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Irena Simova
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Macroecology | Vegetation ecology | Biodiversity | Ecosystem functioning | Anthropocene | Paleoecology
Assistant prof. @cts.cuni.cz and @sciencecharles.bsky.social Prague 🇨🇿

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Nov 18
Curious about the forces shaping #biodiversity and its equilibrium states? 🌍 Check out Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics (ETBD), developed by our team led by David Storch, offering a unifying framework to understand diversity dynamics, equilibria, and global patterns.
🧵👇 #Macroecology

Reposted by Irena Šímová, Benjamin Wildermuth

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 4d
The newest episode of #InsideBiodiversity is out now!

Guest Helmut Hillebrand talks about tipping points and planetary boundaries.

💬 “If you only retrospectively can say, ‘Oh, now we have crossed it,’ then of course it’s rather useless.”

Listen and subscribe now: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Reposted by Jonathan Lenoir, Sabina Burrascano, Irena Šímová

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 8d
In our new article led by Gabriele Midolo, published in Ecology Letters, we show that plant species richness in European plant communities generally decreased between the 1960s and 1980s. However, since the 1990s, this trend seems to have stopped or even reversed.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 11d
🎧 David Storch z @cts.cuni.cz v podcastu Pavla Mirovského
O změnách přírody kolem nás, návratu velkých zvířat, problémech ochrany přírody, evoluci i antropocénu.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T_...
David Storch: Green Deal, Evoluce, Darwin, Člověk, Zvíře #84
YouTube video by Pavel Mirovský
www.youtube.com

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 12d
On a busy day I had a TED talk published. This talk is about the energy flows of the living world, and how we need to centre this vibrancy as a core value when thinking about working with nature for climate change and other challenges

www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
How to measure the planet’s heartbeat
Ecosystem scientist Yadvinder Malhi takes us on a jaw-dropping journey through the hidden flows of energy that make life on Earth tick. From sun-soaked forests to tropical islands, he shows how his te...
www.ted.com

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 27d
Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org

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Global Ecology 🌐 @global-ecology.bsky.social · 28d
🌐 Global Ecology feed Digest #35 Oct 06-13, 32 posts!

✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share

👉 globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.g...

DM if you want to receive the link weekly

🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
bluesky Global Ecology Feed Digest #35
Curated digest of the bluesky Global Ecology feed on biodiversity, ecosystems & conservation at large scales. Terrestrial, freswater & marine realms.
globalecologybs.github.io

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Robert Tropek @robtrop.bsky.social · Oct 10
New preprint!

“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”

Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 25
📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).

An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.

🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 22
We’ve wrapped up our on-site week in Prague and now move into the final online phase of the micro-credential “Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in Transdisciplinary Perspective.” Closing block = 3 sessions + mentor-led groups leading to final projects. 🚀
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Sep 21
Cool! I would be curious to see where non-native and low-income men are on the graph!

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Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social · Sep 19
New review out: how humans have shaped ecosystems for millenia. Greatful to all co-authors!! ⭐️⭐️ rdcu.be/eG8Ai

Reposted by Irena Šímová

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Péter Szabó @pszaboenviro.bsky.social · Sep 19
Our recent paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
resulted from a wonderful workhop in Sevilla in 2023. You can now watch all the presentations from this workshop here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#envhist #histecol
SOURCES 2023 - YouTube
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Nicole Boivin, Martín A. Núñez, Joaquín Hortal , and 4 more

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Sep 19
Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 18
📢 Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.

