📣 New paper out in @plosbiology.org What drives global patterns of species richness? 🌍 Using a unified framework across 129 tetrapod clades 🐸🦎🐦🐘, we find: 👉 Productivity-driven equilibrium dynamics largely explain biodiversity patterns ⚖️🌱 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #Macroecology #Biogeography

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/...

Recién publicado (descarga libre): especies crípticas en el tritón alpino: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

As we get into the final parts of the amazing meeting that #TIBS2026 was, a reminder to follow and share the starter pack for ECRs in Biogeography: go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK And a reminder to check it again, as we've had many new additions over the conference. See you all at the dinner!

It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done: go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK

Our new study: Species Richness Gradients Vary Across Phylogenetic Scales led by Antonin Machac and David Storch now published in GEB. We show that species richness gradients in young clades differ, whereas older clades converge on similar gradients. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Huge thanks to everyone who joined our first QESIG meeting yesterday! 💫 
Such a warm and friendly start to this new community. 🔗 
Special thanks to @ondrejmottl.bsky.social for the idea and to Bryan Novio for co-organizing. 👥 Can’t wait for the next meetup! 🌱✨

[Please RT] Our collaborative project #BDBORS exploring the link between nesting phenology and substrate property, is still ongoing, with collected data in Asia and America. You monitor ground-nesting birds in tropics? Then consider joining us! Contact me :) #ornithology #birds #tropicalecology

¿Y si te dijera que hay un mundo "invisible" bajos tus pies, lleno de animales que nadie ve pero que lo sostienen todo?🔍 Mi tesis va de ellos: la meiofauna. 🪱🦂 ¡Te lo cuento en este hilo!🧵 #HiloTesis @crueuniversidades.bsky.social @filarramendi.bsky.social

Hona hemen azken egunetan aurkitu dituzuen sugeen mapa. Anima zaitez parte hartzera!!! 🐍  #sugebizi

🐸🦎 Eskoletako urmaelen Sareko V. topaketak urmaeletako erabilera didaktikoak jarri du azpimarra https://www.aranzadi.eus/eu/eskoletako-urmaelen-sareko-topaketak-urmaeletako-erabilera-didaktikoak

Sobering... fish and crustaceans that live deeper are ingesting more #microplastics than those closer to the surface 🌐🧪https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lno.12370

An ant biting my insect specimen?! 🐜 ⚠️ We recently reported an unusual sighting: a fire ant biting a giant hawkmoth that was collected 38 years ago! 🤯 doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... Here's a thread on this hidden ecological relationship and where to find it in NHCs! 🏛️ Let's take a look! 🔍 1/6

However, many of these cases remain undescribed and are still hidden away in cabinets, drawers and literature. Unknown field observations 📷, papers 📄, books 📖, museum specimens... Everything helps! Spread the word of these ant(agonistic) interactions! 🐜💥

The wonderfully talented post-doc Sven Iburg, who was working with me in the last two years is seeking a new positon, pref BENELUX area. Let me know if you have any openings or suggestions! He is a true alrounder, really good both in the lab and with bioinformatics. meg.irsa.cnr.it/index.php/pe...

If you're looking for a high-quality workshop on quantitative #ecology, I highly recommend #SSoQE which I attended last year. Insightful, 🆓, well-structured, and practical—and definitely worth your time!

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

THREAD The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X. By quite a lot. Release the Kraken... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics 1/11

Handy link to check out APC for different journals: apc.simon.net.nz Pulgar_Panda h/t @simongreenhill.bsky.social & El Pulgar del Panda #OpenAccess #openscience

[New paper] Fundamental questions in meiofauna research. Stimulating to see growing interest in macroecological questions in the meiofaunal field, especially in strategies to improve data quality for large-scale studies. Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Interested in a PhD? Check out this amazing opportunity to research the biogeography and macroevolution of vertebrates with Dr. Antonin Machac at Charles University in Prague. For more details about this position, click the following link! machac.weebly.com/open-phd-pos...

Adi❗️Hona hemen orain arte #erratza -n jaso ditugun datuak.  Bagoaz aurrera pixkanaka, jarrai dezagun!

1/🧵Introducing VegVault🌿🔒🏛️ A global database linking paleo- & neo-vegetation data with functional traits & abiotic drivers! 🚀A powerful tool for researchers exploring biodiversity dynamics across time & space 🔗 Website: bit.ly/VegVault #VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits

Aquí se juntan 3 fenómenos muy actuales (y reflejo de los tiempos que vivimos a nivel intelectual e informativo) que afectan al ecologismo: 1) la conversión o reducción del animalismo en peluchismo (incluso en gatolicismo). El nombre de la sección ubica aquí la pseudonoticia.

Adi naturzaleok‼️ Beste ekimen batekin gatozkizue! Hurrengo asteetan zehar, Euskal Herriko erratzen inguruan bitxikeriak kontatzen ibiliko gara, eta, trukean, zuek #erratza horien inguruko informazio bilketan laguntzea gustatuko litzaiguke.  Barneratu #erratza proiektuan!

🌿Este domingo celebramos el Día Mundial de los Humedales. 💧Aunque parecen simples charcas, son mucho más, un refugio para la #biodiversidad 🌍En el marco del proyecto #MIKROKLIMA trabajamos para establecer una Red de microhumedales que hagan frente a la crisis climática. ℹ️https://bit.ly/4gqCeYn

Ezagutu ezazue nola MIKROKLIMA proiektuaren mikrohezeguneen sareak krisi klimatikoari aurre egiten dion! 🦟🐸🕷️ Jarraitu @aranzadi.bsky.social eta @neikerbrta.bsky.social biodibertsitatea kontserbatzeko ahaleginetan 👉 labur.eus/eSSDB

La importancia de lo pequeño 💚 En este Día Mundial de los Humedales queremos poner atención en la biodiversidad de las pequeñas charcas‼️  MIKROKLIMA: Red de microhumedales ante la crisis climática 👉 https://labur.eus/SD9yX @gipuzkoa.eus  @neikerbrta.bsky.social  #kutxafundazioa #Naturklima

Txikiaren handitasuna 💚 Hezeguneen Nazioarteko Egunean putzu txikietan aurki dezakegun biodibertsitateari erreparatu nahi diogu‼️ MIKROKLIMA: Krisi klimatikoari aurre egiteko mikrohezeguneen sarea. 👉 https://labur.eus/eSSDB @gipuzkoa.eus  @neikerbrta.bsky.social  #kutxafundazioa #Naturklima

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Occurrence records currently available may be insufficient to capture the latitudinal gradient of marine diversity. Computer simulations show that sampling bias persists even with the use of different richness estimators. 🌎🧪🦑 #Macroecology #MarineEcology 👇 Out now in GEB!

🚨🚨🚨 Last week to apply for a fully funded PhD position in Functional Vegetation Paleoecology🌿 at @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Prague! 🇨🇿 📅 Deadline: January 15 🔄 Spread the word! #plants #vegetation #global #macroecology #palaeoecology #quantitative #ecology #functional #traits #fossil #pollen