Diversity and Distributions
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Diversity and Distributions is an open access, international, biodiversity journal devoted to the advancement of conservation biogeography 🗺️
🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14724642
🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14724642
🦜 Can we map #bird communities, not just species? Using 50 years of #CitizenScience data, this new study defines 29 distinct bird communities across #Australia, providing a new continental framework to assess community condition and track change over time.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:50 AM
🦜 Can we map #bird communities, not just species? Using 50 years of #CitizenScience data, this new study defines 29 distinct bird communities across #Australia, providing a new continental framework to assess community condition and track change over time.
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🐸 This new paper led by Travis A. Rainey shows high #GeneticDiversity but strong isolation, driven by development, of Blanchard’s Cricket #Frog found at northern peripheral sites; declines likely stem from demographic rather than genetic pressures.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
🐸 This new paper led by Travis A. Rainey shows high #GeneticDiversity but strong isolation, driven by development, of Blanchard’s Cricket #Frog found at northern peripheral sites; declines likely stem from demographic rather than genetic pressures.
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🐢 Where do leatherback #SeaTurtles overlap with offshore wind energy? Tracking 74 individuals along the US Atlantic coast, this study maps seasonal core #habitats and reveals peak overlap in some areas.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
🐢 Where do leatherback #SeaTurtles overlap with offshore wind energy? Tracking 74 individuals along the US Atlantic coast, this study maps seasonal core #habitats and reveals peak overlap in some areas.
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🦆 When do waterbirds need water most? Using #Copernicus data + bird counts, this study maps where surface water limits #waterbirds across the Western Palearctic, revealing seasonal bottlenecks and priority areas for #restoration and conservation.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM
🦆 When do waterbirds need water most? Using #Copernicus data + bird counts, this study maps where surface water limits #waterbirds across the Western Palearctic, revealing seasonal bottlenecks and priority areas for #restoration and conservation.
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🦎 #ClimateChange threatens Australia’s blue tongue #lizards: niche models project major range losses for 11 of 13 species by 2100, with #protectedareas offering limited refuge, underscoring urgent needs for climate-smart #conservation planning.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:58 AM
🦎 #ClimateChange threatens Australia’s blue tongue #lizards: niche models project major range losses for 11 of 13 species by 2100, with #protectedareas offering limited refuge, underscoring urgent needs for climate-smart #conservation planning.
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🌊 Frequent #flooding reshapes riparian #soilmicrobes: high-intensity events slightly raise α-diversity but reduce β-diversity and network complexity, especially in #bacteria, highlighting stronger environmental filtering in #riverineecosystems.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🌊 Frequent #flooding reshapes riparian #soilmicrobes: high-intensity events slightly raise α-diversity but reduce β-diversity and network complexity, especially in #bacteria, highlighting stronger environmental filtering in #riverineecosystems.
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🐚 How will climate warming reshape intertidal competition? Using #EnergyBudget models, this study shows that native and invasive #mussels on South African shores may keep similar ranges, but warming could eventually benefit the native species.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:52 AM
🐚 How will climate warming reshape intertidal competition? Using #EnergyBudget models, this study shows that native and invasive #mussels on South African shores may keep similar ranges, but warming could eventually benefit the native species.
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🔥Climate change may unravel plant–#hummingbird interactions in the #AtlanticForest.
🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.
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🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:39 AM
🔥Climate change may unravel plant–#hummingbird interactions in the #AtlanticForest.
🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.
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🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.
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🕊️ Tracking American Golden Plover #migration reveals low migratory #connectivity: birds from Arctic breeding sites mix widely across #stopovers and southern wintering grounds.
🌐Shared threats along migration routes may impact populations similarly.
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🌐Shared threats along migration routes may impact populations similarly.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
🕊️ Tracking American Golden Plover #migration reveals low migratory #connectivity: birds from Arctic breeding sites mix widely across #stopovers and southern wintering grounds.
🌐Shared threats along migration routes may impact populations similarly.
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🌐Shared threats along migration routes may impact populations similarly.
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🐻 How much space do #brownbears still have in Europe?
🌍 #SDMs show that ~37% of the continent remains suitable #habitat, but #connectivity is fragmented by #agriculture and human development, highlighting the need for transboundary #conservation.
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🌍 #SDMs show that ~37% of the continent remains suitable #habitat, but #connectivity is fragmented by #agriculture and human development, highlighting the need for transboundary #conservation.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
🐻 How much space do #brownbears still have in Europe?
