I love the way science used to be written. Is it necessary to know that the author was pushing his baby in a pram while making observations of insects? Perhaps not, but it provides delightful context, while assuming the reader is familiar with his previously published baby-wheeling-related work.

What is the cost of wildfire, windthrow and bark beetles for Europe’s forestry? We estimate that disturbances reduce Europe’s forest value by €115 bn, more than doubling to €247 bn under severe climate change. Led by @johannesmohr.bsky.social, out in @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Had a wonderful time at #EcoNet2025 in Newcastle 🇬🇧! It was a pleasure to share my work, reconnect with friends and colleagues, and meet so many new people. ✨ Already looking forward to the next meeting in Brazil 🇧🇷🪻🌱🫐🐜🐝🦊🐦‍⬛

New R-package alert! 🚨 With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions. ➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

Looks like #EcoNet2025 has started early at the City Tavern. Welcome to the Toon @sciencesncl.bsky.social

The final version of this paper is now published @newphyt.bsky.social The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change. 🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology

🌱 New paper out! In Teide National Park (Tenerife), ~69% of seed dispersal interactions have been lost after centuries of human impact.🐦‍⬛🫐 But there’s hope: 90% of those interactions involve extant species, making ecological restoration an achievable long-term goal! doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... 🌍🌐🧪

Really hot days of fieldwork 🔥🥾🎒, searching for some of the rarest and most endangered endemic plant species 🌿🌱 on La Gomera island 🏝️ 🌎🌐🧪

It’s a wrap on the @newphyt.bsky.social Next Generation Scientists meeting! 🌳🪻 I loved having the opportunity to share my work on seed dispersal and to hear incredible talks on plant science from all around the world. It was a lot of fun, and we even wrapped it up with a funfair! 🎡✨ #npnextgen

It was a great week 🤗🤗

🌳🌷Day 1 of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists in Birmingham has been filled with amazing talks on plant science and thought-provoking panel discussions! So grateful for the opportunity to be here ✨ #npnextgen #NGS2025

✨ I’m very grateful to have been awarded 2nd place in the 2025 National Award for the best PhD Thesis in Ecology promoted by SPECO. 🤗 This award holds a special place in my heart as it represents the culmination of over four years of hard work, learning and doing what I truly love. 🐦‍⬛ 🌳 🥾 🎒 💻

New paper out! 🏙️ We found that urbanisation simplifies and homogenises seed dispersal networks. 🪴🐦‍⬛ Non-native plants dominate in cities, accounting for 61% 😔 of interactions in the urban network vs just 15% in forests! 🪻🌿🌴 Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🌐🧪🌍🍁

Happy to share that I’ve won the UC-Life Sciences Award 2025 for best scientific article of 2024 in Biology!🧪👩🏻‍💻🪻🌿🐦‍⬛🦊 This national award recognizes top papers published by master’s or PhD students in Portugal. Huge thanks to everyone who’s been part of this journey, especially my amazing co-authors! 🙌

It’s a privilege to work in a place like Parque Nacional de Tamadaba, in Gran Canaria! Surrounded by beautiful pine forests 🌲🌲, rich biodiversity with endemic species 🐦🌿, and , on clear days, a stunning view of Tenerife’s Teide volcano 🌋. (If you look closely, you might spot Teide in the photo!)🌎🌐🧪

The beautiful Semele gayae, endemic to Gran Canaria island 🥰🏝️🌿

Come and join us in Newcastle for a wonderful gathering of network ecologists! This year our theme is 'Network Ecology in the Anthropocene' and our plenary speakers include Jane Memmott and Paulo Guimarães. Symposium tickets are an absolute bargain, especially for students.

Office view of the week in Gran Canaria island 🥾🎒🏝️ 🧪🌎🌐

I'm happy to share that I've started a new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at CSIC 🇪🇸! Excited to dive into some cool science on seed dispersal 🌴🐦‍⬛ and island colonisation 🏝️ and work with great people. Looking forward to the journey ahead! 🤗 🧪🌐🌍

Back from the 3rd CONNECT meeting in France last week! 🥐 It was a fruitful meeting with exciting progress on seed dispersal research! 🫐🍓🐦‍⬛🐜🦊 #seeddispersal 🧪🌎🌐 @drandygreen.bsky.social

Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵

Finally in the field again! After almost three years of mostly desk work, it feels good to be doing field work once more 🎒🥾 this time exploring some of the wildest parts of Gran Canaria in search of rare and endangered plant species. 🌱🌿🌳 🌐🌍🧪🍁

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career. predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...

