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Good news! ✨
The deadline has been extended – you can still submit your abstract and secure the early-bird rate.

Look forward to inspiring keynote speakers and join us for an excursion to the Exploratorium Schorfheide-Chorin! 🌱🌿

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📣 Registration for the BE20 Conference is still open—the deadline has been extended to March 2, 2026!

Join us and secure your spot! 🗓️

Registration: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
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Last Chance for the early bird registration and abstract submission!!

📣 Registration for the BE20 Conference is still open—the deadline has been extended to March 2, 2026!

Join us and secure your spot! 🗓️

Registration: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
or scan the QR Code 📄

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@dfg.de @sgn.one #BE20conference

We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in community ecology to work in the Arthropods Core Project of the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social

Reposting is much appreciated for widest reach! Thanks.

More information here:
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Conceptual graphic of the project aims. Depicted is a schematic of the root economics space (RES) with added exudation traits (Work Package 1: integrating exudates into the root economics space). The lower, brown-colored half of the background shows labels such as soil nutrients, soil pH, and soil moisture, with arrows (effects) pointing toward the RES (Work Package 2: environmental filtering of exudation strategies). The upper, green-colored half shows labels such as productivity, carbon cycling, greenhouse gas, and nutrient cycling, with arrows (effects) pointing from the RES toward this area (Work Package 3: effects of exudation strategies on ecosystem functions). Pictograms of a cow, a tractor, and a fertilizer bag signify land-use effects that mediate these interactions.

We are searching for a PhD student!

Are you curious and excited to unravel how #root #exudation varies between species, how this relates to the root economics space and if and how it explains ecosystem functioning and species distribution in #grasslands?

📣 Only 3 days left to submit abstracts for the #BE20Conference.
Deadline & early-bird registration: 31 January 2026.

Biodiversity researchers from around the world are invited to contribute.🌐
More info: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

#Biodiversity #Ecology #ScienceCommunity #Berlin2026

Only 2 weeks left to submit abstracts #BE20Conference!
Deadline & early-bird registration: 31 Jan 2026

Biodiversity researchers from around the world are welcome.
Berlin, 8–12 June 2026

More info: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

#Biodiversity #Ecology #ScienceCommunity #Berlin2026

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Transects for the 2026 Soil Sampling Campaign were set up at the Exploratorium Schwäbische Alb—laying the groundwork to better understand links between soil, land use, and biodiversity. 🌿✨

📷 J. Hailer

#bexplo #research #science #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #ecosystems

New study on arthropod declines @natecoevo.nature.com 🪲

In two time series @jena-experiment.bsky.social & @bexplo.bsky.social we show how community (dis)assembly underpins local biomass declines.

It mostly boils down to species loss, with identity losing relevance.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Registration for the #BE20Conference is now open.
We’re celebrating 20 years of the Biodiversity Exploratories with our first international conference. ✨
We appreciate when the news circulates in the community.
www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

See you there. 🙂

@dfg.de @sgn.one

Meet our next confirmed keynotes speaker for the #BE20conference: Duccio Rocchini @ducciorocchini.bsky.social

A biologist advancing open-source methods in remote sensing & spatial ecology to better model and monitor global biodiversity. 🌍📡

Stay tuned for more BE20 (Berlin, June8–12,2026) updates!

👇 Key insights:
• Eukaryotic bacterivores & Bdellovibrionota decline in subsoils
• Myxococcota show no depth-related drop
• Prey bacteria & predators often sync seasonally
• Seasonal effects vary by site, organism & depth

🧬 #Metatranscriptomic data suggest predatory #bacteria may dominate subsoils.

🦠 Curious about who eats whom in #grassland #soils? New BE-study on the dynamics of #bacterivores across depths & seasons!

