Victor Strømberg
@vhstroemberg.bsky.social
Studying Nature Management at UCPH. Fascinated by wild nature and the unfolding of natural processes. Interested in plant ecology and aspiring botanist.
Really important to consider the positive landscape scale effects of herbivory in addition to the often reported local scale effects.
Excited to share that my first PhD chapter just got published in @animalecology.bsky.social! You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1365.... Based on fieldwork in the beautiful Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in South Africa, we show that.. (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really important to consider the positive landscape scale effects of herbivory in addition to the often reported local scale effects.
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Excited to share that my first PhD chapter just got published in @animalecology.bsky.social! You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1365.... Based on fieldwork in the beautiful Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in South Africa, we show that.. (1/3)
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Excited to share that my first PhD chapter just got published in @animalecology.bsky.social! You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1365.... Based on fieldwork in the beautiful Waterberg Biosphere Reserve in South Africa, we show that.. (1/3)
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Adapting wet grassland management: Too high productivity & tall vegetation threaten the orchid Dactylorhiza majalis despite conservation efforts 🌱
More frequent biomass removal could support conservation of the species & other wet grassland specialists 🌏 🧪
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70024
More frequent biomass removal could support conservation of the species & other wet grassland specialists 🌏 🧪
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70024
April 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Adapting wet grassland management: Too high productivity & tall vegetation threaten the orchid Dactylorhiza majalis despite conservation efforts 🌱
More frequent biomass removal could support conservation of the species & other wet grassland specialists 🌏 🧪
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70024
More frequent biomass removal could support conservation of the species & other wet grassland specialists 🌏 🧪
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70024
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Our paper led by Thiago Gonçalves-Souza is out. Habitat fragmentation and habitat loss reduce biodiversity. @natejsanders.bsky.social
Results from 37 studies distributed worldwide, on plants and animals, comparing continuous and fragmented landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results from 37 studies distributed worldwide, on plants and animals, comparing continuous and fragmented landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes - Nature
An analysis of habitat fragmentation using a dataset of more than 4,000 species worldwide shows that fragmentation reduces biodiversity at all scales, and that increases in β diversity do not compensa...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our paper led by Thiago Gonçalves-Souza is out. Habitat fragmentation and habitat loss reduce biodiversity. @natejsanders.bsky.social
Results from 37 studies distributed worldwide, on plants and animals, comparing continuous and fragmented landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results from 37 studies distributed worldwide, on plants and animals, comparing continuous and fragmented landscapes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌿🌳 Rethinking Europe’s #Nature🍃🐘 Our new study challenges the closed-forest paradigm—pre-Homo sapiens landscapes were a fine-grained mosaic of open areas, closed #forest & light #woodland, likely linked to the rich #megafauna🐂🏵️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475925000061
February 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Scherer et al. påviser en klar præference hos sjældne pletvinger i Hainich Nationalpark for områder gennemrodet af vildsvin!
Samme mønster i min vilde have: Blåfuglene foretrækker åbenlyst lav og åben vegetation.
I DK udryddes vildsvin per dekret 😒.
#dkpol
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Samme mønster i min vilde have: Blåfuglene foretrækker åbenlyst lav og åben vegetation.
I DK udryddes vildsvin per dekret 😒.
#dkpol
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Rare butterfly species vitally depend on soil disturbance by an ecosystem engineer in abandoned calcareous grasslands
Ecosystem engineers like wild boar (Sus scrofa) can reset successional processes in grasslands, creating open swards rich in bare ground and exhibitin…
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February 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Scherer et al. påviser en klar præference hos sjældne pletvinger i Hainich Nationalpark for områder gennemrodet af vildsvin!
Samme mønster i min vilde have: Blåfuglene foretrækker åbenlyst lav og åben vegetation.
I DK udryddes vildsvin per dekret 😒.
#dkpol
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Samme mønster i min vilde have: Blåfuglene foretrækker åbenlyst lav og åben vegetation.
I DK udryddes vildsvin per dekret 😒.
#dkpol
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📰Published📰 Across elevation gradients, flowers adapt morphology and phenology to climate, but phenology-trait relationships are weak
https://buff.ly/4gl2xim
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https://buff.ly/4gl2xim
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Across elevation gradients, flowers adapt morphology and phenology to climate, but phenology-trait relationships are weak
Mustaqeem Ahmad, Sonia Rathee, Meghna Krishnadas This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. In mountain ecosystems, stark climatic variation …
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January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📰Published📰 Across elevation gradients, flowers adapt morphology and phenology to climate, but phenology-trait relationships are weak
https://buff.ly/4gl2xim
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https://buff.ly/4gl2xim
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In the news!🗞️
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A pan‐European citizen science study shows population size, climate and land use are related to biased morph ratios in the heterostylous plant Primula veris
A large-scale citizen science study involving thousands of cowslip (Primula veris) observations from all over Europe revealed an unexpected prevalence of S-morphs over L-morphs, which was influenced ....
