🚨Paper Alert🚨 Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean

Anthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain c....

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

🚨Paper Alert🚨 Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean

Anthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain c....

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

I’ve just finished this in the past week, but this is easily the best online course/series of lectures I’ve done. I’d tried it in a prior year and fallen on the wayside a bit, and I found the 2026 version with the split beginner/intermediate lectures much more approachable. Would recommend!!

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛@rmcelreath.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

👋 Hola, estudiants i professorat UB! 🌏 Aquest curs, heu fet o avaluat un pòster que divulgui problemàtiques subjacents a l'Agenda 2030? 🏆 Presenteu-lo al VII Premi de Pòsters de #Sostenibilitat i #DretsHumans de la @ub.edu!👉 www.solidaritat.ub.edu/premi-posters/ 📅 Fins al 10 de juliol 💶 1.500 €

VII Premi de Pòsters de Sostenibilitat i Drets Humans - Fundació Solidaritat UB

— per a estudiants de la Universitat de Barcelona La Fundació Solidaritat UB convoca la setena edició del Premi de Pòsters de Sostenibilitat i Drets… Més info.

solidaritat.ub.edu

🚨 just a reminder that the proposal deadline for our cross-journal Special Feature, 'Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene', with @jappliedecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social and @funecology.bsky.social, closes to submissions on 17 May🗻 Submit your proposal here: buff.ly/iNVgR40

🌐🌴 Current global hunting threat maps treat species as equally at risk everywhere in their range. We attempted to address this by combining where hunters actually go with which species are most likely to be targeted and least able to cope, for 6k+ trop. birds and 4k+ mammals: doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expected

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expected

newscientist.com

In productive ecosystems, larger animals capture more energy per species biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1644...

Body mass–abundance relationships reveal uneven global energy distribution across body size classes in vertebrates

The relationship between species body mass and abundance (MAR-SPP) is a fundamental feature of ecosystems, reflecting whether energy is accumulated in few large organisms or dispersed amongst several ...

biogeography.pensoft.net

A new paper using data from the Living Planet Database (LPD) has been published in @science.org examining how threats are driving global vertebrate population declines. This work highlights the value of the LPD’s threat data for understanding biodiversity change at a global scale 🌍.

Halting predicted vertebrate declines requires tackling multiple drivers of biodiversity loss

Global vertebrate populations decline faster in the presence of multiple threats compared to single threats.

science.org

¿Sabías que los corales también duermen por la noche? 🪸 🎧 Javier del Campo (@fonamental.bsky.social) habla de su investigación en el @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social en 📻Españoles en la mar. #DescifrandoEvolución 👉

Los corales también duermen por la noche

Los llaman los "arquitectos de los ecosistemas marinos" porque sus arrecifes sirven de cobijo a muchísimas especies. También duermen de noche como los humanos.

rtve.es

New paper out examining fish food web degradation in the Anthropocene. We show the structure of aquatic food webs are changing-- even when species richness doesn’t. These signals are strongly associated with decreases in body size within fish communities. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🐠🐡🦈🐟

Degradation of fish food webs in the Anthropocene

The decrease in body size driven by the selective species turnover is widely altering fish food web topology and function.

science.org

🌊🪸 Abierta la inscripción al 9º International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, del 2 al 5 de noviembre de 2026 en Barcelona. Por primera vez en el Mediterráneo, un encuentro para impulsar la ciencia y la conservación de los corales de aguas profundas. 👉 9isdsc.csic.es @deepsea-ieocsic.bsky.social

Ecosystem stability is about local diversity! 🌏🌱 Really happy to see our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. Thanks to @huangmj.bsky.social for beautifully leading this project and to coauthors @danimontoya.bsky.social, Yao Xiao, Xiang Liu & Yann Hautier for this great collective effort.

Nature Communications@natcomms.nature.com · 6mo ago

Functional plant traits help explain ecosystem stability. The authors show that it is only at local scales that species richness stabilizes productivity, and functional diversity destabilizes productivity, with neither effect evident at larger spatial scales. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to see the new paper being picked up in the press phys.org/news/2026-02...