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌐 #SoilEcology #MicrobialEcology

BE20: Meet our next confirmed keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Richard Bardgett @lancasteruni.bsky.social, UK. 🌱
He investigates how belowground biodiversity regulates ecosystem processes and responds to global environmental change.🌍

Stay tuned for more #BE20conference (Berlin, 8–12 June 2026!) updates!

The next confirmed keynote speaker for the BE20 Conference is Prof. Dr. Rachael Winfree from the USA ! 🌿🐝
She researches wild bees and their vital role in healthy ecosystems, offering key insights for pollinator conservation. 💡

FMI: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

#BE20conference

Exploring the future of the Hainich-Dün landscape: Together we discussed how nature, people, and regional traditions can thrive. Thanks to all participants for the inspiring dialogue! 💚
@isoe-institut.bsky.social @sgn.one @unikassel.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social @leuphana.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to introduce the next confirmed Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Andrew Gonzalez from Canada! 🌿🌎

A pioneer in evolutionary rescue, advancing global biodiversity conservation. 🔬💡

Stay tuned for more #BE20conference keynotes — June 8–12, 2026, in Berlin! ✨

#bexplo #conservation

Our next confirmed Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. @Helmut Hillebrand (@hillebr1.bsky.social) from Germany! 🌊
His research highlights the vital role of ocean health in sustaining planetary and marine ecosystem stability. 🌍🔬

Stay tuned for more #BE20conference keynotes — June 8–12, 2026, in Berlin! ✨

We’re excited to announce the next confirmed keynote speaker:
Tim Newbold (@tnewbold31.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk )
He researches global biodiversity patterns and the effects of climate and land-use change on ecosystems.🌍🐝

Stay tuned for more #BE20conference Keynote Speakers.

#bexplo #conservation

Out today in PNAS: Mobile species' responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature's contributions to people" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505401122 by Sophie O'Brien et al.

#BE20Conference first confirmed keynotes!

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Borer (USA)
Borer will share insights on ecological diversity & sustainable landscapes 🌱

Over the next weeks, we’ll introduce BE20 keynote speakers.
📅 June 8–12, 2025, Berlin — celebrating 20 years of Biodiversity Exploratories

#bexplo

📢 New BE-publication out about StrataSeq – a workflow to optimise #DNA reference database generation for hard-to-identify taxa!
👉 Improving #biodiversity monitoring across taxa & habitats. 🌐

🔔 Reminder: #BE20Conference 2026 🔔
Here’s the latest news!

📅 Registration and Call for Abstracts open this November – mark your calendars!

✨Some keynote speakers are already confirmed – check them out on our website: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/

📢 Please help spread the news!

@dan-rie.bsky.social

Preparations for our new #deadwood experiment BEClimWood are in full swing! 🌳
The experiment explores how land use & #climate factors shape #biodiversity around deadwood.

Our local management team is hard at work—moving stones (one weighed 28.5 kg!) to set up the logs at the Hainich Exploratory. 💪

New BE study explores how canopy gaps & #deadwood shape #forest soundscapes, focusing on biophony (animal) & geophony (natural abiotic sounds).🌲🎧 Machine learning shows: deadwood boosts biophony, gaps geophony & soundscape analysis can effectively monitor biodiversity.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... 🌐

Habitat and land‐use intensity shape moth community structure across temperate forest and grassland This study reveals how land-use intensity, plant diversity, weather and artificial light interact to shape moth diversity across forests and grasslands. Using 300 plots across Germany, we highlight h...

🌿🦋 Interested in how #land-use intensity shapes #moth communities? Check out this BE-paper in @animalecology.bsky.social
🌳 #Forests host higher abundance & diversity than grasslands. 🌡️Temperature is a key factor. It's all a complex interplay of habitat , LUI and weather.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🌐

📢Check out our latest BE-publication on #invertebrate 🐞abundance in #grasslands 🌱 published in @basicapplecol.bsky.social.

Reducing land use (single late #mowing) increased #insects by +41% after 1 yr and +99% after 3 yrs.
Species diversity, however, remained unchanged.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...