Stephanie Schelfhout
@stephschelfhout.bsky.social
Applied ecologist at @fornalab.bsky.social (UGent) 💚 Grasslandnerd 💚 Into ecological restoration of species-rich grasslands 💚 biodiverse agricultural landscapes 💚 Jungle gardens 🪱 Digging for earthworms www.anekoworm.com 💚 science communication
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Hilarische taferelen tijdens de #nerdlandfestival #wormcharming @nerdland.be @fornalab.bsky.social
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Ja, er was wat technische shizzle bij Videoland. Maar het stikstof(verbindingen)-verhaal van donderdag is ook op YouTube te zien:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJju...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Ja, er was wat technische shizzle bij Videoland. Maar het stikstof(verbindingen)-verhaal van donderdag is ook op YouTube te zien:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJju...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJju...
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New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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Wat is er mis met de heide? Ik vind dat Joost Vogels van Stichting #Bargerveen en Radboud het erg goed uitlegt.
"De verhoogde #stikstof depositie is de basis van alle ellende: die verstoort de delicate balans tussen stikstof en fosfor in de bodem."
#stoichiometrie
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"De verhoogde #stikstof depositie is de basis van alle ellende: die verstoort de delicate balans tussen stikstof en fosfor in de bodem."
#stoichiometrie
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Stikstof pakt nog erger uit voor natuur dan gedacht
Gangbare maatregelen om de heide te beschermen tegen te veel stikstof doen meer kwaad dan goed, blijkt uit het promotieonderzoek van Joost Vogels.
www.volkskrant.nl
October 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wat is er mis met de heide? Ik vind dat Joost Vogels van Stichting #Bargerveen en Radboud het erg goed uitlegt.
"De verhoogde #stikstof depositie is de basis van alle ellende: die verstoort de delicate balans tussen stikstof en fosfor in de bodem."
#stoichiometrie
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e...
"De verhoogde #stikstof depositie is de basis van alle ellende: die verstoort de delicate balans tussen stikstof en fosfor in de bodem."
#stoichiometrie
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e...
vrtnws.be/p.bDnoqPEGD @fornalab.bsky.social Kris Verheyen in the news over dit uitzonderlijke mastjaar bij eik
Zie jij ook opvallend veel eikels liggen? "Uitzonderlijk mastjaar voor eiken" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Zomer- en wintereiken verliezen opvallend veel eikels dit jaar. Dat komt omdat ze in een uitzonderlijk 'mastjaar' zitten. Dat is een periode waarin een boom of plant meer vruchten draagt dan gemiddeld...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
vrtnws.be/p.bDnoqPEGD @fornalab.bsky.social Kris Verheyen in the news over dit uitzonderlijke mastjaar bij eik
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Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study
The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled.
The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
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The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
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@europarl.europa.eu votes to scrap CAP green rules 😬
This move opens the door to harmful farming in protected areas
And yet ignores the root causes of farmers’ struggles 💔👨🏽🌾
Read full reaction 👉🏼 www.wwf.eu?19513941/Eur...
This move opens the door to harmful farming in protected areas
And yet ignores the root causes of farmers’ struggles 💔👨🏽🌾
Read full reaction 👉🏼 www.wwf.eu?19513941/Eur...
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
@europarl.europa.eu votes to scrap CAP green rules 😬
This move opens the door to harmful farming in protected areas
And yet ignores the root causes of farmers’ struggles 💔👨🏽🌾
Read full reaction 👉🏼 www.wwf.eu?19513941/Eur...
This move opens the door to harmful farming in protected areas
And yet ignores the root causes of farmers’ struggles 💔👨🏽🌾
Read full reaction 👉🏼 www.wwf.eu?19513941/Eur...
Pracht erfgoed project Water & Land van CAG en Kenniscentrum imm erfgoed NL kwam tot een einde. Over historisch vloeibeheer, watermolens... in BE & NL. Leren uit verleden voor een klimaatrobuuste toekomst. Knap filmpje werd opgeleverd als een van de eindproducten: youtu.be/ZFDkzUw2ljM Sterk gedaan!
