Matthias Schleuning

Delayed recovery of seed-dispersal interactions after deforestation Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions is delayed in pa...

@annarl.bsky.social used the interaction functional space combining plant and animal #traits to show that the recovery of functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions is delayed by about 20 years after deforestation @reassemblynet.bsky.social 🧮➕📏
Open access: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Happy to share this important study by @annarl.bsky.social using her newly collected data in Ecuadorian Chocó forest @reassemblynet.bsky.social and a Bayesian model to estimate the recovery time of seed dispersal by animals after deforestation 🧪🌎

☀️Our July Issue is out now!☀️

📙On the cover: The purple-throated carib, a large hummingbird endemic to the islands of the Lesser Antilles. Photo credit: Maximilian Vollstädt🐦

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We simulated how avian seed dispersal shapes connectivity b/w forest patches. What really matters: fruit diversity increases dispersal, especially to distant patches. A complex simulation by @annarl.bsky.social with implications for #rainforest recovery 🌐🧪🌎 #Reassembly #ProcB doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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We have created this promising starter pack 🫶🏼 All seed dispersal lovers are welcome 🤗!

Different generations of @sgn.one Functional Ecology group at @soctropecol.bsky.social 😊

Trait matching between interacting bird and plant species is widespread globally! Yet its importance for avian seed dispersal is not just about complementarity among consumers but it depends on the resource traits in a community 🧪🌐 Now out in Ecology Letters: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Reassembly of a tropical #rainforest: A new #chronosequence in the #Chocó tested with the #recovery of #ree attributes
Our basic article is now online, with all the information on our study design and exciting results for trees.
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The ProteaChange team at Kogel Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa

I enjoyed some great discussions about the ecology of protea plants (and the manifold links to their animal partners) in the Western Cape over the last week. It's just such an amazing team and great place to work 🇿🇦 #ProteaChange

If you're interested in Ecology at larger scales, here's the second volume of the Global Ecology starter pack!
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Valentin Graf: The importance of individual behavior for bird-mediated seed dispersal In our latest post Valentin Graf, PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, presents his work ‘Individual behavior shapes patterns of bird-mediated seed dis...

👀Behind the Paper!👀

🌲Valentin Graf, a PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, discusses the importance of moving from species to individual scale in ecology, overcoming research setbacks, and the benefits of aerial fieldwork🐦

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A first-year pygmy cormorant resting on a branch above the water.

The first pygmy cormorants have
bred in SE Germany in 2022 and they continue to expand. Similar trends occur for many other cormorant species globally, likely due to higher food availability and better legal protection. This first year bird is the first at my local patch in #Mainz. Success stories!

The figure shows the beauty and diversity of tree-related microhabitats recorded on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Can we use tree-related microhabitats (TreMs)🌳 as indicators of #tropical #biodiversity? Our new study led by Giovanni Bianco shows that TreM diversity actually increases with temperature and decreases with human impact on Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿 Now published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

Enjoy the #scientific and #adventurous journey through many facets of a #recovering #tropical #rainforest 🌴 🇪🇨 with us:
Our 3️⃣rd NEWSLETTER 📰 is out!!!
#Ecuador #tropical #forest #biodiversity #conservation #networks #animals #plants #recovery
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Thanks so much for this great contribution to the C&S section of Ecological Monographs! Charlotte's paper was actually one of our first invited contributions to this section. If you have cool and innovative ideas like this one, please have a look: www.esa.org/wp-content/u...

Warum Geschichten in der Klimakrise einen Unterschied machen Samira El Ouassil erklärt, warum Erzählungen uns helfen können die Klimakrise besser zu verstehen und zu bekämpfe. Ein Gespräch über Narrative und Psychologie.

#Fakten allein reichen nicht aus, um die #Klimakrise zu begreifen, argumentiert Samira El Ouassil. In einem Gespräch mit Silke Jäger erklärt sie, dass Geschichten emotional ansprechen und helfen, abstrakte Krisen wie den #Klimawandel besser zu verstehen: @samelou.bsky.social

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Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature An estimated area of 215 million hectares has the potential for natural forest regeneration across tropical forested countries and biomes, representing an above-ground carbon sequestration potential o...

Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests

Tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) 🌴🌳are important for #biodiversity, and particularly diverse in the #tropics.
A useful new catalogue defined and applied by Ronja Nußer at @eco_FSF & coauthors published in Ecol Indicators, see
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Thanks Brian! It would be great if you can add me to the trait-based ecology and macroecology starter packs.

I love nature and the challenge to understand how all its bits and pieces interact to form an ecosystem - including how we as humans shape and relate to nature. Here we are at Senckenberg: www.senckenberg.de/en/institute...