Very excited to give a talk at Misión Biolóxica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC) in Pontevedra, Spain next week! Thanks to @marsobral.bsky.social and @cpcarmona.bsky.social for the invitation and organization!

Mar Sobral@marsobral.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Coming Seminar at MBG-CSIC 🌍 Living on the Edge: What Determines Species Range Limits? 🗣️ Prof. Jean-Philippe Lessard (Concordia Univ. & Editor-in-Chief Ecological Monographs) @bugecology.bsky.social 📅 Tue May 12 🕛 12:00 📍 MBG-CSIC (Pontevedra) @mbgcsic.bsky.social

So happy to see Sandra Diaz use trees from Gorbea as an example of relational values with nature #BES2025 🪾🍂💚💚

Are you attending #BES2025? Check out the lab (and associates') contributions to the conference @britishecologicalsociety.org

In trees, intraspecific and intraindividual leaf trait variability decrease along a gradient of tree species richness and are an important part of functional diversity in forest stands, Our new paper is already out in @natcomms.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414... Want to know more about it? 🧵

Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment - Nature Communications

In forests, trait expression is influenced by tree-tree interactions. Castro Sánchez-Bermejo et al. show how phenotypic variability of tree species decreases with tree diversity and contributes import...

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Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity ->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity

To assess impacts of land-use change on bird diversity, we began by collating surveys from the PREDICTS database, a repository of species occurrence and abundance data sampled across multiple land-use types70. We removed 30 datasets because they lacked abundance data...

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Our @sgn.one workshop organized together with @josephtobias.bsky.social and Susanne Fritz was enlightening, fun and will surely lead to many future interactions and outputs on how plant/animal traits translate into functions. Thanks to all for your excellent ideas and very respectful discussions! 🌐

Our new study highlights how competition-driven trait plasticity and growth suppression jointly obscure the link between plant functional traits and seedling growth. Huge thanks to @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Guochun Shen for their invaluable guidance and collaboration! doi.org/10.1111/ele.70259

Competition‐Induced Trait Variability Obscures Trait–Growth Relationships of Tree Seedlings

Our study reveals that competition fundamentally reshapes trait–growth relationships. Competition simultaneously increases individual trait variability while suppressing growth rates, forcing plants ....

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Working with individual trait data and functional trait spaces and bored about means? With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces - npj Biodiversity

npj Biodiversity - Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces

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✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New Tansley Insight in New Phytologist: The path toward a unified plant trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity. Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables. With @e-beccari.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversity

Thank you to my excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social and my wonderful supervisors, @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social & Chris Venditti. I am very grateful to have had the chance to learn from you all.

Manuela Gonzalez Suarez@mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social · last yr.

Super happy that @kerrys189.bsky.social passed her viva with no corrections!! 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!! The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social

Super happy that @kerrys189.bsky.social passed her viva with no corrections!! 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!! The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social

Hot off the press 🔥 New Ecological Monographs paper shows why, when and how to include intraspecific trait variability to enhance functional diversity research. Huge shout out to Facundo Palacio for his vision and leadership. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... #traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐

Integrating intraspecific trait variability in functional diversity: An overview of methods and a guide for ecologists

Variability in traits within species (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) has attracted increased interest in functional ecology, as it can profoundly influence the detection of functional trait pa....

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You would not judge a hammer by how well it drives a screw; likewise, do not blame a spread metric for failing a richness test. Functional diversity is multifaceted and needs a toolbox, not a universal index.

Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez@frodsan.bsky.social · last yr.

Rethinking Ecological Measures Of Functional Diversity 'none of the widely used metrics satisfy the requirements. Critical flaws leave them blind to the very biodiversity loss they're intended to detect. There's urgent need to develop new generation of FD metrics' arxiv.org/abs/2506.17839 #ecopubs

🌍 Excited to be part of the Global Ecology Starter Pack - a great way to discover and connect with people interested in ecology at large scales! go.bsky.app/F86HYqj 👉 If you’d like to join the next pack (Vol_3 is in the works), DM @global-ecology.bsky.social. 🌐

Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losses www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...

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Brilliant and important work from @kerrys189.bsky.social out today in @natecoevo.nature.com What is our best path to conserving global bird diversity? Find out here @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Kerry Stewart@kerrys189.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper! "Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.

New paper out on how human activities impact taxonomic vs functional biodiversity, led by @kerrys189.bsky.social

Kerry Stewart@kerrys189.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper! "Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.

🚨 Behold a second impressive paper from @kerrys189.bsky.social to celebrate her just-finished PhD. A rising 🌟! This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management. 🧪🌐🪶

Kerry Stewart@kerrys189.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper! "Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.

New paper! "Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.

Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...

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For sauropsids lovers: Two fresh papers map trait spaces of birds, turtles and crocodiles to reveal what disappears when species go extinct www.nature.com/articles/s41... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🧪🌐🪶 🧮➕📏 #trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits

Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...

nature.com

Back home after two weeks in Spain sampling and attending @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social conference. Neighbours haven’t moved any closer

@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social @marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below

Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

Interesting keynote talks by @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Andrea Sanchez Messeguer opening the second day of te @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

Me encontré con el concepto de diversidad oscura en el último congreso de la IAVS de la mano de @cpcarmona.bsky.social. Con este hilo y este estudio lo entiendo mejor. ¡¡Muy interesante también para comunidades animales!!

Francisco M. Azcárate@fmazcarate.bsky.social · last yr.

Un nuevo estudio global (Pärtel et al. 2025) —en el que he tenido la fortuna de participar— analiza por qué muchos lugares tienen menos especies de plantas de las esperables. Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Up now at #SIBECOLAEET2025 for the first plenary talk of the day Carlos Pérez Carmona is talking about plant traits, why they are useful for predicting ecosystem function under global change, and how you can do this.

Excited to share our new open-access review led by Francesco de Bello in Ecological Monographs! With a fantastic international team, we identify key challenges (“Raunkiæran shortfalls”) in trait-based ecology. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FunctionalTraits 🌐

Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology

Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...

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Un nuevo estudio global (Pärtel et al. 2025) —en el que he tenido la fortuna de participar— analiza por qué muchos lugares tienen menos especies de plantas de las esperables. Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature

A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...

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