I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tomorrow #TIBS2026 is starting! 🌐 We can't wait for the first workshops to begin! 📌To register, please join us at our Welcome Reception: you will be able to follow guided tours to better navigate #TIBS2026 venue 🗺️ get the program booklet 📖 personalize your name badges and meet colleagues !

Francis Hallé, botaniste et infatigable défenseur des arbres, est mort à l’âge de 87 ans

Taxonomist post at the Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens. www.careers.hrp.gov.sg/sap/bc/ui5_u...

Preparing your trip to Aarhus for #TIBS2026? 🇩🇰 👀 Our program is online, do check it to learn about the talks of the parallel sessions, the two poster sessions and the four symposia happening in the mornings! ⬇️ share.google/HxSB12qaWtuK...

We are excited to announce that we are running two events for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus 🎉 Registrations are closing on the 31st December, so check your emails! ✉️ Can't wait to see you there! @biogeography.bsky.social

New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾

Our research with the SECO project to understand the trajectory of the dry tropics depends on a team of wonderful people across the world, working in Peru, Brazil and beyond, in fieldwork, data management and lab analysis. Here are some of their stories: www.leeds.ac.uk/directory-re...

A workflow for practical training in plant #genomics using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing Robert Foster and Heleen De Weerd, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience #LatestIssue @nanoporetech.com

Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #SeasonallyDryForest #Endemism #VascularPlant #BiomeMapping

Let's see how this turns out! #ArtificialIntelligence & #biodiversity #Conservation

Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt. Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2

Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

IAPT Webinar Series: Breeding blindfolded - The benefits of good taxonomy! Join us on December 5th and also participate in a special toast to celebrate 75 years of IAPT! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 bit.ly/iaptwebinar3

Another reminder that @biogeography.bsky.social bi-annual conference is coming up in Aarhus, Denmark. It's been my favorite conference since I started attending it in grad school, and I cannot wait for Aarhus. Consider coming too - you won't regret it.

Check out this new paper in the Frontiers of Biogeography, the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, on historical distribution and habitat of American chestnut by Joyce Klaus & Nathan Klaus. And as always - support our society by publishing with us! biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1619...

The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story Thomas Review by @anneosbourn.bsky.social 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Societal Impact Statement also available in French and Spanish. @johninnescentre.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🧵1/5

Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions Communities can act as functional sources and sustain rare ecological roles across space. We reveal patterns of functional vulnerability for plants and birds Check out our Perspective in Ecol Lett 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌐🌍🦤🪴🍁🧪

Exciting new paper on polyploidy in the tropical tree genus Inga. Congratulations @rschley.bsky.social !

Our website is back!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.

I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026. jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

A reminder that the 12th @biogeography.bsky.social conference is coming up! And I know it will be a blast, so don't forget to register.

Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪 Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

As extinction accelerates, scientists race to decode the DNA of life - unlocking secrets that could help save our planet’s biodiversity. Join Mark Blaxter, leader of the Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life programme, as he explains the genome sequencing of biodiversity. 📆 Nov 27 6pm buff.ly/nq2Gf04

PhD up for grabs in applied ecology focusing on species traits and ecological processes, supervised by @jmbecologist.bsky.social @orlyrazgour.bsky.social, Ben Woodcock, and me. Worth a look!

We are looking for a new colleague and department head for #Horticulture and Landscape #Architecture at #Colorado State #University! #highered #academicsky #agsky #Agriculture. Apply by December 31! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/169...

🚨Extended deadline for our plant identification tool survey!🚨 World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵

If you're interested in understanding discordance in phylogenomic analyses, the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social's special issue 'Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions' is for you! tinyurl.com/v2eces3s I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪

Come join us in beautiful Western Norway! Ping co-supervisor team: @janhackel.bsky.social @vorontsovams.bsky.social www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Piper dispersed from South America first to Southern Africa, then on to South East Asia, where it spread across the Wallace & Lydekker's lines several times! Intrigued? The full paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/botl... (2/2) @linneansociety.bsky.social

Cool #Traits stuff from #SeasonallyDryTropicalForests in Colombia 🧮

Join us for our last @biogeography.bsky.social Funk seminar of 2025! This month, we will be meeting on Nov 19, 4pm UTC. Dr. Laura Pollock will tackle the issue of the Wallacean gap!

Dr. Laura Pollock will be giving the last Funk Seminar of 2025! Registration and information about this talk can be found on our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/no...

The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...

Begonia is now up to 2200 accepted species! padme.rbge.org.uk/Begonia/

Two PhD student positions on Fire Resilience of Amazon Forests (Application deadline Nov 26), Wageningen @masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

Important new review paper about the polyploid "continuum"

Autumn colour gently touching oak savanna in Forest Park. Amazing that this is in the heart of a major US urban area. But perhaps not surprising as St Louis is aiming to be a 21st century Nature City... strategicplan.artsci.wustl.edu/making-saint... @livingearthcollab.bsky.social

The deadline is fast approaching! We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant #Biodiversity and #Conservation universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll... Deadline: November 14th.

Our new paper is out! We show that assessing the effects of adding flower patches in cities is complex and their direct benefits for pollinator communities and pollination aren’t always straightforward. @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #openaccess doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

How soil and climate interact to control biomass in #Brasil's #Caatinga, the largest dry tropical forest in the Americas. Congratulations to Alexandre Brunello, Tomas Domingues and colleagues for this tour-de-force. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dr. Brett Scheffers will be giving his Funk lecture this week! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...

Are you planning on coming to @biogeography.bsky.social conference in Aarhus in January, 2026? Consider signing up for one of several great workshops being offered.

Here's just one example of a wonderful workshop to be offered by @billurbektas.bsky.social and colleagues during @biogeography.bsky.social conference. Do not miss this opportunity to learn from the experts in the field!

Jose Luis Marcello (U Jaén, Peru) está liderando los estudios de la dinámica y el impacto del cambio climático en los bosques secos en el Peru - un trabajo muy importante, y con coordinación con ForestPlots.net Descubre mas aqui: fb.watch/CjP0DvNbL0/

📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢 If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum! REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

Just over three weeks left if you are thinking of applying for this amazing job!

Deadlines for travel awards to TIBS 2026 biannual meeting in Aarhus have been extended till Oct 31. If you're an early-career researcher, consider applying!

Just a week left to register for this month's Funk lecture. This time we will hear from Dr. Brett Scheffers. Register and tune in!