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Stephanie Schelfhout
@stephschelfhout.bsky.social
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Applied ecologist at @fornalab.bsky.social (UGent) πŸ’š Grasslandnerd πŸ’š Into ecological restoration of species-rich grasslands πŸ’š biodiverse agricultural landscapes πŸ’š Jungle gardens πŸͺ± Digging for earthworms www.anekoworm.com πŸ’š science communication .. more

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Jun 8
Hilarische taferelen tijdens de #nerdlandfestival #wormcharming @nerdland.be @fornalab.bsky.social
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Arjen Lubach @arjenlubach.bsky.social Β· 24d
Ja, er was wat technische shizzle bij Videoland. Maar het stikstof(verbindingen)-verhaal van donderdag is ook op YouTube te zien:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJju...

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social Β· 25d
New paper out πŸ₯³
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
www.science.org

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· 27d
vrtnws.be/p.bDnoqPEGD @fornalab.bsky.social Kris Verheyen in the news over dit uitzonderlijke mastjaar bij eik
Zie jij ook opvallend veel eikels liggen? "Uitzonderlijk mastjaar voor eiken" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Zomer- en wintereiken verliezen opvallend veel eikels dit jaar. Dat komt omdat ze in een uitzonderlijk 'mastjaar' zitten. Dat is een periode waarin een boom of plant meer vruchten draagt dan gemiddeld...
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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social Β· Oct 11
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen, FabiΓ‘n Muniesa, Stephanie Schelfhout

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The Guardian @theguardian.com Β· Oct 11
Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Jansen 🐾 @patrickjansen.bsky.social · Oct 10
Wat is er mis met de heide? Ik vind dat Joost Vogels van Stichting #Bargerveen en Radboud het erg goed uitlegt.

"De verhoogde #stikstof depositie is de basis van alle ellende: die verstoort de delicate balans tussen stikstof en fosfor in de bodem."

#stoichiometrie
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e...
Stikstof pakt nog erger uit voor natuur dan gedacht
Gangbare maatregelen om de heide te beschermen tegen te veel stikstof doen meer kwaad dan goed, blijkt uit het promotieonderzoek van Joost Vogels.
www.volkskrant.nl

Reposted by Teja Tscharntke, Richard D. Gregory, Stephanie Schelfhout , and 2 more

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David Kleijn @davidkleijn.bsky.social Β· Oct 10
Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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WWF EU @wwf.eu Β· Oct 8
@europarl.europa.eu votes to scrap CAP green rules 😬

This move opens the door to harmful farming in protected areas

And yet ignores the root causes of farmers’ struggles πŸ’”πŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸŒΎ

Read full reaction πŸ‘‰πŸΌ www.wwf.eu?19513941/Eur...

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Oct 8
Pracht erfgoed project Water & Land van CAG en Kenniscentrum imm erfgoed NL kwam tot een einde. Over historisch vloeibeheer, watermolens... in BE & NL. Leren uit verleden voor een klimaatrobuuste toekomst. Knap filmpje werd opgeleverd als een van de eindproducten: youtu.be/ZFDkzUw2ljM Sterk gedaan!
Water en Land. Immaterieel erfgoed als motor voor een klimaatrobuuste toekomst
YouTube video by Centrum Agrarische Geschiedenis (CAG)
youtu.be

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Oct 7
Download de regenwormen poster hier: deweekvanhetbos.be/sites/defaul...
Ik zou hem zelfs boven mijn bed hangen πŸ˜ŽπŸ€“
deweekvanhetbos.be

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Oct 7
Na de pissebedden een paar jaar terug, nu regenwormen πŸͺ± in de Week van het Bos!!
😍 regenworm poster!
Trek het bos in met het lespakket voor kleuter- en lagere scholen, www.weekvanhetbos.be #wetenschapscommunicatie #anekoregenwormenwerkgroep #bodemleven @fornalab.bsky.social @bosplus.bsky.social

Reposted by Karen De Pauw, Stephanie Schelfhout

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ForNaLab @fornalab.bsky.social Β· Oct 6
🌳Week van het bos🌳
In het Aelmoeseneiebos onderzoeken we hoe bossen reageren op complexe uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ... Onze collega's namen @eoswetenschap.bsky.social journalist Kim Verhaeghe mee in dit levend openluchtlaboratorium.

www.eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milie...
Een levend laboratorium
Door klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ziekten en plagen worden bossen steeds kwetsbaarder. Tegelijk vormen ze een van de krachtigste bondgenoten in de st...
www.eoswetenschap.eu

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Oct 3
That time of the year again: Fire salamander monitoring. 67 individuals on our route = great night! Yes, we saw the orange morph again 😍

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apache/ @apache.be Β· Oct 2
🌿 In afwachting van een β€œuitfasering” van PFAS-houdende pesticiden belanden ook dit jaar tienduizenden kilo’s PFAS op Vlaamse velden en uiteindelijk in het (drink)water.

apache.be/2025/10/02/h...
Hoe PFAS uit pesticiden Vlaamse velden vervuilen
De verkoop van pesticiden met PFAS zit al jaren in de lift, net als de PFAS-vervuiling van ons drinkwater.
apache.be

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 29
Really great that you did finally write this paper anyway, the data is important to be shared! No matter the age.

