Institute for Alpine Environment — @EURAC | #AlpineEnvironment #ecology #biodiversity #Alps
Bolzano, Trentino-South Tyrol
Joined May 2019
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New paper just out 🌍💧
Our results highlight hydrological stress as an important mechanism shaping biodiversity in Alpine streams. 🌊 Important implications as glacier retreat and drought intensify.🏔️
read more here ➡doi.org/10.1007/s10531-026-0…
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Das Projekt PlasticFree untersucht die Verbreitung von #Mikroplastik in #Südtirol. Erste Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass die #Schadstoffe selbst an abgelegenen Standorten im Hochgebirge vorkommen.
Hier geht's zum Artikel:
eurac.edu/de/magazine/mikrop…
Microplastics are spreading even into remote Alpine rivers. 🌍🌊⛰️🧴🧃🗑️
➡️Our PlasticFree project is analyzing sediment, water & river life across sites in South Tyrol—and early results confirm contamination even at high altitudes.
ℹ️read more here: eurac.edu/en/magazine/microp…
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A recent study published in @ScienceMagazine predicts a significant rise in disturbances due to climate change – particularly #fires, insect outbreaks, and #storms – between now and the end of the century:
eurac.edu/en/magazine/the-fo…
#climatechange #environment
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Come work with us! This week, we have two new #job offers.
Researcher in bat #ecology and bioacoustics monitoring at our @EuracAlpine crew:
eurac.onboard.org/alpenv_res…
and we're also looking for a Trainee at the #Research Support Office: eurac.onboard.org/rso_traine…
We present fine-scale habitat requirements of the critically endangered Barred Warbler at the edge of its breeding range in the Italian Alps 🏔️.
🔬 Learn how hedgerows, bush cover & slope drive occurrence and what this means for habitat conservation
👉 doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70…
Happy World Soil Day!🌱More life in a handful of soil than people on the planet! 🌍 A whole world of invertebrates work quietly beneath our feet, keeping ecosystems healthy. Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol is financed by Province Bz & Land Südtirol. eurac.edu/en/magazine/soil-i…
🌍 What a great week at #IMC2025 in Innsbruck! 🏔️
Proud to showcase our institute among outstanding #mountain scientists 🧠 with talks, posters, and sessions featuring several of our projects🎤📊
#research #SciComm #MeetTheScientists
@imountainconf
📢new study:
Species-specific thresholds boost #BirdNET ’s precision in passive acoustic monitoring of Alpine #birds. 🐦🦅 🗒️ First open list of 72 thresholds for #Europe - replicable tool for #biodiversity surveys in complex landscapes.👂
ℹ️doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.202…
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The rise of intensive #agriculture has led to less diverse habitats which in turn has reduced opportunities for #biodiversity. A new study coordinated by ornithologist @AnderleMatte shows how these changes affect alpine birds.
You can read our story here:
eurac.edu/en/magazine/alpine…
🕊️ Alpine farmland is losing its biodiversity.
New research shows:
✅ Natural habitats & habitat diversity help #birds thrive
❌ Intensification fragments landscapes & harms ecosystems
🌍 #Conservation must scale across landscapes
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.20…
📢 Wild #bees thrive in biodiverse mountain farms! 🐝🐝
Zanini et al. found that #multidiversity boosts pollination, buffering #climate impacts. 🌤️🌱🐝
🔎 Find out more here:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@EliaGuariento @m_dainese @AnderleMatte & more
📢 COME WORK WITH US 📢
The call for applications to the PhD program @UniTrento DICAM, which includes a position on the "Soundscape for all", is now online! ⛰️🎵🐦 lnkd.in/dr9Mnpra
🗓️Deadline: August 21, 2025, at 4:00 PM
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What a conference! Last week I had the honour of attending the @_EBCC conference (#BirdNumbers2025) in Riga and presenting our #BiodiversityMonitoringSouthTyrol with a focus on birds using classical and passive acoustic protocols. #Monitoring #Birds #Biodiversity
New study on bats & agriculture in mountain ecosystems! 🦇🌄
Using passive acoustic monitoring🎧, we explore how agricultural practices impact bat diversity, with natural elements promoting richness & manure hills having a negative effect.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
New study on forest-grassland ecotone expansion in the Eastern #Alps! 🌲Using the iLand model💻, we explore how #climatechange impacts and land-use abandonment shape forest dynamics & species shifts.
🔗link.springer.com/article/10… @SpringerEcology @marco_mina_ @edfm_tum @RammerWerner
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500 wild bee species live in #SouthTyrol. To shed light on these winged wonders, our interactive exhibition "BEEhold" has hit the streets of #Bolzano! Pick up a map, grab some stickers & buzz your way through town as you learn more about bee biodiversity:
beehold.eurac.edu/en
New study: We linked canopy structure 🌲📷 (via hemispherical & cover photography) to understory plant diversity in forest plots. Our findings show canopy photography can provide key #biodiversity #indicators & insights for managing conservation forest
➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.20…
Microplastics are tiny particles that have been found in almost all environmental spheres.🍼🛞🗑️🧃
In this #study, @DahmsHeinrich, @UjZoology & @UJScience investigated #microplastics in a transboundary #river system 🌊of multiple African nations. 🌍
➡️ℹ️link.springer.com/article/10…
ALT Photomicrographs taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope to study the surface fracturing and weathering of microplastics found in the study area.
ALT Limpopo River
ALT Mogalakwena River
ALT Nyl River