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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🦌 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

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

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Dirk Gütlin @gutlin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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...

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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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Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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...).

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 10/03/2026

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 👇 f.mtr.cool/gtwczvuefr

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Sylvia Haider @sylvia-haider.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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

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Johanna Romberg @johromberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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

Grafik einer Greifvogel-Silhouette, in verschiedenfarbige Quadrate eingeteilt: das Icon des ADEBAR-Projekts.

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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 11/02/2026

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

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Pia Bradler @piambr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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

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Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

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Pia Bradler @piambr.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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!

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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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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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...

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

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Timo Conradi @timoconradi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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

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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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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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?

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Pia Bradler @piambr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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

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Claudiki @claudiki.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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/...

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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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Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo @castretis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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? 🧵

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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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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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...

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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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...

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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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....

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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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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 06/11/2025

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-...

Browsing by roe deer poses a serious problem, particularly for young and low-growing trees. (Image: Vanell / AdobeStock)

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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🧪🌐🌾

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BayCEER @bayceer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🌿👏 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

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Würdigung für jahrelanges Engagement

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

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 02/10/2025

“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

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Our #BETAFOR PhDs had an amazing time presenting their research at last week’s #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🌟 Full of fresh ideas and inspiring discussions, it’s back to daily life. 💻✨ @claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social

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BETA-FOR @betafor.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Anne Chao and @piambr.bsky.social, the 100% perfect dialogue duo at #gfoe2025! ✨ Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱 @uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

REGISTRATION OPEN Online registration is now open and the call for abstracts for oral presentations and posters has been published for the 54th Annual Meeting of the #Ecological Society of #Germany, #Austria and #Switzerland. HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: www.gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca...

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Malte Jochum @maltejochum.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Fellow Ecologists, The #gfoe2025 @gfoesoc.bsky.social call for papers has just been published. Please submit your abstracts for exciting talks and engaging posters to present in Würzburg in September! gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca... @uni-wuerzburg.de @globalchangeeco.bsky.social

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Hey Young Modellers in Ecology out there 👋🌳 Register now for this year’s YoMos workshop: www.yomos.org/next-workshop 📑 Deadline: 15.03.2025 See you!

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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Seventh edition of Go_Belowground course on practical assessment of moprhological and anatomical traits on belowground organs and their importancy: Go belowground! 2025 klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/go-belowgrou...

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Go belowground! 2025

The Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences organize the 7th edition of PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ 1…

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We have taught the science & methods of functional traits using #OpenScience on 7 courses (so far) to ~180 different students from 86 institutions & 30 countries. One of the most rewarding efforts I have been a part of. #PFTC alumni? ping @hilaryrosed.bsky.social to be added go.bsky.app/4T8pBZr

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Plant Functional Traits Course alumni

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Martin De Kauwe @mdekauwe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

🚨 PhD: "Forests on the edge: examining vegetation recovery following climate extremes" at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social with myself, Lina Mercado (Exeter) and Eddy Robertson (UK Met Office). I would REALLY love to find a student for this, please share widely (thanks) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Matt Betts @mattbetts42.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

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Ditte M. Christiansen @dittemch.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Early Career Researchers advocate for more bryophyte ecology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We have summed up the importance of bryophytes for ecological research, difficulties existing for ECRs to pursue a bryophyte focused research career & what we & the ecological society can do about it

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Early Career Researchers advocate for raising the profile of bryophyte ecological research

Bryophyte research is severely underrepresented compared to vascular plant research, even though we know that bryophytes are crucial components of eco…

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Chris Janousek @janousekwild.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

For anyone interested in #algae, #lichens, #mosses, #ferns, etc, I’ve created a starter pack. Let me know if you’d like to be added to the list! go.bsky.app/GKP4yPC

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Three (!) positions as Assistant Professor in #Biodiversity We hope to get one to our department #biogeography A super recruitment within Life sciences. Maximum of 7 since PhD 🌍🧪 #biodiversity #academic #climatechange #lifescience #ecology #StockholmUniversity Please re-🦋 www.su.se/english/news...

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Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Stockholm University

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