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Pete Manning

@peteecology.bsky.social
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Professor of Ecology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Studying biodiversity in all its forms, the functioning of ecosystems and the many benefits they bring to people.

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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
GrassConnect is live! Last we week we met in Clermont-Ferrand, France to kick-off this major EU project on Grassland Multifunctionality. Our part at @unibergen.bsky.social is to model landscape scale multufunctionality and identify strategies for its promotion See: grassconnect.eu for more
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GrassConnect – Connecting actors to enhance multifunctionality in grass-based livestock sector through ecosystem service monitoring and informed decision-making
Connecting actors to enhance multifunctionality in grass-based livestock sector through ecosystem service monitoring and informed decision-making
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grassconnect.bsky.social @grassconnect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌿 Day 2 is underway at the #GrassConnect Kick-off in Clermont-Ferrand! Today: comms planning, MAGHub facilitator training & a field visit to @inrae-france.bsky.social Laqueuille experimental pastures. 🌱 #HorizonEU #Grasslands
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @peteecology.bsky.social on ecosystem service mapping and upscaling via models of spatial interactions: a framework of upscaling steps; expert analyses; the need to consider multiple indicator drivers; selection of a statistical model; and application to German grasslands.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Were you at the BES meeting?
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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
⛰️ New study highlights how knowledge co-production and interdisciplinarity help address farming challenges in Kilimanjaro @nkinabo.bsky.social @peteecology.bsky.social @dominic-martin.bsky.social 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/b9oNEid
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Accounting for spatial interactions in the upscaling of ecosystem services. Led by Lari Boesing. A how to guide to upscaling ES, particularly those driven by the movement of matter and mobile organisms besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New paper in Advances in Ecological Research: 'Quantifying the impact of social and ecosystem changes through expanded ecosystem multifunctionality metrics'. Led by Margot Neyret, we present the 'netNCP' approach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Out now in People and Nature: 'Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co-production enables the identification of sustainable farming options'. Led by Neema Robert Kinabo and part of Kili-SES project. See the paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Huge congratulations to Dr Dickson Mauki @dicksonmauki.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD yesterday: 'Plant functional strategies and regulating Nature's contributions to people along environmental gradients of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania'.
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Dickson Mauki @dicksonmauki.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I am happy to share this again! 🎓 PhD done! I’m sincerely grateful to my amazing supervisors, @peteecology.bsky.social, @mschleuning.bsky.social and @margot Neyret for their guidance, support, and encouragement throughout this journey. Cheers to the next step✈️.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Well done Dickson- I’m really proud of your development and and all you have achieved over the course of your PhD journey. The first of Dickson's PhD papers is published here in Journal of Ecology, with more great work to follow besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Community‐level plant functional strategies explain ecosystem carbon storage across a tropical elevational gradient
We demonstrate that major plant functional strategies manifest at the community level along elevational gradients. These strategies also explain variation in carbon storage, although above-ground sto...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Huge congratulations to Dr Dickson Mauki @dicksonmauki.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD yesterday: 'Plant functional strategies and regulating Nature's contributions to people along environmental gradients of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania'.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The approach is fully compatible with the IPBES framework and other ecosystem service frameworks.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This generates a metric that quantitatively represents the overall balance of ecosystem benefits and detriments to stakeholders, and thus provides a holistic view of people’s dependence on nature. We also show how to incorporate access, and other social changes into these measures.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New paper in Advances in Ecological Research: 'Quantifying the impact of social and ecosystem changes through expanded ecosystem multifunctionality metrics'. Led by Margot Neyret, we present the 'netNCP' approach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The work shows how academic interdisciplinary and experiential knowledge can be integrated to identify options for transformation. @peopleandnature.bsky.social @nkinabo.bsky.social @dominic-martin.bsky.social @sgn.one
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Out now in People and Nature: 'Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co-production enables the identification of sustainable farming options'. Led by Neema Robert Kinabo and part of Kili-SES project. See the paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Dominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Excited to share the 1st PhD chapter of @nkinabo.bsky.social in @peopleandnature.bsky.social! We show how combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co-production enables the identification of sustainable #farming options on Mount #Kilimanjaro 🏔️. 📝: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co‐production enables the identification of sustainable farming options
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@bexplo.bsky.social @sgn.one @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Accounting for spatial interactions in the upscaling of ecosystem services. Led by Lari Boesing. A how to guide to upscaling ES, particularly those driven by the movement of matter and mobile organisms besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Mapping 25 Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) across Mount Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿, we reveal mid‑elevation NCP hotspots and strong synergies among NCP groups. Our maps offer a decision‑support tool for conservation and restoration. PhD chapter of Dr @netrabhandari.bsky.social! 📝: doi.org/10.1088/1748...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Still time to submit an abstract to the BE20 meeting! Please share.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Still time to submit an abstract to the BE20 meeting! Please share.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Norwegian friends- any chance you could complete and share this survey about Friluftsliv and the nature that underpins it? We are trying to get coverage from across the country. www.soscisurvey.de/friluftsliv_...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Norwegian friends- any chance you could complete and share this survey about Friluftsliv and the nature that underpins it? We are trying to get coverage from across the country. www.soscisurvey.de/friluftsliv_...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Double degree in Global Change Ecology from the University of Wuerzburg and the University of Bergen!
