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Maximilian Hanusch

Maximilian Hanusch

@mhanusch.bsky.social

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Ecologist | loves Mosses and Mountains | Research on ecosystem dynamics |
PostDoc @chemodiversity.bsky.social

maximilianhanusch.github.io

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Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · Sep 22

Hello Bluesky! 🌱 I’m a nature-loving ecologist with a soft spot for alpine plants. Join me for glimpses of their beauty! Happy to reconnect with old friends from Twitter and welcome new ones to share this journey. 🌿 #ecology #nature #alpinePlants

A wet meadow within the alps. Mountain tops in the background beneath blue sky

A pink flower, silene acaulis, growing within the crack of a mountain rock.

Reposted by Cornelius Senf, Christian Hof, Maximilian Hanusch , and 2 more Cornelius Senf, Christian Hof, Maximilian Hanusch, Billur Bektaş, Benjamin Wildermuth

Maximilian Pichler @maximilianpichler.bsky.social · 7h

#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

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants - Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social · 8h

#Chemodiversity is an important driver for plant–arthropod interactions 🌿 🪲 🐝. For more info check out this very impressive work by RU members Lina Ojeda-Prieto, @robinheinennl.bsky.social binheinennl.bsky.social and Wolfgang W. Weisser together with Eliecer L. Moreno doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a thing? hadley.github.io/genzplyr/

dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap

`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.

hadley.github.io

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Jörg-Peter Schnitzler @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social · 11d

Plant-Insect-interactions & the chemistry behind it - I‘m happy that the 3rd chapter of the PhD thesis of #HumayNevrzella became online as pre-print. Again a great cooperation with @robinheinennl.bsky.social and @terrecolgroup.bsky.social

#Plantscience

Compartmentalized above- and belowground defenses in Tanacetum vulgare are tailored to localized antagonists

Specialized metabolites, specially terpenoids, play a key role in plant defense. However, how terpenoid diversity governs inducible chemistry and root architectural development remain poorly understoo...

www.biorxiv.org

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Michael Lueth @milueth.bsky.social · 13d

Halloween-Moss
Tetraplodon mnioides likes to grow on dead animals (and humans).
England, Yorkshire, Upper Warfdale

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Maximilian Hanusch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 15d

Airborne laser scanning reveals stone walls stretching several kilometers across Europe's Karst Plateau, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, likely built over 4,000 years ago to herd and corral red deer—a legacy of coordinated hunting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/urYx50Xir5z

LiDAR image of a prehistoric hunting trap on the Karst Plateau, highlighting the structure’s scale and integration into the landscape.
CREDIT: Dimitrij Mlekuž Vrhovnik.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Wassily Kandinsky @wkandinsky.bsky.social · 15d

Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22148

Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

EntomoNews @collemyria.bsky.social · 15d

La diversité chimique des parfums floraux pourrait non seulement façonner la spécialisation/généralisation des assemblages de visiteurs floraux, mais aussi agir comme un mécanisme de régulation des communautés microbiennes.

Les espèces végétales aux profils olfactifs plus variés attirent davantage de pollinisateurs, mais présentent une diversité bactérienne plus faible

Floral scent chemodiversity 🌸🧪 increases generalization in interactions with pollinators 🪰 – but reduces diversity of bacteria 🧫🦠 associated with flowers. New publication led by @mhanusch.bsky.social. @chemodiversity.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70600 Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - 22.10.2025 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70600 ------ ndé traduction (extrait) Nos résultats révèlent qu'une grande diversité chimique des parfums floraux est associée à une richesse accrue des visiteurs des fleurs, mais à une richesse bactérienne réduite sur les fleurs. Ces résultats nous ont amenés à proposer l'« hypothèse du pollinisateur sale ». Notre hypothèse repose sur deux idées fondamentales : les fleurs dont les parfums sont chimiquement diversifiés attirent un plus large éventail de visiteurs, augmentant ainsi le potentiel de transmission microbienne ; et la diversité chimique des parfums floraux agit comme un filtre sélectif, atténuant les risques de colonisation microbienne indésirable en empêchant l'établissement de microbes nuisibles tout en permettant l'établissement d'un microbiome sain. La diversité chimique des parfums floraux pourrait donc non seulement façonner la spécialisation/généralisation des assemblages de visiteurs floraux, mais aussi agir comme un mécanisme de régulation des communautés microbiennes. En mettant en évidence la multifonctionnalité de la diversité chimique dans la structuration des interactions plante-animal et plante-microbe, notre étude fait progresser la compréhension de la diversité chimique et souligne son importance dans l'écologie végétale. Traduit avec DeepL.com (version gratuite) ------ via Post de @robinheinennl.bsky.social — Bluesky, 22.10.2025 https://bsky.app/profile/robinheinennl.bsky.social/post/3m3rhcfsltk2x

Reposted by Joshua S. Lynn, Maximilian Hanusch

Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social · 19d

🌟New PhD opportunity: 🌱🦠Predicting functional plant–microbiome networks for soil remediation 🌾🧫

The University of Manchester FSE Bicentenary PhD
Competition funded (worldwide)

Deadline 31st Jan, see info at bit.ly/4qn74qH

@manchester.ac.uk @rothamsted.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Birdingplaces @birdingplaces.bsky.social · 20d

The world is full of beautiful birding sites. On Birdingplaces.com birders share their knowledge about great places to watch birds. A not-for-profit and free platform that makes it easy to find birding areas. Great if you join us or add an area!

