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A new study points alien plant species are taking over native plants, reducing rich, diverse ecosystems to homogenous regime

#ClimateChange #ForestFires #Alienplantspecies #InvasiveSpecies @ninadm.bsky.social @jcsvenning.bsky.social

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Alien plants and novel ecosystems in the Greater Tropics Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The Greater Tropics are under substantial ecological pressure driven by anthropogenic change, including the introduction of alien plants. This Review explores the...

🌱Alien #plants are reshaping the #tropics -our review @ninadm.bsky.social et al explores how they interact w land-use & #climatechange driving novel ecosystems🌴We call for nuanced adaptive strategies incl nature-based solutions to navigate tropical futures
🔗Free access www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Expanding the Resist–Accept–Direct framework for developing nature‐based solutions and societal adaptations to biological invasions Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

New paper @peopleandnature.bsky.social We define Nature-based Solutions and societal adaptations to biological invasions. We explore the concept and it’s application
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It was wonderful to host you recently @ninadm.bsky.social if anyone missed your fascinating talk they can watch it here: youtu.be/1woFR02893U

Had a wonderful visit to Oxford, to give a seminar on megafauna @biodivoxford.bsky.social. Big thanks to the brilliant @ymalhi.bsky.social (yes, his hand is cast in the natural history museum!) and the fantastic @ecioxford.bsky.social team. Amazing people, stunning campus. @econovoau.bsky.social

Protection, Peace, Culture, Sustainability are key drivers of recovery for #endangeredwildlife. A great progress story for the tiger in India. Well done to everyone involved. Full talk here
youtu.be/1woFR02893U

🌿 ECONOVO at Naturmødet 2025! @jcsvenning.bsky.social & @ninadm.bsky.social shared insights on ecosystem management, rewilding & large carnivores.
We joined key debates on invasive species & forest restoration. Thanks for helping shape a biodiverse future! 🌍 #Naturmødet

YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Megafauna recovery and relevance amidst people and poverty in India

India’s megafauna—tigers, snow leopards, & megaherbivores—are making a rare comeback amidst people & poverty. What drives this recovery?
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.

Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery

Join @ninadm.bsky.social this Friday to hear how tigers, snow leopards & other megafauna are making a comeback in India—thanks to conservation, stability & ecosystem recovery. Offering hope for biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Register here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Join @ninadm.bsky.social this Friday to hear how tigers, snow leopards & other megafauna are making a comeback in India—thanks to conservation, stability & ecosystem recovery. Offering hope for biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Register here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social

Join us next Friday for our penultimate #Nature series seminar from @ninadm.bsky.social. On-line or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. Book your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Join us next Friday 30th May for our penultimate #Nature series seminar from @ninadm.bsky.social . On-line or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. Book your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Join us on line or in-person next week, when @ninadm.bsky.social will be joining us to talk about his research into successful megafauna recovery amidst people and poverty in India. Book your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

Join us on line or in-person next week, when @ninadm.bsky.social will be joining us to talk about his research into successful megafauna recovery amidst people and poverty in India. More information and to book your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

Some highlights from the tiger conservation in India 🐅🇮🇳

Indere lever side om side med tigeren. Kan vi lære af dem, når det gælder ulven herhjemme? Indien har verdens højeste antal af tigere, selvom landet har høj befolkningstæthed.

(The article is in Danish)
📰 Indere lever side om side med tigeren – kan vi lære af dem, når det gælder ulven? (DR, 2025)
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🐅 Can humans and large carnivores coexist?

#ECONOVO researcher @ninadm.bsky.social shares perspectives on human–wildlife relations in India in a new article.

His research sheds light on how coexistence with tigers might inspire new approaches to wolves in Europe.

#Biodiversity #Rewilding #ECONOVO

Comprehensive assessment of snow leopard distribution and population in the Indian Trans-Himalaya, Ladakh: Standardizing methods for evidence-based conservation Effective conservation of threatened species depends on accurate scientific assessment of their occurrence and population status. This information is often lacking or has poor scientific reliability f...

📢 🐾New paper: We developed robust methods to monitor snow leopard population. By implementing it across 59000 sq.km., we found one of the world’s largest snow leopard population and highest densities in Indian Trans-Himalaya. All thanks to local communities and a wonderful collaboration

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From Grasslands to Forblands: Year‐round grazing as a driver of plant diversity Our results indicate that typical, seasonal grazing may be counterproductive in terms of promoting plant diversity. We found the most effective management strategy for conserving species-rich forb co....

🌿New paper led by @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social in @jappliedecology.bsky.social: Year-round (esp. winter) grazing promotes plant diversity & #forb cover, via reduced competitive exclusion: Naturalistic #grazing matters 🐂🌸🍃 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70047 #vegetation #rewilding #grassland #forbs

What a wonderful recogition from my plant-interested colleagues 🌴🌿🌸🍂🌳🌐🍃 #vegetationscience #IAVS #humboldt

🌳 On #IntlForestDay: It’s time to rewild #forest management 🌍 Conventional forestry is failing #biodiversity & #climate🍂 In @cp-oneearth.bsky.social, we propose #rewilding inspired #forestry: restoring natural processes, trophic complexity & #resilience 🍃🐂♨️ ➡️ shorturl.at/aeS96 #NatureBasedSolutions

Palaeogenomic inference of biodiversity dynamics across Quaternary timescales - Nature Reviews Biodiversity This Review explores the utility of palaeogenomics for exploring past biodiversity trends and ecosystem responses to a changing world, including natural climate cycles and increasing human activity.

New Review online today: Palaeogenomic inference of biodiversity dynamics across Quaternary timescales. From @indianadiez.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social, and others. #palaeosky #biodiversity 🧪🌎 go.nature.com/41UhYsF

Read our new study on mapping ecologically novel conditions - out now in Nature Ecology and Evolution 🌍🦬🌿

Headline finding is that 58% of the biosphere is experiencing highly novel conditions, but nowhere was low - we really are living in a novel world.

Tree cover homogenization in semi-open ecosystems worldwide and implications for ecosystem stability and conservation Semi-open ecosystems, such as savannas and open woodlands, are biodiversity hotspots due largely to their heterogeneous tree cover (TC), which support…

Tree cover homogenization in semi-open ecosystems worldwide and implications for ecosystem stability and #conservation - see our new study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #trees #savanna #woodland #remotesensing

The #biosphere is changing: Check our global mapping of ecological novelty in wild #ecosystems (due to #climatechange, #defaunation & floristic disruption) - just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social ♨️🐘🌿🌐 Big thx to @mattkerr.bsky.social for the huge effort! #novelecosystems #invasivespecies #megafauna

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests - Nature Data from a variety of sources—including satellite, climate and soil data, as well as field-collected information on plant traits—are pooled and analysed to map the functional diversity of tropical fo...

Tropical forests are not all the same: they show many shades of geographical variation. Our new paper in Nature led by @jeaggu.bsky.social combines field and satellite data to make a first map the canopy functional traits of the world’s tropical forests: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

While everyone’s attention is being zapped away by all the Chaos of Trump, this study was published today, on catastrophic losses in butterfly species abundance across the US.

“Between 2000 and 2020, total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 recorded species.” 😔

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are!
Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate?
Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!