Led by Prof. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, we’re the 🐝-hive of biodiversity research at the University of Würzburg’s Biocenter, Germany 🇩🇪 From buzzing tropical forests to European farmlands, we decode how climate and land use changes shape the web of life.
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)
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Come work with us and do research in Germany’s only national park in the Alps, iconic Berchtesgaden Nationalpark! We are looking to fill a PostDoc position in vegetation ecology (tinyurl.com/PostDocBerch...) and a PhD position in mountain forest dynamics (tinyurl.com/PhDBerchtesg...).
🔍 We’re hiring! Our chair is looking for a motivated Researcher to join our team! 🌳
The aim of the project is to analyse the influence of canopy openings and deadwood management on insect communities. 🪲🦋
We’re looking forward to your application. 🌲📩
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
New paper out in @basicapplecol.bsky.social led by Ute Fricke @utefricke.bsky.social 📃
📊 Prey toughness - rather than size - limits predation.
🐛 Prey selection is therefore critical in REFA.
🪲🌾 Promoting carabids can strengthen control across diverse pest communities.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology
🎉 Congrats to @julian-lunow.bsky.social on his new publication!
Promoting a mosaic of forest management types while reducing overall management intensity can foster positive relationships between carbon stocks and arthropod diversity.
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.fe...
#Biodiversity#CarbonStorage#Ecology
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)
#Forests: Canopy gaps and deadwood increase diversity of #bats and #birds: New study @currentbiology.bsky.social. Bats benefit from variety between different forest patches, birds react strongly to local enrichment on-site. @betafor.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
➡️ go.uniwue.de/forest-div
First Agroecology Specialist Group meeting of 2026 🌱
Through icebreakers and discussions, we identified key agroecology topics, including mixed cropping and wider adoption of agroecological methods.
We also had a keynote by Dr. Helen Hicks and planned workshops and publications. 🚜📚
Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Meet #Licinus cassideus — a beetle that hunts snails, loves sun-scorched calcareous grasslands, and hadn't been seen in #Unterfranken since 1955. After being undetected for 71 years, we found it again in its typical habitat. #Carabidae #beetles #biodiversity #fieldwork @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V.
Fabian A. Boetzl
Fieldwork season of project #CAVIN has started! Let’s investigate the hidden world 🕷️🕸️🪰
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
I’m looking for creative students for an exciting transdisciplinary project! Please share with potentially interested people 🎥🌴
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
Today marks 3 years since I started my group @uni-wuerzburg.de. It's been a great time thanks to a wonderful team and the best collaborators in Würzburg, Germany, and abroad! Thanks to all of you! Very much looking forward to more joint adventures!
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...
Junior professor Malte Jochum and his Above-belowground interaction ecology group have just completed their third year at JMU Würzburg. After a positive mid-term evaluation of the junior professorship...
