Alpine Environment - Eurac Research

📢 COME WORK WITH US 📢 The call for applications to the PhD program @UniTrento DICAM, which includes a position on the "Soundscape for all", is now online! ⛰️🎵🐦 lnkd.in/dr9Mnpra 🗓️Deadline: August 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM

What a conference! Last week I had the honour of attending the @_EBCC conference (#BirdNumbers2025) in Riga and presenting our #BiodiversityMonitoringSouthTyrol with a focus on birds using classical and passive acoustic protocols. #Monitoring #Birds #Biodiversity

New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄 Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New study on forest-grassland ecotone expansion in the Eastern #Alps! 🌲Using the iLand model💻, we explore how #climatechange impacts and land-use abandonment shape forest dynamics & species shifts. 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100… @SpringerEcology @marco_mina_ @edfm_tum @RammerWerner

500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. To shed light on these winged wonders, our interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! Pick up a map, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about bee biodiversity: beehold.eurac.edu/en

New study: We linked canopy structure 🌲📷 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory plant diversity in forest plots. Our findings show canopy photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forest ➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol…

Microplastics are tiny particles that have been found in almost all environmental spheres.🍼🛞🗑️🧃 In this #study, @DahmsHeinrich, @UjZoology & @UJScience investigated #microplastics in a transboundary #river system 🌊of multiple African nations. 🌍 ➡️ℹ️link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Forschende von Eurac Research haben in #Südtirol auf über 3.000 müdM drei Exemplare der Eurasischen #Zwergspitzmaus gefunden. Der Fund ist europäischer Rekord. Ob er dem #Klimawandel geschuldet ist, muss sich noch zeigen. Zur News: eurac.edu/de/press/europ… Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi

Death is not the opposite of life, but part of it. #Decay and regeneration work hand in hand. Our newly published article examines how dead #wood is vital to life in a #forest. Read the full article here: eurac.edu/en/magazine/th… Ph: A de Giovanni / Eurac Research #biodiversity

Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their distribution. 🐝 Our latest study helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊🐝 @m_dainese @AnderleMatte 🔎Read more here @BioDataJournal doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13…

📢 Call for Contributions @imountainconf session WS 3.122: 'Strengthening long-term socio-ecological research in mountain LTSER platforms' Convened by #LTER Austria & @lteritaly at the #imc25 in Innsbruck from 14-18 Sept 2025 📆Deadline 20.02.25 ℹ️Info 👉shorturl.at/mQY8l

Also, our @EuracAlpine squad is hiring a Intern in the field of ecotoxicology and microplastics research in the PlasticFree EFRE-1018 project. All details and application form here: eurac.onboard.org/alpenv_intern_… #sciencejobs #jobs #career

Abstract submission for the @imountainconf in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us @julesibk, @michaelsteinw, @NadinePraeg and more for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity 🏔️🐜🕷️🪱 📅Deadline: 20 Feb 2025 🌐shorturl.at/Z199z #soil #biodiversity #Mountains

#IMC2025📍Innsbruck, 14-18 Sep 2025 @imountainconf 🌍Submit abstracts for the focus session (FS 3.137) "The aquatic biodiversity of mountain waterscapes" 🏔️🌊 📅 Deadline: 20 Feb 2025 🌐shorturl.at/yH0DT #stream #Biodiversity #Mountains #water

#IMC2025📍 Innsbruck, 14-18 Sep 2025 🌍Submit abstracts for our focus session (FS 3.149) "Mountain regions as key biodiversity observatories – challenges & solutions in times of global changes" 📅 Deadline: 20 Feb 2025 🌐 Details: shorturl.at/uL0Am #Biodiversity #Mountains

📣New paper on "Short-term impact of low air pressure on plants’ #functionaltraits" 🌱 by Silvia Lembo et al. conducted within @EURAC 's climate simulation center 🌐TerraXcube in collaboration w/@NiedristG, @m_dainese, @NadinePraeg, @FWF_at and many more ℹ️journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

📣New paper alert: Understanding the long-term dynamics of vegetation 🌱 since 1953 in high-mountain regions ⛰️ @KRamskogler, @LéonLepesant, @erichtasser with #Sehag´& #Nationalpark Stilfserjoch/Stelvio. ℹ️ more info: 📜besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 🌐sehag.ku.de/en/our-project/

🐜 I nostri ricercatori e ricercatrici hanno documentato per la prima volta in #AltoAdige la #formica Strumigenys baudueri, una specie decisamente schiva che vive al riparo del suolo. 📰 Leggi l'articolo completo nel #magazine e l'articolo scientifico: eurac.edu/it/magazine/do…

Happy 2025, everybody! We're kicking off the new year with 3 new job ads! #1 An internship! You'll do fungal diversity surveys in the forests of South Tyrol at our @EuracAlpine team. Apply here: eurac.onboard.org/alpenv_intern_… #sciencejobs #jobs #research