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

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‘.

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

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!

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...

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

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....

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/...

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...

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/...

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...

The NLP pipeline used for the prediction of categorical and numerical traits based on textual species descriptions. The description first goes through a preprocessing pipeline and then enters the categorical machine learning (ML) pipeline (violet), categorical deep learning (DL) pipeline (blue), and numerical DL pipeline (green). Within the corresponding pipelines, the description is further preprocessed if necessary and then tokenized and transformed into a vector embedding. Finally, the vector embedding is put into the corresponding model head and the model returns a prediction with an associated confidence score.

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!

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...

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...

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

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!

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...

PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes

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...

showing stream in foreground, flanked by lush, green flourishing trees in front of mountains in background which are grey-brown and show a much harsher environment. The interplay of environmental conditions and geographical barriers such as mountains and lakes determine where plants thrive – an international study shows how these patterns have developed over millions of years. Image thanks to Professor Holger Kreft

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

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.

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!

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

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!

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

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 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...

▶️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

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...

Join us: 100 % Postdoctoral researcher position (2025-2026), 24 months in Palynology, Université de la Réunion. More details: biomoni.github.io/BioMonI/

Only 8 days left to apply for our fully-funded 4 years #PhD position in island biogeography for plants!
Work with Prof Rampal Etienne and me at @unigroningen.bsky.social & Macquarie University in #Sydney.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity!

Please share widely!

Postdoc Position: Modelling Lake Ecosystems | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Modelling Lake Ecosystems at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

3 year postdoc position in our department on modelling lake ecosystem dynamics within the European PLURALAKES project www.ru.nl/en/working-a... @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Big shout-out to PhD candidate Valén Holle for her new #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... assessing #uncertainty in SDM-based #blacklists of #invasive species related to #species & environmental data & #SDM algorithm. #Pacific #plants 1/2