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Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · 20d

The Wordwide Dragonfly Association #WDA with its 2nd ever „Odonate of the month“ post, featuring the ecologist Rassim Khelifa.

We are very happy about submissions, covering the rare and fascinating from across the globe.

#odonates #damselflies #dragonflies #biodiversity

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 20d

📢 Over 90% of local insect biomass decline in German grasslands is explained by species loss.

“By the end of the study period, species loss, regardless of rarity or size, had become the main driver of decline”, says @bmwildermuth.bsky.social of #iDiv and @uni-jena.de

www.idiv.de/majority-of-...

Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss

A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.

www.idiv.de

Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 28d

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...

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Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Nov 4

Submit your favourite image for consideration as next months featured Odonate under: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Nov 4

✨Proudly presenting our first odonate of the month! ✨

With lots of fun facts & species info, we hope to bring these #ancient, important & beautiful, yet increasingly #threatened, creatures to broader attention.

+feat. the enthusiasts behind #Odonatology
#WDA #Dragonflies #Damselflies #Biodiversity

Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our postdoc Roberto Novella Fernandez presented his new work on phenological variation of functional traits in butterflies. #gfoe2025 Check out his paper on dragonflies @natcomms.nature.com, also highlighting the phenological dimension of functional diversity variation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am proud @unimarburg.bsky.social is represented by so many talks at this years @gfoesoc.bsky.social meeting @uni-wuerzburg.de; Here some impressions from the talks of Tobias Müller, Andry Rakotomalala & Annabell Wagner. Things are really accelerating so make sure to not miss the upcoming!

Christian Hof @christianhof.bsky.social · Sep 1

#gfoe2025 has started, whohoo! Just enjoyed 2 great talks by @kampjohannes.bsky.social & @felixneff.bsky.social, highlighting the importance of considering longer time periods than just the last 2 decades to understand #biodiversity trends

Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Naja Heitmann (Univ Cottbus/Ger) on the effects of the salt driven algal bloom catastrophe in the Oder river on aquatic insect communities.

#gfoe2025

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Sep 1

Big thank you for the warm welcome @uni-wuerzburg.de @gfoesoc.bsky.social: OB Martin Heilig, GfOe president Christan Ammer and Jörg Müller, and all the organizers, including Christian Hof!

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Aug 31

As we are getting ready for a certainly great Annual Meeting of the @gfoesoc.bsky.social hosted by @uni-wuerzburg.de, …. highlight the “Macroecology and Biogeography” Session on Wed./Thurs.: 3rd/4th, in your calendar!!!

Great line up!

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Aug 16

I used my plenary to showcase our achievements, particularly in ecophysiology kicking off a brilliant session with lots of contributions of LatAm colleagues. Thank you Cornelio and Melissa for inviting me and @daadworldwide.bsky.social + @consecol.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social for support!

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Aug 16

So sad to leave this beautiful country earlier than most ICO attendees. The spirit was awesome. Feels like odonatology is taking off to become a flagship of global #insect #biodiversity #ecology & #conservation.

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just some of the great observations and impressions from today’s field trip #ICO #WDA #Odonatology here in Colombia. Be come a member of the Wordwide Dragonfly Association and follow our activities, but most importantly consider being part of the upcoming community events!

Darcy Shapiro @darcyshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 13

We’ve got 27 hours left on the Kickstarter campaign for Endlings, our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, and we absolutely smashed our goal 🤯🥳🤩

I’m thrilled and so grateful that this many people are this enthusiastic about the stories we want to tell #scicomm

Endlings: An educational YouTube show about extinction

Join Sarah Suta & Hank Green to make a show about the history of extinction, and what it means for all of us!

www.kickstarter.com

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Aug 13

Heading out for a drink after a busy day at the International Congress of Odonatology. What a marvellous atmosphere and group of great people! Thank you so much for making this happen @colombias Odo Community & #WDA and @daadworldwide.bsky.social & @unimarburg.bsky.social for their support!

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!

