Global Change Ecology group @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social
@globalchangeeco.bsky.social
We are the chair of global change ecology at @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social led by @christianhof.bsky.social. We study the variation and future of biodiversity under global change.
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Yesterday at our GCERetreat2025 our postdoc @esme-ashe.bsky.social presented her impressive data collection as well as first models and findings on butterfly thermoregulation and thermal tolerance. Many more cool results coming up!
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yesterday at our GCERetreat2025 our postdoc @esme-ashe.bsky.social presented her impressive data collection as well as first models and findings on butterfly thermoregulation and thermal tolerance. Many more cool results coming up!
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Katrin Fuest presented ideas and first fieldwork reports from her thesis. She studies thermoregulation of forest #butterflies in relation to habitat structure and microclimate. Well done Katrin!
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Katrin Fuest presented ideas and first fieldwork reports from her thesis. She studies thermoregulation of forest #butterflies in relation to habitat structure and microclimate. Well done Katrin!
A wonderful morning in the Austrian Alps, our next GCERetreat2025 day has started, and Rasmus Dam Jensen gives an overview of the MultiCrossBEF project @bexplo.bsky.social and some first results on the Earthworm subproject
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A wonderful morning in the Austrian Alps, our next GCERetreat2025 day has started, and Rasmus Dam Jensen gives an overview of the MultiCrossBEF project @bexplo.bsky.social and some first results on the Earthworm subproject
GCERetreat2025: Congrats to our @ekengelhardt.bsky.social on her new project bAImo (Bavarian AI for insect monitoring), funded by bayklif2.0. Cool research at the interface of modelling, macroecology & conservation science coming up! With @maximilianpichler.bsky.social & @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
GCERetreat2025: Congrats to our @ekengelhardt.bsky.social on her new project bAImo (Bavarian AI for insect monitoring), funded by bayklif2.0. Cool research at the interface of modelling, macroecology & conservation science coming up! With @maximilianpichler.bsky.social & @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presents his ideas and first analyses for his thesis project on how landscape heterogeneity influences distribution and trends of biodiversity in Bavaria
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presents his ideas and first analyses for his thesis project on how landscape heterogeneity influences distribution and trends of biodiversity in Bavaria
Retreat time! In the great setting of the Austrian Alps we just started our group retreat to discuss science, new ideas & how to further develop our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social ecosystem. Here @christianzehner.bsky.social is kicking off the program with his project on occurrence sampling biases.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Retreat time! In the great setting of the Austrian Alps we just started our group retreat to discuss science, new ideas & how to further develop our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social ecosystem. Here @christianzehner.bsky.social is kicking off the program with his project on occurrence sampling biases.
Another MSc thesis update was recently presented by our student Nicolas Willems. He studies the variation of colour lightness, body size and other traits of #grasshoppers along an elevational gradient in the Bavarian Alps. Well done!! We look forward to the results…
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another MSc thesis update was recently presented by our student Nicolas Willems. He studies the variation of colour lightness, body size and other traits of #grasshoppers along an elevational gradient in the Bavarian Alps. Well done!! We look forward to the results…
Another impressive thesis update talk by our MSc student Mara Kuschke: advised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social she studies how #thermoregulation of #grasshoppers varies with elevation in the Bavarian Alps. Great work, Mara!
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Another impressive thesis update talk by our MSc student Mara Kuschke: advised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social she studies how #thermoregulation of #grasshoppers varies with elevation in the Bavarian Alps. Great work, Mara!
Last week our MSc student Karl Gehrig gave an update about his MSc thesis on how #butterflies change their #behaviour depending on their thermal preferences preferences. His work is supervised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social who leads our research theme of #thermalecology. Well done, Karl!
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Last week our MSc student Karl Gehrig gave an update about his MSc thesis on how #butterflies change their #behaviour depending on their thermal preferences preferences. His work is supervised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social who leads our research theme of #thermalecology. Well done, Karl!
We are happy and proud to host Mariana Prokupuk from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science as a guest researcher at our chair. With a Coimbra scholarship she studies ecological niches and traits of invasive aquatic plants. Welcome again, Mariana! www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are happy and proud to host Mariana Prokupuk from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science as a guest researcher at our chair. With a Coimbra scholarship she studies ecological niches and traits of invasive aquatic plants. Welcome again, Mariana! www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...
Thanks for a great talk on her PhD project by @anamaria-bu.bsky.social in our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social seminar. Check out her recent paper on the influence of island isolation on dispersal traits of bird communities on #islands globally: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Thanks for a great talk on her PhD project by @anamaria-bu.bsky.social in our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social seminar. Check out her recent paper on the influence of island isolation on dispersal traits of bird communities on #islands globally: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
On the last day of #gfoe2025 our postdoc @esme-ashe.bsky.social emphasized the importance of written #biodiversity records for enhancing our understanding of biodiversity change.
September 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On the last day of #gfoe2025 our postdoc @esme-ashe.bsky.social emphasized the importance of written #biodiversity records for enhancing our understanding of biodiversity change.
We are happy and proud about our MSc students Lars Landgraf and Karl Gehrig presenting posters on their thesis on landscape heterogeneity and thermal butterfly behaviour yesterday at #gfoe2025
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We are happy and proud about our MSc students Lars Landgraf and Karl Gehrig presenting posters on their thesis on landscape heterogeneity and thermal butterfly behaviour yesterday at #gfoe2025
Our PhD student @funbirdeco.bsky.social presented his recent work on the global variation of phylogenetic and functional bird diversity on islands at #gfoe2025 Thanks, Jan, for a great talk!
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our PhD student @funbirdeco.bsky.social presented his recent work on the global variation of phylogenetic and functional bird diversity on islands at #gfoe2025 Thanks, Jan, for a great talk!
Our postdoc Roberto Novella Fernandez presented his new work on phenological variation of functional traits in butterflies. #gfoe2025 Check out his paper on dragonflies @natcomms.nature.com, also highlighting the phenological dimension of functional diversity variation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our postdoc Roberto Novella Fernandez presented his new work on phenological variation of functional traits in butterflies. #gfoe2025 Check out his paper on dragonflies @natcomms.nature.com, also highlighting the phenological dimension of functional diversity variation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks for a gorgeous works outing which we enjoyed recently in the „Frankonian Switzerland“ - on the river Wiesent and in the „Devils cave“ in Pottenstein. It‘s wonderful to work with such a great team!
August 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Thanks for a gorgeous works outing which we enjoyed recently in the „Frankonian Switzerland“ - on the river Wiesent and in the „Devils cave“ in Pottenstein. It‘s wonderful to work with such a great team!
Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography