@stellawimmer
πͺ°Ecology M.Sc. student working on the impact of warming on food webs at: πCzech Academy of Sciences - HrΔek Lab πUniversity of South Bohemia π¦ Iβm interested in tropical ecology, interactions, butterflies, literature
ππ³Pre-Print of our work in Kenya: Habitat heterogeneity responds to megaherbivores in East African coastal forests, but vegetation composition remains constrained by land-use history
@mhanusch.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
π’ Abstract Call!
π Our annual #StudentForum is back and coming to @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 30β31 March!
Submit your abstracts to share your research & be part of the programme π‘
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#Entomology #StudentScience
Warming weakens natural enemies of insects. We found that higher temperatures strongly reduce the success of parasitoids β tiny wasps that help regulate insect populations in nature - and narrows their diet. Published in Ecology Letters dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Hmmm I'd suggest about 4 hours!
#TigerBeetles β the #Christmas lights of the #insect world! #biodiversity
(Fig. 1 from Duran et al. 2020)
doi.org/10.3390/genes1β¦
This semester, our university was visited by incoming students for @plantecolcb.bsky.social's Quantitative Ecology Module. We had such a nice and vibrant community, interesting courses, seminars, excursions plus even some paper-writing in action. A big thank you to Ε uspa and all organisers.
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Nothing motivates me to read my current book more than going to the bookstore and buying 5 new books π
Oooh the lemon juice and sugar sounds delicious, why did I not think of that earlier! Thanks for the idea
Yes, correct.
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Relatable!
It was highly interesting, thanks for the opportunity to participate online!
π£ Call for participation! 4&5 Dec
Hybrid Workshop: Analogies, External Validity and the Future of Experimental Modeling Across Sciences.
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Recently, Storygraph has been suggested to me a lot, so I made an account:
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Is Storygraph a thing yet in the scientific community?
I'm always looking for reading inspiration. π
Ilustration of evolution in ecological communities, feuturing Drosophila
PhD-position vacancy in Jan Hrcek's lab lab.hrcek.net, Czech Academy of Sciences: Exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity. @erc.europa.eu πͺ° 𧬠π π§ͺApplication deadline: January 7th 2026
Three different levels of AAAAA!
Happy #macromonday!
Some Physcia and Xanthoria growing on a tree. This November I am challenging myself to take photos of organisms I wouldn't immediately think of. I'm liking it so far.
#photography #lichen
A Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly flying above Woody Fleabane flowers in Rhodes, Greece.
Painted Lady passing on by...
Happy Birthday to you! And that's a nice fungus find there.π
Plagiochila sp.
moss geese or Brachytecium
Today's #macromonday is a #mossmonday as well!
I don't know much about them, but they're very aesthetic.
Join us TOMORROW when @julespretty.bsky.social will be leading an important discussion on 'How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises'. Register to attend online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
"Spherical cows and bipedal goats: perspectives on mathematical models in biology". 13 and 14/11/2025 (Salle Jaurès, ENS-PSL, rue d'Ulm, Paris). More info about the event: montevil.org/talks/2025--...
This is highly interesting, unfortunately I am in the Czech Republic... Is there any possibility of joining online?
Project update & cool little milestone captured:
After all the field and lab work, I am finally holding the first photo of "visible results" in my hands.
These are the first gels of a PCR to detect parasitoids. πͺ°
I used my time in Vienna to visit the Natural History Museum with a friend. 3 hours only got us through the mineral collection and a few fossils. Very aesthetically pleasing ones:
#naturhistorischesmuseum #wien
Stella - exploring the effects of warming on terrestrial food webs
Thu-Huong presenting her research on the effects of fragmentation and heatwaves on planktonic metacommunities.
Workshop participants visiting the mesocosm platformβfield-based ecology in action.
Final group photoβthank you all for a fantastic two days of science and connection!
More moments from the Community & Stress Ecology workshop at the University of South Bohemia! πΏ
Great energy from participants, insightful presentations, and a sunny group visit to the mesocosm platform.
#ClimateChange #StressEcology #EarlyCareerResearchers #Networking
It was a pleasure to participate in this workshop - heard interesting talks about current topics in Community Ecology, had nice discussions and presented about my current project. :-)
Thanks to @stresseddaphnia.bsky.social and everybody involved in organising!
Excited to share our new paper where we find that the rise, decline and fall of clades is not explained by the usual suspects (diversity-dependence, ecological opportunities) but rather by species' insidious loss of macroevolutionary fitness: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
Screenshot of the article header from the European Journal for Philosophy of Science titled βExperiment and the pursuit of ugly modelsβ by Martin King. The header indicates it is a paper in philosophy of the natural sciences. The DOI is https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-025-00692-y
Physicists have long been enamored with βbeautifulβ modelsβbut this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of βugly modelsβ ππ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS