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The rewiring of ecological networks in a variable world

Niquil, N., Haraldsson, M., Sime-Ngando, T., Huneman, P. & Borrett, S. R. Shifting levels of ecological network’s analysis…
#Environment #biodiversity #Ecologicalnetworks #ecology #ecosystems #Foodwebs #general #LifeSciences #natureconservation
https://www.europesays.com/2971198/

@YoMosEco

PS, I'll present recent work from Felix Jäger, PhD student in my group. The talk is entitled "Between Friends and Foes - Evolutionary #Diversification in Mutualistic-Antagonistic Networks" and based on our joint #preprint.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712075v1

#ecoevo #mutualism #antagonism #EcologicalNetworks #AdaptiveDynamics #EcologicalModelling #theoreticalEcology

@YoMosEco

PS, I'll present recent work from Felix Jäger, PhD student in my group. The talk is entitled "Between Friends and Foes - Evolutionary #Diversification in Mutualistic-Antagonistic Networks" and based on our joint #preprint.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712075v1

#ecoevo #mutualism #antagonism #EcologicalNetworks #AdaptiveDynamics #EcologicalModelling #theoreticalEcology

@YoMosEco

PS, I'll present recent work from Felix Jäger, PhD student in my group. The talk is entitled "Between Friends and Foes - Evolutionary #Diversification in Mutualistic-Antagonistic Networks" and based on our joint #preprint.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712075v1

#ecoevo #mutualism #antagonism #EcologicalNetworks #AdaptiveDynamics #EcologicalModelling #theoreticalEcology

@YoMosEco

PS, I'll present recent work from Felix Jäger, PhD student in my group. The talk is entitled "Between Friends and Foes - Evolutionary #Diversification in Mutualistic-Antagonistic Networks" and based on our joint #preprint.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712075v1

#ecoevo #mutualism #antagonism #EcologicalNetworks #AdaptiveDynamics #EcologicalModelling #theoreticalEcology

🚨 new #preprint 🚨

The evolutionary emergence of #EcologicalNetworks has been studied for decades but usually focussing on one type of interaction at a time, even though organisms naturally engage in multiple interaction types simultaneously. The combined effect of different interaction types on diversification thus remains unclear - until now. 😜

I hope you enjoy reading this fascinating story about ecological #pleiotropy and how it shapes #diversification patterns!

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.16.712075v1

...and another quick reminder that all models are wrong, but some are delicious! 😋

Our next #LunchBoxModels #seminar is scheduled for Wednesday (Jan 28) at 12 CET. Elisa Thebault (Sorbonne Université de Paris) will talk about species diversity, food web structure and ecosystem stability. Don't think twice, join us! 😊

More info here:
https://www.yomos.org/lunchbox-models-seminar-series

#TheoreticalEcology, #ComputationalEcology, #EcologicalModelling, #ecology, #FoodWebs #EcologicalNetworks

@YoMosEco @Louzula

🚨new paper published! 🚨

„Many weak and few strong links“ seems to be a common pattern in many ecological networks. 1st author Franziska Koch shows that this pattern can enable stabilising effects of network structure, using competitive hierarchies as a case study. We argue that skewed link strength distributions should hence receive more attention, especially in studies based on #RandomMatrixTheory.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12080-025-00626-7

#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalModelling
#EcologicalNetworks

Hello dear fellow modellers, it's time to plan the next conference season! Anyone planning to attend the #MPDEE in Leicester next year? If yes, shall we propose a minisymposium together?

I was thinking about something in the direction of #EcologicalNetworks and/or #EcoEvoFeedback and/or #EvolutionaryRescue but that's still a very uncooked idea...

