Installing some pittfall traps for is fun and sometimes a bit challenging 🀠

However, the investigates also the in the lowland and this year also the high alpine up to 3100m.

Here photos from the Endkopf (2627m) looking at the Reschensee in , , .

#alpineenvironment #alpsoil_lab #euracresearch #italy #southtyrol #vinschgau #SoilBiodiversity #biodiversitymonitoringsouthtyrol #SoilFauna #alpine

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Romy Zeiss · @romyzeiss
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⛰️ What makes in areas special?

Explore the πŸ†• episode of our πŸŽ™οΈ "Solid Science" online about "Soils in Mountain Systems" with Julia Seeber and Roshan Babu Ojha.

Julia works in the and Roshan investigates the mountains. We talked with them about common and different conditions in these systems and in doing soil research high up.

solidscience.podcaster.de/soli


@carlosguerra_pt

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Let us know why (and why not)!

#soils #mountain #podcast #Alps #Nepali #SoilBiodiversity

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EU Climate Action · @EUClimateAction
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RT FAO Land and Water
that not only tackles soil pollution but also plays a crucial role in saving the🌎?πŸ‘‡πŸΎ
🌱acts as a natural cleanup agent, remedying
🌳plays a key role in sequestering
πŸ’Šis a source of medicines, from antibiotics to anticancer drugs t.co/0wYwMZGHUx

πŸ¦πŸ”—: n.respublicae.eu/FAOLandWater/

#DYK #SoilBiodiversity #SoilPollution #carbon

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Happy to share our new paper about high alpine (1500–3000 m) πŸ€“ (with twitter.com/julesibk)

Activity densities (pitfall traps), diversity patterns, and (potential) functional groups along three separate elevational gradients in the ().

πŸ“„ sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#OpenScience #euracresearch #Alps #alpine #mountains #SoilBiodiversity #soilzoology #southtyrol #ltsermatsch #SoilFauna #alpsoil_lab

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Happy to share our new paper about high alpine (1500–3000 m) πŸ€“ (with twitter.com/julesibk)

Activity densities (pitfall traps), diversity patterns, and (potential) functional groups along three separate elevational gradients in the ().

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#OpenScience #euracresearch #Alps #alpine #mountains #SoilBiodiversity #soilzoology #southtyrol #ltsermatsch #SoilFauna #alpsoil_lab

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Happy to share our new paper about high alpine (1500-3000m) πŸ€“ (with With twitter.com/julesibk)

Activity densities (pitfall traps), diversity patterns, and (potential) functional groups along three separate elevational gradients in the ().

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#OpenScience #euracresearch #Alps #alpine #mountains #SoilBiodiversity #soilzoology #southtyrol #ltsermatsch #SoilFauna #alpsoil_lab

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Worm fact!

Did you know that there are several earthworm species which are considered 'arboreal', in that they're more associated with trees than in soil?

Some species, such as this Dendrobaena attemsi are often found in rot holes, under bark on trees and in decaying logs!

#SoilBiodiversity #Earthworm #MacroPhotograhy #SoilFauna

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We published 3 article translations in πŸ‡«πŸ‡· !

- En savoir plus sur les vers de terre grΓ’ce aux sciences participatives πŸ™οΈ
- Peut-on sauver la BΓͺte en prΓ©servant la Belle ? πŸ’… 🐻
- Acariens des mousses et du sol ou acariens cuirassiers : le monde fantastique des oribates 🐜(<- mite)

@romyzeiss @ElisabethBoenisch @MalteJochum @remybeugnon @EisenhauerLab @idiv @frontyoungminds

#French #soil #SoilBiodiversity #Earthworms #mites #Acari #belowground #scicomm

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.

Have a great weekend everyone!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #soilbiota #Collembola #Springtail #springtailsaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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And finally, in another first for me, a predatory prostigmatid mite (Eupodidae sp.) running around on the water surface like that's no big thing! I certainly didn't know they could do that... did you?

#Mite #Acari #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Followed up with an adorable young male Deuterosminthurus pallipes (and it's the first time I've seen this species)!

#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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You don't always need to turn over a log or rock. Here's a thread of curious mesofauna I found on the surface of my pond this weekend!

First up are these incredibly sweet, bright purple Isotomurus palustris nymphs, plus an adult one at the end for good measure...

#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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A predatory mite (family Bdellidae) doing what it does best - feeding on a springtail. Having a mite skewer your head with its pointed chelicerae isn't the nicest way to go, but fascinating to observe!

#SoilFauna #soilecology #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity #Macrophotography #Acari #Collembola #Mite #Springtail

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We published 3 article translations in πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ!

Los hongos del suelo πŸ„
Las lombrices de tierra y su rol en las emisiones de gases πŸͺ±
¿Inconvenientes por partida doble?🌱

@romyzeiss @ElisabethBoenisch @MalteJochum @remybeugnon @EisenhauerLab @idiv @frontyoungminds

#spanish #soil #SoilBiodiversity #Earthworms #fungi #scicomm

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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For I'll look beyond the soil, and showcase the amazing water-living springtail Podura aquatica.

Their adaptations for a life on the water surface include a flattened jumping organ, hydrophobic cuticle, and depositing their spermatophores and eggs on water!

#internationalbiodiversityday #Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #biodiversity #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #soilecology

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Here's something you never see - a proturan's gut contents!

The jury is still out on what exactly these tiny (less than 1.5 mm long) soil invertebrates feed on - most likely decaying organic materials and fungal hyphae...

Have a tasty weekend, everyone!

#Macrophotography #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #soilecology #proturan #Mesofauna

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Romy Zeiss · @romyzeiss
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Are you interested in and the Would you like to listen 🎧 to how is gathered πŸ”­ πŸ”¬ ? Do you have a certain curiosity about πŸ€“ or do you so far didn't understand such an affection 🧐 ?

Check out our new "Solid Science" - available on all common platforms πŸŽ™οΈ !

And please let us know what you think about it πŸ“‰ ! How can we improve, what did you like best?

@carlosguerra_pt πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»

#science #ScienceCommunity #knowledge #soil #podcast #soilbon #people #SoilBiodiversity #scientist

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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GBIF 🌱 · @gbif
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Tired of having others treat like dirt? Share your knowledge of life below ground with a on organisms whose lives depend on soil.

Submit your mss by 22 Sept. If @pensoft accepts it, will pick up the APC!
bitly.com/gbif-soil-call

#SoilBiodiversity #datapaper #biodatajournal #finbif

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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A common pygmy woodlouse (Trichoniscus pusillus agg.) walking towards a feathery fungal fruiting body on a decaying log.

#SoilFauna #soilecology #Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #Isopoda #woodlouse

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