More species discovery in the Peruvian Andes! 🌿 Congratulations to Rodolfo Vasquez and Rocío Rojas-Gonzales on Saurauia vanderffii - a new Actinidaceae from the Central Rainforest Cloud Forests Biosphere Reserve. 🇵🇪🔬✨ www.lillo.org.ar/journals/ind...

📣📣Out today, our special issue on Negative Frequency Balancing Selection! Co-edited by Helen Rodd, Kim Hughes, and me. It's got it all: NFDS in organismal biology, behaviour, genomics, and ecology. @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

If you’re interested in editorial work and want to contribute to our society @biogeography.bsky.social, consider applying to become a new editor of our society’s journal!

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The next TIBS newsletter comes out in July! We invite you to use our platform to share opportunities with the community. Accepting students? Advertising a workshop? Let everyone know! Email [email protected] with the title "TIBS newsletter submission." Reply by June 24 to ensure we get it!

Check out the early view of my second PhD article! Focusing on woody productivity dynamics of Cerrado savanna trees, we analyse how NPP changes across different fire regimes, and explore how these responses are mediated by functional traits 🔥🌿 @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @manumachadoeco.bsky.social

Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

Excited to announce a 4-year PhD position at @niooknaw.bsky.social investigating the island biogeography of plant-associated fungi in the giant daisy radiation on the Galapagos. Please apply, share, and reach out with any questions! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...

Who Will Keep Research Data Infrastructure Open and Running? In a new article in @issuesinst.bsky.social Dryad ED Jennifer Gibson and @investinopen.bsky.social ED Kaitlin Thaney investigate what it will take to keep research data alive. 🧪 bit.ly/43NEEMw #opendata #datasharing #openresearch

Dr. Julie Aleman will be giving this month's Funk Biogeography Seminar! Join us on June 24th to learn more about the dynamics and mechanisms of tropical ecosystem stability through time. Learn more about the seminar and and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

Funding-guaranteed PhD position in plant ecosphysiology and macroecology: data synthesis and tropical fieldwork opportunities. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

State of the art review - of interest to island palaeontologists and biogeographers --- The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...

Some non-book-related chat at last! There's a cute write up about some work done by my amazing colleagues and me in the savannas of Thailand and Cambodia over at csfl.ed.ac.uk/surveying-in... #floristics #fieldwork #SouthEastAsia #savanna #csfl

🌱 Brazil seed transfer zones: Supporting seed sourcing for climate‐resilient ecosystem restoration 📖https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70217?af=R by Silva et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

New work by methods-maven Anna Nagel (nage0178.github.io) on adapting likelihood-free deep-learning approaches for ancestral state estimation problems. Anna assessed how DL and Bayesian estimates compare (when possible) under various CTMC, SSE, and SIR models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New preprint with Sarah Swiston (sswiston.com) and Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) modeling species range evolution in continuous space using ellipses to represent ranges, applied to Australian skinks www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint from Feburary by the talented @albertchristian.bsky.social on modeling diversity-dependent speciation, extinction, and dispersal in a GeoSSE framework while using deep learning for inference: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I'll be speaking at the 23rd National Botanical Symposium this Friday with a great group: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Wes Knapp, Caroline Strömberg, and Rose Bear Don't Walk. The symposium is free and hybrid; register today to join us online. naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...

Two new species in the enigmatic genus #Duparquetia #Leguminosae–Duparquetioideae described as new to science by Carel Jongkind @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/43gUPBJ

What if the next climate-resilient crop isn’t bred from corn, but from a wild halophyte? New tools mean we can domesticate plants like Salicornia fast. The future of food might be growing wild right now #plantscience @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Super excited to hear about speciation in the most biodiverse environments on Earth - tropical rainforests 🌿 and coral reefs 🐠 👉 To attend, find the link on the IoS website speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-seri... (and note the time change to 10am CEST)!

A new species of the rare and spectacular forest liana genus Marcgravia has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon - based on a collection made by Rodolfo Vasquez on the Rio Nanay near Iquitos, 46 years ago. abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/ab...

Join us on May 27th for the next Funk Biogeography Seminar! Dr. Michael Landis from Washington University in St. Louis will be speaking about the use of phylogenetic models to explore the biogeography of the past. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

Contrasting effects of climate, land use, habitat structure and predation on two Mediterranean lacertids at their range edge biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...

