Are you into island birds? In this study we examine how human impacts and island features explain the prevalence of threatened bird species across islands globally. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Urbanisation Is Related to the Prevalence of Threatened Species on Islands Across the Globe

Aim To assess how environmental characteristics and human impacts contribute to the global prevalence of threatened bird species on islands (the ratio of threatened to non-threatened species per isl...

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Why do some islands have more biodiversity than others? In our new paper, published in @ecography.bsky.social , we sought to answer this question for amphibians! 🌐🏝️🐸 @provete.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).

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...

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife

Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

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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/...

Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography

Phylogenetic trees are increasingly used to infer the processes that shape biodiversity patterns, such as diversification, dispersal and trait evolution. However, collecting many samples and seque...

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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

Global Avian Frugivore‐Fruit Trait Matching Decreases Toward the Tropics

Birds and fruits often match in traits like size, but this study reveals that such matches weaken in tropical regions. Warmer climates may drive more varied interactions, leading to less strict trait...

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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

Reassessing niche partitioning in MacArthur’s warblers: foraging behaviour, morphology and diet differentiation in a phylogenetic context | Biology Letters

Owing in large part to Robert MacArthur’s classic research, wood warblers in the family Parulidae are textbook exemplars of species competition and niche partitioning. Conventional wisdom suggests tha...

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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/...

Setting goals for pollinator gardens

In recent years, declines in animal pollinators have stimulated tremendous interest in pollinator-friendly gardening. There is a widespread notion that pollinator gardens are beneficial, but the spec....

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

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

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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/...

Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

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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

Persistent Effects of Landscape Context on Recruitment Dynamics During Secondary Succession of Tropical Forests

In a tropical agricultural landscape, conserving strips of secondary forests along streams had a positive impact on tree recruitment in young regrowing forests. Surprisingly, this effect persisted ev...

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🌳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/...

Large seeds as a defensive strategy against partial granivory in the Fagaceae

Large seeds dispersed by scatter-hoarding granivores, such as Fagaceae acorns, tolerate partial damage to achieve higher dispersal efficiency. By demonstrating that seed size itself acts as a defensi...

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👀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 🧪🌍

Marion Boisseaux: trait combinations and their effects on tree physiology

In this new blog post, Marion Boisseaux, a postdoc at University of California State University, presents her work ‘Shifting trait coordination along a soil-moisture-nutrient gradient in tropical f…

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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) 🌐

Accounting for functionality in the identification of global conservation priorities: promises and pitfalls | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Whereas preventing species extinctions remains a central objective of conservation efforts, it must be complemented by the long-term preservation of functional ecosystems and of the benefits humans de...

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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 🌏 🧪 🔗

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"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...

Extinction of experience among ecologists

Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

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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.

Common virus may help protect skin against Sun damage

Beta human papillomavirus helps the immune system target mutated skin cells, a “provocative” mouse and human study suggests

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