Elia Guariento @eliaguariento.bsky.social · Jul 10

New paper out 👇
Artificial ponds do not support the natural functional and taxonomic composition of alpine dragon- and damselfly communities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @pro-pink.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Apr 23

Fantastic dispatch by @gemmabenevento.bsky.social on our recent article on eco-evol drivers of burrowing in mammals! Really like the format @currentbiology.bsky.social combing expert spotlight, commentary & mini-rewiew. Thank you Gemma for your interesting perspective on the results & broader topic!

Gemma Benevento @gemmabenevento.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks to @pro-pink.bsky.social for the use of the phylogeny figure from the original paper, @quentinwildlife.bsky.social (quentinmartinez.fr) for the use of some beautiful burrowing mammal images, and to @currentbiology.bsky.social and editor @florianmade.bsky.social for the opportunity.

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Post-doc researcher and Wildlife photographer

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Gemma Benevento @gemmabenevento.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks to @pro-pink.bsky.social for the use of the phylogeny figure from the original paper, @quentinwildlife.bsky.social (quentinmartinez.fr) for the use of some beautiful burrowing mammal images, and to @currentbiology.bsky.social and editor @florianmade.bsky.social for the opportunity.

Quentin_Martinez

Post-doc researcher and Wildlife photographer

quentinmartinez.fr

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Apr 6

8am an it’s raining. Just me and the squirrels in the street but it feels nice to be back in NH.

Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · Apr 2

Fellow Ecologists,
The #gfoe2025 @gfoesoc.bsky.social call for papers has just been published. Please submit your abstracts for exciting talks and engaging posters to present in Würzburg in September!
gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca...
@uni-wuerzburg.de @globalchangeeco.bsky.social

Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · Mar 31

SOS Oceans - Paris Meeting. Harrison Ford’s left us quite a strong message.

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Mar 31

Honoured that the @stuttgarter-zeitung.de has reported on our (@unimarburg.bsky.social [email protected]) latest research! It's so important to translate research into awareness. Thank you for this feature, StZ! -> Rätsel der Evolution: Warum Graben für Säugetiere eine Überlebensstrategie ist

Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · Mar 30

Really nice to see this article written by @floridamuseum.bsky.social about the amazing volunteer, Bob Belmont, who donated his collection and continues to help the McGuire Center as an expert of geometrid moths! www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/support/insp...

McGuire Volunteer Spotlight: Bob Belmont

If you need any confirmation that passion is priceless – look no further than volunteer research associate Bob Belmont. After retiring from a long career in pest control, he turned to the Florida Mus...

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu

IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨"We project that up to 64% of the temperature niche space of butterflies in tropical realms will erode by 2070" thus turning mountains - known centers of butterfly diversity - from refugia to traps for butterfly diversity.

Another sobering outlook for butterflies! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global hotspots of butterfly diversity are threatened in a warming world - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Butterflies are a large, functionally important and charismatic invertebrate group. Here, the authors characterize global macroecological patterns of butterflies and project shifts in their bioclimati...

www.nature.com

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Mar 25

Beyond ecological insights, we hope our work will facilitate > protection of this remarkable & highly threatened diversity, seizing opportunities from #30by30 implementation. Strong mismatches of hotspots of 🦋 #diversity <> vertebrates highlight the need for targeted #conservation action! #HalfEarth

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Mar 25

To get there we mobilised range maps & occurrence records from literature, country-dist info. Combined with citizen science data and integrated through newly developed approaches we now established a uniquely comprehensive knowledge base for butterflies, hoping this could be a role model for others.

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Mar 25

Great collaboration between Yale BGC with the Jetz lab @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social the Florida NH Museum @floridamuseum.bsky.social with @dr-akito.bsky.social and the @consecol.bsky.social at the University of Marburg @unimarburg.bsky.social
!

Stefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · Mar 25

A major milestone of our >4-year effort to bring #butterfly diversity and its threat to global attention. We show most species and hotspots cluster in mountains, with #climatechange projected to erode up to 67% of the thermal niche supporting this diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global hotspots of butterfly diversity are threatened in a warming world - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Butterflies are a large, functionally important and charismatic invertebrate group. Here, the authors characterize global macroecological patterns of butterflies and project shifts in their bioclimati...

www.nature.com

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