1/2 🌿 PhD opportunity @uniwuerzburg. Join the Chair of Conservation Biology & Forest Ecology to study arthropod phenology and biodiversity in urban green spaces as part of the #UrbanPArt project 🐞🌼 🕓 Official deadline: Fri, Oct 31 — but late apps welcome a few days after #PhDposition #UrbanEcology

Another impressive thesis update talk by our MSc student Mara Kuschke: advised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social she studies how #thermoregulation of #grasshoppers varies with elevation in the Bavarian Alps. Great work, Mara!

Love coastal ecosystems? 🌿🌊🐚 The University of Oldenburg is looking for a curious Postdoc to explore biodiversity dynamics along coastal gradients. (DFG #DynaCom). 3-yr position, start Jan 2026. Apply by Oct 28 👉 uol.de/en/job/postdoctoral-researcher-in-coastal-ecology-dfg-research-unit-dynacom-773

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 3 days to stop this. Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

Predicting global intraspecific trait variation of grasses vist.ly/3n5xhx2 #MachineLearning #RandomForest #Phylogeny

Moving towards better risk assessment for invertebrate conservation vist.ly/3n526b4 #eDNA #IUCN #Insects

Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography - Dehayem - Methods in Ecology and Evolution - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

Interesting: Global Avian Frugivore-Fruit Trait Matching Decreases Toward the Tropics🧪 buff.ly/1acatRD

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

Pollinator gardens 🐝🌸 are full of promise, but how much do they really help biodiversity & communities? This new paper says it’s all about setting clear, evidence-based goals ✅ Let’s turn garden enthusiasm into real impact! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change 😥 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Most global #conservation funds go to larger, charismatic animals, leaving critically important but less fashionable species, like amphibians and algae, deprived, a 25-year study has revealed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental Variability Shapes Life History of the World's Birds | doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology 🪶

How does landscape context influence recruitment dynamics in secondary forests? Find out in our new paper lead by Dr. van Breugel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AguaSalud

Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental 🤭🤭🤭

🌳Why are #oak #acorns so large? This study shows that large #seeds are a defensive strategy to tolerate partial damage from animal foraging, aiding dispersal & regeneration besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

👀Behind the Paper!👀 🌳In this post, @marionboisseaux.bsky.social discusses the knowledge gaps in functional traits studies, the importance of looking at multiple components to understand plant responses, and the relevance of ecophysiology💬 Read it here👇 https://buff.ly/3PzDOfs 🧪🌍

▶️▶️𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝟐𝐲𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞!!! in Leipzig @iDiv !!!◀️◀️ uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/9... ▶️Interested to have an impact on a huge conservation issue, bird srikes on glass structures?◀️ APPLY! #Macroecology #Ecology #Postdocjob #postdoc

A list of scientists working on biodiversity, ecosystem functions and conservation at a large scale -> terrestrial and marine ecosystem. If you want to be part of this list and access also the first package list, just DM @nmouquet.bsky.social & ask to be added. See you there :) go.bsky.app/L37W5uH

Global Ecology starter pack was full, a Vol. 2 was needed! here it is 🕺 👉 scientists working on biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation at a large scale, both terrestrial and marine realms go.bsky.app/L37W5uH Already 30 fellows in, who’s next ? reply to be added, share to spread 🌈 🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁

🌱 Looking to fund your next research project, training, or travel? Our grants are now open—your opportunity to fund your ecological ideas.

🚨Fully-Funded UK PhD Opportunity!🚨 I’m hiring a #PhD exploring the complexities of #biodiversity change across space and time 🌐. Join @cmbeale.bsky.social and me at #York and for this exciting opportunity! Please share and/or message me if interested. More info and how to apply: shorturl.at/Zu7ED

I’ve grown wary of using metrics of functional diversity and rarity to guide conservation planning. In this paper I explain why, and discuss three promising approaches for accounting for functionality in the identification of global conservation priorities. (1/7) 🌐

Remote sensing reveals scale-specific effects of forage crop mowing and landscape structure on a declining farmland bird 🐦 It is suggested that the results support the urgency of designing landscape scale-effective agri-environment schemes 🌏 🧪 🔗

"There has been a progressive decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology over recent decades", precisely at a time when we most urgently need a better understanding of how natural systems work. So sad. Trends in Ecology & Evolution [paywalled] www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Sun exposure causes DNA mutations in skin cells that can eventually lead to cancer, but a common skin virus might help the immune system fight back.

Ecological trait divergence over evolutionary time underlies the origin and maintenance of tropical spider diversity https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07586 #Spiders #Biogeography #Biodiversity

Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.

For your weekend relaxation: 1.5 billion years of plate tectonics in 60 seconds. Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location. 🧪 theconversation.com/witness-1-8-...

What a cool paper! 🤩 Using @inaturalist.bsky.social observations, Mayer et al. found that there are more melanistic snakes in colder regions than in warmer ones AND that melanistic snakes are more abundant with ⬆️ avian predator density 🐍🐦 Have look at it here: doi.org/10.1111/jbi....

Plastic pollution: Why doing nothing will cost us far more than taking action theconversation.com/plastic-poll...

Big shout-out to PhD candidate Valén Holle for her new #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... assessing #uncertainty in SDM-based #blacklists of #invasive species related to #species & environmental data & #SDM algorithm. #Pacific #plants 1/2

Thank you all for the great time at the #BES2024 See you next year!

Request for Proposals: Biodiversity & Climate Change🌍Calling researchers, policymakers & practitioners to submit proposals addressing global biodiversity-climate interactions. 📅 Deadline: 14 March 2025, 14:00 SAST 🔗 ascendclimate.org/opportunities/

The roles of isolation and interspecific interaction in generating the functional diversity of an insular mammal radiation https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10888 📷 Bunomys coelestis, a species of murine rodent endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi where our study takes place © Heru Handika

An excellent example demonstrating that invasive/nonnative/native/conservation status is context dependent and defines *populations* not species. phys.org/news/2024-12...

📢 the good link to the paper : www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Competitive interactions modify the direct effects of climate https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07322 #ClimateChange #Bryophytes #Distribution

Join Dr Jess Wade on 10 December for the Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture as she explores the technologies of the future, how the most exciting science happens at the intersection between disciplines, and why we need to overhaul research culture to bring the most benefit to society and the economy.

Of interest to functional morphologists: Bird morphology inspiring development of new multi-modal (walking, jumping & flying) robots www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶 🧪 🦅

NEW PAPER: Wahlberg's eagles from different parts of Africa have adapted their migration to differences in timing of the breeding season, distance of travel, and resources in the landscapes. ➡️ nsojournals.onlineli... #ornithology #migration #tracking @peregrinefund #birds

🌎How do some birds reach the world’s most remote islands while others fall short? Our new paper explores how wing traits shape birds' ability to navigate isolation🐦🏝️🦉. 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pretty interesting approach to estimating global biodiversity patterns through time https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48434-7

Feliz día de la tierra / Happy Earth day 🌎💚💙 https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cb-azmXgBck/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Colombia is a world reference for the management of protected areas🤗🌳👍 https://www.elespectador.com/ambiente/bibo/colombia-es-un-referente-mundial-para-el-manejo-de-las-areas-protegidas/

Generalist plants are more competitive and more functionally similar to each other than specialist plants: insights from network analyses https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.13848#.XrAEBFPyVb0.twitter

An equal world is an enabled world!! #FelizDiaMujeres #HappyWomensDay2020 #Birdlife