🪲 New BAAE article: Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.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/...

Weak trophic position–body mass relationships undermine simple size-spectrum models for coral reefs 🦑🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Birds move up and down mountains seasonally because they’re following resources, not fleeing temperature change, a new #ScienceAdvances study finds. https://scim.ag/4rylAvw

Realizing and assessing social successes in invasive species management 🌎🌐🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

'Modeling evolutionary rescue' doi.org/10.32942/X25...

☁️🗺️Meteorological versus spatial drivers of the spatial synchrony of forest insect pest outbreaks in North America vist.ly/4r3je #BarkBeetle #defoliation #MoranEffect #Outbreak #PopulationDynamics #SpatialSynchrony #TreeMortality

💧🌳 Climate, not management, drives water-use efficiency. A JFR study shows iWUE in European beech forests rises under future climate scenarios, with silviculture having little effect. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ForestryResearch #JFR #ClimateChange #ForestEcophysiology 🧬🌐🌿

What happens on land shape the coastal health 🌱riparian vegetation reduces coastal turbidity up to 800 m offshore, right where #coral reefs and #seagrass thrive. Pasture and roads increase turbidity @lauradee.bsky.social @oceannoe.bsky.social 🧪▶️: www.nature.com/articles/s44458-025-00031-5

Our new study reveals that anthropogenic disturbances destabilise the plant–pollinator network, and that impacts were strongest when disturbances occurred at both the landscape and regional scales. @ecospat-ch.bsky.social @fcollart.bsky.social @riva-ecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

🦜 Can we map #bird communities, not just species? Using 50 years of #CitizenScience data, this new study defines 29 distinct bird communities across #Australia, providing a new continental framework to assess community condition and track change over time. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Will removing livestock from historically grazed grasslands increase the carbon these lands store in their soil? Maybe not. A study finds that un-grazed grasslands in the UK have lower levels of stable, mineral-associated carbon than grazed plots. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/M1fi50YbGvi

Check also our 2024 paper "A pulse check for trends in sea turtle numbers across the globe"🌍🌐Global sea turtle numbers show widespread increases. But: some declines persist and earlier gains can reverse, especially for leatherbacks. Conservation must stay vigilant. 🐢📈 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Just published in AMBIO: the first global scoping review of #OECMs — conservation beyond protected areas 🌱📊 Revealing patterns, gaps & potential to help reach global biodiversity goals like 30×30. Dive in 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #conservation #biodiversity @dpetza.bsky.social

Scientific Warnings Don't Work: Climate Messaging Needs a Rethink @aibsbiology.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Why is there such variation in the birds encountered as you go up or down a mountain? New paper in #ScienceAdvances examines how climate and ecological interactions drive bird distributions in mountains throughout the year: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/10 ⬇️

The making of novel ecosystems: A process-based framework for measurement, analysis and application 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

Out now: 🌐A new method combining ecological valuation and EUNIS habitat classification system can help assess marine ecosystem extent and condition. 🗺️Tested on 3 European Atlantic case studies. ➡️Egidazu-de la Parte et al. (2026), doi.org/10.1016/j.in... #ecosystemservices #SEEA-EA

🌐 Global Ecology feed Digest #50, Feb 02-09, 34 posts ✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share 👉 globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.g... DM if you want to receive the link weekly 🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Central Europe has seen unprecedented forest disturbances recently, but how are forests recovering? We surveyed disturbance hotspots in 10 countries 3-5 years after disturbance, finding ample tree regeneration and no signs of forest loss (median 4750 stems/ha), but... 1/2 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

It’s official! After years of hard work by IPBES experts, the #BizBiodiversity Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES12! Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature! Thank you to all who contributed to this successful outcome.

Improving #species #abundance information from #river #eDNA metabarcoding data: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🐜 🧬 📈 🌐🌍

Drylands are globally resistant to invasive species! Native biodiversity and aridity are key but increasing grazing pressure and eutrophication may change the game 🌐 Our new paper is here @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Compelling ecological perspective from @dovciak-lab.bsky.social 🌍 This work highlights how fine-scale interactions shape regeneration across temperate–boreal transitions. Discover more forest dynamics research in JFR: link.springer.com/journal/11676 #ForestryResearch #JFR #research #environment 🍃🌐

📢 New paper published in Scientific Data! We present Penguin Diet Dataset v2, a global database on penguin diets 🐧🌍 A key resource to understand their role in marine ecosystems and support conservation efforts. Read +: www.nature.com/artic... ICM-CSIC

🚨 For those with access to collections of bird specimens: we are looking for collaborators who can quickly measure bulbuls/greenbuls (Pycnonotidae) for a project on intraspecific trait variation. We need 100s specimens measured from common species in return for co-authorship. Anyone up for it? 🧪🌐🪶

👀 Global maps of 37 plant #FunctionalTraits as defined in the TRY Plant Trait Database with a resolution of 1 km and a global extent 🌐🧪 📏🧮🌮 global-traits.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-...

