Markus P. Eichhorn

Markus Eichhorn

@markuseichhorn.bsky.social

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Ecologist, author, tree watcher. Shill for Big Forest. Writing another textbook on biodiversity and biogeography. It's always karaoke time. More at treesinspace.com

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 14h

I'm definitely on board but surely for maximum impact a bright yellow t-shirt is the way to go? Not black, at any rate.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 14h

Watch out for the yellow snow everyone #SpeirGorm

Irish Examiner news headline: Further yellow snow and ice alerts issued as temperatures to drop to -4C

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Markus P. Eichhorn

Lori Biederman @lbiederman.bsky.social · 2d

Ecologist position at Iowa State University - isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...

Assistant Professor in Integrative Environmental and Organismal Health

Position Title: Assistant Professor in Integrative Environmental and Organismal Health Appointment Type: Faculty Job Description: Summary of Duties and Responsibilities: The Department of Ecology, Evo...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

From a personal view, I've often done the mental calculation of (award value * probability of success) / time required and decided that the marginal gains aren't worth the effort. This is especially true if your time is very limited.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

At what point does the cost of obtaining research grants exceed their value? I've often wondered this from an individual perspective; here it seems that this might be true at a whole-system level for some EU funding www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding

With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

www.nature.com

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

The pre-history of Borneo is poorly known. Archaeological evidence of ancient human presence on all sides make it almost certain that people went through Borneo. Perez-Cardenez et al. (2025) piece together the fragmentary evidence 🌏🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Map of archaeological sites in Borneo. Brown dots represent sites inhabited since 6 cal. ka BP, crosses represent sites inhabited before this date, and green dots represent sites without calibrated data.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

All that glisters is not shite, unless you've been feeding glitter to bats that is. "A New Method of Fruit Marking for Studies on Chiropterochory" by Pereira Bezerra & Bernard (2025) in @biotropica.bsky.social 🧪🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Seeds and fruit pulp deposits brought by Carollia perspicillata bats into the Meu Rei cave in Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco state, Brazilian Caatinga (A). Collectors were installed in the cave (B) to evaluate the transportation of glitter-marked fruits and their seeds by bats. Fruits of Solanum paniculatum (C) and Senna rizzinii (D) marked with glitter, and glitter grains detected in the bat guano in the collectors (E) and on the cave floor (F).

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2d

Happy "worst week to get a paper published in Nature" to those who celebrate.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

I would like my performance this last year to be judged on the small number of things I did badly, not the many things I failed to do entirely.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 6d

Why are these fir trees floating in a lake? These are Christmas trees pursuing their second career creating fish habitat. Fish and wildlife managers are improving fish management using trees. This is a great use of our trees after their retirement. Read about it at Our Trees, ourtrees.substack.com

Used Christmas Trees floating in a lake to improve fish habitat. Source: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

I think they overestimate the amount of time Europeans spend thinking about Minnesota.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Jul 12

DUNESTRUCK

Dune 3's official title revealed — and fans aren't happy

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

A Sand County Almanac

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Jul 12

DUNESTRUCK

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 6d

Flowers of Aristolochia are weird & wonderful. I find them irresistible. (Doesn’t everyone?) This is A. grandiflora, with its large, saxophone-shaped flowers, each with a long, tail-like lobe. #Aristolochiaceae #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a large flower, POV looking straight at the flower. The heart-shaped flower is pale with a dense freckling of liver-colored spots & blotches. The central “eye” of the flower is dark maroon. The lowermost lobe of the limb is elongated into a thin “tail.” Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

I'm glad they resolved to clean out Dominie's hole, although I can't see how it was their business to remove the erection.

Reposted by Yadvinder Malhi, Markus P. Eichhorn

William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 6d

Want to get the family out appreciating nature? Here I explain how to estimate tree ages without any equipment. Enjoy! youtu.be/t1bqJ7VPZHY?...

Estimating tree ages without equipment

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 8d

Also lads get a grip, it's not even a boreen, there's hardly a blade of grass on it and two cars can pass so long as neither is being driven by a tourist.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 8d

Before anyone says it, of course I use the Met Éireann app for local forecasts, but I need to have both for cross-border projects.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 8d

The @metoffice.gov.uk need to find more accurate place names when they extend their forecasts into the Republic. #SpeirGorm

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · 9d

Want to know a bit more about our newest recipient of IAVS Honorary Membership? 📖
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 10d

Alas, I suspect that Toby is ineligible on grounds of not being a natural-born US citizen.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 10d

I run an annual workshop on the ecology of dragons with a book chapter forthcoming so I take this stuff very seriously 🤓

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 10d

We can also dispute whether dragons can be described as 'land vertebrates'. Their greater dispersal ability is likely to free them from impacts of localised land-use change.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

Didn't we come here to get away from the dummies?

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

We're now 'zwischen den Jahren' (between the years), the period during which in Germany it's considered rude to give someone new work. I'm looking at you, journal editors.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

Mainly because SF poll well among the kind of young, progressive, voters for whom this would be an easy win. There's also an undeniable element of blood sports tourism for the English aristocracy.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

What an accomplishment. Well done. I expect to see it listed on your Pure profile.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

Mixed, I suspect, but probably underpinned by the very strong place that rural tradition holds in the national culture. I was a little surprised to see SF out in support though.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

My own opinions on the subject are ambivalent so don't read this as endorsing either side. I just expect it to become an issue at the next election.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 11d

In the UK, when opinions on fox hunting between Parliament and the population were so completely at odds, it became an effective electoral pledge for the opposition. #SpeirGorm

Bill to ban fox hunting defeated by huge majority in Dáil vote

Local councillor Audrey Buckley said she was 'very disappointed' in the bill's defeat, describing the practice as 'barbaric'

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