Hey #Botany2026, mark your schedule for an amazing talk by Kelly González, postdoc in my research group on ecological niche modeling and whether riverweeds (Podostemaceae) care for anything other than river rapids!! Tomorrow at 2:15 pm at San Luis 1
Understanding how reproductive isolation evolves remains a central goal of speciation research. The increasing availability of genomic data has transformed the field, resulting in research dominated by genomic approaches, but is this a good thing? Here, this question is evaluated 👇🧪
The identity crisis of speciation genomics
Abstract. Understanding how reproductive isolation (RI) evolves remains a central goal of speciation research. Quantifying RI is challenging, and researche
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A 10-million-year biogeographic holding pen primed the Great American Biotic Interchange | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 10-million-year biogeographic holding pen primed the Great American Biotic Interchange
The movement of taxa between North and South America across the Panamanian land bridge, known as the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), established modern-day mammal assemblages in the Americas...
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At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.
Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet Open for submissions on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Deadline: 15 November 2026 www.newphytologist.org/news/call-fo... #ICPR26 #ESA2026 #PlantScience
Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet
We are calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Submission deadline for manuscripts: 15…
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New in Frontiers of Biogeography! Drivers and mismatches of taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of mammals in China's arid/semiarid regions. Take a look: doi.org/10.21425/fob...
Climatic, ecological, and anthropogenic drivers of mammal diversity in arid and semi-arid regions of China
Mammals are crucial for sustaining ecosystem functions and services, yet their diversity is increasingly threatened in China’s arid and semi-arid regions because of environmental fragility and intensi...
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Reminder: July's Funk Biogeography Seminar is coming up this Wednesday. There's still time to register- come join us!
The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 4w agoJuly's Funk Seminar will be given by Dr. Mark Costello! In both terrestrial and marine systems, the latitudinal biodiversity gradient appears bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes- but the drivers of this pattern vary across systems. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...
📢PhD offer - Application process open! Do you like tropical ecology, study the interactions through time between humans and the environment, and work in Barcelona (Spain) with an amazing team? Do you want a PhD? If so, please have a look at the post! mauritiastories.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/p...
We celebrate some of the amazing achievements of our incredible colleagues. In Peru, Rodolfo Vasquez and his team have discovered *236* plant species new to science in just one reserve. A 40-year labour of love in some of Earth's most challenging forests. sway.cloud.microsoft/HvzAubjQA0iC...
No technology replicates the expertise, resilience and dedication of field scientists. In our latest update we highlight extraordinary achievements of our colleagues in the Amazon, Andes, Congo and beyond. sway.cloud.microsoft/HvzAubjQA0iC...
ForestPlots News - July 2026
Welcome to the July 2026 edition of the ForestPlots.net Newsletter
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A reminder that we will be hosting Dr. Mark Costello for @biogeography.bsky.social Funk seminar next week, July 29. You don't want to miss it! Register below.
The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 4w agoJuly's Funk Seminar will be given by Dr. Mark Costello! In both terrestrial and marine systems, the latitudinal biodiversity gradient appears bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes- but the drivers of this pattern vary across systems. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...
Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet We're calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Deadline: 15 November 2026 www.newphytologist.org/news/call-fo...
Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet
We are calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Submission deadline for manuscripts: 15…
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A new endangered species of #Aeschynomene #Papilionoideae #Leguminosae #Fabaceae is published by Brazilian researchers in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4yfdIDu
Scientists describe a new #Pterolepis #Melastomataceae from the Brazilian #Cerrado of #Bahia and #Tocantinsis in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/3RxBD0o
July's Funk Seminar will be given by Dr. Mark Costello! In both terrestrial and marine systems, the latitudinal biodiversity gradient appears bimodal, peaking in mid-latitudes- but the drivers of this pattern vary across systems. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...
July 2026 Funk Biogeography Seminar – Mark Costello
Revisiting generality in the global latitudinal gradient in species richness across ocean and land (and the 20°C effect) Recent discoveries show that the global latitudinal gradient in marine spe...
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New paper now out in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society @botjlinnsoc.bsky.social 🌼 Student-led, by Elizabeth Forward! Hummingbirds nearly double the diversification rate of bromeliads, the pineapple family @leverhulme.ac.uk @uor-research.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/botl...
