Julien L Bota
@bota-jb.bsky.social
Ecologist studying plant-herbivore interactions in a changing climate. PhD @bugnet.bsky.social @slfdavos.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social
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Julien L Bota
@bota-jb.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Plants and their predators in climate change: Julien Bota explains the BugNet experiments in Davos
YouTube video by WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF
youtu.be
How do herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant communities in a changing climate? Learn how we’re investing this experimentally on our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites in Davos. 🌱 🌐 youtu.be/3zJhOJqYkcg?... @slfdavos.bsky.social
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...and @bota-jb.bsky.social took care that everything worked smoothly, and did amazing drone images of our experiments! Thank you all, you are the best! 🥰
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
...and @bota-jb.bsky.social took care that everything worked smoothly, and did amazing drone images of our experiments! Thank you all, you are the best! 🥰
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Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!
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Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Jahrelange Vorbereitungen zur Pflanzung von 92'000 Bäumen: Warum dies gemacht wurde kannst du morgen Samstag, 13.9.2025 am Tag der offenen Forschungsfläche Stillberg in Davos erleben. Im Video: Aufnahmen von #SLF und #WSL aus den Jahren zwischen 1968 bis 1987.
Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
September 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Jahrelange Vorbereitungen zur Pflanzung von 92'000 Bäumen: Warum dies gemacht wurde kannst du morgen Samstag, 13.9.2025 am Tag der offenen Forschungsfläche Stillberg in Davos erleben. Im Video: Aufnahmen von #SLF und #WSL aus den Jahren zwischen 1968 bis 1987.
Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...
50 years of treeline- and ecological research at our @slfdavos.bsky.social research site at Stillberg in Davos. Great fun to present some findings together with @annekempel.bsky.social to a super interested audience and some junior scientists.
September 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
50 years of treeline- and ecological research at our @slfdavos.bsky.social research site at Stillberg in Davos. Great fun to present some findings together with @annekempel.bsky.social to a super interested audience and some junior scientists.
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Was hab ich eigentlich gelernt in meinen bisherigen Jahren als Juniorprofessorin, & was hätte ich gern früher gewusst? 6 Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne TT kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation: letzte Woche @hhu.de, heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss! #IchBinHanna
Was ich gern früher gewusst hätte: Persönliche Zwischenevaluation seit meinem Ruf und #IchBinHanna-Beginn
Sechs Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne Tenure Track kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation!
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July 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Was hab ich eigentlich gelernt in meinen bisherigen Jahren als Juniorprofessorin, & was hätte ich gern früher gewusst? 6 Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne TT kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation: letzte Woche @hhu.de, heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss! #IchBinHanna
Do microbes contribute to prey digestion in Nepenthes pitcher plants? We investigated this through a field experiment on Borneo by sterilising the digestive fluid of N. hemsleyana. We found that plants with microbes benefit quicker from captured prey. A thread👇 🌱🧪 🌏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
UV treatment of the digestive fluid of Nepenthes hemsleyana pitcher plants affects their digestive process, possibly via reducing microbial inquilines - Oecologia
Interactions with microbes are ubiquitous, and many of them are essential for the survival and success of plants. In Nepenthes pitcher plants, they occur as part of a diverse community of organisms, s...
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July 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Do microbes contribute to prey digestion in Nepenthes pitcher plants? We investigated this through a field experiment on Borneo by sterilising the digestive fluid of N. hemsleyana. We found that plants with microbes benefit quicker from captured prey. A thread👇 🌱🧪 🌏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Our paper on unifying theory around biodiversity–consumer relationships (pathogens & herbivores) is now out in TREE!
I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓
Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇
I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓
Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇
As a special Earth Day gift, our new paper integrating decades of related, but siloed research on how changing biodiversity drives plant disease and herbivory is out today in TREE www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting our sConsume working group!
Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting our sConsume working group!
