Maxime Eeraerts
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social
Postdoc at Ghent University. Interested in sustainable agriculture and applied ecology 🌻🍒🐝
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📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out!
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out!
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
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❗ New IUCN assessment warns of rising extinction risks for Europe’s wild bees and butterflies.
🔗 Read more about it here: agri4pol.eu/news/new-iuc...
🔗 Read more about it here: agri4pol.eu/news/new-iuc...
October 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
❗ New IUCN assessment warns of rising extinction risks for Europe’s wild bees and butterflies.
🔗 Read more about it here: agri4pol.eu/news/new-iuc...
🔗 Read more about it here: agri4pol.eu/news/new-iuc...
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A welcome research comparing the results of pollinator monitoring obtained by humans (so-called 'pollination ecologists') and concurrent time-lapse videos (so-called 'the future for lazy' 😜). Take a quick glance at this figure from the paper and judge for yourself
doi.org/10.1002/aps3...
doi.org/10.1002/aps3...
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A welcome research comparing the results of pollinator monitoring obtained by humans (so-called 'pollination ecologists') and concurrent time-lapse videos (so-called 'the future for lazy' 😜). Take a quick glance at this figure from the paper and judge for yourself
doi.org/10.1002/aps3...
doi.org/10.1002/aps3...
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We need much more semi-natural habitat (6-37%, depending on species group) in agricultural landscapes to effectively conserve pollinators. Large collaborative synthesis study looking at 59 studies in 1250 landscapes from 19 countries now published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We need much more semi-natural habitat (6-37%, depending on species group) in agricultural landscapes to effectively conserve pollinators. Large collaborative synthesis study looking at 59 studies in 1250 landscapes from 19 countries now published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fresh global-analysis admirably lead by @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social (+ @oliviabernauer.bsky.social PhD data) indicates native bee pollination services leads to higher-quality apples = improved weight & seed set.
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global synthesis of apple pollination research highlights general pollen limitation and positive contributions of wild bees compared to honeybees
Our study highlights that pollen limitation is common in this global crop. While managed honeybees are dominant pollinators, a diverse community of wild bees contributes significantly to apple pollin...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Fresh global-analysis admirably lead by @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social (+ @oliviabernauer.bsky.social PhD data) indicates native bee pollination services leads to higher-quality apples = improved weight & seed set.
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
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🐞 🐝 I'm recruiting students to join my lab at the University of Minnesota! Hoping to bring on 2-3 MS or PhD students (MS a pre-req for PhD students). Take a peek at the opportunities available and feel free to reach out with questions. Please share widely!
jhemberger.github.io/ibug_lab_web...
jhemberger.github.io/ibug_lab_web...
Opportunities – UMN iBUG Lab
jhemberger.github.io
August 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🐞 🐝 I'm recruiting students to join my lab at the University of Minnesota! Hoping to bring on 2-3 MS or PhD students (MS a pre-req for PhD students). Take a peek at the opportunities available and feel free to reach out with questions. Please share widely!
jhemberger.github.io/ibug_lab_web...
jhemberger.github.io/ibug_lab_web...
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Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
www.science.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We hebben een #vacature voor 6 maanden voor een onderzoeksmedewerker bij het team Landschapsecologie en Natuurbeheer; je draait mee in de ploeg die de technische ondersteuning biedt aan het onderzoek.Solliciteer voor 13 juli: www.vlaanderen.be/werken-voor-...
June 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We hebben een #vacature voor 6 maanden voor een onderzoeksmedewerker bij het team Landschapsecologie en Natuurbeheer; je draait mee in de ploeg die de technische ondersteuning biedt aan het onderzoek.Solliciteer voor 13 juli: www.vlaanderen.be/werken-voor-...
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We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Vacancies | ecology
stanleyecologylab.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Does anyone have any good references for what a robust sampling efficiency is for field studies with pollinators?
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Does anyone have any good references for what a robust sampling efficiency is for field studies with pollinators?
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📄 We just enriched our library with a new resource titled Crop Diversification for Pollinator Conservation. 🌿
It looks at the mechanisms and current evidence base of how increasing the diversity of crops can benefit pollinator biodiversity. Check it out here: wildposh.eu/library
#WildPoshResources
It looks at the mechanisms and current evidence base of how increasing the diversity of crops can benefit pollinator biodiversity. Check it out here: wildposh.eu/library
#WildPoshResources
February 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📄 We just enriched our library with a new resource titled Crop Diversification for Pollinator Conservation. 🌿
It looks at the mechanisms and current evidence base of how increasing the diversity of crops can benefit pollinator biodiversity. Check it out here: wildposh.eu/library
#WildPoshResources
It looks at the mechanisms and current evidence base of how increasing the diversity of crops can benefit pollinator biodiversity. Check it out here: wildposh.eu/library
#WildPoshResources
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Here is the very first publication of the SCAPE joint special issue of JPE with @nordicjbotany.bsky.social (scheduled late 2025/early 2026) - an extremely well-thought editorial by James Thomson on how we should think about the pollination crisis: doi.org/10.26786/192...
April 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here is the very first publication of the SCAPE joint special issue of JPE with @nordicjbotany.bsky.social (scheduled late 2025/early 2026) - an extremely well-thought editorial by James Thomson on how we should think about the pollination crisis: doi.org/10.26786/192...
