Oksana Buzhdygan
@oksanabuzh.bsky.social
Community ecology, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, trophic interactions, energy dynamics, nutrient cycling
Paper out🎉Spatial scale matters for grassland invasions
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
▶️Native richness limits invaders, but effect weakens at larger scales
▶️Old aliens respond to climate & disturbance🌧️
▶️Neophytes & invasives thrive with roads, urban & croplands 🚗
#sCaleGrassDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
▶️Native richness limits invaders, but effect weakens at larger scales
▶️Old aliens respond to climate & disturbance🌧️
▶️Neophytes & invasives thrive with roads, urban & croplands 🚗
#sCaleGrassDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Paper out🎉Spatial scale matters for grassland invasions
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
▶️Native richness limits invaders, but effect weakens at larger scales
▶️Old aliens respond to climate & disturbance🌧️
▶️Neophytes & invasives thrive with roads, urban & croplands 🚗
#sCaleGrassDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
▶️Native richness limits invaders, but effect weakens at larger scales
▶️Old aliens respond to climate & disturbance🌧️
▶️Neophytes & invasives thrive with roads, urban & croplands 🚗
#sCaleGrassDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
New paper out led by Felix Nößler!
We present #GrasslandTraitSim.jl, a process-based simulation model that links plant traits to ecosystem processes to predict how management and climate change shape productivity and composition of plant community in temperate grasslands
doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
We present #GrasslandTraitSim.jl, a process-based simulation model that links plant traits to ecosystem processes to predict how management and climate change shape productivity and composition of plant community in temperate grasslands
doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
A trait-based model to describe plant community dynamics in managed grasslands (GrasslandTraitSim.jl v1.0.0)
Abstract. Temperate semi-natural grassland plant communities are expected to shift under global change, mainly due to land use and climate change. However, the interaction of different drivers on dive...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New paper out led by Felix Nößler!
We present #GrasslandTraitSim.jl, a process-based simulation model that links plant traits to ecosystem processes to predict how management and climate change shape productivity and composition of plant community in temperate grasslands
doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
We present #GrasslandTraitSim.jl, a process-based simulation model that links plant traits to ecosystem processes to predict how management and climate change shape productivity and composition of plant community in temperate grasslands
doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Our new paper about scale dependency of phytoinvasions in grasslands based on data from Ukraine. Unfortunately some of our sampling plots still under Russian occupation
Drivers of plant invasions and their scale-dependency in grasslands
Conservation and management policies for plant invasions often rely on coarse-scale data, while plant diversity effects on ecosystem functions and ser…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Our new paper about scale dependency of phytoinvasions in grasslands based on data from Ukraine. Unfortunately some of our sampling plots still under Russian occupation
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Quantifying similarity among ecological network is getting feasible to understand assembly processes from communities to species interactions. Upcoming publication using this for African mammal food webs is under revision now. Stay tuned!
#Ecology #EcologicalNetwork #Macroecology #Biogeography
#Ecology #EcologicalNetwork #Macroecology #Biogeography
Quantifying functionally equivalent species and ecological network dissimilarity with optimal transport distances
Quantifying the structure and dynamics of species interactions in ecological communities is fundamental to studying ecology and evolution. While there are numerous approaches to analysing ecologic...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Quantifying similarity among ecological network is getting feasible to understand assembly processes from communities to species interactions. Upcoming publication using this for African mammal food webs is under revision now. Stay tuned!
#Ecology #EcologicalNetwork #Macroecology #Biogeography
#Ecology #EcologicalNetwork #Macroecology #Biogeography
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil & litter invertebrates?
Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!
More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!
More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil & litter invertebrates?
Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!
More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!
