Jan Wanink

Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution Long-term research projects are essential for predicting the ecological and evolutionary responses of species to global change, yet their continuity is often threatened by uncertainties over funding. ...

Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Q&A with Stéphane Blanc, research director at CNRS, about the Long-term Studies in Ecology and Evolution programme and its priorities for supporting long-term monitoring and research

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Leopards delayed humans’ rise to top of the food chain Tooth marks on ancient bones challenge previous assumptions about early human dominance, a study has found

#RSOS in @thetimes.com | Meta-learning provides a robust framework to discern taxonomic carnivore agency from the analysis of tooth marks on bone: reassessing the role of felids as predators of Homo habilis: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location

World Lake Day 2025 When: 27 AugustWorld Lake Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of lakes and the sustainable management of lake and related ecosystems. Lakes are one of the most vital natural resources on our...

In a little less than a week, there will be the first observance of the UNEP World Lake Day (August 27th). It aims to raise awareness of the importance of lakes and the sustainable management of lake and related ecosystems. www.unep.org/events/un-da...

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Relative Effects of Eutrophication and Warming on Freshwater Ecosystems Across Ecological Levels

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A girl swimming underwater with several gold/silver fish. Text says: "Africa's Forgotten Fishes report".

🐟 WWF’s major new report Africa’s Forgotten Fishes puts the spotlight on the astonishing diversity of Africa’s freshwater fishes

🚨 26% of assessed freshwater fish species on the continent are threatened with extinction, and the true number is likely even higher

Assessing biodiversity trends in a quasi-permanent non-equilibrium state The ‘equilibrium assumption’ underlying biodiversity trends assessments in response to environmental changes is rarely challenged, the traditional assumption being that biodiversity is in an equilibrium state with its contemporary drivers. Existing non-equilibrium biodiversity frameworks still rely on the assumption that biodiversity is, at a given moment in time, in an equilibrium state with its contemporary drivers. In this opinion article we consider multiple trajectories of changes due to long-term disturbances that push biodiversity into a quasi-permanent non-equilibrium state. We propose a conceptual framework based on the use of temporal influence functions that can be integrated into a wide range of ecological models. The complete paradigm shift we provide can hindcast past, and project future, non-equilibrium biodiversity trends.

Online now: Assessing biodiversity trends in a quasi-permanent non-equilibrium state

How species turnover influences fish invasion patterns in lakes Songhao Ji, Hugh J. MacIsaac, Yanling Li, Chengzhi Ding, Jie Wang, Liuyong Ding, Dekui He, Juan Tao This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here…

📰Published📰How species turnover influences fish invasion patterns in lakes🐟

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Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ....

Nonnative species have been introduced to all regions worldwide - including Antarctica and the most remote islands. Numbers of nonnative species of all taxa are increasing across all regions, often accelerating, and likely underestimated. #bioinvasions
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New article by South & colleagues on how invasions of aquatic ecosystems rewire sociological networks and thus affect nutrition & toxins in humans. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Evolution in overdrive as Baltic cod shrink due to fishing pressure, study shows The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says. It’s one of…

The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says.

It’s one of the first studies to show that a marine species has evolved in response to fishing pressure.

Dynamics of infection and immunity over 50 years as marine stickleback adapt to freshwater Abstract. When a species colonizes a new environment, it may encounter new parasites to which its immune system is poorly adapted. After an initial spike i

New paper in Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social by an undergrad in my lab!
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We modeled eco-evo dynamics of infection & immunity and then analyzed 50 years of data from stickleback & tapeworms (thanks to museum samples!)

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Natuurkwaliteit Waddenzee nog lang niet op orde | Natuurmonumenten Onderzoek naar de ‘Staat van de Wadden’ verricht in opdracht van het Ministerie van LVVN concludeert dat het grootste deel van de onderzochte natuurwaarden niet voldoet aan de norm.

Natuurkwaliteit #Waddenzee nog lang niet oo orde: www.natuurmonumenten.nl/nieuws/natuu...

In a synthesis of over 3000 population trends in the Wadden Sea, we show a substantial reorganization of biodiversity with over 38% of populations undergoing significant change (i.e., increases or decreases), identify winners and losers and critical time points of change! dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Light pollution extends the growing season of urban plants

💡🍃🌳 Exposure to artificial light at night & higher temperatures extends the growing season of urban plants by up to 3 weeks. This puts additional strain on the energy and water balance of already stressed trees and shrubs. In Europe leaves sprout particularly early. www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/ligh...

Foraging Behaviour of Nesting Grey Herons Inferred from PIT-Tagged Salmonid Fish Studies of fish behaviour and ecology create opportunities for studying piscivores that have been underutilised. A leading example is the widespread use by fish biologists of Passive Integrated Transp...

Foraging Behaviour of Nesting Grey Herons Inferred from PIT-Tagged Salmonid Fish. Ardea, 113(1) doi.org/10.5253/arde...

Very interesting work! I'm looking forward to the inclusion of juvenile chimps. At Gombe Stream NP, I saw chimps passing a group of baboons when a young chimp started to play with a small baboon. But its mother separated them and pulled it back to the ‘right’ group. Just like some human parents do.

Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships, and psychology of others. Little ...

New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

🧊☀️Warming winters promote biodiversity through reduced mortality of a habitat-forming species in soft-sediment intertidal systems

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#ClimateChange #FoundationSpecies #LaniceConchilega #Macrozoobenthos #Mudflats #PopulationDynamic

Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries Nature - Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource...

Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries

Detlef P. van Vuuren et al.

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Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research | Royal Society Open Science Artificial intelligence chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) have the potential to increase public science literacy and support scientific research, as they can quickly summarize complex sc...

Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research

Uwe Peters & Benjamin Chin-Yee

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Spotted rail?

Study Finds Aquatic Ecosystem Collapse with Neonicotinoid Exposure, Threatening Biodiversity - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Aquatic communities contribute to overall biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services but are threatened by neonicotinoid usage.

After a team from @unileiden.bsky.social examined 36 naturally established freshwater #ecosystems exposed to increasing field-realistic concentrations" of #thiacloprid, findings indicated "severe #degradation of ecosystem functioning." 🏞️ #biodiversity #pesticides #neonics ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/vCws50VNTEm

Large red damselfly?

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Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...

Utilizing #aquatic environmental DNA #eDNA to address global #biodiversity targets: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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We discuss how eDNA can contribute towards Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Franework #GBF. Out now in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com

Networks in Aquatic Communities Collapse Upon Neonicotinoid‐Induced Stress We employed an experimental approach with 36 naturally established freshwater ecosystems exposed to increasing field realistic concentrations of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid. Upon exposure, we found....

Important mesocosm experiment from the Netherlands demonstrates adverse effects of the neonicotinoid, thiacloprid at realistic environmental concentrations: degraded food web structure, large changes in primary production and reduced organic matter processing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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