New paper out! 🖨️ Glad to be part of this study, out in Science Advances: "Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Much of what looks natural in island biodiversity is a legacy of human impacts going back millennia. See main findings 👇🧵 (1/8)

Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Human impacts substantially affect our ability to detect and understand natural biodiversity patterns.

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❗New paper alert❗ in @natureportfolio.nature.com Comm compares alpine biodiversity across mountain systems and taxonomic groups worldwide. Led by PhD @lottaschultz.bsky.social Biodiversity patterns differs among mountains, and plants, birds, mammals, and reptiles! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great news: Bjorn Robroek and Patrick Weigelt have received a Comenius Senior Fellowship grant for their project ‘Future-proof ecological education’. 🌿 Read on our website how they will transform our #botanical education! www.ru.nl/en/research/... #ecology #biodiversity #biology

Bjorn Robroek and Patrick Weigelt receive Comenius Senior Fellowship for innovative botanical education | Radboud University

Biologists Bjorn Robroek and Patrick Weigelt of Radboud University have received a Comenius Senior Fellowship grant of 100,000 euros from the National Knowledge Institute for Education and NWO for the...

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New paper out on island sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) by Xaali O'Reilly-Berkeley, @patrickweigelt.bsky.social, @biogeokreft.bsky.social, @sandranogue.bsky.social and others! We show how sedaDNA can unlock past island ecosystem dynamics and open new opportunities for island palaeoecology.

The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics

Recent advances in sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are transforming palaeoecological research and offer new opportunities to study biodiversity change on islands. We assess the potential of sedaDNA ...

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New paper just out deciphering the global species–area relationship for plants with @biogeokreft.bsky.social @patrickweigelt.bsky.social and others in @pnas.org Across islands area alone explains 66% of variation in richness best described by a classic power-law model www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thrilled to see the first #PhD chapter by @annaroennfeldt.bsky.social published in @natcomms.nature.com. This multi-region comparison shows that lack of #niche conservatism in #non-native #plants might be transient and potentially linked to dispersal limitations. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

[📢 #Recrutement #Postdoc] Looking for a post doc (29 month) to work on Protected Areas with us #ProtectedAreas. @celinebellard.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social more information here : 👉 bit.ly/43uRz6Z

Join on 11/11 our public lecture 'Why study islands? An introduction to the insular world', at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. Speaker is José María Fernández-Palacios, professor of the University of La Laguna. He will talk about how species adapt or go extinct as island environments change. bit.ly/47rAgpd

Lorentz Lecture - Why study islands? - Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

This public lecture is part of the week-long Lorentz Center workshop ‘Merging biology and geology to study island biodiversity‘.

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Job alert: 2 PhD positions in Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology, or Invasion Biology Application deadline = 17 October 2025 Read more! ⤵️ #jobalert #academicjobs #phdjob #researchjobs #phdposition www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology or Invasion Biology (two openings) | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD in Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology or Invasion Biology at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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New paper in @funecology.bsky.social led by @felixpleiva.bsky.social. We present ShareTrait, a community-driven platform for standardising & sharing individual-level trait data in ectotherms to improve data reuse across studies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #OpenScience #FAIRdata

How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Uncertainty in blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models

SDMs can provide valuable support for planning the preventive management of alien species. However, our findings show that blacklist outcomes are highly sensitive to modelling decisions. While ensemb....

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Thrilled to see my Tansley insight review published in @newphyt.bsky.social! I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Trait‐based island biogeography as a tool for studying future ecological communities

Understanding the future of ecological communities under global change is among the most pressing challenges in plant ecology. Islands, with their reduced species diversity and clear boundaries, have...

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New in @pnas.org we assess future #climate exposure for 32,089 species of #trees🌳 🔹69% face unprecedented climates in ≥10% of range 🔹In taiga & Amazonia >50% of local tree diversity exposed 🔹 31% of species retain >90% of range in stable climates -> important climate refugia♨️ doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Postdoc position in the lab of @biogeokreft.bsky.social for developing your own line of research in macroecology, biogeography, and functional or tropical ecology: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...

