Nowak et al., new paper in GEB, "Impacts of Species Introductions on the Trait Diversity of Interacting Avian Frugivores and Fleshy-Fruited Plants Depend on Native Trait Diversity" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Impacts of Species Introductions on the Trait Diversity of Interacting Avian Frugivores and Fleshy‐Fruited Plants Depend on Native Trait Diversity

Aim The introduction of non-native species to native ecological communities by humans is a major driver of global biodiversity change. Studying how species introductions influence interacting specie...

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Granville et al., NE&E, "Temperature mediates variation in avian sensitivity to forest cover" (Natasha was our 2026 student plenary speaker and discussed this study among others -- exciting to see it in print!) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temperature mediates variation in avian sensitivity to forest cover - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Land-use and climate change may have synergistic impacts on biodiversity. This global analysis shows that the sensitivity of bird species and populations to deforestation is modulated by their thermal...

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🦇 Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Resolving long-standing controversies in bat biology and providing new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats.

Ever wondered how to combine biodiversity analyses in geographic space with those in environmental space, while also considering species' traits in an attribute space? Wonder no more! shorturl.at/Qsbdk

Mapping diversity through geographical, environmental and attribute spaces

Understanding biodiversity patterns requires integrating information across the interrelated dimensions that organize life. Species occupy specific regions in geographic space, respond to environm...

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Fresh out of the oven: a little provocation about the conclusion that macroevolution rates are slower than we would expect. Feedback and rebuttals are welcome academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... with @damelo.net @apenna.bsky.social @agporto.bsky.social and others

Invasion of new adaptive zones retains telltale signs of directional selection at macroevolutionary scales in mammals

Abstract. Directional selection is often viewed as a transient force in macroevolution, with its signal eroded over time by stabilizing and fluctuating sel

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Happy to share that the last chapter of my dissertation is finally out in Evolution! 🦎⛰️ I'll share a longer thread soon about what we did and found. Huge thanks to all my coauthors: @jblosos.bsky.social, @juvelas.bsky.social, Steven Poe and Adam Algar doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Repeated evolution of high-elevation occupation in tropical lizards

Abstract. Since Darwin and Humboldt, researchers have sought to understand how species adapt to elevation. Although tropical reptiles are typically most di

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Our global analysis of ecosystem functions and services is online now! This is probably the paper I'm most proud of - a quantitative, global map of every one of the IPBES ecosystem service categories, all tracked back to the original data! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biodiversity safeguards ecosystem services and functions worldwide - Nature Ecology & Evolution

An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services.

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Post-doctoral fellow in global forest dynamics! TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾

New paper! Brandon Kilbourne conducted a huge data collection effort for the limb muscle architecture (masses, fascicle lengths, pennation angles; thereby PCSAs) of mustelid mammals. We found conspicuous relationships with morphology and locomotor mode. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Muscle architecture in mustelid mammals: anatomical proxies for muscle function and their relation to locomotor habit - BMC Ecology and Evolution

Background Though skeletal adaptations for locomotion in mammals are well documented, possible limb adaptations in terms of muscle architecture have received far less study. Examining mustelid mammals...

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Climate change is reshaping butterfly ranges worldwide. A global study found that 80% of 1,758 species in its dataset had expanded their ranges. @larspett.bsky.social and colleagues combined 6,182 reports from 105 countries. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Ecology

JUST OUT: Global Patterns in Body Size and Colour Lightness Diversity of Swallowtail Butterflies Highlight Biogeographical Legacy Over Common Environmental Explanations - Krampe et al. 2026 - @unimarburg.bsky.social @consecol.bsky.social - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global Patterns in Body Size and Colour Lightness Diversity of Swallowtail Butterflies Highlight Biogeographical Legacy Over Common Environmental Explanations

Aim Differences in the functional traits of co-occurring species drive species' interactions and sustain key ecosystem services. However, the historical and contemporary environmental drivers of, as...

