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Markus Wagner

@wagnermarkus.bsky.social
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Plant ecologist. Restoration ecology; Grassland; Seed ecology; Agroecology; Regenerative agriculture; Biotic & soil interactions; Arable plants; Invasion ecology. Pers. acct. DMs are disabled. scholar.google.com/citations?user=X…

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Young Scientists @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social · 10h
IAVS Young Scientists Webinar 🎤 Prof. David Zelený (National Taiwan University) 📝 "Community-weighted mean approach in trait vegetation ecology" 📅 Oct 7, 9:00 CET | Zoom Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/1SiF... #IAVS #VegetationScience
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 10h
Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #generationrestoration
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Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route
The trains may be running late, but the Western Slopes project is already attracting birds and insects on lands around the high-speed railway
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 12h
Are Darwin Awards only given to individuals, or can they also be given collectively to groups of people, such as political parties?
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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 12h
I will be teaching a meta-analysis course with Jessica Gurevitch at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory of University of Gothenburg on November 2-6th. The course is intended for PhD students and ECRs. Deadline for applying is October 13th. fubasextern.gu.se/fubasextern/...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
When the documentary NAZA premiered this month, it sent shockwaves across the globe. Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Super cool opportunity! 🧪
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 15h
Samba the renegade capybara is still roaming the Hampshire countryside. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I just saw this furry brown bottom disappear!’ In search of Samba – the fearless fugitive capybara
Six months ago, Samba made a brave, unprecedented escape from Marwell zoo. Her life on the lam continues today. We join the team hunting desperately to find her in the Hampshire countryside
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now
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IEB Restoration Ecology Group @restecologyhu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How far back should we look when planning grassland restoration?A new study from CER found that Natura2000 grasslands cover 38%less area than in the 1980s 61%less than in the 1960s and 70%less than in the 1940s.Looking at recent decades can therefore hide the true scale of ecosystem loss. t.ly/Qh9jg
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Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science @jvs-avs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The JVS/AVS Photo Contest is open. Submit up to 3 square photos for a chance to be a 2027 cover of the Journal of Vegetation Science or Applied Vegetation Science. Deadline 30 November. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Emilie Roinel @emilieroinel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎉 Excited to share that my first PhD paper from the #DryMountProject is now published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment! @pierremariotte.bsky.social @agroscope.bsky.social #GrasslandEcology#ForageProduction#FunctionalTraits
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Community leaf dry matter content mediates the impact of mixture composition on forage yield and nutritive value in temporary mountain grasslands
Mountain forage production is increasingly threatened by grassland degradation and limited adaptation to climate change. Regenerating these grasslands…
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Combined negative effects of simultaneous perturbations on grassland functionality www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🥳 Paper alert: Food forestry can enhance nectar resources and support wild pollinator biodiversity in temperate agricultural landscapes -> More wild bees (species) in food forests (for syrphids, forests are better) @fornalab.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Experimental setup to compare nectar resources and pollinators in food forests vs cropland, intensive grassland and forests in 14 locations in Belgium and The Netherlands. Wild bee and syrphid abundance and diversity per land use type.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority The world faces a “narrowing window” to restore forests essential for food security and resistance to the climate emergency, a United Nations report has warned. More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded, the world body said in a call for governments to make forest restoration a national priority. Continue reading...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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International Journal of Plant Sciences @ijpsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Folks, FTR this is a breach of publication ethics. @ijpsjournal.bsky.social has a policy that forbids it and we are nowhere near the only ones.
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The International Court of Justice and/or the International Criminal Court (ICC) would indeed both make excellent winners of this year's award, at a time when international law is under attack and in urgent need of being strengthened! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget the famous names. Here is who actually deserves this year’s Nobel peace prize | Haakon Gjerløw
The betting markets favour the US president and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the most vital work to secure peace is being done by those far from the spotlight, says Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the ...
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Camille Delavaux @camilledelavaux.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Check out our new paper showing that ericoid mycorrhizal fungi mediate plant diversity-productivity relationships in Ericaceous systems! The culmination of a huge team effort 🪴🍄 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Gert-Jan Dennekamp @gjdennekamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kyiv, hartje centrum, universiteit.
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"In closing the consulate, the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, asserted Israeli sovereignty over the whole city of Jerusalem, which the UN security council has expressly said Israel does not possess."
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Nature @nature.com · 28/09/2026
Recovering secondary grasslands have taller plants that can quickly absorb light and nutrients go.nature.com/4yiVJeT
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Ancient grasslands, once destroyed, don’t grow the same plant species back
Recovering secondary grasslands have taller plants that can quickly absorb light and nutrients.
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Anna Kuzemko @anyameadow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Russians struck the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dear international scientific community, isn't it time to stop tolerating a terrorist state and calling on us to be tolerant?
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are many ways to support Ukraine, e.g., by donating to civilian and defence efforts, e.g. via the United24 platform and via other platforms, and by letting our elected politicians know that this is something we deeply care about!