In case you missed it, @laeserman.bsky.social is speaking on the important role taxonomists play in conservation... Please join us! Attending these free public @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinars is an easy & good way to help build a stronger natural history community. I hope to see you.

We just published a global synthesis of mountain glacier extent during the last ice age! #LGM www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com Led by marvellous ECR Augusto Lima @ac-lima.bsky.social mountainsinmotion.w.uib.no @mohnfoundation.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no #UIB-BIO 🧵👇

In case you missed it, Joe Miller's @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social @gbif.org lecture on data integration, extended specimens, and building community around collections is posted on the ASPT YouTube channel... check it out! I found it super-exciting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rea...

The International Association for Plant Taxonomy mourns the passing of Dr. Peter H. Raven, whose extraordinary life transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden and helped shape botany as a truly global enterprise.

Reminder of tomorrow's Funk lecture by Dr. Damaris Zurell, hosted by @biogeography.bsky.social. It's not too late to register. Hope to see you all there!

Last couple of days to apply for this postdoctoral research position in my group working on the population genomics of serotine bats in the UK and Lyssavirus transmission at the University of Exeter. Job reference: Q13679 🦇🧬🧪🌍🌐 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Workshop Announcement: We’re hosting a second in-person workshop from *7–11 December 2026* at the Scottish Centre for Ecology & the Natural Environment (near Glasgow)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In brief, the aim is to populate a database on RI 👩‍💻 To apply, please fill out this form by *May 20th*: forms.gle/ZJoqtwxDhT5g...

Do scientists get out enough? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Register today for the next @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar featuring Dr. Joe Miller (@gbif.org). Dr. Miller will present his talk “GBIF: Data Integration Towards the Extended Specimen” on Friday, May 1 at 12pm ET. And please spread the word! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Wrote a fun little thing on gene tree discordance: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mzPI3QW8S...

🌿 NEW SPECIES TO SCIENCE: This rare turquoise “jade ginger” has been officially named Hellwigia opalina. The story began 26 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (pictured in 2000), where the unusual plant was spotted. Read more: rbge.cc/jade-ginger @axelginger.bsky.social

📢Join us at the International Polyploidy Conference! #WGDip will be present with two invited speakers: Project Lead Prof. Dan Macqueen & Project Partner Prof. Aoife McLysaght. www.pe-rc.nl/events/inter... @w-u-r.bsky.social @pe-rc.bsky.social #IPC2026 🧪

Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics 🌿 my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30) careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Great new paper on the biogeography of the Brazil nut family #Lecythidaceae led by #UMichEEB PhD student Diana Medellín-Zabala. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper in Frontiers of Biogeography! The authors look at plant, animal, and fungal biodiversity in the Neotropical cloud forests and identify seven well-supported regions of endemism. Check it out here: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Citation self-awareness for a fairer academic publishing landscape Check out our last viewpoint in Bioscience: In an asymmetric publishing system, citation are influenced by unconscious biases. Recognize them is necessary for a more balanced publishing landscape. doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁

Position of interest for plant evolutionary biologists: two assistant professorships are now open in the System Earth Science (SES) department at Maastricht University! Interested? See the details here, or visit the QR code: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Venlo-As...

The Story of Birds comes out in a few weeks. And for first time, I’m doing a US book tour! If you’re in Seattle, Bozeman, St. Louis or Boston, please join us! Full details and ticket info⤵️

The United States National Herbarium is seeking a Lead Collections Manager! For complete requirements and application procedures, please visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications and all supporting documentation must be received online by 1 May 2026.

Check out the new and improved newsletter from @biogeography.bsky.social. It's a great way to keep abreast of all the happenings in biogeography and beyond. And if you like what you see and are not yet subscribed, do so on their website! www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

Dr. Damaris Zurell (University of Potsdam) will be giving April's Funk Biogeography Seminar! What does forward-looking biodiversity modeling look like? What can it tell us, and what needs more work? Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

New preprint on the recent history of phylogenetic biogeography, with co-authors Isabel Sanmartín and Joel Cracraft, now up on EcoEvoRxiv: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New study led by Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) now out in @systbiol.bsky.social! Sean's approach models how species gain and lose biome affinities over time, both in terms of where they *do* live (e.g. movement) and where they *could* live (e.g. adaptation) doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

If you haven't heard- the TIBS newsletter is up and running! Check out the first edition and subscribe for future updates here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

Postdoctoral Researcher needed for phylogenomics of Solanum at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Salary: £43,645. Apply by 1 May 2026: https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=770 #postdoc