We're living in a landscape of novel ecosystems, emerging in every part of the world. The topic has been ably covered in this BBC article on "freakosystems" by Matthew Ponsford @interspecies.agency www.bbc.com/future/artic...

El concepto "forbidden link" en las interacciones ecológicas como lo explicaría Chiquito de la Calzada, según ChatGPT

✨Honored to have been part of @sarammendes.bsky.social PhD committee member, proudly representing Iberian female ecologists 👩🏽‍🎓💪🏾 Thanks for the kind invitation and these amazing days at the beautiful Coimbra Uni, filled with enriching discussions. All the best Sara! Your work is truly inspiring! 🌱🙌🏾

I’m officially a Dr. now! 🥹 I defended my PhD thesis yesterday, and what an incredible journey it has been. I feel so lucky to have had the best supervisors, Ruben Heleno and Jens Olesen, who guided and inspired me throughout. Now i’m ready for this postdoc adventure! ✨🥰

go.bsky.app/3Qp6YYL We have created this promising starter pack 🫶🏼 All seed dispersal lovers are welcome 🤗!

La historia de las hormigas invasoras que cambian ecosistemas completos también me parece una de las mejores del año

New findings on #plant 🌿☘🍀🌱🌲🌳🌴🌵 #species #range #shifts on Mt Kenya suggest #biotic #attrition at the #summit 🚨 Note this is different from local #extinction as it involves downslope shifts of the upper limit of highland species 🏔 @newphyt.bsky.social shorturl.at/jmnmF

A major challenge in restoration ecology is the widespread belief that there is a correct natural community for any given location, and that identifying it is the first step in recreating it. 1/6

It’s International Mountain Day, so here’s my excuse to share some shots of one of my favorite places 🌏 Mount Teide in Tenerife 🏔️🌋 A super cool place to do fieldwork and soak in some incredible views!

The spatial patterns of avian seed dispersal in fragmented anthropogenic landscapes are congruent with an ecological and evolutionary history with open and semi-open habitats created and maintained by extinct megaherbivores 🧑‍🎨: @claraprieto.com @journalofecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐

2nd CONNECT meeting in France is over! It was a fantastic week of fruitful discussions on seed dispersal 🐦‍⬛🦆🐗🐜🌿🌳 @drandygreen.bsky.social

We compiled seed dispersal networks for the five altitudinal vegetation belts of the Tenerife Island (0 - 3718 m asl) 🌋 🐦‍⬛🌿 We found that seed dispersers offer pathways for plants to colonise upper belts! Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... 🌏🌐🍁🧪

🔥 New paper out 🔥 Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains! Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿 @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪🍁🌐🌏 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

🍁 Forest Ecology feed ! The feed is open to any research related to forest ecology around the world, including landscape, conservation, social, policy, zoology, etc. 🌳 You can DM me to be added as contributor. Use the 🍁 or #forestecol in your posts to appear in the feed. bsky.app/profile/jere...

Phylogenetic turnover of seed plants 🌱 at a global 🌐 and across phylogenetic scales: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Following a new study, it has been recommended that Slender-billed Curlew be declared extinct, putting to bed any hopes that the wader may still exist and marking the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe: bit.ly/4hMX9qh

🌳 Looking for European trees density data 🌳 Does anyone know of a database for European trees/shrubs that provides density values for specific species? Any leads would be greatly appreciated!! 🌿🤗 #ecology #forests #conservationscience #restoration 🧪

New paper out last week on the climate cost of intensive forest management: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Due to an amazing response, there are now two Conservation + biodiversity 🌱 starter packs: go.bsky.app/SSa4Azz go.bsky.app/SDWEKyn Click both links to follow some great people + organizations. Let me know if you'd like to be included. (Check both lists to make sure you aren't already.) 🍄🐝🦍🦠🌵🏔️

🔥 Paper in Science🔥 We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦‍⬛🦆🌍 #seeddispersal www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...