Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Jun 24

Reflections from iDiv researchers:

1 1

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌈 Celebrating diversity at #iDiv! This week —and every week— iDiv affirms that diversity in all its forms strengthens science, community, and collaboration. 🧬

1 6 13

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Benoit Gauzens @bgauzens.bsky.social · Jun 16

@lisethouvenot.bsky.social @remoryser.bsky.social @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @ecolgonzalez.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social @gqromero.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social @econetlab.bsky.social

Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jun 13

New online! Tailoring interaction network types to answer different ecological questions

Tailoring interaction network types to answer different ecological questions

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 13 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00056-7This Perspective provides guidance about how to select the most appropriate type of interaction network for different research questions in ecology. Networks can vary according to the extent of node aggregation and the information that links represent; each kind of network formulation has advantages in different contexts.

bit.ly

4 6

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Jun 10

Die Forschungsgruppe Experimentelle Interaktionsökologie (@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social) am @idiv-research.bsky.social gehört zu den zehn Gewinnerteams des Preises Bestes Forschungsumfeld 2024. 🎉🥳

Mehr dazu hier: www.idiv.de/de/idiv-fors...

@jungeakademie.bsky.social @volkswagenstiftung.de

iDiv-Forschungsgruppe als „Bestes Forschungsumfeld“ ausgezeichnet

Die Junge Akademie vergibt gemeinsam mit der VolkswagenStiftung erstmals den Preis „Bestes Forschungsumfeld“ an zehn vorbildliche Teams

www.idiv.de

1 4 14

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · May 22

🌱 On #BiodiversityDay, #iDiv researchers reflect on biodiversity — and now we are asking you. What makes biodiversity fascinating?

1 3 4

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · May 8

Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress

📄 buff.ly/rzl7iTM
@remybeugnon.bsky.social @msoil.bsky.social @stpdms.bsky.social @lisethouvenot.bsky.social @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

buff.ly

6 6

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share our new study published in JoVE! We explore how plant history and soil history influence the functioning of grassland ecosystems. Have a look!
app.jove.com/v/67496/jena...

JenaTron - An Experimental Approach to Study the Effects of Plant History and Soil History on Grassland Ecosystem Functioning

The global loss of biodiversity has motivated many studies that experimentally vary plant species richness and examine the consequences for ecosystem ...

app.jove.com

4 2

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Rémy Beugnon @remybeugnon.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣 New paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 📣

We are delighted to share our latest piece

🚜Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress ♨️

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

Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress

Soil microbes are crucial for healthy ecosystems, but climate change and intensive farming may reduce their functioning. We tested how heat stress affects microbial respiration in soils under differe....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

1 5 8

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Dear #nematode community,
Does anyone currently have nematodes in culture and would be willing to share or sell some? We are planning different experiments and are also happy to collaborate and share more details.

2 4

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Feb 20

📣GSBI Speaks is back tomorrow! Join us to learn about remote sensing and sensing to measure soil biodiversity 📸🎥🐛🐜🦠🪱

Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 MST, 11:00 EST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET

Register 👇

https://buff.ly/4h4Vuf4

2 6

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Feb 20

Congratulations to our engaged colleagues. Very well deserved!!!!

soilbiocomm.bsky.social @soilbiocomm.bsky.social · Feb 20

We had an incredible award ceremony in Munich, hosted and organized by Volkshochschule München and the Grüter Stiftung, in collaboration with Naturkundemuseum Bayern/Biotopia. So glad Amelie from our team could join the celebration as well! 😊

1 6

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Feb 4

So important! Thank you so much! We all know it is not easy! @lisethouvenot.bsky.social

Soil BON Global @soilbon.bsky.social · Feb 4

Co-coordinator Lise Thouvenot @lisethouvenot.bsky.social takes point on all MTAs and lab protocols used in Soil BON! Her work is VITAL to the progress & success of the campaign by making sure samples enter the country legally & abide by soil provider country regulations WE 💚 LISE!

8

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Jan 30

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Jan 30

My new substack newsletter explains the fundamental trade-off in experiments in ecology and environmental sciences: you can either have mechanistic resolution or realism, but not both in the same experiment.

#ecology #environment #science

matthiasrillig.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...

