Today's @theguardian.com long read philosophically scrutinises academic concepts of 'ecosystem function' and 'ecosystem services'. Recommended reading!

Can biodiversity equilibria be tested? David Storch & @graceridder.bsky.social argue that they can and that tests support the Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics as a parsimonious explanation of global diversity patterns. Read their response in TREE: 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1nFXkcZ3X7...

New in TREE: David Storch & @graceridder.bsky.social respond to a comment on their paper, arguing that the Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics is testable and supported by current evidence as a parsimonious explanation of global diversity patterns. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.05.011

Are you looking for a PhD on the intersection between evolutionary and ecological theory? Join us @univie. Fully funded PhD position in fundamental eco-evolutionary theory, open to international students. Apply by 13.7.2026: ecoevo.owlstown.net/search Reposting appreciated. #evolbio #evoeco #ecology

Where is the evidence for biodiversity equilibria? Follow the debate in the following publications. Our original paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... The response: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... Our reply: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...

Bob Ricklefs RIP. One of the giants of ecology. His textbooks were the gateway to the field for many students. His papers were invariably thoughtful, well-argued and provocative, even those I disagreed with. 🌏🧪🌐

Since January, I have gotten 8 desk rejections. Is this a new normal and a response to a deluge of AI-enabled papers journals are now receiving and/or dwindling availability of reviewers, or is our science not seen as novel enough (the latter I don't want to believe is true 😆)?

A sad task, well done—Brian McGill pens a tribute to Bob Ricklefs. One measure of Ricklefs’ influence: Ecology students from the 70s on were trained on “Ricklefs”: an imposing tome weaving graphs and equations together with fine, dense prose. Thanks Bob. dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...

Join us at @cts.cuni.cz for two years of academic freedom and transdisciplinary exchange in Prague

If you’re interested in editorial work and want to contribute to our society @biogeography.bsky.social, consider applying to become a new editor of our society’s journal!

📚 Srdečně zveme na křest nové knihy našeho kolegy @janturek.bsky.social: První Evropané. 🎤 Křtem provede Jaroslav Hutka 📅 11. června 2026 v 17:00 📍 Knihkupectví Academia, Václavské náměstí 34, Praha (kavárna, 1. patro)

Watch this space & spread the word. New @idiv-research.bsky.social synthesis working group & fellowship (ie Sabbatical) calls coming these days. Great funding opportunities to collaborate with researchers in and visit @idiv-research.bsky.social

Fantastic funding opportunities for biodiversity related research projects👇 1. Synthesis Working Groups 2. Senior Fellows Please spread the words & apply :)

#anthropocene interdisciplinary course by @cts.cuni.cz at Charles University, Prague

Congratulations to the author team from @cts.cuni.cz on winning the Magnesia Litera Award for Best Non-fiction Book! 📖 Hinterland (eds. Petr Pokorný & Petr Šída)

Nice and important work! Congratulations @cerezer.bsky.social @smyckaj.bsky.social @inirubio.bsky.social @mquetin.bsky.social

New PLoS Biol paper led by @cerezer.bsky.social & David Storch (CTS): across tetrapods, species richness patterns are mainly shaped by equilibrium dynamics modulated by environmental productivity, rather than by speciation rates or time for species accumulation. 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Our new article in Science Advances, led by Gabriele Midolo, identifies the main factors driving changes in the species composition of plant communities across Europe: eutrophication, denser, more productive vegetation, and drying of wetlands. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Check out the new blog post on our latest #BIEN paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social BIEN 4.2: A Reproducible Standard for Global Plant Biodiversity Data 🧪🌐🌾

Happy to see our antifragility paper published! With @jonaswickman.bsky.social and @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social.

Congratulations ‪@bjenquist.bsky.social‬ for leading the amazing BIEN. Biodiversity science is immensely richer, more reliable and more integrated thanks to BIEN. This new paper shows how and why.

Our new #BIEN biodiversity data workflow paper is out! BIEN is an ecosystem of modular, open-source BIEN tools for collecting, harmonizing, and validating biodiversity data -- and an integrated global database (BIEN db) of plant occurrences, traits & geographic ranges. doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🧪🌐🌾🌵

📚 Dnes! Zveme na křest nové knihy našeho kolegy Radana Haluzíka Turbo-venkov: plné krajiny a prázdné domy (nejen) na Balkáně (Academia) 📍 CAMP, Vyšehradská 57 🕖 19:00 Součástí bude i krátká přednáška s obrázky. 🔗 praha.camp/program/deta...