Protecting vertebrates from biodiversity loss: Study identifies priority threats

The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change, which are the mo...

phys.org

Pol Capdevila@polcapdevila.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨Paper alert🚨 Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv. Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social 👇Check the main findings below!

How can we reverse biodiversity loss? web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...

How can we reverse biodiversity loss?

The most frequent threats are not those that cause the most rapid declines, according to a new study that represents a turning point in strategies to improve vertebrate conservation and protect biodiv...

web.ub.edu

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource! 🧪🍁🌐 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#NotíciaIRBio 🌿 Com podem revertir la pèrdua de biodiversitat? Les estratègies de conservació més efectives per protegir els vertebrats a escala global són les que aborden múltiples aspectes. Estudi liderat @polcapdevila.bsky.social i #DuncanO’Brien @bristoluni.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/97y4c

Excited this new paper is out in Science Advances 📄✨ I think the results are important: To tackle vertebrate declines which are often driven by interacting threats—🦠 disease, 🐍 invasives, 🧪 pollution, 🌡️ climate, multi-threat, systems-level conservation is key 🌍 #Ecology #conservation

Pol Capdevila@polcapdevila.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨Paper alert🚨 Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv. Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social 👇Check the main findings below!

🚨Paper alert🚨 Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv. Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social 👇Check the main findings below!

Halting predicted vertebrate declines requires tackling multiple drivers of biodiversity loss

Global vertebrate populations decline faster in the presence of multiple threats compared to single threats.

science.org

🎉🍾 very excited to see this out before 2025 ends doi.org/10.1111/2041... with Will Hoppitt in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. This paper is an overview of our new R package STbayes, a user-friendly toolkit for performing Bayesian NBDA analyses. @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

STbayes: An R package for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission

A critical consequence of joining social groups is the possibility of social transmission of information related to novel behaviours or resources. Network-based diffusion analysis (NBDA) has emerg...

doi.org

🎉 labeleR-paper has been published in @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social! 👪 Together with @iramosgutierrez.bsky.social @jimenamateomartin.bsky.social & @frodsan.bsky.social! 📃 We briefly explain how to use it, its advantages and possibilities... Take a look! revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...

From snowy owls and hammerhead sharks to bats and sea turtles 🦉🦈🐋 Countries have proposed adding 42 migratory species to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) highlighting need for stronger intl cooperation to protect wildlife on the move. Decisions expected in 03/26: https://ow.ly/shgy50XMar0

El 44% de los investigadores en ecología han sufrido el efecto Gollum. Ese comportamiento territorial extremo que lleva a algunos a sentir que ciertos temas o ideas les pertenecen: "mi tesoro". 44% 🤔... Poco me parece. www.the-scientist.com/the-gollum-e... Paper: www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

a close up of a monster 's face with the words `` my precious ! ''

ALT: a close up of a monster 's face with the words `` my precious ! ''

media.tenor.com

O paramos temporalmente (de explotar la anguila) o se acaba para siempre Qué gusto ver a @malbercocs.bsky.social siendo tan clara (merci, Maria!) Esperemos que se sigan sumando gentes de las cocinas Es importante y es urgente

Miguel Clavero@chikichanka.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@elcomidista.bsky.social; @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social; @karlosarguinano.bsky.social; @biscayenne.bsky.social; @pacoalanaranja.es; @directopaladar.bsky.social y demás gentes de las cocinas Es importante que os mováis por la anguila El Gobierno Vasco ya lo ha hecho (tarde, pero ¡bravo!) Os toca, ¿no?

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

Thanks also to @royalsocietypublishing.org for letting me write a blog about this fantastic team effort: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

From policy to practice: Progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Royal Society

Edward Ivimey-Cook tells us more about a new study that reviewed the clarity, strictness, and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution, and assessed autho...

royalsociety.org

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

🚨 our August issue is now live! buff.ly/HzYBKQL 🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS

🚨Paper Alert🚨: Read our recent editorial led by @danigomezgras.bsky.social about novel contributions to marine heatwave ecology. @medrecover.bsky.social @ub.edu @biologiaub.bsky.social

Daniel Gómez-Gras@danigomezgras.bsky.social · 12mo ago

You can read the editorial here 👇: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @polcapdevila.bsky.social @cristinalinares.bsky.social