This work was done together with great people @mschleuning.bsky.social, @jalbrecht.bsky.social , @btinoco.bsky.social and others :)

It is part of the @reassemblynet.bsky.social, where we study how interactions recover after disturbance.

And carried out at @sgn.one

Why it matters:

Animal-mediated seed dispersal is essential for the natural regeneration of tropical forests. 🕊️

Our results show that seed-dispersal interactions often don’t fully recover before secondary forests are cut again. This means the potential of natural regeneration is being undermined.

Some other key findings:

▫️ Recovery is slower and less predictable in poorly connected patches.

▫️ The functional diversity of animal frugivores takes almost 40 years to recover, delaying the re-establishment of interactions.

▫️ Remnant trees play a key role in triggering forest recovery.

Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🍈🦜🍒🐒🍊🐿️

We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.

You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

3 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen jobbnorge.no/en/available... please repost

Our latest nutcracker paper is out!

In a collaborative effort between @sgn.one and @vogelwarte.bsky.social we show how bird age can affect seed dispersal 🐥🌱

#ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org Avian seed dispersal function is age dependent
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

@matthiastschumi.bsky.social

Parabens!!!

Thanks @mschleuning.bsky.social and Eike Lena Neuschulz for the supervision and @isatxu.bsky.social Marjorie Sorensen and Thomas Mueller for the collaboration :)

Why it matters:

These results can help guide restoration efforts: providing a high diversity of fruit resources in degraded patches can be crucial to improve forest regeneration. Also, planting small islands of resources in highly fragmented landscapes can improve connectivity between patches.

These results also depend on network specialization: in general, higher specialization leads to lower diversity of seeds being dispersed into habitat patches.

Some key findings:

Resource diversity in a patch increases both seed number and diversity, but it is most significant between ~50 to 100 meters.

When between-patch distance is around 250 meters or more, connectivity relies on rare long-distance dispersal by large birds.

Happy to share that the first paper of my PhD is out!

We developed a trait-based framework 🌱🦜 to quantify how plant-frugivore interactions and animal movement shape plant functional connectivity—the dispersal of seeds between habitat patches.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Different generations of @sgn.one Functional Ecology group at @soctropecol.bsky.social 😊

go.bsky.app/3Qp6YYL

We have created this promising starter pack 🫶🏼 All seed dispersal lovers are welcome 🤗!

Can we use tree-related microhabitats (TreMs)🌳 as indicators of #tropical #biodiversity? Our new study led by Giovanni Bianco shows that TreM diversity actually increases with temperature and decreases with human impact on Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿 Now published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

Enjoy the #scientific and #adventurous journey through many facets of a #recovering #tropical #rainforest 🌴 🇪🇨 with us:
Our 3️⃣rd NEWSLETTER 📰 is out!!!
#Ecuador #tropical #forest #biodiversity #conservation #networks #animals #plants #recovery
www.reassembly.de/posts/third-...