#SoilMesofauna
Nice tip from Charlene Janion-Scheepers, #SoilMesofauna expert from #SouthAfrica during their great talk at the #ICSZ2024 #Conference:

"BUY" one hectare of Marion Island (sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean) to save the island's #seabirds from a mice invasion.

Check out here: mousefreemarion.org/donate/
Donate - Mouse-Free Marion
HELP US SAVE MARION ISLAND’S SEABIRDS With your support we can ensure a healthy future for Marion Island and its seabirds SPONSOR A HECTARE
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August 28, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Parallel to other #SoilEcology project, we at the #AlpSoil_Lab of #EuracResearch started with the #SnowBed project to sample #SoilMesofauna in #alpine environment.

Late this year but it is sunny up there!

#SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER
August 8, 2024 at 3:29 AM
My first PhD chapter is OUT (for free for 44 days, Elsevier 😔)! See what's up in urban plant ecological response to metals and their soil critter communities! 🌱🐜🌆

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#urbanecology #postdoc #phdlife #gradschool #plantbiology #urbansystems #soilmesofauna
Urban weedy plantains (Plantago spp.) do not hyperaccumulate heavy metals nor shelter their soil microarthropod communities from these metals
Heavy metal hyperaccumulation by plants is a powerful tool in phytoremediation, where plants store heavy metals in large amounts in their aboveground …
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December 17, 2024 at 4:36 PM