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 28/09/2026
Nächster Antisemitismus-Hammer! Linkspartei verbietet "Stolpersteine" … ach nee, Stopp, das war die CDU. Dann isses natürlich halb so wild! www.der-postillon.com/2026/09/stol...
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Nächster Antisemitismus-Hammer! Linkspartei verbietet "Stolpersteine" … ach nee, Stopp, das war die CDU. Dann isses natürlich halb so wild!
Berli… oder nee, Heidenau (dpo) - Wie antisemitisch kann man sein! Die Berliner Linke hat angekündigt, alle sogenannten Stolpersteine abzuschaffen, di
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How to create a garden for the future, with Nadine Mitschunas podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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How to create a garden for the future, with Nadine Mitschunas
Podcast Episode · BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast · September 21 · 46m
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How to create a garden for the future, with Nadine Mitschunas podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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How to create a garden for the future, with Nadine Mitschunas
Podcast Episode · BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast · September 21 · 46m
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Young Scientists @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌿 IAVS Young Scientists Webinar 🎤 Prof. Valério Pillar (UFRGS, Brazil) 📝 "How to publish a paper in a good journal" 📅 Sept 28 | Zoom Haven't signed up yet? Register now 🔗 lnkd.in/efvKZnzi
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#generationrestoration
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Immensely proud (again!) of my partner Nadine for this fine achievement! Of course, behind every great woman there is ....a man who can take absolutely no credit whatsoever for her success. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu2...
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10 Years of Gardens of the Year: Meet Our Best of the Best Winner
YouTube video by BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A nice review by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social of a film that does indeed look intriguing. I have just written to our local cinema here in Wallingford to ask if they could show it.
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 20/09/2026
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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Looking forward to this! Lots of us collect biodiversity data - many talks here deal with aspects of data collection, how info is presented, and how it can be used to drive conservation. A range of taxa covered. For amateurs & pros & anyone! (Full disclosure - I'm one of the organisers).
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Anna Šolcová @annasolcova.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Had an amazing opportunity to join a short-term internship supported by the @czechacademy.bsky.social(Academy of the Future)! 🌿 In Norfolk (UK), I got to see restoration work and research on newly created ponds with the @norfolkponds.bsky.social, led by @carlsayer.bsky.social. Science in action!💧🐸
Investigating sediment during restoration workSamolus valerandii
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#generationrestoration
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
✍️ Our latest blog post explores what excellence in peer review looks like. 🌿 We take you through a manuscript’s journey through the peer review process and share some tips on how to write an effective review. 👉 Read more here: buff.ly/lDCGzVN
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In one word: Fascism.
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Looks like the pope may have just been handed an orb of bombastium. It is basically the miracle of loaves and fish all over again, but with ice cream instead!
Cover page of Uncle Scrooge No. 24 which contains the Carl Barks penned story "A cold bargain".
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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Open position! Postdoc project on snow modelling and Arctic ecosystems ❄️🌿🌡️💧 3-yr position with assistant prof @niittynen.bsky.social at @oulu.fi ! See the link and apply by 15.10.2026 oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in snow and microclimate processes of cold-climate ecosystems
We are now looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in snow and microclimate processes of cold-climate ecosystems for a 3-year fixed-term position to join us in the Faculty of Technology, Water, Energy a
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza | Mahmoud Mushtaha
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Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza | Mahmoud Mushtaha
I now know that the only difference between life and death may have been an AI algorithm, says Mahmoud Mushtaha, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Keen to support the next generation of botanists? Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners. We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one? Join us 7pm next Tues to find out www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
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Register – Identiplant Tutor recruitment information evening – Zoom
Identiplant Tutor recruitment information evening – Zoom, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Join us for an introduction to the Identiplant Tutor role on Zoom. If you are considering applying to become a tutor or simp...
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NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
lnkd.in/p/dm4XMJ-8 The wonderful Nadine!!! What an incredible biodiversity garden!!!
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10 Years of Gardens of the Year: Meet Our Best of the Best Winner | Nadine Mitschunas | 12 comments
Gardeners World magazine ‘Best of the Best’ Garden competition – Winner revealed Dear all, as some of you might remember, my allotment garden in Wallingford was voted into the final round of the Gard...
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
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‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Overjoyed for my fabulous colleague Nadine Mitschunas. Not only an expert field ecologist at UKCEH, but one of the UK's top gardeners, winning the BBC Gardeners World Magazine's 'best of the best' of the decade. And on a shoestring budget. Look what she created: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu2...
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10 Years of Gardens of the Year: Meet Our Best of the Best Winner
YouTube video by BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
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Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is well worth the watch (10 mins) - really excellent immersive garden, fantastic choice of garden plants & understanding of how plant communities work. I would say it takes a lot of skill (rather than a bit) but skill very worth learning. Lovely (big) wildflower patch at the end
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Immensely proud (again!) of my partner Nadine for this fine achievement! Of course, behind every great woman there is ....a man who can take absolutely no credit whatsoever for her success. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu2...
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10 Years of Gardens of the Year: Meet Our Best of the Best Winner
YouTube video by BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
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