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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

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 2d

"Jestli chceme zachovat přírodní rozmanitost světa, nezbývá než mít nějaká území nějak chráněna. Vtip je v tom, že mohou být chráněna velmi různě," říká kolega David Storch v rozhovoru pro Seznam Zprávy. #mediacts www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domac...

Expert vysvětluje, kde mají v Česku vzniknout národní parky - Seznam Zprávy

Ze staré vlády na novou přešly i spory o ochranu přírody: Máme víc chránit Křivoklátsko a moravský Soutok? V rozhovoru odpovídá biolog David Storch. Nic lepšího než chráněná území lidstvo proti vymírá...

www.seznamzpravy.cz

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Julie L. Lockwood, Irena Šímová

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 4d

Sad news … we lost a visionary scientist. His work and writing changed my understanding of the rules of ecological systems and evolutionary history

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 21d

I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢

🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience

Three books by W. Bond and collaborators: Fire and plants (1996), Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems (2012), and Open ecosystems (2019).

Reposted by Irena Šímová

Erica Newman @ericanewmanecology.bsky.social · 12d

I finally published my last dissertation chapter. In many ways, this was the most complicated one. I am very grateful to the team of scientists who went through the 10+ years of grant writing, data collection, analysis and writing with me. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Although anthropogenically-induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruption...

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Irena Šímová

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15d

🌿 Prof. Marten Scheffer on #InsideBiodiversity: protecting nature isn’t only about avoiding tipping points. It’s an ethical duty. 🎙️With iDiv, he discusses:

Precaution in complex systems
Lessons from past extinctions
Positive tipping points toward sustainability

🔗More: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Reposted by Helmut Hillebrand, Elena Litchman, Pavel Kratina , and 2 more Helmut Hillebrand, Elena Litchman, Pavel Kratina, Malte Jochum, Irena Šímová

Angélica L. González @ecolgonzalez.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications

Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Irena Šímová, Anna Tószögyová

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 17d

Arnošt Šizling from @cts.cuni.cz and colleagues just published (online) a paper in Ecography showing that all pairwise community indices can be classified into only three meaningful families, and that the popular partitioning into nestedness and turnover makes no sense.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · 19d

and also @inirubio.bsky.social

Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · 20d

@karolinahavlikova.bsky.social

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · 22d

Congratulations to our colleagues on their newly awarded #GAČR grants! 🎉
• @kulveit.bsky.social — Bounded Rationality in Human–AI Systems
• @cerezer.bsky.social — Macro-eco-evolutionary crossroads: traits, climate variation & speciation rates

Reposted by Irena Šímová

Péter Szabó @pszaboenviro.bsky.social · Nov 25

An interesting ecological analysis of wood-pasture paintings
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Grazing with trees”: a visual journey through silvopastoralism in European art - Agroforestry Systems

This article explores the representation of silvopastoral systems in European art from the 16th to the nineteenth century, with a specific focus on ruminant livestock grazing in wooded environments. D...

link.springer.com

Irena Simova @isimova.bsky.social · Nov 14

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Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Nov 14

‪New paper by David Storch, @graceridder.bsky.social & Jordan Okie in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social applying the Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics to Cenozoic diversity. Temperate diversity likely below equilibrium; tropical diversity may be above it.
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...

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Reposted by Irena Šímová, Jan Smyčka

Center for Theoretical Study @cts.cuni.cz · Nov 14

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Reposted by Irena Šímová, Benjamin Wildermuth

iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Nov 6

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

Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · Nov 2

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 · Oct 30

🎧 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

Reposted by Mathias Disney, Irena Šímová

Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · Oct 29

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

Reposted by Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Robin J. Pakeman , and 6 more Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Robin J. Pakeman, Márk E. Hauber, Stephen D. Murphy, Susanne Lachmuth, Irena Šímová, Billur Bektaş, Bert Wuyts

Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Oct 14

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 · Oct 13

🌐 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

Reposted by Zuzana Musilová, Irena Šímová

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/

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

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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 Nicole Boivin, Martín A. Núñez, Joaquín Hortal, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Jason Williams, Irena Šímová, Ondřej Mottl

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

Reposted by Irena Šímová

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 Brian J. Enquist, Rob Marchant, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Julie L. Lockwood, Julian Schrader, Ferran Sayol, Danilo M. Neves, Irena Šímová

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 Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Joaquín Hortal, Elena Litchman, Julian Schrader, Irena Šímová

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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