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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Biodiversity of #rainforest can recover within decades when located in highly connected landscapes because animal mobility drives natural recovery. Our @reassemblynet.bsky.social synthesis paper is out @nature.com: tinyurl.com/4w24a96b @sgn.one @unimarburg.bsky.social @jocotoco.bsky.social 🌐🌎🧪

Animal seed dispersers are drivers of tropical forest recovery. Picture copyright by Marco Tschapka

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

We had a little Functional Ecology group celebration yesterday. Coming to think of why this academic journey was worth it, it became apparent that it's all about people at the end. It's a big privilege to work and have worked with so many great and inspiring people over many years. Thanks to all!

The Functional Ecology group celebrating in Mainz

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Seed dispersal by 🦜🦇 underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocó? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99

A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian Chocó, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Our @sgn.one workshop organized together with @josephtobias.bsky.social and Susanne Fritz was enlightening, fun and will surely lead to many future interactions and outputs on how plant/animal traits translate into functions. Thanks to all for your excellent ideas and very respectful discussions! 🌐

All the happy participants of the traits workshop in the garden of the venue at Bad Homburg

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I enjoyed some great discussions about the ecology of protea plants (and the manifold links to their animal partners) in the Western Cape over the last week. It's just such an amazing team and great place to work 🇿🇦 #ProteaChange

The ProteaChange team at Kogel Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The first pygmy cormorants have bred in SE Germany in 2022 and they continue to expand. Similar trends occur for many other cormorant species globally, likely due to higher food availability and better legal protection. This first year bird is the first at my local patch in #Mainz. Success stories!

A first-year pygmy cormorant resting on a branch above the water.

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Can we use tree-related microhabitats (TreMs)🌳 as indicators of #tropical #biodiversity? Our new study led by Giovanni Bianco shows that TreM diversity actually increases with temperature and decreases with human impact on Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿 Now published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

The figure shows the beauty and diversity of tree-related microhabitats recorded on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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