Why you can't have it all in experiments in ecology

The trade-off between realism and mechanistic resolution, and why this is important.

matthiasrillig.substack.com

2

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Jan 30

Congratulations to our team Translating Soil Biodiversity for winning the University of Leipzig's Transfer Prize! 🏆🎓
Their work brings soil biodiversity research to young minds by creating and translating engaging articles for Frontiers for Young Minds—a platform where kids review science! 🌱🦠

3 15

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · Jan 16

Wow, so nice to see this work out, led by Chris Sweeney! he shows, in a massive experiment, that plant traits and phylogenetic relatedness are poor predictors of plant–soil feedbacks. In @journalofecology.bsky.social

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

Plant phylogeny, traits and fungal community composition as drivers of plant–soil feedbacks

Our results suggest that plant traits and phylogenetic relatedness are poor predictors of plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) among temperate grassland plant species. Hence, despite known effects of these fa...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

12 35

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Michal Bogdziewicz @micbog.bsky.social · Jan 28

Our new @pnas.org paper shows a previously unrecognized mechanism by which climate warming reduces beech growth: more frequent seed production depletes tree resources, causing a 28% decline in radial growth.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social

13 43

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Jan 27

@drpeterdietrich.bsky.social whenever you and we have a free slot, it would be great if you can present this in our seminar!

Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · Jan 27

This looks like a great option when nondestructive biomass measurements are required, e.g., in mesocosm experiments.

Peter Dietrich @drpeterdietrich.bsky.social · Dec 7

Preprint alert!🚨 You want biomass data without clipping the vegetation? Use your smartphone for a 3D scan! In our manuscript you get instructions & a complete Jupyter notebook for immediate use! doi.org/10.32942/X2T... 🪴+📱=💚 #biodiversity #ecology #globalchange #photogrammetry

1 2

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Rémy Beugnon @remybeugnon.bsky.social · Jan 22

Third and final week of practicum with @unileipzig.bsky.social students.

Using the GCEF facilities and our soil respiration lab, we are testing how land use and future climate affect soil microbial activity response to heat waves! 🥵

/w @msoil.bsky.social & @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

2 8

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Soil BON Global @soilbon.bsky.social · Jan 8

Good evening Bluesky! This is the official account for Soil BON Global. We are a global soil monitoring project in it's 4th year looking to grow the community of researchers across the globe to share their sampling, publications, & training experiences from the project. Stay tuned!

4 11

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · Jan 17

We are looking for more collaborators who want to run a BugNet site in their region. If you are interested, join our online info event. Please re-skeet, and help us to reach community ecologists, and those interested in plant- herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions around the world! 👇

BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · Jan 17

Want to join or learn more about BugNet? Join our BugNet info meeting with
@annekempel.bsky.social
online on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 9am CET or 3pm CET. Register here for the info meeting: www.bug-net.org 🌱 🌐

2 29 24

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Jan 8

📢JOB❗❗❗ The Research Training Group on the Economics of Connected Natural Commons: Atmosphere and Biodiversity (ECO-N), funded by the DFG is looking for a synthesis postdoc at Leipzig University. Come and work with us in a great team:
uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/e...

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d/x)

uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers

2 1

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Gerrit Angst @gangst.bsky.social · Jan 6

‼️Recently published in
@funecology.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

We developed a conceptual framework for linking effect traits of #soil #fauna to the transformation of #SOM (including a section on #POM #MAOM😀)

with
@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social et al

Linking effect traits of soil fauna to processes of organic matter transformation

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

doi.org

3 11

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Justus Hennecke @henneckejustus.bsky.social · Jan 3

This was a great collaborative project, including @joanabergmann.bsky.social, @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social, @a-h-b.bsky.social and many other great co-authors who are not (yet) on BlueSky!

1 5

Reposted by Experimental Interaction Ecology

Soil Organisms Journal @soilorganismsj.bsky.social · Dec 23

Thank you to all our hard-working reviewers, staff, and authors who have made 2024 a wonderful year at Soil Organisms ✨🪱

We look forward to seeing you all in 2025!! ✨⏳✨

@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @antoncollembola.bsky.social @sgn.one

2 3

Experimental Interaction Ecology @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social · Dec 17

With contribution of our microclimate guy @remybeugnon.bsky.social

Simone Cesarz @stpdms.bsky.social · Dec 17

This paper outlines 10 practical guidelines for ground-based terrestrial #microclimate research, emphasizing standardization and best practices from study design to data analysis. Nice piece of work! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems

Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

1