#Kudzu (Pueraria lobata aka P. montana), native from SE Asia to Australia, is considered one of the world's worst invasive alien plants. An updated report from #Ticino #Switzerland 🇨🇭shows that the species can be effectively controlled using mechanical measures.🪚🪓 📉 #bioinvasions #invasivespecies

#Pepper was overtaken by #ClimateChange during its post-glacial spread. This is shown by an international study that combined genetic data and #KISSMig, a dynamic species distribution model developed by WSL. www.wsl.ch/en/news/wher... #Macroecology #Biogeography 🌐 @michaelnobis.bsky.social

🌴 #MigratingPalm is a young Chinese windmill palm transported from Ticino to the Rhone Glacier by the architecture collective dorsa just before a ban by the Swiss Federal Council. Inspiring 📽️ #clip and architects' perspective on #invasivespecies and #regulations.

👉 vimeo.com/1007969700/a...

🔉Version 2.0-1 of our #KISSMig #Rstats package for #SpeciesMigration modeling is now live on #CRAN. This #bugfix addresses overprediction in version 2.0-0 that may arise when using time series of binary suitability maps. More Information about #KISSMig → www.wsl.ch/en/services-...

🗞️New paper led by @s-sandeep.bsky.social and @michaelnobis.bsky.social out!

🧬 Integrating population genetics with dynamic species distribution modeling shows how wild black pepper spread in India’s Western Ghats since the ice age.

doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

🔊 New paper: first integration of population genetics🧬 and dynamic species distribution modeling🌐 using #KISSMig to reconstruct postglacial dynamics of wild black pepper, endemic to India’s Western Ghats. #macroecology #popgen #phylogeography #biogeography

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How does the eastern distribution limit of #plants in the European #Alps look like? The #Schneeberg 🏔️ (2076 m) in #Austria near #Vienna is a great place to find out! The often isolated occurrences must have been better connected to the other populations in the past.

#biogeography #flowers #hiking

🔉Happy to share our new publication and global data compilation #GenDivRange covering population genetic diversity of 19,173 geo-referenced populations and 1,109 species. A big thank to Katalin Csilléry, who initiated and led this project, and to all colleagues. (1/2)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Pulsatilla #vernalis, lady of the snows❄️, last weekend in the 🇨🇭Alps above treeline at c. 2250m🏔️. Early flowering in alpine spring with overwintering leaves next to Crocus albiflorus and #Ranunculus #kuepferi, and phenologically variable from early flowering to #postfloral #elongation.

80 years after #WW2 I stumbled across #Parietaria #pensylvanica in #Berlin. Thought to be escaped from botanical garden after bombings (or brought by 🇺🇸🪖?) it’s now well established on this #urbanbiodiversity #island 🏝️ but hasn't spread much further! #bioinvasions floraweb.de/php/artenhom...

🔉Version 2.0 of our #KISSMig #Rstats package for #SpeciesMigration modeling is now live on #CRAN. 🎉 Together with Dominik Landolt we boosted performance by implementing parallel computing—making this simple dynamic #SDM faster than ever. Learn more about KISSMig here 👉 purl.oclc.org/wsl/kissmig