More info: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
Last day of our Quantitative Plant Ecology in magnificent grasslands in #Gülpe Havelaue. Looking forward to be back next year #ÖkologischeStationGülpe with Felix May, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & our great students
@fubcp.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
@fubcp.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Last day of our Quantitative Plant Ecology in magnificent grasslands in #Gülpe Havelaue. Looking forward to be back next year #ÖkologischeStationGülpe with Felix May, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & our great students
@fubcp.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
@fubcp.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
#Gülpe has so many amazing spots and paths and even more plants and insects :) (The only thing better is going to be the Borscht on Saturday) @oksanabuzh.bsky.social @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Gülpe has so many amazing spots and paths and even more plants and insects :) (The only thing better is going to be the Borscht on Saturday) @oksanabuzh.bsky.social @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
Honored to receive the Best Paper Award from @jpecol.bsky.social 🏆
Our paper shows that multitrophic biodiversity enhances ecosystem functions, services, and ecological intensification in agriculture.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Our paper shows that multitrophic biodiversity enhances ecosystem functions, services, and ecological intensification in agriculture.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
July 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Honored to receive the Best Paper Award from @jpecol.bsky.social 🏆
Our paper shows that multitrophic biodiversity enhances ecosystem functions, services, and ecological intensification in agriculture.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Our paper shows that multitrophic biodiversity enhances ecosystem functions, services, and ecological intensification in agriculture.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Enjoying fieldwork in beautiful #Gülpe Havelaue, despite the rain 🌧️
Sampling nested plot series at multiple scales in dry grasslands 🌾 #GrassPlot #EDGG
Geat teamwork with @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & @charly-gha.bsky.social
#FieldEcology #GrasslandScience
Sampling nested plot series at multiple scales in dry grasslands 🌾 #GrassPlot #EDGG
Geat teamwork with @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & @charly-gha.bsky.social
#FieldEcology #GrasslandScience
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Enjoying fieldwork in beautiful #Gülpe Havelaue, despite the rain 🌧️
Sampling nested plot series at multiple scales in dry grasslands 🌾 #GrassPlot #EDGG
Geat teamwork with @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & @charly-gha.bsky.social
#FieldEcology #GrasslandScience
Sampling nested plot series at multiple scales in dry grasslands 🌾 #GrassPlot #EDGG
Geat teamwork with @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social & @charly-gha.bsky.social
#FieldEcology #GrasslandScience
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
A trait-based model to describe plant community dynamics in managed #grasslands (GrasslandTraitSim.jl v1.0.0)
by Felix Nößler, Thibault Moulin, Oksana Buzhdygan, Britta Tietjen, and Felix May doi.org/pfrn via @EgUsphere
#PlantScience
by Felix Nößler, Thibault Moulin, Oksana Buzhdygan, Britta Tietjen, and Felix May doi.org/pfrn via @EgUsphere
#PlantScience
A trait-based model to describe plant community dynamics in managed grasslands (GrasslandTraitSim.jl v1.0.0)
Abstract. Temperate semi-natural grassland plant communities are expected to shift under global change, mainly due to land use and climate change. However, the interaction of different drivers on…
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A trait-based model to describe plant community dynamics in managed #grasslands (GrasslandTraitSim.jl v1.0.0)
by Felix Nößler, Thibault Moulin, Oksana Buzhdygan, Britta Tietjen, and Felix May doi.org/pfrn via @EgUsphere
#PlantScience
by Felix Nößler, Thibault Moulin, Oksana Buzhdygan, Britta Tietjen, and Felix May doi.org/pfrn via @EgUsphere
#PlantScience
Still glowing 5 days after Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften #lndw25 ✨
🌿 Identifying plants
🐾 Matching mammal fingerprints
💻 Playing with computer models
✔️ Guessing plant diversity
🦊 Exploring animal habitats at game tables
It was a blast – thanks for the curiosity and great conversations! 🧠🌼
🌿 Identifying plants
🐾 Matching mammal fingerprints
💻 Playing with computer models
✔️ Guessing plant diversity
🦊 Exploring animal habitats at game tables
It was a blast – thanks for the curiosity and great conversations! 🧠🌼
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Still glowing 5 days after Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften #lndw25 ✨
🌿 Identifying plants
🐾 Matching mammal fingerprints
💻 Playing with computer models
✔️ Guessing plant diversity
🦊 Exploring animal habitats at game tables
It was a blast – thanks for the curiosity and great conversations! 🧠🌼
🌿 Identifying plants
🐾 Matching mammal fingerprints
💻 Playing with computer models
✔️ Guessing plant diversity
🦊 Exploring animal habitats at game tables
It was a blast – thanks for the curiosity and great conversations! 🧠🌼
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Interested in #ecological #theory & live on this side of the world (Asia-Pacific)? Tune in to the @pop-bio.bsky.social seminar series! I'm speaking next on #biodiversity change, #food-web energetics and #ecosystem function. Register here: forms.gle/7vEiUQKJqeUL... 🌐🌏🍁🧪 @newzealandecology.bsky.social
Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social will present our next seminar:
"Deciphering the Multitrophic Consequences of Biodiversity Change Through an Energetic Lens"
Join us online Thursday 26th June 1pm AEST!
Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link forms.gle/24Y557Cjeu6w...
"Deciphering the Multitrophic Consequences of Biodiversity Change Through an Energetic Lens"
Join us online Thursday 26th June 1pm AEST!
Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link forms.gle/24Y557Cjeu6w...
June 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Interested in #ecological #theory & live on this side of the world (Asia-Pacific)? Tune in to the @pop-bio.bsky.social seminar series! I'm speaking next on #biodiversity change, #food-web energetics and #ecosystem function. Register here: forms.gle/7vEiUQKJqeUL... 🌐🌏🍁🧪 @newzealandecology.bsky.social
Paper out in Biological Conservation 🎉
Traditional management maintains species-rich grassland 🌼
▶️19% plant species dispersed via livestock feces💩
▶️Grassland cleaning🧹 boosts diversity
▶️Low-intensity grazing🐄 & manuring💩 shape plant composition without reducing diversity 👩🌾
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Traditional management maintains species-rich grassland 🌼
▶️19% plant species dispersed via livestock feces💩
▶️Grassland cleaning🧹 boosts diversity
▶️Low-intensity grazing🐄 & manuring💩 shape plant composition without reducing diversity 👩🌾
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
June 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Paper out in Biological Conservation 🎉
Traditional management maintains species-rich grassland 🌼
▶️19% plant species dispersed via livestock feces💩
▶️Grassland cleaning🧹 boosts diversity
▶️Low-intensity grazing🐄 & manuring💩 shape plant composition without reducing diversity 👩🌾
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Traditional management maintains species-rich grassland 🌼
▶️19% plant species dispersed via livestock feces💩
▶️Grassland cleaning🧹 boosts diversity
▶️Low-intensity grazing🐄 & manuring💩 shape plant composition without reducing diversity 👩🌾
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Pathogens and herbivores differ in key life history characteristics, and we expected that these might drive differences in terminology, patterns, and hypotheses in the published literature.
April 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pathogens and herbivores differ in key life history characteristics, and we expected that these might drive differences in terminology, patterns, and hypotheses in the published literature.
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Two PhD positions available at Wageningen University on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Supervision will be by my great colleagues @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @amandataylor.bsky.social @dominic-martin.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer.
PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes
www.wur.nl
April 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Two PhD positions available at Wageningen University on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Supervision will be by my great colleagues @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @amandataylor.bsky.social @dominic-martin.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer.
🚨Paper in @ecography.bsky.social led by @sbfiedler.de
One-size-fits-all doesn't work in restoration! Trade-offs between carbon gain, water use & nitrogen use shift with abiotic context in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Match plant traits to place! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
One-size-fits-all doesn't work in restoration! Trade-offs between carbon gain, water use & nitrogen use shift with abiotic context in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Match plant traits to place! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Trade‐offs among restored ecosystem functions are context‐dependent in Mediterranean‐type regions
Global biodiversity hotspots, including Mediterranean-type ecosystems worldwide, are highly threatened by global change that alters biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services. Some restoration a....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
🚨Paper in @ecography.bsky.social led by @sbfiedler.de
One-size-fits-all doesn't work in restoration! Trade-offs between carbon gain, water use & nitrogen use shift with abiotic context in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Match plant traits to place! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
One-size-fits-all doesn't work in restoration! Trade-offs between carbon gain, water use & nitrogen use shift with abiotic context in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Match plant traits to place! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Paper just out:
Jeltsch et al.
The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Jeltsch et al.
