcome. Seize your chance to take a look in our labs ...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 6d ago

New publication: Diversity–productivity relationships in ericaceous #plants are influenced by interactions with ericoid mycorrhizal #fungi, by @camilledelavaux.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #Ericaceae doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Figure 1 in Delavaux et al. (2026): "Experimental set up. Our experiment consisted of mesocosms of eight plant individuals with varying plant and fungal diversities."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 6d ago

New publication: Aquatic subsidies supplement the diet of Western Yellow Wagtails in an intensive agricultural landscape. #farmlandbird #aquaticsubsidy doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

Graphical abstract Langezaal et al. (2026).

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 6d ago

New publication: Impact of #harvest intensity on ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities in #forest #soils, by @stevendegoede.bsky.social @ehannula.bsky.social @ciskaveen.bsky.social and others. #carbon #soilfungi doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Figure 1 in De Goede et al. (2026): "Schematic overview of the experimental treatments and soil sample collection. All four harvest intensities were replicated in a random block design over three tree species (Fagus sylvatica, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus sylvestris"

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 6d ago

New publication: Additive effects of environmental and demographic variation shape the repeatability of #evolution across replicated experiments, by @kjfverhoeven.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #naturalselection #microbiome doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Figure 1 in Bisschop et al. (2026): "Environmental and demographic stochasticity. All institutes (institute A and B) performed an identical evolutionary experiment where C. elegans and microbial communities evolved on a novel resource, the primary treatment (Tr. 1). The controlled conditions during the experiments (temperature and other climate attributes, as well as food source) were kept similar (indicated with the thermometer symbol), but the uncontrolled conditions were different (e.g., institute microbiota in different colours, and institute handling routines as symbolised with the hand icons), resulting in environmental heterogeneity across institutes. Furthermore, all institutes except one conducted a second treatment (Tr. 2) which differed between institutes and resulted in demographic heterogeneity across treatments."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: FERMO: A Dashboard for #Biochemometric Prioritization of #Molecular Features from Mass Spectral Data, by @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social and others. #massspectrometry #metabolomics doi.org/10.1021/acsm...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: #Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native #plants varies with #biome and #disturbance, by @camilledelavaux.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Figure 1 in Cazzaniga et al. (2026): "Conceptual framework for defining prevalent mycorrhizal strategies in non-native species."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: #Cognition in the #Paridae, by @utkurhan.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1086/742510

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: Family life is critical for migration and survival in a long-lived social #bird, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social @bartnolet.bsky.social and others. #Bewicksswan #sociallearning #waterfowl #biodiversity doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Figure 3 in Linssen et al. (2026): "First northward migration of juveniles in 2022 that became orphaned during midwinter (red, n = 10) compared to juveniles with no indication of altered family status (reference group; blue, n = 14)."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: #Yeast–#Fusarium interactions and #mycotoxin modulation in the #phyllosphere, by @lindagouka.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social @vivianecordovez.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1093/isme...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: Integrating #plankton indicators to assess the state of #pelagic habitats in the Northeast #Atlantic. #biodiversity #climatechange doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

Graphical abstract McQuatters-Gollop et al. (2026).

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: A #FAIR-compliant #metadata template for #ecosystem digital twins, by @stefanvriend.eurosky.social @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #digitaltwins #biodiversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

Figure 1 in Rashidi et al. (2026): "Workflow illustrating the iterative process of designing, harmonizing, and validating a FAIR-compliant metadata template to support data integration and ecosystem digital twin applications within the LTER-LIFE research infrastructure (https://lter-life.nl/en)."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: Endophytic #Flavobacterium promotes #roothair development and enhances #droughttolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #roots #plants #biodiversity #drought doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Figure 1 in Rahimi et al. (2026): "Flavo98 improves drought tolerance of Arabidopsis and wheat and promotes RH development."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: Structural Characteristics and Vulnerability Evolution of Global #Corn Trade from a Network Perspective. #agriculture #corntrade doi.org/10.3390/agri...

Figure 2 in He et al. (2026): " Evolution of the community structure of the strongest-link global corn trade network."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: Environmental stress strengthens #plant–mycorrhizal associations: A novel extension of the stress gradient hypothesis, by @camilledelavaux.bsky.social and others. #trees #forest #abioticstress doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Figure 1 in Doolittle et al. (2026): "The Stress Gradient Hypothesis (SGH) and expansion. (A) The SGH posits that competitive interactions are more important, more intense, or more frequent in benign, low-stress environments, whereas facilitative interactions are more important, intense, or frequent in harsh, high-stress environments. Here, we expand the SGH to relatively host-specific antagonists and mutualists (B). Relatively host-specific above- and belowground plant–microbe interactions may explain shifts in net conspecific density-dependent feedback and correlated patterns of species diversity across abiotic stress gradients, such as elevation gradients representing nutrient limitation. All else being equal, antagonistic conspecific feedbacks may increase fitness differences under abiotic stress and promote species diversity by preventing competitive dominance of a single species (spatial patterns of species represented by colored circles). Alternatively, relatively host-specific facilitative feedbacks, also generated by root- or leaf-associated microbes, may bolster conspecific performance and erode diversity—particularly under regimes of high abiotic stress. Example Tsuga icon tree was downloaded from PhyloPic, created by Ian Burt (original) and T. Michael Keesey (vectorization), and provided under a Creative Commons Attribute 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Example Pinus tree icon was downloaded from PhyloPic and is provided under a Creative Commons Universal Public Domain license."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: Acute #heat tolerance (CTmax) of two invasive parasitic #copepods differs across species, life cycle stages and acclimation temperatures, by @antoinegj.bsky.social and others. #climatechange #heatwaves #parasites doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Figure 1 in Jolma et al. (2026): "Mytilicola spp. life cycle. Sexual reproduction occurs in the intestine of mussel hosts, resulting in eggs that hatch into free-living stages. Newly hatched nauplius stages go through another brief uninfectious metanauplius stage before becoming infectious copepodite 1 stages. After entering new hosts, copepodite 1 stages transition through three more copepodite stages (2–4) before becoming adult parasites. The time for completing a life cycle step (from hatching to copepodite 1 among free-living stages and from copepodite 1 to reaching the smallest size at which reproduction starts among parasitic stages) differs much based on temperature and parasite species (Jolma et al., 2024). "

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · last mo.

