WSL Dynamic Macroecology
@wsl-dme.bsky.social
WSL research group focusing on data- and model-based biodiversity analyses and climate change. 🌳 ⛰️ 🔥 💦 🛰️
#macroecology #biodiversity #ecosystem #climatechange #biome #species #remotesensing #deeplearning
DME Webpage: https://shorturl.at/f9xr6
#macroecology #biodiversity #ecosystem #climatechange #biome #species #remotesensing #deeplearning
DME Webpage: https://shorturl.at/f9xr6
🌳 Towering trees (often >50 m), massive buttress roots and woody lianas are typical plant traits of tropical rainforests. 🌧
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🌳 Towering trees (often >50 m), massive buttress roots and woody lianas are typical plant traits of tropical rainforests. 🌧
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Where do species find suitable habitats in Switzerland? And how will habitat suitabilities change under future climate scenarios?
Here, we have modelled maps for more than 7500 swiss species:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Here, we have modelled maps for more than 7500 swiss species:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
SDMapCH: a Comprehensive database of >7,500 modelled species habitat suitability maps for Switzerland - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - SDMapCH: a Comprehensive database of >7,500 modelled species habitat suitability maps for Switzerland
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Where do species find suitable habitats in Switzerland? And how will habitat suitabilities change under future climate scenarios?
Here, we have modelled maps for more than 7500 swiss species:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Here, we have modelled maps for more than 7500 swiss species:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌿Fieldwork in the #Yasuni National Park, #Ecuador.🦜
Our researchers are studying the structural and functional properties of #rainforests to better understand and define #biomes.🌳🔎
Our researchers are studying the structural and functional properties of #rainforests to better understand and define #biomes.🌳🔎
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🌿Fieldwork in the #Yasuni National Park, #Ecuador.🦜
Our researchers are studying the structural and functional properties of #rainforests to better understand and define #biomes.🌳🔎
Our researchers are studying the structural and functional properties of #rainforests to better understand and define #biomes.🌳🔎
🌎 Our BIOME project team has just begun a 3.5-week research expedition in Ecuador! 🇪🇨 They’ll be conducting fieldwork across diverse landscapes to study how biomes have evolved and how to define them. 🔎🌿🏔️ Stay tuned for field updates! ✨
👉BIOME project: shorturl.at/RLQPw
👉BIOME project: shorturl.at/RLQPw
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🌎 Our BIOME project team has just begun a 3.5-week research expedition in Ecuador! 🇪🇨 They’ll be conducting fieldwork across diverse landscapes to study how biomes have evolved and how to define them. 🔎🌿🏔️ Stay tuned for field updates! ✨
👉BIOME project: shorturl.at/RLQPw
👉BIOME project: shorturl.at/RLQPw
Fieldwork magic 🍄✨ We encountered an incredible diversity of #mushrooms in the forest last week. Each species part of the living network that keeps ecosystems dynamic and resilient. 🌎
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Fieldwork magic 🍄✨ We encountered an incredible diversity of #mushrooms in the forest last week. Each species part of the living network that keeps ecosystems dynamic and resilient. 🌎
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🔊 New paper: first integration of population genetics🧬 and dynamic species distribution modeling🌐 using #KISSMig to reconstruct postglacial dynamics of wild black pepper, endemic to India’s Western Ghats. #macroecology #popgen #phylogeography #biogeography
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🔊 New paper: first integration of population genetics🧬 and dynamic species distribution modeling🌐 using #KISSMig to reconstruct postglacial dynamics of wild black pepper, endemic to India’s Western Ghats. #macroecology #popgen #phylogeography #biogeography
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This week, I presented my research on #BiomeConservatism at the @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zürich. 🌍 🌱 The analysis of 161 plant lineages across the globe provides clear evidence for biome conservatism and the mechanisms underlying current #biodiversity patterns and #biome dynamics. 💡
August 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This week, I presented my research on #BiomeConservatism at the @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zürich. 🌍 🌱 The analysis of 161 plant lineages across the globe provides clear evidence for biome conservatism and the mechanisms underlying current #biodiversity patterns and #biome dynamics. 💡
📱🌱 Plant identification apps are booming – but which one is the best? And how reliable are the results? 🤔 Our researchers collected over 5,000 photos of 560 Swiss plant species from 85 habitat types and tested the most popular apps.🔎 Here are the findings: shorturl.at/lD0Cl
July 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📱🌱 Plant identification apps are booming – but which one is the best? And how reliable are the results? 🤔 Our researchers collected over 5,000 photos of 560 Swiss plant species from 85 habitat types and tested the most popular apps.🔎 Here are the findings: shorturl.at/lD0Cl
@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯
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🌿 Join Our Team as Postdoctoral Researcher in Regional Climate Downscaling at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Switzerland and lead the development of regional, highresolution climate scenarios for Armenia. @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/...
