@multitroph.bsky.social
MultiTrophic interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment in China - www.bef-china.com - DFG research unit - plant & animal lovers - ecosystem functioning
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Möllmann, @eckartstolle.bsky.social et al. report the first genome assembly for the European orchard bee and investigate its epigenomic architecture to find evidence for the limited role of methylation in gene regulation in Hymenopterans.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf224
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf224
#genome #evolution
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Möllmann, @eckartstolle.bsky.social et al. report the first genome assembly for the European orchard bee and investigate its epigenomic architecture to find evidence for the limited role of methylation in gene regulation in Hymenopterans.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf224
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf224
#genome #evolution
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🌳 PhD Position in Forest Genetics
@uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
@uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
January 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
🌳 PhD Position in Forest Genetics
@uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
@uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Forest biodiversity experiments test how tree species richness improves the productivity & functioning of forests. After 30 years, there are now 45 experiments worldwide!
A new synthesis on 30 years of research:
Liu et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#TreeDivNet #BEF-China #MultiTroph
A new synthesis on 30 years of research:
Liu et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#TreeDivNet #BEF-China #MultiTroph
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Forest biodiversity experiments test how tree species richness improves the productivity & functioning of forests. After 30 years, there are now 45 experiments worldwide!
A new synthesis on 30 years of research:
Liu et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#TreeDivNet #BEF-China #MultiTroph
A new synthesis on 30 years of research:
Liu et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
#TreeDivNet #BEF-China #MultiTroph
Three years ago, we began a Sino-German journey to understand how tree diversity influences the diversity and interactions of higher trophic organisms in subtropical China. Our ideas and concepts are now published in a new article!
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
#multitroph #BEF-China #biodiversity
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
#multitroph #BEF-China #biodiversity
MultiTroph: Multi-trophic interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment in China
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research has shown that ecosystem functioning and stability are closely linked to biodiversity. A cornerstone of this field is the BEF-China research platform,...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Three years ago, we began a Sino-German journey to understand how tree diversity influences the diversity and interactions of higher trophic organisms in subtropical China. Our ideas and concepts are now published in a new article!
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
#multitroph #BEF-China #biodiversity
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
#multitroph #BEF-China #biodiversity
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💪 Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertilizer
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#agriculture #plants #diversity #food #farming #grasslands #resources #environment #goodnews
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#agriculture #plants #diversity #food #farming #grasslands #resources #environment #goodnews
Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertilizer
Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College Dubl...
phys.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
💪 Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertilizer
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#agriculture #plants #diversity #food #farming #grasslands #resources #environment #goodnews
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#agriculture #plants #diversity #food #farming #grasslands #resources #environment #goodnews
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New Article: "Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems" rdcu.be/eYixI
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
New Article: "Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems" rdcu.be/eYixI
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
Phylogenetic diversity is the key driver of long-term stability, whereas plant height shapes short-term productivity dynamics.
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Happy to see this @econovoau.bsky.social paper out in the new issue of Journal of Animal Ecology - higher herbivore activity is linked to greater herb diversity & plant functional redundancy besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ECONOVO #Biodiversity #savanna #SouthAfrica #Rewilding
#ECONOVO #Biodiversity #savanna #SouthAfrica #Rewilding
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Happy to see this @econovoau.bsky.social paper out in the new issue of Journal of Animal Ecology - higher herbivore activity is linked to greater herb diversity & plant functional redundancy besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ECONOVO #Biodiversity #savanna #SouthAfrica #Rewilding
#ECONOVO #Biodiversity #savanna #SouthAfrica #Rewilding
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🐝 New research finds the mechanism by which tree species richness influences bee diversity—taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional—through alterations in the microenvironmental conditions in the understory.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cHvVYER
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cHvVYER
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🐝 New research finds the mechanism by which tree species richness influences bee diversity—taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional—through alterations in the microenvironmental conditions in the understory.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cHvVYER
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cHvVYER
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The last chapter from PhD thesis by Juri Felix (co-supervised with @philstevenson.bsky.social) is now out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! The study explores the effects of tree species identity and spatial scale on tree diversity effects #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The last chapter from PhD thesis by Juri Felix (co-supervised with @philstevenson.bsky.social) is now out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! The study explores the effects of tree species identity and spatial scale on tree diversity effects #TreeDivNet nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🌳Interested in doing a PhD within the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de?🌲
We are hiring a doctoral researcher for the project "Stand Density Management for #Forest Adaptation to #Drought“
Application link: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Website: uni-freiburg.de/futureforest...
We are hiring a doctoral researcher for the project "Stand Density Management for #Forest Adaptation to #Drought“
Application link: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Website: uni-freiburg.de/futureforest...
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🌳Interested in doing a PhD within the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de?🌲
We are hiring a doctoral researcher for the project "Stand Density Management for #Forest Adaptation to #Drought“
Application link: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Website: uni-freiburg.de/futureforest...