Water en Land. Immaterieel erfgoed als motor voor een klimaatrobuuste toekomst
YouTube video by Centrum Agrarische Geschiedenis (CAG)
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October 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Pracht erfgoed project Water & Land van CAG en Kenniscentrum imm erfgoed NL kwam tot een einde. Over historisch vloeibeheer, watermolens... in BE & NL. Leren uit verleden voor een klimaatrobuuste toekomst. Knap filmpje werd opgeleverd als een van de eindproducten: youtu.be/ZFDkzUw2ljM Sterk gedaan!
Na de pissebedden een paar jaar terug, nu regenwormen 🪱 in de Week van het Bos!!
😍 regenworm poster!
Trek het bos in met het lespakket voor kleuter- en lagere scholen, www.weekvanhetbos.be #wetenschapscommunicatie #anekoregenwormenwerkgroep #bodemleven @fornalab.bsky.social @bosplus.bsky.social
😍 regenworm poster!
Trek het bos in met het lespakket voor kleuter- en lagere scholen, www.weekvanhetbos.be #wetenschapscommunicatie #anekoregenwormenwerkgroep #bodemleven @fornalab.bsky.social @bosplus.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Na de pissebedden een paar jaar terug, nu regenwormen 🪱 in de Week van het Bos!!
😍 regenworm poster!
Trek het bos in met het lespakket voor kleuter- en lagere scholen, www.weekvanhetbos.be #wetenschapscommunicatie #anekoregenwormenwerkgroep #bodemleven @fornalab.bsky.social @bosplus.bsky.social
😍 regenworm poster!
Trek het bos in met het lespakket voor kleuter- en lagere scholen, www.weekvanhetbos.be #wetenschapscommunicatie #anekoregenwormenwerkgroep #bodemleven @fornalab.bsky.social @bosplus.bsky.social
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The recent issue of the journal @eoswetenschap.bsky.social focusses on sustainable forests. Postdoc at our lab Pallieter De Smedt took an EOS reporter into the forest to discover the importance of litter dwelling fauna for ecosystem functioning.
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be/collections/...
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be/collections/...
EOS editie 10/2025
Dossier: Duurzame bossen · Het bos van morgen: Kunnen onze inheemse bomen de klimaatopwarming aan, of moeten we inzetten op zuidelijke soorten? · In een handvol bosgrond lever meer dieren dan ...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The recent issue of the journal @eoswetenschap.bsky.social focusses on sustainable forests. Postdoc at our lab Pallieter De Smedt took an EOS reporter into the forest to discover the importance of litter dwelling fauna for ecosystem functioning.
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be/collections/...
www.tijdschriftenwinkel.be/collections/...
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🌳Week van het bos🌳
In het Aelmoeseneiebos onderzoeken we hoe bossen reageren op complexe uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ... Onze collega's namen @eoswetenschap.bsky.social journalist Kim Verhaeghe mee in dit levend openluchtlaboratorium.
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In het Aelmoeseneiebos onderzoeken we hoe bossen reageren op complexe uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ... Onze collega's namen @eoswetenschap.bsky.social journalist Kim Verhaeghe mee in dit levend openluchtlaboratorium.
www.eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milie...
Een levend laboratorium
Door klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ziekten en plagen worden bossen steeds kwetsbaarder. Tegelijk vormen ze een van de krachtigste bondgenoten in de st...
www.eoswetenschap.eu
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🌳Week van het bos🌳
In het Aelmoeseneiebos onderzoeken we hoe bossen reageren op complexe uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ... Onze collega's namen @eoswetenschap.bsky.social journalist Kim Verhaeghe mee in dit levend openluchtlaboratorium.
www.eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milie...
In het Aelmoeseneiebos onderzoeken we hoe bossen reageren op complexe uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, luchtvervuiling, ... Onze collega's namen @eoswetenschap.bsky.social journalist Kim Verhaeghe mee in dit levend openluchtlaboratorium.
www.eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milie...
That time of the year again: Fire salamander monitoring. 67 individuals on our route = great night! Yes, we saw the orange morph again 😍
October 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
That time of the year again: Fire salamander monitoring. 67 individuals on our route = great night! Yes, we saw the orange morph again 😍
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🌿 In afwachting van een “uitfasering” van PFAS-houdende pesticiden belanden ook dit jaar tienduizenden kilo’s PFAS op Vlaamse velden en uiteindelijk in het (drink)water.
