Butterflies are on the move 🦋🌡️A new global study shows that 80% of butterfly species have expanded their ranges, with 79% of all recorded shifts linked to climate change and extreme weather. #iDivResearch www.idiv.de/the-scale-of...

The scale of butterfly range shifts is far greater than previously known — affecting every continent

A new global study shows butterflies are on the move as the climate warms, with far more species expanding their ranges than contracting.

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New #OpenAccess research by @sara-tassoni.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv finds that local habitat, not landscape diversity, drives richness & reproduction of cavity-nesting #bees and #wasps in agricultural landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/icad.70126 #SpeciesRichness #Biodiversity #Hymenoptera

Thinking big: The case for experimental macroecology nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thinking big: the case for experimental macroecology

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Happy that our #NSF-funded research on the temporal stability of wild #bees' pollen nutrition is now published! Basic funding into what bees need is so important and feeling imperiled lately. Open access article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Wild bees occupy temporally stable pollen nutritional niches - Oecologia

As bees’ primary source of protein and lipids, pollen is a nutritional resource key to the persistence of wild populations. Because bee taxa may differ in their pollen macronutrient requirements, and ...

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#Publication: Our paper, led by Maxime Eeraerts, has been published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment with the title: "Organic management enhances wild bee richness but does not consistently improve crop pollination in apple orchards". doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

What co-benefits do we gain when planting trees along stream margins? We don't fully know. Fully-funded PhD going now — mapping food webs across Mt Taranaki's "ring of restoration" 🌱🐟 Please repost among your networks Email: frank.burdon@waikato.ac.nz

New paper out 😊 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Plant species richness is key for restoring grassland butterfly assemblages

The results indicate that successful restoration of grassland vegetation and butterflies is strongly linked. To fully restore target butterfly assemblages, future grassland restoration should aim to ....

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Huge thanks to all the @inaturalist.bsky.social users who contributed their photos and identification expertise. We used thousands of photos of this super common species -- I want to emphasize how valuable every observation is, no matter how mundane it may seem! So excited to have this out :)

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New #OpenAccess work by @maria-duynisveld.bsky.social et al. in #RESEcolEnt used #CommunityScience to explore insect herbivory and fruit production in #bunchberry, combining #iNaturalist records, field surveys, and a simulated herbivory experiment to test hypotheses. doi.org/10.1111/een.70114

REVIEW Global Bias‐Aware Synthesis of Meta‐Analyses Reveals Agroforestry's Potential for Improving Soil Health 🔗 buff.ly/aMNke1F

Are current species conservation policies enough? New study indicates that common bird and common butterfly species across Europe are set to keep declining in the coming decades. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Projections for 265 common bird and 144 common butterfly species across Europe under multiple sustainability scenarios, including those of existing conservation objectives, find no scenario in which t...

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📣We are looking for a junior research group leader on 'Modeling Global Biogeochemical Cycles' as part of TERRA @unituebingen.bsky.social ! Funding is available for the group lead, a PhD position, expenses and more! For more details scan the QR code or go to www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobpost/tubi... 🌍.

#job: The Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources in the Institute of Forest Sciences, University of Freiburg, invites applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Silviculture and Climate Change Adaption. 🗓️Application deadline: 31 August 2026 ➡️Details: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Widespread Aquatic Insect Responses to Recent Warming in Swiss Mountain Lakes 🔗 buff.ly/4YV9lcS

📢 PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki! Join the ANEW project to study ecological networks, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation under global change. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/31_8_202... #PhD #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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Funded 4-year #PhD position studying the risks and impacts of exposure to soil #pesticide residues on soil dependent #bees based @uofguelph.bsky.social. For more details about the position and how to apply by 21 August: 1in3mouthfuls.org/join-the-team/ Please share & apply! #ProPollSoil #Pollinators

A fertilization experiment in a Panama forest shows that invertebrate and fungal species richness increased *most* when fed a *diverse* cocktail of #micronutrients. In contrast, the effects of the "big three" (N, P, and K) were more varied. michaelkaspari.org/wp-content/u...