We are hiring a doctoral researcher for the project "Stand Density Management for #Forest Adaptation to #Drought“
Application link: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Website: uni-freiburg.de/futureforest...
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Just before the Xmas break🎉
In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
Above‐ and below‐ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species in a common garden experiment
This research highlights the significance of elucidating the mechanisms behind above-and below-ground organs. The varying trait coordination across clades indicates different resource acquisition str...
doi.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just before the Xmas break🎉
In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
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Seed dispersal by 🦜🦇 underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocó? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Seed dispersal by 🦜🦇 underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocó? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99
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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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What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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#Agriculture 💘 wild #pollinators = The perfect match!
Last week we brought farmers, advisors, researchers, and land managers together to share the results from the #EUproject @restpoll.bsky.social #LivingLabs across Catalonia.
Last week we brought farmers, advisors, researchers, and land managers together to share the results from the #EUproject @restpoll.bsky.social #LivingLabs across Catalonia.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#Agriculture 💘 wild #pollinators = The perfect match!
Last week we brought farmers, advisors, researchers, and land managers together to share the results from the #EUproject @restpoll.bsky.social #LivingLabs across Catalonia.
Last week we brought farmers, advisors, researchers, and land managers together to share the results from the #EUproject @restpoll.bsky.social #LivingLabs across Catalonia.
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New study out in Ecology Letters 🌱🐑!
Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Herbivory Modifies the Role of Spatial Processes in a Grassland Plant Metacommunity
We empirically examined how mammalian herbivory interacts with habitat size and connectivity to affect plant diversity in a natural grassland metacommunity. We found that herbivory increased plant di...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New study out in Ecology Letters 🌱🐑!
Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Using long-term Åland monitoring data, we found that herbivory increases plant diversity across scales and flips the diversity–area relationship: a positive relationship is found in grazed sites while a negative one in ungrazed sites.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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New OA #TreeDivNet paper is out in @geoderma.bsky.social and it is focussed on effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New OA #TreeDivNet paper is out in @geoderma.bsky.social and it is focussed on effects of tree species richness on topsoil carbon and fungal diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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iDiv and @unihalle.bsky.social are hiring!📣 New job offer for a technical assistant (full time) at the lab of @jon-chase03.bsky.social - check it out and apply by 27 Nov!
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
Job Openings
Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.
www.idiv.de
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
iDiv and @unihalle.bsky.social are hiring!📣 New job offer for a technical assistant (full time) at the lab of @jon-chase03.bsky.social - check it out and apply by 27 Nov!
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
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Our November Issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC
Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC
Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our November Issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC
Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on 🧪
🦆Threats to migratory shorebirds
🌍Phosphorus constraints on global photosynthesis
🦠Evolution of the meerkat MHC
Cover shows a larva of an emperor moth, from Li et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The 🏡 @ipbes.net podcast #NatureInsight is back for Season 5! 🎙️
In Episode 1, Brit Garner and @rspaull.bsky.social talk to Victor Rault and Prof. Alex Antonelli about Charles Darwin and his epic 5-year voyage that still continues to inform and inspire people. 🌍
🎧🧪 natureinsight.podbean.com
In Episode 1, Brit Garner and @rspaull.bsky.social talk to Victor Rault and Prof. Alex Antonelli about Charles Darwin and his epic 5-year voyage that still continues to inform and inspire people. 🌍
🎧🧪 natureinsight.podbean.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The 🏡 @ipbes.net podcast #NatureInsight is back for Season 5! 🎙️
In Episode 1, Brit Garner and @rspaull.bsky.social talk to Victor Rault and Prof. Alex Antonelli about Charles Darwin and his epic 5-year voyage that still continues to inform and inspire people. 🌍
🎧🧪 natureinsight.podbean.com
In Episode 1, Brit Garner and @rspaull.bsky.social talk to Victor Rault and Prof. Alex Antonelli about Charles Darwin and his epic 5-year voyage that still continues to inform and inspire people. 🌍
🎧🧪 natureinsight.podbean.com
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Pollinators and politics in China:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
Pollinators and politics in China
Last week I returned from a 14 day visit to China to colleagues at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, part of a three-year commitment to working there that I documented on the blog last yea…
jeffollerton.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pollinators and politics in China:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
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Really nice paper from @tiff-ki.bsky.social & co. shows no overall decline in butterfly species richness in Sulawesi over 166 yrs, but changing communities with endemics & forest specialists declining. Short-term trends unreliable measures of long term. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🌏
October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Really nice paper from @tiff-ki.bsky.social & co. shows no overall decline in butterfly species richness in Sulawesi over 166 yrs, but changing communities with endemics & forest specialists declining. Short-term trends unreliable measures of long term. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🌏
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Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere?
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere?
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...