@annestte.bsky.social look! Some nice fungal activity on our BEClimWood logs!

Over the next few years, this experiment will investigate how summer droughts (precipitation exclusion via roofs) and microclimatic variability (altered soil contact) affect deadwood-inhabiting diversity, associated processes, under different forest management regimes across different regions

Building rain shelters for the new BEClimWood experiment in Hainich. Pretty exhausted but super happy with the work we did! The ground covered in wild garlic and wood anemone, birds chirping everywhere. Can't wait sampling for DeMoLD, investigating deadwood degradation dynamics!
@bexplo.bsky.social

Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich):

Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.

All welcome, in-person or online!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

After a summer season without disturbances this is how it looks in one of our greenhouses since one week…(can‘t deny my inner microbe enthusiast is exited!) - another example of the importance of #plant-pathogen research and #sustainablemanagement!
#Phytophthorainfestans