Kim L. Holzmann
@kimholzmann.bsky.social
Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology @ Würzburg University | Biodiversity, elevational gradients, thermal limits, climate change, caves
🪲🐆🌳🏔️🔥❄️
Adventure seeker & mountain lover
https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com
🪲🐆🌳🏔️🔥❄️
Adventure seeker & mountain lover
https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com
Fieldwork in the #Drakensberg mountains in South Africa with @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social. While learning a lot about #ecosystemgasfluxes, I have been exploring the potential for an exciting future #insect project along the gradient. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Fieldwork in the #Drakensberg mountains in South Africa with @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social. While learning a lot about #ecosystemgasfluxes, I have been exploring the potential for an exciting future #insect project along the gradient. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.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
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @merge-master.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @merge-master.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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.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
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!
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
#speleology #biospeleology
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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
#speleology #biospeleology
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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
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August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social went for a little walk again, together with over 1000 other participants! 100 km in <24 hours while enjoying beautiful landscapes, from sunset to sunrise again. The next field work season can come, we're ready to walk! 🐝🪲🪰🐜🦗
May 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social went for a little walk again, together with over 1000 other participants! 100 km in <24 hours while enjoying beautiful landscapes, from sunset to sunrise again. The next field work season can come, we're ready to walk! 🐝🪲🪰🐜🦗
Snowy Carpathian #mountains and fresh brown bear tracks 🐻 #romania
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Snowy Carpathian #mountains and fresh brown bear tracks 🐻 #romania
🧵5: our study highlights the importance of field-based #ecosystem data, cross-disciplinary work and productive, intact #rainforests to maintain diverse #mammal communities. Photos ©K.L. Holzmann
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧵5: our study highlights the importance of field-based #ecosystem data, cross-disciplinary work and productive, intact #rainforests to maintain diverse #mammal communities. Photos ©K.L. Holzmann
🧵4: Mammal species richness was strongly correlated to abundance and NPP, partly confirming the more-individual hypothesis.
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧵4: Mammal species richness was strongly correlated to abundance and NPP, partly confirming the more-individual hypothesis.
🧵3: we recorded temperature, retrieved highly detailed net primary productivity data from another project (ABERG) and compared these to remotely sensed productivity proxies
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧵3: we recorded temperature, retrieved highly detailed net primary productivity data from another project (ABERG) and compared these to remotely sensed productivity proxies
🧵2: we monitored mammals using camera traps from 250-3600 masl in southeast Peru, and investigated abundance and species richness pattern
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧵2: we monitored mammals using camera traps from 250-3600 masl in southeast Peru, and investigated abundance and species richness pattern
Of course we encounter bats - but also lots of smaller organisms. Moths, dipterans and spiders are the most abundant. And quite a few are covered in various #mold species - I'd be interested in knowing more about them, I assume they are Cordyceps.
February 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Of course we encounter bats - but also lots of smaller organisms. Moths, dipterans and spiders are the most abundant. And quite a few are covered in various #mold species - I'd be interested in knowing more about them, I assume they are Cordyceps.
From squeezing through small tunnels to climbing sharp rocks in complete darkness: around a year ago I started a new hobby - #cave research. And this weekend will be our last #bat survey for this season. Counting them during hibernation makes it much easier to get comparable numbers across seasons 🦇
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
From squeezing through small tunnels to climbing sharp rocks in complete darkness: around a year ago I started a new hobby - #cave research. And this weekend will be our last #bat survey for this season. Counting them during hibernation makes it much easier to get comparable numbers across seasons 🦇
Apart from insects and mammals, we also observed an eerie silence in the usually so vibrant rainforest and assume an effect on other taxa, like reptiles and birds, too. Maybe our article encourages more researchers to investigate this exciting phenomenon! 🧵6/6
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Apart from insects and mammals, we also observed an eerie silence in the usually so vibrant rainforest and assume an effect on other taxa, like reptiles and birds, too. Maybe our article encourages more researchers to investigate this exciting phenomenon! 🧵6/6
In our thermal experiments, insects surprisingly tolerated even lower temperatures than the minimum cold wave temperature🌡️- however, thermal safety margins are narrow ⚠️ 🧵5/6
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In our thermal experiments, insects surprisingly tolerated even lower temperatures than the minimum cold wave temperature🌡️- however, thermal safety margins are narrow ⚠️ 🧵5/6
Using various methods, we assessed biodiversity before, during and after the cold wave and showed a drop in insect and mammal activity during the cold wave. Most groups recovered to the third season. 🧵4/6
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Using various methods, we assessed biodiversity before, during and after the cold wave and showed a drop in insect and mammal activity during the cold wave. Most groups recovered to the third season. 🧵4/6
The drop was visible along a huge elevational gradient. In the lowlands the temperature decreased from ~24 to 10 °C and remained low for almost a week! 🧵3/6
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The drop was visible along a huge elevational gradient. In the lowlands the temperature decreased from ~24 to 10 °C and remained low for almost a week! 🧵3/6
Drawing insect icons for an upcoming paper... Perfect activity for a rainy, grey Sunday afternoon
December 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Drawing insect icons for an upcoming paper... Perfect activity for a rainy, grey Sunday afternoon
Tried something new 🎨
Scientific illustration using aquarelle? Might give posters a nice individual touch...
Scientific illustration using aquarelle? Might give posters a nice individual touch...
November 30, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Tried something new 🎨
Scientific illustration using aquarelle? Might give posters a nice individual touch...
Scientific illustration using aquarelle? Might give posters a nice individual touch...
Making our research publicly accessible - atwe want to encourage people, and kids especially, to value the beauty and importance of nature. My first little children's book is based on my research in Arizona and educates about climate change 🔥🦎
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imun-ev.de
November 30, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Making our research publicly accessible - atwe want to encourage people, and kids especially, to value the beauty and importance of nature. My first little children's book is based on my research in Arizona and educates about climate change 🔥🦎
imun-ev.de
imun-ev.de
Norway 🇳🇴
Challenging but absolutely beautiful 14-day hike through the wild mountains. Couldn't imagine a better summer holiday!
Challenging but absolutely beautiful 14-day hike through the wild mountains. Couldn't imagine a better summer holiday!
November 30, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Norway 🇳🇴
Challenging but absolutely beautiful 14-day hike through the wild mountains. Couldn't imagine a better summer holiday!
Challenging but absolutely beautiful 14-day hike through the wild mountains. Couldn't imagine a better summer holiday!