New paper out. If you like colorful birds, hybridization, and phylogenetics, read on! 🧵https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003501

Did you know that all of our journals offer authors the chance to improve their manuscript's clarity for free? ✍️ This #PeerReviewWeek check out our post which explains why we made the decision to offer the Writefull service to all 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/rooofhshdm

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline? We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨ 🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks #NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

📰Published📰 Modifying floral infrared reflectance reveals how flower temperature impacts pollinator visitation🌼 buff.ly/GRWUhzZ 🧪🌍

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 First PhD chapter is out! My work thus far, with @andy2dobson.bsky.social We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average. 📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🫠. A tree came out today with 9,072 bird species, all placements based on actual DNA. It looks like they used eBird 2022 taxonomy; 10,096 were recognized back then. That means these folks just dropped (molecularly well informed) knowledge on 83% of the world's birds. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Registration for the SSB breakout meeting in Baton Rouge, LA in Jan. 2026 will be opening soon! Registrants need to be SSB members, so make sure to check on your membership today and join/renew if needed: www.systbio.org Check here regularly for updates: ssb2026.github.io @systbiol.bsky.social

🚨 New paper alert! We detail the MAMMOTH @stateofindiasbirds.in effort, hoping that our analytical framework (and #OpenSource codebase), serves as a blueprint for similar #StateofBirds assessments in other #GlobalSouth regions. (1/n)

🍃New research shows that leaf traits and floral resources are closely linked, primarily determined by environmental selection, with pollinators playing a secondary role. These findings emphasise the interconnectedness of vegetative and reproductive traits in plant strategies.🌼 buff.ly/ueQtHkj

Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2026! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: www.smithfellows.org/join-us

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: Effects of climate and species characteristics across body regions | Journal of Animal Ecology | besjournals.onlineli... | #ornithology 🪶

Please share! Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026. If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/

Yes! Two independent studies, using very different approaches (and published in the same month), suggest that climate warming has been detectable since the late 19th C. Plants detected climate warming about 135 years ago! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... | @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪🌍🌿🌾🌳🌐

New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Carolyn Coyle shows how birds are an incredibly important pollinator, and how community scientists, banding stations, and molecular biologists can work together to understand the impact of birds on pollen distribution #WOS2025

Applications open! Happy to discuss ideas if you want to apply for next year to join our lab montanolab.com at LSU

Time flies! Save the date for the deadline of the 2026 review competition. Evaluation of the 2025 submissions is underway 😊

A monumental taxonomy unification effort has just been published - thanks to all those who've collaborated for years to make this happen! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...

maybe my favorite paper I've written, I have a synthesis out today early access in @asn-amnat.bsky.social today that attempts to answer a simple but slippery question: what is an elevational range? doi.org/10.1086/737130

📢 Submit your REVIEW paper to IBIS Reviews are well read, well cited and warmly welcomed by us! ➡️ narrative reviews ➡️ scoping reviews ➡️ systematic reviews ➡️ meta-analysis The many advantages of publishing with IBIS: mailchi.mp/bou/ibis-... #ornithology 🪶

I'm guessing this is probably very well worth the read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Two Hypotheses About Climate Change and Species Distributions. Ecology Letters, 28: e70134. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Evolutionarily Distinct Species and Their Partners Have Fewer Links in Ecological Networks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global change reshuffles species communities: who could interact with whom? We introduce new ways to measure the capacity of species & communities to rewire interactions, which can be used to predict how ecological networks might adapt to changing conditions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Latitude shapes diel patterns in insect biodiversity royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience

🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #animalbehaviour #ethology #evolution "Evidence for the independent evolution of sex-related signals in manakins" Porzio and Mota with SPE members Paulo Mota @jevbio.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social

Even common plants with broad-scale distributions are going to feel the effects of climate change. We modeled plant responses using species distribution modeling and demographic surveys to find that B. stricta is at risk of decline. @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I'm excited to share a new paper, led by Marta Jarzyna and Leo Ohyama, on regional species pools-- a fundamental concept in ecology and biogeography that is poorly defined and understood, but which is essential for understanding and protecting biodiversity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New online! Impacts of deglaciation on biodiversity and ecosystem function

Really excited to share this new article from the lab. We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management. Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We know invasive species cause several ecological impacts—but what kinds, exactly? 🌿⚠️🧪 Our latest paper breaks down the different types of impacts, from individuals to entire ecosystems. #Ecology #InvasionBiology authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EhNcZ3...

Are bird species with large ranges buffered against the effects of climate change? Maybe not, according to new #ornithology research.

Each spring, migratory birds travel thousands of miles—only to face deadly threats in our cities. Over 1B die in the U.S. yearly from window collisions. Dim lights at night. Treat glass by day. These simple steps save lives. Learn more: bit.ly/stopbirdcoll... #LightsOutForBirds

Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non-migratory populations | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | @avianbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶 🧪

🦠Loss of plant diversity, especially rare species, reduces rare soil microbes not only through diversity effect but also via belowground multitrophic interactions 🧪 🌏 buff.ly/Byo6Vwn

New data paper @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology: 9 ecological traits for 1374 grassland arthropod species, collected over 10 years 🪲🐝🕷️ The traits cover feeding ecology, habitat requirements, flight capability and size.📏 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

The loss of a dominant species in a community could have major impacts on ecosystem functioning. Here, a manipulative field experiment on ants shows that species functional redundancy mitigates multifunctionality declines due to suppression of dominant species www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out @sciencecolin.bsky.social first PhD chapter in @ecol-evol.bsky.social on how LiDAR-derived habitat structure drives avian diversity. Congrats, Colin!

Our paper on unifying theory around biodiversity–consumer relationships (pathogens & herbivores) is now out in TREE! I hope it helps those navigating the forest of theories & hypotheses in this space to see more clearly 🤓 Check out @fletcher-h.bsky.social great summary of the paper here 👇

A lot of blood sweat and tears put into this one: we revisit Robert MacArthur's classic warbler study—with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and colleagues—using, among other techniques, fecal metabarcoding. 🧪🦉 📸 Ronnie d'Entremont royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @psubiodept.bsky.social

Hot off the presses and so so thrilled. Thanks to @inaturalist.bsky.social + computer vision we found something beautifully simple: Red and orange flowers bloom later than all the other colors in the eastern United States. Paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kwzh3QW8S...

ICYMI: New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity

Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My students (there is 96 of them) are doing unessays for their final projects. Some projects will be so much fun! Our project fair will be chaos but really looking forward to see their art in Ecology. Fun weeks ahead!