BES Macro
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We are the British Ecological Society Macroecology & Macroevolution Special Interest Group. We run the annual #BESMacro conference and will gladly repost papers and opportunities of interest to our members!
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New paper out:
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
www.nature.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
New paper out:
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
with @fossildetective.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Curtis Congreve & @jonhendricks.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44... 🦑⚒️
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Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland, demonstrating its potential for ecological forecasting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A digital twin for real-time biodiversity forecasting with citizen science data - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland, demonstrating its potential for ecological forecasting 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thrilled to share that the 2nd paper of my PhD was published! 🍋 We use a phylogenetic approach to explore the food–medicine continuum across Eurasia, showing how food, medicinal and condiment plants share lineages across cultures. Huge thanks to my coauthors 💚https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2337
A phylogenetic approach to bridge the food–medicine continuum at the continental scale
Abstract. The relationship between food and medicinal plants is longstanding and complex, with many species serving both roles. This study explores the foo
doi.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Thrilled to share that the 2nd paper of my PhD was published! 🍋 We use a phylogenetic approach to explore the food–medicine continuum across Eurasia, showing how food, medicinal and condiment plants share lineages across cultures. Huge thanks to my coauthors 💚https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2337
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Species shift their ranges in response to climate change, but many can't keep up. The resulting "community-climate disequilibrium" can impair ecosystem function and cause counterintuitive dynamics, like short-term gain but long-term loss onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Linking Community‐Climate Disequilibrium to Ecosystem Function
When turnover in species composition lags behind the pace of climate change, community-climate disequilibrium increases. We, for the first time, explicitly link this disequilibrium to ecosystem funct...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Species shift their ranges in response to climate change, but many can't keep up. The resulting "community-climate disequilibrium" can impair ecosystem function and cause counterintuitive dynamics, like short-term gain but long-term loss onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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As we near #IPBES12, we’re sharing a range of research from the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals which highlight important approaches and evidence to aid The Business and Biodiversity Assessment 📖 🌎 🧪
Read the collection 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Read the collection 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 AM
As we near #IPBES12, we’re sharing a range of research from the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals which highlight important approaches and evidence to aid The Business and Biodiversity Assessment 📖 🌎 🧪
Read the collection 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Read the collection 👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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🎉 FRIDAY IS HERE AND SO IS … OUR NEW PAPER! 🎉
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
How Endemic Birds Shape Rainforest Ecosystems on New Britain
Tropical islands host unique evolutionary lineages, yet these endemic species are often highly vulnerable to environmental change. Understanding how they contribute to ecosystem functioning is esse…
multitrophicinteractions.blog
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
🎉 FRIDAY IS HERE AND SO IS … OUR NEW PAPER! 🎉
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
I’m thrilled to share a brand‑new paper by — K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If you’re into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this one’s for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
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The large uncertainty in land carbon-cycle estimates remains a major challenge. Here, the authors show that vegetation biogeography drives much of this uncertainty, with 75% of the uncertainty reducible using existing biogeography map from remote sensing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The large uncertainty in land carbon-cycle estimates remains a major challenge. Here, the authors show that vegetation biogeography drives much of this uncertainty, with 75% of the uncertainty reducible using existing biogeography map from remote sensing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⛰️🌱 Topography and Soil Moisture Regulate the Temperature-Biodiversity Relationship of Forests
Global Ecology and Biogeography: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Global Ecology and Biogeography: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 AM
⛰️🌱 Topography and Soil Moisture Regulate the Temperature-Biodiversity Relationship of Forests
Global Ecology and Biogeography: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Global Ecology and Biogeography: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment
www.umu.se
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
Please 🔁!
Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈
👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3
#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
The BES journals are recruiting Associate Editors! These positions are great ways to deepen and broaden your expertise and your professional networks. Deadline to apply 23 February.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The BES journals are recruiting Associate Editors! These positions are great ways to deepen and broaden your expertise and your professional networks. Deadline to apply 23 February.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our new paper led by Madson Freitas shows that global demand for Açaí, a dietary staple for Amazonian people, now marketed as a superfood, is driving widespread estuarine forest degradation leading to impoverishment of their bird communities
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology 🌎🍴🪶🌴
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology 🌎🍴🪶🌴
January 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Our new paper led by Madson Freitas shows that global demand for Açaí, a dietary staple for Amazonian people, now marketed as a superfood, is driving widespread estuarine forest degradation leading to impoverishment of their bird communities
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology 🌎🍴🪶🌴
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology 🌎🍴🪶🌴
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Led by Viktoriia Radchuk, an international collaboration shows phenological shifts in response to changing temperatures allow populations to remain stable or even increase in numbers.
