Published today in @nature.com, our study shows that the #foodweb trophic structure is critical for #ecosystemfunctioning. Read it here: rdcu.be/frxEl This has been an incredibly rewarding collaboration with many amazing scientists! 🌐🧪🦑🍁🌱 @waikatouniversity.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social

Long overdue, but the main results of my metacommunity experiment are finally out! Different aspects of spatial network structure shape ecological dynamics at different scales—connectivity boosts biomass overall, but locally it can do the opposite. 🔬🧫🌐

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Network topology differentially shapes ecological processes across scales in experimental metacommunities https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.17.719207v1

A brief delve into the recent science history of network theory (including food webs)

Veritasium@veritasium.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are Watch our latest video, in full, on YouTube - youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA

Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments

Organismal abundance typically declines with increasing body size, with metabolic theory predicting a universal size–abundance slope of –0.75. Using protist microcosms across gradients of species ric...

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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26 Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈 👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8 #Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Super awesome new paper in #MEE describing #causal #detection of shifts in #biodiversity! So many great insights here—a must read for those interested in #causalinference And love Fig 3! Congrats team! @lsantinieco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041...

🔥Ignite - Warming threatens aquatic–terrestrial linkages: evidence from tropical geothermal streams vist.ly/467kq #BayesianMixingModels #EffectsOfWarming #FluxAcrossEcosystems #FoodWebStructure #IsotopicAnalyses #TropicalRiparianForest #WaterLandInterfaces

Mark Novak, @kecoblentz.bsky.social, John DeLong FTW - a very cool paper I need to dig carefully through!

American Naturalist / ASN 🐌@asn-amnat.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Novak et al. derive a functional response model that unifies Holling’s classical forms. The model clarifies when linearity can be a mechanistically-reasoned description of predator feeding rates and the impact it has on predator-prey dynamics. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Researchers from #Eawag have conducted an extensive meta-analysis of field studies worldwide to better understand how land-cover changes in the watershed influence freshwater food webs. 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @florianaltermatt.bsky.social #foodwebs #landuse

July issue: Perspective led by Benoit Gauzens on the application of interaction networks to different ecological questions, and that provides guidance on selecting the appropriate type of interaction network. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/3GLdOwN Readcube: rdcu.be/ewqXc

🌳 One of my dearest projects—with brilliant friends and colleagues—is out in @NatureComms We show that how you plant tree species (not just which) can significantly boost forest functioning. 🔗 rdcu.be/evtXs 👇 A short thread

By combining theory, modelling and empirical work, Luo et al. show that species synchrony decreases with time series length and its relationship with diversity switches from positive to negative www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Short time series obscure compensatory dynamics in ecological communities - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Species synchrony is considered a major mechanism of biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationships. Here, by combining theory, modelling and empirical work, the authors show that with time series len...

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In ectotherms, temperature-species richness relationships matched predictions of metabolic theory 🧪🌐 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates

Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies resul...

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“Planktonic C:N and N:P ratios rose markedly in the late twentieth century, followed by a decline, suggesting a progressive alleviation of P limitation, probably driven by increased anthropogenic P inputs” 🌐🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global-scale shifts in marine ecological stoichiometry over the past 50 years - Nature Geoscience

Fifty years of plankton and water samples show that the proportion of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the ocean now substantially differs from the Redfield ratio, probably reflecting a reduction in...

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Excited to share our new paper on how empirical research can better support mechanistic models—through realistic, interdisciplinary data and by embracing complex, individual-level mechanisms. Born from a @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social symposium! doi.org/10.1111/2041... @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

In a synthesis of over 3000 population trends in the Wadden Sea, we show a substantial reorganization of biodiversity with over 38% of populations undergoing significant change (i.e., increases or decreases), identify winners and losers and critical time points of change! dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

@lisethouvenot.bsky.social @remoryser.bsky.social @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @ecolgonzalez.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social @gqromero.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social @econetlab.bsky.social

Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · last yr.

New online! Tailoring interaction network types to answer different ecological questions

Ecological assemblages may be spatially organized by both context dependency and general processes. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution finds general patterns in the organization of regional biodiversity in biogeographical regions. go.nature.com/3FILzhN 🧪

Nature research paper: Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems https://go.nature.com/3Sz8Jdn

Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems - Nature

Using a global database of the radiocarbon content of rivers combining new and published measurements, isotopic mass balance suggests that about 60% of river CO2 emissions are derived from millennial or older carbon sources.

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Less known than keystone species, keystone communities! Check out the last preprint of Gabriel Khattar and Pedro Peres-Neto about this important property for biodiversity responses to disturbance. doi.org/10.22541/au....

New study out! 🌐🧪 Human pressures are boosting invaders, cutting fishery value by over 50%. A 21-year study led by Dieison Moi shows how invasions reshape ecosystems and threaten vital services. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Ecology #EcosystemServices

I’m thrilled to finally share our new dataset paper-years in the making! This has been an incredible rewarding project, and it was a true pleasure to work with such an amazing team of researchers. Huge thanks to supported by @idiv for the support www.nature.com/articles/s41...

StoichLife: A Global Dataset of Plant and Animal Elemental Content - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - StoichLife: A Global Dataset of Plant and Animal Elemental Content

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OIKOS @oikosjournal.bsky.social CALL FOR PAPERS - BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE www.oikosjournal.org/blog/call-pa...

Our preprint "Revealing the organization of species stability in ecological communities" now available at doi.org/10.1101/2025... Comments welcome!

Revealing the organization of species stability in ecological communities

Ecological communities are often composed of many species, each interacting in complex ways. This complexity makes predictions of species responses to disturbances challenging. Here, we analyze dynami...

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This paper - Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - was motivated by the need to anticipate and quantify how extreme events, which are accelerating with climate change, impact nature;s contributions to people, YET ... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for incorp...

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Warming can affect many physiological processes. But any attempt to scale up individual-level processes to population-level consequences must assume a relationship between temperature & the strength of density dependence. But what does it look like? In our new paper, we tried to find out.

The structure of aquatic food webs does not fit standard allometric predictions. Here, García-Oliva & Wirtz explain the co-evolution of specialist and non-specialist predators in aquatic food webs and how this helps reconstruct food webs on the basis of a relatively small number of observations 👇

The complex structure of aquatic food webs emerges from a few assembly rules - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The structure of aquatic food webs does not fit standard allometric predictions. Here the authors explain the co-evolution of specialist and non-specialist predators in aquatic food webs and how this ...

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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

Thrilled to see this paper published! 🎉 Huge congratulations to PhD student Patrik Ståhl on his first published paper—what an achievement! 👏 Read it here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @marienordstrom.bsky.social @riikkapd.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social #foodwebs

Food web robustness depends on the network type and threshold for extinction

Species loss in ecological communities can trigger cascading extinctions, the extent of which likely depends on network type and extinction thresholds. Traditionally, network responses to node remova...

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