🌍 #SDMs show that ~37% of the continent remains suitable #habitat, but #connectivity is fragmented by #agriculture and human development, highlighting the need for transboundary #conservation.
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🌍 #SDMs show that ~37% of the continent remains suitable #habitat, but #connectivity is fragmented by #agriculture and human development, highlighting the need for transboundary #conservation.
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🗞️ New paper out!
⛰️#SpeciesRichness of non-volant #mammals on Papua New Guinea´s highest mountain shows no mid-elevation peak: it rises linearly across continuous #rainforest and drops sharply in the subalpine zone.
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⛰️#SpeciesRichness of non-volant #mammals on Papua New Guinea´s highest mountain shows no mid-elevation peak: it rises linearly across continuous #rainforest and drops sharply in the subalpine zone.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🗞️ New paper out!
⛰️#SpeciesRichness of non-volant #mammals on Papua New Guinea´s highest mountain shows no mid-elevation peak: it rises linearly across continuous #rainforest and drops sharply in the subalpine zone.
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⛰️#SpeciesRichness of non-volant #mammals on Papua New Guinea´s highest mountain shows no mid-elevation peak: it rises linearly across continuous #rainforest and drops sharply in the subalpine zone.
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📈 The Student Award goes to Maëlys Boënnec and co-authors for the paper "Non-linearity and Temporal Variability Are Overlooked Components of Global Vertebrate Population Dynamics".
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#PopulationTrends #Biodiversity #Ecology
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#PopulationTrends #Biodiversity #Ecology
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📈 The Student Award goes to Maëlys Boënnec and co-authors for the paper "Non-linearity and Temporal Variability Are Overlooked Components of Global Vertebrate Population Dynamics".
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#PopulationTrends #Biodiversity #Ecology
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#PopulationTrends #Biodiversity #Ecology
🦌 The Early Career Researcher Award goes to @MarcoDavoli3 and co-authors for the paper "Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long-Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe".
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#Biogeography #Zooarchaeology
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#Biogeography #Zooarchaeology
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🦌 The Early Career Researcher Award goes to @MarcoDavoli3 and co-authors for the paper "Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long-Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe".
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#Biogeography #Zooarchaeology
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#Biogeography #Zooarchaeology
🌱 Do invasive #plants shift their #niche in China?
Most #alienspecies show strong niche conservatism, with warmer, human-impacted areas driving centroid shifts. Residence time and propagule pressure boost niche filling and thus invasion success. 🌴
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Most #alienspecies show strong niche conservatism, with warmer, human-impacted areas driving centroid shifts. Residence time and propagule pressure boost niche filling and thus invasion success. 🌴
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December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🌱 Do invasive #plants shift their #niche in China?
Most #alienspecies show strong niche conservatism, with warmer, human-impacted areas driving centroid shifts. Residence time and propagule pressure boost niche filling and thus invasion success. 🌴
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Most #alienspecies show strong niche conservatism, with warmer, human-impacted areas driving centroid shifts. Residence time and propagule pressure boost niche filling and thus invasion success. 🌴
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🌎 How will forest #birds in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest fare under #climatechange?
🪶 Models for 292 species reveal range contractions and declines in #taxonomic, functional and #PhylogeneticDiversity, highlighting key subregions for conservation.
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🪶 Models for 292 species reveal range contractions and declines in #taxonomic, functional and #PhylogeneticDiversity, highlighting key subregions for conservation.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🌎 How will forest #birds in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest fare under #climatechange?
🪶 Models for 292 species reveal range contractions and declines in #taxonomic, functional and #PhylogeneticDiversity, highlighting key subregions for conservation.
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🪶 Models for 292 species reveal range contractions and declines in #taxonomic, functional and #PhylogeneticDiversity, highlighting key subregions for conservation.
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🏔️ How are alpine specialists shifting their #niche under #climatechange? A hierarchical framework on an alpine #finch reveals a 40–64% #habitat contraction and an upslope shift of ~280 m, highlighting the value of scaled habitats in conservation.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🏔️ How are alpine specialists shifting their #niche under #climatechange? A hierarchical framework on an alpine #finch reveals a 40–64% #habitat contraction and an upslope shift of ~280 m, highlighting the value of scaled habitats in conservation.
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🦇 After severe declines from white-nose syndrome, where do northern long-eared #bats persist?
🔊 #Acoustic data show highest #occupancy on steep, forested, low-impact hillsides and how #spatialmodels plus early-season surveys improve #monitoring.
