Julia Osterman
@juliaosterman.bsky.social
PostDoc at the University of Gothenburg ☕🐝🌼 Interested in plant-pollinator interactions, oligolectic bees, effects of pesticides on bees, bee conservation and restoration. Profil Pic taken by Yannick Noah Layer.
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Julia Osterman
@juliaosterman.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Crop diversification for pollinator conservation - Landscape Ecology
Context Intensive agriculture drives insect decline impacting insect-mediated ecosystem services that support production. Crop diversification shows promise in increasing crop productivity and enhanci...
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New paper out! 🎉
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Sooty Copper (L tityrus, bruine vuurvlinder) has shown serious declines, esp. in the north of NL. Only on the Veluwe (centre) the situation is better. This species is vulnerable to N deposition (fartmann.net/downloads/ar...).
January 17, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Sooty Copper (L tityrus, bruine vuurvlinder) has shown serious declines, esp. in the north of NL. Only on the Veluwe (centre) the situation is better. This species is vulnerable to N deposition (fartmann.net/downloads/ar...).
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A recent study by Chase et al. @royentsoc.bsky.social provides compelling evidence that soil properties — specifically sand content — can strongly shape bee communities.
It challenges the widespread assumption that flowers alone determine where bees live and thrive.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/icad...
A recent study by Chase et al. @royentsoc.bsky.social provides compelling evidence that soil properties — specifically sand content — can strongly shape bee communities.
It challenges the widespread assumption that flowers alone determine where bees live and thrive.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/icad...
Soil sand content is a driving force in structuring bee communities
We conducted a carefully designed observational study across three soil sand content categories using Dalea purpurea that attracts a wide range of bee species and grows in different soil types. Soil...
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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A recent study by Chase et al. @royentsoc.bsky.social provides compelling evidence that soil properties — specifically sand content — can strongly shape bee communities.
It challenges the widespread assumption that flowers alone determine where bees live and thrive.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/icad...
A recent study by Chase et al. @royentsoc.bsky.social provides compelling evidence that soil properties — specifically sand content — can strongly shape bee communities.
It challenges the widespread assumption that flowers alone determine where bees live and thrive.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/icad...
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📢 New Publication!
We are excited to share that the RestPoll proposal has been officially published in @riojournal.com and is available online! 🎉
Discover the project's visions, goals, and what it promises for pollinator research and conservation 🐝
👉 Read it here: riojournal.com/articles.php...
We are excited to share that the RestPoll proposal has been officially published in @riojournal.com and is available online! 🎉
Discover the project's visions, goals, and what it promises for pollinator research and conservation 🐝
👉 Read it here: riojournal.com/articles.php...
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 AM
📢 New Publication!
We are excited to share that the RestPoll proposal has been officially published in @riojournal.com and is available online! 🎉
Discover the project's visions, goals, and what it promises for pollinator research and conservation 🐝
👉 Read it here: riojournal.com/articles.php...
We are excited to share that the RestPoll proposal has been officially published in @riojournal.com and is available online! 🎉
Discover the project's visions, goals, and what it promises for pollinator research and conservation 🐝
👉 Read it here: riojournal.com/articles.php...
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Peru 🇵🇪 has given legal rights to 175 native bee 🐝 species:
"...stingless bees now have the fundamental right to exist and flourish in a healthy environment, without pollution, habitat loss, climate change, human activity or other threats..."
🪲🪳🌎
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
"...stingless bees now have the fundamental right to exist and flourish in a healthy environment, without pollution, habitat loss, climate change, human activity or other threats..."
🪲🪳🌎
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
Honey-Making Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon Become the First Insects to Gain Legal Rights
Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually significant to Indigenous peoples and help maintain a healthy rainforest ecosyst...
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Peru 🇵🇪 has given legal rights to 175 native bee 🐝 species:
"...stingless bees now have the fundamental right to exist and flourish in a healthy environment, without pollution, habitat loss, climate change, human activity or other threats..."
🪲🪳🌎
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
"...stingless bees now have the fundamental right to exist and flourish in a healthy environment, without pollution, habitat loss, climate change, human activity or other threats..."
