Reposted by Andreas HilpoldBEAGLE Project @beagle-project.eu · 01/10/2026BEAGLE officially kicks off today! 🎉 Over the next four years, we will work together towards improving how biodiversity is monitored across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. 1107
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldMatteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🎙️🐦 How does passive acoustic monitoring compare with traditional bird surveys? Across the Alps, PAM detected ~2× as many species—but varied across habitats. Our study explores how the two approaches differ and complement each other. doi.org/10.1002/rse2... #Bioacoustics #BirdMonitoring #Biodiversitydoi.orgHow Passive Acoustic and Traditional Monitoring Estimate Bird Diversity Across HabitatsWe compared traditional bird counts (PC) with passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) in a heterogeneous Alpine landscape. PAM recorded twice as many species, with a strong correlation between species rich... 154
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldElia Guariento @eliaguariento.bsky.social · 05/09/2025New paper out on community ecology of parasitoids and their hosts 🪲🐝🪰🕷️ Great work led by Lisa Obwegs @euracalpenv.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 16/04/2025New 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 @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.socialsciencedirect.comBalancing bats and agriculture: Investigating the effects of agricultural management practices on bat species diversity in mountain ecosystemsChanges in agricultural land use and farming practices have been recognized as significant drivers of biodiversity loss, especially when they involve … 0125
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldBiodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 02/04/2025📢 Save the date for our 1st Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair! Online, 21-22 May. Connect with R&I, policy & business to explore the future of monitoring: tech sessions (eDNA, bioacoustics, remote sensing), project showcases, interactive talks, & more!biodiversa.euEvent: Connecting people, technology, and data for biodiversity monitoringBiodiversa+ is thrilled to announce its first “Biodiversity monitoring science fair”, taking place in Barcelona on 21 and 22 May... 0119
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 24/03/2025500 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/enbeehold.eurac.eduBEEhold - South Tyrol’s wild bees: biodiversity on displayThe BEEhold project celebrates the diversity and importance of South Tyrol’s wild bees. 063
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 06/03/2025We linked canopy structure 🌲📸 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory #plantdiversity 🌱 in forest plots. Our findings show canopy #photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forests. @marco-mina.bsky.social @andreashilpold.bsky.social,...sciencedirect.comReliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studiesUnderstory is a key component of forest biodiversity. The structure of the forest stand and the horizontal composition of the canopy play a major role… 021
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Our researchers @msteinwandter.bsky.social, @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social & @eliaguariento.bsky.social have found three specimens of the Eurasian pygmy shrew in South Tyrol at over 3,000 meters a.s.l.. This #discovery marks a European #record! 🏆 📰: eurac.edu/de/press/eur... Foto: Giacomo Gaudenzi 1146
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 25/02/2025🐝Wild bees are vital for #ecosystems, but there are major knowledge gaps about their #distribution. Our latest study in @bdj.pensoft.net helps bridge this gap by adding new records for wild #bees in South Tyrol. 📊📌🐝 🔎Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....doi.orgNew distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee databaseThroughout South Tyrol, in northern Italy, there is a data deficiency relating to wild bee species pool. Here, we present significant findings from the collection of 3,313 wild bees gathered over two ... 032
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 12/02/2025erleichtert, dass der Spuk vorbei ist 🫡 orf.at/live/5463-Ko... 110
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldJulia Seeber @jseeber.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Abstract submission for the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck #IMC25 is open! Come join us for a great session on mountain soil biodiversity: imc2025.info/imc25/sessio... @msteinwandter.bsky.social @nadinepraeg.bsky.social @euracalpenv.bsky.socialimc2025.infoFS 3.139: Mountain soil biodiversity – #IMC: International Mountain Conference 046
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Der "Köstlichste" ist Streuobstsorte des Jahres 2025! 🍎 Diese traditionelle Apfelsorte, die ursprünglich im Piemont und Trentino kultiviert wurde, prägte mit ihrem süßen Geschmack und der charakteristischen rot-grünen Färbung auch den guten Ruf des Südtiroler Obstbaus. 121
