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Botanist, biogeographer
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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🌿 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
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WGDip
3 days ago
📢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
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International Polyploidy Conference 2026, Crossover in theory and application
Wageningen, the Netherlands. 6-13 September 2026
https://www.pe-rc.nl/events/international-polyploidy-conference-2026-crossover-theory-and-application
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Thais Vasconcelos
3 days ago
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...
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Research Fellow - Vasconcelos Lab | U-M Careers
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/276324/research-fellow-vasconcelos-lab
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Christopher Dick
4 days ago
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/...
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Assembling the Neotropical Tree Flora: Andean Uplift and the Historical Biogeography of the Brazil Nut Family (Lecythidaceae)
Aim The assembly of tropical tree floras is complex, involving many lineage-specific histories; however, focusing on the biogeographic history of diverse clades can reveal general patterns. We inves...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70225
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The International Biogeography Society
4 days ago
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...
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On the identification of areas of endemism in the Neotropical montane cloud forests: A comparative review
Neotropical montane cloud forests are terrestrial ecosystems characterized by a consistent high humidity from clouds or mist. Geographically, these forests occur along the Andes, Mesoamerica, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.174469
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Nicolas Mouquet
6 days ago
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...
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The International Biogeography Society
6 days ago
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...
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Steve Brusatte
11 days ago
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⤵️
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Eric Schuettpelz
10 days ago
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.
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USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the Smithsonian Institution that is responsible for the acquisition, curation, and preservation of collections of objects and specimens of natural history within the specialization of botany for this position.</p>
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200
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Dr. Marta Jarzyna
11 days ago
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...
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TIBS Newsletter – Spring 2026
Click to subscribe or view past newsletters
https://www.biogeography.org/news/news/newsletter-sp26/
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The International Biogeography Society
13 days ago
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...
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Michael Landis
13 days ago
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...
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Michael Landis
13 days ago
New study led by Sean McHugh (
@phyllurus.bsky.social
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@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)
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A Phylogenetic Model of Established and Enabled Biome Shifts
Abstract. Where each species actually lives is distinct from where it could potentially survive and persist. This suggests it is important to distinguish e
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syag026/8524016
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The International Biogeography Society
16 days ago
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...
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TIBS Newsletter – Spring 2026
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https://www.biogeography.org/news/news/newsletter-sp26/
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EvolDir
15 days ago
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
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Solanaceae Phylogenomics:South Kensington
https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=770
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José Cerca
21 days ago
We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it.
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
24 days ago
The Amazon rainforest was hit with two severe droughts during 2023–2024. Models suggest that just over half the forest will not recover within seven years, which is the maximum time between droughts in recent decades. In PNAS:
https://ow.ly/BKQ150YySOw
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Luke Dunning
24 days ago
Come and join us!!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ547/r...
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Research Associate - Plant Phylogenomics at University of Sheffield
Apply for the Research Associate - Plant Phylogenomics role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ547/research-associate-plant-phylogenomics
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Julia PG Jones
23 days ago
Fully-funded PhD with me in beautiful North Wales (field work in Sumatra). From conflict to coexistence: how can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? With
@wwf.org.uk
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@bangoruniversity.bsky.social
www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...
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PhD project: From conflict to coexistence - How can new biodiversity finance approaches promote elephants and humans living in harmony? | Bangor University
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation-and-restoration-of-resilient-ecosystems/news/phd-project-from-conflict-to-coexistence
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Brian J. Enquist
26 days ago
Our new
#BIEN
biodiversity data workflow paper is out! BIEN is an ecosystem of modular, open-source BIEN tools for collecting, harmonizing, and validating biodiversity data -- and an integrated global database (BIEN db) of plant occurrences, traits & geographic ranges.
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data
The rapid expansion of biodiversity data presents new opportunities to understand and forecast biosphere dynamics. However, disparate and dispersed data, taxonomic and geographic inconsistencies, ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70274
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The International Biogeography Society
27 days ago
Don't miss out! This month's Funk Biogeography Seminar is still open for registration here:
www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...
