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Kim L. Holzmann
@kimholzmann.bsky.social
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Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology @ Würzburg University | Biodiversity, elevational gradients, thermal limits, climate change, caves
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Adventure seeker & mountain lover
https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com
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patrickjansen.bsky.social
Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration?
Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor!
Deadline for applications is February 19.
Please spread the word.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Restoring nature and reversing biodiversity loss are urgent societal challenges. Utrecht University invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Nature Restoration. In this role, you contribute to help solve these challenges through research and education by linking fundamental wildlife ecology to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration. As an Assistant Professor, you will join a young, enthusiastic team that is eager to make an impact. You will help strengthen the team’s mission to connect fundamental wildlife ecology with the challenges of nature restoration in human-dominated multifunctional forest landscapes, especially in north-western Europe. Your research will focus on restoration-relevant themes, such as wildlife responses to anthropogenic change, the effectiveness of conservation interventions, and the contribution of wildlife to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration. Close collaboration with colleagues within and beyond Utrecht University is an important part of this role, as well as building sustainable partnerships with conservation practitioners and policymakers. You will combine fieldwork, experiments and biomonitoring (e.g. using sensor technologies) with laboratory, statistical and theoretical approaches. There is ample opportunity to initiate research projects and to acquire funding. In education, you will teach in the Biology programs, develop and coordinate a new course, and supervise research projects of BSc, MSc and PhD students.
January 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
Some weeks ago I submitted my first own research proposal. And now it got accepted! 😍 This means, @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social will go underground and start investigating the evolution of cave arthropods. So excited for this new chapter! 🦇 🪲🕷️
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @merge-master.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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ekengelhardt.bsky.social
Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
Job Offer: PhD Position Project bAImo: artificial intelligence for insect monitoring 3 years (initially) 65% TV-L Background: photo of a brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) on a purple flower
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
It's done - PhD thesis defended! Thanks to my creative and skilled colleagues for this awesome doctoral hat, which perfectly describes my project and hobbies!
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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gkalinkat.bsky.social
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines 🪲🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔓

@idiv-research.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
www.nature.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
Next #expedition is coming closer! I'm grateful for the chance of joining a team from Norway and South Africa for field work along an elevational gradient in the #Drakensberg mountains 🇿🇦 Let's look for some insects!
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
Unsere Doktorandin @johannaasch.bsky.social hat beim Deutschlandfunk über den Waldmistkäfer und den Klimawandel gesprochen 🌳🪲

www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...
Mehr Mist: Klimawandel könnte Bestände des Waldmistkäfers schrumpfen lassen
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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bugecology.bsky.social
Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!

Possible topics include:

Determinants of range limits

Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)

The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage

Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PhD position opening in community and biogeography
PhD Position in Community Ecology & Biogeography, Montreal, Canada Our research group at Concordia University investigates the forces enabling the maintenance, and governing the distribution, of biol...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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nicholaswu.bsky.social
Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global!

🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
A year ago I started with #cave #research in my free time. The idea came while reading a random book I found at a field station in Peru. I told my colleagues "I want to become a caver" - Well, I'm fully addicted now. My future research might turn towards cave insects.
#speleology #biospeleology
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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maltejochum.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
Researcher Position at the Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Exology
Universität Würzburg Sanderring 2 97070 Würzburg
www.uni-wuerzburg.de
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
New ANDIV paper published! 🐝🧬🧪What determines the insect microbiome along a tropical elevation gradient? Exciting study led by Andrea Pinos and Alexander Keller from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social

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Frontiers | Host identity, more than elevation, shapes bee microbiomes along a tropical elevation gradient
Understanding how host-microbiome interactions respond to abiotic and biotic factors is key to elucidating the mechanisms influencing ecological communities ...
www.frontiersin.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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jdtonkin.bsky.social
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
First day at #gfoe2025 was a great experience with a very exciting session on climate change effects on biodiversity, which Hendrik Mohr and I have the pleasure to chair. Looking forward to hearing more in the coming days! 🌎 📈
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
You're attending #gfoe2025? Want to hear what animals do when the tropical rainforest is suddenly freezing? 🥶 I will talk about this on Monday afternoon
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...

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@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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globalchangeeco.bsky.social
Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
Check out this new, exciting opportunity, allowing you to specialize on a very "hot topic" and receive a prestigious MSc double degree. I loved my masters program, but this would've been such a perfect match considering my research focus nowadays!
merge-master.bsky.social MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology @merge-master.bsky.social · Jul 21
We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!
MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology
July 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
Next one added to the reading list 📚 sounds super interesting and nicely written!
gorizaola.bsky.social Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · Jul 18
I finally got Alex Riley's new book "Super Natural: how life thrives in impossible places".

A fantastic book about life in extreme environments, which talks about our work in #Chornobyl and more...
July 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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cassiespeakman.bsky.social
4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring.

careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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oceanfilly.bsky.social
Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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neurochicano.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
kimholzmann.bsky.social
I vividly remember this field work day. Exhausted and sweaty, carrying heavy gear through the tropical rainforest, the appearance of this tree full of monkeys feeding on its flowers made all our effort worth it again! And now this beautiful moment made it on the cover of the Bulletin, thanks! 🐒
esajournals.bsky.social ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · Jul 2
Take a taste of the Bulletin's July issue! Thanks to @kimholzmann.bsky.social‬ for the cover monkey, from her Photo Gallery submission documenting a study of mammal diversity in Peruvian old-growth forest

Find the Photo Gallery, & lots more, here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23276096...
Cover of the July 2025 issue of the ESA Bulletin
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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evobiocc.bsky.social
Please share widely!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM