Ecologist, biodiversity and ecosystem function in agricultural grasslands and High Nature Value farming systems. Ireland☘️. Art & sports. Kerryman.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by John A. Finn, Laura E. Dee, Benjamin Wildermuth
We are offering a postdoctoral researcher position on the effects of collaborative agri-environment measures on multiple taxa and ecosystem services.
See #job advert
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...
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🌱 Necula et al 2024 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🐮 Allart et al 2024 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S174...
#agroecology
Rainfed control, top panel; drought treatment, bottom.
nature.com/articles/s4159…
2024 publication
How can we ‘best’ design multi-species grassland mixtures?
How can we better predict the effect of diversity on mixture performance?
Demonstration of principles and practical examples from Mini Review in J of Ecology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The upcoming IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment arrives at exactly the right moment for clearer methods and signals.
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Every council in Ireland was asked to write a Climate Action Plan identifying local risks and what they plan to do to reduce emissions causing those risks.
We read them all...
bit.ly/3Mf9h8x
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Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#legacynet
Reposted by John A. Finn, David Leclère
Next webinar (Jan.22) is on #intercropping and sustainable #pest management
To register 👉 www.agroecology-transect.net/events/boost...
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Come on, media, you could at least make an effort at trying to communicate the disaster that is #climate change.
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The last four years - 2022 to 2025 - are now the top four warmest years on record in Ireland.”
jrnl.ie/6919300
An online survey of farmers' perspectives on the adoption of multispecies swards: Barriers, benefits and knowledge gaps -
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
TL;DR: more widespread adoption of grassland mixtures needs improved knowledge transfer
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#NatureConservation #HabitatsDirective #Article17 #Ireland
www.npws.ie/news/ministe...
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In this video, Boglárka Bozsogi from @organicseurope.bsky.social presents some of the recommendations from our Project.
Also gathered in a policy brief:
intercropvalues.eu/wp-content/u...
youtu.be/bi1drtErmaE?...
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What you actually received.
More diverse #mixtures of forage grassland species deliver higher yields than grass-only with higher nitrogen fertiliser. And the yield benefits were larger in higher temperatures. #multispecies #multi4more
theconversation.com/growing-a-mi...