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Interested in #Biodiversity, #EcosystemServices and #Sustainable #Agriculture? We offer a postdoctoral researcher position on ecological synthesis in our lab🧪 @funcagroeco.bsky.social
📢 Join our team: Are you interested in the synthesis of ecological data? We are offering a postdoctoral researcher position on the effects of collaborative agri-environment measures on multiple taxa and ecosystem services. 🐦🐝🪲
See #job advert www.uni-goettingen.de/en/research+...
See #job advert www.uni-goettingen.de/en/research+...
March 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Interested in #Biodiversity, #EcosystemServices and #Sustainable #Agriculture? We offer a postdoctoral researcher position on ecological synthesis in our lab🧪 @funcagroeco.bsky.social
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📢 Viewpoint in New Phyt. on polyploid establishment!
Key take-homes🧵
1. In contrast to earlier hypotheses that pollinators can help new polyploids establish, we suggest that pollinators mainly prevent polyploid establishment because outcrossing increases the strength of minority cytotype exclusion.
Key take-homes🧵
1. In contrast to earlier hypotheses that pollinators can help new polyploids establish, we suggest that pollinators mainly prevent polyploid establishment because outcrossing increases the strength of minority cytotype exclusion.
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📢 Viewpoint in New Phyt. on polyploid establishment!
Key take-homes🧵
1. In contrast to earlier hypotheses that pollinators can help new polyploids establish, we suggest that pollinators mainly prevent polyploid establishment because outcrossing increases the strength of minority cytotype exclusion.
Key take-homes🧵
1. In contrast to earlier hypotheses that pollinators can help new polyploids establish, we suggest that pollinators mainly prevent polyploid establishment because outcrossing increases the strength of minority cytotype exclusion.
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Read while you still can.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System
www.usda.gov
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Read while you still can.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/g...
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Ik zal regenwormen determinatie workshop geven, anekoworm.be werkgroep in actie! 🤓🪱🔬
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ik zal regenwormen determinatie workshop geven, anekoworm.be werkgroep in actie! 🤓🪱🔬
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Great collaboration between Thijs Fijen, Ola Lundin, @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social, @juliaosterman.bsky.social, and a team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social, @agrarunigoe.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great collaboration between Thijs Fijen, Ola Lundin, @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social, @juliaosterman.bsky.social, and a team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social, @agrarunigoe.bsky.social
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Very interesting review article "Crop diversification for pollinator conservation" by Thijs Fijen, @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social, @juliaosterman.bsky.social, @catrinwestphal.bsky.social and co-authors in Landscape Ecology!
Crop diversification for pollinator conservation - Landscape Ecology
Context Intensive agriculture drives insect decline impacting insect-mediated ecosystem services that support production. Crop diversification shows promise in increasing crop productivity and enhanci...
link.springer.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Very interesting review article "Crop diversification for pollinator conservation" by Thijs Fijen, @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social, @juliaosterman.bsky.social, @catrinwestphal.bsky.social and co-authors in Landscape Ecology!
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New paper out! 🎉
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Crop diversification for pollinator conservation - Landscape Ecology
Context Intensive agriculture drives insect decline impacting insect-mediated ecosystem services that support production. Crop diversification shows promise in increasing crop productivity and enhanci...
link.springer.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New paper out! 🎉
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We synthesise the mechanisms oh how crop diversification can benefit pollinators with a focus in Western Europe and North America.
@eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social @catrinwestphal.bsky.social
Led by @ThijsFijen
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Hej Bluesky!
We are ForNaLab:
🌼 a team of researchers passionate about Forest & Nature at Ghent university
📈 scientists delving deep into fundamental and applied questions
We will be posting here on
🔭 the process of doing science
✨ new research results
stay tuned! 🎉
We are ForNaLab:
🌼 a team of researchers passionate about Forest & Nature at Ghent university
📈 scientists delving deep into fundamental and applied questions
We will be posting here on
🔭 the process of doing science
✨ new research results
stay tuned! 🎉
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hej Bluesky!
We are ForNaLab:
🌼 a team of researchers passionate about Forest & Nature at Ghent university
📈 scientists delving deep into fundamental and applied questions
We will be posting here on
🔭 the process of doing science
✨ new research results
stay tuned! 🎉
We are ForNaLab:
🌼 a team of researchers passionate about Forest & Nature at Ghent university
📈 scientists delving deep into fundamental and applied questions
We will be posting here on
🔭 the process of doing science
✨ new research results
stay tuned! 🎉
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De masterthesis van collega Jasper Olivier werd genomineerd voor de Future Proef award. Jasper onderzocht de bloembezoekerdata in het citizen science project FlowerPower De Tuin:
futureproef.gent/thesis/laat-...
Stem - stem - stem
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Stem - stem - stem
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Stem – Future Proef UGent
futureproef.gent
December 3, 2024 at 4:57 PM
De masterthesis van collega Jasper Olivier werd genomineerd voor de Future Proef award. Jasper onderzocht de bloembezoekerdata in het citizen science project FlowerPower De Tuin:
futureproef.gent/thesis/laat-...
Stem - stem - stem
futureproef.gent/stem/
futureproef.gent/thesis/laat-...
Stem - stem - stem
futureproef.gent/stem/
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Very interesting review paper by Suijkerbuijk and co-authors in Trends in Plant Science (@cellpressnews.bsky.social)! 🌺🌻
Plasticity in plant mating systems
Many plants are extremely plastic in their vegetative and life-history traits, allowing
them to deal with a variety of environmental conditions during their lifetime. However,
in our understanding of ...
www.cell.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Very interesting review paper by Suijkerbuijk and co-authors in Trends in Plant Science (@cellpressnews.bsky.social)! 🌺🌻