The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...
The need for an individual-based global change ecology
Biodiversity loss and widespread ecosystem degradation are among the most pressing challenges of our time, requiring urgent action. Yet our understanding of their causes remains limited because prevai...
ibe.pensoft.net
March 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Paper just out:
Jeltsch et al.
The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Jeltsch et al.
The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Lets the sampling begin 🎉
Start of sampling in the #BlühenderCampus of the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to assess the effects of management intensity on biodiversity 🌼🐛🐞🐿️ & functioning ♻️ of campus green spaces. Stay tuned for more 😉
by @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
Start of sampling in the #BlühenderCampus of the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to assess the effects of management intensity on biodiversity 🌼🐛🐞🐿️ & functioning ♻️ of campus green spaces. Stay tuned for more 😉
by @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Lets the sampling begin 🎉
Start of sampling in the #BlühenderCampus of the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to assess the effects of management intensity on biodiversity 🌼🐛🐞🐿️ & functioning ♻️ of campus green spaces. Stay tuned for more 😉
by @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
Start of sampling in the #BlühenderCampus of the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social to assess the effects of management intensity on biodiversity 🌼🐛🐞🐿️ & functioning ♻️ of campus green spaces. Stay tuned for more 😉
by @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
Ich fühle mich auf jeden Fall seit 2017 wie eine Schallplatte mit Sprung: Qualität in der Standardisierung ist das Wichtigste, weil biologische Vielfalt sehr komplex ist…
Reiht sich gut ein in den Artikel von @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy letztens
www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...
Reiht sich gut ein in den Artikel von @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy letztens
www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...
March 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ich fühle mich auf jeden Fall seit 2017 wie eine Schallplatte mit Sprung: Qualität in der Standardisierung ist das Wichtigste, weil biologische Vielfalt sehr komplex ist…
Reiht sich gut ein in den Artikel von @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy letztens
www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...
Reiht sich gut ein in den Artikel von @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy letztens
www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...
Here we share the press release on our paper and how our collaboration in #iDiv | #sDiv helped reunite Ukrainian scholars scattered across Europe www.idiv.de/grassland-bi...
with @anyameadow.bsky.social, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social, and #sCaleGrassDiv group
with @anyameadow.bsky.social, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social, and #sCaleGrassDiv group
March 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Here we share the press release on our paper and how our collaboration in #iDiv | #sDiv helped reunite Ukrainian scholars scattered across Europe www.idiv.de/grassland-bi...
with @anyameadow.bsky.social, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social, and #sCaleGrassDiv group
with @anyameadow.bsky.social, @dariiaborovyk.bsky.social, and #sCaleGrassDiv group
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper out in Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social
Scale-Dependent Effects of Plant Diversity Drivers Across Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
result of #sDiv synthesis working #sCaleGrassDiv in @iDiv www.idiv.de/research/sdi...
Scale-Dependent Effects of Plant Diversity Drivers Across Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
result of #sDiv synthesis working #sCaleGrassDiv in @iDiv www.idiv.de/research/sdi...
March 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Paper out in Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social
Scale-Dependent Effects of Plant Diversity Drivers Across Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
result of #sDiv synthesis working #sCaleGrassDiv in @iDiv www.idiv.de/research/sdi...
Scale-Dependent Effects of Plant Diversity Drivers Across Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
result of #sDiv synthesis working #sCaleGrassDiv in @iDiv www.idiv.de/research/sdi...
Reposted by Oksana Buzhdygan
We have published our first article based on the results of the sCaleGrassDiv project supported by The German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Scale‐Dependent Effects of Plant Diversity Drivers Across Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine
Our findings support the idea that the responses of biodiversity to climate, soil factors, and litter depend on the size of the sampled area. We have identified main mechanisms behind the scale-depen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We have published our first article based on the results of the sCaleGrassDiv project supported by The German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Paper is out in Ecological Monographs @esajournals.bsky.social
Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Research in @jena-experiment.bsky.social
Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Research in @jena-experiment.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Paper is out in Ecological Monographs @esajournals.bsky.social
Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Research in @jena-experiment.bsky.social
Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Research in @jena-experiment.bsky.social