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🔊 #Acoustic data show highest #occupancy on steep, forested, low-impact hillsides and how #spatialmodels plus early-season surveys improve #monitoring.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
🦇 After severe declines from white-nose syndrome, where do northern long-eared #bats persist?
🔊 #Acoustic data show highest #occupancy on steep, forested, low-impact hillsides and how #spatialmodels plus early-season surveys improve #monitoring.
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🔊 #Acoustic data show highest #occupancy on steep, forested, low-impact hillsides and how #spatialmodels plus early-season surveys improve #monitoring.
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🌍 African #savanna science is heavily skewed: 46% of studies come from just 2% of #ProtectedAreas. Using the new ADSPA geodatabase, this work identifies five #bioclimatic groups and reveals major research gaps across underrepresented savannas. 🐘
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🌍 African #savanna science is heavily skewed: 46% of studies come from just 2% of #ProtectedAreas. Using the new ADSPA geodatabase, this work identifies five #bioclimatic groups and reveals major research gaps across underrepresented savannas. 🐘
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🌱 How far can plants really shift their future range under #climatechange? Using #SDMs for 1318 European species, this study shows that most #plants can’t track shifting climates.
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
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⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🌱 How far can plants really shift their future range under #climatechange? Using #SDMs for 1318 European species, this study shows that most #plants can’t track shifting climates.
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
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⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
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🐟 In the warming Barents Sea, #fish communities show only partial reversals during brief cooling.
🌐 #Biogeographic responses differ across sub-regions, highlighting that local #heterogeneity matters for management.
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🌐 #Biogeographic responses differ across sub-regions, highlighting that local #heterogeneity matters for management.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🐟 In the warming Barents Sea, #fish communities show only partial reversals during brief cooling.
🌐 #Biogeographic responses differ across sub-regions, highlighting that local #heterogeneity matters for management.
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🌐 #Biogeographic responses differ across sub-regions, highlighting that local #heterogeneity matters for management.
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🐆 How much did Asian leopards adapt after dispersing from Africa? A global #SDM shows most Asian subspecies still occupy an ancestral #bioclimatic niche, with limited shifts into colder or more seasonal environments, mainly in the Persian #leopard.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🐆 How much did Asian leopards adapt after dispersing from Africa? A global #SDM shows most Asian subspecies still occupy an ancestral #bioclimatic niche, with limited shifts into colder or more seasonal environments, mainly in the Persian #leopard.
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⛰️ Along tropical mountains, environmental heterogeneity amplifies the link between #biodiversity and #ecosystemfunctioning.
🌿 Using multiple taxa and functions, this study shows that #speciesrichness, more than turnover, drives BEF relationship.
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🌿 Using multiple taxa and functions, this study shows that #speciesrichness, more than turnover, drives BEF relationship.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
⛰️ Along tropical mountains, environmental heterogeneity amplifies the link between #biodiversity and #ecosystemfunctioning.
🌿 Using multiple taxa and functions, this study shows that #speciesrichness, more than turnover, drives BEF relationship.
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🌿 Using multiple taxa and functions, this study shows that #speciesrichness, more than turnover, drives BEF relationship.
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🧬 This new study aims to advancing #MarineConservation using #metabarcoding and metaphylogeography for a multi-year biomonitoring of #benthic communities of national parks across two seas 🌊
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December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🧬 This new study aims to advancing #MarineConservation using #metabarcoding and metaphylogeography for a multi-year biomonitoring of #benthic communities of national parks across two seas 🌊
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🌳 New forest plots from the #Congo Basin reveal how #edaphic conditions shape structure, #biodiversity and #carbonstock. Seasonally flooded forests host distinct floras yet store similar AGC to terra firme, highlighting overlooked ecosystems in #tropicalforests.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🌳 New forest plots from the #Congo Basin reveal how #edaphic conditions shape structure, #biodiversity and #carbonstock. Seasonally flooded forests host distinct floras yet store similar AGC to terra firme, highlighting overlooked ecosystems in #tropicalforests.
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🐟 Extreme drought, intensified by #climatechange, reshaped floodplain #fish communities in China, cutting both taxonomic and functional diversity. Even after hydrological #connectivity was restored, recovery remained incomplete.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🐟 Extreme drought, intensified by #climatechange, reshaped floodplain #fish communities in China, cutting both taxonomic and functional diversity. Even after hydrological #connectivity was restored, recovery remained incomplete.
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