Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III)

Mehr Mist: Klimawandel könnte Bestände des Waldmistkäfers schrumpfen lassen

Unsere Doktorandin @johannaasch.bsky.social hat beim Deutschlandfunk über den Waldmistkäfer und den Klimawandel gesprochen 🌳🪲

www.deutschlandfunk.de/mehr-mist-kl...

Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...

Anne Chao and @piambr.bsky.social, the 100% perfect dialogue duo at #gfoe2025! ✨
Thank you for sharing statistical insights on sample coverage and it's standardization in the first @gfoesoc.bsky.social keynote session using #BETAFOR data.🌳🌱
@uni-wuerzburg.de @cofeuniwue.bsky.social

Our #BETAFOR PhDs had an amazing time presenting their research at last week’s #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🌟 Full of fresh ideas and inspiring discussions, it’s back to daily life. 💻✨
@claudiki.bsky.social @piambr.bsky.social @johannaasch.bsky.social @juliarothacher.bsky.social

Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...

@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de

🎬 Sneak peek – Zoology in action!
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Zoology III? 👀
Research, fieldwork, biodiversity – and so much more.
🌿 You're new at the university or just curious?
Stay tuned for exciting insights into our team, our projects, and the wild world of animals.

🌿 Turn your passion for nature into action:
Study Global Change Ecology where ecosystems meet cutting-edge science — in Germany 🇩🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴.
🧭 Fieldwork 🌍 Global impact 🎓 Double degree
At MERGE, you don’t just learn about change — you become part of the solution.
🔗 Ready to start? Link in bio.

Two male lions fighting on savannah

🌍 Tropical ecosystems are vital to life on Earth — they host the richest biodiversity, regulate global climate and drive nutrient cycles. 🌿🌧️

👣 Want to experience it up close? Join our East Africa excursion!
👉 Find out more here: www.ecology-conservation.de/courses/

Photo by Thomas Hovestadt

Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography

Beautiful Alpine landscape, photo by Fabienne Maihoff

Alpine Adventures Await! MERGE offers 10 days excursion in the breathtaking German Alps! 🏔️ Check out here: www.ecology-conservation.de/courses/ From lush valleys to snowy peaks, we explore ecosystems across elevation gradients. 🌿🦋 #LifeOfMERGE #PhotoOfTheWeek
Photo by Fabienne Maihoff

MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology

We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!

Photo gallery from our Peru project on biodiversity along an elevational gradient on the cover of the Bulletin! 🐒

🎉Great news: our paper on interactive effects of land use and climate on bees was selected as Editor Pick on ResearchGate!

www.researchgate.net/journal/Proc...

Link to paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

New research out from our PhD student Fabian Klimm!

@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social went for a little walk again, together with over 1000 other participants! 100 km in <24 hours while enjoying beautiful landscapes, from sunset to sunrise again. The next field work season can come, we're ready to walk! 🐝🪲🪰🐜🦗

@johannaasch.bsky.social, currently on fieldwork, showing us some dung beetles in action 🪲💪
while studying the effects of forest structure on decomposition processes for @betafor.bsky.social

Check out the new honey bee paper of our PhD student @giuliamai.bsky.social! 🐝

Honeybees at a beehive. (Credit: Pedro Alonso Alonso)

How do honeybee colonies successfully overwinter? 🐝❄️ A new study from @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social found that pollen diversity plays a crucial role! 🌷🏵️🌼
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social of the University of Wuerzburg has shown that #shrub fringes protect animal species and have a positive effect on #biodiversity. They say fringe management at landscape level is needed for optimal diversity. 🕷️🌱
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Bees wait asleep in an artificial nest made of reed stems for favorable flight conditions. Different species close their nest entrances with clay or plant debris. (Credit: Cristina Ganuza)

Insects are struggling with major global change drivers, like climate change and habitat loss. Researchers from @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social have now investigated, how these threats interact. The results show that bees suffer in particular. 🐝☀️🏙️
➡️ go.uniwue.de/beesheatland...

The project L(i)ebenswerter Campus is funded by #WueLAB
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/wuelab/

How can we make the green spaces on Campus Hubland @uni-wuerzburg.de more livable for people 👱🧔‍♀️, animals 🐦🐝🦊and plants 🌳🌺? The transformation experiment L(i)ebenswerter Campus is looking for your ideas 💡

📆08/05/2025, 10am-4pm
📍Lecture Hall Graduate School of Life Science

No registration required

Only 5 days to go! Join us at the BioBlitz 2025 in Würzburg to explore biodiversity in farmland in the region of Lower Franconia. Diverse program with lots of fun activities involving: 🦇🐦🦊🐝🦋🐜🌺 🌳

Had fun presenting my poster about the effects of climate and forest structure on dung beetles at #EGU2025. Thanks to everyone in the Forest Floor session for showing so much interest in my somewhat different research topic! 🌲🪲 @betafor.bsky.social

Find us at #EGU25, where our PhD student @johannaasch.bsky.social of @betafor.bsky.social will present her research on how climate and forest structure shape forest dung beetle communities 🌲🪲
➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

This butterfly can be easily recognized even by laypeople thanks to its unique wing pattern: the white marble butterfly Melanargia galathea is commonly observed in flower-rich, nutrient-poor meadows, such as those found in the Lower Franconia region. (Picture: Stefanie Timm / DLG)

At the BioBlitz, children get to know the animals and plants of our agricultural landscapes up close and can become researchers themselves for a day. (Image: Martin Wegmann / Earth Observation Research Hub)

Equipped with sweep nets, magnifying glasses and specialist literature, the BioBlitz participants take off into fields, meadows and hedgerows to record as many animal and plant species as possible. (Image: Martin Wegmann, Earth Observation Resarch Hub)

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Be a scientist for a day! We invite you to the #BioBlitz 2025 in farmland!
📅 May 9–10, 2025
📍 Hubland, Würzburg

Grab a sweep net & binoculars and help document local biodiversity! 🐝🌼🐦🦊

👉 Register: go.uniwue.de/gxwtm

#CitizenScience #Biodiversity #UniWuerzburg #JoinIn
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Technische/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d) im Projekt zur Forschung an der einheimischen Gnitzenfauna Die Mission des Leibniz-Zentrums für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. als national und international agierendes Forschungszentrum ist es, Wirkungszusammenhänge in Agrarlandschaften wissenschaftlich zu erklären und mit exzellenter Forschung der Gesellschaft die Wissensgru [...]

#Job in #Müncheberg
Technische/r Mitarbeiter/in (m/w/d) im Projekt zur Forschung an der einheimischen Gnitzenfauna - Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
https://www.greenjobs.de/a100144250

You can find the study program advertised by University of Bergen, Würzburg is yet to start.
www4.uib.no/en/programme...

Bergen landscape

Würzburg grassland

Bergen city

Würzburg city, ©Peter Schumann

Exciting news: Our Global Change Ecology Double Degree Program with Norway is OFFICIAL! #JMU #UiB. This programme provides advanced training in the fields of Ecology, Conservation Biology and Global Change Biology. We welcome all students in Bioscience to join us here in Würzburg and Bergen!✊

Integrating vegetables into a push-pull plot is not only possible but highly beneficial—if done correctly. The key is to maintain the core layout:
🌱 Desmodium between maize rows and
🌾 Brachiaria or Napier grass along the borders.

👉 Learn more at upscale-h2020.eu