Markus Wagner
Plant ecologist. Restoration ecology; Grassland; Seed ecology; Agroecology; Regenerative agriculture; Biotic & soil interactions; Arable plants; Invasion ecology. Pers. acct. DMs are disabled.
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- Best not to think too hard about what the rise of AI tools will ultimately mean for academia, because it is too depressing. We must change the ways in which we measure academic success, which must be more in terms of quality and originality, and less in terms of sheer quantity of academic outputs.
- Our Biological Flora on Wood Crane's-bill is out in @journalofecology.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A team effort w/ @ruthsk.bsky.social @sandravarga.bsky.social @spp-rich.bsky.social @duncanwestbury.bsky.social, irina Tatarenko & artist Lucy Hulmes on pen and ink.
- A big thank you to the Biological Flora editors Tony Davy and Sarah Dalrymple, to the six reviewers, to @bsbiscience.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social for providing climate/distribution information, and to many ecologists who answered our questions or gave permission to use photos in the paper.
- PS the photo in the first post shows this beautiful species growing in a species-rich bank in the North Pennines and was taken by Ruth Starr-Keddle @ruthsk.bsky.social.
- I love the artwork in this new @journalofecology.bsky.social Biological Flora species account: Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland No. 309: Polygonatum multiflorum besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- ‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Ukraine
- Wild Oxfordshire (a local conservation charity focused on nature recovery) are looking for a fundraising coordinator. See here for information: www.wildoxfordshire.org.uk/news-blogs/w... The deadline for applications is 1st of March.
