Maximilian Hanusch
@mhanusch.bsky.social
Ecologist | loves Mosses and Mountains | Senior Scientist @unihohenheim.bsky.social
maximilianhanusch.github.io
maximilianhanusch.github.io
How wonderful that you revived the blogging, Robin. Another ~1000 posts of yours would not (only) be a gift to AI companies improving their models, but to the people that relate with you and get excited about your personal growth. I for sure would appreciate one bird picture a day 🤗
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
How wonderful that you revived the blogging, Robin. Another ~1000 posts of yours would not (only) be a gift to AI companies improving their models, but to the people that relate with you and get excited about your personal growth. I for sure would appreciate one bird picture a day 🤗
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Less than one month left to apply for this WIFORCE #PhDposition on soil food webs in Swedish forests. We welcome applicants from all walks of life 🌈 and from all corners of the world🌏 Deadline: 10 February 2026!
Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Less than one month left to apply for this WIFORCE #PhDposition on soil food webs in Swedish forests. We welcome applicants from all walks of life 🌈 and from all corners of the world🌏 Deadline: 10 February 2026!
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In our last ecology colloquium for this semester, today 4:15 pm @mhanusch.bsky.social provides "Insights into community assembly and biotic interactions".
Feel free to join this presentation via Zoom:
uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/6193370953...
Feel free to join this presentation via Zoom:
uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/6193370953...
February 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
In our last ecology colloquium for this semester, today 4:15 pm @mhanusch.bsky.social provides "Insights into community assembly and biotic interactions".
Feel free to join this presentation via Zoom:
uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/6193370953...
Feel free to join this presentation via Zoom:
uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/6193370953...
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📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits
January 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits
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Grimmia austrofunalis Müll. Hal.
Andes, Merida, sourrounding of Laguna Coromoto, Subparamos, on open rock, gneis, 3000 m, leg 2001 M. Lüth 3302
Stem without central strand, costal cells mostly uniform, hydroids lacking, big and somewhat glossy plants
Andes, Merida, sourrounding of Laguna Coromoto, Subparamos, on open rock, gneis, 3000 m, leg 2001 M. Lüth 3302
Stem without central strand, costal cells mostly uniform, hydroids lacking, big and somewhat glossy plants
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Grimmia austrofunalis Müll. Hal.
Andes, Merida, sourrounding of Laguna Coromoto, Subparamos, on open rock, gneis, 3000 m, leg 2001 M. Lüth 3302
Stem without central strand, costal cells mostly uniform, hydroids lacking, big and somewhat glossy plants
Andes, Merida, sourrounding of Laguna Coromoto, Subparamos, on open rock, gneis, 3000 m, leg 2001 M. Lüth 3302
Stem without central strand, costal cells mostly uniform, hydroids lacking, big and somewhat glossy plants
Tell me five classes you took in college:
- Sociology
- Classical archeology
- Underwater ecology
- Bat bioacoustics
- Geology and geomorphology
I was fortunate to study at universities that allowed students to individually craft their own curricula with few constraints or mandatory courses
- Sociology
- Classical archeology
- Underwater ecology
- Bat bioacoustics
- Geology and geomorphology
I was fortunate to study at universities that allowed students to individually craft their own curricula with few constraints or mandatory courses
Tell me five classes you took in college:
(uni for me, I guess)
- Vertebrate Biology
- Biology of Invertebrates and Lower Plants
- Plant Physiology
- Fundamental Virology
- Molecular Aspects of Bio-Interactions
(Interestingly I never really studied ecology before starting my PhD)
(uni for me, I guess)
- Vertebrate Biology
- Biology of Invertebrates and Lower Plants
- Plant Physiology
- Fundamental Virology
- Molecular Aspects of Bio-Interactions
(Interestingly I never really studied ecology before starting my PhD)
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
- Sociology
- Classical archeology
- Underwater ecology
- Bat bioacoustics
- Geology and geomorphology
I was fortunate to study at universities that allowed students to individually craft their own curricula with few constraints or mandatory courses
- Sociology
- Classical archeology
- Underwater ecology
- Bat bioacoustics
- Geology and geomorphology
I was fortunate to study at universities that allowed students to individually craft their own curricula with few constraints or mandatory courses
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My colleague Christian Poll offers a PhD position in our group at University of Hohenheim, we would be glad if you share this opportunity with potential candidates. His project EcoFuture KAP4 is an interesting collaborative project with University of Tübingen. dbges.de/assets/Uploa...
