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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 What a great week at #IMC2025 in Innsbruck! 🏔️

Proud to showcase our institute among outstanding #mountain scientists 🧠 with talks, posters, and sessions featuring several of our projects🎤📊

@imc2025.bsky.social @jseeber.bsky.social @msteinwandter.bsky.social

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 19d

@mattande.bsky.social l @andreashilpold.bsky.social

Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 19d

📢 new study

Species-specific thresholds boost #BirdNET ’s precision in passive acoustic monitoring of Alpine #birds. 🐦🦅
🗒️ First open list of 72 thresholds for #Europe - replicable tool for #biodiversity surveys in complex landscapes.👂
#bioacoustics #research

read more:
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/acustics

Determining species-specific thresholds to improve precision in passive acoustic monitoring

Passive acoustic monitoring is growing in popularity and utilization worldwide. Automatic and AI-driven species identification is a powerful tool for …

tinyurl.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · Aug 26

New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt

Exploring #hymenopteran #parasitoid communities & their hosts: comparative study of farmland & semi-natural ecotones with focus on #pentatomoids
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70009

@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Sep 5

🕊️ Alpine farmland is losing its biodiversity.
New research shows:
✅ Natural habitats & habitat diversity help #birds thrive
❌ Intensification fragments landscapes & harms ecosystems
🌍 #Conservation must scale across landscapes
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

@step-roilo.bsky.social @mattande.bsky.social

Redirecting

doi.org

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 Wild #bees thrive in biodiverse mountain farms! 🐝🐝

Zanini et al. found that #multidiversity boosts pollination, buffering #climate impacts. 🌤️🌱🐝

Find out more here:
🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

@mdainese.bsky.social, @mattande.bsky.social,
@eliaguariento.bsky.social & more

Redirecting

doi.org

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 COME WORK WITH US 📢
The call for applications to the PhD program at UniTrento DICAM, which includes a position on the "Soundscape for all", is now online! ⛰️🎵🐦
lnkd.in/dr9Mnpra

🗓️Deadline: August 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM

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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Jul 1

🚨 Hiring: Biodiversity Monitoring Officer (Full-time | Bolzano)
Join Biodiversa+ & @euracalpenv.bsky.social to build an EU-wide biodiversity monitoring network and work with leading institutions to bridge science & conservation policy.
⏳ Apply by 31 July!
More info: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/XGJ2xrGM

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Jun 17

The prize honours exceptional PhD work on biodiversity — from the origins of life’s diversity to the roles species play in ecosystems. Matteo’s research stood out among strong competition, as judged by a panel from the Austrian Academy of Sciences 🌍👏

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Jun 17

We’re thrilled to share that @mattande.bsky.social has won the prestigious Stefan M. Gergely Prize! 🏆 Awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) for outstanding research on biodiversity and ecosystems.
Big congrats, Matteo! 👏🌿

📸 ÖAW / D. Hinterramskogler

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Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft und Bergbauernfragen @bab.gv.at · May 30

Scientific Workshop

Quantification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services
in Agriculture and Forestry 🌳🌱

Excellent speakers from @euracalpenv.bsky.social, FiBL, @thuenen.de & WU Vienna

Join us: 27 June 2025 in Vienna and online

🫴 bab.gv.at/index.php?op...

@bokuvienna.bsky.social
@bmluk.gv.at

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Elia Guariento @eliaguariento.bsky.social · May 20

Today is #worldbeeday 🐝
Read here about the work we do on #wildbees: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...
@euracalpenv.bsky.social

Think of a bee

Five hundred species of wild bees live in South Tyrol, each different in anatomy, ecology and behavior. Entomologist Lisa Obwegs is studying these diverse populations to assess the impact of human act...

www.eurac.edu

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Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment @gmba-ipo.bsky.social · May 15

📢fresh out of the press: a first global analysis of published research on #cryptogams, #microorganisms, and #fauna in #mountain #soils above the treeline, and a structured synthesis of current knowledge.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline

