🏔️ Are #ProtectedAreas effective in extreme #ecosystems? Across Tibet, stricter management and higher habitat heterogeneity boost mammal diversity, but medium-sized herbivores show high #defaunation, highlighting the need for tailored PA size and management
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New paper out today in @consbiog.bsky.social 🎉
How did the introduced alpine newt spread so widely across Britain?
Was it natural dispersal - or did humans help it along? 🧵👇
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@jimlabisko.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social
@uclcber.bsky.social
New data article out today in @consbiog.bsky.social presenting a set of new openly-available ecological units (or zoning) layers for Europe at 100 m spatial grain for a 18 year time series.
@naturaconnect.bsky.social #lamasus
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Conservation requires looking beyond Red Lists alone. Across European food webs, non-threatened species play a strong role in maintaining network connectivity. With @fmestre.bsky.social @vinibastazini.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social
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🐠 Which reef fishes yield reliable #SDMs? Analysing 1900+ species, this study shows #modelperformance mostly depends on latitude, coastal proximity and environmental match, offering a framework to predict reliability and improve #marinebiodiversity assessments.
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🌳Distribution patterns and maintenance mechanisms of ancient trees in traditional villages and their surroundings in Hebei Province, China
#culturalheritage #rurallandscape #spatialheterogeneity
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🌲🌡️ Check out our new paper at @consbiog.bsky.social! Plant species sensitive to warming are more likely to persist in high-elevation, topographically complex habitats. But for others, refugia emerge in unexpected places...
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🦇🐟 In China’s karst systems, shifts in #bat distributions reduce guano supply, amplifying projected #CaveFish richness losses by up to 40×. A reminder to integrate biotic interactions into #SpeciesDistributionModels and #Conservation planning.
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One year snapshot from our habitat maps
🚀Data drop @consbiog.bsky.social
🦆The first global, annual (2000–2022) habitat maps tailored to avian influenza host birds
🗺️300-m resolution
🌾8 Level-1 & 34 Level-2 habitat types
A new environmental layer for large-scale host–environment research
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🦜 Can we map #bird communities, not just species? Using 50 years of #CitizenScience data, this new study defines 29 distinct bird communities across #Australia, providing a new continental framework to assess community condition and track change over time.
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Dr. Travis A. Rainey personal website: https://travisalanrainey.weebly.com/
🐸 This new paper led by Travis A. Rainey shows high #GeneticDiversity but strong isolation, driven by development, of Blanchard’s Cricket #Frog found at northern peripheral sites; declines likely stem from demographic rather than genetic pressures.
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New cover page! 🪸
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“Seascape genomics reveal contracting population structure in sympatric and congeneric corals across thermal clines” by Marzonie et al.
🐢 Where do leatherback #SeaTurtles overlap with offshore wind energy? Tracking 74 individuals along the US Atlantic coast, this study maps seasonal core #habitats and reveals peak overlap in some areas.
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Many species not yet formally recognised may already be at risk of extinction. The findings underscore the urgent need for more fieldwork in understudied areas 📉
New paper out @consbiog.bsky.social by Farooq, Geldmann & Faurby👇
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#conservation #biodiversity
🦆 When do waterbirds need water most? Using #Copernicus data + bird counts, this study maps where surface water limits #waterbirds across the Western Palearctic, revealing seasonal bottlenecks and priority areas for #restoration and conservation.
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🦎 #ClimateChange threatens Australia’s blue tongue #lizards: niche models project major range losses for 11 of 13 species by 2100, with #protectedareas offering limited refuge, underscoring urgent needs for climate-smart #conservation planning.
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🌊 Frequent #flooding reshapes riparian #soilmicrobes: high-intensity events slightly raise α-diversity but reduce β-diversity and network complexity, especially in #bacteria, highlighting stronger environmental filtering in #riverineecosystems.
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🐚 How will climate warming reshape intertidal competition? Using #EnergyBudget models, this study shows that native and invasive #mussels on South African shores may keep similar ranges, but warming could eventually benefit the native species.
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🔥Climate change may unravel plant–#hummingbird interactions in the #AtlanticForest.
🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.
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🕊️ Tracking American Golden Plover #migration reveals low migratory #connectivity: birds from Arctic breeding sites mix widely across #stopovers and southern wintering grounds.
🌐Shared threats along migration routes may impact populations similarly.
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🐻 How much space do #brownbears still have in Europe?
🌍 #SDMs show that ~37% of the continent remains suitable #habitat, but #connectivity is fragmented by #agriculture and human development, highlighting the need for transboundary #conservation.
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🐬Cetacean data in the North Pacific are mostly summer-biased, yet #dolphinfisheries occur in winter.
Using long-term sightings and #SDMs, this study reveals seasonal distribution shifts and climate-driven changes critical for #cetacean conservation.
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🦘A strong faunal turnover at 1200m separates distinct lowland and highland communities along the complete elevational gradient. With 61 #marsupial and rodent species representing 80% of regional diversity, Mount Wilhelm emerges as a global #hotspot for tropical mammals.
🗞️ New paper out!
⛰️#SpeciesRichness of non-volant #mammals on Papua New Guinea´s highest mountain shows no mid-elevation peak: it rises linearly across continuous #rainforest and drops sharply in the subalpine zone.
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🎉Proud to share GMA Lab member Marco Davoli won the Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award2024 @consbiog.bsky.social🏆Thanks to @jcsvenning.bsky.social @tobiaskuemmerle.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy Sophie Monsarrat Jennifer Crees Michela Pacifici Andrea Cristiano onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#BestPaper #EarlyCareerResearcher #ECR #StudentAward #ScienceAwards #ResearchExcellence #AcademicTwitter #ResearchHighlights
📈 The Student Award goes to Maëlys Boënnec and co-authors for the paper "Non-linearity and Temporal Variability Are Overlooked Components of Global Vertebrate Population Dynamics".
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#PopulationTrends #Biodiversity #Ecology
🦌 The Early Career Researcher Award goes to @MarcoDavoli3 and co-authors for the paper "Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long-Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe".
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#Biogeography #Zooarchaeology
🎉 AWARDS TIME 🎉
We’re delighted to announce the 2024 Early Career Best Paper Awards in Diversity and Distributions, celebrating outstanding #biogeography and #globalchange research by early-career scientists.
Check this out!
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🌱 Do invasive #plants shift their #niche in China?
Most #alienspecies show strong niche conservatism, with warmer, human-impacted areas driving centroid shifts. Residence time and propagule pressure boost niche filling and thus invasion success. 🌴
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