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Adrien Rusch
@arusch.bsky.social
Researcher, agroecology, biodiversity, community ecology, food web, ecosystem services, INRAE

BACCHUS Living Lab: https://www.siteatelier-bacchus.com/#

★ The future is about nerve ★
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Je cherche un.e étudiant.e de M2 pour travailler sur des SDM et les ravageurs de la vigne @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social à Montpellier, en collaboration avec @arusch.bsky.social. Plus d'infos ici: sfecologie.org/offre/modeli...
Modélisation de la répartition potentielle des principaux ravageurs de la vigne en France - sfecologie.org
Titre du stage : Modélisation de la répartition potentielle des principaux ravageurs de la vigne en France Nom du responsable du stage : Christine N Meynard (UMR CBGP), Adrien Rusch (UMR SAVE), Lionel...
sfecologie.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📣 🪲 Check out this paper led by @tperrot.bsky.social, which provides a clear demonstration that the intensive use of pesticides can be more detrimental than beneficial for crop production due to their negative impacts on natural pest control.
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Our new paper is out to day in Nature Ecology and Evolution!

It is called: Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification

⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐 ➕📏

@inrae-france.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @bexplo.bsky.social
Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Land use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning. Here the authors identify thresholds of grassland plant community structure and stability in response to la...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Une économie qui va couter très cher:

Le cout du traitement des pesticides dans l'eau juste pour avoir de l'eau potable au robinet serait de l'ordre du milliard d'euros par an...
Et on supprime des aides pour l'agence qui promeut la seule agriculture qui fait sans?
Fausse économie, fausse route?
May 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Our study on the biodiversity impacts of agriculture in @natureecoevo.bsky.social rdcu.be/ekept Minimizing biodiversity loss requires a balance of expansion and intensification,while preserving unmodified land #Biodiversity #LandUse #ConservationScience @dleclere.bsky.social @tnewbold31.bsky.social
Geography and availability of natural habitat determine whether cropland intensification or expansion is more detrimental to biodiversity
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Both agricultural expansion and intensification drive biodiversity losses. Here the authors quantify and compare globally the biodiversity impact of land conversion...
rdcu.be
May 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📣 We are offering 2 PhD thesis projects @inrae-save.bsky.social with Gaëtane Le Provost, Brice Giffard & my self.

1/2# Impacts of land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
April 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We are offering a two-year postdoc position to work on the spatiotemporal dynamics of native and invasive pest species in vineyard landscapes. Co-supervision between @inrae-save.bsky.social & @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social with @cnmeynard.bsky.social. More info: jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25562
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Our latest study is online! 🐣

We show that tebuconazole, a widely used fungicide, significantly reduces growth and survival of house sparrow chicks at concentrations similar to those found in birds from intensive vineyard areas !

📢 CNRS press release 👉 bit.ly/42u5itZ
📄 Article 👉 bit.ly/4cjZs1F
One of the most widely used fungicides in farming harmful to reproduction in birds
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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In our new preprint lead by @pietropollo.bsky.social we show how to use meta-analysis to compare not sample means but also kurtosis & skewness, as well as within-group covariance between multiple groups. The era of meta-analyzing whole distributions is here ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
April 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!

Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A 2-year post-doc position to work on the Fellow project, about the response of arable plant communities to gradients in agricultural practices, and their role on agroecosystem functioning (particularly the link with pollinators and beneficial insects) 🌸🐝 Position based at Cesab, Montpellier
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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“Fragmented landscapes consistently have both lower α diversity and lower γ diversity [but higher β diversity]

Our findings refute claims that habitat fragmentation can increase biodiversity at landscape scales”
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...
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Postdoc at SLU Uppsala! 🇸🇪 The work will use a large database to investigate drivers of pest and pathogen outbreaks and their links to climate to improve crop protection 🐛🌽🌡️ Work with fantastic PIs, Ola Lundin, Hanna Friberg and Giulia Vico! Apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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[new paper] Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development rdcu.be/d39od We believe that perennial crops are an overlooked player in food production & sustainability. Here we explain opportunities and risks, led by @cmarnu.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
Nature Sustainability - Perennial woody crops are important sources of food that can provide ecosystem benefits through their long-lived nature and structural complexity. This Perspective provides...
rdcu.be
January 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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La chercheuse Élodie Vercken est l’une des autrices du livre « Sortir des labos pour défendre le vivant ».

Prôner la neutralité, c’est dépolitiser la science et l’« instrumentaliser pour défendre le statu quo », dit-elle.

Lire l'article : reporterre.net/On-assiste-a...
« On assiste à une montée en puissance de mouvements contre la science »
La chercheuse Élodie Vercken est l'une des autrices du livre « Sortir des labos pour défendre le vivant ». Prôner la neutralité, c'est dépolitiser la science et l'« instrumentaliser pour défendre le s...
reporterre.net
December 20, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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We need to all collectively decide to stop propping up these journals (MDPI and “Frontiers In” megajournals) by lending them our credibility.

Every time you submit to, review for, guest edit, or even cite (??) these journals, you lend them your hard earned credibility.

Don’t do it.
I was approached re: the Finnish decision to downgrade MDPI & Frontiers journals in 🇫🇮 rankings (THE article).

This decision was based on broad patterns, including in our recent study "The strain on scientific publishing"
(link: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...)

A quick 🧵 1/n
#SciPub #AcademicChatter
Finland downgrades MDPI and Frontiers – will others follow suit?
Decision to downgrade 271 journals on quality and operating model concerns sparks debate
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Last but not least. 🍇

Et avec une visio en plus.
La soutenance de thèse de Pierre Blondel, c'est aujourd'hui à 13h30 dans l'amphithéâtre de l'ISVV @isvv-bordeaux.bsky.social !

Si vraiment vous ne pouvez pas être sur place, un lien visio est disponible : inrae-fr.zoom.us/j/5262895456...
December 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Looking for a PhD? Please apply!
December 11, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The value of field research in academia
From anthropology to zoology, immersion within communities, cultural settings, and study systems is integral to research and learning (1, 2). Fieldwork, the direct observation and collection of data i...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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This paper was a massive team effort that culminated in a simple story:
More biodiverse communities of invertebrates, in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, have a higher content of "good fats" that are available for predators (e.g. bird, bats, fish, etc...).
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Consumer biodiversity increases organic nutrient availability across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Human land-use intensification threatens arthropod (for example, insect and spider) biodiversity across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Insects and spiders play critical roles in ecosystems by acc...
doi.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM