Julia Osterman

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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...

University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
academicpositions.com/ad/universit...

@uni-freiburg.de explains RestPoll members the Nagoya protocol and it's implications.

People next to an experimental apple orchard listening to a researcher explain their work

Fascinating to learn about the integration of biodiversity with apple production in Spain as part of the RestPoll Living Labs @restpoll.bsky.social AGM

Apple robots at work @restpoll.bsky.social

Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2

JOB OFFER ⚠️ Research Engineer in Economics #RestPoll project 🌼 Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches 
➡️ https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/vacancy-announcement-recruitment-of-a-research-engineer-in-economics-3/

A sweat bee resting on a flower.

A new study in Science evaluating published data from 19 countries has pinpointed the minimum habitat levels needed to sustain pollinators in agricultural landscapes. https://scim.ag/3VIq4Cg

🐝Šovasar LU Bioloģijas 3. kursa studente, BSC praktikante Aleksandra Koliņa kopā ar zinātnisko asistenti Džesiku Girardi darbojās projektā #RestPoll, pētot apputeksnētāju daudzveidību Vidzemes lauku saimniecībās.
🔗Bloga raksts par praktikantes pieredzi: lnkd.in/dCbvJZ8J
#EUProjects #WildPollinators

🆕 A protocol for a semi-field experiment to assess the effects of two #pesticides on two #species of mason #bees added to the @wildposh.eu open-science project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with ‪@preprints.arphahub.com!

An exceptionally rich issue just published in JPE, with a wide variety of high-quality articles, 3 methodology papers with potential to become standard ref. & thought-provoking commentaries to spark discussion on pollinator monitoring: www.pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...

Population monitoring of the Clouded apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne, pikkuapollo) in S Finland (14 June, 2025).

Kurzfilm von Jan Haft über einen der seltensten Schmetterlinge Europas, der in Deutschland durch Schafbeweidung ausgerottet wurde. Dabei nahm man eigentlich an, dass sie die Art erhalten sollte.
www.bfn.de/projektsteck...

Nice one! I think its great to discuss a more provocative one (even if just for ecologists)with students.

So good! Thanks for that!

Transnational conservation to anticipate future plant shifts in Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution Simulations of species range shifts for flora of the European Alps under varying climate and land-use models to 2080 provide the basis for spatial conservation planning to preserve taxonomic, phylogen...

Perhaps you've got doi.org/10.1038/s415... already on your list?

Principles for area‐based biodiversity conservation How area-based biodiversity conservation should be implemented can be controversial. We identify three principles related to habitat geographic coverage, amount, and connectivity. These principles em...

these provide some concrete guidelines imo

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Cool! Thanks for that!

Any ideas? @naturealexk.bsky.social @amibeth-thompson.bsky.social @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @thoerren.bsky.social @bartoszbartk.com

Call for help! For a course about nature #conservation on land, we are looking for recent "must-read' publications. It could be anything from practical conservation efforts to policy. Focus is though Europe and even Northern Europe. What are your must-reads? #biology #restoration #protection

Apple orchard with flowerstrip between rows of trees. Texts says "Would you by bee-friendly food?"

💬 Would you buy bee-friendly food? Then help us with your opinion and take part in our survey (approx. 20 min).

👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators.

Available in 7 different languages!
agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en

Info zum Weltbienentag: Fast die Hälfte der Bienenarten Deutschlands ist bestandsgefährdet - Rote-Liste-Zentrum Rote-Liste-Zentrum Die Rote Liste der Bienen Deutschlands verzeichnet 48 % der bewerteten Bienenarten als bestandsgefährdet oder schon ausgestorben. Nur etwa 37 % gelten als ungefährdet. Der Rest ist entweder extrem sel...

Infos zum #Weltbienentag: 🐝 Fast die Hälfte der Bienenarten Deutschlands (48 %) sind bestandsgefährdet oder ausgestorben, so die #RoteListe der #Bienen. Nur 37 % sind ungefährdet, 5 % extrem selten, 8 % stehen auf der Vorwarnliste.🐝

➡️ www.rote-liste-zentrum.de/de/Info-zum-...
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Morgen startet die bundesweite #Krautschau-Aktionswoche - schon über 60 öffentliche Spaziergänge in 14 Bundesländern sind angemeldet! 🤗
Es können jederzeit noch weitere Spaziergänge eingetragen werden - hier lang:
www.senckenberg.de/krautschau (auch für alle weiteren Infos zur Aktion)

Please ask #EU to ban #BottomTrawling!
It destroys the sea bottom and also kills huge amount of non-targeted fish and marine life.
#fishing #oceans
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...

Melitta nigricans

Die Blutweiderich-Sägehornbiene (Melitta nigricans) war bis vor wenigen Jahren in Südniedersachsen nicht nachgewiesen - wurde 2019 aber erstmals im Alten Botanischen Garten der @unigoettingen.bsky.social entdeckt.

Diese hochspezialisierte Art sammelt Pollen ausschließlich an Blutweiderich.

Screenshot of the website showing the extension announcement

The @gfoesoc.bsky.social #gfoe2025 deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission has just been extended to May 15th. If you did not make it for some reason, please submit your abstracts now!

bumblebee on flower by Felix Fornoff

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:

- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects

Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%

🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

Ny larmrapport: Svenska kalfjällen förvandlas till hedar En ny global studie kan för första gången visa hur dramatiskt Arktis tundra har förvandlats på 40 år, på grund av det allt varmare klimatet. I de svenska kalfjällen gör förbuskning och torka att många...

Excited to share that our new Nature paper was featured by our 🇸🇪 national broadcaster @svtnyheter.bsky.social! You can see the online version here www.svt.se/nyheter/inri..., and catch more details in the 19:30 live shows from yesterday (starting at 10 minutes in; www.svtplay.se/video/ey2XEm...).

WildPosh: Pan-European assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of chemical stressors on the health of wild pollinators Wild fauna and flora are facing variable and challenging environmental disturbances. One of the animal groups that is most impacted by this, concerns pollinators. Pollinators face multiple threats, bu...

Every wondered how a grant proposal for a Horizon Europe project looks like? We just published our for the @wildposh.eu project. Check out what we plan to do in the coming years 👇

riojournal.com/article/1561...

WildPosh: Pan-European assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of chemical stressors on the health of wild pollinators Wild fauna and flora are facing variable and challenging environmental disturbances. One of the animal groups that is most impacted by this, concerns pollinators. Pollinators face multiple threats, bu...

Every wondered how a grant proposal for a Horizon Europe project looks like? We just published our for the @wildposh.eu project. Check out what we plan to do in the coming years 👇

riojournal.com/article/1561...