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
My colleague Christian Poll offers a PhD position in our group at University of Hohenheim, we would be glad if you share this opportunity with potential candidates. His project EcoFuture KAP4 is an interesting collaborative project with University of Tübingen. dbges.de/assets/Uploa...
Töröööö 🐘🌳
🐘🌳Pre-Print of our work in Kenya: Habitat heterogeneity responds to megaherbivores in East African coastal forests, but vegetation composition remains constrained by land-use history
@mhanusch.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@mhanusch.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Töröööö 🐘🌳
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Does greater biodiversity always increase ecosystem functioning? I used to think so, but now I'm not so sure.
How I stopped believing in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning consensus
The E120 Biodiversity Experiment at Cedar Creek in Minnesota, from their website. It all began with the best of intentions. By the time the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published in 2005, th…
treesinspace.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Does greater biodiversity always increase ecosystem functioning? I used to think so, but now I'm not so sure.
Harnessing the potential of a chemodiverse landscape :) @robinheinennl.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Harnessing the potential of a chemodiverse landscape :) @robinheinennl.bsky.social
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Bird Landscape https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483165
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Bird Landscape https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483165
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We are looking for a colleague with expertise in arthropod community ecology. Do you know someone with a PhD that has this background; please forward this position to them and they may just end up in Freising! 🐜🦋
We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in community ecology to work in the Arthropods Core Project of the Biodiversity Exploratories @bexplo.bsky.social
Reposting is much appreciated for widest reach! Thanks.
More information here:
www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
Reposting is much appreciated for widest reach! Thanks.
More information here:
www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
www.lss.ls.tum.de
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We are looking for a colleague with expertise in arthropod community ecology. Do you know someone with a PhD that has this background; please forward this position to them and they may just end up in Freising! 🐜🦋
Wonderful pictures, Robin. The great tit looks very dynamic and its behaviour is well captured. About to jump out of the screen 😄
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Wonderful pictures, Robin. The great tit looks very dynamic and its behaviour is well captured. About to jump out of the screen 😄
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Love this from @stephenbheard.bsky.social on how to prioritize learning and useful discussion over tearing apart papers, and look forward to using some of these question prompts in future lab meetings: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/h...
How to lead a journal club you won’t be embarrassed by later
One of the jobs facing an early-career scientist, and a developing writer, is to learn what their field’s literature looks like. One of the best tools to that end is the journal club. If you’ve nev…
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Love this from @stephenbheard.bsky.social on how to prioritize learning and useful discussion over tearing apart papers, and look forward to using some of these question prompts in future lab meetings: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/h...
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New study by Medina-van Berkum et al. in @pnas.org
Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels 🌱🌼🌿
-> "At the community level, plant species richness directly enhanced VOC emission and increased VOC richness"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels 🌱🌼🌿
-> "At the community level, plant species richness directly enhanced VOC emission and increased VOC richness"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
New study by Medina-van Berkum et al. in @pnas.org
Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels 🌱🌼🌿
-> "At the community level, plant species richness directly enhanced VOC emission and increased VOC richness"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Plant diversity influences plant volatile emission with varying effects at the species and community levels 🌱🌼🌿
-> "At the community level, plant species richness directly enhanced VOC emission and increased VOC richness"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Out now 🥳 our study led by @mikkotiusanen.bsky.social!
With data on 1.17 M flowers & 10,000 pollinators 🌼🐝 we show plant–pollinator timing shifts from biotic to abiotic control along alpine gradients ➡️climate change may rewire interaction synchrony
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
With data on 1.17 M flowers & 10,000 pollinators 🌼🐝 we show plant–pollinator timing shifts from biotic to abiotic control along alpine gradients ➡️climate change may rewire interaction synchrony
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Out now 🥳 our study led by @mikkotiusanen.bsky.social!
