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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf
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Ecology Research Group of Sabine Rumpf at Uni Basel

Alpine & Arctic Ecosystems | Plant diversity | Climate Change

More on us and our work at https://eco.duw.unibas.ch/
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A warm welcome to Sonja Wipf who has joined our team as a Postdoc!
Sonja brings a lot of experience in alpine plant ecology. She will be working on the #AsMi project to explore assisted migration as a conservation measure for threatened mountain plant species🌼↗️🏔️
It's great to have you in the group!😊
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
At our science #retreat yesterday we discussed applications & pitfalls of various #AI tools for our work, from writing to species ID'ing. A great opportunity to learn from each other, develop a common understanding, & connect across the team!
And to go out for some birdwatching during lunch break 🦆
The Uni Basel Ecology group sitting around a table in front of a projected slide, discussing how to identify AI-written text. An AI-created visualisation of a dataset of bird counts in Sweden. The chart is very confusing and messy and has little to do with the underlying data, so would not recommend using AI blindly for visualising even medium-complex data :) Ecology group members on a bird-watching platform, with binoculars and spotting scopes, trying to spot birds in the surrounding wetlands of the Petite Camargue Alsacienne in Eastern France. A common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on a branch above a lake in evening light, photographed through a spotting scope.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
New co-authored paper out!

Even if plant #biodiversity trends seem stable over time, they might not be over shorter timescales and across habitats. What's more, these trends can be detected even without exact resurveys.

Thanks to Gabriele Midolo for leading this effort!
milanchytry.bsky.social Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 8d
In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
November 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Happy Birthday #GLORIA! 25 years monitoring mountain summit flora, and counting 🏵️🏔️

It was so nice to celebrate together at @imc2025.bsky.social in Innsbruck. Here's to many more decades!

📷 Feline Peters
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reposted by Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf
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*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Come work with us!
Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Come work with us!
Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...
jobs.unibas.ch
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
Still time to apply for the open #postdoc position in our team!
Note that the link has been updated: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
We had a great time at #Jungfraujoch during our yearly team outing! Got a fascinating tour of the meteorological & research station (est. 1931), and really enjoyed the trip with the iconic railway (construction finished already in 1912!). We'll have to come back for a better view, though 😉🏔️❄️🧪🚞
A happy Ecology group on top of the "Sphinx", the meteo observatory at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland Visiting the old, but still running, laboratory at the Jungfraujoch research station. A plate depicting the surrounding summits with nothing but fog in the background. The iconic red Jungfrau railway carriages.
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Thank you to everyone who presented in our #microclimate change session today @imc2025.bsky.social! @jlembrechts.bsky.social, @niittynen.bsky.social & I were very happy with the contributions & discussions. Great to see microclimate getting more attention in high-elevation ecosystems 🏔🌡❄️💧
September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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*Job alert*

We have a 5-year postdoc position on #mountain non-native species & #macroecology in our group @unibas.ch. Great opportunity to join us!

Details here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-mountain-macroecology/6c5a8906-354f-43c6-bc9b-1156d21725a5

Please share!
Universität Basel: Postdoc position in mountain macroecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a postdoc position within the ERC project 'Global status, tren...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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New paper!

Want to measure #mountain #microclimate during wintertime but loggers keep breaking? Here's an easy, cost-effective method to help loggers survive snow & visits by curious animals🏔️❄️🦌🌡️💧
Nicely led by Raphael von Büren & @mizeh.bsky.social.

📄 doi.org/10.1111/jvs....

@slfdavos.bsky.social
A Novel Method for Monitoring Above‐ and Belowground Microclimates in Mountain Ecosystems Year‐Round
Aim The role of microclimate in influencing range limits and vegetation shifts, especially in topographically heterogeneous mountain ecosystems, has gained attention in recent years. However, distur...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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We are very excited to announce that our group leader Sabine Rumpf has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her #GloNoMo project to investigate the global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems 🎉

@unibas.ch
Details on the project 👇🧵
unibas.ch University of Basel @unibas.ch · Sep 4
Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants – an exceptional result for the University of Basel. Over the next five years, they will each receive between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 2.3 million in funding.
Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants
In the competition for highly sought-after research funding from the European Research Council, seven researchers from the University of Basel convinced the jury with their project ideas. Over the nex...
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September 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf
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*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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Universität Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...
jobs.unibas.ch
August 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Please repost!
🌐🧪
Universität Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...
jobs.unibas.ch
August 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ecologybasel.bsky.social
*Job alert*
Within our recently funded collaborative project focusing on assisted migration of #mountain #plant species, we are looking for a #PhD candidate based at ETH Zürich. For further details and instructions, see the job ad:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Please repost!
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PhD Assisted Migration
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July 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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#ClimateChange is altering #Arctic vegetation - maybe not (yet) in terms of species diversity, but large changes in community composition are already visible.
Crucial study & a massive effort by our friends from #ITEX & #TeamShrub - congrats!
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nanitundra.bsky.social Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · Apr 30
🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸

Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Three exciting positions at the new Landscape Ecology Group led by Alejandra Morán‐Ordóñez at the University of Basel

Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT

#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM