Excellent new paper out this week led by former postdoc (now NC State Assistant Professor) @aceraceae.bsky.social. "Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms-race compromise in switchgrass rust." nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms‐race compromise in switchgrass rust

In coevolving species, parasites locally adapt to host populations as hosts locally adapt to resist parasites. Parasites often outpace host local adaptation since they have rapid life cycles, but ho...

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Interesting response to the Ahmed et al paper: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.

A recent article by Ahmed and colleagues (2025) attempt to draw parallels and assess distinctions between biological invasions and human migration. This co

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First lectures and tasting of traditional foods for our study abroad program UF in Croatia: Food and Global Change

Probably the most extreme growing situation for Erigeron annuus that I’ve seen. There can’t be anything resembling soil up there. Good motivation to continue our work on #urbanevolution of #invaders

Back in Croatia for another round of our study abroad program about food and global change plus research on #urbanevolution. Found some beautiful new roads thanks to a chance meeting with a new friend Vanja.

Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt

Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

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Congrats to PhD student Yukti Taneja for winning the 2025 Nadeau Graduate Research Award!! The funding will be used to advance her work on multiple biotic interactions and plant invasions.

Our local brewery First Magnitude knows what’s up! Huge supporters of conservation.

My god this is horrifying. 💔

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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community! Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/164677

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Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!) More details here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Research Technician II

Dr. Volker Rudolf’s research groups in the Department of BioSciences are looking to hire a Research Technician II in the field of biology/ecology. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working outdo...

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🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸 Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

Really excited to share this new article from the lab. We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management. Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement

Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

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Wow. Check this out! “…science no longer an obstacle to the justiciability of climate liability claims.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature

A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...

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Spring primary growth in N. Florida. These 'candles' are expanding embryonic needles formed last fall in overwintered in buds. In this species (longleaf pine), there is generally only one growth cycle. Other southern pines may undergo multiple cycles in a year.

Finished setting up a big new field experiment in Kentucky testing the effects of plant invasion, resources, and microbiome on disease transmission to hemp. #EEID

A parasitic plant-killing fungus without harming crops. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sowing solutions: my quest to save Kenya’s maize from a devastating invader

Henry Sila Nzioki has developed a weed-killing fungus to improve food security.

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As a special Earth Day gift, our new paper integrating decades of related, but siloed research on how changing biodiversity drives plant disease and herbivory is out today in TREE www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting our sConsume working group!

Towards an integrative mechanistic framework for biodiversity–consumer relationships

Terrestrial plant diversity plays a pivotal role in influencing the abundance, diversity, and impacts of herbivores and pathogens (collectively, plant…

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Orkney’s curlew population back on the rise as charity removes invasive species Source: London Evening Standard search.app/ZdkpD

Orkney’s curlew population back on the rise as charity removes invasive species

The curlew population had declined by more than 50%, according to statistics obtained by a wildlife charity.

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🚨 POST DOC 🚨 The Suding Lab at the University of CO - Boulder is recruiting a Postdoc researcher to build on an ongoing project examining grassland fuels, wildfire risk, & management questions. Applications close May 8, 2025. Start date will be before September 2025. 🌎🌾🧪🌱🌿🍁💻🔥📈

April issue: Review led by Ingo Kowarik that summarises the benefits of urban biodiversity for people and nature, and explores how sustainable, biodiverse urban areas can be developed. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4l4wcQs Readcube: rdcu.be/eh0wE

Check out this new blog post where lead author Maggie Simon explains our new paper that is out now in @journalofecology.bsky.social jecologyblog.com/2025/04/15/p...

Plants with higher biomass accrual rates drive infectious disease outcomes in multi-host annual plant communities

Margaret W. Simon, University of Kansas, USA, discusses her article: Fast-growing annual plants drive disease spillover in multi-host communities Infectious plant diseases affect hosts in natural, …

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Now there's a memorable stat! "Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined." wapo.st/3EvzMCI

Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports

The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.

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Online panel discussion: Trees in the Grasslands: Three Perspectives. Thursday, April 24, 2025 5:30pm to 6:45pm events.k-state.edu/event/trees-...

Trees in the Grasslands: Three Perspectives

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Sketching some research ideas with PhD student Yukti Taneja. Makes sense, right?

Do you want to work on some cool pandemic expansion questions with me/us? Check this out!

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Location: Remote Duration: Summer 2025 Compensation: Stipend $3,500/mo (2 month minimum, full time effort) + travel support (if applicable) Deadline: May 1st for full consideration; open until June 1st Send Statement of Interest and CV to GradSummer2025@appex.org.

"... human pressures distinctly shift community composition and decrease local diversity across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems" The global human impact on biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The global human impact on biodiversity - Nature

Key measures of biodiversity were quantified and found to be affected by human pressures that shifted community composition and decreased local diversity across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecos...

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Great to see our new review on the causes and consequences of tropical insect declines out in Nature Reviews Biodiversity. 🪰🪲🐜🐛🐝🦋 It was a pleasure working with an international team of amazing tropical entomologists! 🧑‍🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Postdoc Seokmin Kim is tackling data analysis on our longer-term experiment where we’ve manipulated invasion x drought x fire over nearly a decade. 27 sampling points over time for 40 plots and 12 subplots, and evaluating all native and non-native species turns out to be a lot of data!

Why aren't more researchers publishing in society journals? Two potential reasons: 1) They're often unfamiliar to early-career researchers, and/or 2) they need better promotion, a task for all of us.