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Michigan State University Department of Entomology @msu-entomology.bsky.social · 1d

MSU Entomology professor Dr. Rufus Isaacs and former graduate student Dr. Gabriela Quinlan collaborated with a team of 80 researchers on a global study examining pollinator habitat needs in agricultural landscapes!

Read more: www.canr.msu.edu/news/spartan...

#Entomology #Ecology #Conservation 🧪🌎🍁

Spartan scientists contribute to global examination of pollinator habitat

MSU Entomology professor and former graduate student collaborate with team of 80 researchers to examine global pollinator landscape needs

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 1d

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary Manager Lisa Duke was recently interviewed about fall bird migration. Read on ⬇️

Fall bird migration is in full swing

First Alert meteorologist Justin Bradford meets with an expert to discuss the bird migration across Michigan this fall.

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 8d

In Michigan, the final generation of Monarch butterflies are beginning their migration south to spend the winter in California, Florida or Mexico. Many are stopping by the @kbslter.bsky.social for resting and feeding along their journey! [Photo credit: Jamie Smith]

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Robin Waterman @robinwaterman.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to announce our new paper "Testing adaptive hypotheses for an evolutionarily conserved trait
through slow-motion videos of pollinators", published in Royal Society Open Science: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251127. Thanks to co-authors Sally Song, Nicholas Bhandari, & @jeffreyconner.bsky.social!

Metallic green sweat bee visiting wild radish flower

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 14d

Visiting the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary is something every Spartan (and non-Spartan!) should do.

A trip to the Sanctuary was included in the MSU Must-dos list. Read the 50 experiences picked to represent being a Spartan:

MSU must-dos

A list of must-do Spartan experiences

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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 16d

Millions of currently farmed acres hold opportunities for biodiversity conservation that are hidden in plain sight!

Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan

www.nytimes.com

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · 15d

“If I can do something that creates better yield and costs me less, and, oh, by the way, it has an environmental potential benefit, why not?”

Read about how research by KBS and MSU scientist Bruno Basso is being applied with success on Michigan farmlands: nyti.ms/46i3dU2

Cover image of a New York Times story titled, "Satellites and drones are unlocking benefits 'hidden in plain sight' in Michigan," showing a drone flying over an agricultural field.

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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 23d

Great story! Learning to identify butterflies is in reach. Counts by thousands of people make up the best long term data 🦋 And there are practical means to forestall rapid butterfly decline. Thank you @margaretrenkl

Opinion | How to Count Butterflies

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Sep 8

New research from Michigan State University, led by agricultural systems scientist Bruno Basso, addresses a major problem in agricultural carbon markets: how to set an accurate starting point, or “baseline,” for measuring climate benefits.

msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/07...

MSU team develops scalable climate solutions for agricultural carbon markets

MSU scientists develop a scalable, science-based system for agricultural carbon markets that improves climate impact accuracy, builds trust in carbon credits, and supports regenerative farming across ...

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 26d

Another year of NutNet in the books @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 23d

This workshop should be extremely useful for experimental ecologists! Both @mridulkthomas.bsky.social and @raviranjan.bsky.social are pros at connecting experiments with theory.

Mridul K. Thomas @mridulkthomas.bsky.social · 23d

@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.

We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.

Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...

Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan.

Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC

Description:

Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the
experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.

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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 23d

Want to interact with a scientist behind a Data Nugget? Join us for an upcoming webinar where we will hear from Caro Cordova, author of Farms Flight Climate Change, as she shares her research and motivations behind her career. More details here! energy.wisc.edu/events/data-...

Data Nuggets: Bringing Authentic Soil Carbon Research to the Classroom

Authentic datasets have the unique ability to capture the attention of students and engage them in the work of scientists. Data Nuggets are free classroom resources, co-designed by scientists and teac...

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Christine Sprunger @sprunger.bsky.social is one of 39 visionaries named to the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers, or TAP, list by the World Food Prize Foundation. Congrats Christine!

www.kbs.msu.edu/2025/07/chri...

