Andreas Hilpold
@andreashilpold.bsky.social
Biologist; plants, grasshoppers and true bugs; Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol, Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research @EuracAlpine. Italy/Austria
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New paper out on community ecology of parasitoids and their hosts 🪲🐝🪰🕷️
Great work led by Lisa Obwegs
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Great work led by Lisa Obwegs
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt
Exploring #hymenopteran #parasitoid communities & their hosts: comparative study of farmland & semi-natural ecotones with focus on #pentatomoids
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70009
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com
Exploring #hymenopteran #parasitoid communities & their hosts: comparative study of farmland & semi-natural ecotones with focus on #pentatomoids
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70009
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New paper out on community ecology of parasitoids and their hosts 🪲🐝🪰🕷️
Great work led by Lisa Obwegs
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Great work led by Lisa Obwegs
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
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New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect
@chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect
@chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Balancing bats and agriculture: Investigating the effects of agricultural management practices on bat species diversity in mountain ecosystems
Changes in agricultural land use and farming practices have been recognized as significant drivers of biodiversity loss, especially when they involve …
www.sciencedirect.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect
@chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect
@chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social
Reposted by Andreas Hilpold
📢 Save the date for our 1st Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair! Online, 21-22 May. Connect with R&I, policy & business to explore the future of monitoring: tech sessions (eDNA, bioacoustics, remote sensing), project showcases, interactive talks, & more!
Event: Connecting people, technology, and data for biodiversity monitoring
Biodiversa+ is thrilled to announce its first “Biodiversity monitoring science fair”, taking place in Barcelona on 21 and 22 May...
www.biodiversa.eu
April 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📢 Save the date for our 1st Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair! Online, 21-22 May. Connect with R&I, policy & business to explore the future of monitoring: tech sessions (eDNA, bioacoustics, remote sensing), project showcases, interactive talks, & more!
Reposted by Andreas Hilpold
500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. 🐝
To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity:
beehold.eurac.edu/en
To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity:
beehold.eurac.edu/en
BEEhold - South Tyrol’s wild bees: biodiversity on display
The BEEhold project celebrates the diversity and importance of South Tyrol’s wild bees.
beehold.eurac.edu
March 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. 🐝
To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity:
beehold.eurac.edu/en
To shed light on these winged wonders, our #interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! 🖼️📸Pick up a map🗺️, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about #bee #biodiversity:
beehold.eurac.edu/en
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We linked canopy structure 🌲📸 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory #plantdiversity 🌱 in forest plots. Our findings show canopy #photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forests.
@marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...
@marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...
Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies
Understory is a key component of forest biodiversity. The structure of the forest stand and the horizontal composition of the canopy play a major role…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We linked canopy structure 🌲📸 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory #plantdiversity 🌱 in forest plots. Our findings show canopy #photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forests.
@marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...
@marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...
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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
📰:
eurac.edu/de/press/eur...
Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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
📰:
eurac.edu/de/press/eur...
Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi
Reposted by Andreas Hilpold
🐝Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their #distribution.
Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝
🔎Read more here:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝
🔎Read more here:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
New distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee database
Throughout South Tyrol, in northern Italy, there is a data deficiency relating to wild bee species pool. Here, we present significant findings from the collection of 3,313 wild bees gathered over two ...
doi.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🐝Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their #distribution.
Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝
🔎Read more here:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝
🔎Read more here:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
erleichtert, dass der Spuk vorbei ist 🫡 orf.at/live/5463-Ko...
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
erleichtert, dass der Spuk vorbei ist 🫡 orf.at/live/5463-Ko...
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Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
FS 3.139: Mountain soil biodiversity – #IMC: International Mountain Conference
imc2025.info
January 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
@msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.social
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Der "Köstlichste" ist Streuobstsorte des Jahres 2025! 🍎
Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus.
Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus.
January 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Der "Köstlichste" ist Streuobstsorte des Jahres 2025! 🍎
Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus.
Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus.
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📣 Great News:
Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol!
🔎Find out more below ⬇️
and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social:
www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...
Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol!
🔎Find out more below ⬇️
and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social:
www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...
Strumigenys baudueri: an ant documented in South Tyrol for the first time
Eurac Research’s Institute for Alpine Environment has documented the ant, Strumigenys baudueri for the first time in South Tyrol. The finding makes one wonder how much more there is to discover, even....
www.eurac.edu
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📣 Great News:
Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol!
🔎Find out more below ⬇️
and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social:
www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...
Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol!
