@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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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/...
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Neue Ausgabe des Konfuzius Magazins mit einem Artikel über TreeDì: "Wald und Waldforschung in China" ab Seite 8.
www.konfuziusinstitut-leipzig.de/konfuzius-in...
www.konfuziusinstitut-leipzig.de/konfuzius-in...
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Neue Ausgabe des Konfuzius Magazins mit einem Artikel über TreeDì: "Wald und Waldforschung in China" ab Seite 8.
www.konfuziusinstitut-leipzig.de/konfuzius-in...
www.konfuziusinstitut-leipzig.de/konfuzius-in...
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“Native #plant diversity was not a strong predictor of invasive plants’ effects. However, invasive species’ residence time modified their impacts, with native plant diversity decreasing more the longer the invasive species was present,” writes Editor Bianca Lopez
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Invasion impacts in terrestrial ecosystems: Global patterns and predictors
Biological invasions can alter ecosystems, yet their impacts vary across ecological contexts. Using a global meta-analysis of 775 studies (2223 effect sizes) in terrestrial systems, we show that the m...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Native #plant diversity was not a strong predictor of invasive plants’ effects. However, invasive species’ residence time modified their impacts, with native plant diversity decreasing more the longer the invasive species was present,” writes Editor Bianca Lopez
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Inspiring joint conference of @treedi.bsky.social and @multitroph.bsky.social at @idiv-research.bsky.social, with 20 presentations by doctoral researchers, 7 workshops, 5 international keynote speakers, 1 excursion and 1 guided city tour.
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Inspiring joint conference of @treedi.bsky.social and @multitroph.bsky.social at @idiv-research.bsky.social, with 20 presentations by doctoral researchers, 7 workshops, 5 international keynote speakers, 1 excursion and 1 guided city tour.
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Tomorrow (30th) at 11am CEST, Clara Thoma from agroforst.de will talk about creating resilient landscapes through agroforestry🌳🪱🌱
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#agroforestry
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#agroforestry
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Tomorrow (30th) at 11am CEST, Clara Thoma from agroforst.de will talk about creating resilient landscapes through agroforestry🌳🪱🌱
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#agroforestry
Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seminar series Forest Ecology: Science&Practice
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/701005.html
#agroforestry
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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#ResistanceEarth
Nature drives more than half of global GDP — about $58 trillion — but companies had no framework for addressing biodiversity risks. The new ISO 17298 standard provides a comprehensive approach for embedding biodiversity into company decision-making.
www.forbes.com/sites/felici...
Nature drives more than half of global GDP — about $58 trillion — but companies had no framework for addressing biodiversity risks. The new ISO 17298 standard provides a comprehensive approach for embedding biodiversity into company decision-making.
www.forbes.com/sites/felici...
Biodiversity Gets Its ISO Moment: Nature Accounting Arrives
ISO 17298, the first global biodiversity standard, marks a shift from carbon to nature accounting, bringing measurable, investor-grade accountability to ecosystems.
www.forbes.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
#ResistanceEarth
Nature drives more than half of global GDP — about $58 trillion — but companies had no framework for addressing biodiversity risks. The new ISO 17298 standard provides a comprehensive approach for embedding biodiversity into company decision-making.
www.forbes.com/sites/felici...
Nature drives more than half of global GDP — about $58 trillion — but companies had no framework for addressing biodiversity risks. The new ISO 17298 standard provides a comprehensive approach for embedding biodiversity into company decision-making.
www.forbes.com/sites/felici...
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For thousands of years, Indigenous people stewarded their forests with fire.
Burns encourage more variation in the forest landscape, which leads to greater biodiversity — but there are hard limits.
Burns encourage more variation in the forest landscape, which leads to greater biodiversity — but there are hard limits.
How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For thousands of years, Indigenous people stewarded their forests with fire.
Burns encourage more variation in the forest landscape, which leads to greater biodiversity — but there are hard limits.
Burns encourage more variation in the forest landscape, which leads to greater biodiversity — but there are hard limits.