The origins and diversification of hummingbird pollination in Bromeliaceae
Abstract. Bromeliaceae are a model group for understanding explosive Neotropical diversification, combining remarkable ecological breadth and high species
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Measuring Amazon tree leaf traits, 40 years on. From the same trees collected by Al Gentry in 1983, Riley Fortier and colleagues assess the impacts of climate change on individual-level traits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Individual Trees Respond to 40 Years of Climate Change Through Leaf Functional Trait Acclimation
We measured leaf traits from historic and contemporary herbarium specimens collected from the same individual trees in the southern Peruvian Amazon and compared trait changes to local changes in clim...
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📢 Duas vagas de doutorado com bolsa em ecologia de florestas tropicais! Ambos estarão matriculados na U de Brasília e realizarão pesquisas na Amazônia brasileira e Guiana Francesa.
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New research on Southeast Asian dipterocarps, the tallest tropical trees, shows that they adjust their hydraulic system as they grow tall, suggesting resilience to drought. Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4eOcwhy
Did you know we publish a horticulture journal? 🌿 Sibbaldia is our free, peer-reviewed journal sharing practical knowledge from botanic gardens around the world - from plant cultivation and conservation to heritage and horticultural practice. Read every volume here: journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib
The next newsletter of @biogeography.bsky.social is out! Check it out to learn about exciting happenings in the world of biogeography.
The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · last mo.The next TIBS newsletter is now available. We have a variety of events and opportunities in biogeography to share with you, including opportunities to work with TIBS or our journal, Frontiers of Biogeography! Check it out here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...
Reminder that we currently have an open fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarship in Forest Structural Assessment @ucc.ie. Join us!
Markus Eichhorn@markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 2mo agoPhD studentship in forest structural assessment, suitable for candidates with backgrounds in ecology, forestry or remote sensing 🌳🌲🌏. Fully-funded 4-year programme. Deadline 5 July. Application details here:
The next TIBS newsletter is now available. We have a variety of events and opportunities in biogeography to share with you, including opportunities to work with TIBS or our journal, Frontiers of Biogeography! Check it out here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...
TIBS Newsletter – Summer 2026
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Check out our new vegetation structure product for the eastern US, led by @chenyangwei.bsky.social. It’s a nice collection of wall-to-wall vegetation structure metrics and I hope people find it useful.
Chenyang Wei@chenyangwei.bsky.social · last mo.Excited to share our new open-access paper in Environmental Research Communications! We fused NASA GEDI LiDAR with optical, radar & environmental data to map 11 forest structural metrics at 30 m across 1.17M km² of eastern North America. 📄Paper: doi.org/10.1088/2515... #GEDI #LiDAR #RemoteSensing
Our society's @biogeography.bsky.social journal, Frontiers of Biogeography, continues its strong performance and keeps increasing in citation scores. Consider supporting our society by submitting your wonderful work to FoB!
Robert J. Whittaker@rjwhittaker.bsky.social · last mo.Frontiers of Biogeography Retains Q1 Ranking, New Scopus CiteScore of 5.7 biogeography.pensoft.net/news/1291
Climate change strengthens the case for a high seas fishing ban biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Climate change strengthens the case for a high seas fishing ban
Calls to ban high seas fishing have long been justified on biodiversity, economic, equity, and carbon mitigation grounds. A new study reports that even under a low emission climate change scenario, ap...
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A reminder that FoB is still looking for a new editorial team. Check out the solicitation if you are interested.
The International Biogeography Society@biogeography.bsky.social · 2mo agoFrontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...
Support the International Biogeography Society by submitting your biogeographic research to its journal, which is brilliantly run by editor in chief @rjwhittaker.bsky.social ⬇️
Robert J. Whittaker@rjwhittaker.bsky.social · last mo.Frontiers of Biogeography Retains Q1 Ranking, New Scopus CiteScore of 5.7 biogeography.pensoft.net/news/1291
Spread the word! 📢 Funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall is creating a cohort of 20 (!) MbyRes students that will tackle some of the biggest questions in order to bring about a step-change for ecosystem resilience. For more information, see 👇!
Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)@aria-research.bsky.social · last mo.Introducing Mast-EER: a new Masters by Research at @exeter.ac.uk funded through our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space to develop interdisciplinary ecosystem researchers of the future. Apply by 31 July for a September start: https://ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-cohort/