Last week, iDiv hosted an event on visibility and networking in science, supported by the Early-Career Women in Science fund. The event included: ✨ Inspiring short talks 🤝 A hands-on workshop 💡 Moments to share struggles, stories and strategies Many thanks to all who organised and participated!

#InsideBiodiversity guest Emma Marris on ecosystem integrity:
 “Typically integrity means how similar is the ecosystem to a reference ecosystem… either a historically defined system or a system that is just believed to have as little human influence as possible.” insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

New research led by @yuansoup.bsky.social: In Madagascar, human activity + past extinctions of big frugivores are linked to a shift toward smaller seeds in plants. This may lead to altered forest structure and affect ecosystem functions such as carbon storage. www.idiv.de/human-activi...

New study in @natcomms.nature.com co-authored by iDiv's @smartenwinter.bsky.social indicates that it could be the same characteristics that make plants successful both in their homelands and in foreign regions.⬇️

Emma Marris on this month's #InsideBiodiversity: “I think that the word wilderness is probably too tangled up with sort of colonial ideas about pristine states of nature.” 🍃 She suggests using terms like autonomy instead. 🎧 Listen now and subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Der Biologe Dr. @julianschrader.bsky.social erhält einen der begehrten Starting Grants des @erc.europa.eu. 👏 Mit der Förderung von über 1,5 Mio. Euro untersucht er die Pflanzenwelt auf Inseln. Dafür wechselt er von der Macquarie University an die MLU & das @idiv-research.bsky.social. 🔝 mlu.de/4eaun

🎙️A new episode of #InsideBiodiversity is now live! Science journalist Emma Marris joins iDiv's Volker Hahn to discuss: 🦬Why “wilderness” is a problematic term 🪲The complexity of introduced species 🎯The importance of defining conservation goals 🎧 Listen now: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Just wrapped up the iDiv Summer School 2025 in Leipzig! 14 early-career researchers from across the globe spent a week exploring how deep learning can transform #biodiversity monitoring 🌱🤖 Big thanks to our teaching team & participants for the inspiring exchange!

🎧 Coming soon on #InsideBiodiversity: Science writer Emma Marris on biodiversity conservation and restoration. Who gets to decide what nature should look like? 🤷 🌍🌱 Subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

🚨New paper led by @adrianaalzate.bsky.social showing that in most plant and animal groups the age of a species predicts its geographical range size, although the relationship is strongly mediated by dispersal ability and occurrence on islands 🧪🌐🪶 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐘 As Earth cooled over the past 15 million years, mammals tended to grow larger. Prof. Susanne Fritz (@uni-jena.de & iDiv) explains how body size helped species, like elephants, survive colder climates. 🌡️📈 Subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io #InsideBiodiversity #WorldElephantDay

Getting to know the iDiv platform #iForm: This week, iDiv staff - no matter if scientist or not - was invited to join an excursion to the iDiv Ecotron and MyDiv in Bad Lauchstädt, the Canopy Crane at Leipzig's floodplain forest and ARBOFun south of Leipzig. A great day out full of new insights!

A new @natcomms.nature.com study led by iDiv alumna @adrianaalzate.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social uncovered that across >26,000 species evolutionary age is positively linked to range size, except in marine mammals. #Biodiversity #Evolution #iDivResearch www.idiv.de/older-specie...

Ist die Gottesanbeterin in Mitteldeutschland auf dem Vormarsch? iDiv-Wissenschaftler @roelvanklink.bsky.social war dazu im Gespräch mit mdr Wissen - jetzt nachlesen oder reinhören! www.mdr.de/wissen/umwel...

Artenfinder #citizenscience data set published 🦋🌼🦎 thanks to many volunteers, the #Artenfinder team and #NFDI4Biodiversity Living Atlas - Nature Germany team www.land.gbif.de @gbif.org @idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de

In collaboration with @sgn.one and @idiv-research.bsky.social, a research team from our Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution has developed a simple self-test for garden owners to check how species-friendly their garden is. 👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/343288/wi...

⏳ Looking back millions of years helps us understand biodiversity before humans. Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv & University of Jena) shares how deep time reveals change — and hope. 🌱🧬 Subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io#InsideBiodiv...

