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Applied Invertebrate Ecologist
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A selection of globular springtails found under fallen leaves on our garden lawn this morning. A Dicyrtomina species at the bottom and Sminthurinus aureus (dark form) and S. elegans at the top. #collembola #mesofauna #Staffs #macro #photography
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A selection of globular springtails found under fallen leaves on our garden lawn this morning. A Dicyrtomina species at the bottom and Sminthurinus aureus (dark form) and S. elegans at the top. #collembola #mesofauna #Staffs #macro #photography
Conical snails can't wait to feed on #IRONMAXPro in laboratory assays.
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Conical snails can't wait to feed on #IRONMAXPro in laboratory assays.
Great interaction with industry at the 7th South Australian Weeds and Pest Conference. Held 24 and 25 September 2025 at University of Adelaide.
#molluscs #invasive_ecology
#molluscs #invasive_ecology
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great interaction with industry at the 7th South Australian Weeds and Pest Conference. Held 24 and 25 September 2025 at University of Adelaide.
#molluscs #invasive_ecology
#molluscs #invasive_ecology
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New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
September 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New blow for South Australian #beekeepers already enduring drought & low honey production with routine PIRSA surveillance detecting #varroa mites in hives east of Waikerie that were moved from Qld with permit. #agsky #beesky
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Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide.
Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need!
A MUST READ!
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need!
A MUST READ!
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ...
doi.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide.
Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need!
A MUST READ!
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need!
A MUST READ!
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
No need to worry about attention to detail, ai will replace proof readers.
Good old Microsoft will add an axis title.
Final hard copy of Primary Industries and Regions SA report.
Good old Microsoft will add an axis title.
Final hard copy of Primary Industries and Regions SA report.
August 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No need to worry about attention to detail, ai will replace proof readers.
Good old Microsoft will add an axis title.
Final hard copy of Primary Industries and Regions SA report.
Good old Microsoft will add an axis title.
Final hard copy of Primary Industries and Regions SA report.
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Everyone loves tardigrades (especially at the LinnSoc), but is tardigrade love-making affected by water? Here, the effect of anhydrobiosis (life without water) on mate choice & reproductive stress was studied, finding females laid fewer eggs but no delay on mate choice! 🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Everyone loves tardigrades (especially at the LinnSoc), but is tardigrade love-making affected by water? Here, the effect of anhydrobiosis (life without water) on mate choice & reproductive stress was studied, finding females laid fewer eggs but no delay on mate choice! 🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
doi.org/10.1093/biol...
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J’ai eu le plaisir une nouvelle fois d’écrire pour le magazine Le Couvert Boréal un article sur les #champignons forestiers, où je donne quatre bonnes raisons de croire qu’ils sont bien plus qu’une simple histoire de comestibilité 🍄
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afat.qc.ca/numeros/ete-...
July 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
J’ai eu le plaisir une nouvelle fois d’écrire pour le magazine Le Couvert Boréal un article sur les #champignons forestiers, où je donne quatre bonnes raisons de croire qu’ils sont bien plus qu’une simple histoire de comestibilité 🍄
afat.qc.ca/numeros/ete-...
afat.qc.ca/numeros/ete-...
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Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.
July 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.
Good morning from south west Victoria.
June 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good morning from south west Victoria.
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Well done, @abigaillowe.bsky.social - Nice work and so helpful!
Research reveals best plant seed mixes for pollinators and people | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Research reveals best plant seed mixes for pollinators and people | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Research reveals best plant seed mixes for pollinators and people
New research involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has identified the best plants to include in annual flowering displays to attract bees and hoverflies, enabling gardeners, councils and see...
www.ceh.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Well done, @abigaillowe.bsky.social - Nice work and so helpful!
Research reveals best plant seed mixes for pollinators and people | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Research reveals best plant seed mixes for pollinators and people | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Seed flare right
Bare seed left
F2 Regent canola
Let's see any effect of black keeled slug feeding.
#whoneedsstats when you take a photo
Bare seed left
F2 Regent canola
Let's see any effect of black keeled slug feeding.
#whoneedsstats when you take a photo
May 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Seed flare right
Bare seed left
F2 Regent canola
Let's see any effect of black keeled slug feeding.
#whoneedsstats when you take a photo
Bare seed left
F2 Regent canola
Let's see any effect of black keeled slug feeding.
#whoneedsstats when you take a photo
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Harnessing Microbes to Weather Native Silicates in Agricultural Soils for Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal
🔗 buff.ly/aX25nYs
🔗 buff.ly/aX25nYs
May 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Harnessing Microbes to Weather Native Silicates in Agricultural Soils for Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal
🔗 buff.ly/aX25nYs
🔗 buff.ly/aX25nYs
Great final PhD seminar on ecology of #tradigrades #universityofmelbourne
April 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Great final PhD seminar on ecology of #tradigrades #universityofmelbourne
#Conicalsnails mating 25 Apr 2025 southern Yorke Peninsula. Real time monitoring indicated increased activity from the 20 Apr. Lab assay indicates snails are actively feeding. Field observations this week conical snails on baits.