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Hoe PFAS uit pesticiden Vlaamse velden vervuilen
De verkoop van pesticiden met PFAS zit al jaren in de lift, net als de PFAS-vervuiling van ons drinkwater.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🌿 In afwachting van een “uitfasering” van PFAS-houdende pesticiden belanden ook dit jaar tienduizenden kilo’s PFAS op Vlaamse velden en uiteindelijk in het (drink)water.
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apache.be/2025/10/02/h...
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Higher cutting frequency can restore habitat quality on farmland. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Higher cutting frequency can restore habitat quality on farmland. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Dutch solar parks approach pollinator & plant biodiversity levels of extensive grasslands, but only on the surface not covered by panels. Soil-emergent arthropods and butterflies lack behind. Proud of Timea for leading besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dutch solar parks approach pollinator & plant biodiversity levels of extensive grasslands, but only on the surface not covered by panels. Soil-emergent arthropods and butterflies lack behind. Proud of Timea for leading besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Conservation is not a simple solution to climate change
“ecological benefits of rewetting drained boreal peatland forests come at a climate cost
restoration is unlikely to mitigate climate change”
Stopping emissions is the only failsafe solution
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“ecological benefits of rewetting drained boreal peatland forests come at a climate cost
restoration is unlikely to mitigate climate change”
Stopping emissions is the only failsafe solution
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rewetting drained boreal peatland forests does not mitigate climate warming in the twenty-first century - Ambio
Rewetting drained peatland forests restores pristine ecosystem functions, improves peatland ecological status, and has been considered to mitigate climate change. We quantified climate impact of rewet...
link.springer.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Conservation is not a simple solution to climate change
“ecological benefits of rewetting drained boreal peatland forests come at a climate cost
restoration is unlikely to mitigate climate change”
Stopping emissions is the only failsafe solution
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“ecological benefits of rewetting drained boreal peatland forests come at a climate cost
restoration is unlikely to mitigate climate change”
Stopping emissions is the only failsafe solution
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
Even in Europe you do not always/often get the desired result by mowing your lawn less frequently. The species need to be there! Otherwise, you just get long grass (and sad and frustrated garden owners).
An unmanaged, unmown english lawn is full of native flowers that support local pollinators
An unmanaged, unmown american lawn is mostly eurasian weeds that only support generalists
Is a buckthorn thicket on an abandoned lot "[re]wild"? I suppose, but what ecological value does it bring a landscape?
An unmanaged, unmown american lawn is mostly eurasian weeds that only support generalists
Is a buckthorn thicket on an abandoned lot "[re]wild"? I suppose, but what ecological value does it bring a landscape?
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Even in Europe you do not always/often get the desired result by mowing your lawn less frequently. The species need to be there! Otherwise, you just get long grass (and sad and frustrated garden owners).
Bravo @fornalab.bsky.social colleague @ellendevrieze.bsky.social with her talk “European cities manage their green space for people and biodiversity: a chance for urban (or ecosystem) restoration?” - collaboration with @valentinecology.bsky.social et al
September 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Bravo @fornalab.bsky.social colleague @ellendevrieze.bsky.social with her talk “European cities manage their green space for people and biodiversity: a chance for urban (or ecosystem) restoration?” - collaboration with @valentinecology.bsky.social et al
@fornalab.bsky.social Colleague @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social in action at the @gfoesoc.bsky.social conference in Würzburg with his Synthesis of apple pollination research reveals positive contributions from wild bees relative to those of honeybees. Surprising results depending on the metric!
September 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@fornalab.bsky.social Colleague @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social in action at the @gfoesoc.bsky.social conference in Würzburg with his Synthesis of apple pollination research reveals positive contributions from wild bees relative to those of honeybees. Surprising results depending on the metric!
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In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences.
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In our new article with Rui-Ling Liu and Wen-Yong Guo in J. Ecol., we quantified how plant strategy scores derived from leaf traits (Pierce method) correlate with other plant traits and plant environmental preferences.
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
🔗 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
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Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
June 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
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A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Enkele motjes van deze nacht op onze kleine boerderij 😍🦋
oranje iepentakvlinder
bruine sikkeluil
kortzuiger
wapendrager
oranje iepentakvlinder
bruine sikkeluil
kortzuiger
wapendrager
June 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Enkele motjes van deze nacht op onze kleine boerderij 😍🦋
oranje iepentakvlinder
bruine sikkeluil
kortzuiger
wapendrager
oranje iepentakvlinder
bruine sikkeluil
kortzuiger
wapendrager