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephal)

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephal), a bird that only lives in East-Africa. Photo by Carolien Hoek.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 20d

The 'Filthy #Pollinator Hypothesis': does floral scent affect insect visitors and bacterial strains on #flowers?

New research published today suggests scent diversity could be a clever way for plants to welcome visitors while keeping unwanted #microbes out.

Does scent affect insect visitors and bacterial strains on flowers?

Using information on alpine plant species, researchers investigated how the chemistry of flowers’ scent affects not only the diversity of insect pollinators but also the communities of bacteria…

www.newphytologist.org

Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää, Maximilian Hanusch

Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 20d

Happy that Lina Ojeda Prieto's latest work is online @funecology.bsky.social! We manipulated the number of plant chemotypes in a plot, and tested how this influenced visitation by different arthropod groups. A massive endeavor for Lina's PhD.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

rrjunker.bsky.social @rrjunker.bsky.social · 20d

Floral scent chemodiversity 🌸🧪 increases generalization in interactions with pollinators 🪰 – but reduces diversity of bacteria 🧫🦠 associated with flowers. New publication led by @mhanusch.bsky.social. @chemodiversity.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social
@newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · Oct 12

Individualized Altimetry of Stripes https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/individualized-altimetry-of-stripes-1930

Individualized Altimetry of Stripes

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Andreas Schweiger, Maximilian Hanusch

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · Oct 9

JOB ALERT: Become our #TERRA #DIVERSITORIUM manager @unihohenheim.bsky.social. If you have extraordinary coordination skills & feel dedicated to bring the first large-scale #geodiversity manipulation experiment to a global success: Please apply & become a #TERRAnaut, see uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483!

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Simon Roux, Jesse R. Lasky , and 3 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Simon Roux, Jesse R. Lasky, Valentin H. Klaus, Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Oct 6

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social

Please repost!

Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

www.uni-hohenheim.de

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Oct 5

New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment

Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…

www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · Sep 29

Fox et al. The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining

Larger sample sizes are desirable because they minimize sampling error. However, they are not the only desideratum, and it is unknown if sample sizes in ecology trade off with other desiderata. Here ...

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Sphagnum Moss @sphagnums.bsky.social · Sep 29

Sphagnum balticum taken yesterday in a wetland nature reserve #moss #bryophyte

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants - Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social · Sep 29

Monday morning throwback to our wonderful meeting on #chemodiversity in Großbeeren – hosted by @nmvandam.bsky.social. Again a big thank you to Matthias Erb, Karin Gorzolka, @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social, Stefan Dötterl, Eva Castells, John D'Auria and Kirsten Leiss for their enlightening contributions.

Group picture of the RU workshop in Großbeeren showing all participants

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Sep 28

Tree inside tree.

I don't know the origin of this photo, I saw it via Forest Machine Magazine. It shows a cut log with internal scarring and heartwood discolouration creating the shape of a tree within the trunk.

Reposted by Francis Martin, Maximilian Hanusch

Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · Sep 25

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

Reposted by Kirstin Drenkhahn, Maximilian Hanusch

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Sep 24

Morgen (am 25.9.25) erscheint mein Buch "Mutter Erde", geschrieben gemeinsam mit dem Wissenschaftsjournalisten Jörg Blech. Im Buch schildere ich auch den wissenschaftlichen Prozess der Erforschung des Bodens und seiner Ökologie.

Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · Sep 15

"Moss meets laser on a mountain" may sound like cheap clickbait, but is actually the topic of my recent paper in @journalofecology.bsky.social
Thanks a lot for the shout-out!

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Sep 15

🏔️New study from the #Ödenwinkel glacier forefield! 3D-laser scans show that vegetation structural complexity uniquely captures competition between vascular plants and bryophytes. 🌱🌿 Structure, not cover, richness, or traits, drives the interactions @mhanusch.bsky.social 👇
buff.ly/bYgl6LD

Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thanks for setting up this platform, Ingolf and colleagues. Exciting times ahead for glacier forefield research :)

Ingolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.bsky.social · Sep 15

I am happy to share our new paper, introducing our glacier forefield study platform in the Dachstein and Berchtesgaden Mountains

https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/

#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Sep 15

🏔️New study from the #Ödenwinkel glacier forefield! 3D-laser scans show that vegetation structural complexity uniquely captures competition between vascular plants and bryophytes. 🌱🌿 Structure, not cover, richness, or traits, drives the interactions @mhanusch.bsky.social 👇
buff.ly/bYgl6LD

Reposted by Julian Schrader, Maximilian Hanusch

Ingolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.bsky.social · Sep 15

I am happy to share our new paper, introducing our glacier forefield study platform in the Dachstein and Berchtesgaden Mountains

https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/

#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Elena Litchman, Andreas Schweiger , and 6 more Julie L. Lockwood, Elena Litchman, Andreas Schweiger, Wolfgang Huber, Christian Hof, Carly D. Ziter, Jonathan von Oppen, Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero, Maximilian Hanusch

Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · Sep 9

As always, the new episode of the #InsideBiodiversity podcast is well worth listening to

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Sep 9

Emma Marris on this month's #InsideBiodiversity: “I think that the word wilderness is probably too tangled up with sort of colonial ideas about pristine states of nature.” 🍃

She suggests using terms like autonomy instead.

🎧 Listen now and subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Sep 9

Emma Marris on this month's #InsideBiodiversity: “I think that the word wilderness is probably too tangled up with sort of colonial ideas about pristine states of nature.” 🍃

She suggests using terms like autonomy instead.

🎧 Listen now and subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io