🪲🪳🌎
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
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Reading in journal club (as is a lab tradition for the first one of the year): the new horizon scan.
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
@billsutherland.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
@billsutherland.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
We present outcomes from our 17th horizon scan of issues potentially impacting global biodiversity conservation in the next decade. Issues are novel, …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Reading in journal club (as is a lab tradition for the first one of the year): the new horizon scan.
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
@billsutherland.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026
@billsutherland.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 Alarm! EU Kommission will Pestizide unbefristet zulassen!
Gälte das heute schon, wären u.a. folgende Pestizide noch auf dem Markt:
☠️ Chlorpyrifos (verursacht Hirnschäden)
☠️ Mancozeb (hormonschädigend)
☠️ Imidacloprid (Bienenkiller)
Jetzt protestieren ⤵️
umweltinstitut.org/landwirtscha...
Gälte das heute schon, wären u.a. folgende Pestizide noch auf dem Markt:
☠️ Chlorpyrifos (verursacht Hirnschäden)
☠️ Mancozeb (hormonschädigend)
☠️ Imidacloprid (Bienenkiller)
Jetzt protestieren ⤵️
umweltinstitut.org/landwirtscha...
Pestizid-Alarm: Stoppen wir die Giftpläne der EU!
Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen!
umweltinstitut.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚨 Alarm! EU Kommission will Pestizide unbefristet zulassen!
Gälte das heute schon, wären u.a. folgende Pestizide noch auf dem Markt:
☠️ Chlorpyrifos (verursacht Hirnschäden)
☠️ Mancozeb (hormonschädigend)
☠️ Imidacloprid (Bienenkiller)
Jetzt protestieren ⤵️
umweltinstitut.org/landwirtscha...
Gälte das heute schon, wären u.a. folgende Pestizide noch auf dem Markt:
☠️ Chlorpyrifos (verursacht Hirnschäden)
☠️ Mancozeb (hormonschädigend)
☠️ Imidacloprid (Bienenkiller)
Jetzt protestieren ⤵️
umweltinstitut.org/landwirtscha...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Our editor @juliaosterman.bsky.social was at the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium last week, no doubt giving everyone the buzz about Advances in Pollinator Science!
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our editor @juliaosterman.bsky.social was at the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium last week, no doubt giving everyone the buzz about Advances in Pollinator Science!
Come and work with us 🇸🇪
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
academicpositions.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Come and work with us 🇸🇪
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University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
academicpositions.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
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@uni-freiburg.de explains RestPoll members the Nagoya protocol and it's implications.
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@uni-freiburg.de explains RestPoll members the Nagoya protocol and it's implications.
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Fascinating to learn about the integration of biodiversity with apple production in Spain as part of the RestPoll Living Labs @restpoll.bsky.social AGM
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fascinating to learn about the integration of biodiversity with apple production in Spain as part of the RestPoll Living Labs @restpoll.bsky.social AGM
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Apple robots at work @restpoll.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Apple robots at work @restpoll.bsky.social
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Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2
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JOB OFFER ⚠️ Research Engineer in Economics #RestPoll project 🌼 Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches
➡️ https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/vacancy-announcement-recruitment-of-a-research-engineer-in-economics-3/
➡️ https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/vacancy-announcement-recruitment-of-a-research-engineer-in-economics-3/
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
JOB OFFER ⚠️ Research Engineer in Economics #RestPoll project 🌼 Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches
➡️ https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/vacancy-announcement-recruitment-of-a-research-engineer-in-economics-3/
➡️ https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/vacancy-announcement-recruitment-of-a-research-engineer-in-economics-3/
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A new study in Science evaluating published data from 19 countries has pinpointed the minimum habitat levels needed to sustain pollinators in agricultural landscapes. https://scim.ag/3VIq4Cg
October 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A new study in Science evaluating published data from 19 countries has pinpointed the minimum habitat levels needed to sustain pollinators in agricultural landscapes. https://scim.ag/3VIq4Cg
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🐝Šovasar LU Bioloģijas 3. kursa studente, BSC praktikante Aleksandra Koliņa kopā ar zinātnisko asistenti Džesiku Girardi darbojās projektā #RestPoll, pētot apputeksnētāju daudzveidību Vidzemes lauku saimniecībās.
