BES Macro
@besmacro.bsky.social
We are the British Ecological Society Macroecology & Macroevolution Special Interest Group. We run the annual #BESMacro conference and will gladly repost papers and opportunities of interest to our members!
Meet the #BES2025 SIGs on floor -1! We’ll be heading to our social at Frankenstein later too! Come say hi to some of our committee:
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Meet the #BES2025 SIGs on floor -1! We’ll be heading to our social at Frankenstein later too! Come say hi to some of our committee:
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
@inesismartins.bsky.social
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@lauraloubio.bsky.social
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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Day one of #BES2025 has been great so far! Looking forward to meeting some new people at the meet the SIGs session and the @besmacro.bsky.social and @bes-conservation.bsky.social joint social later on today!
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Day one of #BES2025 has been great so far! Looking forward to meeting some new people at the meet the SIGs session and the @besmacro.bsky.social and @bes-conservation.bsky.social joint social later on today!
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..and we are off #BES2025! Great Plenary by Sandra Diaz on the global spectrum of plant form and function 🌿+ People 👥+ a pinch of Policy 🌐. @britishecologicalsociety.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
..and we are off #BES2025! Great Plenary by Sandra Diaz on the global spectrum of plant form and function 🌿+ People 👥+ a pinch of Policy 🌐. @britishecologicalsociety.org
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#BES2025 is well under way!
Join us at the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub tonight for a fun social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺 See you there!
Join us at the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub tonight for a fun social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺 See you there!
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#BES2025 is well under way!
Join us at the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub tonight for a fun social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺 See you there!
Join us at the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub tonight for a fun social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺 See you there!
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I really can't recommend the Macro Committee enough - we have tons of fun and organise a really cool annual meeting :)
Join the BES Macro committee!
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I really can't recommend the Macro Committee enough - we have tons of fun and organise a really cool annual meeting :)
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Are you attending #BES2025 this week & looking for some tips to help get your research published? 🤔🧪
Come along to one of our two sessions with @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social where we'll be discussing each step of the academic publishing journey! 📑🌏
Come along to one of our two sessions with @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social where we'll be discussing each step of the academic publishing journey! 📑🌏
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Are you attending #BES2025 this week & looking for some tips to help get your research published? 🤔🧪
Come along to one of our two sessions with @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social where we'll be discussing each step of the academic publishing journey! 📑🌏
Come along to one of our two sessions with @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social where we'll be discussing each step of the academic publishing journey! 📑🌏
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🤔Sorting out your schedule for the #BES2025 Annual Meeting? Interested in becoming an Associate Editor?
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🤔Sorting out your schedule for the #BES2025 Annual Meeting? Interested in becoming an Associate Editor?
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
💡Join editors from across the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals for a workshop covering the ins-and-outs of peer review and what it takes to work effectively as an editor!
🧪🌍
Join the BES Macro committee!
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join the BES Macro committee!
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
We're recruiting a vice chair and 1-2 ordinary members to help us make macroecology & macroevolution a better place.
More information on how to apply in the link, and come chat at #BES2025 if you happen to be around!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
We're excited to announce that #BESMacro2026 will be July 15-17 at the University of Reading. Save the date, and look out for more details in the new year!
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We're excited to announce that #BESMacro2026 will be July 15-17 at the University of Reading. Save the date, and look out for more details in the new year!
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Attending #BES2025? Join the ALDER, REED, & EDGE networks for our triple festive social 🎄🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh
🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec
We hope to see you there! 😁
More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh
🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec
We hope to see you there! 😁
More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Attending #BES2025? Join the ALDER, REED, & EDGE networks for our triple festive social 🎄🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh
🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec
We hope to see you there! 😁
More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh
🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec
We hope to see you there! 😁
More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org
Are you excited for #BES2025 ? We sure are! You can catch us at the ‘Meet the SIGs’ event on Tuesday, as well as the Conservation & Macro SIGs Social later that evening. Please drop by and say hi!
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Are you excited for #BES2025 ? We sure are! You can catch us at the ‘Meet the SIGs’ event on Tuesday, as well as the Conservation & Macro SIGs Social later that evening. Please drop by and say hi!
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New paper! Here we look at shape evolution of the mandible in Pelagiaria, a group of open-ocean fishes that includes tuna and mackerel. We find that shape disparity accumulated rapidly at the origin of the clade at around the K/Pg boundary... academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
Adaptive radiation of pelagiarian fishes at the K/Pg boundary led to rapid diversification of mandible morphology
Abstract. Mandibles represent a key evolutionary innovation that has enabled jawed vertebrates to adapt and diversify in response to a range of food source
academic.oup.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New paper! Here we look at shape evolution of the mandible in Pelagiaria, a group of open-ocean fishes that includes tuna and mackerel. We find that shape disparity accumulated rapidly at the origin of the clade at around the K/Pg boundary... academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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Effects of future climate extreme heat events and land use changes on land vertebrates
"By [2100], ... 7895 species are expected to face extreme heat events and/or unsuitable land use changes across their entire range, & thus potentially go globally extinct"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"By [2100], ... 7895 species are expected to face extreme heat events and/or unsuitable land use changes across their entire range, & thus potentially go globally extinct"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Effects of Future Climate Extreme Heat Events and Land Use Changes on Land Vertebrates
Our study demonstrates how the combined effects of extreme heat events resulting from climate change and land-use change may impact land vertebrates worldwide by 2100. Using global projections across...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Effects of future climate extreme heat events and land use changes on land vertebrates
"By [2100], ... 7895 species are expected to face extreme heat events and/or unsuitable land use changes across their entire range, & thus potentially go globally extinct"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"By [2100], ... 7895 species are expected to face extreme heat events and/or unsuitable land use changes across their entire range, & thus potentially go globally extinct"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
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High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100 🌎🧪 🌐 www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100
Harmonized land-use and land-cover datasets that include past and future periods are
key to solving sustainability issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
However, existing harmonized pr...
www.cell.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
High-resolution land-use maps from 1960 to 2100 🌎🧪 🌐 www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
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👇👍 #scaling
Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
👇👍 #scaling
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Resurveys show changes in #kelp species composition consistent w/ warming: “losses of…the cold-tolerant kelp species *Alaria esculenta*, *Saccorhiza dermatodea* & *Agarum clathratum* in Nova Scotia since 1982 in favour of the more warm-tolerant kelps *Saccharina latissima* & *Laminaria digitata*.” 🦑
♻️🆓: Loss, resilience and recovery of kelp forests in a region of rapid ocean warming
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Resurveys show changes in #kelp species composition consistent w/ warming: “losses of…the cold-tolerant kelp species *Alaria esculenta*, *Saccorhiza dermatodea* & *Agarum clathratum* in Nova Scotia since 1982 in favour of the more warm-tolerant kelps *Saccharina latissima* & *Laminaria digitata*.” 🦑
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On Thursday 11th December, at 3 PM CET, we will present results from our #CESAB working group #BIOSHIFTS on species range shifts in response to climate change 🌡📈🌳🦔🦉🐝🦎🐟🐚🦈
CESABINAR #12
Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊
shorturl.at/p7J2R
@frbiodiv.bsky.social
🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🏔⛰️🗻
CESABINAR #12
Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊
shorturl.at/p7J2R
@frbiodiv.bsky.social
🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🏔⛰️🗻
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
On Thursday 11th December, at 3 PM CET, we will present results from our #CESAB working group #BIOSHIFTS on species range shifts in response to climate change 🌡📈🌳🦔🦉🐝🦎🐟🐚🦈
CESABINAR #12
Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊
shorturl.at/p7J2R
@frbiodiv.bsky.social
🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🏔⛰️🗻
CESABINAR #12
Find the Zoom link on the webpage of #FRB below & attend 😊
shorturl.at/p7J2R
@frbiodiv.bsky.social
🧪🌐🌍🌎🌏🏔⛰️🗻
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Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities
Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to unde...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
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Want to publish in @britishecologicalsociety.org journals but worried about the cost? First check your options and don't be afraid to ask for a waiver if you need one.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Want to publish in @britishecologicalsociety.org journals but worried about the cost? First check your options and don't be afraid to ask for a waiver if you need one.
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We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
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Contrasted effects of human pressure on biodiversity in the UK: a multi-taxonomic assessment using airborne environmental DNA vist.ly/4hmmz #eDNA #Metabarcoding
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Contrasted effects of human pressure on biodiversity in the UK: a multi-taxonomic assessment using airborne environmental DNA vist.ly/4hmmz #eDNA #Metabarcoding
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University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
University of Birmingham, UK, are advertising a permanant position (Assistant or Associate Professor) in *Forests under Global Change*. A wide net has been cast - ecology, physiology, modelling, remote sensing, functioning, biodiversity, management... 🌲🌱🌳🌳🦌🌳🛰️🐿️🌲🔬🌳
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS459/a...
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Fine-grained spatial analysis of natural forests sheds light on spatial patterns, environmental predictors and future potential of tree species diversity diversity across China.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial patterns and future potential of tree species richness and structural diversity in China’s forests - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Multiple diversity facets contribute to forest ecosystem functioning. Here the authors investigate spatial patterns and predictors of forest tree species richness and structural diversity across China...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Fine-grained spatial analysis of natural forests sheds light on spatial patterns, environmental predictors and future potential of tree species diversity diversity across China.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...