Animals don’t just live in their environments—they transform them. And in doing so, they may also shape their own evolutionary trajectories. Our new paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution introduces a framework for zoogeochemical niche construction. A thread 👇

Cereghetti et al: #Seasonal #dynamics of detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries. 🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍 We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social 1/4

Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature! Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Supported by @uzhalumni.bsky.social and with researchers from UZH and @eawag.bsky.social including @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @tiannapeller.bsky.social @romanalther.bsky.social @rosiecblackman.bsky.social @kirschdo.bsky.social + @ceciliabarouillet.bsky.social @ericcapo12.bsky.social + many others

The #EcologyOfMolecules: Understanding how #molecules and #ecosystems interact. 🌳 🧪 🦠 🔬 🦫 🪲🐠🐸 New article by @ecfreewoman.bsky.social, @tiannapeller.bsky.social and myself in #TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii... 1/3 🧵

Interested in the linkage between ecosystems of different trophic types, such as aquatic-terrestrial linkages or benthic-pelagic linkages? 🌊 🐟 🐳 🌲 🌳 🎋 www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

Attending #Biology25 @unil.bsky.social in Lausanne today and tomorrow? wp.unil.ch/biology25/ 🧬🐟🦐🌿🌳🔬💧🌐 Then look out for #talks & #posters from my group! Lara Chaouat, Antoine Adde, Luke Ireland, Nalonda Chatterjee and Katarina Bičvić are presenting and are happy to talk about their research!

With @tiannapeller.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social we make the case: @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social inspired by the now classic work from Thorsten Dittmar's group at The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

🧪 💡 🗣️ Just as genomics revealed the hidden world of individual microbes and their interactions, it's time to uncover the "ecology of molecules"—how individual compounds and compound communities shape ecosystem processes. 🌐🌍🦑🍁💧🧬🔬🔎🌱📚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...