New publication: Interdisciplinary insights on climate-smart #rewilding: Lessons from pioneering Dutch river transformations, by @nachomanvillar.bsky.social and others. #riverineforest #biodiversity #climatechange #floodrisk doi.org/10.1007/s132...

Figure 3 in De Kruiff et al. (2026): "Rewilding progress in the Gelderse Poort. Starting from an agricultural grassland-dominated riverine landscape in the 1990s (panel A), Gelderse Poort developed into a landscape dominated by early-stage ecological successional stages in the early 2000s (panel B), to the highly ecologically heterogeneous landscape found today (panel C). Panel D shows how this progress translates to the rewilding score by Torres et al. (2018) after more than three decades of decreasing human inputs and outputs in the ecosystem (y axis) and an increase in ecological integrity (x axis) for the Millingerwaard, the oldest part of the wider Gelderse Poort area. Map developed by Guus Maessen. Updated rewilding score based on responses gathered in Roos (2023)"

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: From #foraging to #decomposition: Large #vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across #landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Figure 1 in Wenting et al. (2026): "Periodic table showing the elements essential for plants and/or animals, or potentially (eco)toxic (Kaspari, 2021; Robinson et al., 2009)."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: Plant diversity modifies multi-trophic interactions in #croplands, #grasslands and #forests. #biodiversity #plantdiversity #agriculture #sustainableagriculture doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Plant diversity modifies multi-trophic interactions in croplands, grasslands and forests

Plant diversity differentially affects trophic interactions across ecosystems.

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: The interplay between epigenetic mechanisms and deleterious mutations: implications for #fitness, #evolution and #conservation, by @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. #epigenetics #genes doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Figure 2 in Chen et al. (2026): "Examples of wild vertebrate species in which one or two aspects of the interplay between genetic variation, epigenetic variation and/or fitness have been empirically investigated, but never all three simultaneously."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: #Fishing pressure induces changes in #DNA methylation in genetically homogeneous marine metapopulations, by @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. #DNAmethylation #fisheries #geneticdiversity doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Figure 2 in Barcelo-Serra et al. (2026): "Volcano plot showing the distribution of CpG sites after removing age-associated sites. In red, sites that had a difference in DNA methylation between fisheries and no-take marine protected areas larger than 15% and a q-value < 0.05. The labels correspond to the gene annotation that includes the CpG site. One of the CpGs was not included within any known genetic boundary and was annotated as intergenic."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: Ecological #epigenetics at the intersection of #behaviour and life history variation in non-model #animals, by @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Figure 1 in Jimeno et al. (2026): "Conceptual overview of how epigenetic mechanisms, interacting with genetic background and environmental conditions, shape behavioural and physiological responses and life history strategies across life in non-model animals. The figure integrates the main themes of this theme issue, highlighting how contributions collectively address key stages from early development to population responses under environmental change, and emphasizing the role of epigenetic processes in linking behaviour, life history variation and ecological dynamics. Numbers correspond to the thematic sections of this special issue."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: Let nature organise itself! #biodiversity #conservation doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Adobe Stock: "Dark forest scene. Old mossy fir trees and fern leaves close-up, tree trunks in the background. Ardrishaig, Loch Fyne, Crinan Canal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK"

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: Phylodynamic analyses reveal persistence and extensive intermixing of #Usutuvirus in the Netherlands. #phylodynamics #arbovirus #zoonoses doi.org/10.1093/ve/v...

Figure 4 in Münger et al. (2026): "Discrete phylogeographic reconstruction showing the dispersal patterns of the two main USUV endemic clades in the Netherlands, 2016-2023. Arrows represent inferred lineage transition events between different provinces, while the circles show transitions within the same province. Only transition events associated with a Bayes factor (left) or adjusted Bayes factor (right) support >3 are shown."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: #Soil pH and temperature regulate #nitrification inhibitor efficacy and soil microbial community responses. #nitrogencycling doi.org/10.1007/s003...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: #Volatile dialogues between #plants and #microorganisms, by @rizal001.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social. #planthealth doi.org/10.1039/d6np...

Visual abstract in Rizaludin et al. (2026): "Volatile organic compounds mediate bidirectional chemical communication between plants and their associated microbiota, shaping plant health, microbial behavior, and ecological interactions."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: Microbial Functional Gene Abundance-Integrated Modeling of Global #Methane Sinks in Upland #Soils Under Future #ClimateChange. #biodiversity #methanesink doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Figure 1 in Xiao et al. (2026): "Distribution of sampling site from the literature (a), histogram of the global absolute abundance of the pmoA gene in soils (b), and pmoA gene abundance across land-use types (c). Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) based on one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test."

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New publication: On-site serological screening of #Usutuvirus in wild #birds: Field evaluation of a lateral flow microarray immunoassay using the WHO REASSURED framework. #westnilevirus #onehealth #serology doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...

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