Reposted by Teja Tscharntke, Stephanie Schelfhout

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David Kleijn @davidkleijn.bsky.social Β· Sep 27
Higher cutting frequency can restore habitat quality on farmland. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Karen De Pauw, Stephanie Schelfhout

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ForNaLab @fornalab.bsky.social Β· Sep 26
The recent issue of the journal @eoswetenschap.bsky.social focusses on sustainable forests. Postdoc at our lab Pallieter De Smedt took an EOS reporter into the forest to discover the importance of litter dwelling fauna for ecosystem functioning.
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be/collections/...
EOS editie 10/2025
Dossier: Duurzame bossen Β  Β Β· Β Het bos van morgen: Kunnen onze inheemse bomen de klimaatopwarming aan, of moeten we inzetten op zuidelijke soorten? Β  Β Β· Β In een handvol bosgrond lever meer dieren dan ...
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be

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Thijs Fijen @thijsfijen.bsky.social Β· Sep 23
Dutch solar parks approach pollinator & plant biodiversity levels of extensive grasslands, but only on the surface not covered by panels. Soil-emergent arthropods and butterflies lack behind. Proud of Timea for leading besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social Β· Sep 10
Conservation is not a simple solution to climate change

β€œecological benefits of rewetting drained boreal peatland forests come at a climate cost

restoration is unlikely to mitigate climate change”

Stopping emissions is the only failsafe solution
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rewetting drained boreal peatland forests does not mitigate climate warming in the twenty-first century - Ambio
Rewetting drained peatland forests restores pristine ecosystem functions, improves peatland ecological status, and has been considered to mitigate climate change. We quantified climate impact of rewet...
link.springer.com

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Laetitia Navarro @laenavarro.bsky.social Β· Sep 5
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 4
Jakkes. Courage!

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 2
We actually studied it in Belgium (or the conversion of lawn to meadow via nomowmay) for 3 years in a citizen science project, FlowerPower De Tuin: mijntuinlab.be/projects/13/ lots of failure and disappointment. But also successes. Managing expectations would help. (And there is room for research!)
Mijn Tuinlab
mijntuinlab.be

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 2
Even in Europe you do not always/often get the desired result by mowing your lawn less frequently. The species need to be there! Otherwise, you just get long grass (and sad and frustrated garden owners).
chasesolidago.bsky.social a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · Sep 2
An unmanaged, unmown english lawn is full of native flowers that support local pollinators
An unmanaged, unmown american lawn is mostly eurasian weeds that only support generalists

Is a buckthorn thicket on an abandoned lot "[re]wild"? I suppose, but what ecological value does it bring a landscape?

Reposted by Carly D. Ziter, Stephanie Schelfhout

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a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · Sep 2
An unmanaged, unmown english lawn is full of native flowers that support local pollinators
An unmanaged, unmown american lawn is mostly eurasian weeds that only support generalists

Is a buckthorn thicket on an abandoned lot "[re]wild"? I suppose, but what ecological value does it bring a landscape?

Reposted by Valentin H. Klaus

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 1
Bravo @fornalab.bsky.social colleague @ellendevrieze.bsky.social with her talk β€œEuropean cities manage their green space for people and biodiversity: a chance for urban (or ecosystem) restoration?” - collaboration with @valentinecology.bsky.social et al

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 1
Honeybees: manage for optimal nr of hives, not too much
Wild bees: more is better for apple production

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Sep 1
@fornalab.bsky.social Colleague @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social in action at the @gfoesoc.bsky.social conference in WΓΌrzburg with his Synthesis of apple pollination research reveals positive contributions from wild bees relative to those of honeybees. Surprising results depending on the metric!

Reposted by Ingolf KΓΌhn, Christine N. Meynard, Stephanie Schelfhout , and 1 more

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Milan ChytrΓ½ @milanchytry.bsky.social Β· Aug 29
In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences.
πŸ”— Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
β€ͺ@journalofecology.bsky.social‬

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social Β· Jul 22
A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859

#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Monitoring set-up; photo credit: (c) Katrien De Wolf Monitoring set-up; photo credit: (c) Katrien De Wolf

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social Β· Jun 29
Enkele motjes van deze nacht op onze kleine boerderij πŸ˜πŸ¦‹
oranje iepentakvlinder
bruine sikkeluil
kortzuiger
wapendrager