Macroecology lab @unipotsdam

Correcting environmental sampling bias improves transferability of species distribution models Sampling bias is an inherent problem in widely available biodiversity data, undermining the robustness of correlative species distribution models (SDMs). To some extent, subsampling occurrence data c....

🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

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New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

So happy to share our Review paper

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org

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

This is figure 4, which shows the multifunctionality of urban green spaces, such as community gardens, public parks and streetscapes.

A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses the benefits provided by urban biodiversity, the challenges it faces, and approaches to its promotion and conservation. https://go.nature.com/4i0Uh8d 🧪

Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii (Dietmar Nill - Wikipedia)

Understanding the biogeography of bats across the Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and Central Asian biodiversity hotspots – new paper led by Julian Oeser out in the Journal of Biogeography! doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Understanding the macroecology of #bats.
#Newpaper out now in the Journal of Biogeography:
Led by @julianoeser.bsky.social, with @zurelllab.bsky.social and many others.
We show how innovative SDMs can shed new light on relationships between niches, distributions, competition, and richness.

Two wisents in the Milovice area - Photo (c) Michal Köpping

🦬European #bison are Europe’s largest surviving herbivore – but would there be space for large bison populations in Central Europe? New paper addressing this question led by Hendrik Bluhm 👉 just out in Biological Conservation!
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding

Der BND warnt vor Sicherheitsrisiken durch die Klimakrise. Genau zur rechten Zeit Nicht Fridays for Future, sondern BND und Bundeswehr warnen nun vor den Folgen unterlassenen Klimaschutzes. Und führen damit die Realitätsverzerrung der aktuellen politischen Debatte vor.

#Klimakatastrophe www.stern.de/geo/klimakri...

thanks to coauthors Valén Holle, Laure Gallien @katschiff.bsky.social @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social @dylancraven.bsky.social Tiffany Knight @patrickweigelt.bsky.social

Excited to share new preprint by PhD candidate Anna Rönnfeldt „Climatic niche conservatism in non-native plants depends on introduction history and biogeographic context“ highlighting context dependency in climate niche shifts of species introduced in multiple world regions doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Climate change extinctions Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quant...

Must read out in @science.org "Climate change extinctions"
by @MarkCUrban (on X)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Big take home:
"extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."

YouTube video by British Ecological Society BES2024 Thematic Session - Biodiversity Futures: harnessing the power of scenarios and models

Did you miss #BES2024 and are you interested in #BiodiversityFutures? check the recording of this great session led by @drnickisaac.bsky.social, featuring talks by Damaris Zurell, Anita Lazurko, Andy Purvis, James Bullock, Greta Bocedi, Jennifer Border and myself.
youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...

Our dog will never understand why Germany allows private fireworks for New Year. All the noise and dust and garbage 🙈🙉 Stay safe for the new year 🎊🤩

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big thanks to co-authors Anna Rönnfeldt @katschiff.bsky.social @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social @dylancraven.bsky.social Tiffany Knight @hannoseebens.bsky.social @patrickweigelt.bsky.social

Big shout-out to PhD candidate Valén Holle for her new #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... assessing #uncertainty in SDM-based #blacklists of #invasive species related to #species & environmental data & #SDM algorithm. #Pacific #plants 1/2

Also, I can highly recommend the train ride. Takes 15h but so relaxing and more importantly #climate friendly!

Had an exciting week at #BES2024 in Liverpool. Among my highlights: workshop on #scenario development by @drnickisaac.bsky.social @alazurko.bsky.social and thematic session on #biodiversity futures. And of course crazy Xmas jumper day - thanks to my team who made sure I have a Xmas jumper with me 🎄

Image of the first page and abstract of the paper "The ecology of plant extinctions Author links open overlay panel Richard T. Corlett 1 2 Show more Add to Mendeley Share Cite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.007 Get rights and content Highlights The fossil record suggests that climate change was the major driver of plant extinctions and regional extirpations from the Pliocene until recently, when anthropogenic habitat loss became dominant. Known recent plant extinctions are disproportionately few in comparison with well-studied animal taxa, but many more species are probably committed to inevitable extinction unless given targeted support. Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change and show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible. The proximate causes for population extirpations are still rarely known but are likely to be highly varied and both species and location specific."

An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐

Awesome, I'll be there too. Looking forward to seeing you!

News Author-pays model and growing inequities in global science (Dec’24) Scientific publishing, in a form similar to what we know today, has existed for hundreds of years. However, in recent times…

Author-pays model: Check out our recent post at peeer.net/news/ to better understand the growing inequities in global science associated with high Article Processing Charges in Open Access publications. #BetterPublishing #APC #OA

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Led by Stefan Fallert, our metabolismus-based metapopulation range for simulating species range dynamics is online at MEE. It is a framework in which you can build your own model structure or use our functions, including biotic interactions: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

chloé schmidt artwork by C Schmidt 2021 My research explores the micro- to macroevolutionary continuum by trying to link microevolutionary processes acting on populations to broader macroecological patterns. I&#…

Big thanks to @chloology.bsky.social for an amazing talk today at our Ecological Colloquium on "Linking microevolutionary processes to biogeographic patterns". #Macroegenetics as new field to explore intraspecific genetic variation across space and environment. cwschmidt.home.blog/448-2/

Listen to AI podcast on Kass et al. „Achieving higher standards in SDM“ earthskysea.org/ecocast-podc... by @earthskysea.bsky.social

Achieving higher standards in species distribution modeling by leveraging the diversity of available software The increasing online availability of biodiversity data and advances in ecological modeling have led to a proliferation of open-source modeling tools. In particular, R packages for species distributi....

Check out our new paper in @ecography.bsky.social
led by Jamie Kass! big team of #R pkg developers show how to improve analysis standards by combining different pkgs for species distribution models #SDM, provide a #shiny app to catalog & explore them, 3 extensive tutorials. doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

If you want to learn about our research, check our lab's website here: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ibb-macro... We study biodiversity dynamics under global change, mostly terrestrial, and aim to improve modelling tools to forecast range & community shifts, and invasive species & disease spread.

As you are all here now, I finally deactivated the lab account on the other dead bird platform. Long overdue, and feels good!