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Bernhard Wegscheider

@bwegscheider.bsky.social
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Freshwater ecologist at Uni Bern and Eawag. Interested in river science, conservation and restoration planning.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Really excited to share our #NewStudy in #ConservationBiology. We explored conservation prioritisation for aquatic insects and aerial insectivores to support #NatureBasedRestoration in the Wolastoq watershed (50,000sq. km.) in Atlantic Canada. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Modeling nature‐based restoration potential across aquatic–terrestrial boundaries
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Restoring habitats is critical to support fish populations in Switzerland. 🐟Check out this interview by Uniaktuell with @conorwaldock.bsky.social and myself on how species distribution models can help us in identifying priority regions for conservation and restoration of fish habitats.
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 06/03/2025
Die von Forschenden der @unibern.bsky.social @wyssacademy.bsky.social #NaturhistorischesMuseumBern @eawag.bsky.social neu entdeckten Barbatula #Fischarten haben jetzt #Namen! Sie heissen «fluvicola» und «ommata». mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmittei...
Zwei Fische sprechen miteinander. Ein Fisch sagt zum Anderen: Hey, wir haben jetzt unsere Namen bekommen! Der andere antwortet erfreut: Oh, toll, freut mich, du bist ...?
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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Take part in choosing the names of two new fish species that researchers have recently discovered: www.aqua.iee.unibe.ch/research/res...
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Wyss Academy for Nature @wyssacademy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Die Schweiz darf sich über die Entdeckung zwei neuer Fischarten freuen. Entdeckt wurden sie von Bárbara Calegari von der @unibern.bsky.social im Rahmen des Projekts LANAT-3 im Auftrag der Wyss Academy for Nature, des Kantons Bern und des Bundesamts für Umwelt (BAFU). 👉🏾 go.wyssacademy.org/fish
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
To all nature lovers out there. Take part in naming two new fish species that were discovered in our research project in 🇨🇭 lakes and rivers. Great initiative led by the amazing Barbara Calegari. @unibern.bsky.social @wyssacademy.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social 🐟🐟💧💧
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Rauflihorn, Diemtigen, Berner Oberland ⛷️❄️❄️☀️
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We are sampling with our team deep-water sculpins in Lago Maggiore this week. Amazing diversity at a beautiful location. 🐟🚤 #freshwaterbiodiversity
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Conor Waldock @conorwaldock.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
How can we deconstruct the natural and anthropogenic drivers of species' geographic distributions? Within the areas where a species could naturally live, where do humans impact them the most? #macroecology #biogeography #conservation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Deconstructing the geography of human impacts on species’ natural distribution - Nature Communications
Explainable Artificial Intelligence can improve conservation decisions by revealing hidden insights to where human impacts on biodiversity are greatest. In this investigation of freshwater fish in Swi...
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New paper alert! We show that the joint consideration of barriers and species past, current and future distributions are critical for river connectivity restoration plans to ensure the recovery and persistence of riverine fish diversity in Switzerland. 🐟🐟 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neglecting biodiversity baselines in longitudinal river connectivity restoration impacts priority setting
River habitats are fragmented by barriers which impede the movement and dispersal of aquatic organisms. Restoring habitat connectivity is a primary ob…
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Bernhard Wegscheider @bwegscheider.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi everyone :) I'm moving away from X in the hope for a nicer community here at Bluesky. I'm interested in content related to biodiversity and conservation. Follow me back if you are interested in river science and restoration 🐟🐟
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