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On Thursday 11th December, at 3 PM CET, we will present results from our #CESAB working group #BIOSHIFTS on species range shifts in response to climate change 🌡📈🌳🦔🦉🐝🦎🐟🐚🦈

CESABINAR #12

Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊

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@frbiodiv.bsky.social

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Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to unde...

Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker

Want to publish in @britishecologicalsociety.org journals but worried about the cost? First check your options and don't be afraid to ask for a waiver if you need one.

Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.

We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!

If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience

…we’d love to hear from you!

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...

Contrasted effects of human pressure on biodiversity in the UK: a multi-taxonomic assessment using airborne environmental DNA vist.ly/4hmmz #eDNA #Metabarcoding

Seedling growing in the forest

University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...

Spatial patterns and future potential of tree species richness and structural diversity in China’s forests - Nature Ecology & Evolution Multiple diversity facets contribute to forest ecosystem functioning. Here the authors investigate spatial patterns and predictors of forest tree species richness and structural diversity across China...

Fine-grained spatial analysis of natural forests sheds light on spatial patterns, environmental predictors and future potential of tree species diversity diversity across China.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Invasion impacts in terrestrial ecosystems: Global patterns and predictors Biological invasions can alter ecosystems, yet their impacts vary across ecological contexts. Using a global meta-analysis of 775 studies (2223 effect sizes) in terrestrial systems, we show that the m...

Invasion impacts in terrestrial ecosystems: Global patterns and predictors #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Will we be seeing you during the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual conference? 👀

Come down to the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub in Edinburgh on 16 Dec 2025 for a social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺

There will be snacks, friends, and (loosely!) ecology-themed quiz rounds ✨ See you there!

Generalized plant–pollinator phenological climate‐driven advances still lead to a decline in phenological overlap Climate change is altering the phenology of interacting species, potentially leading to mismatches in the timing of their interactions. This may affect the delivery of key ecosystem services such as ...

My 1st thesis chapter is out in #EcologicalMonographs! 🎉
With @curromolina.bsky.social @ibartomeus.bsky.social
How is #climatechange reshaping plant–pollinator timing (phenological overlap) in Mediterranean ecosystems? Can #biodiversity buffer mismatches?
Find out here👇
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

This semester I ran a class where we read recent papers in phylogenetics / systematics. I'd prepare an intro for each with background, then we'd dig in. I'd write a blog post after each as well. All the papers, slides and posts are now available at brianomeara.info/posts/phylop...

🧪 #AcademicSky

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🌍 How trustworthy are your spatial predictions?

In my talk for the Rome R Users Group, I showed practical ways to evaluate where spatial predictions are trustworthy, and where they aren't.

Slides: jakubnowosad.com/rome2025
Video: youtu.be/uZe7thh80MI

#RSpatial #RStats #GISchat #SpatialModelling

Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Global Change Ecology at University of Bristol Explore an exciting academic career as a Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Global Change Ecology. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

Postdoc at the University of Bristol on Global Change Ecology, working with Chris Clements, Dylan Childs, and Andrew Beckerman on how chordate niches may change in the coming decades.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP951/s...

Global bias towards recording latitudinal range shifts - Nature Climate Change The authors consider studies reporting species range shifts and demonstrate a geometric bias in sampling along latitudinal, rather than longitudinal, gradients. This bias may favour the corroboration ...

Study area shape matters when tracking species range shifts & we may underestimate longitudinal range shifts to the benefit of latitudinal range shifts, potentially undermining drivers other than T°C 🌡

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CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎

Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected?
Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods?

This PhD could be for you!

Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH
(UK or settled status applicants)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📣 Job Opportunity: Plant Conservation Post Doctoral Associate (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)🌿

🌎 Escondido, CA
🧑‍💻 Using SDMs, plant collections, monitoring, & env. datasets, identify plant conservation action priorities in seed collections and translocations for CA rare plants
⌛ 3y FT
💸 $87k

Global Cold‐Water Coral Biodiversity Redistribution Under Projected Climate Change

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Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...

Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 🧪🌐 "we detect consistent nonlinear interactions between ALAN and night duration, with Ecosystem respiration " www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Learn more about Methods in Ecology and Evolution's ‘Perspectives’ articles, intended to stimulate scientific debate, these articles offer conceptual advances and opinions, or identify gaps in knowledge.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/uaM450XtKVB

Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) Abstract. Although we now have extensive biogeographical datasets for tetrapods, unravelling the drivers of species’ distributions remains challenging, esp

Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎

We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social

Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

The Soil Ecology Group seeks a volunteer Communications representative. Application deadline: 17 Nov, 2025.

The Soil Ecology Group seeks a volunteer communications representative. 

As part of the role, you will 
- develop a communication strategy,
- manage social media, handle quarterly newsletters,
- and participate in monthly meetings.

The Importance of Landscape Composition for Pest Control and Crop Yield: A Global Quantitative Synthesis In a global analysis of 116 studies, we show that landscape composition affects crop yield both directly and indirectly via traits of crops, herbivores and natural enemies. Our results suggest that w...

Excited about this paper led by Katja Poveda & Heather Grab!

We use SEM to show natural habitat at large scales improves biocontrol. But, locally, it can decrease yields, perhaps due to edge effects or areas of lower agronomic quality.

Check it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.

One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.

Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social

Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...

Dr. Laura Pollock will be giving the last Funk Seminar of 2025! Registration and information about this talk can be found on our website: www.biogeography.org/news/news/no...

Trait coordination reveals the fast-slow plant economics spectrum along the vertical canopy profile in central Amazonian forests Leonardo G. Ziccardi, Tyeen C. Taylor, Marielle N. Smith, Nathan B. Gonçalves, David Kramer, Kleber Silva Campos, Neill Prohaska, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Scott R. Saleska, Advanio Inácio Siqueira-S…

📰Published📰Trait coordination reveals the fast-slow plant economics spectrum along the vertical canopy profile in central Amazonian forests🌳

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In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

The seismic fingerprint of wind-induced tree sway @besmacro.bsky.social

lead by Umlauft @scadsai.bsky.social
w @chriswernerlab.bsky.social , Wirth @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social , Gerberding, Kattenborn
@ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social

#forestMonitoring #ML #timeSeries
#treeSway #spectralAnalysis

Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals Study of Met Office data one of first to show how nocturnal insects affected by factors such as light pollution

Delighted to announce a new paper, led by Mansi Mungee, which studies insect populations over the UK using weather radar and is covered by the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

more below...

#entomology #radar #biodiversity #insect #research #conservation #data #tech #sustainability

Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil

We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!