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Dr. Thomas Hiller

@drthomashiller.bsky.social
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PostDoc @UniUlm ecology of habitat fragmentation | landuse change | biodiversity | tropics | birds, bats & batflies | he/him

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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🐸 New paper out! A huge shout-out to David, Marit & Torben, who put a tremendous amount of work into this project! 🎉 Can passive acoustic monitoring help detect invasive species early? We combined a systematic review + a field study on invasive American bullfrogs link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for early detection of invasive animal species: a systematic review and a case study - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Invasive animal species are spreading rapidly across the globe, creating an urgent need for efficient early-detection and monitoring tools. Passive acoustic monitoring has become an established method...
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🐸 New paper out! A huge shout-out to David, Marit & Torben, who put a tremendous amount of work into this project! 🎉 Can passive acoustic monitoring help detect invasive species early? We combined a systematic review + a field study on invasive American bullfrogs link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for early detection of invasive animal species: a systematic review and a case study - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Invasive animal species are spreading rapidly across the globe, creating an urgent need for efficient early-detection and monitoring tools. Passive acoustic monitoring has become an established method...
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Jianguo (Jingle) Wu @jwulandscape.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Farmland bird diversity requires heterogeneity between and within habitats - Landscape Ecology
Context Birds are declining worldwide, with farmland birds disproportionately affected. Most studies on farmland birds focus on single habitat types, yet agriculturally dominated landscapes are mosaic...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for early detection of invasive animal species: a systematic review and a case study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for early detection of invasive animal species: a systematic review and a case study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Nature @nature.com · 12/04/2026
Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation go.nature.com/3O6gR6t
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Young tropical forests help to reverse biodiversity losses
Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation.
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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Good news! #Biodiversity🦜🐜🐒🐸 in a tropical #rainforest 🌴🇪🇨can naturally recover quickly 📈 (if the conditions are suitable = enough surrounding forest). Our new study in #Nature #forestecol #restoration @jocotoco.bsky.social www.reassembly.de/posts/recove... www.reassembly.de/news/rainfor...
Nature conservation e.g. by NGO Fundacion Jocotoco, can help to bend the curve of biodiversity decline. The graph shows how large parts of the diversity comes back due to natural regeneraion of a rainforest. It illustrates the main finding of our study published in Nature: Protection restores 90% of species diversity in 30 years.
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Our natural history note is out now onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/H6UQ4M...
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New study alert! Sexually selected vocalizations of Greater Mouse-Eared Bats We recorded male Myotis myotis in mating roosts and found complex vocalizations with an individual signature and pronounced seasonal variation. Check it out! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
More evidence of bats chasing down and eating migratory birds at night 🦇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New paper! We looked at how temperature and humidity affect a fungal parasite on a ladybird in an article in @royentsoc.bsky.social's Ecological Entomology. 🐞🍄 You can find the full journal highlight here: www.royensoc.co.uk/news/tempera...
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How temperature and humidity affect a common fungal parasite in an invasive ladybird - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society journal Ecological Entomology has recently published an article on which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird. The researchers hig...
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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Why did we use a hot dog roller for this? Did the ladybirds just enjoy it like a fairground ride? I explain here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46JW...
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Effects of temperature on ladybird - Journal Highlights
YouTube video by Royal Entomological Society
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Our latest research highlights the importance of dry grasslands for bats 🦇🦇🦇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
New paper out! We found that in pipistrelle bats, social vocalizations carry a stronger phylogenetic signal than echolocation calls, suggesting the former evolve more slowly, while the latter remains flexible and shaped by the environment. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
☀️Our July Issue is out now!☀️ 📙On the cover: The purple-throated carib, a large hummingbird endemic to the islands of the Lesser Antilles. Photo credit: Maximilian Vollstädt🐦 Read it here👇 buff.ly/2ohUs7e 🧪🌍
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Happy to see this paper led by David Becker about his MSc thesis on the effects of forest fragmentation on bird-fruit networks in Costa Rica published in @biotropica.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/btp....
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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks
Our study in northern Costa Rica found that larger forest fragments and greater forest cover boost frugivore species richness and strengthen the modularity and robustness of plant–frugivore networks,....
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Happy to see this paper led by David Becker about his MSc thesis on the effects of forest fragmentation on bird-fruit networks in Costa Rica published in @biotropica.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/btp....
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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks
Our study in northern Costa Rica found that larger forest fragments and greater forest cover boost frugivore species richness and strengthen the modularity and robustness of plant–frugivore networks,....
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Behavioral ecology can inform conservation – and male bats must be part of the picture! Mating roosts are vital for reproduction, so they should receive the same protection as nursery roosts. Plus, males yodel there...😅 nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
New paper led by Wande Li highlighting the importance of migratory birds as seed disperser in fragmented landscapes. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Redirecting
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Evan Fricke @efricke.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
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Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of...
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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The role of insularity: plants have few ornithophilous traits but are visited by morphologically more distinct hummingbirds in the Caribbean islands doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
📰Published📰 The role of insularity: plants have few ornithophilous traits but are visited by morphologically more distinct hummingbirds in the Caribbean islands🌺 buff.ly/aLG0JDa 🧪🌍
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The role of insularity: plants have few ornithophilous traits but are visited by morphologically more distinct hummingbirds in the Caribbean islands
Maximillian G. R. Vollstädt, Rasmus D. Jensen, Pietro K. Maruyama, Matthias Schleuning, Francielle P. Araújo-Hoffmann, Marlies Sazima, Jesper Sonne, Taia S. O. Schrøder, Fredrik Møller-Stranges, St…
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can...
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biogeo_papers @biogeopapers.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Host-Parasite Association Dynamics Influence Dispersal and Population Genetics of Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus, Le Conte 1831) Ectoparasites pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40290390
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
How Do Bats Find Artificial Roosts? Surprisingly, our study found that bats' previous experience with artificial roosts mattered more than enhanced detectability! Read more in our new paper! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Photo by Anja Bergmann
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Mirjam Knörnschild @berlinbatlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Dan Riskin from The Bat Signal created an awesome video about our latest article on individual recognition in bats. Check it out! youtu.be/9ihFaauZjIo?...
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The Bat Signal: Bats Are Smart
YouTube video by Dan Riskin
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Gebrüder Reiner Krumbacher Silber Wie eine Zeitreise - die Silbermanufaktur Reiner im schwäbischen Krumbach wurde vor 150 Jahren gegründet und ist bis heute in Familienbesitz. Auch an der Art, wie edles Silberbesteck dort hergestellt wird, hat sich so gut wie nichts verändert. br.de/s/7D8R8Pq
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Gebrüder Reiner: Krumbacher Silber | BR.de
In der Silbermanufaktur Gebrüder Reiner in Krumbach wird seit 150 Jahren Silberbesteck hergestellt. Die Maschinen sind Vintage Originale, es wirkt wie ein Lost Place dort
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International Bat Research Conference 2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🦇 Registrations are now open for the 20th International Bat Research Conference (Cairns, Australia, 3-8 Aug 2025)! Abstract submissions for presentations are also open. More info: ibrc.org #ibrc2025 #ausbats #bats
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International Bat Research Conference 2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Join us in Cairns, Australia, for the 20th International Bat Research Conference #IBRC2025! Check out www.ibrc.org to register, submit abstracts and get more info. 🌏 #bats
Image shows the conference logo, a digital artwork of a mother and pup spectacled flying-fox and a fan palm.
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Here we go 🦇🐦
Hand holding a conference badge for the meeting of the society of tropical ecology meeting in Amsterdam
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Congrats Danny, well deserved 🥳 🦇+🪰+🍄
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Had not noticed this, thank you
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Please add me 🦇
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Size matching between fruits and bill gapes differentially affects gulper and masher frugivorous birds doi.org/10.1111/oik.10978 @nordicoikos.bsky.social #fruittraits #frugivores #mutualisticinteractions #traitmatching #ecosystemfunctioning #seeddispersal
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Bat Research Team @bat-cesco.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🦇 [NEW PAPER] 🔎 The first economic estimate of bat ecosystem services for rice in the American continent was estimated between $3.39/ha and $8.03/ha 💲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Bats over rice: Assessing the contribution of insectivorous bats to pest suppression in Mexican rice fields
Rice is one of the most important crops for humanity since more than half of the world’s population depends on it as their main source of nourishment.…
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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
#BatsAndFarms #NewPaper Planting diverse crops and adding hedgerows or trees on farms helps bats find food and supports farmland biodiversity. Additional structure on the edges of farm fields is an easy way for farms to help mitigate impacts to biodiversity. 🦇🌎🧪🦊 link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Happy to see this finally out in #landscapeecology How do more diverse agricultural landscapes and smaller fields affect the forging activity of #bats 🦇 doi.org/10.1007/s109...
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Enhanced crop diversity but not smaller field size benefit bats in agricultural landscapes - Landscape Ecology
Context Farmland biodiversity continues to decline due to the expansion and intensification of agriculture. Historically, efforts to conserve farmland biodiversity have focused on conserving habitats ...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 17/01/2025
A nice example of where Bluesky, rather than Twitter, is higher both in number of users sharing AND total upper bound of combined followers. www.altmetric.com/details/1729...
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Report for: Enhanced crop diversity but not smaller field size benefit bats in agricultural landscapes
This research output is being tracked across social media, newspapers and reference managers by Altmetric.
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Dr. Thomas Hiller @drthomashiller.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Happy to see this finally out in #landscapeecology How do more diverse agricultural landscapes and smaller fields affect the forging activity of #bats 🦇 doi.org/10.1007/s109...
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Enhanced crop diversity but not smaller field size benefit bats in agricultural landscapes - Landscape Ecology
Context Farmland biodiversity continues to decline due to the expansion and intensification of agriculture. Historically, efforts to conserve farmland biodiversity have focused on conserving habitats ...
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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
📢We are preparing a manuscript to map fungal occurrence data across Europe and present challenges in digitizing data. We call on mycological groups and societies to complete this Google Form (5-10 min max): forms.gle/9G9NicJduzp2... #FunDive #fungalconservation #fungalresearch @ima-mycology.org
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Mapping fungal occurrences data
With your help, we want to map information on fungal occurrence data across Europe. We are fungal taxonomists, ecologists, conservationists, and citizen-science supporters within the pan-European FunD...
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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Do you work in wildlife health management in conservation? We are seeking participants for an academic research study of practitioner/researcher attitudes to parasite conservation. Participation is open to all roles and experience levels. DM me for more info. Please repost. 🧪🌍🪱🪰🦟 #biodiversity
Bat bug ectoparasites cluster on the leading edge of the wing of a Parastrellus hesperus bat being held by a researcher.
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Susan Tsang @batgirlsusan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I'm one of the guest editors on this and happy to take questions about it or be a soundboard for ideas 🤓
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