Macroecology | Vegetation ecology | Biodiversity | Ecosystem functioning | Anthropocene | Paleoecology
Assistant prof. @cts.cuni.cz and @sciencecharles.bsky.social Prague 🇨🇿
University of Arizona; Czech Academy of Sciences; Charles University; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Center for Theoretical Physics • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies
🧵👇 #Macroecology
Reposted by Ondřej Mottl
Vladimír Remeš (excellent scientist and mentor) is hiring a postdoc to study bird diversity across biomes, linking species pools, traits, climate & history using big data, fieldwork, and modelling.
🔗 pracuj.upol.cz/nc/zprava/cl...
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Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Irena Šímová
In the final event, Professor @jcsvenning.bsky.social spoke, amongst other things, about the vital role of large herbivores in shaping natural ecosystems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTts...
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
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You now have until 31 Jan to submit a Thematic Session proposal for NSO-GfÖ 2026 (14–17 Sept, Odense).
Got an ecological topic you think deserves the spotlight? We want to hear it. 💡🌿
Guidelines: vist.ly/4nbus
Submit: vist.ly/4nbuv
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🎤 Talk: Writing Scientific Papers in Vegetation Science
📣Prof. Milan Chytrý
📅 January 28th, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM CET
💻 YS’ Zoom Room
✏️ Registration Form: tinyurl.com/youngscienti...
#VegSci #IAVS #YoungScientists
Reposted by Pavel Kratina, Irena Šímová
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
Reposted by Joaquín Hortal, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Irena Šímová
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
Reposted by Irena Šímová, Joan Dudney
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
❤️FRONTIERS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY❤️
biogeography.pensoft.net
#tibs2026 #macroecology @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social
To celebrate all the ECR Biogeographers, we have created a starter pack so you can follow all the exciting work being done:
go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK
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Four poster rooms, loads of posters, buzzing discussions, and outstanding science — don’t miss one of the most interactive sessions of the conference.
#biogeography #macroecology
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Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Julie L. Lockwood, Irena Šímová
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
Reposted by Irena Šímová
Precaution in complex systems
Lessons from past extinctions
Positive tipping points toward sustainability
🔗More: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
Reposted by Irena Šímová, Anna Tószögyová
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Reposted by Irena Šímová
• @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
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Reposted by Irena Šímová, Jan Smyčka
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Reposted by Irena Šímová, Benjamin Wildermuth
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