Simone Cesarz

In this class the students learn the whole process: developing the hypotheses, sampling, measuring, analysing, and writing. We even want to submit the manuscript together with the students 💪

Extinction of experience among ecologists Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

An interesting read in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Extinction of experience among ecologists

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Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d/x)

📢JOB❗❗❗ The Research Training Group on the Economics of Connected Natural Commons: Atmosphere and Biodiversity (ECO-N), funded by the DFG is looking for a synthesis postdoc at Leipzig University. Come and work with us in a great team:
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Always great to see how motivated @mrillig.bsky.social is sharing his thoughts with the community!

Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....

This paper outlines 10 practical guidelines for ground-based terrestrial #microclimate research, emphasizing standardization and best practices from study design to data analysis. Nice piece of work! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions Nature Communications - How climate change will impact microbial community growth is unclear. Here, the authors use a field experiment with varying global change factors, finding fungal growth more...

Excited to share our new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social showing that soil fungi, unlike bacteria, remain fully active under severe drought conditions, and also invest in synthesis of storage compounds.
Led by the amazing @loutsi.bsky.social and Alberto Canarini.
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators!
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When I started my PhD, I thought we were the only crazy ecologists out there. Why? Because we transplanted 1m² alpine communities downslope to study climate change effects. Imagine thousands of plants and tons of soil flying over the French Alps 😅

Please add me, best Simone

Long‐Term Soil Warming Drives Different Belowground Responses in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Ectomycorrhizal Trees Using a 20-year-long soil warming experiment, we found that the belowground responses of temperate forest trees to warming varied depending on tree mycorrhizal type. Specifically, trees associating w...

Compared to EM trees, AM trees may be better adapted to thrive under the effects of global warming.
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Chari et al. November 2024 In Global Change Biology

Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation Nature Communications - This study challenges the hypothesis that high-quality plant litters form stable, mineral-associated soil organic carbon most efficiently, providing evidence that...

Our new paper out in Nature Communications led by Dafydd Elias sheds new light on how plant litter, microbes & soil minerals interact to develop mineral-associated soil organic carbon = crucial for long-term soil C storage rdcu.be/d0T4Q @natureportfolio.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Sustainable Land Use Strengthens Microbial and Herbivore Controls in Soil Food Webs in Current and Future Climates Our study examines how climate change and farming practices impact soil ecosystems, focusing on energy flux through the soil food web. We found that less intensive, sustainable farming methods help m...

New paper out in Global Change Biology, led by Marie Sünnemann:
Sustainable Land Use Strengthens Microbial & Herbivore Controls in Soil Food Webs in Current and Future Climates

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#GCEF @barnesecodiv.bsky.social @amyntas.bsky.social @benrosenbaum.bsky.social

🧪Paper alert

New findings from our JenaTron experiment show that the multitrophic functioning of soil fauna depends on soil community history. 🪱🌱

Led by @amyntas.bsky.social , published in Nat. Commun. @natureportfolio.bsky.social

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Global influence of soil texture on ecosystem water limitation - Nature Through their effects on soil hydraulic properties, soil texture and sand content are shown to have broad implications for the terrestrial water cycle and carbon sink, and specific implicati...

This paper from Andrea Carminati's group is fascinating.

#readinglist

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Visual representing the diversity of soil organisms that can be considered as invertebrates (a lot), arthropods (a bit less), and insects (a lot less).

To people referring to soil invertebrates as 'insects', I have a visual for you. You could say this really bugs me. 🧪

Pitfalls in diagnosing temperature extremes - Nature Communications The authors show that a regularly used temperature extreme metric leads to a systematic underestimation of the expected extreme frequency of up to − 75% and propagates to other derived metrics. A simp...

🚨 New paper in @NatureComms

We show that relative temperature extremes (TX90p) as used in many studies can be biased by as much as 50%!

The bias arises from the use of too long seasonal windows and can easily be corrected.

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