Thibaud Chalet
asplenium.bsky.social
Thibaud Chalet
@asplenium.bsky.social
PhD | University of Rennes - UMRs EcoBio & LETG | Urban ecology - Climate Changes - Caterpillars and Pollinators |🌡️🌱🪰🏘️
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The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌

300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @elliotgould.bsky.social Hannah Fraser Tim Parker and co.

Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
February 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Wow, really interesting findings! Basically, all alpine ecologists are familiar with upslope shifts driven by increasing temperatures. However, increasing drought can mess the cards up and force some species downslope...

Maybe soon, in a way, relevant also for some Mediterranean mountains.
New findings on #plant 🌿☘🍀🌱🌲🌳🌴🌵 #species #range #shifts on Mt Kenya suggest #biotic #attrition at the #summit 🚨 Note this is different from local #extinction as it involves downslope shifts of the upper limit of highland species 🏔

@newphyt.bsky.social

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December 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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🌳 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 3, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Paper alert. 🧵

As biologists and biogeographers, we are all aware that invasive plants are bad. However, when it comes to assessments of what actually threatens biodiversity most, they rarely rank as high as strong, competitive native species that outcompete rare ones through natural succession.
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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🌱 Could urban wildflower meadows help address pollinator decline?

This new study suggests they can!

Properly managed sown meadows support diverse pollinators like bees, butterflies & hoverflies - offering hope for urban spaces. 🌼🐝

Full study here: doi.org/10.1111/een....

#Science🧪 #SciComm
Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?
Areas with sown wildflower meadows, which are usually small areas, concentrate pollinating insects and have a similar value for pollinators as larger areas of natural meadows The abundance and diver...
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November 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM