Amanda Taylor 🇳🇿 🇳🇱
@amandataylor.bsky.social
#Biodiversity #Conservation #Plants #Ecology #Islands #Macroecology #Orchids
Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, NL; Editor at Journal of Vegetation Science; Board Member Society for Island Biology
Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, NL; Editor at Journal of Vegetation Science; Board Member Society for Island Biology
Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace webinar "Diversity in island plant functional strategies" by Kasey Barton and the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social
Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/546VrpYBbccb...
Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/546VrpYBbccb...
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace webinar "Diversity in island plant functional strategies" by Kasey Barton and the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social
Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/546VrpYBbccb...
Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/546VrpYBbccb...
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Tired of digitizing biodiversity data by hand? Consider using large language models to, for example, extract plant functional traits from unstructured texts: See bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... led by @viktordo.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de, @exeter.ac.uk, @ribesresearch.bsky.social
Using large language models to extract plant functional traits from unstructured text
Premise Functional plant ecology seeks to understand how functional traits govern species distributions, community assembly, and ecosystem functions. While global trait datasets have advanced the fi...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tired of digitizing biodiversity data by hand? Consider using large language models to, for example, extract plant functional traits from unstructured texts: See bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... led by @viktordo.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de, @exeter.ac.uk, @ribesresearch.bsky.social
Don't forget to register for this interesting webinar happening tomorrow!
Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
June 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Don't forget to register for this interesting webinar happening tomorrow!
Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
June 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Come join us at the next Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
with Sandra Nogué @sandranogue.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register (free) here: forms.gle/mtgKDQqC9ad2...
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Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny
Postdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)
100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49
shorturl.at
May 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny
We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
PhD position - Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes
www.wur.nl
April 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Excited for the first webinar of 2025's Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social. Our first presenter is Luís Valente @evoisland.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register here: forms.gle/mFtLXHCWXQkD... and see image for details.
February 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Excited for the first webinar of 2025's Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social. Our first presenter is Luís Valente @evoisland.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register here: forms.gle/mFtLXHCWXQkD... and see image for details.
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Author-pays model: Check out our recent post at peeer.net/news/ to better understand the growing inequities in global science associated with high Article Processing Charges in Open Access publications. #BetterPublishing #APC #OA
News
Author-pays model and growing inequities in global science (Dec’24) Scientific publishing, in a form similar to what we know today, has existed for hundreds of years. However, in recent times…
peeer.net
December 2, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Author-pays model: Check out our recent post at peeer.net/news/ to better understand the growing inequities in global science associated with high Article Processing Charges in Open Access publications. #BetterPublishing #APC #OA
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Phylogenetic turnover of seed plants 🌱 at a global 🌐 and across phylogenetic scales: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Environmental filtering, not dispersal history, explains global patterns of phylogenetic turnover in seed plants at deep evolutionary timescales - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This modelling study integrates comprehensive regional plant inventories, environmental conditions and palaeogeographical reconstructions to assess the relative roles of environmental filtering and di...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Phylogenetic turnover of seed plants 🌱 at a global 🌐 and across phylogenetic scales: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Signed!!
Scientists:
Please join on an open letter to EU policymakers calling them to reinstate the Green Deal.
Link to the letter here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Link to sign can be found therein.
Please spread the word among scientists, to obtain enough signatories asap.
Thanks!
Please join on an open letter to EU policymakers calling them to reinstate the Green Deal.
Link to the letter here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Link to sign can be found therein.
Please spread the word among scientists, to obtain enough signatories asap.
Thanks!
EU post elections should revive the Green Deal 27.9.2024
Scientists urge EU policymakers to reinstate the Green Deal Laura Bosco1, E.R. Jasper Wubs2, Guy Pe’er3,4, Kris Decleer5, Marie Vandewalle3, Stephen Venn6, Volker Mauerhofer7, Róbert Gallé8, Vasilik...
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November 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Signed!!
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The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
November 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
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Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Assistant Professor in Biodiversity (up to three positions)
at the Department for Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, the Department of Environmental Science, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Department of Physical Geography or the Department of
su.varbi.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
I will be presenting Perspectives from Early Career Researchers at the #Evol2024 symposium on “Evolving the Publishing Ecosystem” at 4:15 pm in room 516D. Hope to see some of you there! #BetterPublishing
@peeer.bsky.social
@peeer.bsky.social
July 30, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I will be presenting Perspectives from Early Career Researchers at the #Evol2024 symposium on “Evolving the Publishing Ecosystem” at 4:15 pm in room 516D. Hope to see some of you there! #BetterPublishing
@peeer.bsky.social
@peeer.bsky.social
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Join us after lunch at the #Evol2024 symposium on “Evolving the Publishing Ecosystem” 2:30 pm in room 516D. #BetterPublishing peeer.net/events/
Events
3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology link 26 June 2024: NAVIGATING SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING (GLOBAL EDITION)Workshop description: Current changes in scientific publishing are among the most radical...
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July 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Join us after lunch at the #Evol2024 symposium on “Evolving the Publishing Ecosystem” 2:30 pm in room 516D. #BetterPublishing peeer.net/events/
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Hope to see everyone tomorrow at our symposium @peer.Baku.social @systbiol.bsky.social @ssbbulletin.bsky.social
July 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Hope to see everyone tomorrow at our symposium @peer.Baku.social @systbiol.bsky.social @ssbbulletin.bsky.social
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Annual spending on APCs went from $910 million (2019) to $2.5 billion (2023) alongside "the strain on scientific publishing." Most of those fees went to for-profit groups.
Publish with non-profit societies, save billions, fund science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2407.16551
#OpenAccess #SciPub #AcademicChatter
Publish with non-profit societies, save billions, fund science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2407.16551
#OpenAccess #SciPub #AcademicChatter
July 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Annual spending on APCs went from $910 million (2019) to $2.5 billion (2023) alongside "the strain on scientific publishing." Most of those fees went to for-profit groups.
Publish with non-profit societies, save billions, fund science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2407.16551
#OpenAccess #SciPub #AcademicChatter
Publish with non-profit societies, save billions, fund science.
arxiv.org/pdf/2407.16551
#OpenAccess #SciPub #AcademicChatter
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Plant peeps at #Evol2024, be sure to swing by the Chicago Press exhibit to say hi to @ijpsjournal.bsky.social managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social.
July 27, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Plant peeps at #Evol2024, be sure to swing by the Chicago Press exhibit to say hi to @ijpsjournal.bsky.social managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social.
We have an open PhD position at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group (Wageningen University, Netherlands) in "Climate resilience and conservation of species interactions in a changing world" - please distribute widely and send to possible candidates :) www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
July 23, 2024 at 9:58 AM
We have an open PhD position at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group (Wageningen University, Netherlands) in "Climate resilience and conservation of species interactions in a changing world" - please distribute widely and send to possible candidates :) www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Really excited to be hosting the pre-conference Early Career Workshop on Navigating the Publishing System at #Evolution2024 #Evol2024 - a timely topic, and one that disproportionately affects ECRs. Hope to see some of you there! @peeer.bsky.social www.evolutionmeetings.org/workshops-an...
July 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Really excited to be hosting the pre-conference Early Career Workshop on Navigating the Publishing System at #Evolution2024 #Evol2024 - a timely topic, and one that disproportionately affects ECRs. Hope to see some of you there! @peeer.bsky.social www.evolutionmeetings.org/workshops-an...
Come work with us in the Netherlands! Assistant Professor in vegetation-environment interactions (Tenure Track) within the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group, Wageningen University. Please share!
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
#ecology #plant #vegetation #ecosystem #professor
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
#ecology #plant #vegetation #ecosystem #professor
March 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Come work with us in the Netherlands! Assistant Professor in vegetation-environment interactions (Tenure Track) within the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group, Wageningen University. Please share!
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
#ecology #plant #vegetation #ecosystem #professor
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
#ecology #plant #vegetation #ecosystem #professor
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To all Island Ecology folks: two months left to send abstracts to the Special Issue on Island plant communities in Journal of Vegetation Science
Please help spreading the word. JVS is owned by a society reinvesting all revenue back into the community #BetterPublishing #ecology #island #conservation
Please help spreading the word. JVS is owned by a society reinvesting all revenue back into the community #BetterPublishing #ecology #island #conservation
Call for Abstracts: “Island plant communities: natural experiments at the intersection of biogeography, conservation and global change ecology”, Special Issue in the Journal of Vegetation Science - ve...
Guest Editors: Description of the Special Issue Islands have always attracted scientists because of a combination of features that make
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March 3, 2024 at 9:56 PM
To all Island Ecology folks: two months left to send abstracts to the Special Issue on Island plant communities in Journal of Vegetation Science
Please help spreading the word. JVS is owned by a society reinvesting all revenue back into the community #BetterPublishing #ecology #island #conservation
Please help spreading the word. JVS is owned by a society reinvesting all revenue back into the community #BetterPublishing #ecology #island #conservation
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A year ago we published our first Ecolclip 🎉
Thanks to all who subscribed and watched 👍
Your support makes Ecolclips possible :)
Here the link to the first clip with Rob Kooyman about the Australian rainforests
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tt...
Thanks to all who subscribed and watched 👍
Your support makes Ecolclips possible :)
Here the link to the first clip with Rob Kooyman about the Australian rainforests
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tt...
Part I: Australian Rainforests – Origin and Conservation with Dr. Robert Kooyman | EcolClips
EcolClips by Dr. Julian Schrader (Interviewer; Lecturer at Macquarie University) and Dr. Cornelia Sattler (Video production). In EcolClips we document and e...
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February 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
A year ago we published our first Ecolclip 🎉
Thanks to all who subscribed and watched 👍
Your support makes Ecolclips possible :)
Here the link to the first clip with Rob Kooyman about the Australian rainforests
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tt...
Thanks to all who subscribed and watched 👍
Your support makes Ecolclips possible :)
Here the link to the first clip with Rob Kooyman about the Australian rainforests
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tt...
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This is brilliant: @WeliMenaCo sings and dances his PhD on behavioural ecology of eastern grey kangaroos, and wins global prize!! 👍🙌
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos
Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from Canberra
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
This is brilliant: @WeliMenaCo sings and dances his PhD on behavioural ecology of eastern grey kangaroos, and wins global prize!! 👍🙌
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Poster about GIFT, the accompanying R-package and some recent studies using both at #IBS2024 in Prague. Find the paper on GIFT 3.0 and the accompanying R-package for downloading regional plant checklists, traits and environmental information for 3400 regions worldwide 🌍 here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
January 12, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Poster about GIFT, the accompanying R-package and some recent studies using both at #IBS2024 in Prague. Find the paper on GIFT 3.0 and the accompanying R-package for downloading regional plant checklists, traits and environmental information for 3400 regions worldwide 🌍 here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...