Benjamin Wildermuth

@bmwildermuth.bsky.social

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
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Malte Jochum, Benjamin Wildermuth

Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 4h

Registration for the #BE20Conference is now open.
We’re celebrating 20 years of the Biodiversity Exploratories with our first international conference. ✨
We appreciate when the news circulates in the community.
www.biodiversity-exploratories.de/de/be20/

See you there. 🙂

@dfg.de @sgn.one

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 5h

🕷️ Evaluation of BugBox, a software platform for AI-assisted bioinventories of arthropods

📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/3GMV0Is

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Benjamin Wildermuth

Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 7h

Many ecological studies assume that space-for-time substitutions can be proxies for missing time series. Here the authors show congruence between the two in the direction but not the magnitude of plant and arthropod community responses to land-use intensification 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congruent direction but different magnitude of biodiversity response to land-use intensification in space and time - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Many ecological studies assume that space-for-time substitution approaches can be suitable proxies for unavailable time series. Here the authors show congruence between the two approaches in the direc...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Akira Mori, Benjamin Wildermuth

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 8h

#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in #ForestEcology, DNA-based biodiversity assessments, #Bioinformatics, and experimental planning? Our #ForestEntomology Group offers a 2-year #PostDoc position 🌳🧬💻: apply.refline.ch/273855/1798/... #ScienceJobs #eDNA

Job offer: PostDoc in “Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in European forests in the face of global changes” 80-100% (f/m/d)
The aim of the projects is to investigate the impact of global changes on temperate forests toward designing management plans that allows ecosystem resilience and high levels of biodiversity. Within these projects, you will develop standard and more efficient ecological monitoring methodologies to understand how different aspects of biodiversity and/or associated ecosystem processes, in particular deadwood decomposition, in forests are altered by global change factors such as climate change, disturbances, and management-induced structural changes at different spatial and temporal scales. Through this research, you will gain a better mechanistic understanding of these relationships as a basis for predicting future changes related to management decisions and climate change. To measure biodiversity, you will use cutting-edge DNA-based methods, such as e-DNA metabarcoding of fungi, from soil and dead wood, and detecting arthropods and mammals from vegetation surfaces. Data on biodiversity and forest functions will be analyzed in an interdisciplinary manner. Depending on your skills and expertise, you can focus on more technical aspects of biodiversity quantification using eDNA, fundamental ecological research questions on modelling ecosystem processes or the more applied design of management practices. You are expected to publish your findings in high-impact journals and present them at international conferences.
You hold a PhD degree in Biology or Environmental Sciences or in a related field and have a strong background forest ecology, in DNA-based biodiversity assessments (e-DNA metabarcoding), bioinformatics and multivariate statistical analyses, and/or experimental planning. Furthermore, we expect very good knowledge in R programming, a good command of English, as well as strong skills in scientific paper writing.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 22h

Divergent Trends in Insect Disturbance Across Europe's Temperate and Boreal Forests

🔗 buff.ly/APK3ybC

Reposted by Christian Hof, Benjamin Wildermuth

Jean-Philippe Lessard @bugecology.bsky.social · 22h

Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!

Possible topics include:

Determinants of range limits

Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)

The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage

Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

PhD position opening in community and biogeography

PhD Position in Community Ecology & Biogeography, Montreal, Canada Our research group at Concordia University investigates the forces enabling the maintenance, and governing the distribution, of biol...

docs.google.com

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 22h

Sure, but I suspect that the nature brand still attracts people disproportionately and in the past, before the npj and communications series were launched, maybe a lot of good stuff came straight down from Nature subject journals because people were happy to just click transfer? 🤷

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 1d

A new #Opinion piece in #RESSystematicEnt discusses how declining rates of species description call for improved taxonomic strategies, using insights from a megadiverse #insect order
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70019

#Taxonomy #SpeciesDescription #Diptera
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen worse, I assume you tried different model families or a transformation of your response? You're not too far off, the histogram looks promising. qqplots are almost never perfect, at least not with real, interesting data :D

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, 100%, it is not good for ECRs if some journals have the reputation of a 50:50 chance of rigorous quality control. High quality non-novel stuff is important and if we have no reputable place for it, scientific misconduct will increase.

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 1d

Haha, rude :D

(I've read the next reply too, don't worry, but your statement is still funny)

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 1d

haha, what, in Scientific Reports, that's not a great signal.

