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Julian Lunow @julian-lunow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Now published in Ecosphere (@esajournals.bsky.social): Led by K. Wehner, we found that microclimatic changes following tree dieback influence the decomposer belowground fauna (oribatid mites, earthworms and isopods). doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New #OpenAccess research by @julian-lunow.bsky.social et al. in #RESEcolEnt examines how management & tree dieback alter beetle assemblage structure & body size distribution in a temperate German forest. doi.org/10.1111/een.70127 @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social

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Julian Lunow @julian-lunow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New article now online in Ecological Entomology @respublications.bsky.social. Forest beetle assemblages respond to changes in forest structural characteristics that are induced by management and tree dieback. 🪲🌳 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @cofeuniwue.bsky.social

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Pia Bradler @piambr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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/...

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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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Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

Geographic distribution of the 318 food webs across four ecosystem types that were analysed to test how food web architecture modulates BEF relationships

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Come work with us and do research in Germany’s only national park in the Alps, iconic Berchtesgaden Nationalpark! We are looking to fill a PostDoc position in vegetation ecology (tinyurl.com/PostDocBerch...) and a PhD position in mountain forest dynamics (tinyurl.com/PhDBerchtesg...).

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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.🦋🪲

A combined figure with figure panels from the publication. One panel (panel a) showing the trends in Switzerland-wide relative richness of butterflies and saproxylic beetles, with clear declines of butterflies until the 1980s and declines followed by increases for the saproxylic beetles. The other panel (panel b) shows trends of relative species richness for the two insect groups divided by different traits. In the upper part of the figure, groups are built based on the habitat specialisation of the species and it is evident in both groups, that habitat specialists declined strongest. In the lower part of the figure, groups are built based on temperature niche of the species and it is evident that while warm-adapted species have declined strongest until the 1980s, they have clearly reversed their trends and are now increasing strongly.

A photo of Lycaena virgaureae, a species with specialised food resources that has mostly disappeared from the Swiss lowlands in the last 90 years

A photo of Aromia moschata, a longhorn beetle that has become rare in the mid 20th century, but which has increased in recent decades

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Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology @cofeuniwue.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🎉 Congrats to @julian-lunow.bsky.social on his new publication! Promoting a mosaic of forest management types while reducing overall management intensity can foster positive relationships between carbon stocks and arthropod diversity. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.fe... #Biodiversity#CarbonStorage#Ecology

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Will climate change increase global forest deadwood carbon stocks (because of increasing tree productivity and mortality) or decrease it (because of increased deadwood decomposition)? Find out in the new paper by Edelmann et al., out now in @commsearth.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s432...

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Julian Lunow @julian-lunow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Now online in @forestecosyst.bsky.social: By synthesising data from the @bexplo.bsky.social, we found that promoting a mosaic of forest management types while reducing overall management intensity could foster positive relationships between carbon stocks and arthropods. doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...

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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Interested in biodiversity, agriculture, and human health? Check out our PhD positions in project A03: www.zef.de/fooddiverse

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Jacqueline Hoppenreijs @jhthoppenreijs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We are hiring! #AcademicSky @valentinecology.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de has an open postdoc position on #Urban #Grassland #Ecology!🌍 The position includes work with stakeholders, so good command of the German language is preferred. More info: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/1...

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Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Biodiversitätsförderung und Ökosystemleistungen in Städten

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today marks 3 years since I started my group @uni-wuerzburg.de. It's been a great time thanks to a wonderful team and the best collaborators in Würzburg, Germany, and abroad! Thanks to all of you! Very much looking forward to more joint adventures! www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...

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Successful first three years for Above-Belowground Interaction Ecology Group

Junior professor Malte Jochum and his Above-belowground interaction ecology group have just completed their third year at JMU Würzburg. After a positive mid-term evaluation of the junior professorship...

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Terrestrial Ecology Research Group - TUM @terrecolgroup.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We currently are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (3 years with possibility to extend) with experience in community ecology, and ideally a good match with our group profile; biodiversity, land use change and urban ecology. Please share for max reach www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

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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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