Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. ๐ซง๐ป๐งช
While samplings of #alpine beasties in the @cairngormsnews.bsky.social for my #BEN-EAF project at @hutton.ac.uk are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right @naturescot.bsky.social? ๐ค
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Preparations for my #BEN-EAF project as visiting scientist at @hutton.ac.uk are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!
Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. ๐ท๏ธ๐งฌ
#MountainSoilBiodiversity
Some good news for the @mebnetwork.bsky.social (former #SoilTemp). ๐ก๏ธ
New #TOMST soil temperature and soil humidity loggers are now installed in #alpine habitats of the #ScottishHighlands, in the @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, as part of my #BEN-EAF project on alpine soil fauna at the @hutton.ac.uk.
Achievement unlocked!
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All the thanks go to @mdainese.bsky.social for his hard work on the review on "Global change experiments in mountain ecosystems: A systematic review". ๐
Read it openly here: doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
#AlpineEcology #MountainBiodiversity #FunctionalEcology #GlobalChange
never pass on the symphylan
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds?
Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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Two weeks ago, we had our MonitAnt workshop with all project partners in the beautiful Bavarian Forest National Park. We even managed a short field trip, where everyone enjoyed being surrounded by wood ants and their myrmecophiles (see picture). ๐
The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Species living on mountains are thought to be especially vulnerable to ongoing climate change. This Review explores past and present responses of mountaintop species to climate warming to help to ...