July 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🌿 Join Our Team as Postdoctoral Researcher in Regional Climate Downscaling at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Switzerland and lead the development of regional, highresolution climate scenarios for Armenia. @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/...
The 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 has released a Special Feature on "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", including an insightful editorial by our scientists Silke Bauer & @nezimmermann.bsky.social.🌍⚡🌱 #energytransition #ecology #renewablenergy #greenenergy
Towards a sustainable energy transition
Combining the goals of energy transition and biodiversity protection is both necessary and possible. With the costs of inaction increasing rapidly, we need to remember that combatting climate change ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 has released a Special Feature on "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", including an insightful editorial by our scientists Silke Bauer & @nezimmermann.bsky.social.🌍⚡🌱 #energytransition #ecology #renewablenergy #greenenergy
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🔉Happy to share our new publication and global data compilation #GenDivRange covering population genetic diversity of 19,173 geo-referenced populations and 1,109 species. A big thank to Katalin Csilléry, who initiated and led this project, and to all colleagues. (1/2)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🔉Happy to share our new publication and global data compilation #GenDivRange covering population genetic diversity of 19,173 geo-referenced populations and 1,109 species. A big thank to Katalin Csilléry, who initiated and led this project, and to all colleagues. (1/2)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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(2/2) ... #GenDivRange comes with an interactive web application for data visualization and exploration.
👉 webapps.wsl.ch/GenDivRange/ (for desktop use)
#geneticdiversity #popgen #congen #macroecology #rshiny #shinyapps
👉 webapps.wsl.ch/GenDivRange/ (for desktop use)
#geneticdiversity #popgen #congen #macroecology #rshiny #shinyapps
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
(2/2) ... #GenDivRange comes with an interactive web application for data visualization and exploration.
👉 webapps.wsl.ch/GenDivRange/ (for desktop use)
#geneticdiversity #popgen #congen #macroecology #rshiny #shinyapps
👉 webapps.wsl.ch/GenDivRange/ (for desktop use)
#geneticdiversity #popgen #congen #macroecology #rshiny #shinyapps
🌿 What makes plants in tropical ecosystems so unique & remarkably adapted to their environment? 🌸✨
We explored this question during a visit to the Botanical Garden in Zurich, guided by our group member dirknkarger.bsky.social — a fantastic opportunity to observe tropical plant traits up close. 🔎🌱
We explored this question during a visit to the Botanical Garden in Zurich, guided by our group member dirknkarger.bsky.social — a fantastic opportunity to observe tropical plant traits up close. 🔎🌱
June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌿 What makes plants in tropical ecosystems so unique & remarkably adapted to their environment? 🌸✨
We explored this question during a visit to the Botanical Garden in Zurich, guided by our group member dirknkarger.bsky.social — a fantastic opportunity to observe tropical plant traits up close. 🔎🌱
We explored this question during a visit to the Botanical Garden in Zurich, guided by our group member dirknkarger.bsky.social — a fantastic opportunity to observe tropical plant traits up close. 🔎🌱
🐝 Happy World Bee Day! 🌍
