Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Jul 23

Find the seedling 🌱
#forestdisturbances #post-barkbeetle #forest-dynamics

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Jun 18

First inspection to potential study sites in Norway spruce forests in the Dolomites for a new research project 🏔️🌲Stay tuned for updates soon! #ALPFOR-CSF @euracalpenv.bsky.social @forwards-project.bsky.social

7

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great time at the Integrate Network Workshop in Zurich! A good refresh of forestry concepts for biodiversity conservation and field trials to adapt forests to climate change 🌳🌡️🪲

1

Reposted by Marco Mina

Michele Torresani @micheletorresani.bsky.social · May 8

🌿 Field season has officially started for MAP-Rezia project!
Great to finally meet all partners in the forest instead of just on screen! We kicked off our data collection, discussed next steps, and set the ground for linking what we see on the ground🌲 with remote sensing data🛰️

1 2 6

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Mar 29

#deadwood #dendromicrohabitats #forestbiodiversity

1 7

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Mar 27

In our latest study we used the iLand model to explore the possible future expansion in the forest treeline ecotone in the Eastern Alps 🌲🌱⛰️🖥️

Enjoy the paper below 👇👇

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

3

Reposted by Marco Mina

WSL Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 19

📌 New publication by #BAFU & @wslresearch.bsky.social:

🌳 Forest Report 2025

Heat, drought, storms, and pests have hit Swiss forests hard over the past decade. We need to boost their resilience to climate change to keep them thriving for people and nature.

www.wsl.ch/en/news/fore...

Forest Report 2025: Swiss forests under pressure to adapt

Climate change is visibly affecting the forest, as shown by the 2025 Forest Report published by the FOEN and WSL.

www.wsl.ch

3 14

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Mar 5

Two productive days discussing concrete ideas for research collaborations for Alpine forests - w/ B. Keeton, R.Aszalos et al 💡📝🌲🏔️

5

Reposted by Marco Mina

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

1 6 13

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Feb 27

Here´s the the study in Forest Ecology and Management, showing that the structure of a forest, including the amount of dead wood present, significantly affects the communities of birds and bats
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

Redirecting

doi.org

2

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Feb 27

When a tree is dying, life explodes around it 🌲🦇🪶🪵
We analyzed the relationship between the amount of dead wood and the diversity of its birds and bats in the Italian Alps. Now the research is featured in our magazine “The echo of death”: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...

Photo by Andrea di Giovanni (Eurac Research)

1 2 6

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Feb 10

Exciting to kick-off our new #MAP-Rezia project under the programme Interreg IT-CH! It will contribute to monitor biodiversity, herbivores and assess climate change impacts in the cross-border area of the Swiss and Stelvio National Parks 🌲⛰️🦌🛩️📶🌳
Cool collaboration in the next 2 1/2 years!

Michele Torresani @micheletorresani.bsky.social · Feb 9

🌿 Kick-off for the #MAP-Rezia Project! 🌿
Excited to launch MAP-Rezia (~€1M, #InterregItaliaSvizzera) to monitor biodiversity in #ParcoNazionaledelloStelvio & #SchweizerischerNationalpark! We'll use remote sensing to map ecosystems, track herbivores & assess forest scenarios under climate change. 🚀🌍

3

Reposted by Marco Mina

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Jan 27

Rural communities in Québec are embracing ‘mushroom tourism’ to boost local economies

Mycotourism (mushroom tourism) merges nature, culinary experiences and rural traditions. Quebec’s growth in this niche is notable, yet it remains relatively unknown.

theconversation.com

3 5

Reposted by Marco Mina

Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jan 24

How does variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity affect tree growth? What are the knowledge gaps to more fully answering this question?

See my review out today in Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

A red Amanita fruiting with leaf litter around

4 33 75

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Jan 25

🌲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: Session FS 3.191 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 – 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! 🌲

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: IMC 2025 – International Mountain Conference
📍 Innsbruck, Austria

Deadline: 20 feb 2025

imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

3 6

Reposted by Marco Mina

Katharina Albrich @albrichk.bsky.social · Jan 10

Are you/do you know a student interested in biodiversity and ecology and with strong data-handling skills? Apply for our summer trainee position at @luke.fi: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/trai... (DL 31.1)
Many other great trainee and seasonal worker positions also now open in Luke!

Trainee, data science ("big data" and geo-spatial data) - Natural Resources Institute Finland

Open job: Trainee, data science ("big data" and geo-spatial data), Natural Resources Institute Finland - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

valtiolle.fi

5 5

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Jan 8

We are looking for a motivated intern with experience in taxonomy of fungi in mountain forests to support us on fungal diversity survey in late summer/fall in South Tyrol 🍄🌲⛰️

Deadline is January 20th
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/7G6noEG...

Internship fungal diversity survey in forests of South Tyrol

Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano

eurac.onboard.org

3

Reposted by Marco Mina

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · Jan 7

By chance, two artists living in Zurich have discovered the bioluminescence of a fungus. Together with a mycologist from WSL, they are describing the poorly understood phenomenon. wsl.ch/en/news/glow...
#biodiversity #biodiversity #mushrooms #forest 📷Baggenstos/Rudolf

Glowing mushrooms: an intrigue for artists and scientists alike

Two artists from Zurich team up with a WSL mycologist to look into the newly discovered green glow of a mushroom.

wsl.ch

2 4

Reposted by Marco Mina

Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Dec 22

Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNAS

Research funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr...

www.pnas.org

18 240 520

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Dec 12

A short reportage about our research activities on forest ecology, modelling and biodiversity at the Institute for Alpine Environment at Eurac Research 🌲⛰️🌡️🌱📈
youtu.be/3rPcKzOmFgI?...

👉for English turn on Auto generated captions
👉for German see youtu.be/hzcI0rflJas?...

Research South Tyrol | Special Mention 2023: Marco Mina

YouTube video by Provincia Bolzano

youtu.be

1 6

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Dec 4

Publishing a paper takes time (too long! imho). But preprints are a good options to share research results in real time.

Have a look at our preprint on canopy photography methods for forest ecology and biodiversity studies 🌲📷🌱 @euracalpenv.bsky.social

Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨New preprint: Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Last year, a MSc student did an internship at EURAC in Italy. She reworked her report into a nice manuscript that we recently submitted. 📷🌳🌲

Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

biorxiv.org

Reposted by Marco Mina

Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · Nov 21

Conveying results of #simulationmodels is tricky. We produced a video to help folks understand how #climatechange and #fire could affect the iconic landscape of Greater #Yellowstone. Would love to see this used for ecology classes and outreach. @ttkeller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIp7...

Future landscapes of Greater Yellowstone

YouTube video by UW-Madison Campus Connection

www.youtube.com

2 17 46

Reposted by Marco Mina

Brian Rolek @brols.bsky.social · Nov 18

🚨New publication🚨

Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

First author and awesome researcher Dr. Gabi Dri is doing amazing work! I'm grateful for the opportunity to collaborate on this one. #ecology

Forest management affects the functional traits of birds and mammals differently

Our work used large-scale data to understand how bird and mammal communities respond to timber harvest practices in temperate forests of the northeastern USA. We found that niche breadth (diet), morp...

zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

1 8 24

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · May 30

Done with #TwiXXer social. I wont post any more content here. Moved to 👇👇
🦋

marco-mina.bsky.social

Marco Mina @marco-mina.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello, if you can please add me! 🙂 Many thanks!

1 1