New paper alert!! Excited to announce our latest feral cattle paper ‘Sex and spatial proximity affect ungulate behavioral synchrony’ is out today open-access in PeerJ @peerj.bsky.social by myself, Kate Flay, @tania-perroux.bsky.social and @amcell.bsky.social (1/6) peerj.com/articles/213... #zoology

An exciting day today. Our work, co-led by @mhanusch.bsky.social and @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social was published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. In this review, we explore the concept of chemodiversity and what role it could play for ecological functions at landscape-level. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

We are hiring! We are hiring a doctoral student to work on the economics and policy of climate change mitigation in Swiss agriculture. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... A background in agricultural economics and proficiency in German or French is required. Deadline for applications is June 26

🌱🐝 New paper out!! Can flower-rich gardens buffer #pollination services in densifying cities like #Zurich? We find the answer is #trait dependent: no one-size-fits-all. #Urban green spaces need local floral richness and landscape-scale measures to support #pollinators doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Mixtures of several forage-plant species systematically increase yields with lower fertiliser input. Higher temperatures enhance the benefits of these mixtures, making them a key component of #ClimateChange adaptation. 👇

Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!

Come see me talk about how we are using desert cacti and mesquite trees to try and understand coinfection dynamics

Our new review article “Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review” now online and freely available in #EcologyLetters dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #Ecology #EcologicalModelling #SensitivityAnalysis #UncertaintyQuantification 🌐

2/8 We conducted an integrated reanalysis of #global riverine #fish eDNA datasets, showing both #robustness and #congruence of biodiversity conclusions, just published in #MolecularEcology. see paper ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

7/8 🔀 Overall, the suitability and potential of eDNA for global biodiversity monitoring is corroborating overall robust biodiversity estimates, irrespective of the bioinformatic approaches.

4/8 🔹 We found that #species #richness estimates and metrics of community structure derived under a common bioinformatic workflow were overall #consistent with those of original analyses, despite the relatively high variability in bioinformatic analyses in the respective original studies. 📊 📈

Effective #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 🤝 policy making depends on #comparable and #generalisable data. We demonstrate how #eDNA 🧬 is empowering 💪 🌍 🌐 global biodiversity analyses. 1/8

Out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Accounting for spatial interactions in the upscaling of ecosystem services. Led by Lari Boesing. A how to guide to upscaling ES, particularly those driven by the movement of matter and mobile organisms besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In the recent ETH news, our PI, Prof.Loïc Pellissier wrote a perspective on how can we encourage companies to do a better job of protecting biodiversity. Check it out here:

We’re currently running our first online ABM and IBM with @netlogo.bsky.social course after two in-person editions in Berlin & Łódź! Huge thanks to Volker Grimm, Steve Railsback & Jacob Kelter for their expert guidance Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey!

Preprint alert! The epidemiology of wild–crop interfaces: Integrating ecology, evolution, and management through modeling - www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.3...

Conservation postdoc in Brisbane, Australia 🧪

Come join me at Oregon State! We’re hiring a new assistant professor in population and disease dynamics of cereal pathogens. Our department is dynamic and fun, our building is newly renovated, and Oregon is wonderful! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/171...

🚨 First PhD chapter is out! My work thus far, with @andy2dobson.bsky.social We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average. 📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🏵️ Preprint alert! 🐝 In an #urban garden experiment along independent #densification🏙️ × local garden floral richness🌷 gradients, floral richness maintains #pollination success under densification, but only for plants with higher floral specificity. 🔎 doi.org/10.22541/au.... #Traits #Pollinators

JOIN US!!! @garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026! Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email [email protected] with CV if interested!

Spotted this swallowtail caterpillar munching on wild carrot by the Limmat River in #Zürich. A quiet reminder that urban #biodiversity is not to be underestimated!🌿🐛 #UrbanEcology #PlantInsectInteractions #TrophicInteractions

New Masters launching! 🤩 A 2 year program in Germany and Norway, all courses held in English. Amazing opportunity to learn about some of the most critical challenges the natural world is facing from leading scientists working in this field 🌍🌱

☘️🐛🐦‍⬛ When common species disappear, food webs can become unstable. This has far-reaching consequences, especially when wetland species are affected: www.wsl.ch/en/news/if-s... #speciesextinction #foodwebs #wetlands #biodiversity @merinrejichacko.bsky.social @loicpellissier.bsky.social

☘️🐛🐦‍⬛Sterben häufige Arten aus, können Nahrungsnetze instabil werden. Insbesondere wenn Feuchtgebietsarten betroffen sind, hat dies weitreichende Folgen: www.wsl.ch/de/news/vers... #Artensterben #Nahrungsnetze #Feuchtgebiete #Biodiversität @merinrejichacko.bsky.social @loicpellissier.bsky.social

5 papers all computational biologists should read 🧵 1. A Quick Guide to Organizing Computational Biology Projects journals.plos.org/ploscompbio...

