Phylogenomics resolves the century-old ‘Zoraptera problem’: Zoraptera as the earliest diverging lineage of Polyneoptera doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #ProcB #Evolution #Taxonomy

Interested in more biogeography? Frontiers of Biogeography is TIBS's not-for-profit, Gold Open Access scientific journal. Check us out at biogeography.pensoft.net

Four postdoc positions - Evolutionary Dynamics and Genomic Ecology (BCI EDGE)integrating population & evolutionary genomics, community ecology, metabolomics, & long-term forest dynamics to investigate the evolutionary processes maintaining tropical forest diversity stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... 🧪 🌐 🌾

Roads inside protected areas are invasion highways! Zardetto & Fidelis find that roadside edges fuel invasive plant spread in tropical forests & savannas, hitting native species hard. 🌿🚧 #VegetationScience

Submit an abstract to our #AGU2025 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere" (agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...) @stephpau.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @bposch.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @agu.org

Two jobs for graduate ecologists @hometreecharity.bsky.social, a brilliant NGO for nature restoration in the west of Ireland. 🌏🌲🌳

Werde Teil eines internationalen Forschungszentrums und unterstütze das PR‑Team von iDiv. Wir suchen einen Mediengestalterin / Mediengestalter (w/m/d). 💻📰 • 50 % (20 h/Woche) • 1 Jahr befristet • bis E9a TV‑L 🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 6. Juli 2026 👉 www.idiv.de/de/karriere/...

Today is the last day to apply to our open PhD position working on plant-associated above-belowground fungal microbiomes across the Galapagos! Based at the amazing @niooknaw.bsky.social 🌱🍄

Awesome opportunity! I am always happy to chat about #sPlot and #macroecology - meet me at the #IAVS2026 if you want to chat about the possibilities of #sPlot www.nature.com/articles/s41...

See you later at the #YoungScientists Working Group Meeting in ROOM 1 at the 68th #IAVS Annual Symposium!

@gonzalezgvictor.bsky.social guided us through the Spanish mountains on the #IAVS2026 mid conference excursion. Don’t miss his talk on Diversity and distribution of native Pinus sylvestris forests in the Iberian Peninsula at 10:40 tomorrow morning 🌱😁 @iavs5.bsky.social @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social

I'll be at P189 tomorrow—come say hi and chat about microclimate predictions from sampled forest vegetation! #IAVS2026 @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social

Just finished fixing weather stations in the boreal forest in Alberta, CA and now heading to #IAVS2026 to talk about microclimate and community assembly in forests. #microclimate #plants #ecology #climatechange

Plakman & Bokhorst show bryophytes strongly shape seed germination and early vascular plant growth in sub-Arctic habitats. Effects depend on bryophyte species via microclimate, pH, moisture and surface structure, influencing plant establishment.

Palaearctic Grasslands 67 is published vegsciblog.org/2026/06/02/p... @iavs5.bsky.social

Old-growth forests are biotic microrefugia - new paper out in @conservationsp.bsky.social led by @georghaehn.bsky.social Vanessa Berger @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social @gonzalezgvictor.bsky.social @michakoehlerbotany.bsky.social @borjajimalf.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social & Francesco M. Sabatini

Meet me at #IAVS2026 to chat about plant community assembly and microclimate 🌱🌦️

We have a few upcoming job openings. Feel free to get in contact in case of interest:

Inspired Yoda’s look, the tarsier did. 🌌 This #StarWarsDay, let's remember that even the galaxy’s most iconic figures have roots in Earth’s biodiversity. IPBES#StarWarsDayscience shows nature’s health is the force binding all life together. To ignore the evidence, unwise it is. 🌍✨ #MayThe4thBeWithYou

This seventh instalment of the #ECRAsks series is all about improving communication & engagement within and beyond the #openscience community. Check out Oakleigh Wilson’s conversation with Cecilia Baldoni on the #SORTEE blog to learn more! ✨ sortee.org/blog/2026/04...

Very important news on the #IAVS Early Career Supporting Grant! The application #deadline has been postponed! 🗓️New Deadline: 07/04/2026 Please help us spread this news! www.iavs.org/page/YSCaree...

I’m not sure if I ever shared on Bluesky this article we wrote on how almost everyone giving career advice is susceptible to survivorship bias, but I think it was good and you should read it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🌱 Life as an early‑career researcher can be tough… But luckily, some problems do have a solution! 💡 The #IAVS offers a grant program to support its members in their career development❗️ 🌟 OPEN CALL🌟 👉 Apply www.iavs.org/page/YSCaree... ⚠️ Remember: the deadline is 30/03/2026

🌱 #IAVS2026 Symposium Workshop Announcements Learn practical tools for transparent workflows, including FAIR data, Quarto, and git/GitHub, through guided hands-on exercises. 📅 21 June 2026 | ⏰ 10:00–12:30, 13:30–16:00 👥 25 places available 🔗 More details: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/program/

🌲 In honour of the International Day of Forests (21 March) we invite submissions to Journal of Vegetation Science on forest vegetation, succession, and monitoring. 📄 Author guidelines: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Ecologists love response ratios for meta-analysis❤️ But… they can’t be converted into other effect sizes—making it impossible to have a unified dataset of all published effect sizes in ecology I fix this with a conversion to Hedges’ d to help unify our data! (Link to Ecology Letters paper below):

✨A new #IAVSYSWEBINAR is coming soon 🌱 Are you curious to find out who our next speaker will be❓ Stay tuned for upcoming events and to participate #IAVSYS #IAVSYSWEBINAR

🚀 Great #opportunity for early-career #vegetation scientists! 🌱 The IAVS ECS Grant supports MSc/PhD students and early Postdocs to boost their #career! Grow your skills, network, and research! 🌿 Apply on our Website👇 www.iavs.org/page/YSCaree...

Register for Theory across Biology 2026: 12 June, Bern. One-day meeting on mathematical & theoretical approaches in biology with chalk talks and flip-chart sessions. Ideal for theorists, modelers, and interdisciplinary biologists. Abstracts by: 10 May 2026 Register by: 24 May 2026: buff.ly/svAZ8NF

Spent last few days attending the annual assembly of Biodiversity Exploratories (@bexplo.bsky.social) as an advisory board member. The quality of science produced by this long-term research programme is truly impressive. If you act quickly, you can still register for #BE20Conference to learn more

We're back with more webinars! Starting 2026 with two events co-hosted with European Vegetation Survey all about sharing and accessing open vegetation data. Register here for the upcoming webinar on the 13th and follow our updates! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Open position as research associate in our Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation group @leuphana.bsky.social. Limited to 1 year, but an ideal chance to gain teaching experience and develop independent research 🍃🌳🗻🌱. Apply until March 26. Details: tinyurl.com/yc6dnr8p

🌱 Apply now for the iDiv Summer School: “Passion for Collecting – Collection-Based Research in Plant Ecology” Participants will learn how to work with living collections, seed banks, and herbaria to unlock ecological insights. 📅 24–28 Aug 2026 🗓️ Apply by 31 Mar 2026 🔗 www.idiv.de/events/summe...

📢 Position open! We are seeking a motivated researcher to drive the digitalization of forest management, focusing on developing and incorporating automated, cost-efficient methods for acquiring tree-level data to support precision forestry. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Another PhD opportunity, joint project with colleagues from Prague on the future of beech in the Ore Mountains funded by the EU Interreg program. If you are interested in the effect of thinning and forest structure on high-resolution tree growth responses, see here: tu-dresden.de/stellenaussc....

So many amazing workshops! I'll be delivering a half day workshop so check that out! ;)

We are searching a new colleague! You want to do a PhD about climate change effects on forest ecosystems and you are interested in functional traits? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Deadline 20 Feb.

🌱 New Grant Opportunity for ECRs in Asia! The #IAVS Asian Regional Section has launched a Small #Grant Scheme to support MSc/PhD students & early career researchers in advancing high-quality #vegetation science. 🗓 Deadline: March 31, 2026 (23:59CET) Apply & learn more: 🔗 www.iavs.org/page/AsianRe...

Groundwater shapes entire landscapes in dry regions 🌍💧 A new study in Ecological Indicators presents the first high-resolution (30 m) map of groundwater-dependent vegetation (GDV) across the Mediterranean biome. 🧵 www.idiv.de/new-high-res...

📢 iDiv & partners are hiring! 4 PhD + 2 Postdoc roles in the @betafor.bsky.social forest biodiversity experiment. 📍Start: 1 May 2026 | 🗓️ Deadline: 25 Feb 2026 Join an international, interdisciplinary research consortium & investigate forest management & biodiversity! www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

Interested in a PhD in European wetland flora and vegetation? See details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5ob6...

A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at [email protected]. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc

Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512 Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io

New interactive global maps of 31 plant traits were prepared by Daniel Lusk, based on plant distribution data from GBIF and sPlot, plant trait data from TRY, and various satellite-based products. Map viewer: global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-... Article: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We have two PhD positions available in our working group! BETA-FOR + DIVERSA 🌿🌱🌳🍃 Also check out our lab website tinyurl.com/45b88d52

🌱 Early bird registrations for the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium are still open! Join fellow vegetation scientists for discussions, learning, and connection at IAVS 2026 in Gijón. 🗓️ Early Bird registration: 1 January – 31 March 2026 🔗 Registration details: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/registration/

📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴 Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team. Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx #Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits

Dear colleagues, we are searching for candidates to fill a Full W3 Professorship for Plant #Ecology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. For details, see www.nature.com/naturecareer... 🌐 🌎 #AcademicJobs

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Just the smell of predators, like lynx, is enough to limit sapling damage from deer overbrowsing, according to new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social