Biogeography Berlin
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social
Researching land-use change & how it impacts biodiversity at
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Seeking to support biodiversity conservation.
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@tkuemmerle.bsky.social & team (check out our starterpack).
hu.berlin/biogeo
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Seeking to support biodiversity conservation.
Posts by
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social & team (check out our starterpack).
hu.berlin/biogeo
Because agribusinesses mainly expand onto land already used by smallholders, securing smallholders’ land rights can both support livelihoods and protect forests and biodiversity.
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Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present | PNAS
The expansion of commodity agriculture into tropical forests leads to major social–ecological
impacts. Yet little is known about where and how the ...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Because agribusinesses mainly expand onto land already used by smallholders, securing smallholders’ land rights can both support livelihoods and protect forests and biodiversity.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Using data from nearly 1 million km² across two major deforestation hotspots, we show that forests are lost more slowly where forest-dwelling smallholders are present – even as agriculture expands.
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Using data from nearly 1 million km² across two major deforestation hotspots, we show that forests are lost more slowly where forest-dwelling smallholders are present – even as agriculture expands.
Tropical deforestation is one of the greatest challenges for global sustainability. Diverse actors (smallholders, Indigenous communities, agribusinesses) make decisions that determine whether forests persist or disappear. How interactions & competition among actors influence the forests is unclear.
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Tropical deforestation is one of the greatest challenges for global sustainability. Diverse actors (smallholders, Indigenous communities, agribusinesses) make decisions that determine whether forests persist or disappear. How interactions & competition among actors influence the forests is unclear.
Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present – new paper out in PNAS led by Marie Pratzer
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present – new paper out in PNAS led by Marie Pratzer
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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@humboldtuni.bsky.social
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Agriculture-driven edge effects in a deforestation hotspot
👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift
👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift
Quantifying the Spatial Footprint of Agriculture‐Driven Edge Effects in a Global Deforestation Hotspot
Tropical dry forests face increasing pressure from agricultural expansion, but how this expansion impacts on remaining forests is unclear. We quantified and mapped agricultural edge effects on tree c...
doi.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Agriculture-driven edge effects in a deforestation hotspot
👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift
👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella
doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift
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Today we got to listen to an amazing talk by Bowy den Braber about the Marie Curie project and the Hohenheim research.
Very insightful and interesting!!
#guest #presentation #hu #biogeography #research
Very insightful and interesting!!
#guest #presentation #hu #biogeography #research
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Today we got to listen to an amazing talk by Bowy den Braber about the Marie Curie project and the Hohenheim research.
Very insightful and interesting!!
#guest #presentation #hu #biogeography #research
Very insightful and interesting!!
#guest #presentation #hu #biogeography #research
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#Bolivia has added nearly a million hectares to its protected areas over the last several months, an effort by local governments to link Indigenous territories with nearby national parks and strengthen #ecological connectivity.
Bolivia Indigenous communities, local gov’ts help protect nearly 1 million hectares
Bolivia has added nearly a million hectares to its protected areas over the last several months, an effort by local governments to link Indigenous territories with nearby national parks and strengthen...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
#Bolivia has added nearly a million hectares to its protected areas over the last several months, an effort by local governments to link Indigenous territories with nearby national parks and strengthen #ecological connectivity.
Thursday's SystemShift workshop brought together the many perspectives and experiences within our group. We mapped current work and explored future ideas. Next, we will align on priorities for the remaining project period. A valuable step forward for the project.
#systemshift #biogeo #research
#systemshift #biogeo #research
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Thursday's SystemShift workshop brought together the many perspectives and experiences within our group. We mapped current work and explored future ideas. Next, we will align on priorities for the remaining project period. A valuable step forward for the project.
#systemshift #biogeo #research
#systemshift #biogeo #research
There are so many perks of working in an international lab - the best one obviously being sweets as souvenirs from all over the world!!
@geolacerda.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social
#sweets #labwork #academia #international #souvenirs #biogeography #huberlin
@geolacerda.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social
#sweets #labwork #academia #international #souvenirs #biogeography #huberlin
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There are so many perks of working in an international lab - the best one obviously being sweets as souvenirs from all over the world!!
@geolacerda.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social
#sweets #labwork #academia #international #souvenirs #biogeography #huberlin
@geolacerda.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social
#sweets #labwork #academia #international #souvenirs #biogeography #huberlin
Our findings highlight the need for #birdtracking and monitoring outside breeding ranges, ideally supported by remote sensing based #land-use land cover change monitoring. This could help understand specific environmental change drivers of species decline across the entire migratory range.
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Our findings highlight the need for #birdtracking and monitoring outside breeding ranges, ideally supported by remote sensing based #land-use land cover change monitoring. This could help understand specific environmental change drivers of species decline across the entire migratory range.
We mapped changes in habitat suitability for sociable lapwing through the annual cycle over the past three decades. Our maps indicated an overall increase in suitable habitat through the annual cycle i.e. – breeding, stop-over and winter ranges.
#biogeography #ornithology
#biogeography #ornithology
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
We mapped changes in habitat suitability for sociable lapwing through the annual cycle over the past three decades. Our maps indicated an overall increase in suitable habitat through the annual cycle i.e. – breeding, stop-over and winter ranges.
#biogeography #ornithology
#biogeography #ornithology
Don't forget to check out this great new paper by Tejas Bhagwat and colleagues in the Journal of Ornithology:
Increased habitat, shrinking population: Trends in the Sociable lapwing habitat suitability through the annual cycle
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#newpaper
Increased habitat, shrinking population: Trends in the Sociable lapwing habitat suitability through the annual cycle
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#newpaper
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Don't forget to check out this great new paper by Tejas Bhagwat and colleagues in the Journal of Ornithology:
Increased habitat, shrinking population: Trends in the Sociable lapwing habitat suitability through the annual cycle
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#newpaper
Increased habitat, shrinking population: Trends in the Sociable lapwing habitat suitability through the annual cycle
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#newpaper
Look at this great picture of this beautiful snow leopard taken by the UNEP Vanishing Treasures project (Tajikistan)!
Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo
Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo
January 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Look at this great picture of this beautiful snow leopard taken by the UNEP Vanishing Treasures project (Tajikistan)!
Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo
Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo
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Great collab (as usual!) with @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social and @acbk.bsky.social, see here for a nice paper summary by Tobias: bsky.app/profile/tkue...
Increasing habitat suitability for the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing over the past 30 years - across its range!
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Great collab (as usual!) with @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social and @acbk.bsky.social, see here for a nice paper summary by Tobias: bsky.app/profile/tkue...
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Increasing habitat suitability for the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing over the past 30 years - across its range!
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Increasing habitat suitability for the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing over the past 30 years - across its range!
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
A little #game to get into the #weekend spirit: how many guests of this #Chiquitania party do you count?
#biogeography #cameratrap #wildcamera #animals
#biogeography #cameratrap #wildcamera #animals
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
A little #game to get into the #weekend spirit: how many guests of this #Chiquitania party do you count?
#biogeography #cameratrap #wildcamera #animals
#biogeography #cameratrap #wildcamera #animals
Happy new year everyone!!
We are looking forward to a year full of new research, insights, and events. Check out our website biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/ to stay tuned in 2026 or recap what has happened in 2025 ;)
#newyear #twentysix #recap
We are looking forward to a year full of new research, insights, and events. Check out our website biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/ to stay tuned in 2026 or recap what has happened in 2025 ;)
#newyear #twentysix #recap
Conservation Biogeography Lab
Research at the Conservation Biogeography Lab in Berlin
biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Happy new year everyone!!
We are looking forward to a year full of new research, insights, and events. Check out our website biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/ to stay tuned in 2026 or recap what has happened in 2025 ;)
#newyear #twentysix #recap
We are looking forward to a year full of new research, insights, and events. Check out our website biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/ to stay tuned in 2026 or recap what has happened in 2025 ;)
#newyear #twentysix #recap
Our goal is to carry out #cutting‑edge and relevant #research on land use and impacts on biodiversity which often concerns regions far away from Berlin. We aim to minimize the #environmentalimpact of our work with different strategies! Take a look at them and at the 2025 travel #emissions here:
Responsible Travel Statement | Conservation Biogeography Lab
biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our goal is to carry out #cutting‑edge and relevant #research on land use and impacts on biodiversity which often concerns regions far away from Berlin. We aim to minimize the #environmentalimpact of our work with different strategies! Take a look at them and at the 2025 travel #emissions here:
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Climate change impacts on the potential for coexistence between snow leopards and people in Central Asia's mountains - new paper out, led by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social in @ambio-journal.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Climate change impacts on the potential for coexistence between snow leopards and people in Central Asia's mountains - new paper out, led by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social in @ambio-journal.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social
Greetings from the Institute's Christmas party last Friday!
Wishing you all a happy holiday!!
Wishing you all a happy holiday!!
December 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Greetings from the Institute's Christmas party last Friday!
Wishing you all a happy holiday!!
Wishing you all a happy holiday!!
Our findings suggest to assess carefully where to reintroduce bison in the context of resources availability and potential with conflicts (i.e., croplands are highly available), rather than in specific habitat types.
#paper #bison #habitat #coservation #europe #biogeography #hu
#paper #bison #habitat #coservation #europe #biogeography #hu
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our findings suggest to assess carefully where to reintroduce bison in the context of resources availability and potential with conflicts (i.e., croplands are highly available), rather than in specific habitat types.
#paper #bison #habitat #coservation #europe #biogeography #hu
#paper #bison #habitat #coservation #europe #biogeography #hu
Using the largest European bison dataset to date, we show that bison are generalists that adapt habitat use to availability. In modern landscapes, they also use croplands as resources, despite increased human presence.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Using the largest European bison dataset to date, we show that bison are generalists that adapt habitat use to availability. In modern landscapes, they also use croplands as resources, despite increased human presence.
How much do we know about the ecology of a species that went nearly extinct?
For many extirpated species what we observe today reflects only a fragment of their historical range, thus our ecological expectations are drawn from a truncated version of the reality
For many extirpated species what we observe today reflects only a fragment of their historical range, thus our ecological expectations are drawn from a truncated version of the reality
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
How much do we know about the ecology of a species that went nearly extinct?
For many extirpated species what we observe today reflects only a fragment of their historical range, thus our ecological expectations are drawn from a truncated version of the reality
For many extirpated species what we observe today reflects only a fragment of their historical range, thus our ecological expectations are drawn from a truncated version of the reality
Remember to check out our latest paper:
"Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes" by Gabriele Retez and colleagues. Out in the Journal of Applied Ecology ->
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#newpaper #bison #biogeography #europe
"Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes" by Gabriele Retez and colleagues. Out in the Journal of Applied Ecology ->
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#newpaper #bison #biogeography #europe
Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes
European bison (Bison bonasus) browsing in a forest gap ecosystem within the Romanian Carpathians, part of the Armenis herd. Photo Credits: Gabriele Retez.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Remember to check out our latest paper:
"Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes" by Gabriele Retez and colleagues. Out in the Journal of Applied Ecology ->
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#newpaper #bison #biogeography #europe
"Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes" by Gabriele Retez and colleagues. Out in the Journal of Applied Ecology ->
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#newpaper #bison #biogeography #europe