Do you want to join our group and start your own small team on experimental plant ecology and/or evolutionary biology? If so, apply for this open position for a Senior Research Associate:
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openings?tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Bjoboffer%5D=4211&tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Baction%5D=show&tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Bcontroller%5D=Joboffer&cHash=dcefd5f1aca2a4b7582892f3b3a91b3e

Tomorrow, 03.06.2025, our weekly Ecology Colloquium will continue with a talk by Juliano Sarmento Cabral (University of Bonn) on “Biodiversity dynamics across scales and levels of ecological organisation”.

The colloquium takes place on Tuesdays from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 1 (Hohenheim Castle).

It is also possible to join via Zoom:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/64182011027?pwd=BteHyrKozIaIIVg7cueaqeExfQUv2N.1
(Meeting-ID: 641 8201 1027, Ecology25)

Wine and pretzels will be served afterwards.

Tomorrow, 27.05.2025, our weekly Ecology Colloquium will continue with a talk by Meret Huber (University of Mainz) on “Plant specialized metabolites: defense beyond a single generation”.

The colloquium takes place on Tuesdays from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 1 (Hohenheim Castle).

It is also possible to join via Zoom:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/64182011027?pwd=BteHyrKozIaIIVg7cueaqeExfQUv2N.1
(Meeting-ID: 641 8201 1027, Ecology25)

After some break, tomorrow, 20.05.2025, our weekly Ecology Colloquium will continue with a talk by Bowy den Braber (University of Hohenheim) on “Wild foods - the importance of trees for people's food security”.

The colloquium takes place on Tuesdays from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 1 (Hohenheim Castle).

It is also possible to join via Zoom:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/64182011027?pwd=BteHyrKozIaIIVg7cueaqeExfQUv2N.1
(Meeting-ID: 641 8201 1027, Ecology25)

Wine and pretzels will be served afterwards.

Tomorrow, 08.04.2025, our Ecology Colloquium will feature a talk by Frank Schurr and colleagues on “The FLINT project consortium: Fitness landscapes of biotic Interactions and their role for the eco-evolutionary dynamics of biodiversity”.

The colloquium takes place on Tuesdays from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 1 (Hohenheim Castle).

It is also possible to join via Zoom:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/64182011027?pwd=BteHyrKozIaIIVg7cueaqeExfQUv2N.1
(Meeting-ID: 641 8201 1027, Ecology25)

Wine and pretzels will be served afterwards. See you there!

Tomorrow, 01.04.2025, our Ecology Colloquium will start again for the summer semester. Lotte Korell from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ, Halle) will give a talk on “Integrating experiments and synthesis to understand plant community changes in the Anthropocene”.

The colloquium takes place on Tuesdays from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 1 (Hohenheim Castle).

It is also possible to join via Zoom:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/64182011027?pwd=BteHyrKozIaIIVg7cueaqeExfQUv2N.1
(Meeting-ID: 641 8201 1027, Ecology25)

See you there!

Last Ecology Colloquium this semester is happening tomorrow, January 28, 2025, where Dietrich Ober from the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel will give a talk on "Evolution of plant defense and insect adaptation". The Model: Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids". It takes place from 16:15 to 17:45 in lecture hall 4 (Schloss Hohenheim). You can also join us via Zoom using the following link:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/66503934701?pwd=Qrk2uY5XmHCJB6klZXmeLswt4M8MVE.1

Tomorrow, 21 Jan 2025, Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg will give a talk on "The future of stable and high agricultural yields? Deciphering biodiversity-production mutualism in the global food security debate" in our Ecology Colloquium. The colloquium takes place from 16:15 to 17:45 in lecture hall 4 (Schloss Hohenheim). You can also join us via Zoom using the following link:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1

Our Ecology Colloquium tomorrow will be given by Dr. Franziska Beran from the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops with a talk on " (No) costs and benefits of chemical defense in a herbivorous insect” .

Join us at 16:15 to 17:45 in lecture hall 4 (Schloss Hohenheim) or via Zoom
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1

Robert Trusch from the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe will give a talk on "Hintergründe zum Insektensterben am Beispiel des Wandels der Nachtfalter-Fauna Baden-Württembergs seit 1970" in our our Ecology Colloquium today at 4.15 pm in lecture hall 4 (Hohenheim Castle). Note that this talk will be given in German!
You can also join us via Zoom using the following link:
https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1

The next Ecology Colloquium on Tuesday 10 Dec 4.15 pm will be given by José Grünzweig vom the Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Rehovot on "Do Temperate Ecosystems Copy Deserts when Adjusting to a Warming and Drying Climate?" Join us in lecture hall 4 (Hohenheim Castle) or via Zoom (https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1)!

Tomorrow, 19.11.2024, Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold from the University of Tübingen will give a talk on “Rhizosphere traits: the hidden potential to overcome multiple resource limitation in crop production“ in our Ecology Colloquium, taking place from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 4 (Hohenheim Castle). It is also possible to join via Zoom (https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1)!

Tomorrow, 12.11.2024, Dr. Zheng Zhou from the Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim, will give a talk on "Soil food webs change with land use: basal resources, functional diversity & trophic niche breadth" in our Ecology Colloquium. It takes place from 16:15-17:45 in lecture hall 4 (Hohenheim Castle). You may also join via Zoom (https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1)!

After 5 years since establishing our group's "Hohenheim Biodiversity Experiment", aiming to increase biodiversity in intensively used agricultural landscapes by using an approach to increase heterogeneity in resources and disturbances, finally our first publication has come out: check it out at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.10.009

Today, 29 Oct, the Ecology Colloquium starts again! At 16.15 in HS4, Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal from the University of Göttingen will talk about "Promoting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes". If you are not in Hohenheim, you may also join via Zoom: https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/62617567502?pwd=x6opLe1TyVvqu4pU64aAcOM106JL1r.1

Check out the new video on why you should study Landscape Ecology (MSc) in Hohenheim! We are always happy for new motivated students from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, interested in ecology, joining our programme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOQGmoqh2A

Last Ecology Colloquium for this semester is happening tomorrow 2.15 pm in HS1! Given by Severin Irl, on "the ecology and biogeography of quartz islands in South Africa". See you there! 🙂

Join us for our Ecology Colloquium today at 2.15 pm (lecture hall HS1 in Hohenheim) for a talk by Matthias Schleuning (SBiK-F, Frankfurt) about
understanding the ecosystem-level consequences of biodiversity loss using functional traits - or join us next week, for a talk by Jens Mutke (University of Bonn) on the impact of global environmental and climate change on regional biodiversity!

@NatureMC sorry, this semester, for the fist time after Covid, we returned to in-presence only...

Next week we will have two exciting talks in our Ecology Colloquium! On Tuesday, 30 April (2.15 pm, lecture hall HS1), Prof. Mutez A. Ahmed will present his work on: “The hidden half of plant water relations: root-soil interactions impacting plant response to drought”. On Thursday, 2 May (2.15 pm, lecture hall HS 17) Prof. András Baldi will share his IPBES insights: “Maximizing engagement in intergovernmental bodies: high-impact papers, diverse networks, and unexpected insights”. See you there!