Dr Jon Millett

A groups of cows are grazing in a field, and two are looking at the camera.

#OTD #OnThisDay in 1974, the Ainsdale Dune Slacks #LongTermExperiment began!

This #LTE looks at how rabbit & sheep #grazing affects the #dune slack #ecosystem. It is run by @drjonmillett.bsky.social & @drciaradwyer.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social
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Learn more: bit.ly/Ainsdale%F0%...

51 years and still going strong 💪🌼🪻🌱🪱🦠🐇🐑

Text: LTE Site of the Week. Photo of grassland dunes with trees on the right-hand side. Text: Running since 1974. Jonathan Millett and Ciara Dwyer, Loughborough University. Icons for grassland and grazing.

Ainsdale Dune Slacks, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek.

PIs @drjonmillett.bsky.social & @drciaradwyer.bsky.social are looking at how rabbit & sheep #grazing affect the #dune slack #ecosystem.

bit.ly/Ainsdale @seftoncouncil.bsky.social ‬ @naturalengland.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social 🌎

It's amazing here in Leicestershire too 😊

'We expect the funding application to take around 2-3 hours to complete'

2-3 months later...

Text: Webinar. Testing Biodiversity Metric Using LTEs. Friday 21 March 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of Cicely Marshall smiling at the camera. Text next to the photo: Cicely Marshall, University of Cambridge.

Don’t miss our lunchtime #webinar next Friday when Cicely Marshall from @uniofcam.bsky.social will talk about testing Defra’s #StatutoryBiodiversityMetric using #LongTermExperiments #LTEs
#Biodiversity 🌎

Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...

Construction costs and tradeoffs in carnivorous pitcher plant leaves: towards a pitcher leaf economic spectrum

🌿 Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘Construction costs and tradeoffs in carnivorous pitcher plant leaves: towards a pitcher leaf economic spectrum’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Kadeem Gilbert. 🧵 (1/6)

👉 doi.org/n986

@mechecolab.bsky.social
#AoBpapers

The final blog from MEE as part of #InternationalWomensDay comes from our Associate Editor Graziella Iossa. Read the full post 👇

buff.ly/laKCepR

Calling all botany/ plant science students:
Just 24 hours left to get a team together for Botanical University Challenge 2025.
#BUC2025 is one of the highlights of the year for students & all plant-lovers who can watch the competition live on YouTube.
Don't miss out!
@bucbotany.bsky.social

Hi, I'd love to be added as a contributor if possible please. Thanks :)

We found that the carnivorous Sundews were more or less carnivorous depending on microhabitat conditions.

🌍🧪 #peatland #carnivorousplant

Spot the incorrect AI 'fact':

Bladderworts: turning to algae and pollen as a food source.

Round-leaved Sundews: refusing to eat insects and instead suggesting vegetables like Brussels sprouts and kale.

Sundews: becoming less interested in eating insects due to increased soil nitrogen levels.

Are they both Nature Recovery?

What's the umbrella term for these things? They share a lot in common, don't they?

Birthday treat... and a win too 😊

EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO: Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

🔊Job offers!📢. We will have a few post-doc and PhD studentship positions to join our research team in Aberdeen. Please apply or disseminate the first one below on:

📢 Soil microbial growth and resilience to environmental change

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Really enjoyed being part of this. Made me think, and made my brain hurt.

Expertly lead by Kadeem Gilbert.

Please read and comment :)

(Don't know if coauthors are on Bluesky. Searching doesn't work, otherwise would tag them)

@lborouniversity.bsky.social

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

I went to a couple a few years back, tiny little remnants with giant drosera. Most southerly raised bog in Europe! Would be good to do more with those though as they experience very different climate to those in sweden

With these specimens I want to test non destructive approaches for measuring traits... to then measure traits accross 000s of specimens to understand spatiotemporal patterns in context of environmental change.

I need to find a reason to go!

This is interesting. Did you see the Dynamic Dunescapes project in the UK. There's a move towards encouraging more dynamic dune systems to get those early succession habitats... they're more important for plants too.

Awesome, where's that?

Somewhere in Sweden 1918

Cwm Idwal 2022

More Sundew herbarium specimen preparation for future studies... Will be a shame to destroy these, but that's why I made them!

No AI generated art here, just real photos and nice science. Really pleased with this paper 😊

🌍💧 Peatlands in Europe - 3 key facts
1️⃣ Area: 59 million hectares
2️⃣ Coverage: : 6 % of landmass
3️⃣ Emissions: 582 Mt CO2e/year
📚For more info Check Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas
moorwissen.de/news-detail/...

This is so vitally important. Policy makers at every level need to read and act on this.

That image 😂

Awesome lecture series, but scheduled at the worst possible time for people with childcare duties.