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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 16/12/2025

Welcome to BES2025! 💫 Today, we are so excited to welcome ecologists from 58 countries, encouraging innovative research and practice in ecology. We have exciting talks and sessions ahead in the next days from agriculture, human's place in nature, AI to green finance and much more.

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Caroline Daniel @karo-daniel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

So happy to be back at the BES this year for #BES2025! I had a lot of nice discussions today already, and I'll be looking forward to the poster session this evening! Feel free to pass by poster nr: A-4.95 if you want to discuss species coexistence and higher-order interactions! 🌱🌿🌱

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The @bugnet.bsky.social Delegation from @slfdavos.bsky.social very much enjoyed the first day of #BES2025 in Edinburgh! Don’t miss our posters on herbivore interactions under current and future climate that we will present in the community ecology poster sessions today and tomorrow.

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

...and @bota-jb.bsky.social took care that everything worked smoothly, and did amazing drone images of our experiments! Thank you all, you are the best! 🥰

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Today we definitely ended the field season of our @bugnet.bsky.social experimental sites in @slfdavos.bsky.social. What a year - with such a great team of students this was one of my best field seasons ever! Thanks @bota-jb.bsky.social, Carole, Ida, Carla, Sevi, Flo and Irene for the great summer!

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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉 BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part: 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems

The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...

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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Jahrelange Vorbereitungen zur Pflanzung von 92'000 Bäumen: Warum dies gemacht wurde kannst du morgen Samstag, 13.9.2025 am Tag der offenen Forschungsfläche Stillberg in Davos erleben. Im Video: Aufnahmen von #SLF und #WSL aus den Jahren zwischen 1968 bis 1987. Infos: www.slf.ch/de/veranstal...

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

50 years of treeline- and ecological research at our @slfdavos.bsky.social research site at Stillberg in Davos. Great fun to present some findings together with @annekempel.bsky.social to a super interested audience and some junior scientists.

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Do microbes contribute to prey digestion in Nepenthes pitcher plants? We investigated this through a field experiment on Borneo by sterilising the digestive fluid of N. hemsleyana. We found that plants with microbes benefit quicker from captured prey. A thread👇 🌱🧪 🌏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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UV treatment of the digestive fluid of Nepenthes hemsleyana pitcher plants affects their digestive process, possibly via reducing microbial inquilines - Oecologia

Interactions with microbes are ubiquitous, and many of them are essential for the survival and success of plants. In Nepenthes pitcher plants, they occur as part of a diverse community of organisms, s...

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Our paper on unifying theory around biodiversity–consumer relationships (pathogens & herbivores) is now out in TREE! I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓 Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇

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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Save the date: 50 Jahre Forschungsfläche #Stillberg, Davos 13. September 2025 1975 pflanzten #WSL und #SLF am Stillberg 92'000 Bäume, um den #Schutzwald zu erforschen. Zum Jubiläum öffnen wir unsere Forschungsfläche für alle! Infos: www.slf.ch/stillberg50 📷️ E. Dimitrov / W. Schönenberger / C. Rixen

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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · 13/01/2025

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

How do herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant communities in a changing climate? Learn how we’re investing this experimentally on our @bugnet.bsky.social field sites in Davos. 🌱 🌐 youtu.be/3zJhOJqYkcg?... @slfdavos.bsky.social

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Plants and their predators in climate change: Julien Bota explains the BugNet experiments in Davos

YouTube video by WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Are you working on the impact of herbivores & pathogens on plant communities and would be interested to join a global research network? Learn more about the Bug-Network and our easy to maintain exclusion experiment at our upcoming info-meeting 👇 #ecology 🌐🌱🐌🦗

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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

What's the impact of herbivores and pathogens on plant communities? That's what we investigate in our global Bug-network with many collaborators from across the world! Today we had our global meeting - what a great BugNet-spirit! Thank you all for joining!

