Reto Schmucki
@retoschmucki.bsky.social
Community ecologist - UKCEH - interested in species interactions, biodiversity conservation, butterfly monitoring, systems thinking and statistical modeling.
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A full report of our latest European Grassland Index has just been published. It gives individual species trends as well as the overall decline of 50% since 1991-2023. Another update will be coming soon to include 2024 (which was not a good year for many butterflies) doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
EU Grassland Butterfly Index 1991-2023 Technical report
Executive Summary Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indi...
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A full report of our latest European Grassland Index has just been published. It gives individual species trends as well as the overall decline of 50% since 1991-2023. Another update will be coming soon to include 2024 (which was not a good year for many butterflies) doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Grassland #butterflies keep declining in Europe. Since 1991, the average abundance of the 17 grassland butterfly species has declined by 50% in 2023, highlighting the urgent need for more actions to protect and restore natural and semi-natural grassland habitats.
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Nature Today | Grassland butterflies at shockingly low numbers
It is the height of summer in Europe, a time when many people head out into nature or to enjoy urban greenspaces . But over recent decades, people are seeing landscapes with fewer and fewer butterfl...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Grassland #butterflies keep declining in Europe. Since 1991, the average abundance of the 17 grassland butterfly species has declined by 50% in 2023, highlighting the urgent need for more actions to protect and restore natural and semi-natural grassland habitats.
www.naturetoday.com/intl/en/natu...
www.naturetoday.com/intl/en/natu...
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...
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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...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
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March 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Biodiversity conservation success stories to start your day 🙏 (no AI involved 😁) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish i...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Biodiversity conservation success stories to start your day 🙏 (no AI involved 😁) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Butterflies extinct in NL: Pearl-bordered Fritillary (zilvervlek, Boloria euphrosyne). Always rare, only 219 records. Would pop up at a site (from D or B?), could be abundant for a few years, and then disappeared again. Last collected specimen from 1959, after that only a few claims without evidence
December 3, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Butterflies extinct in NL: Pearl-bordered Fritillary (zilvervlek, Boloria euphrosyne). Always rare, only 219 records. Would pop up at a site (from D or B?), could be abundant for a few years, and then disappeared again. Last collected specimen from 1959, after that only a few claims without evidence
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November 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Simple and effective communication
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Great news 5 UK research projects, looking at soil health, land use & agriculture responses to net zero, have received funding by UK Research & Innovation & government partners. BTO will look at biodiversity consequences of each scenario. www.ukri.org/news/uk-inje...
UK injects £14.5 million in land use and net zero research
Five UK research projects have each received a share of £14.5 million under phase two of the Transforming Land Use for Net Zero, Nature and People programme.
www.ukri.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Great news 5 UK research projects, looking at soil health, land use & agriculture responses to net zero, have received funding by UK Research & Innovation & government partners. BTO will look at biodiversity consequences of each scenario. www.ukri.org/news/uk-inje...