GfÖ AK Macroecology@akmacroecology
Specialist Group Macroecology @GfoeSoc Germany, Austria, Switzerland Joined March 2019-
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Biogeography Berlin @BiogeoBerlin
a week agoNew paper out in @SciReports, led by @TouraniMa: Spatial variation in red deer density in a transboundary forest ecosystem. Read the open access paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Sandra Nogué @nogue_sandra
4 days agoLong‐term trajectories of non‐native plants on islands! Fantastic team effort led by @ArchipelagoAnna @FranzEssl1 @ManuSteinbauer @CarlatGCE @PAlvarocb @CindyFroyd @FossilPollen @ISLANDPALECO @thatpollenguy @ErikJdeBoer @FdezPalaciosLab @Bernd_le_ @LCR_LTEL and others 😊 twitter.com/Bernd_le_/stat…

J. Biogeography @JBiogeography
a week agoThe Latitudinal Diversity Gradient (LDG) across geomorphological landforms: despite mountains occupy less than one-third of the total land area, they harbor four times more species per-unit area than lowlands in the equator and exhibit a stronger LDG 🏔🌏
doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14…

Paolo Crosetto @PaoloCrosetto
a week agoOk this is big.
Web of Science just removed the MDPI flagship journal IJERPH from their lists. This means IJERPH has no more an Impact Factor.
Why is this big? What are the implications? 🧵

Ecography @EcographyJourna
a week agofundiversity: a modular R package to compute functional diversity indices
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…
#diversity #rstats #software #tools

@[email protected] @sMarten_Winter
2 weeks agoGreat job opportunity w stellar mentors👇 #AcademicChatter #postdocjobs @thepostdoctoral twitter.com/e_seabloom/sta…

Jonathan Chase @Jon_Chase03
2 weeks agoAmazing opportunity here to get involved in some of the coolest ecology going today with superb mentors and a phenomenal team of scientists from across the world! twitter.com/e_seabloom/sta…

Milan Chytrý @MilanChytry
3 weeks agoOur new synthetic study of European vegetation led by Pavel Novák focuses on oak-hornbeam forests and related mixed oak forests in their entire geographic range. Open-access article in Applied Vegetation Science: doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…
@ApplVegSci @IAVS5 #vegetation #forests

iDiv Biodiv Research @idiv
3 weeks agoiDiv and @UniJena are recruiting a new W3 (full) professorship for 'Biodiversity in the Anthropocene'! The professorship will be one of iDiv's 9 'core' professorships and based at the core centre in Leipzig. Application deadline: 30 April; more info: idiv.de/en/about_idiv/…

F Rodriguez-Sanchez @frod_san
3 weeks ago{FloraIberica}: nuevo paquete de #rstats para consultar la distribución de ~6500 plantas vasculares presentes en la Península Ibérica y Baleares
pakillo.github.io/FloraIberica/

International Biogeography Society @Biogeography
3 weeks agoWe're excited to let you know about the forthcoming funk lecture!
For more information: biogeography.org/news/news/marc…
Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Guida Santos @Guida_Santos7
3 weeks agoSonia Llorente-Culebras's 1st PhD paper is out!
We describe the publication trends of research done in protected areas worldwide. Few studies focus on Functional or Phylogenetic diversity, and there are taxonomic and geographic biases
#proudsupervisor
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dr. Amanda Taylor @macro_ecologist
3 weeks agoVery happy to share our preprint on 'the contribution of plant life and growth forms to global gradients of vascular plant diversity'. @BioGeoKreft @BioGeoMacro @Weigelt_P @lrcai 1/n
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@[email protected] @sMarten_Winter
3 weeks agointerested in #MACROECOLOGY ? Please follow our Twitter account @akmacroecology Come to our meeting (always great mix of ECRs & seniors), great interactions & exciting science: bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ecography2023/ If you want to receive job & event ads etc, PM me for email list inclusion twitter.com/akmacroecology…

Transmitting Science | Online courses and more @TransmitScience
3 weeks agoNew to R? Learn how to create customizable data visualizations using ggplot2 with this tutorial. Increase visibility and improve repeatability with a range of visualization options that go beyond point-and-click software
#dataviz #Rstats
psyteachr.github.io/introdataviz/i…

Miguel Bastos Araújo @Araujo_lab
3 weeks agoWe are hiring. Research assistant to work in my lab for the @NaturaConnect project. Goal: Contribute to designing a coherent Trans-European Nature Network that protects 30% of land in the EU, with at least 1/3 under strict protection. maraujolab.eu/position-avail…

NatureEcoEvo @NatureEcoEvo
3 weeks agoClimate drives global functional trait variation in lizards rdcu.be/c627c

Daniele Cicuzza @danielecicuzza
3 weeks agoFour years to complete it, and we found: 357 (67%) species (out of 535) of Dipterocarpaceae are Threatened in the wild. 70 species are Critically Endangered. 1 species Hopea shingkeng is Extinct @Kew_Asia @mobotgarden @gunter_fischer @botanical_ @bota bgci.org/news-events/th…

Brunno Oliveira @666brunno999
4 weeks agoA timely harmonized vertebrate (amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles) multidimensional (taxonomy, traits and phylogeny) database twitter.com/mariormoura/st…

Ecography @EcographyJourna
4 weeks agopastclim 1.2: an R package to easily access and use paleoclimatic reconstructions
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @github @figshare

Forest Ecology Group @forestecogrp
4 weeks agoPost-doc opportunity! Interested in leading a project focused on forest ecosystem responses to climate warming and wildfire in the Yukon Territory 🇨🇦? Come join us! Details for this 3-year position, starting ASAP, with fieldwork in summer 2023 here:
forestecology.ca/contact/

J. Biogeography @JBiogeography
4 weeks agoHabitat heterogeneity, not topography, is key to maintaining small-ranged mammalian species in Africa. Conservation efforts should focus on preserving diverse habitats to prevent extinctions.
#conservation #ecology #Africa
doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14…

Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo
4 weeks agoOpinion article out online now
"Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations"
by José Cerca and colleagues dlvr.it/SkT1Lm

Mirela Beloiu @BioMirela
4 weeks agoTree species identification 🌲🌳and geolocation🎯 are achievable with #DeepLearning object detection and #RGB imagery:
doi.org/10.3390/rs1505…
#CNN #forest #biodiversity

Ilya Shabanov @Artifexx
4 weeks ago
Anna Bucharova @AnnaBucharova
4 weeks agoCome to work with us on a cool project on the interface of ecology (me) and genetic (@PlantGen_HHU ) ! @GfoeSoc @APopbio @SERestoration twitter.com/PlantGen_HHU/s…

Bob Muscarella @BobMuscarella
4 weeks agoLooking for a postdoc position in (tropical) forest ecology / wood anatomy? I’m seeking candidates to apply for a foundation grant that will support a 2-year position in our group @PlantEcoEvo_UU in Uppsala 🇸🇪. Reach out if you want to discuss opportunities!

Anne Bjorkman @annebeejay
4 weeks agoWe are looking for field assistants for this summer! Field sites in northern Sweden, Svalbard, and Greenland. Must love nature/plants and cold places. More details here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/…

GfÖ AK Macroecology @akmacroecology
3 weeks agoAlmost reached the first 1,000 followers! Please help to spread the word...
.... and also do not forget to register for our 2023 meeting in May in Bayreuth!
bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ecography2023/…
@sMarten_Winter @redkite79 @Weigelt_P @GfoeSoc @APopbio @AKCompEcol

IUCN Red List @IUCNRedList
4 weeks agoToday is #WorldWildlifeDay.
The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity and its production is made possible through the active participation of the Red List Partners and their respective networks.