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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 3h

Biodiversity policy needs to look forward, not just backward. 🌍
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
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Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS

Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework

doi.org

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 2h

Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.

👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 1d

#Women in #climate, #adaptation, #meteorology, #ecosystems, #socialresilience, #governance, #riskreduction, #systemschange - this event still needs many strong women's voices. Please show up! If you'd like to volunteer on an expert panel, pls DM me. I'm not organizing, but helping the organizers

Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 9d

Many of you, like me, are exasperated that we dither, bicker, and plod thru our daily lives rather than getting on with planning a coherent and pragmatic future of civilizational shift. This will be one of what I hope will be many important forums. I'm not organizing it! srm360.org/event/global...

The Global Heating Emergency

The Healthy Planet Action Coalition is bringing together scientists, policymakers, and concerned citizens for a global online conference.

srm360.org

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats, Megan! 🤗 super excited for you!

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 25d

How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Uncertainty in blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models

SDMs can provide valuable support for planning the preventive management of alien species. However, our findings show that blacklist outcomes are highly sensitive to modelling decisions. While ensemb....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 27d

We’re back. Our first seminar of the 2025-2026 season today Thursday 11 of September at 13:00 CEST #EBDseminars @ebdonana.bsky.social

Youtube link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfde...

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 27

Last day for applications!

Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Programmer in Ecological Modelling

Full-time, permanent, EG 10, Reference number: 2025/72

shorturl.at

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Keith Trujillo @neurochicano.bsky.social · Jul 17

go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 14

Yo tambien quiero! 😉

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Programmer in Ecological Modelling

Full-time, permanent, EG 10, Reference number: 2025/72

shorturl.at

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Inês Martins @inesismartins.bsky.social · Jul 4

3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York!
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.

Deadline: 10th August 2025.

All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst

@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jun 30

PhD student Gabriel Sabino presenting our findings on island rule of plants on a Marine inselberg from Brazil!
#ATBC2025

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jun 30

I am speaking at 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC2025). Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #ATBC2025 #OaxacaATBC2025 #TropicalConservation #TropicalBiology

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · Jun 27

Looking forward to seeing the people on this starter pack at #ATBC2025 If you want to be added to this list, please let me know. 🧪 in 🇲🇽 go.bsky.app/FSQE1vP

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jun 29

Waiting my delayed flight from Cancun to Oaxaca for the #ATBC2025! Hopefully I get on time for the ice breaker! Excited about new developments on forest and epiphyte modelling!

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jun 29

I would like to be in 😀

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are hiring! 6 years postsoc position (civil servant contract)! Last few days before the deadline! Please re-tweet!

Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 29

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)

100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49

shorturl.at

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 30

Missing a few people in the picture, but my Bonner lab is taking form! All that in the beautiful botanical Gardens of @unibonn.bsky.social

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 30

We r looking into microevolution and gene flow between populations.

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 30

Glad to hear that! Version 2.0 is on the way!

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 29

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)

100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49

shorturl.at

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · May 15

Funding opportunity for subsaharan researchers and professors to come for a 3-months visit to Germany in 2026! Deadline very soon (19th May), twas.org/opportunity/...

TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme - SSA

Postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa, can go on a ‘Cooperation Visit’ lasting three months to an institute in Germany.

twas.org

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · May 14

“Scientists need to step up to the plate”

Former Government Chief Scientific Advisor Sir David King to massed scientists outside Parliament yesterday

As scientists we need to hold Government to account
#BringScienceToPolitics
@sciencetopolitics.bsky.social

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René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · May 11

📢 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠! We’re offering 𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in each of our key research areas ... namely also in 🧬 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

ℹ️ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬
🔗 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/research/...

🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
🔗 Apply via: spp.uni-potsdam.de/karriere

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Dominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · May 11

Deadline tomorrow 12th of May
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Amanda Taylor 🇳🇿 🇳🇱 @amandataylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes

www.wur.nl

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