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows the long-term changes in tree species diversity across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. go.nature.com/45FPc1M 🌍 🧪

New Paper ❗️ 🪸Reimagining #CoralReef futures Where we develop aspirational visions for coral reefs towards a #SafeAndJust space 👇🏽 doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00179-6 With @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @jessicablythe.bsky.social @vbrn.bsky.social et al @sthlmresilience.bsky.social

You won't want to miss this! Keep your calendars free and hopefully see you in Switzerland in October 🌳🍁🌐🧪

🌐🌎 Conspecific adult trees interact w/microsites to affect forest regeneration across climate-sensitive temperate-to-boreal forest biome transitions as shown by @nathankiel.bsky.social in an insightful analysis of our extensive forest demography data @sunyesf.bsky.social. Link in comments.

The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...

🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 🪸🐟🎣🫂 Reimagining #CoralReef futures 🌟🌠🌌 ♾️ Visions + narratives constitute key stepping stones to reimagining desirable relationships between people and coral reefs and speak to both anticipatory and adaptive pathways toward desired change. doi.org/10.1038/s441...

⚡ #BreakingNews ⚡ / 🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 🚀 The Ocean Equity Index is out! 🫂 🎣 🐟 The Ocean Equity Index (#OEI) is a tool to guide the development of more equitable #ocean #governance and #management. 📰 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The mainstream aim to restore “native reference ecosystems” Reminds me of people of my age who go to see touring bands from their youth Trying to recreate something that never quite existed And has limited relevance in a changing world doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

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...

[🌐 Webinar] The next #CESABINAR will be on the 26th of February 2026 at 3 pm on the results of the #UNICOP group: 🗣️ Towards the unification of ecological and evolutionary change 🔎All details & Zoom link: bit.ly/40zrT7v 🧪🌐

Alien range size, habitat breadth, origin location, and domestication of alien species matter to their impact risks 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📖Published! Land use change can affect both species diversity and evolution within species🌍🐿️ We find that evolutionary response to land use change can be masked in the field by phenotypic plasticity, revealing hidden adaptation to global change👇️ buff.ly/TRxJ3bM

NOT ALL tropical forests store carbon equally 🌿 A new study reveals that riparian and cloud forests in #Nicaragua are true carbon super‑heroes🦸‍♀️, packing up to 4️⃣ times more #carbon than dry forests. Led by 🧑‍🔬@guillepeguero.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social and O. Lanuza (UNAN-Managua) Read more 📃👇

How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9

New cover page! 🪸 doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... “Seascape genomics reveal contracting population structure in sympatric and congeneric corals across thermal clines” by Marzonie et al.

Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions: Trends Ecol & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.

🌊New BAAE article: High-altitude watersheds are vulnerable to invasion. Nonnative species strongly drive declines in Local Contributions to Beta Diversity. Prioritize high-LCBD, low-richness-distinct, and low-FOri communities for conservation. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.bsky.social

ICYMI: New online! Environmental data justice is key for developing more effective area-based conservation approaches

Social movements are transformative agents for biodiversity conservation Walter+ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... identify 3 leverages pts to increase social movements transformative potential for biodiversity conservation -recognition as allies -strengthen & supporting -enhancing their protection

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Award issue: @jeremycours.bsky.social and @remiduflot.bsky.social review the effects of landscape heterogeneity on bird communities in forest habitats The review adds to what is known about landscape effects on agricultural bird communities ➡️ vist.ly/4q7ye #ornithology #birds #diversity 🪶

Our cover for February! 🐝 A 27-year, continent-wide study of fig wasps by Souza et al. (2025) shows that communities linked to Neotropical fig trees change dramatically across space, with high species turnover driven by host specialization, competition, and local adaptation. vist.ly/4q7w9

Our meta‑analysis finds N pollution consistently reduces plant diversity with minimal effects on soil microbial diversity Does N enrichment pose a stronger threat to plant than to soil microbial diversity? We need more integrated studies, considering multiple biota www.nature.com/articles/s41...