Job alert! The Biodiversity and People research group at iDiv and @ufz.de is looking to hire a scientist working on biodiversity, citizen science and school gardens (f/m/n). 📌65% position 📌Limited contract (3 years) 📌Salary up to E13 (TVöD) 🗓️Apply by 1 Sep 2025 www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

The new open-source #EuropaBON Stakeholder Dashboard lets you explore how institutions across Europe connect on #biodiversity info - by sector, realm, region or institution. Spot the network’s strengths and gaps, and learn how you can contribute in our latest blog post: www.idiv.de/connecting-s...

🦅 Birds migrate for food, not just warmer temperatures. In her interview with #InsideBiodiversity, Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv & @uni-jena.de) explains how seasonal insect booms shape migration. 🌍🐛 Listen now and subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

🐘 As Earth cooled over the past 15 million years, mammals tended to grow larger. Prof. Susanne Fritz (@uni-jena.de & iDiv) explains how body size helped species, like elephants, survive colder climates. 🌡️📈 Subscribe: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io #InsideBiodiversity #WorldElephantDay

🎧 New episode of #InsideBiodiversity out now! Megafaunal extinctions — mammoths, giant sloths, woolly rhinos — all happened just 10K–50K years ago. Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv & @uni-jena.de) shares how climate & humans played a role — & why speciation may be ongoing. 🦣🌡️ insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

🎧 Coming soon on #InsideBiodiversity: Prof. Susanne Fritz (iDiv, @uni-jena.de) on biodiversity through deep time. Megafauna, climate, extinction, and what it means for biodiversity science today. 🌍🦣 Subscribe today: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

On this #WorldRangerDay, we’re proud to highlight our time with 270 incredible Junior Rangers in the Thuringian Forest! Together we explored biodiversity monitoring, ecological connectivity & global conservation — hands-on & full of curiosity. #Conservation #JuniorRangers #iDiv

A new @nature.com paper led by the @ec.europa.eu Joint Research Centre, iDiv, & @unileipzig.bsky.social highlights key threats (climate stress, tree harvesting) & urgent priorities for restoring resilience & meeting climate targets. www.idiv.de/why-europes-... #iDivResearch

📊 „Faktencheck Artenvielfalt“ is the first comprehensive report to show the actual state of biodiversity in Germany🌿. The full report has now been published in English! 📥Download for free here: www.feda.bio/faktencheck-en. Watch the full video: tinyurl.com/mps5vfhf #Biodiversity #research #factcheck

Training object detection models to monitor wild bees in real time? Yes :D! My STSM with Maximilian Sittinger at @idiv-research.bsky.social helped me build a universal insect detector for reed, woody & board hotels. So excited to develop this further! @insectai.bsky.social #InsectAI #OpenEcology

NEW CALL: DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme iDiv’s Graduate School #yDiv invites highly motivated international candidates from the #globalsouth to apply for DAAD-GSSP Scholarships 2026 funded by DAAD @daadworldwide.bsky.social! Application deadline: 30 Sep 2025 1/3

🕊️ Achtung! Time to pay attention, (bird) trivia lovers! Today, on #TagdesNaturschutzes / #NatureConservationDay, we are heading back to 1720, when Leipzigers were devouring an estimated 400,000 larks — yes, the songbirds — baked into savoury pastries annually. 🥧 1/8

🌳 Research published today by Liting Zheng (@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social) shows that trees grow better when surrounded by different species — especially in wetter climates 🌧️ The study found a 7–13% growth boost in diverse tree neighborhoods. #iDivResearch 🖇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Call for Abstracts - Bis zum 07. August können Vorschläge für Sessions und Workshops für die #PartWiss25Konferenz eingereicht werden! 🔍🤝🌍 📅 Die Konferenz findet vom 12.– 14. November 2025 in Leipzig statt. 🔗 www.partizipation-wissenschaft.de/konferenz_20...

Very cool to see this coming together! 🌲🔬 Sampling from 12 conifer species at #ARBOfun – part of our trait campaign @idiv-research.bsky.social We are curious to see what stomata can tell us about drought responses! #conifers #stomataltraits #fieldtolab

"Follow the science” sounds simple — but it is often flawed. In biodiversity, even a 2% local species loss sparks debate. Prof. Henrique Pereira of @unihalle.bsky.social explains why science needs context, not blind trust. 🎙Listen here: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io 🔔Subscribe now!

Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others

Some studies miss big changes, like when a forest → a parking lot. Why? Those sites often aren’t measured again. This “parking lot problem” skews understanding of global biodiversity trends, says @unihalle.bsky.social's Henrique Pereira. 🎧Listen now: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io/%F0%9F%8C%BF

💻Die Arbeitsgruppe Biodiversitätsökonomik an der @unileipzig.bsky.social und am #iDiv sucht eine Programmiererin/einen Programmierer im Bereich #Datenmanagement. 📌50 % einer Vollzeitbeschäftigung 📌Befristet bis 31.01.2027 📌Vergütung: bis zu E10 (TV-L) 🗓️Frist: 24.07.2025 idiv.de/de/karriere/...

🇪🇺The @ec.europa.eu launched a €7M tender to pilot the EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre. 🌍📊 Developed via EuropaBon, led by Henrique Pereira, EBOCC marks a major step toward coordinated biodiversity monitoring in Europe. #iDivImpact: www.idiv.de/idiv-led-pro...

New pub led by @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social 1st of *many* sUnderfoot @idiv-research.bsky.social efforts Here we propose a novel and SIMPLE classification of plants that is focused on belowground strategies "persistence types relevant to severe disturbance" 🧪🌳🌎 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity is remarkably accurate and aligns with scientific measures, according to new research in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 🧑‍🔬Led by researchers at @idiv-research.bsky.social

🌳 Tree placement matters! A new study shows forests with diverse, non-clustered species boost biomass (+11%), nutrient cycling and decomposition. 🛠️ Line planting = sweet spot between ecology and management. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.idiv.de/the-right-mi...

🌿Biodiversity loss isn’t the whole story. On #InsideBiodiversity, Prof. Henrique Pereira of @unihalle.bsky.social loss from alteration — and explains why data gaps, ecosystem function, and human values complicate everything. 🎧 Listen here → insidebiodiversity.podigee.io ✨ Subscribe for more

I am very proud to share this conceptual work of the #sUnderfoot working group, supported by @idiv-research.bsky.social. We propose a new plant classification based on belowground persistence.

Great to be back to @idiv-research.bsky.social for the first meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of trees trait responses to neighbourhood diversity

New work out from EPRG team member @melissamarselle.bsky.social. Using closed and open card and sound sorts, study investigates how people conceptualise biodiversity. Visual and acoustic cues other than species richness are used! open access study -> doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

➡️Here's also a summary of our article on how #plant-diversity effects on #soil #C storage differ across #ecosystems depending on #POM+#MAOM: www.idiv.de/plant-divers... Article doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natcomms.nature.com @idiv-research.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @akademievedcr.bsky.social

Can we see — and hear — biodiversity? New research in @peopleandnature.bsky.social shows people can assess forest biodiversity accurately using visual and acoustic clues, like birdsong, colour, and light. @uni-jena.de @unileipzig.bsky.social @ufz.de www.idiv.de/study-shows-...

iDiv's and @ufz.de's Elizabeth Finch will be leading the first big question in @agtransect.bsky.social's Virtual Roadshow on Wednesday, 9 July: How has European Agriculture Policy (CAP) affected biodiversity so far? Register for free to the webinar.⬇️

New episode! 🚨Biodiversity stats are trickier than one thinks. Prof. Henrique Pereira of @unihalle.bsky.social joins #InsideBiodiversity to reveal why scientists can't treat species data like climate data — and what that means for policy + the planet. 🎧 Listen now → insidebiodiversity.podigee.io 🌿

🌿 ☘️ 🌱 A new study shows plant diversity boosts soil carbon — especially in under-saturated ecosystems. Learn more about this study in a report by #iDiv's Dr. @gangst.bsky.social: www.idiv.de/plant-divers... @natcomms.nature.com @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social

🎨 In den letzten Wochen wurde #iDiv zum Ort einer besonderen Ausstellung: Die Leipziger Malerin Hjördis Baacke zeigte in ihrer Werkschau „WÄLDER“ eindrucksvolle Gemälde, die die fragile Schönheit der Natur & die zeitlose Verbindung zwischen Mensch & Wald thematisieren. Mehr: www.hjoerdis-baacke.de