Felix Neff @felixneff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026📄Out now 📄: 90-year trends in Switzerland show declines in butterfly and saproxylic beetle richness around the mid-20th century, linked to agricultural mechanisation. Some groups have recovered in recent decades, especially warm-adapted species. Specialised and cold-adapted species remained low.🦋🪲 15231
Reposted by Felix NeffForum Biodiversität Schweiz @biodiversity.scnat.ch · 15/01/2026🌱 #Biodiversität in der #Schweiz: Der Zustand bleibt ungenügend. Trotz verlangsamtem Rückgang besteht grosser Handlungsbedarf. Unser neuer datenbasierter #Report zeigt #Fakten, Entwicklungen und Lösungsansätze 👉 biodiversitaet2026.ch #Wissenschaft #Forschung 02113
Reposted by Felix NeffBenjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025New study on arthropod declines @natecoevo.nature.com 🪲 In two time series @jena-experiment.bsky.social & @bexplo.bsky.social we show how community (dis)assembly underpins local biomass declines. It mostly boils down to species loss, with identity losing relevance. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comArthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & EvolutionInsects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species... 25838
Reposted by Felix NeffGregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025„The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing“ 🧪🎓 english.elpais.com/science-tech... Many of my colleagues in ecology will know the name of the journal: Science of the total environment (STOTEN)english.elpais.comThe fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishingOne of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill... 1168
Reposted by Felix NeffScience Magazine @science.org · 21/11/2025The first study to survey insect populations on a continental scale finds no evidence of widespread decline, at least over a recent 10-year period. scim.ag/4pnb6hN scim.agRadar data find no decline in insect numbers—but there’s a catchStudy of continental U.S. sees stable population of bugs, but it may be missing important pieces of the puzzle 3289
Reposted by Felix NeffBiodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Interested in nocturnal #moths? ☑️ Check our new BE-Paper in @oikosjournal.bsky.social: #Land-use intensification reduced trait & phylogenetic beta #diversity - mainly in common moths. Rare #forest species responded differently. Body size ↓, wing load & darkness ↑. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/oik.... 🌐 063
Reposted by Felix NeffRES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The #EditorsChoice article for the issue discusses how #moth communities are shaped by season, weather, elevation, and landscape composition doi.org/10.1111/icad.12835 #Biodiversity #InsectCommunities @felixneff.bsky.social @agroscope.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social Photo credit: Felix Neff 0114
Reposted by Felix NeffMerin Reji Chacko @merinrejichacko.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Thrilled to announce the publication of the trophiCH database: a multi-trophic, species-level #metaweb for #Switzerland🇨🇭 Out now in #ScientificData 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Want to explore the dataset? 🔍 webapps.wsl.ch/trophiCH/ #OpenData #Ecology #FoodWebs 🌐 1/6 15415
Reposted by Felix NeffMerin Reji Chacko @merinrejichacko.bsky.social · 03/07/2025🚨 Hot off the press! We show that species loss from key habitats (like wetlands) accelerates secondary extinction in regional multi-habitat food webs. Also, we show the importance of common species to regional food web robustness. doi.org/10.1038/s420... #Ecology #FoodWebs #Biodiversity #Metawebdoi.orgSpecies loss in key habitats accelerates regional food web disruption - Communications BiologySimulating extinctions across regional food webs reveals that losing species from one habitat— especially wetlands—can cascade to others, accelerating multi-habitat food web collapse, highlighting the... 26023
Reposted by Felix NeffRES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 08/06/2025A new article in #RESInsectConsDiv shows moth communities are shaped by season, weather, elevation & landscape composition - a dataset of unusually large spatial & temporal extent Read the article now🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12835 @felixneff.bsky.social @agroscope.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social 074
Reposted by Felix NeffTom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Please enjoy this ridiculously cute butterfly, which was about the size of my pinkie fingernail. It's in the butterfly family called metalmarks (Riodinidae). Males, like these, have reduced front legs and perch using only the rear 4 (females can use all 6). Sarota acantus; Costa Rica 🐙🌿 #insects 442855739