Zoom screen with the participants of the BugNet meeting

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

That was fun! Creating a summary figure for a paper on pitcher plants escalated slightly when I couldn’t find what I needed and decided to draw it myself…

Drawing of a Nepenthes hemsleyana pitcher

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Absolutely delighted with blueskys decentralised design which makes it possible to follow and interact with people on other platforms like mastodon and vice versa. All you have to do is follow @ap.brid.gy and your account is bridged. That really is the future of social media! fed.brid.gy

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WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Our first starter pack is here! A list of members and alumni of @wslresearch.bsky.social working on biodiversity research and outreach. It will updated as more people join. Let us know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Starter pack about researchers interested in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions! This list is by far not complete - so please help me to get it extended. Leave suggestions or self-nominations in the comments and I'll add you. go.bsky.app/4JR67t6

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Want to see our BugNet sites in Davos? @bota-jb.bsky.social explains our transplant experiment to test how novel plant-consumer interactions affect plant fitness, nicely featured by @slfdavos.bsky.social! Check it out 👇

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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

What do #SLF researchers do in summer? For example, they are investigating #insect diversity and the interactions between #plants and living organisms. There are two videos about this on our website: slf.ch/en/news/of-p... #CERC #biodiversity #climatechange

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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

#SLF -Wissenschaftlerin @annekempel.bsky.social und ihr Team haben im Sommer 2024 in #Davos Insektenkameras aufgestellt. Diese fotografieren automatisch die #Insekten, wenn sie sich auf dem leuchtgelben Schild befinden. Mehr dazu im Video: youtu.be/omFmS3aAu3c #CERC #Biodiversität

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Insektenkamera zur Erfassung der Insektenvielfalt

YouTube video by WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Thanks to @annekempel.bsky.social our @bugnet.bsky.social data collection workflow is now fully digitised which saves an incredible amount of time! Also, with access to our database in the field, we have all relevant information at hand… 🐛

Tablet computer that is used for data collection on a mountain meadow

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

SLF researcher Julien Bota writes in the Bündner Woche about alpine plants and their inconspicuous herbivores. academiaraetica.ch/assets/forsc... Original article (in german): academiaraetica.ch/assets/forsc...

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

Absolutely thrilled that our Biotremology meets Klangkunst tour with the fantastic Chuchchepati Orchestra from last year has been released on vinyl! And I can hardly believe that @monikaeberhard.bsky.social and I were invited to write the foreword - what an honour! unitrecords.com/artists/chuc...

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

Looking back on a very inspiring World Biodiversity Forum in Davos. I enjoyed especially the great mixture of talks from ecology, social sciences, philosophy and arts! #WBF2024

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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

BugNet family meeting at the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos with @annekempel.bsky.social, Eric Allan, Jana Stewart, Sergio Rasmann and @bota-jb.bsky.social #WBF2024 🌱🐛🐌

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

Very nice public lecture by @annekempel.bsky.social about Biodiversity (and why it’s important for our beer) @ the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos! Btw: the economic value that pollinators bring to humanity is equivalent to the annual revenue from beer consumption worldwide! #WBF2024

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Lots of fun and very useful information at the @slfdavos.bsky.social Mountain safety course today. Fieldwork can come - we are prepared! 💪

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

A very warm welcome to our @bugnet.bsky.social intern Léon Lepesant who will join our team @slfdavos.bsky.social for this summer!

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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Are you interested in insect monitoring using cameras and AI and looking for a paid intern in the Swiss Alps? I am looking for a motivated candidate who helps installing Diopsis Cameras along elevational gradients, and advance the image analysis @slfdavos.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1630/...

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Interested in novel plant-herbivore interactions caused by climate change? @annekempel.bsky.social and I are offering cool topics for a master thesis at @slfdavos.bsky.social this summer as part of @bugnet.bsky.social

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Wanna be part of the @bugnet.bsky.social project and investigate plant-herbivore interactions in a changing world? Join @annekempel.bsky.social and me @slfdavos.bsky.social and apply for this very cool paid 4 months internship during summer: m.refline.ch/273855/1613/...

Person doing fieldwork on a meadow in the mountains

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Julien L Bota @bota-jb.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

The @slfdavos.bsky.social @bugnet.bsky.social team well represented #Biology24Zurich. Come to the poster of our master student Trix Junghardt to learn about first insights about drivers of herbivore and pathogen damage in alpine plant communities! -with @annekempel.bsky.social

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