First field tests completed! I spent the last 10 days in Mauritius, selecting suitable study caves. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social

EORC - Earth Observation Research Cluster@earth-observation.org · 5d ago

Lava tube structures on Mauritius are quite hard to survey – tight, dark, and largely inaccessible to classical scanning equipment. As part of ongoing research by Dr. Kim Lea Holzmann (Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg), we’re excited to be collaborating on…

If you‘re at ATBC 2026 in China and interested in thermal limits: I will speak on „Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects linked to biotic attrition in Amazonian rainforests“ Thursday in Plenary C (A180, 10:15 am) 🌡️🪲🪰

Sometimes, getting data is not easy! #biospeleology #CAVIN

I’m looking for creative students for an exciting transdisciplinary project! Please share with potentially interested people 🎥🌴 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social

Fieldwork season of project #CAVIN has started! Let’s investigate the hidden world 🕷️🕸️🪰 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

A large-scale experiment shows that warmth brings #bees and #wasps out of #hibernation earlier – leaving some of them with poorer starting conditions. New paper @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @funecology.bsky.social #climatechange ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Zu trocken = zu wenig Nachwuchs 🐝 Eine Studie der Uni Würzburg zeigt: Bei Dürre entstehen kaum neue Hummelköniginnen. Ohne sie gibt es keine nächste Generation. Klimawandel trifft auch kleine Tiere. 👉 go.uniwue.de/hummel #Hummel #Klimawandel #Artenvielfalt 📷 Hanno Korten

Interview with National Geographic on climate change effects on tropical insects www.nationalgeographic.com.es/mundo-animal...

Wrote a news article about our recent study on thermal limits🌡️

The Conversation Africa@africa.theconversation.com · 4mo ago

Rising temperatures could quietly wipe out tropical insects—with ripple effects far beyond the bugs themselves. theconversation.com/insects-in-t... #Climate

Insects in the #Amazon could reach their heat thresholds. Rising temperatures already threaten dung beetles. A study conducted by scientists from #Würzburg and #Bremen shows this trend. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @kimholzmann.bsky.social ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-... 📸 Kim Lea Holzmann

Our paper on the drivers of dung beetle diversity along a tropical elevational gradient is now out in #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org 🪲🪲🪲 doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @royalsociety.org @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social

5 years ago I joined a field work campaign in the stunningly beautiful Swedish primary forests, still one of my all-time favourite fieldwork experiences!🌲🌿 Now there is a new study out lead by Didac Pascual and Anders Ahlström from Lund University www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Higher carbon storage in primary than secondary boreal forests in Sweden

Boreal forests provide considerable global land carbon storage and uptake, but they are being rapidly transformed to managed secondary forests, with poorly quantified implications for ecosystem carbon...

science.org

Really happy that a moth made it to the cover of @nature.com! Thanks to my co-author Gunnar Brehm for this great photo 📸 Find our study on thermal limits in this week's issue: www.nature.com/nature/volum... @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

How are Pacific NW mountain birds responding to climate change? I got up at 4:00 am for a month to find out. but first the backstory, or "how I spent seven years telling everyone this project wasn't possible" new paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

In December 2025, my research grant got accepted - meaning, we can now explore a hidden, dark and fascinating world... To find out more about the evolution of thermal tolerances in insects. #CAVIN

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Another highly relevant article putting tropical insects into the spotlight @smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits

Insects in the lowlands will have an especially hard time with rising temperatures, a new study suggests

smithsonianmag.com

Ready to start your own lab? Interested in #GlobalChange,#Biodiversity and #Ecosystem#Resilience? Join us in Göttingen - we are looking for a (female) Junior Research Group Leader in #EcologicalNovelty. Attractive conditions, see euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415857 - please share widely if you can!

Another great article featuring our research published in @nature.com Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits

Vast study in Peru and Kenya confirms limited defenses against rising temperatures, redoubling climate concerns

science.org

There is also an amazing news article in @nature.com on our recent paper in the same journal. Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects

An assessment of sensitivity to increasing temperature for thousands of insect species in mountainous terrain reveals a risk of insect biodiversity loss in tropical lowlands.

nature.com

Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

Nature@nature.com · 5mo ago

Nature research paper: Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature go.nature.com/4ua5R82

🌿 Save the Date: ECTE 2026 in Passau! 🌿 We’re excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology (ECTE) will take place from February 23–27, 2026 at the University of Passau, Germany. 🔗 More information: gtoe2026-passau.de 📬 Contact: ecte26@uni-passau.de

New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! We investigated how forest structural heterogeneity and climate influence temperate dung beetles in production forests. 🪲

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg@uni-wuerzburg.de · 6mo ago

Canopy openings can harm the biodiversity of dung #beetles 🪲: Scientists of the University of Würzburg examined 234 areas in eleven #forests across Germany. Rising temperatures exacerbate the problem. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-... 📸 Johanna Asch

🌿 Turn your passion for nature into action: Study Global Change Ecology where ecosystems meet cutting-edge science — in Germany 🇩🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴. 🧭 Fieldwork 🌍 Global impact 🎓 Double degree At MERGE, you don’t just learn about change — you become part of the solution. 🔗 Ready to start? Link in bio.

#NatuRAproject #ecosystemgasfluxes in the #drakensberg with a custom made tent setup and a @li-corenv.bsky.social LI-7810. @anna-dam.bsky.social on the chain ladder to the high site. @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @vvandvik.bsky.social @audhalbritter.bsky.social

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

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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

Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊

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