Are you interested in flowering plants, pollinators or Alps? Plant Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is looking for a PhD student! I can warmly recommend the group! The meadows of the study area are simply amazing to anyone interested in biodiversity! Application DL 30.6. @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social

3 weeks of field work in 3 different regions: DONE!✅ Thank you, Jana, Vanessa and Dominik, you were a great help! The tree trunk eclectors for BEClimWood-Bugs are now set up and insects will be sampled every 4 weeks until autumn. @bexplo.bsky.social

There is a LOT of attention for soil health, especially in agricultural systems, but there is very little awareness of the value of intact, undisturbed, native soils. Here, I argue that applying the old-growth concept to soils will help their protection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Connectivity job opportunity: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/cb8... "postdoctoral researcher to lead the development of next-generation landscape connectivity science, advancing modeling approaches that integrate high-resolution remote sensing, machine learning, and circuit- & network-based methods. "

We're searching for a postdoc fellow to conduct research on biological nitrogen fixation in boreal forests! The postdoc will join a dynamic and fun research group in Umeå. Deadline Aug 27th. Reach out if you have any questions! www.slu.se/en/about-slu... @michael-gundale.bsky.social

We are looking for a PhD candidate to model the impact of light at night on urban food webs: join a project on aquatic–terrestrial coupling of trophic interactions in urban ecosystems. Apply by 15 June: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

We are seeking applications for Associate Editors to join our team at #RESInsectConsDiv. We welcome applications from researchers working within the scope of our journal, with particular focus on a number of key areas 👇@royentsoc.bsky.social www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

We are hiring a curator for the ornithology section at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social in Hamburg. Please apply or share: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/j...

Do you want to use your experience with AI to help ecological research? The Netherlands Institute of Ecology is looking for an AI engineer in ecology. Interested? Or know someone who is? Apply to the vacancy by 14 June: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

🎓 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟰-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴! Join #RESDiNET to study bark beetle outbreaks using EO, UAV, GIS,Python/R 📍Zvolen, Slovakia 📅Deadline: 30 June '26 📩Contact: rasti.jakus[at]gmail.com 🚨 resdinet.eu/join-the-nex... #ForestScience #PhD #GIS #ForestEcology #ForestResearch

We are looking for a researcher with a PhD in plant/soil ecology, plant-soil interactions, or related. With your expertise you will collect field samples and analyse long-term data sets to understand plant and soil community responses to global changes. Apply by 14 June: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Understanding biodiversity trends requires long-term monitoring and baseline data. This analysis shows 20th century insect declines in Switzerland & more recent partial recoveries and identifies drivers of both trends. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📄Out now 📄: 90-year trends in Switzerland show declines in butterfly and saproxylic beetle richness around the mid-20th century, linked to agricultural mechanisation. Some groups have recovered in recent decades, especially warm-adapted species. Specialised and cold-adapted species remained low.🦋🪲

Technically, I've been part of @idiv-research.bsky.social before, but as of today I'll really be joining them as a new member of @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social My focus will switch back to forests, specifically @betafor.bsky.social 🌲🪵🪲 Some commuting ahead, but I'm very excited for a new chapter 🐛

ICYMI: Lage-scale analysis shows the importance of freshwater insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies for riparian avian communities www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper out in New Phytologist 🌱 After centuries of research in Europe, we have studied only ~37% of all seed-dispersal interactions. Birds of prey, ants, and rodents are among the most understudied - yet researchers rarely flag them as gaps! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

When vacuuming spiders makes sense: Ongoing since 2010, our first of three annual arthropod samplings is done 🪲🕷️🐝 160 bags are stored away in the freezer, waiting for identification 📏

🌾Agriculture drives insect change differently across regions. Learn more on #InsideBiodiversity with Dr Shawan Chowdhury, who explains intensification in Germany and land‑use pressures in Bangladesh. @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social 🎧 insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv Winners & losers in #subarctic #moth communities in a changing climate: Marine regime shifts as predictors for terrestrial insect #biomass doi.org/10.1111/icad.70088 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Photo credit: Julia Fält-Nardmann

NEW PAPER: Here, Marlene Graf and colleagues investigated how admixture with coniferous trees in beech forests affected blue tit breeding performance. It turns out, blue tits are remarkably resilient to admixture. doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

🪲 A PhD position in my lab will open soon! Work includes Caribbean fieldwork, visits to major European entomological collections, and cutting-edge morphology, phylogenomics & museomics. If you’re interested in beetle evolution and biodiversity research, consider applying! 🔬🌍

Grazing supports more oligolectic bees than hay fields – functional differences in pollinator communities among pasture landscapes doi.org/10.4039/tce.... #NewInCanEnt

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Viktoria Sagolla presents how temperate alley cropping agroforestry influences arthropod predator diversity and its spatiotemporal effects on natural pest control 🌳 🕷️ 📅 Wed 27th May at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

Now online in @forestecosyst.bsky.social: By synthesising data from the @bexplo.bsky.social, we found that promoting a mosaic of forest management types while reducing overall management intensity could foster positive relationships between carbon stocks and arthropods. doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...

