We are a global ecological research network that aims to assess the impact of invertebrate herbivores and pathogenic fungi on plant communities and ecosystems. 🐛🌱🦠🐌 @slfdavos.bsky.social @unibe.ch
http://www.bug-net.org
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Postdoc position available with one of our BugNet collaborators! Fletcher is great, check it out 👇👇
BugNet currently includes 36 experimental sites in 18 countries 🌍.
Huge thanks to all collaborators for their enthusiasm and teamwork!!
We’re also looking for new collaborators to join this global effort to understand how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape ecosystems.
🌐 bug-net.org
Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Finished up the annual sampling and a spray treatment for @joe-atkinson.bsky.social and I @bugnet.bsky.social sites out at Fowlers Gap. Blue skies and red earth always a great backdrop for fieldwork
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Want to join or learn more about BugNet? Join our BugNet info meeting with
@annekempel.bsky.social
online on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 9am CET or 3pm CET. Register here for the info meeting: www.bug-net.org 🌱 🌐
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The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...
🌎 Experiments are central to understanding community dynamics, yet their use is declining.
We're trying to understand why.
If you work in community ecology, we'd really appreciate your input in a quick survey (<5 mins).
👉🏼 link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2022629791...
Reposts welcome!
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Check out what our @bugnet.bsky.social PhD student Julien Bota is doing at our experimental sites in Davos! @slfdavos.bsky.social
Our paper on unifying theory around biodiversity–consumer relationships (pathogens & herbivores) is now out in TREE!
I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓
Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇
The @bugnet.bsky.social Delegation from @slfdavos.bsky.social very much enjoyed the first day of #BES2025 in Edinburgh! Don’t miss our posters on herbivore interactions under current and future climate that we will present in the community ecology poster sessions today and tomorrow.
