PhD student/doctoral researcher at University of Ulm & Biodiversity Exploratories
BEClimWood-Bugs: the effects of microclimate, macroclimate & land use on insect communities.
experimental ecology, entomology, literature, mountaineering, tomfoolery
Stella Wimmer
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Hey @spavel.bsky.social I hope you don’t mind but we did the thing for real
Today is the day! 🎉 I defended my MSc. thesis about in situ manipulation of whole Drosophila-parasitoid webs at the University of South Bohemia. 🪰
Thank you for everything, Fly Lab and @janhrcek.bsky.social!
Now comes the next fun part: turning the thesis into a publishable manuscript - stay tuned
Over the next few years, this experiment will investigate how summer droughts (precipitation exclusion via roofs) and microclimatic variability (altered soil contact) affect deadwood-inhabiting diversity, associated processes, under different forest management regimes across different regions
@annestte.bsky.social look! Some nice fungal activity on our BEClimWood logs!
Let's go!
Happy #macromonday after a long hiatus. Ran into this Carabus at Schwäbische Alb.
#macrophotography
Attacked by a w... uuuh no, wait, Plagionotus while sitting under an oak. What a nice case of Batesian mimicry!
Instead of macro-monday, let's do mountain monday. Yesterday's last ski-tour of the season! 😊
#skimountaineering
Field update: Back in Hainich-Dün to set up and activate the stem eclector traps for BEClimWood-Bugs. 🪲
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3 weeks of field work in 3 different regions: DONE!✅
Thank you, Jana, Vanessa and Dominik, you were a great help!
The tree trunk eclectors for BEClimWood-Bugs are now set up and insects will be sampled every 4 weeks until autumn.
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Just yesterday, we completed the setup of the final rain-out shelter for the BEClimWood experiment in Schorfheide-Chorin, completing the set up in all three regions of the @bexplo.bsky.social 🥳 Huge thanks to the amazing team @sebseibold.bsky.social @stellawimmer.bsky.social @annestte.bsky.social 🙌