5 days left to apply for PhD and Postdoc positions in a cool project about herbaria, plants and digitization!🌿😎 Postdoc: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... PhD: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... More info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... #Jobs #HPBio #HistSci #DigitalHumanities #PhilSci

"Why do you have to constantly poke at something why cant you just let the forest do what it wants" #forestecol 🌳🌲 PoToMa deadwood research: www.chemgeo.uni-jena.de/en/44572/pot...

📢 #RESInsectConsDiv now publish #ConservationNotes! The new #Editorial explains how this category fills a gap to support evidence-based insect #conservation, publishing work with implications at any scale. More here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/icad.70089 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Looks like a fantastic postdoc...deadline soon 'Greenland Institute of Natural Resources seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher with experience in vegetation mapping and herbivory' Drones, traits and Greenland #PostDocJobs naalakkersuisut.emply.net/recruitment/... 🧪🌐🌾

new article at @waldwissen.bsky.social : Tree-species mixtures reduce the risk of biotic damage and increase the resilience of forest stands. Preventive silvicultural management of stands plays a key role; @wslresearch.bsky.social; @swissforestlab.bsky.social www.waldwissen.net/en/forestry/...

Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack Vol. 3 is full and curated !! ✨💚 Vol. 3 👉 go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU Let’s start a Vol. 4 🕺🏼 👉 go.bsky.app/Dsk4TQ3 simply reply or DM if you want to be in ! Please share so they will fly into the bluesky 🦋🌈 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾

Our new paper summarizing 68,741 Caterpillars Count! branch surveys to compare bugs on native vs non-native plants! 🐛🦋🐞🕷️🐝 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Higher and more stable biological control of multiple herbivore species in diversified strip cropping systems 🌐🧪https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70381

Here’s a glimpse into how these photos were taken 😉 We sleept over in a mountain hut and got up early, trudged through fresh snow to reach the black grouse’s mating sites in time @coleotobi.bsky.social #birds #alps

Open position: Ecological Statistician 🧑‍🔬Background in research 🌱Analyse spatio-temporal biodiversity data ❓Uncover patterns and drivers of biodiversity change and their links to ecosystem functioning 🌍Globally unique long-term datasets! Apply here: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... (DL May 27th!)

🌱🐝 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...

Interested in insect phenology? @matsittonen.bsky.social and and I argue that population-level diapause responses, which form smooth distributions despite binary individual decisions, are key to understanding climate change responses and range shifts. Just out in #COIS: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Interested in biodiversity, agriculture, and human health? Check out our PhD positions in project A03: www.zef.de/fooddiverse

🌾 New #BAAE article: Hedgerows boost flying insect biomass in restored agricultural landscapes 🌿 Hedgerows supported higher insect biomass than flower strips or bare field edges, highlighting their value for insect recovery. 🐝 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.bsky.social

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. 👇

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv reports on the influence of cutting height on #arthropods in farm #grassland, and examined the effect on sward #microclimate doi.org/10.1111/icad.70087 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Photo courtesy of article authors.

#Job opportunity! We are looking for a post-doc with experience in quantitative #ecology, preferably with modelling plant dynamics at large scale, to work 2 years with the fantastic @climatecocentre.bsky.social at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social .

So excited to share this massive and complicated effort led by Mia Lippey! 🌍👩‍🔬🐞🪲🌾🍇🧪🌐

New paper published🎉 Congrats to Soumen Mallick Our team demonstrate that it is now possible to track phenological dynamics across thousands of individual trees over multiple years. This has enabled us to identify a previously unrecognised defence strategy in trees! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🦋New #BAAE article: Alien host plants alter butterfly wing signals & mating behavior in endangered Tongeia fischeri 🇯🇵 Butterflies reared on native plants were preferred by males, showing how invasive plants can indirectly affect reproduction. 🌸 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Job opening: Soil System Modeller with Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Application deadline: 15.06.2026 buff.ly/lwJd3IU #SoilScience #agriculture

Some dirt digging and a bug (a Carabus) 🌳🌲

www.chemgeo.uni-jena.de/en/68189/col... Happy to be back in the forest 🌲 (mostly dead forest, but that's applied forest ecology these days) Great crew from the PhD days, thanks @mrakklara.bsky.social for initiating & coordinating Let's see whether spiders care about deadwood management! 🕷️

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv Concentrated vulnerabilities in #bees: Diet #specialists have smaller geographic ranges doi.org/10.1111/icad.70086 #Niches #Conservation #Pollinators @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

We would especially welcome pitches from women and other historically excluded researchers. If a paper has inspired your science, we would like to hear from you. Format details: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We are launching the Biodiversity Futures Working Groups. The call supports small, focused synthesis groups addressing frontier questions in biodiversity science. We welcome proposals from researchers at any career stage. Deadline: 30 June 2026, 23:00 CET www.maraujolab.eu/2026/05/09/2...