Our new study with @drandygreen.bsky.social overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....

New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out our latest paper on🌲 Pinus contorta 🌲 invasion in Iceland! Promoted as an "easy fix" to climate change, its use exacerbates the biodiversity crisis, threatening native ecosystems. #InvasiveSpecies #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateAction #Forestry #Ecology neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1340...

Winter afternoon in Akureyri.

Deforestation caused by nickel mining leads to carbon emissions on a scale that companies and governments have mostly failed to recognize https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in Steinadalur, SE Iceland. A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.