conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... resolving the fragmentation debate requires controlling for habitat loss. Biodiversity change in fragmented vs pristine landscapes is likely due to the signature of loss (deforestation), not of the spatial pattern in forest habitat (fragmentation).

Stoked about the new Replication Studies section in Behavioral Ecology? Me too! Jeremy Fox over at Dynamic Ecology interviewed me about our recent commentary on this topic and I'd love to hear the community's thoughts! dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t...

Our second Masterclass in identifying European butterflies is coming up next Wednesday 17th Feb. This one covers the trickier species in the Atlantic region given by renowned expert Chris van Swaay. The Webinar zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/81934375118

We have opened two positions for PhD students at GLEL: csee-scee.ca/job/two-phd-... please share widely! Note that the positions are unfortunately not open to international applicants (only Canadian students are eligible).

When I need cheering up I look at the cards my kid's afterschool program made for a dead bug

🌍 New paper! A process-based framework for measuring & analyzing novel ecosystems across biotic, abiotic & social dimensions. Open access in @natmethods.nature.com, congrats to @mattkerr.bsky.social for leading this!! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210x.70255

Miguel's MSc thesis is now available here sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... In disturbed regions and landscapes, across ~ 1700 sites and 45 studies, we found a lower butterfly biodiversity for the same plants diversity. @ecospat-ch.bsky.social @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social @fcollart.bsky.social

My councillor posted on FB about this charity in Ottawa. Seems like an wonderful idea and a great way to recycle your unneeded furniture. www.matthewhouseottawa.org

Excited to share that I’m officially back in beautiful Ottawa! 🦋 This April I’ll rejoin @carleton.ca to launch a new lab focused on biodiversity conservation & spatial ecology. I’ll be recruiting Canadian students. Deep thanks to @ivm-vu-amsterdam.bsky.social and the EG Dept for 3 fundamental years.

📢 Join us for the INTEGRADIV ( @biodiversa.eu ) Stakeholders’ Final Event! We’ll share key project results + an interactive prioritization tool to support biodiversity decision-making. 🗓️ Jan 29, 2026 | 10:00–12:00 CET 💻 Online 📝Register: vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Integradiv members are meeting in Ioannina, Greece 🇬🇷. This is our last general meeting before the project ends late this year. We are busy preparing the stakeholders workshop for next week. Would you like to take part in it next Thursday? Join here! vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thanks for the invitation, looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

📢 Join our #EcologySeminar! Dr. Federico Riva will give a talk about why appreciating biodiversity change across scales is essential for optimizing conservation and environmental decisions 📅 Wed 14. Jan at 10:15 AM 📩 DM for webinar link @agrarunigoe.bsky.social

📢 Join us for the 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐕 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭! We’ll present 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 & an 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 supporting biodiversity decision-making across taxa & facets. 🗓️ Jan 29, 2026 | 10:00–12:00 CET 💻 Online (MS Teams) 🔗 Register: vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions" authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX89C%7E...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We found that (i) "the benefits of habitat restoration to increase total forest area could be enhanced by distributing a given amount of restored habitat across multiple patches" and (ii) "overarching importance of habitat amount for biodiversity"

Happy to see our paper out! 🎉 We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳 ➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177 (1/8)

New #INTEGRADIV paper shows #paleoclimate stability is major driver of functional & phylogenetic diversity in animals & plants across Mediterranean #forests🌿❄️ Important implications for impacts of #climatechange ♨️Thx to @cmlmagneville.bsky.social for leading! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

📝 Help shape the future of ecosystem restoration! The BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub is surveying experts & practitioners to identify key gaps, barriers & solutions. Your input will guide research & action for the decade ahead. Take the survey: ecologic.limesurvey.net/197389

How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for forest regeneration? New publication brilliantly led by Jelaine! doi.org/10.1186/s137... "We recommend...natural perches be preserved... but in areas lacking these...explore the use of artificial or semi-natural perches"

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One of our postdocs, @elywok.bsky.social from @ua.es, did an excellent job at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social explaining how the skewness–kurtosis relationship can be used to understand biogeographical patterns of body mass across taxa and which drivers explain it. @biodiversa.eu #SIBECOLAEET2025

Our viewpoint made the cover of BioScience! Beautiful picture from Jean Marie Twambaze academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

It's exciting to see our research featured in the Monash University Science Bulletin and being featured on the UN Biodiversity Day. Here is the full story: www.monash.edu/science/news.... Interested in joining our lab? You can find more about our research here: shawanchowdhury.com.

Check our new review on niche truncation and how to avoid it with N-SDMs

We finally had time for a hike this weekend. Maybe too early for Swiss butterflies, but the view was lovely!

you might think N American species are getting common at their north range limit and rare at their south range limit as temps get warmer but you would be wrong new paper in GEB w/ @eliotmiller.bsky.social & Matt Strimas-Mackey, eBird Status & Trends ftw onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Yesterday I could access the review history for this article ⬇️. Today, the link points somewhere else. @royalsociety.org can you pls fix? I’m curious to learn how this paper was reviewed and the decisions leading to publication. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Enjoy this great short (9 min) film on the work of Constanti Stefanescu, co-ordinator of the Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. Such schemes are not only important for the butterfly counts, but also as a social network bringing butterflies to the people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d__p...

Visited Bologna and met my nephew! I'm glad to welcome little Jack

Exotic Easter snack

These roof gardens actually sustain unexpected species!

Had a great time in Wageningen at the international symposium on Future for Butterflies & Moths

🆕New paper: "A nature tourism and citizen science alliance" by a current PhD student, Caroline Martin, and colleagues. Check it out at doi.org/10.1093/bios... #openaccess

Mythical. And one of the first pointing out that fragmentation, when controlling for habitat area, does not necessarily imply lower species richness www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I'm thrilled to share our new review paper with the world.

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