Our paper on how understorey vegetation responds to enhanced forest structure was just published @jappliedecology.bsky.social! We found an increase in alpha- and gamma-diversity driven by heterogeneity in light conditions at the landscape-scale 🌱🌳🥬 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Enhancing structural heterogeneity in managed forest landscapes promotes gamma but not beta diversity in understorey plant communities

Our findings highlight the benefits of enhancing structural heterogeneity for understorey plant diversity in managed forest landscapes. Specifically, management strategies that create a spatial mosai...

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🦌 Roe deer effects on herb-layer vegetation depend on canopy context. Roe deer alter shrub cover, herb species richness, and functional diversity in contrasting ways, revealing context-dependent pathways of understorey change 👉️ buff.ly/bnWYT8h

📖 New paper📖 Mapping the next forest generation reveals multiple regeneration gaps across German forests🌳 🌱 🔎 Read more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Please read this. I think a lot of people (even in science) shrug this off with the good old "we didn't have it easy either"... 🤷‍♀️ Prevalence and severity of mental health problems in early-career researchers: a systematic review and meta-analysis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prevalence and severity of mental health problems in early-career researchers: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour

Mental health concerns among early-career researchers are increasingly gaining attention. This preregistered systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis quantifies psychological distress among earl...

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Zehntausende protestieren für rasche Energiewende

Bundesweit haben Zehntausende Menschen für eine schnellere Energiewende demonstriert. Der Bundesregierung warfen sie vor, die falschen Ziele zu verfolgen. Im Zentrum der Kritik: Wirtschaftsministerin ...

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The new Master's programme in Ecological Forecasting at UBT and JMU Würzburg is looking to employ six lecturers and a program coordinator! For more information, please contact Prof. Steven Higgins (www.pfloek.uni-bayreuth.de/en/team/higg...).

We have a growing collection of resources for women in ecology that support, celebrate and advocate for women's roles in research and practice.  Check our collection of resources here 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/gtwczvuefr

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon - Europe’s landscapes for 23 Myr were mostly tree- & flower-rich mosaics shaped by large herbivores, not dense #forests, see our new synthesis www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #forests #woodlands #paleoecology #nature #trees #refiorestation

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon

A new, comprehensive study shows that Europe’s landscapes over the past more than 20 million years have predominantly been a mosaic of grasslands, scrub and woodlands of varying density. A light...

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Open position as research associate in our Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation group @leuphana.bsky.social. Limited to 1 year, but an ideal chance to gain teaching experience and develop independent research 🍃🌳🗻🌱. Apply until March 26. Details: tinyurl.com/yc6dnr8p

Come work with us! 🧪🌐🧑‍💻🌿🐸❄️ I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7 @ipcc.bsky.social

Between the Fjords Research Group@btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌍Come work with us! We are hiring a postdoc in Climate Change Ecology. In this position, you will work on Climate Change synthesis research, and assist the upcoming IPCC report (CH14: impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and cryosphere) 🌿🐸❄️ Deadline: 8 March More information: tinyurl.com/2c83uakz

Wie viele #Vögel leben in 🇩🇪, welche Arten kommen vor, wie entwickeln sich deren Populationen? Das ermittelt ADEBAR 2, das (vermutlich) größte deutsche Citizen Science-Projekt des Jahrzehnts, das jetzt in die zweite Saison geht geht. /🧵1 adebar.dda-web.de/intro

💐 Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the remarkable contributions women make across STEM disciplines. 💚 #WomenInScience

We have two PhD positions available in our working group! BETA-FOR + DIVERSA 🌿🌱🌳🍃 Also check out our lab website tinyurl.com/45b88d52

Sylvia Haider@sylvia-haider.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴 Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team. Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx #Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits

4 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions @betafor.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/5452zukw All about forest BEF research in a beta-diversity experiment 🌳🍃🐜. While I have roughly a year left on my contract, there’s already a call for the next PhD student working on understorey vegetation in BETA-FOR🌱. Happy to chat!

4 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions (respective place of work in the text) in forest [...]

Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU) and its partner Universities Georg-August-University of Göttingen (GAUG), Leipzig University (UL), University of Bayreuth (UB), Universität Bremen (UB), Un...

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We are happy to announce that we will continue investigating interesting topics around forest management and biodiversity! If you like to work in an interdisciplinary team and are interested in forest ecology, please have a look at our exciting new opportunities: www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...

4 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions (respective place of work in the text) in forest [...]

Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU) and its partner Universities Georg-August-University of Göttingen (GAUG), Leipzig University (UL), University of Bayreuth (UB), Universität Bremen (UB), Un...

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We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍 📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration? 💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models? 🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town? Come and join us at KIT! Application details: t1p.de/qctj7

"Ecological Forecasting" - the new Master of Science study program at the University of Bayreuth www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/master/ec...

Ecological Forecasting, Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Ob Bachelor-, Master-, Lehramt- oder Jura-Studium: An der Uni Bayreuth findest du sicher den passenden Studiengang.

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I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

Two positions in arthropod ecology in our institute, come work with us at Leuphana! 🪲🕷️🦗🐜

Benjamin Wildermuth@bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Prof Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social is currently offering two 3-year positions in arthropod 🪲🕷️🦗 ecology in the @bexplo.bsky.social framework (apply until January 14th): PhD (65%): www.leuphana.de/en/universit... Research associate (50% ): www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

Happy to share that our paper is out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social 😄 Experimentally increasing structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes (deadwood + canopy gaps) boosts taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hoverflies 🪰🌳 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Experimental enhancement of structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes promotes multidimensional hoverfly diversity

Our results provide the first experimental evidence that enhancing structural heterogeneity at the landscape scale can restore multidimensional hoverfly diversity in temperate forests. They underscor...

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In trees, intraspecific and intraindividual leaf trait variability decrease along a gradient of tree species richness and are an important part of functional diversity in forest stands, Our new paper is already out in @natcomms.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414... Want to know more about it? 🧵

Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment - Nature Communications

In forests, trait expression is influenced by tree-tree interactions. Castro Sánchez-Bermejo et al. show how phenotypic variability of tree species decreases with tree diversity and contributes import...

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Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...

Over 2,600🌳 #trees during the 2018–2020 #drought : • Traits disadvantageous in normal years became beneficial under drought • Trees grew better with neighbours whose hydro-functional traits differed from their own 🗞️Paper out now @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hydro‐Functional Traits and Their Dissimilarity to the Neighbourhood Buffer Tree Growth Against the 2018–2020 Central European Drought

Climate change is putting forests at risk. Our research shows that a tree's water-use strategy largely determines its growth across years: whereas one strategy performs better in normal years, the ot....

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New paper out 🌱📄: More light in canopy gaps 🌤️ does not offset the loss of tree diversity caused by roe deer browsing 🦌. In paired exclosure experiments, roe deer browsing cut tree diversity by half🌳. Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Light and ungulate browsing interact in shaping future woody plant diversity through natural regeneration

Our results provide strong evidence that in the current context of increasing tree mortality and subsequent light availability, roe deer act as a keystone species. It is crucial to implement browsing....

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Deer browsing limits forest diversity – even in the light. New study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Würzburg ecologists and others: Even sunny canopy gaps cannot offset the impact of roe deer on forest regeneration. 🦌🌳☀️ ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

🌿👏 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar, BayCEER, and University of Bayreuth, on receiving the Bavarian State Medal for outstanding services to the environment! ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/umweltmedail... #BayCEER #UniBayreuth #Ecology #Insects #Sustainability

Würdigung für jahrelanges Engagement

Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar hat die Bayerische Staatsmedaille für herausragende Verdienste um die Umwelt erhalten.

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Happy this paper is published! Testing for biotic homogenization of plant communities through the addition of non-native species along mountain roads across multiple spatial scales onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species Despite Mixed Effects at Smaller Scales

Aim Mountain ecosystems are experiencing increased invasion of non-native plants. These increases in non-native species put mountains at risk of biotic homogenisation and a reduction of biodiversity.....

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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero