Always inspirational to see visionary #rewilding in densely populated Netherlands 🐎🐂🌿 #runningwithbulls #Nijmegen

Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities Large herbivores’ effects on plants depend more on their size and breadth of diet than whether they were introduced or native.

Yes, it's a case study, but it aligns well with the general pattern from exclosure experiments around the globe, see our study www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grazing boosts plant diversity in a temperate meadow steppe 🐄🐏 Importantly: Cattle outperform sheep in increasing local (α) diversity🐮🌺→ Grazer identity matters🐂Thx to Yonghuan Yue for leading this work! royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

What does ecosystem #integrity mean in a rapidly changing #Anthropocene biosphere? I argue for a shift from static reference states toward 1) the ecological processes that sustain biodiversity & 2) evolutionary heritage➡️ doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#ecology #restoration #biodiversity #ecosystemintegrity

I was completely dumbstruck to see European mistletoe on a silver fir tree Abies alba in the Vosges this week. Turns out it is a subspecies, Viscum album abietis

It's black locust season Black locust trees are beginning to show their spectacular flowers

One of our most spectacular trees, black locust, is beginning to flower. Learn more about this amazing tree.

Resiliens: At rejse sig igen, når alt vælter Europa er presset. Og midt i den sikkerhedspolitiske tumult kan vi glemme biodiversiteten, mener professor i biologi Jens-Christian Svenning. Vi har stadig brug for en levende planet – og måske kan in...

🌱Naturen har det med at finde en vej. @jcsvenning.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social, er blandt talerne på konference om Europas resiliens den 7. maj på @au.dk. Svenning mener, at inspirationen til Europas modstandskraft måske ligefrem kan findes i naturen selv.🌞👇
www.au.dk/nyheder/arti...

Always a pleasure to find you, Sporormiella 🔬🍄

A trusted indicator of large herbivore presence, but which Ice Age giant left you behind? 🦌🐘🦬

Sixty years of plant community change in Europe indicate a shift toward nutrient-richer and denser vegetation Bioindication reveals a 60-year shift toward denser, more productive vegetation, but a weak thermophilization signal.

New Science Advances paper: 60 years of change across European plant communities reveals a widespread shift toward denser vegetation, with increasing shade tolerance across habitats. Proud to co-author this important work🍃 #ecology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Shell game: Neanderthal use of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Last Interglacial landscape of Neumark-Nord (Germany) - Scientific Reports Data on palaeolithic subsistence is often obtained through studies of faunal palimpsests, containing remains of animal processing activities accumulated over non-quantifiable amounts of time. Compound...

Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Böll, S., Griesch, A. et al. Shell game: Neanderthal use of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Last Interglacial landscape of Neumark-Nord (Germany). Sci Rep 16, 8628 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Mateus Silva introduces a tool to facilitate seed provenancing for climate-smart ecosystem restoration📊🌎

Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪

appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/04/05/m...

Redefining ecosystem integrity for an Anthropocene biosphere: a process‐ and lineage‐based framework for restoration Restoration increasingly operates in rapidly transforming landscapes shaped by human-driven global change, where historical reference states no longer represent achievable or even desirable targets. ...

Nature restoration aims for "ecosystem integrity". But how to define integrity in a human-modified (read: "messed up") biosphere?
@jcsvenning.bsky.social shares really good ideas on this in @restorationecology.bsky.social .
It is #OpenAccess.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#RestoreNature

Wikipedia page about the Laotian rock rat

One of the craziest discoveries of a new 'living fossil' and Lazarus taxon - Laotian rock rat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian... the last member of Diatomyidae. Survived in the isolated mountain pockets.
And here is fun video about it: youtube.com/shorts/sZI3Z...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio

Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states under a reorganization plan announced this week, threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon A new, comprehensive study shows that Europe’s landscapes over the past more than 20 million years have predominantly been a mosaic of grasslands, scrub and woodlands of varying density. A light...

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon - Europe’s landscapes for 23 Myr were mostly tree- & flower-rich mosaics shaped by large herbivores, not dense #forests, see our new synthesis www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #forests #woodlands #paleoecology #nature #trees #refiorestation

Looking very much forward to this important project on the ecological responses to #depopulation 🌿

TWS Journals During our 4-year study, we documented 2 cases of Mexican wolves killing and consuming free-roaming horses in New Mexico and Arizona, USA. Although wolf predation on feral and native wild horses has ...

2026. Mexican wolf predation of feral horses in the southwestern United States. wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Excellent new paper on ecosystem integrity in a changing world.

This is the type of thinking we need to guide action.

Thank you :)

What does ecosystem #integrity mean in a rapidly changing #Anthropocene biosphere? I argue for a shift from static reference states toward 1) the ecological processes that sustain biodiversity & 2) evolutionary heritage➡️ doi.org/10.1111/rec....
#ecology #restoration #biodiversity #ecosystemintegrity

a brown horse with a white mane and tail is standing in a field . ALT: a brown horse with a white mane and tail is standing in a field .

Species in the Spotlight: Year of the Horse zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... via @jzoology.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social

Redefining ecosystem integrity for an Anthropocene biosphere: a process‐ and lineage‐based framework for restoration Restoration increasingly operates in rapidly transforming landscapes shaped by human-driven global change, where historical reference states no longer represent achievable or even desirable targets. ...

Now, the paper is online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Some cork oaks (Quercus suber; probably the original forest) survived the pine plantation & the fire! Now resprouting epicormically. Cork oak is much more resilient than those plantations! Serra da Estrela fire 2025, Portugal
🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌾🌿🔥🍁 #PlantBiology wildfire

Excited to see important work on plant informatics 🌿💻🌐 #BIEN

Ny #dkforsk viser, at vilde heste og kvæg kan skabe mere robuste og varierede økosystemer end traditionel naturpleje. Når dyrene får lov til at leve frit og forme landskabet over tid, opstår der en naturlig dynamik, som øger biodiversiteten 👉 bit.ly/3PMROph @jcsvenning.bsky.social

A beaver swims in green-tinted water, as it holds food in its paws. Logs and green foliage are in the background, adding depth to the serene, natural scene. Adobe stock image.

Beaver-induced hydrological change turned wetland into a net carbon sink with an approximate carbon storage of 100 tons per year, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/4dvQTTZ 🌍 🧪

Name That Plant is an amazing #WildFlowerID resource created by @milneorchid.bsky.social!
The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa.
We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!

A Restoration Ecology professor job!

On World Rewilding Day, we are celebrating the first ECONOVO @dg.dk-funded PhD 🎉. Today @jonastrepel.bsky.social passed his thesis on Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere: Large Herbivores as Drivers of Vegetation Structure and Plant Diversity with flying colors and 6 months ahead of time 👏!

Neue Studie: Europas Urlandschaften waren Wald-Grasland-Mosaike Eine neue Studie der Universität Aarhus widerlegt die weit verbreitete Annahme, dass Europas ursprüngliche Landschaften hauptsächlich aus dichten Wäldern bestanden. Stattdessen bildeten Wiesen, Buschl...

Europas „Urnatur“: Ein Mosaik aus Wiesen, Büschen & Baumgruppen – geprägt von großen Pflanzenfressern. Warum das wichtig ist: Das Leitbild von dichtem Wald könnte Natur schaden statt nützen, warnt @jcsvenning.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social oau.bsky.social im @riffreporter.bsky.social-Interview.