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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V.
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The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) promotes scientific ecology, fostering research, collaboration and knowledge exchange.

📖 Journal: @basicapplecol.bsky.social
🎉 Exciting news: The BAAE Best Student Paper Award is here! @basicapplecol.bsky.social will recognize remarkable student research with a €500 prize, highlighting emerging ecological scholars. 🌿 The award will be presented yearly at the GfÖ conference. 🌟

👉 gfoe.org/de/gfoe-prei...
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Wow 2,000 followers! 🌿
Big thanks to everyone out there who’s curious about ecology and our work. We see you, and we’re excited to keep sharing ideas, research, and what keeps us curious out in the field.

More info about us: www.gfoe.org/de/

#Ecology #Research #GfÖ #BasicAndAppliedEcology
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📣 Check out the new schedule starting next week for the ONLINE LUNCHBOX MODELS EVENTS hosted by our AKs @yomoseco.bsky.social and Computational Ecology!

It is an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights!!

More infos: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...

📺 See you online!
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Marie-Christin Wimmler, winner of the Horst-Wiehe Prize 2025 for best PhD thesis!

Her work ‘Integrating Natural Root Grafting into Vegetation Dynamic Models’ advances ecological modelling and deepens understanding of plant interactions. 🌱

@tudresden.bsky.social
#gfoe2025
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌟 We are beyond excited to present the GFÖ 2025 Honorary Medal to Prof. Dr. Volker Grimm! 🎉

His outstanding and future-oriented research in ecological modelling has paved the way for deeper insights into how ecological systems work 🌍✨

@ufz.de www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
#gfoe2025
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Stay tuned for more updates and make sure to tag us with #gfoe2025 so we can feature your insights of the conference. We are looking forward to see you next week!

@cofeuniwue.bsky.social
@globalchangeeco.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🌾 Lorenzo Marini, University of Padova DAFNAE, explores the challenges and future directions of agroecology, focusing on how diversified farming and interdisciplinary research can balance food production with biodiversity conservation.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🔊 Zuzana Buřivalová, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will show us how bioacoustics and machine learning reveal biodiversity loss and recovery in tropical forests, stressing the need to protect more than just carbon.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🌱 Volker Grimm, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), will show us that Individual-Based Ecology is essential for predicting ecosystem responses to change, emphasizing the need to understand how individual organisms drive system-level dynamics.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🧬 Jean-Philippe Lessard, Concordia University, how physiology, genetics, ecology, and evolution interact to shape species’ range limits, aiming to improve predictions of range shifts in a changing world.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🌎 Jos Barlow, Lancaster Environment Centre, shows us how climate extremes, forest degradation, and biodiversity shifts are shrinking the Amazon’s solution space, stressing the need for actions beyond deforestation avoidance and restoration to prevent tipping points.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📊 Anne Chao & Pia Bradler, presenting the iNEXT framework, rooted in Alan Turing’s concept of sample coverage, as a powerful statistical tool for standardizing biodiversity data and enabling meaningful comparisons across ecosystems.
#Gfoe2025
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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.
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📢 We are hiring!
Are you passionate about #ecology & creative #sciencecommunication? Join us as Social Media Officer for the #GfÖ & our journal #BAAE

🌿 Check our call below
📅 Apply by 1 July 2025

Join us & make ecology visible!
@gfoesoc.bsky.social @basicapplecol.bsky.social
#EcologyJobs #SciComm
May 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN

Online registration is now open and the call for abstracts for oral presentations and posters has been published for the 54th Annual Meeting of the #Ecological Society of #Germany, #Austria and #Switzerland.

HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT:
www.gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca...
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We are 1000!
And many more follower to come 💯
Thank you very much!
March 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hey Young Modellers in Ecology out there 👋🌳

Register now for this year’s YoMos workshop:
www.yomos.org/next-workshop 📑
Deadline: 15.03.2025

See you!
February 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS:
#GfÖ Annual Meeting
2025 September 01 to 05, 2025
in #Würzburg, Germany

For first announcement and
procedures sessions and call for workshops:
gfoe.org/sites/defaul...
February 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Introducing the Computational Ecology Working Group

We connect scientists to advance research in #EcologicalModeling, #EcologicalStatistics, and #TheoreticalEcology, while addressing the impact of #HumanActivities.

📧 Contact AKCompEcol_orga@googlegroups.com
🌐 akcomputationalecology.wordpress.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Introducing the #Ecosystem #Research Working Group:

We connect scientists to advance research on #EcosystemInteractions, #EnvironmentalProcesses, and the impact of human activities. Join us in fostering #InternationalCollaboration and experimental networks!

📧 Contact us: gfoe@plant-ecology.de
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🌍 Introducing the GfÖ Working Group: #EnvironmentalEducation #Sustainability
We connect scientists to advance research in environmental education, focusing on sustainable development, education for sustainability, and international collaboration.

📧 Contact us: franz.bogner@uni-bayreuth.de
January 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌍 Introducing the GfÖ Working Group: #DrylandResearch #Ecology
With over 10 years of experience, we connect scientists to study ecosystem functions, biodiversity, resilience, and sustainable resource use in drylands, addressing the challenges of global change.

📧 Contact us: linstedt@uni-potsdam.de
January 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🌍 Introducing the GfÖ Working Group: #Soil #Ecology
We connect scientists from various disciplines to understand soil ecosystems, focusing on abiotic and biotic interactions, multitrophic interactions, nutrient flows, biodiversity, and bioindication.

📧 Contact us: martin.potthoff@uni-goettingen.de
January 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🌱 Introducing the GfÖ Specialist Group: #Plant #Population #Biology (#PopBio)!
We connect researchers to advance #population #ecology & genetics, linking to #evolutionary ecology, #conservation biology, and more.

📧 Contact: solveig.franziska.bucher@uni-jena.de
January 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🌲 Introducing the GfÖ Working Group: Forest Ecology
We connect researchers to study #forest interactions, dynamics, and sustainable management across all #climates. Goal: to foster collaboration on #forest #ecology, including disturbances, ##adaptation, and #management.
📧 franka.huth@tu-dresden.de
December 29, 2024 at 10:30 AM