🔎Find out more below ⬇️
and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social:
www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...
find the animal (Chorthippus sp. I guess)
January 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
find the animal (Chorthippus sp. I guess)
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Orchard meadows in South Tyrol have decreased by over 95% since the 1950s due to agricultural intensification, urbanization, and reforestation. 🌳🍎🍐
Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱
🔎Read more about the topic here:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱
🔎Read more about the topic here:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Orchard meadows in South Tyrol have decreased by over 95% since the 1950s due to agricultural intensification, urbanization, and reforestation. 🌳🍎🍐
Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱
🔎Read more about the topic here:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱
🔎Read more about the topic here:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Reposted by Andreas Hilpold
Are you interested in a habitat mapping project for bird species in a mountain environment? 🐦⛰️
and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our
@euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here:
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...
and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our
@euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here:
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...
Researcher for bird habitat modeling
Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano
eurac.onboard.org
December 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Are you interested in a habitat mapping project for bird species in a mountain environment? 🐦⛰️
and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our
@euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here:
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...
and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our
@euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here:
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...
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Fulgorid planthopper from the Amazon rainforest. I like how this one has what looks like a picture of islands surrounded by water on its wings.
(Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
#ArtAdventCaledar
(Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
#ArtAdventCaledar
December 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Fulgorid planthopper from the Amazon rainforest. I like how this one has what looks like a picture of islands surrounded by water on its wings.
(Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
#ArtAdventCaledar
(Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador
#ArtAdventCaledar
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Happy #InternationalMountainDay 🏔️
Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out!
I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places.
Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out!
I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places.
December 11, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Happy #InternationalMountainDay 🏔️
Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out!
I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places.
Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out!
I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places.
Reposted by Andreas Hilpold
📚 Proud to announce that our botanist Roberto Dellavedova co-authored "FLORA ENDEMICA nel Nord Italia" - the first atlas of endemic plants covering the entire Alps!
Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry!
fondazionemcr.it/events_detai...
Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry!
fondazionemcr.it/events_detai...
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 PM
📚 Proud to announce that our botanist Roberto Dellavedova co-authored "FLORA ENDEMICA nel Nord Italia" - the first atlas of endemic plants covering the entire Alps!
Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry!
fondazionemcr.it/events_detai...
Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry!
fondazionemcr.it/events_detai...
please spread the voice!
December 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
please spread the voice!
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🥁 Ecologist working in mountains: We still have spots in the Mountain Ecology Starter Pack for Scientists working on various aspects of Mountain Ecology ⛰️ 🏞️🌄 👇. Let me know if you would like to be included. 🌎 🧪 🌐
go.bsky.app/V5Ydank
go.bsky.app/V5Ydank
December 1, 2024 at 2:41 PM
🥁 Ecologist working in mountains: We still have spots in the Mountain Ecology Starter Pack for Scientists working on various aspects of Mountain Ecology ⛰️ 🏞️🌄 👇. Let me know if you would like to be included. 🌎 🧪 🌐
go.bsky.app/V5Ydank
go.bsky.app/V5Ydank
😅
December 6, 2024 at 8:45 AM
😅
"Renaturierung" is Austrian word of the year 💪 @lgewessler.bsky.social steiermark.orf.at/stories/3284...
„Renaturierung“ ist Wort des Jahres 2024
Die Gesellschaft für Österreichisches Deutsch in Graz hat „Renaturierung“ zum Wort des Jahres 2024 gekürt. Zum Unwort des Jahres wurde „Volkskanzler“, „heast“ gewann in der Jugendwort-Kategorie.
steiermark.orf.at
December 5, 2024 at 9:32 AM
"Renaturierung" is Austrian word of the year 💪 @lgewessler.bsky.social steiermark.orf.at/stories/3284...
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A few more oak treehopper photos because they are my fav. I named this mama “Oakley.” Here you can see the development of her colony from newly laid eggs to second instar nymphs. Look at the size difference between mama and her babies. 😍
November 23, 2024 at 2:27 AM
A few more oak treehopper photos because they are my fav. I named this mama “Oakley.” Here you can see the development of her colony from newly laid eggs to second instar nymphs. Look at the size difference between mama and her babies. 😍
talk about a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social pilot study from @jseeber.bsky.social at #Eubireco showing how difficult it will be, to establish a European soil biodiversity monitoring scheme based on eDNA
November 22, 2024 at 2:14 PM
talk about a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social pilot study from @jseeber.bsky.social at #Eubireco showing how difficult it will be, to establish a European soil biodiversity monitoring scheme based on eDNA
great talk of @msteinwandter.bsky.social at #Eubireco conference in Bozen/Bolzano!
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
great talk of @msteinwandter.bsky.social at #Eubireco conference in Bozen/Bolzano!
We are hiring !! Eurac Research is looking for a motivated Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement to work on two European projects, RESPOnD & TRANSFOrm.🍇🍎🍐🐝🪶
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…
Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement
Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano
https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…
November 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
We are hiring !! Eurac Research is looking for a motivated Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement to work on two European projects, RESPOnD & TRANSFOrm.🍇🍎🍐🐝🪶
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…
eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…