European #forests, #grasslands, and #alpine plant communities are reflecting climate warming differently See our new study in @nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #forestREplot #GLORIAnetwork #thermophilization #forestecol

Ecosystem integrity is a central concept in #conservation & #restoration. I argue for shifting from pattern-focused views to ecological processes & evolutionary lineages. Happy to see it accepted in @restorationecology.bsky.social🌿It'll become available at DOI: 10.1111/rec.70390 #ecosystemintegrity

Záznam mé přednášky z Pražského hradu byl zveřejněn na YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjX...

Call for proposals for the 2026 E4 award: vist.ly/4vak7 Winner will receive 1000 Euros and runner-up 500 Euros. Only two weeks left until deadline #ECR #EarlyCareerGrants #Review #Award

Oscar-winning documentary youtu.be/9150MCMSrgc?...

David Storch přednášel na Čtvrtcích ve Viničné na téma "Kolébky a muzea, rovnováhy a nerovnováhy" (v češtině). Záznam jeho přednášky je zde: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77m_...

Právě jsme zveřejnili program Biologických čtvrtků na nadcházející letní semestr.

🎓 Our amazing PhD students are organising one of the upcoming talks in our seminar series! Join us on 31 March (15:00) for Maria Dornelas (University of St Andrews) speaking on “Biodiversity Change in the Recent Past.” 📍 Zoology Lecture Hall, Viničná 7, Prague #Ecology #Biodiversity #Seminar

Our colleague Radan Haluzík has just published a new book, large and colorful: Turbo-Countryside: Full Landscapes and Empty Houses (Not Only) in the Balkans (Academia, 2026). Congratulations! www.academiaknihy.cz/cs/upcoming_...

All coexisting species ☘️🌿🌾 follow a single power function 📈 linking their temporal variability to their mean abundance 🤯 — 💥Taylor’s power law💥. This exceptionally strong law in community #ecology shows how dominants play a key role in stabilizing ecosystems worldwide 🌍🌐 🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Why long-term science is needed in a short term world. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

I’m launching a blog series for @oikosjournal.bsky.social , “View from the Editor’s Desk” - the first post is now live. These pieces reflect my personal perspectives on different aspects of the publication system and not official journal policy. www.oikosjournal.org/blog/view-ed...

Registration for this year's course "Anthropocene: contemporary world in transdisciplinary perspective" is now open. Don't hesitate and don't wait until the last minute. The number of participants is limited. www.anthropocene.cz/en/micro-cre...

🏆 Calling all early-career ecologists! The E4 Award from @ecography.bsky.social is OPEN for submissions! Submit a proposal for a concise review and compete for €1,000 (+ €500 runner-up). 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026 📝 Just a <300-word proposal to start!

📢 Postdoc opening in avian biogeography & macroecology (Olomouc, CZ) Vladimír Remeš (excellent scientist and mentor) is hiring a postdoc to study bird diversity across biomes, linking species pools, traits, climate & history using big data, fieldwork, and modelling. 🔗 pracuj.upol.cz/nc/zprava/cl...

Arnost Sizling from @cts.cuni.cz has become a Subject Editor for @ecography.bsky.social journal! 👏

@jcsvenning.bsky.social is always a welcome listen (and even better to have some excellent food and beverages with)

Fast-growing trees are set to dominate the #forests of the #future — but at a cost🌳 Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌿 Webinar for IAVS Young Scientists 🌿 🎤 Talk: Writing Scientific Papers in Vegetation Science 📣Prof. Milan Chytrý 📅 January 28th, 2026 ⏰ 9:00 AM CET 💻 YS’ Zoom Room ✏️ Registration Form: tinyurl.com/youngscienti... #VegSci #IAVS #YoungScientists

Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below! Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage

Deadline extended! 🎉 You now have until 31 Jan to submit a Thematic Session proposal for NSO-GfÖ 2026 (14–17 Sept, Odense). Got an ecological topic you think deserves the spotlight? We want to hear it. 💡🌿 Guidelines: vist.ly/4nbus Submit: vist.ly/4nbuv

Just a reminder to follow and share our ECR Biogeography starter pack - and if you've already followed, double check you haven't missed any recent additions!

📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – and what it means for the future! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution

The new year of biogeography is off to a strong start! Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto will present our next Funk lecture on January 28 at 1:00PM UTC. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ja...

Cool work, thanks, @ondrejmottl.bsky.social for leading this!