Kim L. Holzmann

Ready to start your own lab? Interested in #GlobalChange,#Biodiversity and #Ecosystem#Resilience? Join us in Göttingen - we are looking for a (female) Junior Research Group Leader in #EcologicalNovelty.
Attractive conditions, see euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415857 - please share widely if you can!

Thanks for sharing! This seems to fit well to our results, indeed!

Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits Vast study in Peru and Kenya confirms limited defenses against rising temperatures, redoubling climate concerns

Another great article featuring our research published in @nature.com

Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects An assessment of sensitivity to increasing temperature for thousands of insect species in mountainous terrain reveals a risk of insect biodiversity loss in tropical lowlands.

There is also an amazing news article in @nature.com on our recent paper in the same journal.

Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you!

While orthopterans 🦗 showed the highest heat tolerance, flies 🪰 appeared as the most sensitive group. Intact forests with high complexity, shade and connectivity are of high importance to prevent (further) species losses in the Earth's most biodiverse area.

Importantly, we compared heat tolerance with surface and air temperatures predicted under three climate change scenarios. Most vulnerable are insects in the Amazonian rainforest, where over 50% of future air temperatures could induce a heat coma in half of the insect community.

In addition, we used a deep learning model to predict the melting temperature of 1000 proteins in over 600 species. We found a high correlation of physiological thermal limits and protein stability, indicating that heat tolerance might be founded in fundamental protein architecture.

We sampled ~8000 insects along two large elevational gradients and tested their thermal tolerance. Upper thermal limits declined with elevation and more closely related taxa had similar limits. Lowland insects did not show plasticity to adapt to higher temperatures.

Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de

🌿 Save the Date: ECTE 2026 in Passau! 🌿

We’re excited to announce that the European Conference of Tropical Ecology (ECTE) will take place from February 23–27, 2026 at the University of Passau, Germany.

🔗 More information: gtoe2026-passau.de
📬 Contact: ecte26@uni-passau.de

New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! We investigated how forest structural heterogeneity and climate influence temperate dung beetles in production forests. 🪲

They're awesome! 😍

🌿 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.

#NatuRAproject #ecosystemgasfluxes in the #drakensberg with a custom made tent setup and a @li-corenv.bsky.social LI-7810. @anna-dam.bsky.social on the chain ladder to the high site.
@btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @vvandvik.bsky.social @audhalbritter.bsky.social

Great fieldwork team @jogaudard.bsky.social, @anna-dam.bsky.social and collaboration with @vvandvik.bsky.social @audhalbritter.bsky.social from Norway!

Fieldwork in the #Drakensberg mountains in South Africa with @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social. While learning a lot about #ecosystemgasfluxes, I have been exploring the potential for an exciting future #insect project along the gradient. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social

Restoring nature and reversing biodiversity loss are urgent societal challenges. Utrecht University invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Nature Restoration. In this role, you contribute to help solve these challenges through research and education by linking fundamental wildlife ecology to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration. As an Assistant Professor, you will join a young, enthusiastic team that is eager to make an impact. You will help strengthen the team’s mission to connect fundamental wildlife ecology with the challenges of nature restoration in human-dominated multifunctional forest landscapes, especially in north-western Europe. Your research will focus on restoration-relevant themes, such as wildlife responses to anthropogenic change, the effectiveness of conservation interventions, and the contribution of wildlife to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration. Close collaboration with colleagues within and beyond Utrecht University is an important part of this role, as well as building sustainable partnerships with conservation practitioners and policymakers. You will combine fieldwork, experiments and biomonitoring (e.g. using sensor technologies) with laboratory, statistical and theoretical approaches. There is ample opportunity to initiate research projects and to acquire funding. In education, you will teach in the Biology programs, develop and coordinate a new course, and supervise research projects of BSc, MSc and PhD students.

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration?
Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor!
Deadline for applications is February 19.
Please spread the word.
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Thank you! So happy about this opportunity to connect my hobby and work!

There will also be opportunities for thesis projects during 2026, and for the final large-scale project (starting approx. 2027) a PhD position. Contact me if interested!

Some weeks ago I submitted my first own research proposal. And now it got accepted! 😍 This means, @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social will go underground and start investigating the evolution of cave arthropods. So excited for this new chapter! 🦇 🪲🕷️
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @merge-master.bsky.social

Job Offer: PhD Position Project bAImo: artificial intelligence for insect monitoring 3 years (initially) 65% TV-L Background: photo of a brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) on a purple flower

Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊

Thanks a lot!

It's done - PhD thesis defended! Thanks to my creative and skilled colleagues for this awesome doctoral hat, which perfectly describes my project and hobbies!
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@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social

Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...

Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines 🪲🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔓

@idiv-research.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com

Next #expedition is coming closer! I'm grateful for the chance of joining a team from Norway and South Africa for field work along an elevational gradient in the #Drakensberg mountains 🇿🇦 Let's look for some insects!

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...

PhD position opening in community and biogeography PhD Position in Community Ecology & Biogeography, Montreal, Canada Our research group at Concordia University investigates the forces enabling the maintenance, and governing the distribution, of biol...

Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!

Possible topics include:

Determinants of range limits

Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)

The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage

Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Already emailed Patrice 😁

Just signed up, very excited for more projects to come!