This position is part of our recently acquired #ERC project 'Global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems' (GloNoMo) - more info below and on our website: eco.duw.unibas.ch/en/research/
07.10.2025 05:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
UniversitΓ€t Basel: PhD position in global change ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...
*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Come work with us!
07.10.2025 05:37 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Still time to apply for the open #postdoc position in our team!
Note that the link has been updated: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
07.10.2025 05:23 β π 4 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
A happy Ecology group on top of the "Sphinx", the meteo observatory at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Visiting the old, but still running, laboratory at the Jungfraujoch research station.
A plate depicting the surrounding summits with nothing but fog in the background.
The iconic red Jungfrau railway carriages.
We had a great time at #Jungfraujoch during our yearly team outing! Got a fascinating tour of the meteorological & research station (est. 1931), and really enjoyed the trip with the iconic railway (construction finished already in 1912!). We'll have to come back for a better view, though πποΈβοΈπ§ͺπ
30.09.2025 07:09 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This position is part of our recently acquired #ERC project 'Global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems' (GloNoMo) - more info below and on our website: eco.duw.unibas.ch/en/research/
08.09.2025 09:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A Novel Method for Monitoring Aboveβ and Belowground Microclimates in Mountain Ecosystems YearβRound
Aim The role of microclimate in influencing range limits and vegetation shifts, especially in topographically heterogeneous mountain ecosystems, has gained attention in recent years. However, distur...
New paper!
Want to measure #mountain #microclimate during wintertime but loggers keep breaking? Here's an easy, cost-effective method to help loggers survive snow & visits by curious animalsποΈβοΈπ¦π‘οΈπ§
Nicely led by Raphael von BΓΌren & @mizeh.bsky.social.
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@slfdavos.bsky.social
08.09.2025 08:46 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
We cannot wait to get started!
If you want to join us on this endeavour, watch this space for upcoming #PhD & #Postdoc job opportunities :)
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#GloNoMo will provide the first global quantification of the status, trends, drivers & impacts of non-native plant species in mountains, by combining large existing datasets with experiments and new monitoring. The outcomes will be essential for the conservation of the world's #biodiversity.
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Yellow whitlow-grass (Draba aizoides) within a glacier-shaped alpine landscape.
(c) Jonathan von Oppen
Yet, we do not know to what degree non-native species are already present in undisturbed habitats, which species & drivers pose the largest threats, and how natural mountain ecosystems are already impacted by non-native plant species that have become invasive.
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Native alpine spring gentian (Gentiana verna) in central Switzerland.
(c) Jonathan von Oppen
#Mountain ecosystems to date remain relatively untouched and are home to a large diversity of specialised plant species. However, this unique biodiversity could be threatened by the arrival of #non-native species, which are already becoming increasingly common in disturbed sites such as along roads.
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We are very excited to announce that our group leader Sabine Rumpf has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her #GloNoMo project to investigate the global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems π
@unibas.ch
Details on the project ππ§΅
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2
Native yellow whitlow-grass (Draba aizoides) in the high Swiss Alps in front of a glacier-shaped landscape.
(c) Jonathan von Oppen
Yet, we do not know to what degree non-native plants are already present in undisturbed habitats, which species & drivers pose the largest threats, and how natural mountain ecosystems are already impacted by non-native plant species that have become invasive.
04.09.2025 11:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Non-native scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) along a mountain road.
(c) https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/10/15/avoiding-invasive-plants/
#Mountain ecosystems to date remain relatively untouched and are home to a large diversity of specialised plant species. However, this unique biodiversity could be threatened by the arrival of #non-native species, which are already becoming increasingly common in disturbed sites such as along roads.
04.09.2025 11:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
UniversitΓ€t Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...
*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Please repost!
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14.08.2025 12:37 β π 18 π 23 π¬ 0 π 1
UniversitΓ€t Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology
The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...
*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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14.08.2025 12:37 β π 18 π 23 π¬ 0 π 1
PhD Assisted Migration
*Job alert*
Within our recently funded collaborative project focusing on assisted migration of #mountain #plant species, we are looking for a #PhD candidate based at ETH ZΓΌrich. For further details and instructions, see the job ad:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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02.07.2025 11:14 β π 19 π 27 π¬ 0 π 1
#ClimateChange is altering #Arctic vegetation - maybe not (yet) in terms of species diversity, but large changes in community composition are already visible.
Crucial study & a massive effort by our friends from #ITEX & #TeamShrub - congrats!
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05.05.2025 12:50 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Three exciting positions at the new Landscape Ecology Group led by Alejandra MorΓ‘nβOrdΓ³Γ±ez at the University of Basel
Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT
#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
11.03.2025 16:23 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
A strategic & interdisciplinary initiative at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. We aim to promote, further develop, and consolidate research and outreach in biodiversity science at WSL.
Birmensdorf - Switzerland
https://biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en
We are the British Ecological Society Macroecology & Macroevolution Special Interest Group. We run the annual #BESMacro conference and will gladly repost papers and opportunities of interest to our members!
The independent, not-for-profit international scientific journal specifically devoted to sustainable development in the worldβs mountains.
ππ½ https://www.mrd-journal.org
Published by the International Mountain Society.
Hosted at @CDEunibe.bsky.social.
Account of the German Society for Plant Sciences (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG). Advocating #PlantSci, #science, basic and applied #research. Imprint: https://www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/home/legal-notice
#SLF #Snow #Avalanches #AlpineNaturalHazards #Permafrost #MountainEcosystems #AvalancheBulletin #CERC #WSL @wslresearch.bsky.social
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) is a platform for international and cross-disciplinary collaboration on the assessment, conservation, and sustainable management of mountain biodiversity.
Plant Macroecologist and Island Biogeographer at @ribesresearch.bsky.social at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Interested in the distribution of all aspects of plant life on Earth. See https://www.ru.nl/en/people/weigelt-p
Climate research in a fjord landscape
Based at the University of Bergen, Norway
PI: @vvandvik.bsky.social
https://betweenthefjords.w.uib.no/home/
Professor for Earth observation, Technical University of Munich.
We are the Professorship of Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management at the Technical University of Munich!
Our focus is on applying cutting edge remote sensing technologies to study forest ecosystems.
https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/en/eoem/
Associate prof in plant ecology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Tropical forest dynamics, trait-based ecology, natural and anthropogenic disturbance...
Plant evolutionary ecologist @ Uni TΓΌbingen. Genetic diversity, rapid evolution, invasions, herbaria. No expert on anything. Trying to be more human. https://uni-tuebingen.de/plantevoeco. https://uni-tuebingen.de/herbarium.
Research group at the University of York, UK, focussing on functional ecology of terrestrial systems. Working on soil microbial and mesofaunal ecology, biogeochemistry, and the ecology of cryptogams, mainly in alpine, wetland, and forest ecosystems
Ecologist at www.wsl.ch ... interested in species distribution dynamics β from post-glacial migration to recent global change
#biodiversity #macroecology #biogeography #paleobio #bioinvasions #invasivespecies
She/her | Macroecologist | Lover of maps, plants & cheese | Marie SkΕodowska-Curie Research Fellow @creaf.cat via University of Edinburgh, IUCN | Assoc Editor at Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research
Associate Professor, Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir. ποΈβοΈπ±
Ecologist working on biodiversity, biological invasions (invasive species) using computer models and data stuff. Also science-policy, IPBES and indicators.
https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f08/departments/tsz/wilke/people/hanno_seebens
Ecologist. Science, Society & Politics. And sometimes more
Senior Scientist at at the Division of Bioinvasions, Global Change & Macroecology; University of Vienna, Austria
Interested in biodiversity change, biological invasions, biodiversity policy, nature, climbing and islands
Arctic ecologist in APE@GU with focus on plant-soil interactions. Professor in Ecosystem Science at University of Gothenburg πΈπͺ.
