Benjamin Wildermuth

@bmwildermuth.bsky.social

Arthropod ecology in different ecosystems. (Functional) diversity, community composition, trophic niches, plant-animal interactions, temporal & spatial patterns

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · Mar 19

New publications from the EnriCo RTG framework
Canopy structure explains arthropod #diversity better than tree species identity
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Admixing non-native conifers to native forests does not reduce canopy beetle #diversity
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 1d

Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026!
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026

👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: We cannot continue to pump CO2 into the Atmosphere without re-arranging the Biosphere. Ellen Welti and I analyze datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research site at Konza Prairie and reveal wholesale reorganization of plant biomass and biogeochemistry, with implications for its food web.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Adrien Rusch @arusch.bsky.social · 1d

🌾 Overall, cover crop choice matters: diverse cover crop maximize ecosystem benefits, while herbicide-based management reduces them. 🏞️ Surrounding semi-natural habitats (grasslands, woodlots) amplify positive effects of local mgmt especially for natural pest control (Photo: S. Richart-Cervera)

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 1d

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv

Effect of #LandUseChange on #Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the #deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70039

@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Photo credit: Kleyton Rezende Ferreira

Reposted by Craig R. Primmer, Sabina Burrascano, Stefan Pinkert , and 1 more Craig R. Primmer, Sabina Burrascano, Stefan Pinkert, Benjamin Wildermuth

Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 1d

New study out in Ecology Letters 🌱🐑!

Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Herbivory Modifies the Role of Spatial Processes in a Grassland Plant Metacommunity

We empirically examined how mammalian herbivory interacts with habitat size and connectivity to affect plant diversity in a natural grassland metacommunity. We found that herbivory increased plant di...

doi.org

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 2d

Google Scholar is trying AI, and it's not too bad: scholar.google.com/scholar_labs... I like that it mainly ranks papers by relevance (and gives a quick assessment), and let you read the actual titles, etc...

scholar.google.com

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 4d

#hiring again! We are looking for the Technical Assistant to make our field experiment of the #Diversitorium running. Located at #IhingerHof at the @unihohenheim.bsky.social you can take the chance to join #TeamTERRA!

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 4d

iDiv and @unihalle.bsky.social are hiring!📣 New job offer for a technical assistant (full time) at the lab of @jon-chase03.bsky.social - check it out and apply by 27 Nov!
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

Job Openings

Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.

www.idiv.de

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research @forestryoup.bsky.social · 4d

Out now:

A synthesis on open canopy conditions from forest management on biodiversity by Larsen-Gray and colleagues. 🌲🪵

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

A two-part schematic showing an overview of open canopy pine (Pinus species), OCP conditions within a private, working forest landscape. The top section provides an overview of how OCP conditions are generally defined and maintained in a managed pine system, along with examples of wildlife taxa that respond positively to these conditions. The lower section offers a conceptual view of an example landscape, highlighting areas with OCP conditions and indicating, as examples, typical wildlife taxa found there. Created in https://BioRender.com.

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Julie L. Lockwood, Jesse M. Alston , and 1 more Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Julie L. Lockwood, Jesse M. Alston, Benjamin Wildermuth

Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · 5d

There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!

2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...

1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...

biodiversity.ubc.ca

Reposted by Robin J. Pakeman, Patrick A. Jansen, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more Robin J. Pakeman, Patrick A. Jansen, Stephen D. Murphy, Elise S. Gornish, Benjamin Wildermuth

Tom Finch @tfinch.bsky.social · 5d

📣Job vacancy!📣

Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

#ConservationScience 🌍

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation

Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 5d

"The facts that individual genes have usually only small effects on adaptive traits, the same trait can be achieved by different combinations of alleles,"..."that non-genic traits can cause speciation, indicate that traits rather than individual genes are the most relevant units of speciation."

😮

LIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 5d

#LIBresearch: A new review explains that speciation doesn’t follow one universal pathway — instead, multiple interacting processes shape how new species emerge across environments and evolutionary contexts. → doi.org/10.1111/mec....