Towards an integrative mechanistic framework for biodiversity–consumer relationships
Terrestrial plant diversity plays a pivotal role in influencing the abundance, diversity, and impacts of herbivores and pathogens (collectively, plant…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our paper on unifying theory around biodiversity–consumer relationships (pathogens & herbivores) is now out in TREE!
I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓
Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇
I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓
Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇
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Unter dem Motto #standupforscience tragen Forscherinnen und Forscher den Protest gegen Trumps Kahlschlag in der Wissenschaft auf die Straße. Zu den Hintergründen hat mein Kollege @cweingart.bsky.social recherchiert. Teil 1: www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-professo...
Trump: Angriff auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit
US-Präsident Trump hat die Forschungslandschaft in den USA in wenigen Wochen auf den Kopf gestellt. Ein Angriff auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
March 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Unter dem Motto #standupforscience tragen Forscherinnen und Forscher den Protest gegen Trumps Kahlschlag in der Wissenschaft auf die Straße. Zu den Hintergründen hat mein Kollege @cweingart.bsky.social recherchiert. Teil 1: www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-professo...
It is a real shame that many German research institutions systematically abandon young scientists. This is not limited to the Max Planck Institutes, but is a widespread problem in German academia. 1/3
English version of the documentary about power abuse in the Max Planck Society can be found here. 144.000 views already, more than 800 comments. Share it to make colleagues aware of what happens in German academia & the MPG! #IchBinHanna #PowerAbuse
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It is a real shame that many German research institutions systematically abandon young scientists. This is not limited to the Max Planck Institutes, but is a widespread problem in German academia. 1/3
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
February 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
Blueberry pie season could be in jeopardy this year! 😳 🫐 Why so? Read here 👇
#Snow -free slopes at 1,900 m.a.s.l.: #SLF biologist @christianrixen.bsky.social explains in an interview the consequences for #plants, why late frost becomes a risk and what that means for the #blueberry harvest (and blueberry pie!): www.slf.ch/en/news/snow...
📷️ Veronika Stöckli
#CERC
📷️ Veronika Stöckli
#CERC
March 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Blueberry pie season could be in jeopardy this year! 😳 🫐 Why so? Read here 👇
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Save the date: 50 Jahre Forschungsfläche #Stillberg, Davos
13. September 2025
1975 pflanzten #WSL und #SLF am Stillberg 92'000 Bäume, um den #Schutzwald zu erforschen. Zum Jubiläum öffnen wir unsere Forschungsfläche für alle!
Infos: www.slf.ch/stillberg50
📷️ E. Dimitrov / W. Schönenberger / C. Rixen
13. September 2025
1975 pflanzten #WSL und #SLF am Stillberg 92'000 Bäume, um den #Schutzwald zu erforschen. Zum Jubiläum öffnen wir unsere Forschungsfläche für alle!
Infos: www.slf.ch/stillberg50
📷️ E. Dimitrov / W. Schönenberger / C. Rixen
February 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Save the date: 50 Jahre Forschungsfläche #Stillberg, Davos
13. September 2025
1975 pflanzten #WSL und #SLF am Stillberg 92'000 Bäume, um den #Schutzwald zu erforschen. Zum Jubiläum öffnen wir unsere Forschungsfläche für alle!
Infos: www.slf.ch/stillberg50
📷️ E. Dimitrov / W. Schönenberger / C. Rixen
13. September 2025
1975 pflanzten #WSL und #SLF am Stillberg 92'000 Bäume, um den #Schutzwald zu erforschen. Zum Jubiläum öffnen wir unsere Forschungsfläche für alle!
Infos: www.slf.ch/stillberg50
📷️ E. Dimitrov / W. Schönenberger / C. Rixen
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#Forschung an die Öffentlichkeit bringen – als Medienverantwortliche/r am SLF in #Davos! Und dies in einem alpinen Umfeld rund um #Schnee, #Naturgefahren und den #Gebirgsraum.
Jetzt bewerben: apply.refline.ch/273855/1699/...
#SLF #SLFDavos #CERC #Medien #Media
📷️ R. Oester
Jetzt bewerben: apply.refline.ch/273855/1699/...