More info here:
https://dbearup.github.io/mpdee26/

#YoMos @YoMosEco #TheoreticalEcology

My group delivered FOUR amazing talks today at the #GFÖ2025 #conference and I’m beyond proud. 🥹

#newPI
#AcademicChatter
#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalNetworks

Minor revisions! 🎉

...and apparently our method to derive competitive interaction strengths from empirical observation is considered "extremely elegant". That's a nice vacation start! 🥳

#AcademicChatter
#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalModelling
#PeerReview
#EcologicalNetworks

#preprint available here:
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.25.577181

#roadecology #foodwebs #ecologicalnetworks #ecology

https://www.currentconservation.org/the-silent-impact-how-roads-are-eroding-europes-food-webs/

🚨 Heads-up: online registration is now open for the next @gfoe meeting! 🚨

It will take place in Würzburg in the first week of September. I'm planning to come with my whole #ecoevo team, so you can expect some really cool talks about #TheoreticalEcology, #EcologicalNetworks and #EcoEvoFeedback.

Who else is coming? We would love to get in touch!

https://www.gfoe-conference.de/
#GFOE2025 #GFOE

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨

I'm looking for a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher to join my #ecoevo #modelling team at the University of Hohenheim in southern Germany. More info here:

https://shorturl.at/ualgy

Please boost!

#EcologicalNetworks
#EcologicalModelling
#ComputationalEcology
#TheoreticalEcology
@ecoevojobs
@phdstudents

@alice
Hi! Physicist turned ecologist here! 👋

I’m currently on maternity leave but otherwise busy leading a junior research group and studying #EcologicalNetworks, mostly via computer simulations and/or mathematical modelling.

Thanks for this fantastic thread! 🤩

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨

The first of two job postings for a #PhDposition in #TheoreticalEcology is now online. It will be part of a larger, interdisciplinary DFG project that investigates fitness consequences of biotic interactions in various systems. Please boost!

https://www.shorturl.at/akqHP

#EcologicalNetworks
#EcologicalModelling
#ComputationalEcology
@ecoevojobs
@phdstudents

🚨 New #preprint is online! 🚨

"Many weak and few strong links" seems to be a common pattern in many #EcologicalNetworks. We show that this skewness in interaction strengths can enable stabilising effects of network structure. It should hence receive more attention in #TheoreticalEcology and #EcologicalModelling, especially in studies based on random matrices!

(Btw, just in case you are looking for guest speakers, I highly recommend the first author, Franziska Koch! 😉)

https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.25.577181

A 3-year postdoc/researcher position related to a project on modelling #ecologicalNetworks in the Anthropocene has been officially opened:
https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/showprj_iframe.php?id=2763&apply=vacancy-for-auxiliary.php?inst=200125SDP&pid=2763&target=_blank#toolbar=0

#phdchat #ecrchat #ecoevojobs #jobs @ecoevojobs

Looking for a #seminar speaker?
Look no more! Franziska Koch (PhD student in my team) would be happy to talk about her research on #bryozoans competing for space on the seabed. Amongst other things, she can demonstrate that competitive hierarchies mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops relatively weak. She is an excellent speaker and she can easily fill up to 30 minutes!

#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalNetworks

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05060-1

More good news from the #ecoevo #modelling team: Felix Jäger finally joined us in Hohenheim as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Welcome Felix!! Looking forward to exciting interdisciplinary research targeting dynamic transitions from antagonistic to mutualistic interactions within #EcologicalNetworks - and vice versa! 🤩

Heyho! Are you attending the #NetSci2023 #conference in Vienna this week? Then go listen to Franziska Koch presenting our latest publication: "Competitive hierarchies in bryozoan assemblages mitigate #network instability by keeping short and long #feedback loops weak"

Her talk is on Thursday, at 17:15, in the #EcologicalNetworks session. Enjoy!

@netsci2023

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05060-1

@netsci2023

New paper led by Flinders Global Ecology PhD student Seamus Doherty just published in Global Change Biology

'Intricate dance of nature — predicting extinction risks in terrestrial ecosystems' (blog post)

https://conservationbytes.com/2023/06/30/intricate-dance-of-nature-predicting-extinction-risks-in-terrestrial-ecosystems/

paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16836

#coextinctions #extinctionCascades #ecologicalNetworks

New paper led by Flinders Global Ecology PhD student Seamus Doherty just published in Global Change Biology