Felix Neff @felixneff.bsky.social · 05/05/2025#newPaper published about how moth communities vary with #season, #weather, #elevation, and #landscape composition Based on an incredible dataset collected by Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser over 50 years in #Switzerland doi.org/10.1111/icad... #moths #Lepidoptera #insects #phenology #temperature 0141
Reposted by Felix NeffFlorian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🧵1/5 117995
Reposted by Felix NeffEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/03/2025New @science.org The disappearance of butterflies at a "catastrophic rate" in the United States www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 10274129
Reposted by Felix NeffDominik Gross 🌍 @domigross.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Radio SRF streicht die Sendungen/Podcasts „Trend“ und das Wissenschaftsmagazin. Noch weniger Hintergrund zu Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft - doch genau das, was die Demokratie im Kampf gegen die Irrationalität der internationalen Fascho-Oligarchie braucht. 1014845
Reposted by Felix NeffThomas Frölicher @froeltho.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Es kam sehr überraschend: Am Donnerstag fiel der Entscheid der SRF aus Spargründen das "Wissenschaftsmagazin" zu streichen. Zusammen mit anderen Forschern (u.a. @erichfischer.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social) habe ich meine Bedenken geäussert www.srf.ch/audio/wissen...srf.chDas Ende des WissenschaftsmagazinsDas SRF-Wissenschaftsmagazin soll auf Ende Jahr eingestellt werden. Wir fragen nach: Warum dieser Entscheid? Und wie sind die Reaktionen aus der Wissenschaft? Zudem: Wie uns künstliche Intelligenz umg... 64320
Reposted by Felix NeffGregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Zwei neue Fischarten 🐟 in Schweizer 🇨🇭 Gewässern entdeckt www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/zwei_ne... 🧪 (also available in EN www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/two_new...) #biodiversityuniaktuell.unibe.chZwei neue Fischarten in Schweizer Gewässern entdecktDie Bevölkerung kann per Umfrage mitentscheiden, wie zwei Fischarten heissen sollen, die Bárbara Calegari und ihre Kolleginnen und Kollegen entdeckt haben. Im Interview erklärt die Biologin, wo sie le... 193
Felix Neff @felixneff.bsky.social · 27/01/2025New paper about how effects of #land-use intensity on community stability are mediated by #functional traits in managed #grasslands and #forest. Based on lots of field data on both #plants and #arthropods 🌱🌳🦋🐞🕷️📈 #insects #ecology @bexplo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 0156
Reposted by Felix NeffJournal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Insect communities in windthrows peaked at the very beginning of two study decades and then slowly declined 🪲 Salvage-logging affected species composition, thus a mosaic of logged and unlogged windthrows best promotes biodiversity 🌲🌏 🧪 🔗 buff.ly/40ysYwz 24310
Reposted by Felix NeffViktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5 24903384
Reposted by Felix NeffJarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024OK, here is a very rough draft of a tutorial for #Bayesian #SEM using #brms for #rstats. It needs work, polish, has a lot of questions in it, and I need to add a references section. But, I think a lot of folk will find this useful, so.... jebyrnes.github.io/bayesian_sem... (use issues for comments!)jebyrnes.github.ioFull Luxury Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling with brms 922560
Reposted by Felix NeffJonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Everything you ever wanted to know to get started on #microclimate is compiled there ⬇️ in 🔟 guidelines 🤓 Unpack each 1️⃣ to select the right variable, the most relevant spatiotemporal scale, the best sampling design & to tailor your analyses to your study question 🧪🌐🍁 shorturl.at/VYP8f 25218
Reposted by Felix NeffProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024More than 90% of fossil fuel emissions occurred since my parents were born. Over 80% since I was born. Over 30% since my children were born. And well over 50% since the world agreed at the Rio Earth Summit to prevent dangerous climate change. And I thought: „At last!“ 7501233
Reposted by Felix NeffChristoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Insect apocalypse? No! Intercropping can be a solution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comMultispecies crop mixtures increase insect biodiversity in an intercropping experimentIn an agricultural field intercropping experiment, we manipulated crop diversity (0–3 crop species) and the input of agrochemicals. We found that insect biodiversity increases with crop diversity and... 0176
Reposted by Felix NeffiBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLoss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plantsNature Ecology & Evolution - A meta-analysis finds that decreasing diversity of pollinator species has a negative affect on multiple measures of plant reproductive success, with wild plant... 8292138