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Benjamin Wildermuth
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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 · Dec 2
New study on arthropod declines @natecoevo.nature.com 🪲

In two time series @jena-experiment.bsky.social & @bexplo.bsky.social we show how community (dis)assembly underpins local biomass declines.

It mostly boils down to species loss, with identity losing relevance.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reposted by John Parker, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 1d
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their co...
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Reposted by Guy Pe’er, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Teja Tscharntke @teja-tscharntke.bsky.social · 1d
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Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
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Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Elena Litchman, Billur Bektaş , and 1 more

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Blake Matthews @ebmatthews.bsky.social · 2d
Eawag 2-year postdoc fellowship in Switzerland. Funding for Independent projects hosted in one of the research departments… come join us in Switzerland 🇨🇭! apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...
2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship
We are pleased to invite applications for a
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mta-lace.bsky.social @mta-lace.bsky.social · 2d
Our paper with Teja, Péter, and Stefan, "The hidden multitrophic diversity of specialized grass-shoot insects – neglected by grassland management," is published in @basicapplecol.bsky.social. It emphasizes the need for unmown refuges to support persistent insect populations.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Redirecting
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 3d
wow, thanks a lot! Sorry for giving reviewer vibes at a point where you should have been past that :D I was just curious and I find it very interesting that it's such a strong effect. Cool!

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 4d
📖 Published!

High-throughput information extraction of printed specimen labels from large-scale digitization of entomological collections using a semi-automated pipeline🖥️ 🐞

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
Cool :) I mean, I am just fishing here of course, but it's an interesting result. Might also be a case of a very strong other predictor that left little variance to explain. Or it makes sense ecologically (competition, no redundancy, as discussed in the paper) :D

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 4d
📢 iDiv and @unileipzig.bsky.social are hiring Technical Staff (m/f/d) for the BioDive4Soil soil biodiversity project! 🌍🔬 Work includes lab soil analyses, field sampling, data prep & supporting student assistants.🧪
65 % part-time | until 31 Dec 2029 | apply by 24 Feb 2026
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Job Openings
Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
Cool work! I find it remarkable that alpha functional diversity had a negative impact on stability. I wonder if that's possibly related to equally weighing all species in the Rao's Q calculation? Maybe it would be different when weighing by relative abundances?

Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Basic and Applied Ecology @basicapplecol.bsky.social · 5d
🪲 New BAAE article:

Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring.

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
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Fig. 3. Percentage of reads attributed to carabid, prey and other for Nebria salina and Poecilus cupreus for samples from 2013 to 2019 and 2021. Colors distinguish between (a) prey reads (green), (b) carabid reads (blue) and (c) other reads (contaminants and not assigned – orange). Proportions are given as percentages of the total number per sample (after filtering the singletons). Fig. 5. Prey diversity in the diet of Nebria salina (a) and Poecilus cupreus (b) through time. Each dot represents the diet of one carabid specimens, dots are jittered horizontally and vertically for more clarity. The curve corresponds to a linear regression with the grey area displaying the 95 % confidence interval.

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · 5d
Wie nutzen Bäume Wasser und Stickstoff aus dem tieferen Boden? Forschende haben verfolgt, wie sie beides aufnehmen und von der Wurzel zur Krone leiten. Ergebnis: Stickstoff kommt verzögert oben an. Und Douglasien sind im #Klimawandel im Vorteil. Details lesen: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
Klara Mrak, zusammen mit Christina Hackmann Erstautorin der Studie, extrahiert mit einer Druckkammer Wasser aus Zweigen. Dadurch kann sie die Ankunftszeit der in den Boden injizierten stabilen Isotope von Wasserstoff und Stickstoff in der Baumkrone abschätzen. © Christina Hackmann

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Catrin Westphal @catrinwestphal.bsky.social · 5d
📢 We’re hiring!
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social

The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services.

See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Federico Riva @riva-ecology.bsky.social · 6d
Miguel's MSc thesis is now available here sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... In disturbed regions and landscapes, across ~ 1700 sites and 45 studies, we found a lower butterfly biodiversity for the same plants diversity. @ecospat-ch.bsky.social @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social @fcollart.bsky.social

Reposted by John A. Finn, Tuomas Mattila, Laura E. Dee , and 1 more

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Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology @funcagroeco.bsky.social · 7d
📢 Join our team: Are you interested in the synthesis of ecological data?

We are offering a postdoctoral researcher position on the effects of collaborative agri-environment measures on multiple taxa and ecosystem services.

