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Maximilian Hanusch

Maximilian Hanusch

@mhanusch.bsky.social

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Ecologist | loves Mosses and Mountains | Researcher @unihohenheim.bsky.social

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Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · Sep 22

Hello Bluesky! 🌱 I’m a nature-loving ecologist with a soft spot for alpine plants. Join me for glimpses of their beauty! Happy to reconnect with old friends from Twitter and welcome new ones to share this journey. 🌿 #ecology #nature #alpinePlants

A wet meadow within the alps. Mountain tops in the background beneath blue sky

A pink flower, silene acaulis, growing within the crack of a mountain rock.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas moss to you and yours.

Patch of red, yellow, and green Sphagnum moss.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Alicia @alicia-ksa.bsky.social · 2d

O algal bloom, o algal bloom, how green thy chloroplasts are🎄
Merry Christmas from the microscopic world!🔬
#microalgae #microscope #microbiology #microscopic #biology #christmas

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science Hohenheim @landscape-ecol.bsky.social · 10d

The weekly #EcologyColloquium continues today with a talk by Huan Liang from @idiv-research.bsky.social on

Plant–pollinator interactions in natural and urban ecosystems

Curious? Then join via Zoom:
uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/6193370953...

Or in person: LectureHall 4 (Hohenheim Castle) 16:15.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Birdingplaces @birdingplaces.bsky.social · 12d

This lovely Oystercatcher is our Sunday-bird of the week. Have a nice Sunday! And, as always, don't forget to check out birdingplaces.com whenever you are planning a birding trip. Made by and for birders to enjoy birds.

Photo uploaded to Birdingplaces by Dave Soons

Reposted by Martin Jung, Marcelo M. Weber, Maximilian Hanusch

Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 14d

It’s reached that time of year again where I gently suggest you hang on to your manuscripts and submit them early in 2026. Otherwise they’re likely to just sit on a virtual to do list for the next 3 weeks sending auto-reminders to editors/reviewers. 🎄

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Michael Lueth @milueth.bsky.social · 20d

Schizymenium campylocarpum (Hook. & Arnott) Shaw
Venezuela, Andes, Merida, Pico el Aquila, N-exp. slope at roadside, 3900 m, leg. 2001 M. Lüth 3238, det A. Schäfer-Verwimp

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 21d

The Current Biology™ Prize for this week's best journal cover goes to:
🥁🥁🥁

Reposted by Joseph A. Tobias, Patrick A. Jansen, Martin Ehbrecht , and 2 more Joseph A. Tobias, Patrick A. Jansen, Martin Ehbrecht, Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 21d

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

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social · 21d

Dionysia esfandiarii
Primulaceae
Endemic of Iran
Fars province, Iran
April 2024
Elevation: 3060 m
#Primulaceae #botany #ecology

Reposted by Martin Ehbrecht, Maximilian Hanusch

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22d

Limitations of p50 as a measure of seed longevity in comparative studies and the way forward

New in #AppsPlantSci by Klepka, Carta, Hay & @annabucharova.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantscience #seedviability #seedbank #genebank #plantconservation

Graphs Illustrating how p50 estimates depend on the initial viability of a seed lot.

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Anne Ebeling, Malte Jochum , and 3 more Ingolf Kühn, Anne Ebeling, Malte Jochum, Tyson Wepprich, Pieter Vantieghem, Maximilian Hanusch

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 24d

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 Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · Nov 22

#hiring again! We are looking for the Technical Assistant to make our field experiment of the #Diversitorium running. Located at #IhingerHof at the @unihohenheim.bsky.social you can take the chance to join #TeamTERRA!

Reposted by Joaquín Hortal, Maximilian Hanusch

Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · Nov 20

🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Screen grab showing International Space Station above a blue-cloudy Earth.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Philipp Krohn @philippkrohn.bsky.social · Nov 17

Schenkt Euren Kindern Print-Abos (egal was)! Dadurch sind sie weniger am Handy, werden von Fragenden zu Erklärenden. Und Ihr habt auch etwas davon. Sebastian Wolff trifft @kicker.de #HSV-Trainer Merlin Polzin.

Reposted by Cornelius Senf, Christian Hof, Malte Jochum , and 3 more Cornelius Senf, Christian Hof, Malte Jochum, Maximilian Hanusch, Billur Bektaş, Benjamin Wildermuth

Maximilian Pichler @maximilianpichler.bsky.social · Nov 11

#PhD position!

I’m looking for a PhD Student (1+3 years) to model insect populations using statistical models + deep learning at #TheoreticalEcology, Regensburg (Germany).

Join our team - please RT!

Details: karriere.uni-regensburg.de/tg7w9

#Insects #Ecology #DeepLearning #Ecology #Monitoring

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants - Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social · Nov 11

#Chemodiversity is an important driver for plant–arthropod interactions 🌿 🪲 🐝. For more info check out this very impressive work by RU members Lina Ojeda-Prieto, @robinheinennl.bsky.social binheinennl.bsky.social and Wolfgang W. Weisser together with Eliecer L. Moreno doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Nov 10

Is this a thing? hadley.github.io/genzplyr/

dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap

`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.

hadley.github.io

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Jörg-Peter Schnitzler @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social · Oct 31

Plant-Insect-interactions & the chemistry behind it - I‘m happy that the 3rd chapter of the PhD thesis of #HumayNevrzella became online as pre-print. Again a great cooperation with @robinheinennl.bsky.social and @terrecolgroup.bsky.social

#Plantscience

Compartmentalized above- and belowground defenses in Tanacetum vulgare are tailored to localized antagonists