#speciation #evolution #biodiversity
©Adobe Stock, studio

A collection of various garden snails with detailed brown and striped shells, depicted from multiple angles and perspectives.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

LIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 5d

Reposted by Malte Jochum, Benjamin Wildermuth

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 5d

📢We are hiring! If you are experienced in financial matters and want to support iDiv's financing department as a parental leave cover, apply by 26 Nov! www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

Job Openings

Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.

www.idiv.de

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 5d

I'm giving a talk on
"Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides", online, FREE to join, 7pm-8pm Wed 26th November
Organised by Western Sussex Rivers Trust.
Book your free ticket! lnkd.in/e4y8v5Fn

Reposted by Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Benjamin Wildermuth

Chris Foster @chrisfoster.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to have a ground beetle project @carabidaeuk.bsky.social open for applications in @crocus-dla.bsky.social. Nice mix of analysing long-term data, fieldwork and time at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, assessing trends in woodland carabids. Please share!

blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

CR2026_58 – Crocus DLA

blogs.reading.ac.uk

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 6d

The next confirmed keynote speaker for the BE20 Conference is Prof. Dr. Rachael Winfree from the USA ! 🌿🐝
She researches wild bees and their vital role in healthy ecosystems, offering key insights for pollinator conservation. 💡

FMI: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

#BE20conference

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 6d

I know I know, I'm in the same boat obviously, but English is not the same "easy language to learn" around the globe. I don't know a lot about languages, but we have an advantage over e.g. some Asian languages when learning English. Anyway, not my topic to pretend to be an expert :D

Reposted by Joan Dudney, Benjamin Wildermuth

Michela Audisio @michela-audisio.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Upcoming online seminar:

Next week (26th November) at 11am CET, Alice Penanhoat @alice4science.bsky.social from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will talk about her interdisciplinary research on forest structure 🌲🌳🔍

Register here to join the zoom seminar:
lnkd.in/gcgh5qFE

Reposted by Glenn H. Shepard, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker , and 2 more Glenn H. Shepard, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker, Marta Maziarz, Benjamin Wildermuth

Iris Hordijk @iris-hordijk.bsky.social · 6d

There is a PhD position available at @w-u-r.bsky.social on seed dispersal and succession! You will be based at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and conduct fieldwork in tropical forests in Mexico on plant-animal interactions. Deadline to apply: 3rd of December shorturl.at/sLVOU

PhD position on 'Seed dispersal shapes tropical forest succession' (Seeds 4 Success)

shorturl.at

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 7d

Agree with everything (except the ref manager issue haha), but I know that I'd use the hell out of AI if the global research language was Mandarin.

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 7d

I am afraid this will indeed happen, at least in parts of the world.

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, it's all tricky, I personally also believe that how people handle language tells a lot about their understanding of the matter, but my language is related to English, so is my thinking. It seems fair that rejection based on written language will decline.
But will it enable slop? Sure :/

Reposted by Tyson Wepprich, Benjamin Wildermuth

Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 7d

NOTE: No detectable change in *activity density*: they measure bugs that have dispersed into the upper atmosphere. That is quite a few steps from abundance.

Consider (just one) scenario: abundance declines but warmer temps promote flight activity.

The Achilles’ Heel of malaise, pitfall traps…

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Benjamin Wildermuth

Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 7d

New paper by Tielens, Stepanian, & Kelly uses weather radar to monitor flying insect communities across the USA over 10 years. Detected no change in density over 2012-2021, with lots of station to station variation. #openaccess paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌐🧪🪲🪳

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Joseph A. Tobias, Benjamin Wildermuth

James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 7d

PhD opportunity!

Focusing on ecological processes offers an adaptive approach to conservation at a time of rapid environmental change

But how do we measure & conserve these processes?

This PhD will explore the use of species traits to assess ecosystem condition
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

www.findaphd.com

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Basic and Applied Ecology @basicapplecol.bsky.social · 7d

🏆🏆🏆 We are still accepting applications for the BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD! 🏆🏆🏆

Apply now: gfoe.org/en/gfoe-awar...

@elsevierps.bsky.social

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 7d

For sure it homogenizes it. But a struggling ECR with a language background completely unrelated to the grammar, structure & flow of the English language has foremost one goal: write understandable emails, cover letters and papers - as fast as the competitors who do not struggle with language.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth, Pedro Mittelman

EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enricounigoe.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss our upcoming mini-conference! 🌍🌱
Join us for "Linking biodiversity, functions, and climate: Insights from global ecosystems" on 1st December from 11am – 4pm at F01, Busenweg 1, North Campus.

Registration: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/581694.html

#EnriCo #miniconference

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 7d

Good point. The sweet spot for efficient AI use is easily missed. I'd argue it is 100% efficient for 1) improving language for struggling non-native speakers and 2) writing R functions during data prep. For more advanced use, it's 50:50 useful vs useless (as of now).

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