Support from #sDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
Support from #sDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Led by Viktoriia Radchuk, an international collaboration shows phenological shifts in response to changing temperatures allow populations to remain stable or even increase in numbers.
Support from #sDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
Support from #sDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social
Only a few more days to apply to join our committee! See below for details:
Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place?
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Only a few more days to apply to join our committee! See below for details:
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🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
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January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
Please share!
Please share!
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🚨 New paper out in @ecography.bsky.social ! 📝
Led by Dr. Søren Faurby, we built upon the estimated unrecorded bird extinctions by @r-cooke.bsky.social et al. 2023 and try to estimate the corresponding unrecorded loss of phylogenetic diversity. 🦤🧬
Check the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Led by Dr. Søren Faurby, we built upon the estimated unrecorded bird extinctions by @r-cooke.bsky.social et al. 2023 and try to estimate the corresponding unrecorded loss of phylogenetic diversity. 🦤🧬
Check the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Quantifying the unrecorded loss of avian phylogenetic diversity
Humans have drastically reduced avian diversity, with the majority of extinctions occurring on islands. Previous studies have quantified various aspects of this decline, including both taxonomic and ...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
🚨 New paper out in @ecography.bsky.social ! 📝
Led by Dr. Søren Faurby, we built upon the estimated unrecorded bird extinctions by @r-cooke.bsky.social et al. 2023 and try to estimate the corresponding unrecorded loss of phylogenetic diversity. 🦤🧬
Check the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Led by Dr. Søren Faurby, we built upon the estimated unrecorded bird extinctions by @r-cooke.bsky.social et al. 2023 and try to estimate the corresponding unrecorded loss of phylogenetic diversity. 🦤🧬
Check the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place?
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place?
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
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🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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Check out our latest study on how biological, geographic, and historical factors influence the robustness of mammal species descriptions, published in
@journalsysevo.bsky.social
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Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).
@mmoroti.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social
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@journalsysevo.bsky.social
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Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).
@mmoroti.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social
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January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Check out our latest study on how biological, geographic, and historical factors influence the robustness of mammal species descriptions, published in
@journalsysevo.bsky.social
🐒🦥🦇🐁.
Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).
@mmoroti.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social
t.co/F9mzkWjq0z
@journalsysevo.bsky.social
🐒🦥🦇🐁.
Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).
@mmoroti.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social
t.co/F9mzkWjq0z
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🆕 New paper: On the use of neighboring habitats as predictors of species distributions by @fcollart.bsky.social and Pierre-Louis Rey et al. about choosing the appropriate spatial scale at which environmental predictors are measured, critical for high-resolution SDMs. doi.org/10.1002/oik.11963
On the use of neighboring habitats as predictors of species distributions
Choosing the appropriate scale for measuring environmental predictors is needed for accurately modelling species distributions. This need is becoming increasingly important with the use of high-resol...
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM
🆕 New paper: On the use of neighboring habitats as predictors of species distributions by @fcollart.bsky.social and Pierre-Louis Rey et al. about choosing the appropriate spatial scale at which environmental predictors are measured, critical for high-resolution SDMs. doi.org/10.1002/oik.11963
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It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It was great to meet so many other Early Career Researchers at our #TIBS2026 mixer last night - both catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
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🆕 Book chapter: presenting the R package "ecospat", a set of tools for modeling and analyzing species niches and distributions. Authored by @fcollart.bsky.social @antoineguisan.bsky.social and Olivier Broennimann
Excited to share the publication of our book chapter co-authored with Olivier Broennimann and Antoine Guisan.
This chapter presents ecospat, an R package providing a coherent set of tools for modeling and analyzing species niches and distributions. More details: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
This chapter presents ecospat, an R package providing a coherent set of tools for modeling and analyzing species niches and distributions. More details: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
The ecospat R Package: A Collection of Pre-, Core-, and Post-Modeling Tools to Investigate Species Niches and Distributions
The R package ecospat is a collection of R functions and datasets designed to support spatial ecology analyses, with a focus on pre-, core-, and post-modeling analyses of species distributions (SDMs)....
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🆕 Book chapter: presenting the R package "ecospat", a set of tools for modeling and analyzing species niches and distributions. Authored by @fcollart.bsky.social @antoineguisan.bsky.social and Olivier Broennimann
Meet the #BES2025 SIGs on floor -1! We’ll be heading to our social at Frankenstein later too! Come say hi to some of our committee:
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Meet the #BES2025 SIGs on floor -1! We’ll be heading to our social at Frankenstein later too! Come say hi to some of our committee:
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social