A natural language processing pipeline for large-scale extraction & digitization of plant functional trait information New in #AppsPlantSci by @viktordo.bsky.social @patrickweigelt.bsky.social et al bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MachineLearning #botany #PlantEcology

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

Thanks for publishing with #AppsPlantSci, @viktordo.bsky.social @patrickweigelt.bsky.social et al!

Patrick Weigelt@patrickweigelt.bsky.social · last yr.

Tired of digitizing biodiversity data by hand? Consider using large language models to, for example, extract plant functional traits from unstructured texts: See bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... led by @viktordo.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de, @exeter.ac.uk, @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...

Tired of digitizing biodiversity data by hand? Consider using large language models to, for example, extract plant functional traits from unstructured texts: See bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... led by @viktordo.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de, @exeter.ac.uk, @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Using large language models to extract plant functional traits from unstructured text

Premise Functional plant ecology seeks to understand how functional traits govern species distributions, community assembly, and ecosystem functions. While global trait datasets have advanced the fi...

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Job alert: Postdoc Position in Peat Land Use and Paludiculture Value Chains 🏞️ 🔗 💧 🌱 Are you or is someone you know passionate about sustainability, peatlands and paludiculture? And are you looking for a postdoc position? Then go to our website and apply by 1 June 2025! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Postdoc Position: Peat Land Use and Paludiculture Value Chains | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Peat Land Use and Paludiculture Value Chains at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes

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Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? Researchers at our Uni explored the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... #NatureEcology&Evolution: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Dani's new prepr. (she doesn't have bsky) 🌿 Tropical Africa has up to 84% fewer ferns than other tropical regions. Massive extinctions during the Paleogene and Miocene wiped out native lineages, with over half of current diversity coming from recolonization. #evolution #macroecology #biogeography

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · last yr.

Paleogene mass extinction and ongoing Neogene recolonization shape the tropical African flora https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.646671v1

Hooray - dr. Jelle Hilbers has won this year's University Education Talent Award of Radboud University! Congrats 👏

In many cities, universities and colleges are closing their doors for a day, in protest against the proposed cuts in higher education. The strike is an initiative of, among others, @woinactie.bsky.social, the @aob.nl and @fnv.bsky.social, the student unions and various action groups.

LNVH - Dutch Network of Women Professors@lnvh.nl · last yr.

It's the first day of strikes at Dutch Universities! ✊ Join the strike: 📢March 10 @unileiden.bsky.social 📢March 11 @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 📢March 13 @ Nijmegen 📢March 17 @uva.nl 📢March 18 @unigroningen.bsky.social 📢March 25 @utwente.bsky.social Programs per city: www.aob.nl/en/recent/ca...

Job alert: PhD Position Environmental Assessment of Green Hydrogen Are you or is someone you know looking for a PhD position in environmental science? Then please read more on our website and apply by 16 March 2025! www.ru.nl/en/working-a... #phdposition #vacancy #environmentalscience #greenhydrogen

PhD Position: Environmental Assessment of Green Hydrogen | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD Position: Environmental Assessment of Green Hydrogen at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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Job alert: postdoc position Wildlife Ecology (22 months) Are you or is someone you know looking for a postdoc position in ecology? Then go to our website and apply by 20 April 2025! www.ru.nl/en/working-a... #postdoc #postdocjob #academicjobs #researchjobs #vacancy #ecology #wildlifeecology

Postdoc Position: Wildlife Ecology | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Wildlife Ecology at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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Excited for the first webinar of 2025's Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social. Our first presenter is Luís Valente @evoisland.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register here: forms.gle/mFtLXHCWXQkD... and see image for details.

▶️GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants◀️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A unique collection also supported by #sDiv's synthesis working group #sGubik www.idiv.de/sgubik led by @djli.bsky.social & Luke Potgieter

GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants

By integrating multiple data sources, we compiled a Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium (GUBIC) for vascular plants representing 553 urban centres from 61 countries across every continent ex...

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Excited to share new preprint by PhD candidate Anna Rönnfeldt „Climatic niche conservatism in non-native plants depends on introduction history and biogeographic context“ highlighting context dependency in climate niche shifts of species introduced in multiple world regions doi.org/10.1101/2025...