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Increasing nutrient diversity is expected to promote microbial diversity. This study shows that more complex environments can enhance resource uptake, intensify competition and lead to microbial biodiversity loss, challenging a central ecological assumption 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing nutrient diversity is expected to promote microbial diversity. This study shows that more complex environments can enhance resource uptake, intensify competition and lead to microbial biodiversity loss, challenging a central ecological assumption 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increased nutrient diversity can induce loss of microbial diversity through enhanced resource uptake - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Increasing nutrient diversity is expected to promote microbial diversity. This study shows that more complex environments can enhance resource uptake, intensify competition and lead to microbial biodi...

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Contrary to popular belief, livestock grazing on European semi-natural grasslands does not always lead to increased biodiversity. On traditional Norwegian summer farms, bumblebee abundance and richness declined with increasing sheep grazing intensity 🐝 Learn more 👇 buff.ly/Y4wnmvy 🌎🧪

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🐞 Beetle responses to non-native Douglas fir depend on the vertical forest stratum, by Piccini et al. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Same forest, different story: Beetle community responses to non‐native tree species depend on the vertical stratum

Our findings emphasize the importance of integrating vertical stratification into biodiversity monitoring for a comprehensive understanding of the ecological impacts of climate-adapted forest managem...

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📖 Herbivore species asynchrony underpins multitrophic stability across plants, herbivores and predators 🌍 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/Ss9BPXn

"...The underlying dominance structures [in tree communities] develop surprisingly early and they persist." (I am trying hard not to secretly anthropomorphise 💀) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @journalofecology.bsky.social #forestecol 🌳

Get out of the starting block quickly—Small initial differences in seed and seedling size affect tree survival and growth over 25 years

Our study illustrates how intense intraspecific competition processes operate at very early developmental stages among even-aged tree cohorts, following the general pattern of self-thinning. We showe...

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🧪 🪲 🌋 🌡️ When are things too hot to handle? Our new paper on insect thermal tolerance across elevation in @pnas.org nas.org suggest perhaps not too far in the future. @gdfcf.bsky.social sky.social @alexandreloureiro.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵

Vegetation carbon stocks in Spain declined 12% between 2017 and 2024, a loss of 150 million tonnes carbon. 2026 fires further intensify decline in carbon stored in woody biomass. We risk turning a sink into a source of emissions—transforming a solution into a problem. eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

Insect Conservation: Finding and Protecting the Invisible Inheritors -Draws attention to unseen insect diversity & its ecological importance -Gathers recent information on assessment of insect diversity & approaches to conservation -Encompasses lesser-known insects link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Insect Conservation: Finding and Protecting the Invisible Inheritors

Explores the challenges of conserving overlooked insect diversity, highlighting their ecological roles and strategies to protect the invisible majority.

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New Publication: Balancing biodiversity and economics: Using robust Pareto-optimisation to quantify ecological–economic trade-offs in German mixed beech forests Open Access Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Balancing biodiversity and economics: Using robust Pareto-optimisation to quantify ecological–economic trade-offs in German mixed beech forests - Ambio

Biodiversity loss threatens forest ecosystem stability and functioning, while measures to enhance biodiversity trade-off with economic performance. Native tree-species mixtures are promoted to support...

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New @Science Advances paper out showing #Biodiversity effects on multitrophic interactions in #croplands, grasslands and forests! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In experiments, high plant diversity usually leads to high ecosystem function and stability. But in nature, the same factors that determine plant species diversity may also affect stability. This means the results of BEF experiments don't always apply to natural systems. doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

A salinity gradient mediates plant diversity–function–stability relationships across a coastal marsh landscape

Ecosystem function and stability are often positively related to species richness in experiments, but in nature, abiotic gradients may over-ride or obscure the effects of richness on function and sta...

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#Drying affects #river functioning at the network scale. Now, we know that local drying events interact w/ regional connectivity to control 🍂decomposition by shaping decomposers #diversity. Curious? Learn more in our new paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Drying Halves Decomposition Rates in River Networks by Decreasing Decomposer Diversity

Short drying events can have long-lasting impacts on the functioning of whole river networks. We found that just a few days without water reduced leaf decomposition by up to half, because drying redu...

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New #OpenAccess research by @julian-lunow.bsky.social et al. in #RESEcolEnt examines how management & tree dieback alter beetle assemblage structure & body size distribution in a temperate German forest. doi.org/10.1111/een.70127 @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social

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