'Intricate dance of nature — predicting extinction risks in terrestrial ecosystems' (blog post)

https://conservationbytes.com/2023/06/30/intricate-dance-of-nature-predicting-extinction-risks-in-terrestrial-ecosystems/

paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16836

#coextinctions #extinctionCascades #ecologicalNetworks

New paper led by Flinders Global Ecology PhD student Seamus Doherty just published in Global Change Biology

'Intricate dance of nature — predicting extinction risks in terrestrial ecosystems' (blog post)

https://conservationbytes.com/2023/06/30/intricate-dance-of-nature-predicting-extinction-risks-in-terrestrial-ecosystems/

paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16836

#coextinctions #extinctionCascades #ecologicalNetworks

New paper led by Flinders Global Ecology PhD student Seamus Doherty just published in Global Change Biology

'Intricate dance of nature — predicting extinction risks in terrestrial ecosystems' (blog post)

https://conservationbytes.com/2023/06/30/intricate-dance-of-nature-predicting-extinction-risks-in-terrestrial-ecosystems/

paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16836

#coextinctions #extinctionCascades #ecologicalNetworks

New paper led by Flinders Global Ecology PhD student Seamus Doherty just published in Global Change Biology

'Intricate dance of nature — predicting extinction risks in terrestrial ecosystems' (blog post)

https://conservationbytes.com/2023/06/30/intricate-dance-of-nature-predicting-extinction-risks-in-terrestrial-ecosystems/

paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16836

#coextinctions #extinctionCascades #ecologicalNetworks

Mind the Gap – Generalist species and networks are thought to be more resilient to rapid ecological change – but gaps in resources through time may lead to increased vulnerability. Here we explore temporal variation in diet specificity in the honeybee using pollen DNA metabarcoding of honey samples. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.16719 #Plants #Pollinators #EcologicalNetworks #Honeybee #eDNA #DNAmetabarcoding

@KorinnaAllhoff This is similar to the aims of my DPhil and first postdoctoral research, but since that was in the 1980s to 1990s you have the advantage of better computing resources (and greater academic understanding). I admire the continuing progress in these fields #TheoreticalEcology #EvolutionaryEcology #EcologicalNetworks #ComplexSystems #AdaptiveDynamics

#introduction 👋

I am a junior research group leader for #ecoevo #modelling at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

We study all kinds of #EcologicalNetworks. We want to know how such networks are structured, how they maintain their balance and how they respond to #globalchange. We approach these questions from a theoretical point of view, using computer simulations and mathematics.

#TheoreticalEcology #EcoEvoModelling #CommunityEcology #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModels #AdaptiveDynamics

#introduction 👋

I am a junior research group leader for #ecoevo #modelling at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

We study all kinds of #EcologicalNetworks. We want to know how such networks are structured, how they maintain their balance and how they respond to #globalchange. We approach these questions from a theoretical point of view, using computer simulations and mathematics.

#TheoreticalEcology #EcoEvoModelling #CommunityEcology #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModels #AdaptiveDynamics

#introduction 👋

I am a junior research group leader for #ecoevo #modelling at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

We study all kinds of #EcologicalNetworks. We want to know how such networks are structured, how they maintain their balance and how they respond to #globalchange. We approach these questions from a theoretical point of view, using computer simulations and mathematics.

#TheoreticalEcology #EcoEvoModelling #CommunityEcology #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModels #AdaptiveDynamics

#introduction 👋

I am a junior research group leader for #ecoevo #modelling at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

We study all kinds of #EcologicalNetworks. We want to know how such networks are structured, how they maintain their balance and how they respond to #globalchange. We approach these questions from a theoretical point of view, using computer simulations and mathematics.

#TheoreticalEcology #EcoEvoModelling #CommunityEcology #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModels #AdaptiveDynamics

#introduction 👋

I am a junior research group leader for #ecoevo #modelling at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

We study all kinds of #EcologicalNetworks. We want to know how such networks are structured, how they maintain their balance and how they respond to #globalchange. We approach these questions from a theoretical point of view, using computer simulations and mathematics.

#TheoreticalEcology #EcoEvoModelling #CommunityEcology #ComplexSystems #AgentBasedModels #AdaptiveDynamics