Julia Rothacher
@juliarothacher.bsky.social
PhD Researcher | @cofeuniwue.bsky.social | University of Würzburg | @betafor.bsky.social | impacts of management 🌳🌲 and climate🌡on forest biodiversity | passionate about animals in all their diversity 🐾🐝🐞🦉🐸
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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 🦗😊
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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 🦗😊
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Happy to share that our paper is out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social 😄
Experimentally increasing structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes (deadwood + canopy gaps) boosts taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hoverflies 🪰🌳
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experimentally increasing structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes (deadwood + canopy gaps) boosts taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hoverflies 🪰🌳
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experimental enhancement of structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes promotes multidimensional hoverfly diversity
Our results provide the first experimental evidence that enhancing structural heterogeneity at the landscape scale can restore multidimensional hoverfly diversity in temperate forests. They underscor...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Happy to share that our paper is out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social 😄
Experimentally increasing structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes (deadwood + canopy gaps) boosts taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hoverflies 🪰🌳
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Experimentally increasing structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes (deadwood + canopy gaps) boosts taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of hoverflies 🪰🌳
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...
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Unsere Doktorandin @johannaasch.bsky.social hat beim Deutschlandfunk über den Waldmistkäfer und den Klimawandel gesprochen 🌳🪲
www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...
Mehr Mist: Klimawandel könnte Bestände des Waldmistkäfers schrumpfen lassen
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Unsere Doktorandin @johannaasch.bsky.social hat beim Deutschlandfunk über den Waldmistkäfer und den Klimawandel gesprochen 🌳🪲
www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...
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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...
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...
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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...
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...
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New study out @avianbiology.bsky.social 📃 Along our #BETAFOR elevational gradient 🗻 forest tits adjust their nest construction to macroclimatic conditions to maintain successful breeding as environmental conditions change.🐦🌳
Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/jav....
Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/jav....
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success
Based on the concept of the extended phenotype, bird nest characteristics can serve as indicators for adaptations to changing environmental conditions. We examined how the nest mass of three cavity-n...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New study out @avianbiology.bsky.social 📃 Along our #BETAFOR elevational gradient 🗻 forest tits adjust their nest construction to macroclimatic conditions to maintain successful breeding as environmental conditions change.🐦🌳
Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/jav....
Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/jav....
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Deer browsing limits forest diversity – even in the light. New study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Würzburg ecologists and others: Even sunny canopy gaps cannot offset the impact of roe deer on forest regeneration. 🦌🌳☀️
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Deer browsing limits forest diversity – even in the light. New study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Würzburg ecologists and others: Even sunny canopy gaps cannot offset the impact of roe deer on forest regeneration. 🦌🌳☀️
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
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Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
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Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster.
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
Career perspective
npj Biological Timing and Sleep - In this career perspective article, the author describes her long pathway to a professorship in Germany.
rdcu.be
May 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster.
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
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Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
Researcher Position at the Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Exology
Universität Würzburg Sanderring 2 97070 Würzburg
www.uni-wuerzburg.de
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
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Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!
Amazing week of #birdbanding with @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social! 🪶 For a long-term monitoring programme we captured, aged & ringed 21 #bird species 🐦⬛🦜, including 3 woodpeckes and a goldcrest from Northern Sweden 🇸🇪 ringed this autumn. Learned so much, thanks for having me! 💚
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Amazing week of #birdbanding with @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social! 🪶 For a long-term monitoring programme we captured, aged & ringed 21 #bird species 🐦⬛🦜, including 3 woodpeckes and a goldcrest from Northern Sweden 🇸🇪 ringed this autumn. Learned so much, thanks for having me! 💚
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🌿👏 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar, BayCEER, and University of Bayreuth, on receiving the Bavarian State Medal for outstanding services to the environment!
ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/umweltmedail...
#BayCEER #UniBayreuth #Ecology #Insects #Sustainability
ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/umweltmedail...
#BayCEER #UniBayreuth #Ecology #Insects #Sustainability
Würdigung für jahrelanges Engagement
Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar hat die Bayerische Staatsmedaille für herausragende Verdienste um die Umwelt erhalten.
ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌿👏 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar, BayCEER, and University of Bayreuth, on receiving the Bavarian State Medal for outstanding services to the environment!
ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/umweltmedail...
#BayCEER #UniBayreuth #Ecology #Insects #Sustainability
ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/umweltmedail...
#BayCEER #UniBayreuth #Ecology #Insects #Sustainability
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International Spring School: #Bioacoustics & Species Recognition using AI 🐝🐦🦗
Join us March 23–27, 2026!
Infos & registration: www.biointakt.de/en/springsch...
@feda.bio
@uni-goettingen.de
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@thuenen.de
Join us March 23–27, 2026!
Infos & registration: www.biointakt.de/en/springsch...
@feda.bio
@uni-goettingen.de
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@thuenen.de
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
International Spring School: #Bioacoustics & Species Recognition using AI 🐝🐦🦗
Join us March 23–27, 2026!
Infos & registration: www.biointakt.de/en/springsch...
@feda.bio
@uni-goettingen.de
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@thuenen.de
Join us March 23–27, 2026!
Infos & registration: www.biointakt.de/en/springsch...