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Plants, People, Planet
about 1 month ago
Persistence and potential of soil organic carbon in nature-based climate solutions: A review of managed disturbances
#ThomasReview
by Adam Pellegrini, Katerina Georgiou, et al. 📖
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience
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The Linnean Society of London
about 1 month ago
Applications are open for the LinnéSys Systematics Research Fund: we offer up to £1,500 for research in taxonomy & systematics - from fieldwork to equipment, specimen prep, and more. Open to researchers at any stage (UG+). Deadline: 27 March 2026, 23:59 Apply now:
buff.ly/8eryOMN
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ForestPlots
about 1 month ago
Una nueva especie de Gesneriaceae. 𝘋𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 es endémica del Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén en la selva central del Perú. Felicidades a Rocio Rojas Gonzales y sus colegas por su descubrimento.
doi.org/10.14522/dar...
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Thomas Lesaffre 🌱
about 1 month ago
🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at
@unifrbiology.bsky.social
! The position is funded for 4 years by
@snsf.ch
as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here:
tinyurl.com/monoecy
🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱
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EvolDir
about 1 month ago
Apply for up to £1,500 for systematics/taxonomy projects via LinneSys. Members of The Systematics Association or the Linnean Society are eligible. Deadline: March 27, 23:59 GMT+1. More info:
https://systass.org/linnesys/
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund – systass
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund – systass
https://systass.org/linnesys/
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Brian J. Enquist
about 1 month ago
Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought
Populations that are declining as a result of climate change may need to evolve to persist. Although evolutionary rescue has been demonstrated in theory and in the laboratory, its relevance to natural...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu0995
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The International Biogeography Society
about 1 month ago
Dr. Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Research Institute, WSL) is our Funk Biogeography Seminar speaker this month! Join us for an exploration of the past, present, and future of studying biodiversity in environmental space. Learn more and register at:
www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...
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Systematics Association
about 1 month ago
Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out!
systass.org/linnesys/
Deadline is MARCH 27 at 23:59 GMT+1 All you need is to be a member of the
@systassn.bsky.social
or the
@linneansociety.bsky.social
Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in these countries:
tinyurl.com/wemwtfrz
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
https://systass.org/linnesys/
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Kim L. Holzmann
about 2 months ago
Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in
@nature.com
! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
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ForestPlots
about 2 months ago
Fabaceae emerge as amongst the most embolism-resistant tree families in Amazonia. Forests in the Brazilian and Guiana Shield regions, where Fabaceae abundance is high, are expected to have greater drought resistance than Western Amazon forests.
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Erik Postma
about 2 months ago
We already have more than 💯 participants for
#ExE2026
, but there are still places available. Once you have registered, you have until April 1 to submit an abstract, so don’t miss out and register now at
sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/registra...
Everything you need to know is 👇 and at
evoxeco.uk
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Dr. Marta Jarzyna
about 2 months ago
Thrilled to share our new paper out in
@science.org
, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture
Human activities might have accelerated declines of population abundance, but this acceleration remains underexplored. Using 1033 North American Breeding Bird Survey routes, we analyze abundance chang...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads0871
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Rod Page
about 2 months ago
Slowly adding content to
bionames.org
and tweaking the interface. Hope page loads faster now and looks a little better on mobile. Lots of DOIs and PDFs for taxonomic papers, but so much to do. Half a million names linked to DOIs, wish it were more.
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Viviana Londoño-Lemos
about 2 months ago
Wanna know about you should care about seeds and seedlings as much as I do while learning what I'm up to during my PhD? Check the
#NHER
post from the
@mobotgarden.bsky.social
, the Ecological Health Network and the Restoration Ecology Lab at Virginia Tech.
#RestorationEcology
#Seedlings
#Seeds
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From Soil Seed Banks to Seedlings: Deciphering the Natural Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas
By Viviana Londoño-Lemos Viviana Londoño-Lemos is a Ph.D. candidate with the Powers Lab in the Plant and Microbial Biology Program at the University of Minnesota. Email:
[email protected]
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https://nher.blog/index.php/from-soil-seed-banks-to-seedlings-deciphering-the-natural-regeneration-of-tropical-dry-forests-in-the-americas/
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The International Biogeography Society
about 2 months ago
Last, but not least: How do biogeography and plant diversity interact in the quartz islands of South Africa? Different types of biodiversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional) may respond very differently:
doi.org/10.21425/fob...
