Benjamin Wildermuth

@bmwildermuth.bsky.social

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 · Dec 2

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 Serge Belongie, Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz, Benjamin Wildermuth

Toke Thomas Høye @tokehoye.bsky.social · 1d

📢Please share📢 We have an opening for an exciting fully-funded PhD project on computer vision and machine learning applied to biodiversity monitoring with amazing Serge Belongie @belongielab.org and @aicentre.dk. Application deadline coming up on 15 January!
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

Harnessing the power of AI for biodiversity monitoring with camera trap networks - From foundation model to edge processing

phd.tech.au.dk

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Francis Martin, Julen Astigarraga , and 1 more Jens‐Christian Svenning, Francis Martin, Julen Astigarraga, Benjamin Wildermuth

Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 1d

New online! Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments

Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 02 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00112-2Experiments manipulating tree species diversity and measuring effects on ecosystem function have been important tools for assessing how biodiverse forests can accumulate biomass, store carbon and help to meet climate goals. This Review summarizes key findings from global tree biodiversity experiments.

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Reposted by Francis Martin, Benjamin Wildermuth

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in working on the theory of and concepts behind multiple factor impacts on ecological systems and beyond?

Please send expressions of interest. Starting Jan 2026, I would be awarding up to three postdoctoral fellowships on this topic (12 months; 2,5K €) to drive progress on this topic.

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · 4d

New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...

Assistant Professor: Insect Ecologist

The Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track position (9-months) in insect ecology, to be based on the Athens campus at the Assistant Professor ran...

www.ugajobsearch.com

Reposted by Ruth Mace, Elena Litchman, Tuomas Mattila , and 3 more Ruth Mace, Elena Litchman, Tuomas Mattila, Jussi T. Eronen, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Benjamin Wildermuth

Piret Avila @piretavila.bsky.social · 5d

📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter

Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology

jobs.helsinki.fi

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 5d

🐇 New Research - Rabbits buffer dung beetle declines following the abandonment of traditional agropastoral practices in a semi-arid Iberian region

📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/lvtNi7T

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Olivier Giménez, Stephen D. Murphy , and 5 more Ingolf Kühn, Olivier Giménez, Stephen D. Murphy, Allan D. McDevitt, Ryan K. Brook, Pablo García‐Díaz, Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Wildermuth

Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · 6d

We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

Reposted by Benjamin Wildermuth

Roman Modlinger @romanmodlinger.bsky.social · 9d

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 Ingolf Kühn, Benjamin Wildermuth

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 11d

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

Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 12d

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 Ingolf Kühn, Arthur Geßler, Christian Hof, Valeria Mazza, Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Wildermuth

Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 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.

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

FoResLab @foreslab.bsky.social · 14d

📣 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

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 14d

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 🥴

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 14d

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

Eva Katharina Engelhardt @ekengelhardt.bsky.social · 15d

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

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 16d

#forestecol

Reposted by Arthur Geßler, Benjamin Wildermuth

EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enricounigoe.bsky.social · 16d

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

Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 16d

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...

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 16d

Cool, more entomology to follow here on bsky: @ento-ea.bsky.social

Reposted by Andreas Schweiger, Susanne Lachmuth, Benjamin Wildermuth

TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 16d

#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

Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 17d

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 Jens‐Christian Svenning, Tobias Kuemmerle, Johannes Kamp, Matthias Baumann, Sabina Burrascano, Jonas Trepel, Benjamin Wildermuth

Conservation Biology Göttingen @consbiogoe.bsky.social · 18d

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

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 19d

#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

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 19d

📢#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 Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Craig R. Primmer, Jesse R. Lasky, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Samuele Ramellini, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · 19d

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

Basic and Applied Ecology @basicapplecol.bsky.social · 19d

🌼🐞 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

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 22d

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

Marine Ecology Progress Series @meps-ir.bsky.social · 22d

🧪🦤🌐
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.
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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

Bartosz Bartkowski @bartoszbartk.com · 22d

📣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

WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 22d

🍄#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

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