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Benjamin Wildermuth
@bmwildermuth.bsky.social
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Arthropod ecology in different ecosystems. (Functional) diversity, community composition, trophic niches, plant-animal interactions, temporal & spatial patterns

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 25d
New 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...

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Roman Modlinger @romanmodlinger.bsky.social · 2d
NEW ARTICLE 📢 Severely disturbed forests in Central Europe retain robust recovery capacity but face resilience loss due to spatial homogenization. #Landscape #Ecology
@springernature.com
rdcu.be/eV853 #barkbeetle #foresthealth

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 3d
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 4d
We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Extension Assistant Professor - Biodiversity Conservation | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Arthur Geßler, Christian Hof , and 3 more

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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜

Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) für Evolutionäre Ökologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunächst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Alexander Knohl, Benjamin Wildermuth

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FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · 6d
📣 Exciting opportunity: The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen is looking for two internationally experienced researchers for open-topic postdoc positions.

See here for more details on the jobs: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/704255.html

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 6d
Maybe that's why I'm so into darts: because of my academic conditioning I picked the hobby where I am still considered junior in my 30s and will still be in my 40s 🥴

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 6d
Haha nice, it's really an amazing activity density of wasps this year in the Ally Pally. Funny mistake with the virgin queen, that'd be a difficult spring after all others had died but don't worry, let's see if the readers spot this one. Fun occasion for an interview for sure 😍

Reposted by Esme Ashe‐Jepson, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Eva Katharina Engelhardt @ekengelhardt.bsky.social · 8d
Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
Job Offer: PhD Position Project bAImo: artificial intelligence for insect monitoring 3 years (initially) 65% TV-L Background: photo of a brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) on a purple flower

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 9d
#forestecol

Reposted by Arthur Geßler, Benjamin Wildermuth

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EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enricounigoe.bsky.social · 9d
New!🌲💧
Water moves faster than nitrate from soil to canopy in mature trees, highlighting root, soil, and species traits.
More on subsoil uptake by Douglas fir and beech here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@mrakklara.bsky.social @christina-hn.bsky.social
@wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social

Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 9d
Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
www.nature.com

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 9d
Cool, more entomology to follow here on bsky: @ento-ea.bsky.social

Reposted by Andreas Schweiger, Susanne Lachmuth, Benjamin Wildermuth

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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 9d
#hiring again: We are looking for a Science-Dialog Manager (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 50%). You like to built networks? You are interested in large scale initiatives? You can communicate science? Become part of our #TeamTERRA! Find the full application also at www.terra-cluster.org -> career

Reposted by Malte Jochum

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 9d
Prof Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social is currently offering two 3-year positions in arthropod 🪲🕷️🦗 ecology in the @bexplo.bsky.social framework (apply until January 14th):

PhD (65%):

www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

Research associate (50% ):

www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
Research Associate (m/f/d) Arthropods
www.leuphana.de

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Tobias Kuemmerle, Johannes Kamp , and 4 more

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Conservation Biology Göttingen @consbiogoe.bsky.social · 10d
Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512

Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io

Reposted by Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero, Benjamin Wildermuth

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 12d
#PostDocAlert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in #ForestEcology, DNA-based biodiversity assessments, #Bioinformatics and experimental planning? We offer a 2-year #PostDoc position: apply.refline.ch/273855/1798/... #ScienceJobs 2/5

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 12d
📢#Hiring #PhDs and #Postdoc for the project MULTIFORDECA. Focus on #Deadwood dynamics & their importance for #Biodiversity, #EcosystemProcesses & the #CarbonCycle: www.wsl.ch/fileadmin/us... Jobs ⬇️ 1/5 #ScienceJobs #PhD

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Craig R. Primmer, Jesse R. Lasky , and 3 more

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · 12d
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Department of Zoology  at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio
su.varbi.com

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Basic and Applied Ecology @basicapplecol.bsky.social · 12d
🌼🐞 New #BAAE article: Coccinellid diversity drives pest control in Brazilian organic farms 🌿

