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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 6d

@annarl.bsky.social used the interaction functional space combining plant and animal #traits to show that the recovery of functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions is delayed by about 20 years after deforestation @reassemblynet.bsky.social 🧮➕📏
Open access: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Delayed recovery of seed-dispersal interactions after deforestation

Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions is delayed in pa...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 6d

Happy to share this important study by @annarl.bsky.social using her newly collected data in Ecuadorian Chocó forest @reassemblynet.bsky.social and a Bayesian model to estimate the recovery time of seed dispersal by animals after deforestation 🧪🌎

Anna R Landim @annarl.bsky.social · 6d

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...

Delayed recovery of seed-dispersal interactions after deforestation

Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions is delayed in pa...

www.cell.com

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Jul 2

☀️Our July Issue is out now!☀️

📙On the cover: The purple-throated carib, a large hummingbird endemic to the islands of the Lesser Antilles. Photo credit: Maximilian Vollstädt🐦

Read it here👇
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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Anna R Landim @annarl.bsky.social · Mar 6

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/...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Mar 5

We simulated how avian seed dispersal shapes connectivity b/w forest patches. What really matters: fruit diversity increases dispersal, especially to distant patches. A complex simulation by @annarl.bsky.social with implications for #rainforest recovery 🌐🧪🌎 #Reassembly #ProcB doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Isa Donoso @isatxu.bsky.social · Jan 9

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

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Anna R Landim @annarl.bsky.social · Feb 25

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

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Feb 25

Trait matching between interacting bird and plant species is widespread globally! Yet its importance for avian seed dispersal is not just about complementarity among consumers but it depends on the resource traits in a community 🧪🌐 Now out in Ecology Letters: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · Feb 17

#Reassembly of a tropical #rainforest: A new #chronosequence in the #Chocó tested with the #recovery of #ree attributes
Our basic article is now online, with all the information on our study design and exciting results for trees.
www.reassembly.de/posts/basic-...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Feb 15

I enjoyed some great discussions about the ecology of protea plants (and the manifold links to their animal partners) in the Western Cape over the last week. It's just such an amazing team and great place to work 🇿🇦 #ProteaChange

The ProteaChange team at Kogel Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · Jan 21

If you're interested in Ecology at larger scales, here's the second volume of the Global Ecology starter pack!
go.bsky.app/L37W5uH

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Dec 11

Can you please add me? Thanks!!

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Nov 20

👀Behind the Paper!👀

🌲Valentin Graf, a PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, discusses the importance of moving from species to individual scale in ecology, overcoming research setbacks, and the benefits of aerial fieldwork🐦

Read it here👇
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Valentin Graf: The importance of individual behavior for bird-mediated seed dispersal

In our latest post Valentin Graf, PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, presents his work ‘Individual behavior shapes patterns of bird-mediated seed dis...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Dec 7

The first pygmy cormorants have
bred in SE Germany in 2022 and they continue to expand. Similar trends occur for many other cormorant species globally, likely due to higher food availability and better legal protection. This first year bird is the first at my local patch in #Mainz. Success stories!

A first-year pygmy cormorant resting on a branch above the water.

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Dec 3

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...

The figure shows the beauty and diversity of tree-related microhabitats recorded on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · Dec 2

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-...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks so much for this great contribution to the C&S section of Ecological Monographs! Charlotte's paper was actually one of our first invited contributions to this section. If you have cool and innovative ideas like this one, please have a look: www.esa.org/wp-content/u...

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RiffReporter @riffreporter.bsky.social · Nov 8

#Fakten allein reichen nicht aus, um die #Klimakrise zu begreifen, argumentiert Samira El Ouassil. In einem Gespräch mit Silke Jäger erklärt sie, dass Geschichten emotional ansprechen und helfen, abstrakte Krisen wie den #Klimawandel besser zu verstehen: @samelou.bsky.social

Warum Geschichten in der Klimakrise einen Unterschied machen

Samira El Ouassil erklärt, warum Erzählungen uns helfen können die Klimakrise besser zu verstehen und zu bekämpfe. Ein Gespräch über Narrative und Psychologie.

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 23

Please add me, Emilio. Thanks!

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Nov 22

Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests

Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature

An estimated area of 215 million hectares has the potential for natural forest regeneration across tropical forested countries and biomes, representing an above-ground carbon sequestration potential o...

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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · Nov 22

Tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) 🌴🌳are important for #biodiversity, and particularly diverse in the #tropics.
A useful new catalogue defined and applied by Ronja Nußer at @eco_FSF & coauthors published in Ecol Indicators, see
reassembly.de/news/trees-hos

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please add me. Thanks :)

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please add me. Thanks! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thanks Brian! It would be great if you can add me to the trait-based ecology and macroecology starter packs.

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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · Nov 20

I love nature and the challenge to understand how all its bits and pieces interact to form an ecosystem - including how we as humans shape and relate to nature. Here we are at Senckenberg: www.senckenberg.de/en/institute...

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