See #job advert
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Martin Ehbrecht, Julen Astigarraga , and 3 more

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 7d
Central Europe has seen unprecedented forest disturbances recently, but how are forests recovering? We surveyed disturbance hotspots in 10 countries 3-5 years after disturbance, finding ample tree regeneration and no signs of forest loss (median 4750 stems/ha), but... 1/2 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology @cofeuniwue.bsky.social · 7d
📢 Job opening! We’re excited to announce six open Researcher positions. 🪲🦋

4 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions in forest biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research!

Interested in forest ecology? Get in touch! 🌲🌳

www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...

#forestecology #researchposition #conservationbiology
4 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions (respective place of work in the text) in forest [...]
Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU) and its partner Universities Georg-August-University of Göttingen (GAUG), Leipzig University (UL), University of Bayreuth (UB), Universität Bremen (UB), Un...
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Reposted by James M. Bullock, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 8d
The Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social warmly invite *all* #biodiversity #researchers worldwide to join (celebrating the 20th anniversary).
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 2, 2026

www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/en/be20/
BE20 - Emerging Topics in Long-Term and Large-Scale Biodiversity Research

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata @ento-ea.bsky.social · 9d
Did you know? Insects eat plants as medicine. #OpenAccess
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pharmacophagy in insects: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on the non‐nutritional use of plant specialized metabolites
Insects interact with plants not only for nutrition but also to actively seek plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) for chemical defense, reproduction, and self-medication—a behavior known as pharmaco...
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 11d
Join iDiv's admin team! 🚨 We are hiring an Office Manager for Reception and Purchasing (f/m/d) to support organizational and infrastructural questions.
💡 Full time, salary up to E9a TV-L, unlimited contract
🗓️ Apply by 25 Feb 2026
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Job Openings
Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.
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Reposted by John Parker, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 11d
📖Published!

Forest structural complexity recovers during secondary succession and reaches levels comparable to old-growth forests within 40 years🌳🌲

Recovery of forest structural complexity is driven by increasing tree species diversity along the recovery trajectory

🔎https://buff.ly/VGrATSK

Reposted by Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 11d
Highly independent 2-Year #Postdoctoral #Fellowship in the field of #aquatic #science and #technology 🌍 🔬 🧬 🐟 🚰 🚹 🌊 🛰️ 🥼 at Eawag @eawag.bsky.social

Apply now:
apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 12d
I am looking for someone interested in a 6-month post as research assistant, ideally to start at the beginning of March. The job is to conduct an experiment with flowers and robotic actuators to study buzz pollination. Job description and application here:
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Forskningsassistent i Växtekologi
Forskningsassistent Är du intresserad av att arbeta med bipollinerade växter och robotar i bistorlek? Vi söker nu en forskningsassistent till Programmet för växtekologi och evolution vid Institut
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Reposted by Jack H. Hatfield, Benjamin Wildermuth

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shuyuO_o @shuyudeng.bsky.social · 12d
🧩Human modification does not always lead to a biotic homogenisation.

Using a scenario-based approach, we found that beta diversity increased despite reductions in local alpha diversity, thereby maintaining gamma diversity, when relatively natural landscapes were modified into mixed landscapes.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈 @mherberstein.bsky.social · 13d
Come to Hamburg and do a PhD on insect/spider traits with me!

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology @cofeuniwue.bsky.social · 13d
Paper published by Orsi Decker! 🎉🐞

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Distance-decay reveals contrasting effects of land-use types on arthropod community homogenisation.

Managed grasslands are most affected by community homogenisation, while arable lands and settlements showed heterogeneous communities.
Distance-decay reveals contrasting effects of land-use types on arthropod community homogenisation - Nature Communications
Species homogenisation driven by land-use intensification is threatening many taxa globally. Here, the authors find that for arthropod communities in Central Europe, managed grasslands are the most af...
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Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Christian Hof , and 2 more

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Sylvia Haider @sylvia-haider.bsky.social · 15d
📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 16d
JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.

Reposted by Garry Peterson, Patrick Svensson, Juan Rocha , and 3 more

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Estelle Ravel @estelle-ravel.bsky.social · 16d
Do agricultural diversification practices pay off in the long run? Our new paper synthesizes 100+ years of evidence showing that diversification practices become more profitable over time and delivers growing benefits for soils, biodiversity, and carbon.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: a second-order meta-analysis - Nature Communications
Feeding a growing population while protecting the environment is a major global challenge. This study suggests that agricultural diversification enhances long-term profitability, biodiversity, soil he...
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Reposted by Martin Ehbrecht, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 16d
Can tropical rainforests 🌴🌎🇪🇨 regain their structural complexity in 40 years? Yes! Shown by @martinehbrecht.bsky.social et al. in their new article in @journalofecology.bsky.social

www.reassembly.de/news/recover...
Tropical rainforests are structurally complex

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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 17d
The BE20 conference: Just 3 days left for abstract submission and earlybird registration!

All essential information on registration and abstract submission can be found here: www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/