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Malte Jochum
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Community ecologist, father of two, outdoor enthusiast; Global Change, above-belowground, multitrophic interactions, energy flux; Professor for Above-belowground Interaction Ecology with @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social .. more

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 1d
📣Applications are now open!

Find out more about how to apply 👇
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 6d
📢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

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.

Watch till the end
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@houserepublicans.bsky.social

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Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · 13d
Hendrik Mohr, also PhD student with @maltejochum.bsky.social, gave us at the GCERetreat2025 some insights into his impressive review work on the multiple global change impacts on above-belowground interactions

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Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · 13d
During our GCERetreat2025 Ayushi, PhD student in @maltejochum.bsky.social‘s Above-belowground interaction ecology group presented an update about her PhD work on energy fluxes in ecological communities.

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 15d
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Wow! Dieses beschauliche 400 Jahre alte Bauernhof-Ensemble entwickelt sich zur Top Location für gemeinschaftliche Retreats und New Work in den Bergen.
www.mesnerhof-c.at

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Maximilian Pichler @maximilianpichler.bsky.social · 15d
#PhD position!

I’m looking for a PhD Student (1+3 years) to model insect populations using statistical models + deep learning at #TheoreticalEcology, Regensburg (Germany).

Join our team - please RT!

Details: karriere.uni-regensburg.de/tg7w9

#Insects #Ecology #DeepLearning #Ecology #Monitoring

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 15d
At our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social retreat to Austria, we are both taking in the beautiful surrounding landscape and discussing the latest research advancements of the team members. Here, Rasmus Dam Jensen presents our #MultiCrossBEF project as part of @bexplo.bsky.social
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The Global Change Ecology crowd listening to Rasmus Jensen introducing his PhD research. A field path and some trees in the foreground with a mountain range in the background

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Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · 16d
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presents his ideas and first analyses for his thesis project on how landscape heterogeneity influences distribution and trends of biodiversity in Bavaria

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Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · 16d
Retreat time! In the great setting of the Austrian Alps we just started our group retreat to discuss science, new ideas & how to further develop our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social ecosystem. Here @christianzehner.bsky.social is kicking off the program with his project on occurrence sampling biases.

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 18d
Check out our brand-new preprint on how #earthworm 🪱 #invasion alters forest #multidiversity and #multifunctionality. Very rewarding collaboration with Olga Ferlian @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@globalchangeeco.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
Earthworm invasion reduces above-belowground biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality
Global change alters abiotic and biotic conditions across the globe with unprecedented consequences for the functional integrity of affected ecosystems. However, most studies addressing global-change ...
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 19d
Earthworm invasion reduces above-belowground biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686452v1

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 19d
Earthworm invasion reduces above-belowground biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686452v1

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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 20d
Deer browsing limits forest diversity – even in the light. New study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Würzburg ecologists and others: Even sunny canopy gaps cannot offset the impact of roe deer on forest regeneration. 🦌🌳☀️
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
Browsing by roe deer poses a serious problem, particularly for young and low-growing trees. (Image: Vanell / AdobeStock)

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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 20d
We’re excited to announce the next confirmed keynote speaker:
Tim Newbold (@tnewbold31.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk )
He researches global biodiversity patterns and the effects of climate and land-use change on ecosystems.🌍🐝

Stay tuned for more #BE20conference Keynote Speakers.

#bexplo #conservation

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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 22d
#BE20Conference first confirmed keynotes!

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Borer (USA)
Borer will share insights on ecological diversity & sustainable landscapes 🌱

Over the next weeks, we’ll introduce BE20 keynote speakers.
📅 June 8–12, 2025, Berlin — celebrating 20 years of Biodiversity Exploratories

#bexplo

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 23d
Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social

Reposted by Malte Jochum, Karl Andraczek

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 26d
Damn - this is really good. Modeling plant communities with Dirichlet regression. I use beta and ordered beta (thanks, @rmkubinec.bsky.social!) a lot, but this is very cool. Something I'd normally use gllvm for, but maybe... ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/plant-c...
Compositional modeling of plant communities with Dirichlet regression | GAMbler
Compositional data appears everywhere in scientific research, yet many analysts fall back on problematic approaches that ignore fundamental mathematical constraints. I demonstrate how Dirichlet regres...
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 27d
🕷️🪨Predator density outweighs experimental warming effects on short-term carbon and nitrogen loss from arctic shrub litter

📷 © Amanda Koltz

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#ClimateChange #Decomposition #NutrientCycling #ShrubExpansion #TrophicCascade #WolfSpiders

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 27d
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳

Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland

Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 29d
Check this out: the global biomass of mammals since 1850
just out in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The global biomass of mammals since 1850 - Nature Communications
Here, the authors estimate mammalian biomass from the 1850’s to today, tracking an increase of over five-fold in human and domesticated mammal biomass and a two-fold decrease in wild mammal biomass. R...
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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 29d
Come be our colleague!
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 29d
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

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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · Oct 22
To minimise risk of infection, carpenter #ants resort to drastic measures: they amputate injured legs immediately. “Better safe than sorry” – the pragmatic approach proved effective, with survival rates of injured workers more than doubling. Study by @etf1989.bsky.social in @royalsociety.org

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Irene Cordero @irene-cordero.bsky.social · Oct 22
Amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Stirling! Don't miss this chance. Amazing supervisors (Arthur Broadbent and @jasubke.bsky.social ) and a strong collaboration team including Lindsay Newbold, @annekempel.bsky.social and myself :)
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

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Tom Weiss looksUP @tom-weiss.bsky.social · Oct 21
...offener Brief an die europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs von mehr als 2000 europäischen Wissenschaftler:innen, darunter knapp 50 aus Deutschland:
»Die politische Diskussion bewegt sich von den wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen weg«

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · Oct 20
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Oct 16
📰Published📰Plant-insect interactions are shaped by plant diversity and the history of plants and soil🌱

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Plant-insect interactions are shaped by plant diversity and the history of plants and soil.
Maximilian Bröcher, Anne Ebeling, Leonardo Bassi, Pamela Medina-van Berkum, Nicole M. van Dam, Nico Eisenhauer, Anna-Maria Madaj, Sybille Unsicker, Alexandra Weigelt, Sebastian T. Meyer This is a p…
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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · Oct 10
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bugnet.bsky.social BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · Oct 10
BugNet currently includes 36 experimental sites in 18 countries 🌍.

Huge thanks to all collaborators for their enthusiasm and teamwork!!

We’re also looking for new collaborators to join this global effort to understand how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape ecosystems.
🌐 bug-net.org

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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · Oct 10
BugNet currently includes 36 experimental sites in 18 countries 🌍.

Huge thanks to all collaborators for their enthusiasm and teamwork!!

We’re also looking for new collaborators to join this global effort to understand how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape ecosystems.
🌐 bug-net.org