@feda.bio
@uni-goettingen.de
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@thuenen.de
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Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑🔬👩🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
September 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑🔬👩🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Loved that I could add a little creative twist to our Necrodes littoralis paper led by Annika Busse and @cofeuniwue.bsky.social by drawing some cute little painted 🎨🪲 beetles. Also impressive how far they can fly! #CarrionClub #silphidae
Have you seen this paper on the dispersal ability of the carrion beetle Necrodes littoralis? 🪲
Some beetles were recaptured at distances over 30 km! These results have important implications for conservation efforts and for preventing disease spread from carcasses.
doi.org/10.1111/jen....
Some beetles were recaptured at distances over 30 km! These results have important implications for conservation efforts and for preventing disease spread from carcasses.
doi.org/10.1111/jen....
September 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Loved that I could add a little creative twist to our Necrodes littoralis paper led by Annika Busse and @cofeuniwue.bsky.social by drawing some cute little painted 🎨🪲 beetles. Also impressive how far they can fly! #CarrionClub #silphidae
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Are you interested in passive acoustic monitoring? Do you want to learn more about Broadleafification?
Why not apply at SLU in Umeå, Sweden for a PhD position where you will study vocalizing species like birds, bats and beetles.
Deadline: 22.09.2025
URL: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Why not apply at SLU in Umeå, Sweden for a PhD position where you will study vocalizing species like birds, bats and beetles.
Deadline: 22.09.2025
URL: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
PhD-project | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
September 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Are you interested in passive acoustic monitoring? Do you want to learn more about Broadleafification?
Why not apply at SLU in Umeå, Sweden for a PhD position where you will study vocalizing species like birds, bats and beetles.
Deadline: 22.09.2025
URL: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Why not apply at SLU in Umeå, Sweden for a PhD position where you will study vocalizing species like birds, bats and beetles.
Deadline: 22.09.2025
URL: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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Our #BETAFOR PhDs had an amazing time presenting their research at last week’s #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🌟 Full of fresh ideas and inspiring discussions, it’s back to daily life. 💻✨
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our #BETAFOR PhDs had an amazing time presenting their research at last week’s #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🌟 Full of fresh ideas and inspiring discussions, it’s back to daily life. 💻✨
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social
What a perfect last day of #gfoe2025 on our excursion to the @uni-wuerzburg.de forest! Inspiring discussions and impressive insights into how to beautifully disturb for biodiversity 🌳🐞 @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What a perfect last day of #gfoe2025 on our excursion to the @uni-wuerzburg.de forest! Inspiring discussions and impressive insights into how to beautifully disturb for biodiversity 🌳🐞 @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
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Anne Chao and @piambr.bsky.social, the 100% perfect dialogue duo at #gfoe2025! ✨
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Anne Chao and @piambr.bsky.social, the 100% perfect dialogue duo at #gfoe2025! ✨
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
Truly fascinating combination: the wonderful shots by @jan-haft.bsky.social beautifully accompanied by live music of "Orchester des Wandels" 🎶 - what a highlight at the #gfoe2025 Ice Breaker tonight! 🧊🥂
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Truly fascinating combination: the wonderful shots by @jan-haft.bsky.social beautifully accompanied by live music of "Orchester des Wandels" 🎶 - what a highlight at the #gfoe2025 Ice Breaker tonight! 🧊🥂
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
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Keynote Speakers for #Gfoe2025!
We're thrilled to announce our seven exceptional keynote speakers who will be sharing their groundbreaking research and insights at this year's conference.
Get ready to be inspired by experts who are shaping the future of #Ecology and environmental science.
We're thrilled to announce our seven exceptional keynote speakers who will be sharing their groundbreaking research and insights at this year's conference.
Get ready to be inspired by experts who are shaping the future of #Ecology and environmental science.
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All set! ✨
Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉
Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉
Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All set! ✨
Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉
Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉
Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
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Ein kürzlich erschienener Fernsehbeitrag gibt Rückblicke auf das Anlegen unserer Experimentierflächen im Uniwald 🌳🍁 @uni-wuerzburg.de, Einblicke in die spannende Methodenvielfalt, die in unserem Projekt zum Einsatz kommt 🎤🎵📸🔬 und beleuchtet erste Ergebnisse. 🦉🐞🐝🦌
#BETAFOR #biodiversity
#BETAFOR #biodiversity
Wie wird Artenvielfalt gefördert? Forschung zu Bayerns Wäldern streamen | Joyn
Gut ein Drittel des Freistaats ist bewaldet – doch nur ein Bruchteil gilt als naturnah. Wie kann die Artenvielfalt gestärkt werden? Bayerns Forscher suchen im Rahmen des Projektes „Beta-FOR“ nach neue...
www.joyn.de
August 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ein kürzlich erschienener Fernsehbeitrag gibt Rückblicke auf das Anlegen unserer Experimentierflächen im Uniwald 🌳🍁 @uni-wuerzburg.de, Einblicke in die spannende Methodenvielfalt, die in unserem Projekt zum Einsatz kommt 🎤🎵📸🔬 und beleuchtet erste Ergebnisse. 🦉🐞🐝🦌
#BETAFOR #biodiversity
#BETAFOR #biodiversity
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We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!
July 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!