Toby Pennington

En la Reserva de Biosfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yánesha, Peru, se describió 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂, una nueva especie de arbol para la ciencia.
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The 12th Biannual Conference of @biogeography.bsky.social is coming to the beautiful city of Aarhus, Denmark in January 2026! Abstract submissions are now open until Sept 1. Attendance is capped at 400—submit early to secure your spot! More details below. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

If you know researchers with expertise in forestry/agro forestry please share this permanent lectureship @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. The quality of life in north wales is fabulous: great colleagues & a stunning location.
jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

¡Justicia!
Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza and colleagues have just described 21 new species from this beautiful genus, all endemic to Peru.
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Sapindales: bit.ly/PD_Sapindales
Myrtaceae: bit.ly/PD_Myrtaceae

American Society of Plant Taxonomists The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) is a community of scientists that promotes research and education in the taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of all plants.

Am. Soc. of Plant Taxonomists @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social is on Bsky! Follow for news, and join our community of naturalists working together to "foster, encourage, and promote education and research in the field of plant taxonomy."

@iaptglobal.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social

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Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alternate inheritance of highly divergent parental alleles drove the origin of tubers and explosive species diversification and niche expansion into the high Andes.

Now online! Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage

Job opening: lecturership (research & teaching) in forestry or agroforestry at Bangor University. This is probably the best forestry programme in the UK and a great place to work. Deadline 1 Sep. More here: 🌳🌲🌏

Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth Increasing drought pressure under anthropogenic climate change may jeopardize the potential of tropical forests to capture carbon in woody biomass and act as a long-term carbon dioxide sink. To evalua...

How do tropical #trees deal with droughts? The answer is published today in @science.org

Our pantropical #treering analysis revealed 2.5% growth reduction during #drought years. Yet, growth declined by >10% in 1/4 of 500 study sites, and in hotter & drier regions.

doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Genomics of Neotropical biodiversity indicators: Two butterfly radiations with rampant chromosomal rearrangements and hybridization | PNAS A central question in evolutionary biology is what drives the diversification of lineages. Rapid, recent radiations are ideal systems for this ques...

Fantastic paper from an amazing team:

Genomics of Neotropical biodiversity indicators: Two butterfly radiations with rampant chromosomal rearrangements and hybridization
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Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments - Nature Ecology & Evolution Analysis of data on 971 bird species in natural habitat and cattle pasture in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, sugges...

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, suggesting that extrapolations from local studies will severely underestimate biodiversity losses
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Mark your calendars for the next Funk lecture! Dr. Mario Moura will speak about biodiversity shortfalls and ways to fill the gaps! You don't want to miss this.

Don't forget to tune in for this month's Funk lecture! In just a couple of weeks, Dr. Mario R. Moura will be presenting his amazing work on biodiversity shortfalls.

Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ju...

Important new paper on taxonomic change in Amazonian palms. It's not just about description of new species, it's more about recent taxonomic 'lumping' in recent range-wide monographic taxonomic revisions

Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...

📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

¿Tienes un doctorado, excelentes habilidades cuantitativas y experiencia con bosques, árboles o cambio climático? ¿Quieres unirte a un equipo de investigación dinámico y global? Buscamos un científico de datos ecológico para descubrir cómo están cambiando los bosques. Postula antes del 14/7.

Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research!

biogeography.pensoft.net

Important new contribution to Andean biogeography focusing on the emblematic tree genus Weinmannia

Important new paper on dynamics of seasonally dry tropical forests in Peru

Wow, beautiful paper on #neotropical #Melocactus (#Cactaceae) phylogeny and systematics. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt...

A composite universal DNA signature for the tree of life - Nature Ecology & Evolution This study develops a barcoding method that uses machine learning models and low-coverage genome sequences for species identification across all domains of life.

New DNA based species identification using very low coverage genome skims - "varKoding". I think this is going to be an important paper...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)

dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

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The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

Another @biogeography.bsky.social Funk lecture is upon us! Tune in this Wednesday for @ndimhypervol.bsky.social's talk on how SDMs can help address the Wallacean shortfall.

Frontiers of Biogeography, @biogeography.bsky.social journal, has for the first time been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report, with an impact factor of 2.5. It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research!

biogeography.pensoft.net

🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Documenting the seasonally #dry #plant #community dynamics in the #Marañon valley, in northern #Andean #Peru. Valley is a trove of #endemism, severely threatened, little studied. JL Marcelo and team provide a first glimpse at temporal #vegetation changes.

doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...

A new PostDoc position in our BioEO team url-shortener.me/1KHP @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk -> Quantifying interactions between climate change, forest functional diversity and fragmentation and vector borne diseases in the Amazon -> get in touch if interested ! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Abstract submission for the international biogeography society meeting in Aarhus (January 2026) is now open. I hope to see a lot of people there! 🌐🧪
conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...