Join us on May 27th for the next Funk Biogeography Seminar! Dr. Michael Landis from Washington University in St. Louis will be speaking about the use of phylogenetic models to explore the biogeography of the past.
Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...
Interesting analysis of state of knowledge of seed dispersal at a fine level of taxonomic resolution
Interesting instance of avian hybridisation
This article highlights the fragility of data repository reliance without guaranteed long term funding, immune from hostile actors
Underneath the mango tree.....
Biogeography of pollination under climate change: integrating pollinator effectiveness into species distribution models for mango in South Africa biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Delighted about this recognition for three brilliant colleagues and friends; I think I've known them collectively for 83 years! Have learnt a huge amount about science, leadership and how to be a great colleague from all three. Congratulations @timcoulson.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social & Kathy
Excited to announce a 4-year PhD position at @niooknaw.bsky.social investigating the island biogeography of plant-associated fungi in the giant daisy radiation on the Galapagos. Please apply, share, and reach out with any questions! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
State of the art review - of interest to island palaeontologists and biogeographers --- The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics biogeography.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Wednesday May 27th, 4pm British Summer Time / 5pm Central European Summer Time. Alfred Russel Wallace webinar, by Dr. Tom Matthews (University of Birmingham) “Assessing the wider implications of species extinctions: island birds and beyond ”.
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Pollination by wild insects is vital for maintaining ecosystems and food security, but climate change is altering the biogeography of many pollinator species. While progress has been made in assessing...
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PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
Excited to have our new garden dormouse paper out! Small mammals are underrepresented in conservation research. Here we explore patterns of genetic erosion in garden dormice, considered the fastest-declining mammal in Europe, in its core German range #consgen link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recent advances in sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are transforming palaeoecological research and offer new opportunities to study biodiversity change on islands. We assess the potential of sedaDNA ...
Island Biology stands for the ecology, evolution, conservation, biogeography, macroecology, and paleoecology of all types of islands in the ocean and involving all groups of organisms. It also encompa...
Congratulations to @timcoulson.bsky.social, @stuwest.bsky.social, and Kathy Willis, who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society! 👇
Background The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is one of the fastest-declining mammals in Europe, and action is needed to prevent further population losses. The primary causes of declines are not ...
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
The type specimens of the Great Spotted Kiwi are hybrids
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#ornithology
Paige Byerly, PhD
Who Will Keep Research Data Infrastructure Open and Running?
In a new article in @issuesinst.bsky.social Dryad ED Jennifer Gibson and @investinopen.bsky.social ED Kaitlin Thaney investigate what it will take to keep research data alive. 🧪
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#opendata #datasharing #openresearch
They are crosses between Little Spotted Kiwi and Rowi.
New paper out in New Phytologist 🌱
After centuries of research in Europe, we have studied only ~37% of all seed-dispersal interactions.
Birds of prey, ants, and rodents are among the most understudied - yet researchers rarely flag them as gaps!
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Geographic distribution of seed dispersal studies by disperser guild.