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New paper from our JenaTron facility:
Bröcher et al. show that reciprocal effects between plants and invertebrate herbivores vary with plant species richness, plant history and soil history.
Herbivores want nutritious plants with soil history, while they reduce plant height in monocultures
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Bröcher et al. show that reciprocal effects between plants and invertebrate herbivores vary with plant species richness, plant history and soil history.
Herbivores want nutritious plants with soil history, while they reduce plant height in monocultures
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📰Published📰Plant-insect interactions are shaped by plant diversity and the history of plants and soil🌱
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Plant-insect interactions are shaped by plant diversity and the history of plants and soil.
Maximilian Bröcher, Anne Ebeling, Leonardo Bassi, Pamela Medina-van Berkum, Nicole M. van Dam, Nico Eisenhauer, Anna-Maria Madaj, Sybille Unsicker, Alexandra Weigelt, Sebastian T. Meyer This is a p…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New paper from our JenaTron facility:
Bröcher et al. show that reciprocal effects between plants and invertebrate herbivores vary with plant species richness, plant history and soil history.
Herbivores want nutritious plants with soil history, while they reduce plant height in monocultures
🐛🌱
Bröcher et al. show that reciprocal effects between plants and invertebrate herbivores vary with plant species richness, plant history and soil history.
Herbivores want nutritious plants with soil history, while they reduce plant height in monocultures
🐛🌱
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🦣 New paper: Megafauna with large size & flat-footedness + less related to tropical African/Asian fauna were more likely to go extinct in recent prehistory; consistent w direct hunting including pre-sapiens human filtering👣👉 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late‐Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity
Aim The late-Quaternary extinctions, which affected primarily large mammals, are strongly connected to the migration of modern humans out of sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia (the Palaeotropics),...
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🦣 New paper: Megafauna with large size & flat-footedness + less related to tropical African/Asian fauna were more likely to go extinct in recent prehistory; consistent w direct hunting including pre-sapiens human filtering👣👉 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
@bgauzens.bsky.social gave a very nice introduction into food web theory, from its origins until today! Covering Euler, social and railway networks, and many more. Fascinating!
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@bgauzens.bsky.social gave a very nice introduction into food web theory, from its origins until today! Covering Euler, social and railway networks, and many more. Fascinating!
Dominique Gravel from University of Sherbrooke explained how to predict the effect of species loss on ecosystem functioning in complex systems. #redundancy vs #complementarity. What a pity, he could not be with us in person!
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Dominique Gravel from University of Sherbrooke explained how to predict the effect of species loss on ecosystem functioning in complex systems. #redundancy vs #complementarity. What a pity, he could not be with us in person!
Today at @idiv-research.bsky.social Feilong Ji showed responses of tree diversity on pre-disersal seed redation for several tree species in BEF-China - great progress 😊
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today at @idiv-research.bsky.social Feilong Ji showed responses of tree diversity on pre-disersal seed redation for several tree species in BEF-China - great progress 😊
Haikuo Zhang convinced us: Microbes are key! They mobilize P and P mobilization increases with tree diversity.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Haikuo Zhang convinced us: Microbes are key! They mobilize P and P mobilization increases with tree diversity.
Georg Albert, our synthesis postdoc, shiws how species interactions shape (multi) functions in the BEF-China experiment.
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Georg Albert, our synthesis postdoc, shiws how species interactions shape (multi) functions in the BEF-China experiment.
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Joint conference between @treedi.bsky.social and @multitroph.bsky.social has begun in Leipzig! Good way to start my last year of PhD 🕷🐛🐝🌿
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Joint conference between @treedi.bsky.social and @multitroph.bsky.social has begun in Leipzig! Good way to start my last year of PhD 🕷🐛🐝🌿
The saprophytic insects of BEF China and how this group is affected by tree species loss. Great work of our PhD student Matteo Dadda.
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The saprophytic insects of BEF China and how this group is affected by tree species loss. Great work of our PhD student Matteo Dadda.