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Benjamin Wildermuth
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Arthropod ecology in different ecosystems. (Functional) diversity, community composition, trophic niches, plant-animal interactions, temporal & spatial patterns
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · Mar 19
New publications from the EnriCo RTG framework
Canopy structure explains arthropod #diversity better than tree species identity
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Admixing non-native conifers to native forests does not reduce canopy beetle #diversity
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Julian Schrader @julianschrader.bsky.social · 13h
Paper out in Ecology Letters!

We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography
Resurveyed Island Vegetation Reveals That Species Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked to Traits
We show that species richness and community trait composition on 132 Australian islands remained stable over six decades, despite high species turnover. Colonisation and extinction probabilities were....
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 17h
Hi @gsalazr.bsky.social welcome to the blue side and congrats on your paper!
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Fabian A. Boetzl @fboetzl.bsky.social · 1d
Very excited to share our latest paper: We investigated landscape-scale predictors of #insect pest damage to #sugarbeet showing that the species’ ecology is determining their responses making unified approaches difficult #agroecology #pestcontrol www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 1d
🔎 We conducted a global meta-analysis of 3,135 data comparisons from 296 papers to quantify the effects of removing plant consumers on plant biomass, diversity, reproduction, and survival.🌵

📖 Read the full study here: buff.ly/mWrBVsy
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EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enricounigoe.bsky.social · 2d
Today at 3pm CEST, EnriCo-alumna Larissa Topanotti will talk about navigating her scientific work through forest ecology, management and life' twists 🌲🌍🍺
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/forest+re...
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David Kleijn @davidkleijn.bsky.social · 4d
Intensifying grassland management leads to massive loss of arthropod species. However, total arthropod numbers remain more or less stable. Many losers, few winners. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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MTA-SZTE Applied Ecology Research Group @appecolab.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks to their special microclimate, #SolarParks provide suitable habitats for winter-active predatory #Arthropods, serving as important sources of pest control in nearby agricultural areas. ❄️🕷️
See our joint publication with Czech and Hungarian researchers👇🏻: doi.org/10.1111/een....
Solar parks provide heterogeneous habitats for winter‐active ground‐dwelling predatory arthropods
Forest provides stable temperature and high humidity, harbouring mainly forest-associated winter-active ground-dwelling predatory arthropods. Grassland and abandoned farmland experience extreme temp...
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
Right, there is of course also a novel ethical dimension, so yes, add that to the part which needs to be taught more widespread
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
Agreed, posts are always a bit short and can be unclear, sorry, I'm too lazy for a thread.
All the things you say are part of my sentence "it's one question what we should keep teaching".
But that's unrelated to the necessity of learning how to use AI :)
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
What skills we should keep teaching is one question, but there's no way around starting to teach prompting, critically evaluating and prompting to critically evaluate AI. Should be in every curriculum. AI is here and avoiding it is just as useful as avoiding a calculator or R for that matter.
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 4d
The sound is like a blanket!
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BugNet @bugnet.bsky.social · 5d
Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉

BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:

📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...
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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 13d
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 7d
Mixed plant and arthropod biodiversity responses to solar park establishment on former agricultural lands 🦋

Suggests that, while biodiversity can increase in solar parks post-conversion compared to previous land use, not all taxonomic groups benefit from this change 🌏🧪

doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 8d
In a @sceneuog.bsky.social research group meeting led by students discussing research funding. Does anyone have a link to databases/websites detailing small grant funding for ecological research?
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 8d
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
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Zach Urness @oregonoutdoors.bsky.social · 10d
Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger.

What is Douglas fir dieback? Where is it happening? What is being done? tinyurl.com/5n9amvx6
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Mark Wong @markklwong.bsky.social · 11d
Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
Join — Sydney Functional Ecology
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Francesco Polazzo @fancescopolazzo.bsky.social · 12d
New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability
This study shows that the distribution of species' fundamental responses to environmental change, quantified by a new metric, imbalance, is a key driver of ecological stability. In a large microcosm ...
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Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 13d
🌿🦋 Interested in how #land-use intensity shapes #moth communities? Check out this BE-paper in @animalecology.bsky.social
🌳 #Forests host higher abundance & diversity than grasslands. 🌡️Temperature is a key factor. It's all a complex interplay of habitat , LUI and weather.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🌐
Habitat and land‐use intensity shape moth community structure across temperate forest and grassland
This study reveals how land-use intensity, plant diversity, weather and artificial light interact to shape moth diversity across forests and grasslands. Using 300 plots across Germany, we highlight h...
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Blanca Arroyo-Correa @blancaac.bsky.social · 12d
What sustains biodiversity? 🌿🌸🐝🐦‍⬛ It’s not just about species, it’s also about individuals.
 
Our new paper in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecol. Monogr. shows how the way individuals specialize on their mutualistic partners can scale up to shape species persistence.
 
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Bridging the gap between individual specialization and species persistence in mutualistic communities
Mutualistic interactions among organisms are fundamental to the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Yet, the study of community dynamics often relies on values averaged at the species level, igno...
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 13d
🛢️Long-range pollen transport across the North Sea: Insights from migratory hoverflies landing on a remote oil rig ➡️ buff.ly/C6Jp8UK
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Giacomo Puglielli @gpuglielli.bsky.social · 14d
Working with individual trait data and functional trait spaces and bored about means?

With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces
www.nature.com
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 14d
Haha, yeah, I think I'm also more used to low levels of interaction, posts with like 10 likes feel kind of viral :D
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 14d
Fair enough, but I'd suspect that you underestimate your reach here :)
Anyway, people, don't be greedy with your likes, Bartosz is not the first one I hear from who is shifting more focus to Linkedin due to the ongoing interaction desertification here.
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