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The BE20 conference: Just 3 days left for abstract submission and earlybird registration! All essential information on registration and abstract submission can be found here: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The BE20 conference: Just 3 days left for abstract submission and earlybird registration! All essential information on registration and abstract submission can be found here: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Abstract submission for the international BE20 conference (Berlin, 8–12 June 2026) is still open until 31 January 2026. All essential information on registration and abstract submission can be found here: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Abstract submission for the international BE20 conference (Berlin, 8–12 June 2026) is still open until 31 January 2026. All essential information on registration and abstract submission can be found here: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📣 Call for Thematic Sessions – Nordic Oikos–GfÖ 2026 (Odense) We invite proposals for thematic sessions for the Nordic Oikos–GfÖ 2026 conference, Odense, Denmark, 14–17 September 2026. 🗓 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026 More information: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic... Please share!
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A major conference for biodiversity researchers of all types next year. I have been part of the organising committee and feel its shaping up to be something very exciting! Please share.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📣 Call for Thematic Sessions – Nordic Oikos–GfÖ 2026 (Odense) We invite proposals for thematic sessions for the Nordic Oikos–GfÖ 2026 conference, Odense, Denmark, 14–17 September 2026. 🗓 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026 More information: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic... Please share!
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A major conference for biodiversity researchers of all types next year. I have been part of the organising committee and feel its shaping up to be something very exciting! Please share.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
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Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos
Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Was not meant as a criticism, just an observation - aims vs objectives
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
These are at different levels, or stages in the research process: to accurately inform management or policy we must do the other two (and more)
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
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Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos
Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Great project kick-off meeting for the 'Strengthening Agricultural landscape multiFunctionality through expansion of agroecological farming in EuRope' (SAFER) project in Bordeaux least week. Excited to be getting this going! For more details see www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Great project kick-off meeting for the 'Strengthening Agricultural landscape multiFunctionality through expansion of agroecological farming in EuRope' (SAFER) project in Bordeaux least week. Excited to be getting this going! For more details see www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Out today in PNAS: Mobile species' responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature's contributions to people" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505401122 by Sophie O'Brien et al.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
‪@pnas.org‬ @bexplo.bsky.social
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Out today in PNAS: Mobile species' responses to surrounding land use generate trade-offs and synergies among nature's contributions to people" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505401122 by Sophie O'Brien et al.
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Out today: StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hard-To-Identify Species by Anna Merges et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hard‐To‐Identify Species
Biodiversity loss calls for better monitoring of small, species-rich taxa, such as soil invertebrates, but traditional methods are limited due to complex morphology and lack of expertise. DNA-based a....
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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📢 New BE-publication out about StrataSeq – a workflow to optimise #DNA reference database generation for hard-to-identify taxa! 👉 Improving #biodiversity monitoring across taxa & habitats. 🌐
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
@bexplo.bsky.social
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
For Collembola in the Biodiversity Exploratories the StrataSeq workflow captured 69% of species but required only 22% of the effort, in comparison with a more traditional approach
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Out today: StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hard-To-Identify Species by Anna Merges et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hard‐To‐Identify Species
Biodiversity loss calls for better monitoring of small, species-rich taxa, such as soil invertebrates, but traditional methods are limited due to complex morphology and lack of expertise. DNA-based a....
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Save the date! www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Save the date! www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/
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