🔗Bloga raksts par praktikantes pieredzi: lnkd.in/dCbvJZ8J
#EUProjects #WildPollinators
🔗Bloga raksts par praktikantes pieredzi: lnkd.in/dCbvJZ8J
#EUProjects #WildPollinators
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🐝Šovasar LU Bioloģijas 3. kursa studente, BSC praktikante Aleksandra Koliņa kopā ar zinātnisko asistenti Džesiku Girardi darbojās projektā #RestPoll, pētot apputeksnētāju daudzveidību Vidzemes lauku saimniecībās.
🔗Bloga raksts par praktikantes pieredzi: lnkd.in/dCbvJZ8J
#EUProjects #WildPollinators
🔗Bloga raksts par praktikantes pieredzi: lnkd.in/dCbvJZ8J
#EUProjects #WildPollinators
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🆕 A protocol for a semi-field experiment to assess the effects of two #pesticides on two #species of mason #bees added to the @wildposh.eu open-science project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with @preprints.arphahub.com!
💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with @preprints.arphahub.com!
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🆕 A protocol for a semi-field experiment to assess the effects of two #pesticides on two #species of mason #bees added to the @wildposh.eu open-science project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with @preprints.arphahub.com!
💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with @preprints.arphahub.com!
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An exceptionally rich issue just published in JPE, with a wide variety of high-quality articles, 3 methodology papers with potential to become standard ref. & thought-provoking commentaries to spark discussion on pollinator monitoring: www.pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
June 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
An exceptionally rich issue just published in JPE, with a wide variety of high-quality articles, 3 methodology papers with potential to become standard ref. & thought-provoking commentaries to spark discussion on pollinator monitoring: www.pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
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Population monitoring of the Clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne, pikkuapollo) in S Finland (14 June, 2025).
June 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Population monitoring of the Clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne, pikkuapollo) in S Finland (14 June, 2025).
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Kurzfilm von Jan Haft über einen der seltensten Schmetterlinge Europas, der in Deutschland durch Schafbeweidung ausgerottet wurde. Dabei nahm man eigentlich an, dass sie die Art erhalten sollte.
www.bfn.de/projektsteck...
www.bfn.de/projektsteck...
May 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Kurzfilm von Jan Haft über einen der seltensten Schmetterlinge Europas, der in Deutschland durch Schafbeweidung ausgerottet wurde. Dabei nahm man eigentlich an, dass sie die Art erhalten sollte.
www.bfn.de/projektsteck...
www.bfn.de/projektsteck...
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Perhaps you've got doi.org/10.1038/s415... already on your list?
Transnational conservation to anticipate future plant shifts in Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Simulations of species range shifts for flora of the European Alps under varying climate and land-use models to 2080 provide the basis for spatial conservation planning to preserve taxonomic, phylogen...
doi.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Perhaps you've got doi.org/10.1038/s415... already on your list?
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these provide some concrete guidelines imo
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Principles for area‐based biodiversity conservation
How area-based biodiversity conservation should be implemented can be controversial. We identify three principles related to habitat geographic coverage, amount, and connectivity. These principles em...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
these provide some concrete guidelines imo
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Call for help! For a course about nature #conservation on land, we are looking for recent "must-read' publications. It could be anything from practical conservation efforts to policy. Focus is though Europe and even Northern Europe. What are your must-reads? #biology #restoration #protection
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Call for help! For a course about nature #conservation on land, we are looking for recent "must-read' publications. It could be anything from practical conservation efforts to policy. Focus is though Europe and even Northern Europe. What are your must-reads? #biology #restoration #protection
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💬 Would you buy bee-friendly food? Then help us with your opinion and take part in our survey (approx. 20 min).
👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators.
Available in 7 different languages!
agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en
👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators.
Available in 7 different languages!
agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
💬 Would you buy bee-friendly food? Then help us with your opinion and take part in our survey (approx. 20 min).
👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators.
Available in 7 different languages!
agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en
👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators.
Available in 7 different languages!
agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en