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

🌍 New in Science: Consistent energy–diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates Co-authored by @elbohdalkova.bsky.social & David Storch from @cts.cuni.cz 📌 Temperature drives richness in ectotherms (metabolic theory) and has indirect effects in endotherms 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce the publication of the trophiCH database: a multi-trophic, species-level #metaweb for #Switzerland🇨🇭 Out now in #ScientificData 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Want to explore the dataset? 🔍 webapps.wsl.ch/trophiCH/ #OpenData #Ecology #FoodWebs 🌐 1/6

After almost 4 years of intermittent work, our perspective on biodiversity modelling in urban ecosystems is finally out in @natcities.nature.com 👉🏻 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🌐 Global Ecology Digest #26, June 30-July 08, 42 posts! ✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share 👉 globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.g... DM if you want to receive the link weekly 🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

🚨 Hot off the press! We show that species loss from key habitats (like wetlands) accelerates secondary extinction in regional multi-habitat food webs. Also, we show the importance of common species to regional food web robustness. doi.org/10.1038/s420... #Ecology #FoodWebs #Biodiversity #Metaweb

New paper out! 🏙️ We found that urbanisation simplifies and homogenises seed dispersal networks. 🪴🐦‍⬛ Non-native plants dominate in cities, accounting for 61% 😔 of interactions in the urban network vs just 15% in forests! 🪻🌿🌴 Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🌐🧪🌍🍁

Die Geschichte dazu hier: Zappa, M., Karger, D. N., & Hüsler, F. (2025). EXtreme Trockenheit in der Schweiz: Regionale und lokale Perspektiven einer globalen Herausforderung. In A. Björnsen (Ed.), WSL Berichte: Vol. 164. Extremes (pp. 13-21). doi.org/10.55419/wsl...

Happy Birthday to master storyteller Sir David Attenborough! 🎉 We’ve loved working with Sir David as he delivered the narration to the upcoming immersive experience, Our Story with David Attenborough. Tickets go on sale in just two weeks. Keep an eye out for the announcement!

🚨New paper alert🚨 Exploring urban #aquatic & #terrestrial biodiversity with #eDNA 🧬 ❗ #Urbanization weakens land–water linkages ❗ Aquatic & terrestrial communities follow distinct drivers 🐞🦟 ❗ Adapted primers for aquatic & terrestrial invertebrates 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PostDoc Alert! #PhD in #forest- or #environmental #sciences, good publication record & interest in #ecological development of forests? 🌳🌲 Excellent knowledge in #statistics and statistical #modelling? 🖥️ We are looking for a 2-year PostDoc in forest modelling! apply.refline.ch/273855/1730/...

We finally got a ChatGPT generated review on a manuscript. So I wrote about how we handle these reviews is a sign of whether we have given up on peer review altogether.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #FrauenInderWissenschaft #FrauenInMINT #MintFrauen #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience

Our research is finally out 📜 @natureportfolio.bsky.social in our publication we show that #landscape_diversity 🏞️promotes #productivity using #remote_sensing on a continental scale 🌎 across 20 years Thanks to everyone who contributed✨ #University_of_Zurich #URPP_GCB www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Today we are releasing 64 (!) adverts for Masters by Research projects at the College of Science & Engineering. All are self-funded. Spanning 18 themes/disciplines this is the richest offering we’ve had in years. Check out the projects now and get in touch: tinyurl.com/4bw29ucv

📢 Are you an early career researcher, interested in how science is communicated, reported, & the evolution of the scientific ecosystem? Applications are open for the Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel. Find out more: ow.ly/MaTk50U71W3 #ECRs #ResearchCulture #AcademicSky

The Missouri Botanical Garden is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to design ex situ plant collections for conservation. Applications open until filled; salary based on experience. More details: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/3813 #postdoc

Ready to make a difference in agro-entomology research? Join us for a PhD in the "GoodWeedBadWeed" project in Göttingen&@leibnizlib.bsky.social! 🌾🌱 on plant-pollinator interactions using eDNA, nectar & pollen. Fieldwork near Göttingen (driver's license required).Apply at tinyurl.com/GoodWeedBadW...

Are you interested in species interactions and how we model them? Then this thread is for you! Our new paper in Ecology on the role of abundance in species interactions provides new statistical tools for modelling species interactions. shorturl.at/Sqz9m 🧵(1/13)🧵

Pre-print alert! 🚨 Excited to share my second PhD chapter: species link habitats through food webs. We show that removing species from one habitat (e.g., wetlands) can cascade across the multi-habitat regional food web, reducing its robustness. 🌿🐝🐦🦌 Check it out here: doi.org/10.21203/rs....

⏰ Join us tomorrow at our 3rd Biodiversity Symposium: Communicating Biodiversity (or why it is so complicated)! We'll have three incredible speakers (with diverse perspectives & expertise) @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @bsaladin.bsky.social, and Bernhard Schmid. Join us in person or online!

#PhDone!! @ele-ethwsl.bsky.social

Recent paper found its place at #BioScience December issue led by Cátia Pereira & myself. We synthesize studies on #eDNA and #traitmatching and propose a framework to couple eDNA and traits from measured and compiled datasets to reconstruct #foodwebs 🦠🐚🐌 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...