With data on 1.17 M flowers & 10,000 pollinators 🌼🐝 we show plant–pollinator timing shifts from biotic to abiotic control along alpine gradients ➡️climate change may rewire interaction synchrony
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
With data on 1.17 M flowers & 10,000 pollinators 🌼🐝 we show plant–pollinator timing shifts from biotic to abiotic control along alpine gradients ➡️climate change may rewire interaction synchrony
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Space-for-time substitution approaches in ecology do work! (at least in temperate grasslands)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Space-for-time substitution approaches in ecology do work! (at least in temperate grasslands)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please contact me if you want to be nominated for a postdoc via this scheme - you need to live outside of Canada and I need to do so by 9 Feb (and need to start by March 2027) - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-... (I think you do need to have a competitive CV etc)
Please email me if you are interested
Please email me if you are interested
Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards for Postdoctoral Scholars
www.ualberta.ca
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Please contact me if you want to be nominated for a postdoc via this scheme - you need to live outside of Canada and I need to do so by 9 Feb (and need to start by March 2027) - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-... (I think you do need to have a competitive CV etc)
Please email me if you are interested
Please email me if you are interested
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Three funded PhD positions on Geo-Biosphere Interactions in the South African Fynbos biome @terra-cluster.org 🪴⛰️
Please RT and forward to suitable candidates.
Link: bwsyncandshare.kit.edu/s/67A6Kx7MLf...
Please RT and forward to suitable candidates.
Link: bwsyncandshare.kit.edu/s/67A6Kx7MLf...
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Three funded PhD positions on Geo-Biosphere Interactions in the South African Fynbos biome @terra-cluster.org 🪴⛰️
Please RT and forward to suitable candidates.
Link: bwsyncandshare.kit.edu/s/67A6Kx7MLf...
Please RT and forward to suitable candidates.
Link: bwsyncandshare.kit.edu/s/67A6Kx7MLf...
January 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Reposted by Maximilian Hanusch
You can be forgiven when you overlook moss as a clue to solve a crime. Over the last 150 years researchers found only elven in the scientific literature reported cases. But these tiny plants can give you important clues about where somebody or somewhat has been. 🧵1/5
Image credit: Field Museum
Image credit: Field Museum
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
You can be forgiven when you overlook moss as a clue to solve a crime. Over the last 150 years researchers found only elven in the scientific literature reported cases. But these tiny plants can give you important clues about where somebody or somewhat has been. 🧵1/5
Image credit: Field Museum
Image credit: Field Museum
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Some positive news for the New Year: Year‐Round Grazing Promotes Species‐Rich Grasslands in Natura 2000 Sites 🐂 🌼 🐎 🌸See our new study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#grazing #yearroundgrazing #helårsgræsning #plantdiversity #biodiversity
#grazing #yearroundgrazing #helårsgræsning #plantdiversity #biodiversity
Reversing the Trend: Year‐Round Grazing Promotes Species‐Rich Grasslands in Natura 2000 Sites
Representative landscapes from the studied management areas illustrating a mosaic of habitat types. All areas were managed with year-round grazing cattle and/or horses. Photos illustrate the diversit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Some positive news for the New Year: Year‐Round Grazing Promotes Species‐Rich Grasslands in Natura 2000 Sites 🐂 🌼 🐎 🌸See our new study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#grazing #yearroundgrazing #helårsgræsning #plantdiversity #biodiversity
#grazing #yearroundgrazing #helårsgræsning #plantdiversity #biodiversity
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Biodiversity loss in sub-Saharan Africa has been estimated using the expertise of 200 local specialists.
go.nature.com/3YjVwYD
go.nature.com/3YjVwYD
Sub-Saharan Africa has lost almost one-quarter of its pre-industrial biodiversity
Biodiversity loss in sub-Saharan Africa has been estimated using the expertise of 200 local specialists.
go.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Biodiversity loss in sub-Saharan Africa has been estimated using the expertise of 200 local specialists.
go.nature.com/3YjVwYD
go.nature.com/3YjVwYD