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Shan et al.'s work on medicinal floras across #China's ethnic groups reveals how #environmental barriers and cultural exchange interact to shape the #biogeographic structure of traditional #medicine. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #JIPB #PlantScience #phylogenetics

1/4 🐢 What should fossil turtle systematics look like ten years from now? Walter Joyce & I offer our personal answer in a new review paper: "Transforming Turtle Systematics: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Ahead" Out now in @journalsystpal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨🚨 1. New preprint! We examine whether the diversity of transcontinental freshwater fish radiations, such as killifishes and cichlids, might be driven by marine ancestry in the aftermath of an asteroid impact! Retained salinity tolerance explains their biogeography and diversity!

New research in #RESSystematicEnt New insights into the tribal-level #phylogeny and historical #biogeography of #Iassinae (Hemiptera: #Cicadellidae) revealed by #phylogenomics doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Leafhoppers @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

‘envar’: An R package to retrieve and process environmental variables for macroecology and biogeography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‘envar’: An R package to retrieve and process environmental variables for macroecology and biogeography

The selection of environmental variables is a cornerstone of biogeographical analyses. However, most studies use standard sets of predictors, without …

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🌍 iDiv and the @uni-jena.de are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in Macroevolution & Macroecology. 🕒 Full-time (40h/week) or part-time (minimum 75%) 📅 Start: 1 Dec 2026 💼 Fixed-term: 3 years 💶 Salary: up to E13 (TV‑L) ⏳ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 www.idiv.de/career/job-o...

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Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.

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New #ornithology paper out in @ecography.bsky.social! The tendency of birds to return to the same breeding area in different years varies wildly among species. We show that breeding site fidelity is much lower in #shorebirds nesting in the #Arctic tundra than in those nesting in other habitats. 1/n

Obituary: Robert Ricklefs (1943–2026) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Polymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students. Free to read: rdcu.be/D33fLgYcv4Ba

Robert Ricklefs (1943–2026) - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Polymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students.

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Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (@uni-jena.de) is hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Macroecology #postdoc #biology #macroevolution

The Landscape Ecology Group at the University of Potsdam is seeking applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position! See the full solicitation on our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/po...

The timescale of #nematode #evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of #parasitism: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415... You should be able to access it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #Fossils #Evolution #Parasites #Genomics #Nematodes

The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Establishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil...

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2 #postdoc positions now live! 🐠🐡🐟 (1) #AI for #Ecology, (2) #Marine Field Ecology for AI-Enabled Behavioural Monitoring, & v soon (3) AI-Enabled #BehaviouralEcology for #Conservation Join our team, unlock #AnimalBehaviour as an early warning system. #Jobs @lec-reefs.bsky.social Links 👇

Peng et al.'s analysis of Androsace #macroevolutionary dynamics provides a spatiotemporal framework for understanding the #evolution of #alpine plants in the Northern Hemisphere. Read all about it here! doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantSci #systematics #DNA

Two-year postdoc in freshwater biogeography at the University of Oulu. A clean fit for researchers analyzing spatial distributions in aquatic ecosystems. #AquaticScience #MarineJobs

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2-y postdoc position on freshwater biogeography open in the University of Oulu: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/job...

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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🧵1/6 New paper from #NearLab dropped! Wood et al. (2026) tackle a long-standing mystery: how did freshwater perches, walleyes, and darters (Percidae) end up on BOTH sides of the Atlantic? Spoiler: they may have swum there. 🐟🌊 #Ichthyology #Evolution #Systematics

The complex interaction between mammalian herbivores, climate, soil and fire has shaped the evolution and distribution of plant spinescence across biogeographical realms - Souza Ferreira - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The complex interaction between mammalian herbivores, climate, soil and fire has shaped the evolution and distribution of plant spinescence across biogeographical realms

Evolution of spinescence in mimosoid legumes.

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‼️ new article ‼️ Happy to collaborate with incredible Dr. Fernanda Souza!!! “Climate Predicts Tree Dispersal Strategies Across Brazil’s Ecosystems,” Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi.org/10.1111/geb....

Climate Predicts Tree Dispersal Strategies Across Brazil's Ecosystems

Aim We investigate the distribution of dispersal modes—endozoochory (via animal ingestion), synzoochory (via animal seed accumulation) and anemochory (via wind)—and seed mass of woody plants across ...

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