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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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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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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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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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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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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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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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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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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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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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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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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I'm hoping it's better late than never for , with this photo of a beautiful globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi)!

#InverteFest #SoilFauna #soilecology #SoilBiodiversity #Mesofauna #Springtail #SpringtailSunday #Macrophotography #Collembola

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I don't take as many photos of 'elongate' springtails (Entomobryomorpha) as the other orders, so let's change that!

This lovely pale yellow little springtail is Entomobrya nivalis, and is so widespread across temperate and polar regions that, unlike most Collembola, it has a common name: The 'Cosmopolitan Springtail'!

#SoilFauna #soilecology #Mesofauna #Springtail #Collembola #Macrophotography

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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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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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A phthiracarid (oribatid) mite exploring its decaying log home πŸ₯°

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

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I'm a magnet for interesting mite nymphs at the moment - here's the larval stage of a whirligig mite (Anystidae) feeding on the nymph of a turtle mite (Uropodina)*. I can confirm that whirligig nymphs are just as fast and hard to photograph as the adults!

*At first I thought it was feeding on an Astigmatid hypopus, but those long seta on the front legs are throwing me toward Uropodina/dae - second opinions welcome!

#SoilBiodiversity #soilecology #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #macro #Mite #MiteMonday #Mitestodon

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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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field season started with twitter.com/magdalenagler and the first measurments in her project within the . ⛰️

Sunny day but cold air at 1500m.
But nice view to the of
Low-emission field work with our hydrogen company car πŸ’§

#SoilFauna #soilmicrobiome #SoilBiology #mountains #alpineenvironment #euracresearch #southtyrol #dolomites #alpsoil_lab #alsores #soilrespiration #SoilBiodiversity

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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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field season started with twitter.com/magdalenagler and the first measurments in her project within the . ⛰️

Sunny day but cold air at 1500m.
But nice view to the of
Low-emission field work with our hydrogen company car πŸ’§

#SoilFauna #soilmicrobiome #SoilBiology #mountains #alpineenvironment #euracresearch #southtyrol #dolomites #alpsoil_lab #alsores #soilrespiration #SoilBiodiversity

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I've not posted on here much lately, so here's a burst of macro loveliness to make up for it! I've been experimenting with zooming out a little in my compositions to show more of the microhabitat around the wee beasties, and I quite like the results!

#soilecology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #naturephotography #nature

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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This beautiful little creatures is a springtail known as Protaphorura aurantiaca - a fairly common British species which is found in decaying wood. Its striking yellow colour rapidly fades in alcohol, so normally I only see them as pale specimens under the microscope!

#SoilFauna #soilecology #Springtail #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola

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Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Besides the usual academic talk, it’s been great to contribute to in an additional, artistic way. Thanks to the organising committee for inviting me to display my macrophotography in the reception hall!

#gsb2023 #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #soil #soilart

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Michael γƒ˜γƒ“ Steinwandter · @m_steinwandter
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Leaving the mountains, my journey to the begins!
🚑 + πŸš… + ✈️

Connect with us πŸ‘‡
- talk by twitter.com/magdalenagler (MON, and )
- P32 by twitter.com/julesibk (TUE, )
- P34 by myself (TUE, )
- P35 by twitter.com/GMBA_IPO (MON, )
- P96 by twitter.com/AndreasHilpold (TUE, )

#biodiversitymonitoring #mountainssoilbiodiversity #alpsoil_lab #traits #carabidae #SoilFauna #edna #gsb2023

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