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Pete Manning

@peteecology.bsky.social

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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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.

28.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

28.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos Join us for one of Europeโ€™s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...

The joint meeting of NSO and GFร–, 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...

26.11.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was not meant as a criticism, just an observation - aims vs objectives

26.11.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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)

26.11.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos Join us for one of Europeโ€™s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...

The joint meeting of NSO and GFร–, 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...

26.11.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

18.11.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

18.11.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

04.11.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ช@pnas.orgโ€ฌ @bexplo.bsky.social

04.11.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

04.11.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hardโ€Toโ€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....

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/...

23.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ“ข New BE-publication out about StrataSeq โ€“ a workflow to optimise #DNA reference database generation for hard-to-identify taxa!
๐Ÿ‘‰ Improving #biodiversity monitoring across taxa & habitats. ๐ŸŒ

24.10.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@bexplo.bsky.social

23.10.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

23.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hardโ€Toโ€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....

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/...

23.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Save the date! www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/

16.10.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the date! www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/

16.10.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Out today in Journal of Ecology: 'Community-level plant functional strategies explain ecosystem carbon storage across a tropical elevational gradient'. Congratulations to Dickson on the nice work! Link here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

26.09.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@dicksonmauki.bsky.social

26.09.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Out today in Journal of Ecology: 'Community-level plant functional strategies explain ecosystem carbon storage across a tropical elevational gradient'. Congratulations to Dickson on the nice work! Link here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

26.09.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!

24.09.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!

24.09.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen jobbnorge.no/en/available... please repost

08.09.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Seems to be temporarily down - try again later!

08.09.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

08.09.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SAFER โ€” Agroecology Partnership

The position is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer

08.09.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen jobbnorge.no/en/available... please repost

08.09.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations Giovanni! His paper was awarded a runner up prize for best paper by an early-career researcher in Ecology Letters, 2024! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

26.08.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations Giovanni! His paper was awarded a runner up prize for best paper by an early-career researcher in Ecology Letters, 2024! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

26.08.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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