Biological diversity in mountain ecosystems has been increasingly studied over the last decade. This is also the case for mountain soils, but no study to date has provided an overall synthesis of the...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment @gmba-ipo.bsky.social · May 15

This is the result of >2.5 years of collaborative effort led by @gmba-ipo.bsky.social mountain soil biodiversity working group lead
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @jseeber.bsky.social @fundivecol.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Apr 16

New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect
@chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social

Balancing bats and agriculture: Investigating the effects of agricultural management practices on bat species diversity in mountain ecosystems

Changes in agricultural land use and farming practices have been recognized as significant drivers of biodiversity loss, especially when they involve …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Melvin Opolka @melvinopolka.bsky.social · Apr 9

Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎

blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...

MonitAnt: European-level monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica ants

Formica rufa workers engaged in food sharing (trophallaxis) (© Elia Nalini) In the popular imagination, when we think about environmentally impactful ants, the first images that come to mind are of...

blog.myrmecologicalnews.org

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢New study on forest-grassland ecotone expansion in the Eastern #Alps! 🌲
Using the iLand model💻, we explore how land-use abandonment & #climatechange impact #forests, disturbances & species shifts.

🔗 @marco-mina.bsky.social @edfm-tum.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @unibz.bsky.social

Future expansion of upper forest-grassland ecotone under land-use and climate change in the Eastern Alps - Landscape Ecology

Context Across Alpine landscapes, a combination of land-use abandonment and climate change is driving forest expansion and promoting the upward migration of trees on grasslands. Yet, it remains unclea...

link.springer.com

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Mar 24

500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. 🐝
To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity:

beehold.eurac.edu/en

BEEhold - South Tyrol’s wild bees: biodiversity on display

The BEEhold project celebrates the diversity and importance of South Tyrol’s wild bees.

beehold.eurac.edu

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Mar 6

We linked canopy structure 🌲📸 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory #plantdiversity 🌱 in forest plots. Our findings show canopy #photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forests.
@marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...

Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies

Understory is a key component of forest biodiversity. The structure of the forest stand and the horizontal composition of the canopy play a major role…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Mar 5

#Microplastics have been found in almost all environmental spheres! In this #study, @DahmsHeinrich & the Departm. of Zoology at the Uni of Johannesburg investigated #microplastics in a transboundary river system of multiple African nations. 🌍
➡️: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springernature.com

$Photomicrographs taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope to study the surface fracturing and weathering of microplastics found in the study area.$ Limpopo River

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Feb 28

📜 Research Article: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Shrews-on-to...
www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Shrews-on-to...

Shrews on top of high mountains: a new elevational record for Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) in Europe

The Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), one of the smallest terrestrial mammals, is widely distributed from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula across...

www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it

Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our researchers @msteinwandter.bsky.social, @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social & @eliaguariento.bsky.social have found three specimens of the Eurasian pygmy shrew in South Tyrol at over 3,000 meters a.s.l.. This #discovery marks a European #record! 🏆
📰:
eurac.edu/de/press/eur...
Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Feb 28

Death is not the opposite of life, but part of it. #Decay and regeneration work hand in hand. Our newly published article examines how dead #wood is vital to life in a #forest.

Read the full article here:
eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

Ph: A de Giovanni / Eurac Research

#biodiversity

The echo of death

A study investigates the relationship between the amount of dead wood in a forest and how it corresponds to bird and bat diversity

eurac.edu

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Feb 25

🐝Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their #distribution.

Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝

🔎Read more here:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

New distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee database

Throughout South Tyrol, in northern Italy, there is a data deficiency relating to wild bee species pool. Here, we present significant findings from the collection of 3,313 wild bees gathered over two ...

doi.org

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Alpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · Feb 4

📣Save the date: LTER Austria and LTER Italy members are convening a workshop on "Strengthening long-term socio-ecological research in mountain LTSER platforms" at #imc25 from September 14-18, 2025 in Innsbruck. We are looking foreward to your contributions! For more information 👇

WS 3.122: Developing pathways to strengthen long-term socio-ecological research in mountain LTSER platforms – #IMC: International Mountain Conference

imc2025.info

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