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Olivia Bates

@okbates.bsky.social

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macroecology, distribution predictions, microclimates, invasion ecology, and climate tolerances of species 🐜🐌🦜🐝🪸 📍Lausanne-London. Postdoc @UCL

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Olivia Bates @okbates.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨🐜!!! Check out our new paper where we investigate the impact of a soil level (SoilTemp) dataset on niche shifts of introduced ant species globally — using soil temperatures often lessens the extent of niche shifts between native and introduced ranges! 🐜 🐜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · Mar 21

A new study by @alexpigot.bsky.social and colleagues reveals the critical role of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems.
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Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature

Despite advances in theory and experiments, how biodiversity influences the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems remains debated. By applying new theory to data on 84,695 plant, animal, and...

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Dec 17

The moment you've all been waiting for! "Ten practical guidelines for #microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems".
Our #OA paper now out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social led by @pieterdefrenne.bsky.social and #SoilTemp core group

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Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems

Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....

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Olivia Bates @okbates.bsky.social · Nov 22

Could you please add me too!

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