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January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In the news!🗞️
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I finally got to sort through the parasitoids (Torymidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae s.l. etc) that I reared from galls/larvae of Cecidomyiidae during 2024. Now, 38 samples have been sent to my friend Dick Askew for thorough identification. The docu shots are entirely handheld 🤡
January 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I finally got to sort through the parasitoids (Torymidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae s.l. etc) that I reared from galls/larvae of Cecidomyiidae during 2024. Now, 38 samples have been sent to my friend Dick Askew for thorough identification. The docu shots are entirely handheld 🤡
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📰Published📰 Plant mycorrhizal status indicates partner selectivity in arbuscular mycorrhizal interaction networks
https://buff.ly/4j2ncuj
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Plant mycorrhizal status indicates partner selectivity in arbuscular mycorrhizal interaction networks
Kadri Koorem, Siim-Kaarel Sepp, C. Guillermo Bueno, John Davison, Siqiao Liu, Yiming Meng, Marina Semchenko, Martti Vasar, Martin Zobel, Mari Moora This is a plain language summary of a Functional …
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January 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📰Published📰 Plant mycorrhizal status indicates partner selectivity in arbuscular mycorrhizal interaction networks
https://buff.ly/4j2ncuj
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https://buff.ly/4j2ncuj
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Restored vs Near-natural #wetlands: lower plant diversity incl rare species - but #grazing had positive effect as did available species pool size, prior presence of near-natural habitat & restored #hydrology; high soil Fe+N had negative effects🌿🐂💦 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nutrients, isolation and lack of grazing limit plant diversity in restored wetlands
Restoration of plant diversity in wetlands is challenging, but our results point to potential remedies: plan restoration areas near colonisation sources of the target biota, restore hydrology to near...
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January 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Restored vs Near-natural #wetlands: lower plant diversity incl rare species - but #grazing had positive effect as did available species pool size, prior presence of near-natural habitat & restored #hydrology; high soil Fe+N had negative effects🌿🐂💦 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The 2024 Editors’ Award for Applied Vegetation Science goes to Lina Lüttgert and co-authors for their paper “Linking trends of habitat types and plant species using repeated habitat mapping data”. Congratulations! vegsciblog.org/2024/12/29/j... doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
JVS and AVS Editors' Awards for 2024 - vegsciblog.org
The 2024 Editors’ Award for the Journal of Vegetation Science goes to Andrew Siefert, Daniel Laughlin and Francesco Sabatini. Siefert,
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December 30, 2024 at 7:48 AM
The 2024 Editors’ Award for Applied Vegetation Science goes to Lina Lüttgert and co-authors for their paper “Linking trends of habitat types and plant species using repeated habitat mapping data”. Congratulations! vegsciblog.org/2024/12/29/j... doi.org/10.1111/avsc...
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Terrestrial wetlands are not only protected by the habitats directive, but also the water framework directive. But what does the protection mean?
Two law experts invited me to add some ecology to their legal investigation, and now our paper is out in @ambio-journal.bsky.social.
rdcu.be/d3Ax7
Two law experts invited me to add some ecology to their legal investigation, and now our paper is out in @ambio-journal.bsky.social.
rdcu.be/d3Ax7
December 15, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Terrestrial wetlands are not only protected by the habitats directive, but also the water framework directive. But what does the protection mean?
Two law experts invited me to add some ecology to their legal investigation, and now our paper is out in @ambio-journal.bsky.social.
rdcu.be/d3Ax7
Two law experts invited me to add some ecology to their legal investigation, and now our paper is out in @ambio-journal.bsky.social.
rdcu.be/d3Ax7
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How do rare plant species respond to habitat fragmentation?
We've been testing this question for the past 18 years, through demographic studies of a half dozen longleaf pine savanna groundlayer species in the SRS Corridor Project fragmentation experiment 🧪
We've been testing this question for the past 18 years, through demographic studies of a half dozen longleaf pine savanna groundlayer species in the SRS Corridor Project fragmentation experiment 🧪
December 12, 2024 at 11:56 PM
How do rare plant species respond to habitat fragmentation?
We've been testing this question for the past 18 years, through demographic studies of a half dozen longleaf pine savanna groundlayer species in the SRS Corridor Project fragmentation experiment 🧪
We've been testing this question for the past 18 years, through demographic studies of a half dozen longleaf pine savanna groundlayer species in the SRS Corridor Project fragmentation experiment 🧪
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Check your baseline!
