📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply! Please repost!

Very interesting read: Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?" I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.

Now published in @newphyt.bsky.social, @1pantunes.bsky.social and I review evidence for the "Novel Weapons Hypothesis" and the role of allelopathy during invasion. Bottom line: there is very good reason to be skeptical. dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services! We propose a conceptual framework and a roadmap for microbial conservation: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

🏔️New study from the #Ödenwinkel glacier forefield! 3D-laser scans show that vegetation structural complexity uniquely captures competition between vascular plants and bryophytes. 🌱🌿 Structure, not cover, richness, or traits, drives the interactions @mhanusch.bsky.social 👇 buff.ly/bYgl6LD

On the way to the office

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

One of the most enjoyable parts of my book was inviting researchers I admire to contribute essays This what David Wardle said: Every manuscript needs a simple take-home message. Every sentence must earn its place. Keep it clear, keep it simple.

Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.

Ouch. “If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”

PLEASE respond to review requests! Saying "No" as soon as you can is helpful so we can move to the next invitation. Each ignored invitation can delay the process by around 2 weeks. Be considerate of your peers relying on this process!

Contrasting patterns of local adaptation and climate resilience across forest management regimes in Norway spruce (Picea abies): implications for reforestation practices under climate change https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.11.659044v1

Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧵1/20: Na počátku 20. století jsme se mýlili prakticky ve všem, co se hvězd týče. Dokonce jsme si mysleli, že Slunce je složené hlavně z kamene. To všechno změnila mladá astronomka, kterou dlouho nikdo nebral vážně.

Brilliant new paper by Jill Anderson and colleagues using 9 years of transplant experiments and integral projection models to predict the capacity of populations for adaptation and persistence under new climates in Boechera stricta. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bring back the phenotype. Not limited to #plantscience nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On the way from the office @unimarburg.bsky.social

Adapting wet grassland management: Too high productivity & tall vegetation threaten the orchid Dactylorhiza majalis despite conservation efforts 🌱 More frequent biomass removal could support conservation of the species & other wet grassland specialists 🌏 🧪 🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70024

Wir suchen Unterstützung: Wo? Marburg: Fachbereich #Biologie, FG #Naturschutz, AGs @ninafarwig.bsky.social & @annabucharova.bsky.social. Was? Unbefristete Teilzeitstelle (75 % der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit) als #Verwaltungsangestellte*r Hier bewerben: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/5...

Hotter drought synchronizes bark beetle outbreaks across large spatial scales. New insights from a massive pheromone trap network in C Europe (more than 60 Mill. beetles caught!), led by Maria Potterf. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Honeybees interfere with wild bees in apple pollination in China. Wild bees contribute much higher pollination efficiency than honeybees. Introducing honeybee colonies increased competition with wild bees leading to reduced pollination overall. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“Fragmented landscapes consistently have both lower α diversity and lower γ diversity [but higher β diversity] Our findings refute claims that habitat fragmentation can increase biodiversity at landscape scales” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#conference | POPBIO 2025: 37th Conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) ❗ Deadline for abstracts: 31 Mar 2025 ➡️ popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz Org. by @popecolibot.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social, @sciencecharles.bsky.social

New preprint from our lab: Within-species variability in seed longevity in storage is nearly as large as variability between species. A study across 41 species, 188 seed accessions, 5640 replicates and 169 200 seeds. Lead by @leaklepka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our new @pnas.org paper shows a previously unrecognized mechanism by which climate warming reduces beech growth: more frequent seed production depletes tree resources, causing a 28% decline in radial growth. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social

In this study authors concluded that beekeeping compromises wild bee conservation in nature reserves. Both taxonomic (TD) and phylogenetic (PD) diversity of wild bees was reduced near to beehives. Keep away beehives from protected areas Tourbez et al. (2025) APIDOLOGIE doi.org/10.1007/s135...

In the news!🗞️ Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paper alert. You might have heard about some trials of using hemi-parasitic plants to enhance biological restoration of grasslands. Yet it has been documented only from a few small experiment. However, a few years ago, Jakub Tesitel carried out an experiment to test this in different macroclimates.

Must read out in @science.org "Climate change extinctions" by @MarkCUrban (on X) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Big take home: "extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."

Finally published: migration routes and adult survival of the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting doi.org/10.1038/s415... -moderate survival in E but no returning birds in W -long autumn (moult) stopovers in China Many thanks to all collaborators in 🇷🇺🇩🇪🇲🇳🇹🇭🇲🇲 #animalmigration #ornithology

I am excited that our symposium "Adaptation to environmental changes in trees through the lens of common gardens and genomics" has been accepted to be included at the @eseb.bsky.social conference in August in Barcelona. Be ready to submit your abstracts!

Moonlight hike to the office. The neighboring village is starting to enjoy the light of rising sun @unimarburg.bsky.social

🪻New data from old samples: a near-infrared spectroscopy-based resurvey study uncovers long-term functional #plant trait responses to eutrophication during the 20th century using #herbarium samples besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On the blog🔎 Genetic differentiation able to develop even in “jack-of-all-trades” weeds jecologyblog.com/2025/01/07/g...

On the way to the office @unimarburg.bsky.social

Just out! Jon Bridle and I have reviewed theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on how adaptation limits influence the fate of populations and communities in changing environments. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

As a new professor, it's wild how students just assume I know what I am doing

New paper! Forest disturbance through drought, windthrow, pest outbreaks and fire is increasing in Europe, driven by past planting decisions and climate change. In Germany alone, more than 500,000 ha of mostly Spruce died back in 2018-2022. Led by Anne Graser, we studied biodiversity responses...

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Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals. julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...

🧪 Here is the updated figure showing changes in herbicide use intensity over time. Blue lines show the trend from 1990 through 2015 (period in previous publication). Red lines show the trend for a more recent period, 2005 through the most recent year available (2021-2023).

If there's one thing harder than scientific writing, it's TEACHING scientific writing. My forthcoming book tackles that, and now that it's in production, I can share the contents. Here's what you can look forward too! scientistseessquirre...

An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐

Happy to share a new paper—led by Justin Baldwin—exploring how avian dispersal ability shapes species-area relationships on islands worldwide 🐦‍⬛ 🏝️ 🌐 (1/2) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🏵️Research finds invasive Erythranthe guttata in New Zealand developed distinct phenotypes between upland & lowland Canterbury – highlighting how even highly plastic invaders retain the ability to genetically differentiate: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...