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Catherine Preece @cathepreece.bsky.social · 4d

Great opportunity to join IRTA (Catalunya) with a permanent research position in soil science. Apply here talent.irta.cat/en/jobs/6477...

Researcher in Soil Science for the Sustainable Field Crops Program - IRTA

We are an agri-food Research Institute under the Government of Catalonia, where over 1000 professionals work, with commitment, across 19 research areas to contribute to the future and to society.

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Louis Mielke @myconet.bsky.social · 8d

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Terrestrial Microbial Ecology at SLU, Uppsala

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Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor* in Terrestrial Microbial Ecology | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 9d

Extremely proud of Eileen Enderle for publishing her second PhD paper in @journalofecology.bsky.social !!

She shows that the impact that drought has on plant-soil feedback is mediated by soil bacterial and fungal communities.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Drought legacy effects on plant growth and plant–soil feedback are mediated by soil microbial communities independently of root exudates and root litter

The results show that drought indirectly restricts plant growth, which is not mediated by root exudates or root litter, but through altering microbial biomass and community composition. These finding...

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Laura van Galen @laura-vangalen.bsky.social · 12d

If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

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Ingeborg Klarenberg @ingeborgklarenberg.bsky.social · 13d

Thrilled to have contributed as part of the Data Reuse Consortium behind this new @natmicrobiol.nature.com article 'A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data'

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you work with microbiome, metagenomic, or ‘omics data more broadly, check out the paper.

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 15d

Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil & litter invertebrates?

Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!

More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...

#SoilBiodiversity 🧪

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Mariana Gliesch @marigliesch.bsky.social · 17d

Have you noticed how dry springs and summers are becoming more frequent? Do you wonder about the consequences they might have for natural ecosystems? Then have a look at our new paper in @global changebio.bsky.social !

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

Finally, thank you to the Research Leaders 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions co-fund fellowship program for funding this work (8/8)

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to @soilmicrobio.bsky.social (and @nadinepraeg.bsky.social of course) for teaching me more or less everything I know about microbial ecology, and for the excellent support with the molecular work. Thanks @dina-intzandt.bsky.social for many nice discussions on networks and microbes (7/n)

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you to this awesome group of co-authors, everyone at the Functional Ecology group at the University of Innsbruck, Marcus and the crew at the Botanical Garden, and the students for making this experiment possible, teaching me so much, and for many nice days at the experiment (6/n)

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

...causes abrupt shifts in plant community resistance and recovery, and alters plant-soil carbon allocation during and after drought doi.org/10.1111/1365... (5/n)

Drought intensity alters productivity, carbon allocation and plant nitrogen uptake in fast versus slow grassland communities

The authors highlight that plant above-ground (AG) biomass and C and N dynamics in the plant–soil system display non-linear responses to increasing drought intensity both during and after drought, wh...

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

This paper builds on previous work in our Grassland Response to Drought Intensity (GReDI) project, showing that increasing drought intensity has increasingly pronounced effects on microbial community structure and function doi.org/10.1016/j.so... (4/n)

Redirecting

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

Increasing intensity of a past drought decreased slow-strategy plant community resistance, and diminished the overshoot response of the fast-strategy plant community after the drought (3/n)

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

We show that soil drought legacies persist into the following year as shifts in soil microbial community structure and function, and that their effect on the drought response of a new plant community depends on plant resource acquisition strategy (2/n)

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Natalie Oram @nataliejoram.bsky.social · 19d

Proud to share our paper: Drought intensity shapes soil legacy effects on grassland plant and soil microbial communities and their responses to future drought, out now in @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... (1/n)

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 19d

Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.bsky.social · 20d

Well done to @nadinepraeg.bsky.social for presenting and promoting our review of #MountainSoilBiodiversity at the #IMC2025. 👏🙏
In collaboration with @gmba-ipo.bsky.social, we compiled a wealth of information on our knowledge of alpine soil biota. 🪴🦠🪱

Openly accessible here: doi.org/10.1111/brv....

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 29d

Using a unique long-term field experiment, we show that chronic (20 years!) drought reduces ecosystem CO2 uptake and persistently shifts soil fungal and bacterial communities, but that shifts in plant communities determine ecosystem CO2 fluxes. 🧵
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...

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A phot of a roof, from a lower angle, with TOMST moisture and temperature sensors visible underneath

A photo of a transparent chamber that is placed over the soil, connected to an infrared gas analyser for measuring CO2 concentrations

A photo of a blacked out chamber that is placed over the soil, connected to an infrared gas analyser for measuring CO2 concentrations

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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Date for the diary #SoilHealthWeek is coming soon to Ireland with events all over the country! Bígí linn 🤗 #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Aug 21

We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰

Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management?
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team?
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards?

More info 👇
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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society

Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 07 Sep 2025.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Aug 27

Did you know that @jappliedecology.bsky.social authors can now publish a Plain Language Summary alongside their final article?

Plain Language Summaries help to make the latest ecological research more accessible to the wider public.

British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology offers Plain Language Summaries. Available now! The image shows tall trees from below.

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Emily Solly @plantsoilemily.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy to see this paper published! We used a mesocosm platform to study how soil water limitation intensity alters the cycling of nitrogen at the tree-soil interface rdcu.be/eCB3L

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Aug 25

📣GSBI Speaks is back again in September! Join us to learn how AI is being used to measure soil biodiversity 🤖💡🦠

September 24, 2025, 6 MDT, 8 EDT, 13 BST, 14 CEST

Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-24-ai

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Jacob Levine @jacoblevine.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔥🔥🔥 Why are wildfires more severe in private industrial forests?

Our new paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social has the answers:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Extreme Weather Magnifies the Effects of Forest Structure on Wildfire, Driving Increased Severity in Industrial Forests

Wildfires are consistently more severe in private industrial forests than public ones. In this paper, we identify the drivers of this pattern. Namely, we show that fire severity is elevated in dense,...

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 31

We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰

Are you...
👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management? 🌎
👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team? 💬
👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards? 🧪

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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society

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