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Diverging responses of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic plant diversity to biogeographic parameters in arid habitat islands of southern Africa
Habitat islands conceptually bridge true islands and habitat patches, adding new perspectives to island biogeographic principles that shape community assembly processes. Despite growing interest, empi...
https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.167957
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The International Biogeography Society
about 2 months ago
Next in our Frontiers roundup: Using Appalachian pollen records, Shuman et al. explore how the tree communities of the Holocene were formed by interactions between climate variation and species climate niches:
doi.org/10.21425/fob...
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The role of the climate niche in repeated abrupt tree declines and ecotone dynamics in the Appalachian Mountains during the Holocene
Forests in eastern North American did not achieve a stable composition during the Holocene. Both prolonged and abrupt shifts in the distributions of tree species were common. Studying the dynamics inv...
https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.150642
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The International Biogeography Society
about 2 months ago
And lastly, a reminder: February's Funk Biogeography Seminar takes place this Wednesday (2/25) at 1:00PM UTC! There's still time to register here:
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Michael J. Gundale
2 months ago
I am really excited to share our new paper, published today in Nature. We show that rising atmospheric CO2 is linked to decling nutrient availability in boreal forest, with implications for the future carbon sink. Kudos to lead author
@kelleyrbassett.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces nitrogen availability in boreal forests - Nature
Nitrogen isotope tree-ring chronologies show that rising atmospheric CO2 has reduced nitrogen availability in boreal forests in Sweden, suggesting that elevated atmospheric CO2 is causing oligotrophic...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10039-5
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Katrin Heer
about 2 months ago
Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at
@uni-freiburg.de
with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).
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Robert J. Whittaker
about 2 months ago
Diverging responses of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic plant diversity to biogeographic parameters in arid habitat islands of southern Africa
biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...
new work on quartz habitat islands in Southern Africa
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Habitat islands conceptually bridge true islands and habitat patches, adding new perspectives to island biogeographic principles that shape community assembly processes. Despite growing interest, empi...
https://biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=167957
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Plants, People, Planet
about 2 months ago
Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity 📖
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
by Fonzaghi et al. Summary also available in Português @WileyPlantSci
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Robert J. Whittaker
2 months ago
The global island species–area relationship for plants | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our latest effort to understand ISARs for plants globally!
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The global island species–area relationship for plants | PNAS
The island species−area relationship (ISAR) is known to be near-ubiquitous, but its properties across the fullest span of island areas globally and...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2518902123
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Plants, People, Planet
about 2 months ago
Linking to images and
#AI-based
identification tools—The only way for Flora projects to survive
#ThomasReview
by Susanne S. Renner
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience
#LatestIssue
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Important new approaches in biogeography and evolutionary diversification, especially for species-rich ecosystems with high levels of sympatry. Check out the preprint ⬇️
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The International Biogeography Society
2 months ago
February's Funk Biogeography seminar is on the horizon! This month's speaker is Juan Pablo Quimbayo, who will talk about the role of traits in shaping marine biodiversity. Learn more and register here:
www.biogeography.org/news/news/fe...
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Dr. Marta Jarzyna
2 months ago
This month's Funk lecture from
@biogeography.bsky.social
will be given by Juan Pablo Quimbayo. Sign up soon!
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Systematics Association
2 months ago
The 2026 LinneSys call is open! Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out!
systass.org/linnesys/
All you need is to be a member of the
@systassn.bsky.social
or the
@linneansociety.bsky.social
Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in a country listed here:
tinyurl.com/wemwtfrz
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
https://systass.org/linnesys/
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Tommaso Jucker
2 months ago
🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨 Come join us in Bristol
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
! We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs! Apply here by 8 March:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network)
2 months ago
On March 3rd @ 5pm CET, we are re-starting the Integration of speciation seminar series! The first 3 sessions feature talks by *Early-Career Researchers*, and include a Q&A with an established PI about their career path. Sign up to get the link:
speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-seri...
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