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We are a global ecological research network that aims to assess the impact of invertebrate herbivores and pathogenic fungi on plant communities and ecosystems. 🐛🌱🦠🐌 @slfdavos.bsky.social @unibe.ch www.bug-net.org

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🌎 Experiments are central to understanding community dynamics, yet their use is declining. We're trying to understand why. If you work in community ecology, we'd really appreciate your input in a quick survey (<5 mins). 👉🏼 link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2022629791... Reposts welcome!
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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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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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Jana Stewart @loveyouleafyou.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Finished up the annual sampling and a spray treatment for @joe-atkinson.bsky.social and I @bugnet.bsky.social sites out at Fowlers Gap. Blue skies and red earth always a great backdrop for fieldwork
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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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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Postdoc position available with one of our BugNet collaborators! Fletcher is great, check it out 👇👇
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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Check out what our @bugnet.bsky.social PhD student Julien Bota is doing at our experimental sites in Davos! @slfdavos.bsky.social
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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Want to join or learn more about BugNet? Join our BugNet info meeting with @annekempel.bsky.social online on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 9am CET or 3pm CET. Register here for the info meeting: www.bug-net.org 🌱 🌐
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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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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
BugNet is growing! Explore our field sites and collaborator network here: www.bug-net.org/collaborators/
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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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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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Anne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
🫖 Teatime in @BugNet_research! Lots of green an roibos tea is packed and shipped to our collaborators to test the importance of aboveground insect🐛 , fungal pathogens🦠 and molluscs🐌 for decomposition 🍵
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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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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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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Welcome to our brand new BugNet-Bluesky account! @annekempel.bsky.social @suzeveringham.bsky.social and @bota-jb.bsky.social are skeeting here about latest news from the BugNet research network 🐛🌱🦠🐌
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