Johannes Merz

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Happy to finally share this important article on barriers in ecology led by @canobarbacil.bsky.social in the journal Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment. The idea for this paper originated at the nice #ANdiNA workshop in Spain a couple of years ago.

Diverse forests are more resistant to climate change

New study led by @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social shows: forest stands made up of tree species with different water-use strategies (not just many species) grow better in drought years. #iDivResearch #Biodiversity
www.idiv.de/diverse-fore...

true. the windows.

frankfurt?

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

📢 New publication ' #Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants' by Shanshan Dong et al. in @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🧪

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#evolution #pangenome

Its Sphagnum capillifolium :) on a very sun exposed forest path

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some fancy Ascophyllum🌿

Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Sphagnum fallax in a mesotrophic sloping fen in central Germany 🌿

Its sometimes a narrow line between a "garden" and a protected boulder field with glacial relict species ;)

where did you get those purrr ones from 😍

Sphagnum girgensohnii in an alder carr in southern finland :)

A collapsing Palsa in northern Finland; seen this week.

Palsas are peat-covered hills, often a few meters high, that contains a core of permafrost. They are only found in areas of discontinuous permafrost 🧊,

They will be likely gone soon due to climate change 🌿
nordia.journal.fi/article/view...

Botrychium boreale in coastal dune vegetation, subarctic norway 🌿🌊

Tundra office 🌿🍁

Have a nice weekend!

Sphagnum cuspidatum 🌿

Sphagnum divinum at its best

autom colors starting to sneak in 🍁🍂

Gymnomitrion species from the arctic tundra :)

G. concinnatum, G. corallioides (with sporophyte), G. brevissimum

its a fascinating book :))

Have a nice weekend!

Sphagnum tumidulum :)

what water/aquarell colors do you use?

some biodiv from the garden :)

small actions for local biodiversity :)

our family´s garden got the award "bird friendly" by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment & the association for bird protection 🐦🌿@‪lbv-bayern.bsky.social‬

we implemented artificial nesting sites, many unmanaged corners, various native plants, etc 🥬

die fliegen wenigstens nicht so schnell weg

Lendemeriella tornoensis - a lichen parasting on mosses in subarctic snowbeds :) As far as I know those are the only pictures of this species existing on the internet.

I took those during an excursion to Gistuskáidi late snow areas in subarctic Lapland, thx to Inka Kuusisto for showing :)

Sleepin´ beeauty

Ouch.

“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”