Flowers & non-crop plants boost ladybird abundance, and high species complementarity enhances aphid predation. 🐛🌺

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15d
iDiv and @unileipzig.bsky.social are looking to hire 14 doctoral researchers (f/m/d) for the ECO-N Research Training Group (Economics of Connected Natural Commons: Atmosphere and Biodiversity). Application deadline: 30 Jan 2026; start date: 1 Sep 2026. www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
Job Openings
Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.
www.idiv.de

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Marine Ecology Progress Series @meps-ir.bsky.social · 15d
🧪🦤🌐
How are terrestrial arthropod assemblages in tidal marshes shaped? Environmental filters and species traits drive metacommunity patterns in SW-Atlantic marshes. Connectivity matters—preserving habitat links is key for coastal biodiversity.
bit.ly/meps_775_53
A group of images showing, in the central photo, a tidal marsh landscape next to inland grassland. Above and below the tidal marsh photo, there are close-up photos of arthropods, including spiders, beetles, butterflies, and cicadas from these environments. One of the images is a diagram illustrating, with arthropod silhouettes, the typical species of each environment and their assembly overlap.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Guy Pe’er, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Bartosz Bartkowski @bartoszbartk.com · 15d
📣The DFG research training group ECO-N at @unileipzig.bsky.social has just announced 14 new PhD🎓 vacancies within its 2nd cohort, on topics incl clean air💨, climate change🌀, soil biodiv🪱 and forests🌳.

More info on ECO-N: www.eco-n.org

Vacancy announcement: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9...
Universität Leipzig: Economics of Connected Natural Commons
The Research Training Group ECO-N trains a new generation of sustainability researchers to develop both an excellent command of quantitative research methods for understanding specific natural or human-made commons and adopt a systemic perspective on connected natural commons.
www.eco-n.org

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 15d
🍄#PhD, expertise in #ConservationBiology or #RestorationEcology and in collaborating with stakeholders in nature conservation? We are looking for a group leader for our research group Conservation Biology: apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... #ScienceJobs

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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mta-lace.bsky.social @mta-lace.bsky.social · 15d
Our new paper, co-authored by Riho and Péter, titled "Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields", is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The study emphasizes the need to reduce pesticide impacts and restore habitats for promoting wild bees. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
doi.org

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Karl Andraczek, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · 15d
🌳Interested in doing a PhD within the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de?🌲

We are hiring a doctoral researcher for the project "Stand Density Management for #Forest Adaptation to #Drought“

Application link: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

Website: uni-freiburg.de/futureforest...

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

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Louis Cohen @louiscohen.bsky.social · 16d
The Stanley Lab is hiring! For anyone looking for a post-doc and interested in mycorrhizal fungi 🍄, this could be of interest. Deadline 4th Jan.

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Reposted by Pieter Vantieghem, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social · 16d
Losses of specialist and expansion of thermophilic generalist macro-moths in nature reserves of Central Europe: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Losses of specialist and expansion of thermophilic generalist macro-moths in nature reserves of Central Europe
Ongoing environmental change has caused significant modifications in the diversity, abundance and community composition of insects across Central Euro…
www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Doerthe Tetzlaff, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Patrick A. Jansen , and 1 more

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Eliza Maher Hasselquist @emhasselquist.bsky.social · 16d
I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!

Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Boreal forest stream running through the forest. Temperature logger, leaf litter collection basket, and pitfall trap in the foreground.

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 16d
Yes, and when at it also cut these adjectives from posts of papers of your PhD or Postdoc ("brilliant rising star"), it makes Bluesky insufferable 😅
doctorzen.net Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 16d
The obsession with “star scientists” and “attracting top talent” fundamentally misunderstands research and higher education.

Create a healthy environment that is attractive to all manner of scientists. Because that run of the mill, non-transformative, maybe slightly boring research matters, too.

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 16d
The obsession with “star scientists” and “attracting top talent” fundamentally misunderstands research and higher education.

Create a healthy environment that is attractive to all manner of scientists. Because that run of the mill, non-transformative, maybe slightly boring research matters, too.