#SLF #SLFDavos #CERC #Medien #Media
📷️ R. Oester
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#Forschung an die Öffentlichkeit bringen – als Medienverantwortliche/r am SLF in #Davos! Und dies in einem alpinen Umfeld rund um #Schnee, #Naturgefahren und den #Gebirgsraum.
Jetzt bewerben: apply.refline.ch/273855/1699/...
#SLF #SLFDavos #CERC #Medien #Media
📷️ R. Oester
Jetzt bewerben: apply.refline.ch/273855/1699/...
#SLF #SLFDavos #CERC #Medien #Media
📷️ R. Oester
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January 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media.
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
How do herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant communities in a changing climate? Learn how we’re investing this experimentally on our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites in Davos. 🌱 🌐 youtu.be/3zJhOJqYkcg?... @slfdavos.bsky.social
Plants and their predators in climate change: Julien Bota explains the BugNet experiments in Davos
YouTube video by WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF
youtu.be
January 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How do herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant communities in a changing climate? Learn how we’re investing this experimentally on our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites in Davos. 🌱 🌐 youtu.be/3zJhOJqYkcg?... @slfdavos.bsky.social
Are you working on the impact of herbivores & pathogens on plant communities and would be interested to join a global research network? Learn more about the Bug-Network and our easy to maintain exclusion experiment at our upcoming info-meeting 👇 #ecology 🌐🌱🐌🦗
Want to join or learn more about BugNet? Join our BugNet info meeting with
@annekempel.bsky.social
online on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 9am CET or 3pm CET. Register here for the info meeting: www.bug-net.org 🌱 🌐
@annekempel.bsky.social
online on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 9am CET or 3pm CET. Register here for the info meeting: www.bug-net.org 🌱 🌐
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Are you working on the impact of herbivores & pathogens on plant communities and would be interested to join a global research network? Learn more about the Bug-Network and our easy to maintain exclusion experiment at our upcoming info-meeting 👇 #ecology 🌐🌱🐌🦗
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What's the impact of herbivores and pathogens on plant communities? That's what we investigate in our global Bug-network with many collaborators from across the world! Today we had our global meeting - what a great BugNet-spirit! Thank you all for joining!
January 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What's the impact of herbivores and pathogens on plant communities? That's what we investigate in our global Bug-network with many collaborators from across the world! Today we had our global meeting - what a great BugNet-spirit! Thank you all for joining!
That was fun! Creating a summary figure for a paper on pitcher plants escalated slightly when I couldn’t find what I needed and decided to draw it myself…
December 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
That was fun! Creating a summary figure for a paper on pitcher plants escalated slightly when I couldn’t find what I needed and decided to draw it myself…
Absolutely delighted with blueskys decentralised design which makes it possible to follow and interact with people on other platforms like mastodon and vice versa. All you have to do is follow @ap.brid.gy and your account is bridged. That really is the future of social media!
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November 21, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Absolutely delighted with blueskys decentralised design which makes it possible to follow and interact with people on other platforms like mastodon and vice versa. All you have to do is follow @ap.brid.gy and your account is bridged. That really is the future of social media!
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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
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November 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Our first starter pack is here! A list of members and alumni of @wslresearch.bsky.social working on biodiversity research and outreach. It will updated as more people join.
Let us know if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e
Let us know if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e
November 18, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Our first starter pack is here! A list of members and alumni of @wslresearch.bsky.social working on biodiversity research and outreach. It will updated as more people join.
Let us know if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e
Let us know if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e
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Starter pack about researchers interested in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions! This list is by far not complete - so please help me to get it extended. Leave suggestions or self-nominations in the comments and I'll add you.
go.bsky.app/4JR67t6
go.bsky.app/4JR67t6
November 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Starter pack about researchers interested in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions! This list is by far not complete - so please help me to get it extended. Leave suggestions or self-nominations in the comments and I'll add you.
go.bsky.app/4JR67t6
go.bsky.app/4JR67t6