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Keep up with KBS! Read our September newsletter: bit.ly/4p6zgxu

Graphic featuring a photo of a scientist releasing a woodpecker into the wild, with the text September 2025 monthly updates from the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Calling all KBS LTER photographers! Have some photos from your best day and worst day in the field? Submit them to the LTER Network's yearly photo contest!

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LTER Photo Contest 2025 - LTER

Introducing the LTER Photo Contest, 2025! Spurred on by the great images submitted last year and the fierce site vs. site competition that took place on our Instagram page to pick a winner, we're back...

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Aug 25

From @kbslter.bsky.social researchers, Grant Falvo and Phil Robertson, have a paper out in Nature Communications Earth and Environment exploring how nature-based climate solutions can help mitigate the radiative forcing that follows deforestation across Midwest.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Nature-based climate solutions can help mitigate the radiative forcing that follows deforestation - Communications Earth & Environment

Nature-based climate solutions such as conservation agriculture and forestry can partially offset the global warming caused by deforestation, while natural forest regeneration is capable of a complete...

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Aug 22

Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium!

This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution

Please consider applying and help spread the word!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Aug 23

New review highlights scientific basis of regenerative agriculture. Rather than prescribing specific methods, it emphasizes observable outcomes – improved soil function, biological activity, and resilience – allowing flexibility across farming contexts.

www.morningagclips.com/regenerative...

Regenerative Agriculture: A Transformative Approach to Ecological Farming and Soil Recovery

Learn how ecological farming can combat soil degradation and ecological breakdown, promoting sustainable practices in agriculture.

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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · Aug 25

Very nice @newphyt.bsky.social study on plant/pathogen evolution by @davidlowry.bsky.social and many others!
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Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms‐race compromise in switchgrass rust

In coevolving species, parasites locally adapt to host populations as hosts locally adapt to resist parasites. Parasites often outpace host local adaptation since they have rapid life cycles, but ho...

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes are considered a keystone species in Michigan. Read about the research on Michigan’s only venomous snakes by KBS faculty member Sarah Fitzpatrick and former KBS graduate student Meaghan Clark.

Habitat Loss Is Leading to Inbreeding Among Michigan's Only Species of Venomous Snake

Roads, buildings and other manmade barriers are preventing the small pit vipers from slithering around to find mates from other populations

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Peter O.L. Martin @po-leyerle-martin.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wanted to share this photo essay that Gavin Hutchings, the KBS 2025 external communications intern, wrote on the Shah lab's work at the KBS Pond Lab facility. It's a lovely piece that showcases some members of the wonderful group we had this summer!!

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Aug 21

The KBS LTAR’s annual field day is coming up! The field day is open to all agricultural and conservation professionals, and runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the KBS LTAR site. Learn more and register for free by Aug. 22: bit.ly/45PvAri

Mark your calendars to see sustainable cropping systems in action

Attend the annual Long-Term Agroecosystem Research field day on Sept. 4, 2025, to learn about sustainable cropping systems in action.

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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · Aug 18

Welcome to the new school year! Our latest Data Nuggets newsletter just came out featuring some of our newest activities and info for requesting access to teacher guides!

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Data Nuggets - welcome to the new school year!

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Sarah W. Fitzpatrick @swfitz.bsky.social · Aug 11

Excited to share our new paper led by @alexlewanski.bsky.social showing largely positive, multi-decadal consequences of translocations in Red-cockaded woodpeckers at Avon Park Air Force Range in central Florida: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

press release: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Aug 8

Today we wrapped up the 10th summer of vegetation surveys in our KBS prairie restoration (reconstruction) experiment, testing how the geographic origin and species diversity of seeds used to initiate restoration affects long-term ecological dynamics

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Purple coneflower, big bluestem, etc in a prairie reconstruction at Kellogg Biological Station

Yellow coneflower, big bluestem, etc in a prairie reconstruction at Kellogg Biological Station

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