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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · Sep 2

Anne Chao and @piambr.bsky.social, the 100% perfect dialogue duo at #gfoe2025! ✨
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social

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Johanna Asch @johannaasch.bsky.social · Sep 8

Had a blast at #gfoe2025!

BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our #BETAFOR PhDs had an amazing time presenting their research at last week’s #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🌟 Full of fresh ideas and inspiring discussions, it’s back to daily life. 💻✨
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · Aug 29

After months of preparation, today we are starting the physical build-up of #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de
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Looking forward to seeing all of you here! As an appetizer, here is part of what you will be able to enjoy next week:

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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · Jul 24

New paper out! 📃 Enhanced structural complexity in forests has limited effects on #soil abiotic properties, but #microbial activity and biomass respond site-specifically. Soil moisture and understory growth link to microbial functions. 💧🧫🌳🍁
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Inconsistent short-term effects of enhanced structural complexity on soil microbial properties across German forests

Structural and biotic homogenization can result from forestry practices lacking promotion of canopy gaps and deadwood. This can lead to biodiversity l…

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Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III) @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social · Jul 3

Photo gallery from our Peru project on biodiversity along an elevational gradient on the cover of the Bulletin! 🐒

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

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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III) @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social · May 30

New research out from our PhD student Fabian Klimm!

Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · May 30

Life at the (h)edge—Multidiversity in shrub ecotones is driven by habitat quality & shrub foliage cover 🌱🌏

To maximise biodiversity benefits across taxa, recommends managing shrub ecotones at the landscape scale, maintaining a mosaic of open & half-open shrub ecotones 📈🧪

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Johanna Asch @johannaasch.bsky.social · May 24

Dung beetles also use other brooding strategies, apart from tunnelling. "Dwellers" brood their larvea inside of the dung and the famous "rollers" form dung balls and roll them away to a safe place.

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Johanna Asch @johannaasch.bsky.social · May 24

Dung beetles 🪲 dig tunnels underneath the dung, where they bury brood balls for their larvea to feed on. This is great for the forest soil, since it improves fertilisation and aeration.

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Johanna Asch @johannaasch.bsky.social · May 24

Have you ever wondered what happens when you put 400g of cow dung in the Bavarian Forest? - A feast! 🪲🪲
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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III) @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social · May 18

Check out the new honey bee paper of our PhD student @giuliamai.bsky.social! 🐝

Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · May 16

Floral diversity enhances winter survival of honeybee colonies across climatic regions 🐝

Highlights the critical role of including floral resource diversity and weather conditions in a comprehensive framework for studying honeybee hibernation 🌻🌏🧪

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · May 9

Insects are struggling with major global change drivers, like climate change and habitat loss. Researchers from @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social have now investigated, how these threats interact. The results show that bees suffer in particular. 🐝☀️🏙️
➡️ go.uniwue.de/beesheatland...

Bees wait asleep in an artificial nest made of reed stems for favorable flight conditions. Different species close their nest entrances with clay or plant debris. (Credit: Cristina Ganuza)

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Johanna Asch @johannaasch.bsky.social · May 2

Had fun presenting my poster about the effects of climate and forest structure on dung beetles at #EGU2025. Thanks to everyone in the Forest Floor session for showing so much interest in my somewhat different research topic! 🌲🪲 @betafor.bsky.social

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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III) @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social · Apr 26

Find us at #EGU25, where our PhD student @johannaasch.bsky.social of @betafor.bsky.social will present her research on how climate and forest structure shape forest dung beetle communities 🌲🪲
➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Abstract EGU25-20671

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