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 09/01/2025📣 Great News: Strumigenys baudueri has been finally reported for South Tyrol! 🔎Find out more below ⬇️ and in this great article from our researchers @EliaNalini & @eliaguariento.bsky.social: www.eurac.edu/en/magazine/...eurac.eduStrumigenys baudueri: an ant documented in South Tyrol for the first timeEurac Research’s Institute for Alpine Environment has documented the ant, Strumigenys baudueri for the first time in South Tyrol. The finding makes one wonder how much more there is to discover, even.... 153
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 25/01/2025find the animal (Chorthippus sp. I guess) 020
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Orchard meadows in South Tyrol have decreased by over 95% since the 1950s due to agricultural intensification, urbanization, and reforestation. 🌳🍎🍐 Urgent conservation measures are essential to preserve these ecosystems. 🌱 🔎Read more about the topic here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgSpatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of orchard meadow loss in South Tyrol, Italy 0105
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldMatteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Are you interested in a habitat mapping project for bird species in a mountain environment? 🐦⛰️ and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our @euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...eurac.onboard.orgResearcher for bird habitat modelingEurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano 135
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldJen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Fulgorid planthopper from the Amazon rainforest. I like how this one has what looks like a picture of islands surrounded by water on its wings. (Enchophora sp.) Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador #ArtAdventCaledar 836544
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldJonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Happy #InternationalMountainDay 🏔️ Today, we are celebrating one of the most diverse, dynamic, extreme, and arguably most beautiful ecosystems on the planet. So many fascinating things going on, and so much still to find out! I'm truly grateful to be able to work in such amazing places. 0253
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 06/12/2024📚 Proud to announce that our botanist Roberto Dellavedova co-authored "FLORA ENDEMICA nel Nord Italia" - the first atlas of endemic plants covering the entire Alps! Join the launch on Dec 13, 6pm at Sala Filarmonica, Rovereto. Free entry! fondazionemcr.it/events_detai... 0112
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldMartin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 01/12/2024🥁 Ecologist working in mountains: We still have spots in the Mountain Ecology Starter Pack for Scientists working on various aspects of Mountain Ecology ⛰️ 🏞️🌄 👇. Let me know if you would like to be included. 🌎 🧪 🌐 go.bsky.app/V5Ydank 4115146
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 05/12/2024"Renaturierung" is Austrian word of the year 💪 @lgewessler.bsky.social steiermark.orf.at/stories/3284...steiermark.orf.at„Renaturierung“ ist Wort des Jahres 2024Die Gesellschaft für Österreichisches Deutsch in Graz hat „Renaturierung“ zum Wort des Jahres 2024 gekürt. Zum Unwort des Jahres wurde „Volkskanzler“, „heast“ gewann in der Jugendwort-Kategorie. 050
Reposted by Andreas HilpoldDanae Wolfe | Chasing Bugs @chasingbugs.com · 23/11/2024A few more oak treehopper photos because they are my fav. I named this mama “Oakley.” Here you can see the development of her colony from newly laid eggs to second instar nymphs. Look at the size difference between mama and her babies. 😍 312223
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 22/11/2024talk about a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social pilot study from @jseeber.bsky.social at #Eubireco showing how difficult it will be, to establish a European soil biodiversity monitoring scheme based on eDNA 050
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 22/11/2024great talk of @msteinwandter.bsky.social at #Eubireco conference in Bozen/Bolzano! 050
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 18/11/2024We are hiring !! Eurac Research is looking for a motivated Postdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagement to work on two European projects, RESPOnD & TRANSFOrm.🍇🍎🍐🐝🪶 eurac.onboard.org/jobs/54WWrx49?…eurac.onboard.orgPostdoc researcher in agroecology, spatial modelling and stakeholder engagementEurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano 044
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 17/02/2024Fiasko in jeder Hinsicht, für alle Beteiligten www.rainews.it/tgr/tagessch... 010
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 26/01/2024"Der Straßenbau soll dabei nicht zu kurz kommen. Denn irgendwo müssten die Autos neuer Technologie ja fahren, wie der ÖVP-Chef anmerkte." ein absurderes Argument für Straßenbau kann man sich kaum vorstellen. Virus Auto wird virulent. #nehammer #austria #oevp 051
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 28/10/2023ich hoffe, der WaltherPark wird noch rechtzeitig fertig... Bauruine im Bozner Zentrum wäre nicht so prickelnd 160
Andreas Hilpold @andreashilpold.bsky.social · 22/10/2023bluesky post nr 1, is .... a plant photo (what else) 070