Valentin Moser

Conservation, communities and biodiversity

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

Bats increased in beaver areas compared to control: Species richness increased by one species per night ( 4→5 spp/night) with more red-listed species, activity increased 1.6×, feeding 2.3×. Beaver-caused standing deadwood is very important for the bats.
#bats #beaver

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

First paper of my PhD is out in the Journal of Animal Ecology🦫🦇! In Swiss streams, beaver-engineered ponds hosted more bats: Habitat structure (standing deadwood, canopy heterogeneity) + more prey explain the boost. https://t.co/KVNWeKMbM4
#Biodiversity #EcosystemEngineering

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

@REGENETARIANISM @ben_a_goldfarb @NicoleShanahan @regenranching love this! What is the source? I would like to use it for a presentation

[Nick Haddad @nickmhaddad]

Our paper led by Thiago Gonçalves-Souza is out. Habitat fragmentation and habitat loss reduce biodiversity. @Nate_J_Sanders @Jon_Chase03

Results from 37 studies distributed worldwide, on plants and animals, comparing continuous and fragmented landscapes.
https://t.co/LhgRdrFKeo

[Mammal Research @MammRes]

#OA Study compares different camera traps designs for sampling small mammals
https://t.co/TUZHNpRTzj

[Jonas Lembrechts @JLembrechts]

When the same data tells a different story…

You’d think analyzing the same dataset would lead to the same conclusions, but our NEW study shows otherwise. Different methods - different answers!

Why? It's complicated...

My experience in the study → 🔗 https://t.co/elS5VI8s2p

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

We recorded great declines in wintering Black headed gulls in Switzerland probably linked to avian flue - send me a message if you are interested to look at our data!

[Field Inclusive @FieldInclusive]

Thanks to our sponsor Tracy Aviary (@TracyAviary), FI is proud to offer a $2000 Travel Award to help a marginalized or historically excluded student to attend any conference, workshop, or training opportunity in a natural sciences field for Summer 2025.

Learn More & Apply: https://t.co/M5BXKpixUn

Applications due April 1st, 11:59 ET.

[WSL Biodiversity Center @WSLbiodiversity]

In our next seminar (27 Nov), @AnnegretLarsen will show how interdisciplinary research into the natural dynamics of past & present landscapes can reveal natural processes & support restoration efforts.
Join us in person or online!
https://t.co/5o8pdvBYv4

[Veronica Nava @veronicanava21]

New paper out in Biological Reviews! We explored how #plastic impacts #ecological processes. A fantastic result of collaboration among #early-career freshwater scientists in the @PhytoPlastic project!
https://t.co/m15vI9zdn7

Supported by @EFFS_EFYR @EFYR_EFFS

[Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.soci @RudolfMeier15]

🚨 EntoSieve: New automated tool for fast, accurate size-sorting of bulk insect samples! Perfect for boosting DNA megabarcoding & metabarcoding projects. 🧬🔬 DIY low-cost device, gentle on specimens and yet efficient 🦋🐞read here: https://t.co/7TAGLYAxsj

[Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin]

Pretty strong evidence of negative mental health effects of doing a PhD.
Recent working paper by
@EvaRanehill, @annahsandberg, Sanna Bergvall, and Clara Fernström.
Paper link: https://t.co/7X4uEjzPCC

[Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @altermatt_lab]

#Antworten der #Wissenschaft auf wichtige Fragen zur #Biodiversität:
Was ist Biodiversität?
Warum geht sie zurück?
Was können wir dagegen tun?

🏔️🐞🔬🌳🦗🌲🐟

@biodiversityCH @scnatCH ist das wissenschaftliche Kompetenzzentrum

Hier unsere Antworten: https://t.co/X3GR5PVuur

[Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab]

1. This summer I've been thinking a lot about "cognitive load" which is term that has multiple definitions but for me means something like "the amount of processing, analysing, thinking, & deciding I can do in a day before my brain stops working" here's a short thread about that

[Valentin Amrhein @vamrhein]

Please repost: I am hiring a doctoral student in nature conservation, located in the French nature reserve Petite Camargue Alsacienne.
https://t.co/k6Y5ly1oMV

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Trees live so long, and reproduce so slowly, that forests have no hope of adapting to the speed of climate change

I find it almost impossible to imagine how there could still be forests in a 3-degree world, and nothing scares me more

[Alan Rockefeller @AlanRockefeller]

The Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab is offering free DNA barcoding for any wild collected fungus, found anywhere in the world.

They need to be dried and packaged in ziplock snack sized bags, labeled with the iNaturalist observation #

https://t.co/xn3faQ9Grx

[BAFU - OFEV - UFAM - FOEN @bafuCH]

In den letzten 150 Jahren wurden in der Schweiz viele Fliessgewässer begradigt und verbaut. Das Video zeigt, warum dies für viele Lebewesen eine Einschränkung des Lebensraums bedeutete und wie es heute aussieht.
👉 https://t.co/N7f7dMUXKH
@EawagResearch

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

... as in this embankment, there are few places for the #Lizard to hide, no structures like wood or stone piles, or unevenly mown vegetation with patches of old grass

[Valentin Moser @val_moser]

Carrion crow with prey - a Sand lizard (VU in🇨🇭). The crow had no problems catching the #lacerta...