On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz

🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...
Centrum pro teoretická studia
www.cts.cuni.cz

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 8
Today marks the start of the main (in-person) part of our summer school on the topic of the Anthropocene: The Contemporary World from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. This time, it will be held entirely in English. #ctssummerschool

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Rob Marchant, Ana S. L. Rodrigues , and 5 more

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Sep 4
🌍 The International Biogeography Society’s 12th Biennial Conference — TIBS Aarhus 2026 — will take place Jan 6–10 in Aarhus, Denmark: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-... 🐘🍃🌴We're looking forward to hosting it!
#Biogeography is central to understanding the #biosphere & is more important than ever!♨️

Reposted by Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Joaquín Hortal, Elena Litchman , and 2 more

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · Sep 4
We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Sep 4
Warm congratulations @elbohdalkova.bsky.social on her well-deserved PhD achievement!
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🎉Congratulations to @elbohdalkova.bsky.social from @cts.cuni.cz on the successful defense of her PhD thesis yesterday:
“Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: Components and Consequences”

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Sep 4
🎉Congratulations to @elbohdalkova.bsky.social from @cts.cuni.cz on the successful defense of her PhD thesis yesterday:
“Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics: Components and Consequences”

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Aug 12
AI reviewers prefer AI-written papers
kulveit.bsky.social Jan Kulveit @kulveit.bsky.social · Aug 8
Being human in an economy populated by AI agents would suck. Our new study in @pnas.org finds that AI assistants—used for everything from shopping to reviewing academic papers—show a consistent, implicit bias for other AIs: "AI-AI bias". You may be affected

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Jan Kulveit @kulveit.bsky.social · Aug 8
Being human in an economy populated by AI agents would suck. Our new study in @pnas.org finds that AI assistants—used for everything from shopping to reviewing academic papers—show a consistent, implicit bias for other AIs: "AI-AI bias". You may be affected

Reposted by Michael Schmitt, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Kevin J. Anchukaitis , and 8 more

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Margaret Evans @mekevans.bsky.social · Jul 31
New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change
Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...
www.nature.com

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Jan Turek @janturek.bsky.social · Jul 28
Just excavating Late Neolithic or Late Bronze Age barrow with a ring ditch in Račiněves, nést The mythical Mount Říp. To be continued…🤎

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Jul 25
Join us at @cts.cuni.cz if you have a recent PhD or expect to finish by the end of the year.
Two years of academic freedom in highly inspiring environment!
cts.cuni.cz Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 25
📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
cuni.cz

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 25
📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
cuni.cz

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Marc Cadotte @urban-sci.bsky.social · Mar 7
The global urban non-native flora is out! Seven years of work with amazing colleagues. GUBIC includes >8K species for 550 cities across the globe. bit.ly/3Fbj1wI. And the data available here zenodo.org/records/1455.... @djli.bsky.social @flamontano.bsky.social @smartenwinter.bsky.social
GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants
By integrating multiple data sources, we compiled a Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium (GUBIC) for vascular plants representing 553 urban centres from 61 countries across every continent ex....
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David Zelený @zdealveindy.bsky.social · Jul 11
I am searching for 1-2 postdocs to join our research team at the Vegetation Ecology Lab, IEEB, National Taiwan University, from August 2025 for one to three years.

Details: davidzeleny.net/veglab/lib/e...

davidzeleny.net/veglab

#postdocjobs #vegetation #TaiwanIsaCountry

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Jul 9
Explore how PCI is spotlighted in this Le Monde piece, which outlines the challenges in academic publishing and discusses alternative paths. The full article (for subscribers): buff.ly/sGnBWp8. #ScholarlyPublishing #LeMonde
Le monde des revues scientifiques au bord de l’asphyxie
Plus de trois millions d’articles sont publiés chaque année dans les revues scientifiques, les chercheurs étant incités à les multiplier pour se distinguer. Une logique économique perverse s’est…
www.lemonde.fr

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Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Jul 7
🌐 #macroecology

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Jul 7
🌍 New in Science: Consistent energy–diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates
Co-authored by @elbohdalkova.bsky.social & David Storch from @cts.cuni.cz
📌 Temperature drives richness in ectotherms (metabolic theory) and has indirect effects in endotherms
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Consistent energy-diversity relationships in terrestrial vertebrates
Ecologists have long proposed that environments providing more energy can support more species, yet empirical evidence frequently contradicts this expectation. We argue that such inconsistencies resul...
www.science.org