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
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It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
www.facebook.com/100001523860...
Det endnu billigere skidt!
Alexander Holm og Sebastian Klein har for nyligt dækket Pablo Escobars kokainflodheste på deres podcast Det Billige Skidt.... | By Skjold | Facebook
Det endnu billigere skidt!
Alexander Holm og Sebastian Klein har for nyligt dækket Pablo Escobars kokainflodheste på deres podcast Det Billige Skidt....
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December 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Check your baseline!
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
www.facebook.com/100001523860...
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
www.facebook.com/100001523860...
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New preprint led by PhD researcher @brandonswhitley.bsky.social
We are working on plant diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Greenland.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are working on plant diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Greenland.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Harmonising digitised herbarium data to enhance biodiversity knowledge: creating an updated checklist for the flora of Greenland.
International efforts to digitise herbarium specimens provide the building blocks for a global digital herbarium. However, taxonomic changes and errors can result in inconsistencies when amalgamating ...
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December 7, 2024 at 9:54 AM
New preprint led by PhD researcher @brandonswhitley.bsky.social
We are working on plant diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Greenland.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are working on plant diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Greenland.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Denmark hosted four species of Lobaria. Three went extinct and the extant L. lobata is listed as endangered.
The other day, a colleague was thrilled to spot a new locality for the lichen. But the old trees were logged - probably for burning as wood chips. Legally. #dkpol "sustainable energy" 😭
The other day, a colleague was thrilled to spot a new locality for the lichen. But the old trees were logged - probably for burning as wood chips. Legally. #dkpol "sustainable energy" 😭
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Denmark hosted four species of Lobaria. Three went extinct and the extant L. lobata is listed as endangered.
The other day, a colleague was thrilled to spot a new locality for the lichen. But the old trees were logged - probably for burning as wood chips. Legally. #dkpol "sustainable energy" 😭
The other day, a colleague was thrilled to spot a new locality for the lichen. But the old trees were logged - probably for burning as wood chips. Legally. #dkpol "sustainable energy" 😭
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Læs vores kronik i @altingetdk.bsky.social: Biodiversitetstabet kun kan vendes ved at kombinere mere effektiv beskyttelse m genopretning af store #planteædere, #hydrologi & kystdynamik www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik... (m Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social & @hhbruun.bsky.social) 🍃 🐎 💦#dkpol
Forskere om konflikten mellem rewilding og naturpleje: Vi står midt i et paradigmeskifte
Det er vores opfattelse, at biodiversitetstabet kun kan standses og vendes med en genopretning af de naturlige processer i økosystemet – særligt de som er knyttet til store planteædere, skriver Camill...
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December 2, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Læs vores kronik i @altingetdk.bsky.social: Biodiversitetstabet kun kan vendes ved at kombinere mere effektiv beskyttelse m genopretning af store #planteædere, #hydrologi & kystdynamik www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik... (m Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social & @hhbruun.bsky.social) 🍃 🐎 💦#dkpol
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New paper led by superstar grad student Katherine Hulting, from the SRS Fragmentation Experiment
Across 5 species & 1000s of plants, habitat edges decrease plant reproductive output by suppressing flowering, but not by changing pollination rates
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Across 5 species & 1000s of plants, habitat edges decrease plant reproductive output by suppressing flowering, but not by changing pollination rates
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Habitat edges decrease plant reproductive output in fragmented landscapes
The authors demonstrate that plant reproductive output (seed production) is decreased by habitat fragmentation through edge effects on flowering. This work provides evidence that an important contrib....
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November 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
New paper led by superstar grad student Katherine Hulting, from the SRS Fragmentation Experiment
Across 5 species & 1000s of plants, habitat edges decrease plant reproductive output by suppressing flowering, but not by changing pollination rates
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Across 5 species & 1000s of plants, habitat edges decrease plant reproductive output by suppressing flowering, but not by changing pollination rates
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Happy to share our latest article in @natureportfolio.bsky.social #Nature
where we report how soil microbiomes across European grasslands exhibited a small, but highly consistent & phylogenetically conserved, response to drought, flood, freezing and heat www.nature.com/articles/s41...
where we report how soil microbiomes across European grasslands exhibited a small, but highly consistent & phylogenetically conserved, response to drought, flood, freezing and heat www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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November 28, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Happy to share our latest article in @natureportfolio.bsky.social #Nature
where we report how soil microbiomes across European grasslands exhibited a small, but highly consistent & phylogenetically conserved, response to drought, flood, freezing and heat www.nature.com/articles/s41...
where we report how soil microbiomes across European grasslands exhibited a small, but highly consistent & phylogenetically conserved, response to drought, flood, freezing and heat www.nature.com/articles/s41...