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Adriana Alzate
@adrianaalzate.bsky.social
Ecologist | Macroecologist | Marine biologist | Dispersal | Fish (and anything that disperses) | Diversity | Species Geographical Ranges |
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🚨 Our study investigating the relationship between evolutionary age and range size across plants and animals is out in @natcomms.nature.com! Delighted to be part of this great project led by @adrianaalzate.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐📈⏳️🐐🐋🐦🦎🐸🐠🌴🏝
August 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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A new @natcomms.nature.com study led by iDiv alumna @adrianaalzate.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social uncovered that across >26,000 species evolutionary age is positively linked to range size, except in marine mammals.

#Biodiversity #Evolution #iDivResearch
www.idiv.de/older-specie...
Older species tend to have large ranges – unless they live on islands
New Nature Communication publications sheds light on how ecological, evolutionary, and geographical processes can simultaneously shape species’ vulnerability to extinction.
www.idiv.de
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I just added a logo to my readme file on my @github.com and its the small win I needed today. github.com/crmcclain/MO...
GitHub - crmcclain/MOBS_OPEN
Contribute to crmcclain/MOBS_OPEN development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Our special issue on predictive biogeography @ecography.bsky.social will be out in March, including amazing contributions. In the meantime, all papers are already in early view, and you can read the editorial here:
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Emerging horizons in predictive biogeography
Click on the article title to read more.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Para l@s interesad@s in biogeografía de plantas y la ecología funcional (www.dylancraven.com), ¡no esperen a ponerse en contacto conmigo!
January 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Late-breaking job ad: The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Evolutionary Biology!!! More details below. Please repost!
TT Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology
The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in Plant Evolutionary Biology. This position is a 9-month, ten...
jobs.ncsu.edu
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Interested in reef tropicalisation for your PhD? Corals, fishes, molluscs, urchins, algae!
We looking for applicants for a PhD project
Deadline 8th Jan! UK and international ok.

yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/ada...
Adapting to climate change on subtropical reefs - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Subtropical reef ecosystems with coral communities differ from their tropical coral reef neighbours, as they are shaped by a biogeographical overlap of taxa at their range margins, endemic species and...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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Dispersal evolution can only rescue a limited set of species from climate change https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.05.626982v1
December 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Now brace for the bad news... Water is super warm here (29C, 84F) and there is a lot of bleaching, all the way down to the deep reefs. All of the fire corals (Millepora) that I saw were bleached, as well as about 20% of the critically endangered Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata).
December 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Interested in #metacommunity dynamics in #natural systems? I'll be looking for a #PostDoc to study temporary #ponds in the #Camargue using #eDNA & #spatial analyses. Topic is broad & includes #metafoodwebs, #BEF, #parasites, #EcoHealth. Contact me via e-mail if interested!
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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PhD alert - discover the secrets of cool reefs, aka high-latitude coral communities and associated species with me and @josiesouth.bsky.social

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December 6, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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Functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities are decoupled - check our new study just out in Nature Ecology & Evolution 🍃🍀🌸🍁🍂🌴🌳🌸🌼🪻#plants #vegetation #ecology #plantecology #communityassembly
🌳 New findings 🌳

Phylogenetic diversity cannot be used as a proxy for functional diversity in vascular plant communities 🌲🌳🌴🌵🌱🍀🌾🌼 We used the #sPlot database & found a pronounced decoupling between phylogenetic & functional diversity ⬇️

🧪🌐🌏🍁

@natureecoevo.bsky.social
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Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Functional diversity and phylogenetic diversity are expected to be positively correlated. Here the authors show that the covariation between these metrics in vascular plant communities around the worl...
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December 6, 2024 at 5:45 AM
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Personas interesadas en ingresar al doctorado en ciencias biológicas de la UNAM (agosto 2025) y trabajar temas de macroecología evolutiva y cambio climático bajo mi asesoría pueden enviarme un correo (ver en juvelas.github.io) pcbiol.posgrado.unam.mx/paginas/conv...
Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas - Convocatoria de admisión
Convocatoria de admisión al Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas a nivel de Maestría y Doctorado
pcbiol.posgrado.unam.mx
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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New #PhD position in #Island #Ecology

This is a fully funded 4-year joint PhD position (Cotutelle) with my lab at Macquarie U (julianschrader.wordpress.com) and the lab of Rampal Etienne (research.rug.nl/en/persons/rampal-etienne) at @unigroningen.bsky.social
Please spread the word widely! :)
Global PhD in island biogeography for plants
This scholarship supports PhD candidates studying ecology and evolutionary biology of plants. Research in Groningen, The Netherlands, and in Sydney, Australia.
www.mq.edu.au
December 3, 2024 at 4:37 AM
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I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.
Klausmeier-Litchman Lab
Welcome to the Klausmeier-Litchman lab! We study empirical and theoretical community ecology, biodiversity and climate change, focusing on phytoplankton, other microbes and general theory. We use obse...
www.kl-lab.group
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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@icrs.bsky.social and the organizers of ICRS_2022 from @unibremen.bsky.social established a new award to support green strategies for coral reef-related events. Each year (2024-2028) up to $10,000 will be awarded to the host institutions organizing such events. See coralreefs.org/sustainabili...
November 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM