Francesco Polazzo
@fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
PostDoc at the University of Zurich.
Passionate about ecological stability, environmental change, community ecology, food web, but also climbing, mountaineering, ski touring, (gravel)biking.
Passionate about ecological stability, environmental change, community ecology, food web, but also climbing, mountaineering, ski touring, (gravel)biking.
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Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments
Organismal abundance typically declines with increasing body size, with metabolic theory predicting a universal size–abundance slope of –0.75. Using protist microcosms across gradients of species ric...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability
This study shows that the distribution of species' fundamental responses to environmental change, quantified by a new metric, imbalance, is a key driver of ecological stability. In a large microcosm ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
AI in research, tips and tricks from the retreat of my and Frank Pennekamp's research groups. Nothing too revolutionary, but we found it useful to share. Happy to hear any of your tips and tricks!
@pennekampster.bsky.social @fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...
@pennekampster.bsky.social @fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...
AI tips and tricks | TheTrophicLink
At our recent group retreat we shared AI tips and tricks:
Don’t forget all the cool stuff in Google NotebookLM, including making podcasts to listen to on the train, in the gym, or while doing the lau...
thetrophiclink.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
AI in research, tips and tricks from the retreat of my and Frank Pennekamp's research groups. Nothing too revolutionary, but we found it useful to share. Happy to hear any of your tips and tricks!
@pennekampster.bsky.social @fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...
@pennekampster.bsky.social @fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years)
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
swissuniversities and Wiley are in a no-deal situation. Suggestions include to consider alternatives to Wiley, and to reconsider review activities for Wiley. Very sad---some great ecology and evolution journals are with Wiley. www.swissuniversities.ch/en/topics/op...
Wiley - swissuniversities
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April 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
swissuniversities and Wiley are in a no-deal situation. Suggestions include to consider alternatives to Wiley, and to reconsider review activities for Wiley. Very sad---some great ecology and evolution journals are with Wiley. www.swissuniversities.ch/en/topics/op...
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
Happy to announce that JF Arnoldi (Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, France) will present the next #ResponseDiversityNetwork Seminar, Wednesday 26th Feb 15.00 CET.
"Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions"
Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh
"Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions"
Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh
February 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happy to announce that JF Arnoldi (Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS, France) will present the next #ResponseDiversityNetwork Seminar, Wednesday 26th Feb 15.00 CET.
"Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions"
Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh
"Linear functional ecology: Rethinking species contributions to ecosystem functions"
Zoom link via rb.gy/3pf8dh
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
All are invited to sign this petition in support of saving the free-flowing Tagliamento—the King of Alpine rivers—from fragmentation by two proposed barriers
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January 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
All are invited to sign this petition in support of saving the free-flowing Tagliamento—the King of Alpine rivers—from fragmentation by two proposed barriers
www.freetagliamento.org/it_IT/home-e...
www.freetagliamento.org/it_IT/home-e...
Reposted by Francesco Polazzo
Read our new paper in EcologicalMonographs esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We introduce a framework on how to partition species contributions to ecological stability in disturbed communities based on species absolute change in biomass and relative change in proportion.
We introduce a framework on how to partition species contributions to ecological stability in disturbed communities based on species absolute change in biomass and relative change in proportion.
November 25, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Read our new paper in EcologicalMonographs esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We introduce a framework on how to partition species contributions to ecological stability in disturbed communities based on species absolute change in biomass and relative change in proportion.
We introduce a framework on how to partition species contributions to ecological stability in disturbed communities based on species absolute change in biomass and relative change in proportion.
Starting here in the best way: presenting a new paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
Measuring the Response Diversity of Ecological Communities Experiencing Multifarious Environmental Change
This study explores how response diversity—variability in species' responses to environmental changes—relates ecological stability under complex, multifactorial environmental shifts. The authors intr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Starting here in the best way: presenting a new paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.