#timetogetiton #MetarexInov
#timetogetiton #MetarexInov
April 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#Conicalsnails mating 25 Apr 2025 southern Yorke Peninsula. Real time monitoring indicated increased activity from the 20 Apr. Lab assay indicates snails are actively feeding. Field observations this week conical snails on baits.
#timetogetiton #MetarexInov
#timetogetiton #MetarexInov
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A tail-wagger #snail ( #Sheldonia sp.) from Wilderness, South Africa (march 2025). What a weird little thing! It made my day when I saw it!
#mollusks #gastropod #SouthAfrica #macrophotography #bugsky
#mollusks #gastropod #SouthAfrica #macrophotography #bugsky
April 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A tail-wagger #snail ( #Sheldonia sp.) from Wilderness, South Africa (march 2025). What a weird little thing! It made my day when I saw it!
#mollusks #gastropod #SouthAfrica #macrophotography #bugsky
#mollusks #gastropod #SouthAfrica #macrophotography #bugsky
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When you can just rest on a dandelion 🌞
April 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
When you can just rest on a dandelion 🌞
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96% of Australians want more done to protect nature. Meanwhile, just 0.06% of the budget went to on-ground biodiversity programs.
We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it.
Australians care. It’s time politicians did too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it.
Australians care. It’s time politicians did too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
96% of Australians want more done to protect nature. Meanwhile, just 0.06% of the budget went to on-ground biodiversity programs.
We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it.
Australians care. It’s time politicians did too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it.
Australians care. It’s time politicians did too.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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📣Our latest paper with Thom Kuyper is out in Plant & Soil! 🌱 Another step forward in unraveling the mysteries of mycorrhizal networks ✨. Check it out! 🔍📄 🌱
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mycorrhizal networks promote interspecific facilitation in P uptake by a maize/faba bean mixture - Plant and Soil
Background and aims Interspecific belowground interactions can facilitate phosphorus (P) uptake in cereal/legume intercropping. However, the role of mycorrhizal symbioses and their interaction with ro...
link.springer.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
📣Our latest paper with Thom Kuyper is out in Plant & Soil! 🌱 Another step forward in unraveling the mysteries of mycorrhizal networks ✨. Check it out! 🔍📄 🌱
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We are opening a permanent #INRAE research engineer position in agroecosystem modeling/simulation in our BioEcoAgro research unit (www.bioecoagro.eu), in France, Hauts-de-France region! ⤵️
We are opening a permanent #INRAE research engineer position in agroecosystem modeling/simulation in our BioEcoAgro research unit (www.bioecoagro.eu), in France, Hauts-de-France region! ⤵️
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We are opening a permanent #INRAE research engineer position in agroecosystem modeling/simulation in our BioEcoAgro research unit (www.bioecoagro.eu), in France, Hauts-de-France region! ⤵️
We are opening a permanent #INRAE research engineer position in agroecosystem modeling/simulation in our BioEcoAgro research unit (www.bioecoagro.eu), in France, Hauts-de-France region! ⤵️
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I’m in the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie where I’ve set up a makeshift grasshopper brothel in a cabin at a caravan park. In this historically male-dominate town of humans one of the grasshoppers - Warramaba virgo - is all female …
February 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’m in the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie where I’ve set up a makeshift grasshopper brothel in a cabin at a caravan park. In this historically male-dominate town of humans one of the grasshoppers - Warramaba virgo - is all female …
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🔬 On Pikovskaya agar, phosphate solubilization is key! Left: a microorganism forms a halo 🟢, releasing phosphate. Right: no halo ❌, no solubilization. Microbes matter for soil fertility! 🌱🦠
#Microbiology #SoilHealth #PhosphateSolubilization
#Microbiology #SoilHealth #PhosphateSolubilization
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🔬 On Pikovskaya agar, phosphate solubilization is key! Left: a microorganism forms a halo 🟢, releasing phosphate. Right: no halo ❌, no solubilization. Microbes matter for soil fertility! 🌱🦠
#Microbiology #SoilHealth #PhosphateSolubilization
#Microbiology #SoilHealth #PhosphateSolubilization
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The striped spiral #pattern of a brown-lipped snail. 🐌📷
#blueskyartshow #snails #inverts #nature #photography
#blueskyartshow #snails #inverts #nature #photography
January 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The striped spiral #pattern of a brown-lipped snail. 🐌📷
#blueskyartshow #snails #inverts #nature #photography
#blueskyartshow #snails #inverts #nature #photography