To be honest, I will have to increse my game in reviewing figures, because I have to admit that while my current attention to figures would suffice to spot this one, it might miss one Fexcectorn if the rest is fine 😬

Reposted by Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Joshua S. Lynn, Benjamin Wildermuth

Paul Kardol @paulkardol.bsky.social · 1d

Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Reposted by Julia Koricheva, Benjamin Wildermuth

Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 2d

The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...

Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos

Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...

nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Graeme S. Cumming, Sébastien Villéger , and 2 more Brian J. Enquist, Graeme S. Cumming, Sébastien Villéger, Nicolas Loiseau, Benjamin Wildermuth

Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 2d

Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions

Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds

Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett

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

🌐🌍🦤🪴🍁🧪

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 2d

“Energy is pyramidal. Species richness is not.”
www.maraujolab.eu/2025/11/26/e...

Energy is pyramidal. Species richness is not -

Biomass pyramids do not translate into diversity pyramids, a global study shows. The new research also finds a […]

www.maraujolab.eu

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Paul Williams @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social · 2d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications

Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 3d

Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026!
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026

👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: We cannot continue to pump CO2 into the Atmosphere without re-arranging the Biosphere. Ellen Welti and I analyze datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research site at Konza Prairie and reveal wholesale reorganization of plant biomass and biogeochemistry, with implications for its food web.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 4d

Can high biodiversity and agricultural productivity be reconciled? A community model of the bird–arthropod food web in African cocoa agroforestry indicates that low-intensity farming practices favour certain bird species and enhance the abundance of potential pollinators. doi.org/10.1002/eap....

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Adrien Rusch @arusch.bsky.social · 4d

🌾 Overall, cover crop choice matters: diverse cover crop maximize ecosystem benefits, while herbicide-based management reduces them. 🏞️ Surrounding semi-natural habitats (grasslands, woodlots) amplify positive effects of local mgmt especially for natural pest control (Photo: S. Richart-Cervera)

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 4d

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv

Effect of #LandUseChange on #Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the #deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70039

@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Photo credit: Kleyton Rezende Ferreira

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 4d

👩‍🔬 New job opportunity! We're offering a 3-year position within a project focused on rewilding and ecological restoration in Doñana National Park.

The selected candidate will support the implementation and monitoring of environmental remote sensors systems.

Info: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...

Reposted by Craig R. Primmer, Sabina Burrascano, Stefan Pinkert , and 1 more Craig R. Primmer, Sabina Burrascano, Stefan Pinkert, Benjamin Wildermuth

Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 4d

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...

doi.org

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 4d

Google Scholar is trying AI, and it's not too bad: scholar.google.com/scholar_labs... I like that it mainly ranks papers by relevance (and gives a quick assessment), and let you read the actual titles, etc...

scholar.google.com

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 6d

#hiring again! We are looking for the Technical Assistant to make our field experiment of the #Diversitorium running. Located at #IhingerHof at the @unihohenheim.bsky.social you can take the chance to join #TeamTERRA!

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 7d

iDiv and @unihalle.bsky.social are hiring!📣 New job offer for a technical assistant (full time) at the lab of @jon-chase03.bsky.social - check it out and apply by 27 Nov!
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

Job Openings

Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.

www.idiv.de

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research @forestryoup.bsky.social · 7d

Out now:

A synthesis on open canopy conditions from forest management on biodiversity by Larsen-Gray and colleagues. 🌲🪵

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/fore...

A two-part schematic showing an overview of open canopy pine (Pinus species), OCP conditions within a private, working forest landscape. The top section provides an overview of how OCP conditions are generally defined and maintained in a managed pine system, along with examples of wildlife taxa that respond positively to these conditions. The lower section offers a conceptual view of an example landscape, highlighting areas with OCP conditions and indicating, as examples, typical wildlife taxa found there. Created in https://BioRender.com.

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Julie L. Lockwood, Jesse M. Alston , and 1 more Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Julie L. Lockwood, Jesse M. Alston, Benjamin Wildermuth

Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · 7d

There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!

2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...

1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...

biodiversity.ubc.ca

Reposted by Robin J. Pakeman, Patrick A. Jansen, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more Robin J. Pakeman, Patrick A. Jansen, Stephen D. Murphy, Elise S. Gornish, Benjamin Wildermuth

Tom Finch @tfinch.bsky.social · 8d

📣Job vacancy!📣

Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

#ConservationScience 🌍

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation

Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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