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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 8d

📢Check out our latest BE-publication on #invertebrate 🐞abundance in #grasslands 🌱 published in @basicapplecol.bsky.social.

Reducing land use (single late #mowing) increased #insects by +41% after 1 yr and +99% after 3 yrs.
Species diversity, however, remained unchanged.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

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Catrin Westphal @catrinwestphal.bsky.social · 10d

🎉 Great team success! New publication just came out — the result of inspiring group discussions led by @teja-tscharntke.bsky.social It's fantastic to have such a collaborative spirit in the lab!

Biodiversity conservation needs mix of measures and collaboration

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

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 18d

Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...

Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks

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Christian Hof @christianhof.bsky.social · Sep 4

Amazing keynote by Zuzana Burivalova at #gfoe2025 on soundscapes, African tropical forests, and conservation. www.soundforestlab.org/soundscapeba...

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Christian Hof @christianhof.bsky.social · Sep 2

A truly amazing highlight of #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de yesterday evening: Jan Haft and members of the Orchestras of Change with their „Climate and Wilderness show“

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Esme Ashe-Jepson @esme-ashe.bsky.social · Aug 31

Can we harness the knowledge of local or amateur entomologists to investigate long-term change? 🤔 I’ll be demonstrating how observations of the natural world can be translated into meaningful data and trends at @gfoesoc.bsky.social Thurs 12:15pm 0.001 📚🏫

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · Aug 30

Why are we losing arthropod biomass? Because we're losing species? Because of which species we lose? Or because of declining abundances?

Synthesizing time series from @jena-experiment.bsky.social & @bexplo.bsky.social I will present some answers @gfoesoc.bsky.social
#gfoe2025

Tue 2 Sept, 11 am 🕷️🪲

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Keynote Speakers for #Gfoe2025!

We're thrilled to announce our seven exceptional keynote speakers who will be sharing their groundbreaking research and insights at this year's conference.

Get ready to be inspired by experts who are shaping the future of #Ecology and environmental science.

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Julia Rothacher @juliarothacher.bsky.social · Aug 29

All set! ✨
Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉
Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · Aug 29

Things are shaping up. Thanks to everyone who was involved today for #gfoe2025 !

Poster room with view outside window front.

Hubland campus bridge with conference banner.

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · Aug 29

@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @earth-observation.org

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

Thanks for a gorgeous works outing which we enjoyed recently in the „Frankonian Switzerland“ - on the river Wiesent and in the „Devils cave“ in Pottenstein. It‘s wonderful to work with such a great team!

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Jul 31

📰Published📰What soil animals eat: It’s more who you are than where you feed🍽️

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What soil animals eat: It’s more who you are than where you feed

Amelie Hauer, Anton Potapov, Ajuan Zhang, Andrey G. Zuev, Melanie M. Pollierer This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Soil is full of lif…

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Was hab ich eigentlich gelernt in meinen bisherigen Jahren als Juniorprofessorin, & was hätte ich gern früher gewusst? 6 Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne TT kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation: letzte Woche @hhu.de, heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss! #IchBinHanna

Was ich gern früher gewusst hätte: Persönliche Zwischenevaluation seit meinem Ruf und #IchBinHanna-Beginn

Sechs Einsichten einer wissenschaftspolitisch (hyper-)aktiven Juniorprofessorin ohne Tenure Track kurz vor ihrer Zwischenevaluation!

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 9

🎉✨Great 2025 edition of the Earthworm 🪱 charming championship. 17 teams participating including a kids' team and an international team💪! The soil was very dry, but we had a winnner: the PFAS team from the Luis Bolk found 10 earthworms🪱🪱✨ So many different strategies applied to charm the earthworms😀

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · May 9

This is so cool! Great idea!!

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The Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · May 7

We made the cover!
Congrats Maximilian Bröcher, @ebelingae.bsky.social et al.
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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · May 7

The handsome click beetle on the cover of Ecology's May issue is one of nearly 1,400 arthropods (insects, spiders & the like) from Germany's Jena Experiment whose traits are compiled in a new Data Paper by Bröcher et al.

Find the full issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170...

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · May 7

As just correctly pointed out by @christina-hn.bsky.social the extension is until May 12th, not 15th! Thanks!

Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · May 7

The @gfoesoc.bsky.social #gfoe2025 deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission has just been extended to May 15th. If you did not make it for some reason, please submit your abstracts now!

Screenshot of the website showing the extension announcement

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · May 7

12th, sorry - as written on the website! Good catch!

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · May 7

The @gfoesoc.bsky.social #gfoe2025 deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission has just been extended to May 15th. If you did not make it for some reason, please submit your abstracts now!

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · Feb 17

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS:
#GfÖ Annual Meeting
2025 September 01 to 05, 2025
in #Würzburg, Germany

For first announcement and
procedures sessions and call for workshops:
gfoe.org/sites/defaul...

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Rémy Beugnon @remybeugnon.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣 New paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 📣

We are delighted to share our latest piece

🚜Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress ♨️

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress

Soil microbes are crucial for healthy ecosystems, but climate change and intensive farming may reduce their functioning. We tested how heat stress affects microbial respiration in soils under differe....

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Suz Everingham @suzeveringham.bsky.social · Apr 23

Our paper on the integration of biodiversity-disease and biodiversity-herbivore relationships is out now! Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting us through #sDiv working group funding to bring together two typically disparate fields in ecology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Benjamin Delory @benjamindelory.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨PhD position in Functional Plant Diversity and Community Assembly available in Prof. Vicky Temperton's group (@7toucans.bsky.social) at the Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany).

Deadline: May 4, 2025 🧪🌍

www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

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