New in Frontiers of Biogeography! Drivers and mismatches of taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of mammals in China's arid/semiarid regions. Take a look: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Climatic, ecological, and anthropogenic drivers of mammal diversity in arid and semi-arid regions of China

Mammals are crucial for sustaining ecosystem functions and services, yet their diversity is increasingly threatened in China’s arid and semi-arid regions because of environmental fragility and intensi...

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Reminder: July's Funk Biogeography Seminar is coming up this Wednesday. There's still time to register- come join us!

The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 4w ago

July's Funk Seminar will be given by Dr. Mark Costello! In both terrestrial and marine systems, the latitudinal biodiversity gradient appears bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes- but the drivers of this pattern vary across systems. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

If you haven't seen it yet- TIBS is offering funds to host workshops between October 2026 and November 2027! For criteria and submission instructions, see the original solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

July's Funk Seminar will be given by Dr. Mark Costello! In both terrestrial and marine systems, the latitudinal biodiversity gradient appears bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes- but the drivers of this pattern vary across systems. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

July 2026 Funk Biogeography Seminar – Mark Costello

Revisiting generality in the global latitudinal gradient in species richness across ocean and land (and the 20°C effect) Recent discoveries show that the global latitudinal gradient in marine spe...

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New in Frontiers of Biogeography: this study describes belowground diversity in Colombian tropical dry forest using eDNA metabarcoding. Micro- and macro-organisms respond differently to spatial and environmental drivers, showing just how complex this understudied system is: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Biogeography of tropical dry forest soils

Tropical dry forest is a biome characterized by prolonged dry seasons which harbors an exceptionally rich floristic biodiversity. Yet it is among the most threatened biomes and its belowground diversi...

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The next TIBS newsletter is now available. We have a variety of events and opportunities in biogeography to share with you, including opportunities to work with TIBS or our journal, Frontiers of Biogeography! Check it out here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...

TIBS Newsletter – Summer 2026

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June wrap-up! Five papers out in Frontiers of Biogeography this month: mango pollinators, an elusive worm lizard, functional diversity of island birds, 10,000 years of fire history in Amazonia, and the case for a high seas fishing ban. Check the thread below for some new reading material 🧵

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to continue with this month’s seminar. We are working to reschedule this talk for a future date- keep an eye out! We apologize for any inconvenience.

The next TIBS newsletter comes out in July! We invite you to use our platform to share opportunities with the community. Accepting students? Advertising a workshop? Let everyone know! Email biogeography.ibs@gmail.com with the title "TIBS newsletter submission." Reply by June 24 to ensure we get it!

Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

Dr. Julie Aleman will be giving this month's Funk Biogeography Seminar! Join us on June 24th to learn more about the dynamics and mechanisms of tropical ecosystem stability through time. Learn more about the seminar and and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

Join us on May 27th for the next Funk Biogeography Seminar! Dr. Michael Landis from Washington University in St. Louis will be speaking about the use of phylogenetic models to explore the biogeography of the past. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

Recently published on Frontiers of Biogeography: an inventory of the saproxylic beetles of Greece, highlighting endemics, data gaps, and conservation concerns. Haven't seen it yet? Check it out here: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Saproxylic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Greece: A synthesis of diversity, biogeography and conservation challenges, with the first national checklist

Saproxylic Coleoptera are beetles that depend on, or contribute to, the decomposition of dead wood. They are often used as indicators of forest quality and attract substantial conservation interest. S...

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Last chance to register for this Wednesday's seminar!! Details below:

The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 4mo 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...

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...

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 ...

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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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TIBS Newsletter – Spring 2026

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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...

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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Don't miss out! This month's Funk Biogeography Seminar is still open for registration here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

March 2026 Funk Biogeography Seminar — Catherine Graham

Biodiversity patterns in environmental space Ever since Aristotle suggested that the distributions of organisms were related to environmental factors and Humboldt travelled the world observing dra...

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The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 5mo 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...

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...

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:

The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 6mo 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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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Start the week with some papers just published in Frontiers of Biogeography! Human-induced climate change pushes Holocene climatic conditions closer to those of the Eemian period. The Canary Islands provide a way to explore what that looks like, and how to detect it: doi.org/10.21425/fob...

Towards the human-induced “eemification” of the recent Holocene: a perspective from the Canary Islands

The ruling climate conditions during the Last Interglacial, the Eemian (ca. 130–120 ky BP), were warmer and, consequently, the sea level stood 8–10 m higher than today. Ongoing human-induced climate c...

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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...

Two new papers to start your week! Next, the nested spatial filters that determine phytoplankton community assembly in the Aegean Sea: biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1644...

Phytoplankton regionalism in natural mesocosm-like wetlands of an island archipelago in the Aegean Sea

Wetlands are globally recognised as biodiversity refugia and critical climate regulators, yet they are increasingly threatened by human pressures. Although phytoplankton plays a foundational role in a...

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Two new papers to start your week! First, big distributions and little genetic divergence in the global biogeography of zoantharians: biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1742...

Global biogeography of zoantharians indicates a weak genetic differentiation between the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans, and distinct communities in tropical and temperate provinces

Biogeographic patterns for marine fishes and scleractinian stony corals are well-established, but it is still unclear whether these patterns apply to the understudied marine invertebrates. Here we inv...

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Check out the newest Frontiers of Biogeography article, looking at species-area relationships and plants in the East China Sea: biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1689...

Small-island effect is detected for both native and non-native seed plants in the largest archipelago of China

The small-island effect (SIE) describes a particular form of species–area relationship where species richness on small islands is independent of island area or relates to area in a different way than ...

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There's still time to sign up for our next Funk Biogeography Seminar, this Wednesday at 1:00PM UTC! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ja...

January 2026 Funk Biogeography Seminar — Pedro Peres-Neto

Ecology & Evolution in Spatial Structured Environments Ecological and evolutionary dynamics occur in environments that are intrinsically spatially structured, yet spatial environmental heterogene...

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