Specialized metabolites, specially terpenoids, play a key role in plant defense. However, how terpenoid diversity governs inducible chemistry and root architectural development remain poorly understoo...

www.biorxiv.org

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Michael Lueth @milueth.bsky.social · Oct 29

Halloween-Moss
Tetraplodon mnioides likes to grow on dead animals (and humans).
England, Yorkshire, Upper Warfdale

Reposted by Tommaso Jucker, Maximilian Hanusch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Oct 27

Airborne laser scanning reveals stone walls stretching several kilometers across Europe's Karst Plateau, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, likely built over 4,000 years ago to herd and corral red deer—a legacy of coordinated hunting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/urYx50Xir5z

LiDAR image of a prehistoric hunting trap on the Karst Plateau, highlighting the structure’s scale and integration into the landscape.
CREDIT: Dimitrij Mlekuž Vrhovnik.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Wassily Kandinsky @wkandinsky.bsky.social · Oct 27

Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22148

Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

EntomoNews @collemyria.bsky.social · Oct 27

La diversité chimique des parfums floraux pourrait non seulement façonner la spécialisation/généralisation des assemblages de visiteurs floraux, mais aussi agir comme un mécanisme de régulation des communautés microbiennes.

Les espèces végétales aux profils olfactifs plus variés attirent davantage de pollinisateurs, mais présentent une diversité bactérienne plus faible

Floral scent chemodiversity 🌸🧪 increases generalization in interactions with pollinators 🪰 – but reduces diversity of bacteria 🧫🦠 associated with flowers. New publication led by @mhanusch.bsky.social. @chemodiversity.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70600 Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - 22.10.2025 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70600 ------ ndé traduction (extrait) Nos résultats révèlent qu'une grande diversité chimique des parfums floraux est associée à une richesse accrue des visiteurs des fleurs, mais à une richesse bactérienne réduite sur les fleurs. Ces résultats nous ont amenés à proposer l'« hypothèse du pollinisateur sale ». Notre hypothèse repose sur deux idées fondamentales : les fleurs dont les parfums sont chimiquement diversifiés attirent un plus large éventail de visiteurs, augmentant ainsi le potentiel de transmission microbienne ; et la diversité chimique des parfums floraux agit comme un filtre sélectif, atténuant les risques de colonisation microbienne indésirable en empêchant l'établissement de microbes nuisibles tout en permettant l'établissement d'un microbiome sain. La diversité chimique des parfums floraux pourrait donc non seulement façonner la spécialisation/généralisation des assemblages de visiteurs floraux, mais aussi agir comme un mécanisme de régulation des communautés microbiennes. En mettant en évidence la multifonctionnalité de la diversité chimique dans la structuration des interactions plante-animal et plante-microbe, notre étude fait progresser la compréhension de la diversité chimique et souligne son importance dans l'écologie végétale. Traduit avec DeepL.com (version gratuite) ------ via Post de @robinheinennl.bsky.social — Bluesky, 22.10.2025 https://bsky.app/profile/robinheinennl.bsky.social/post/3m3rhcfsltk2x

Reposted by Joshua S. Lynn, Maximilian Hanusch

Sharon Zytynska @szytynska.bsky.social · Oct 23

🌟New PhD opportunity: 🌱🦠Predicting functional plant–microbiome networks for soil remediation 🌾🧫

The University of Manchester FSE Bicentenary PhD
Competition funded (worldwide)

Deadline 31st Jan, see info at bit.ly/4qn74qH

@manchester.ac.uk @rothamsted.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

Birdingplaces @birdingplaces.bsky.social · Oct 22

The world is full of beautiful birding sites. On Birdingplaces.com birders share their knowledge about great places to watch birds. A not-for-profit and free platform that makes it easy to find birding areas. Great if you join us or add an area!

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephal)

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephal), a bird that only lives in East-Africa. Photo by Carolien Hoek.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Oct 22

The 'Filthy #Pollinator Hypothesis': does floral scent affect insect visitors and bacterial strains on #flowers?

New research published today suggests scent diversity could be a clever way for plants to welcome visitors while keeping unwanted #microbes out.

Does scent affect insect visitors and bacterial strains on flowers?

Using information on alpine plant species, researchers investigated how the chemistry of flowers’ scent affects not only the diversity of insect pollinators but also the communities of bacteria…

www.newphytologist.org

Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää, Maximilian Hanusch

Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · Oct 22

Happy that Lina Ojeda Prieto's latest work is online @funecology.bsky.social! We manipulated the number of plant chemotypes in a plot, and tested how this influenced visitation by different arthropod groups. A massive endeavor for Lina's PhD.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch

rrjunker.bsky.social @rrjunker.bsky.social · Oct 22

Floral scent chemodiversity 🌸🧪 increases generalization in interactions with pollinators 🪰 – but reduces diversity of bacteria 🧫🦠 associated with flowers. New publication led by @mhanusch.bsky.social. @chemodiversity.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social
@newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Paul Klee @paul-klee.bsky.social · Oct 12

Individualized Altimetry of Stripes https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/individualized-altimetry-of-stripes-1930

Individualized Altimetry of Stripes

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Andreas Schweiger, Maximilian Hanusch

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · Oct 9

JOB ALERT: Become our #TERRA #DIVERSITORIUM manager @unihohenheim.bsky.social. If you have extraordinary coordination skills & feel dedicated to bring the first large-scale #geodiversity manipulation experiment to a global success: Please apply & become a #TERRAnaut, see uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483!

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Simon Roux, Jesse R. Lasky , and 3 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Simon Roux, Jesse R. Lasky, Valentin H. Klaus, Maximilian Hanusch, Benjamin Wildermuth

Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Oct 6

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social

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