A general framework for what makes a novel ecosystem.. wonderfully led by @mattkerr.bsky.social

🌍In a new @econovoau.bsky.social paper in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, led by @mattkerr.bsky.social, we present a process-based framework linking compositional, functional, abiotic & social dimensions of novel ecosystem trajectories♨️🌿 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our January issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring research on 🧪 🐝 pesticide impacts on wild bees 🪺 population genomics of avian brood parasitism 🌱 the origins of terrestrial herbivory Cover image from Abraham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt. Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2

🦁Predators have a strong sex-bias when it comes to their favourite prey 🌏 In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇 buff.ly/Q8cB4Qq

Super important work by Tim Kuiper and co!

Great opportunity to lead discussions in biodiversity conservation for ECRs

Great project, with a great team!

Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals

Pretty simple instructions to follow

The "great whale conveyer belt" that transports nitrogen, carbon, and biomass from high latitude feeding grounds to concentrated low latitude breeding grounds in gray, humpback, and right whales. Lovely figure by A. Boersma doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Sure to be an interesting talk by @andrebellve.bsky.social.. also, be prepared for some excellent graphics! #scicomm

Beautiful sighting of a martial eagle eating a mongoose at iSimangaliso park today

Half of British households feed birds.. but should we? Ft our recent study on potential issues of nutrient pollution. www.theguardian.com/environment/... Full paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Nice coverage by Nat Geo of our new paper quantifying the longest nutrient transport system in the world: whale pee www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We recap the whole study here: whalescientists.com/the-great-wh...

The Great Whale Conveyor Belt - Earth's largest mammals keep the oceans thriving! Our new study quantifies the world's longest nutrient-transport system as whales migrate across vast ocean basins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So what actually happened when the dinosaurs died?🦕 Using simple ecological rules*, we explore how the interplay between ecosystem engineering, seed size and light environment can explain temporal patterns of animal and seed sizes from the fossil record🌳🐘🐀🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A great thread by @alexanderlees.bsky.social on the positive and negative impacts of bird feeding, including our recent paper highlighting issues of nutrient pollution and changes to local biogeochemical cycles: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...).

Nice coverage of our recent paper on using animal death as a rational approach to improve zoo population management: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It's been 10 yrs since Marius the giraffe was controversially culled by Copenhagen Zoo. So, what's happened since? Many zoos limit reproduction to avoid surplus animals and public backlash. We argue this approach fails the conservation & education mandate of zoos 🧵: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We need to reevaluate how we live with nature.

Great PhD opportunity with @jcsvenning.bsky.social - some photos from around the field site to tempt ya in!

The time it takes for food to travel through an animal's body is important for nutrient assimilation and functions like seed dispersal. Here, we show that intestine length better predicts retention time than body mass; a simple, but important concept: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Weekend recuperation… Scotland style

Fresh start! #eXitter