Ecology Group Maribor /Katedra za ekologijo FNM UM

Research group led by Nina Sajna @ University Maribor, Slovenia

members Mirjana Šipek & Eva Vrecl

Bioinvasions 🐞🌱, plant-animal interactions, plant ecology

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‼️Celastrus orbiculatus IAS; report on the 1st confirmed records in Slovenia:
- September 2022 it was recorded in Murska Sobota at an abandoned tree nursery &
- subsequently found in 2023 and 2025 in the Kranj town area.
[in Slovenian] https://t.co/TyX1UiWOBI

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Meloe larvae hitchhiking a wrong host Tropinota hirta... this most likely ends deadly... because they won't end in the nests of solitary bees to feed on bee larva and its pollen reserves
#oilbeetle #ranunculus

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Spring is here, and hard work has started to build and plant climate gardens in our project Interreg Slovenia-Austria GROWingChange:
herb beds made, nectar-bearing roses planted, gravel path and future water element designed...
Puconci, Slovenia

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At the 6th CSIS in Zagreb:
- a presentation on novel interactions between an N American tree and E Asian seed predator - debut by Eva delivered excellently,
- poster about Myriophyllum aquaticum in Slovenia,
- spontaneous woody plants in urban parks (Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb)

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We had a great time at the 6th CSIS on invasive species in Zagreb! Cool presentations, beautiful posters, awesome plenaries by Tim Adriaens and Alberto Santini, inspiring colleagues.

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European Researchers' Night was a success! We presented some plant and insect #AlienSpecies, offered fun activities for children, handouts for visitors, and answered many questions concerning IAS.
@ University of Maribor, Slovenia

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We wrapped up the workshop buzzing with new knowledge, inspiration, and renewed energy! The event was proudly supported by media coverage.

This project is part of the Interreg Slovenia-Austria program, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. 🇸🇮🇦🇹

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Exciting Update from the Interreg Slovenia-Austria GROWingChange Project!
The University of Maribor (FNM) hosted the 2nd Strategic Workshop, bringing together Slovenian and Austrian partners and stakeholders ... a 🧵

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Dr. Ravnjak on "Planning Green Spaces to Support Biodiversity" and Dr. Bavcon on "Best Practices in Sustainable Green Space Design in Ljubljana."

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Update on GROWingChange project Interreg Slovenia - Austria
Successful networking in Puconci!
Workshop for local communities, presenting advancement of the project and visiting the location for the future pollinator 🦟🪲🐝 garden, which is going to be established in our project.

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New 📑!🎉
Response of the invasive alien plant Duchesnea indica/Potentilla indica to different
- environment &
- competition (intrasp. or with Glechoma hederacea)
measured through traits, Chl fluorescence, stomatal conductance
https://t.co/cj7TLHbhxi #mdpiplants via @Plants_MDPI

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Interreg Slovenia - Austria GROWingChange
Today we were visiting Burgenland and the lake Neusiedler See

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A climate garden is going to be created here, and we will try to preserve the huge dry wall as a habitat for reptiles and many other species.

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Interreg Slovenia- Austria
GROWingChange update:
we're going to design 9 climate gardens/parks to simultaneously enrich biodiversity and mitigate climate change.
We visited a plot in the
Austrian municipality Allerheiligen near Wildon ... 🧵

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Na današnjem srečanju deležnikov in projektnih partnerjev projekta Interreg Slovenija - Österreich GROWingChange smo predstavili primere dobrih praks postavitve klimatskih parkov in vrtov ter prisluhnili zanimivim izkušnjam strokovnjakov, ki so pri njihovi postavitvi sodelovali.

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Na današnjem srečanju deležnikov in projektnih partnerjev projekta Interreg Slovenija - Österreich GROWingChange smo predstavili primere dobrih praks postavitve klimatskih parkov in vrtov ter prisluhnili zanimivim izkušnjam strokovnjakov, ki so pri njihovi postavitvi sodelovali.

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👩‍🔬Today, on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate and honor our women authors and editors, as well as the girls who are passionate about plant science. 🌱📚

#WomenInScience #PlantScience #WomenInSTEM #Botany #GirlsInScience