Bees play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and are crucial to healthy ecosystems.🌸🌱 We are exploring a novel approach to insect biodiversity monitoring: using radar technology to track insect movement across lowland landscapes in Switzerland.📡
👉 shorturl.at/QuQa1
Bees play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and are crucial to healthy ecosystems.🌸🌱 We are exploring a novel approach to insect biodiversity monitoring: using radar technology to track insect movement across lowland landscapes in Switzerland.📡
👉 shorturl.at/QuQa1
May 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🐝 Happy World Bee Day! 🌍
Bees play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and are crucial to healthy ecosystems.🌸🌱 We are exploring a novel approach to insect biodiversity monitoring: using radar technology to track insect movement across lowland landscapes in Switzerland.📡
👉 shorturl.at/QuQa1
Bees play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and are crucial to healthy ecosystems.🌸🌱 We are exploring a novel approach to insect biodiversity monitoring: using radar technology to track insect movement across lowland landscapes in Switzerland.📡
👉 shorturl.at/QuQa1
🔎 Martina Scacco’s research explores how the landscape and atmosphere influence the transport cost of flying animals.🌬️⛰️ Her findings show that species across the entire range of body masses can indeed benefit from atmospheric energy to reduce movement cost. 🐝🐦🦅
May 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🔎 Martina Scacco’s research explores how the landscape and atmosphere influence the transport cost of flying animals.🌬️⛰️ Her findings show that species across the entire range of body masses can indeed benefit from atmospheric energy to reduce movement cost. 🐝🐦🦅
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🍁🌷🌼Interessiert an Tipps zur KI-basierten Pflanzenbestimmung mit FlorApp/FlorID der neuen Bestimmungstool für die #Flora der #Schweiz?🥀🌳
👉Dann melde dich an am "Festival der Natur"!
shorturl.at/1fEEv
festivaldernatur.ch
#Natur #Biodiversität #FestivalderNatur #PflanzenBestimmen
👉Dann melde dich an am "Festival der Natur"!
shorturl.at/1fEEv
festivaldernatur.ch
#Natur #Biodiversität #FestivalderNatur #PflanzenBestimmen
Sicher bestimmen im Feld – mit KI zur Zweitmeinung
Schwierig zu bestimmende Pflanzen? Da hilft ein unabhängiger Blick. Das neue Tool FlorID der WSL bietet genau das: eine verlässliche Zweitmeinung – direkt im Feld.
FlorID nutzt KI der neuesten Genera...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🍁🌷🌼Interessiert an Tipps zur KI-basierten Pflanzenbestimmung mit FlorApp/FlorID der neuen Bestimmungstool für die #Flora der #Schweiz?🥀🌳
👉Dann melde dich an am "Festival der Natur"!
shorturl.at/1fEEv
festivaldernatur.ch
#Natur #Biodiversität #FestivalderNatur #PflanzenBestimmen
👉Dann melde dich an am "Festival der Natur"!
shorturl.at/1fEEv
festivaldernatur.ch
#Natur #Biodiversität #FestivalderNatur #PflanzenBestimmen
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🔉Version 2.0 of our #KISSMig #Rstats package for #SpeciesMigration modeling is now live on #CRAN. 🎉 Together with Dominik Landolt we boosted performance by implementing parallel computing—making this simple dynamic #SDM faster than ever. Learn more about KISSMig here 👉 purl.oclc.org/wsl/kissmig
May 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🔉Version 2.0 of our #KISSMig #Rstats package for #SpeciesMigration modeling is now live on #CRAN. 🎉 Together with Dominik Landolt we boosted performance by implementing parallel computing—making this simple dynamic #SDM faster than ever. Learn more about KISSMig here 👉 purl.oclc.org/wsl/kissmig
What an amazing week at #EGU25 in Vienna! 🌍✨ We had a fantastic time connecting with fellow scientists from diverse fields, sharing our research and diving into inspiring discussions.💡 Grateful for the experience and already looking forward to next year! ❤️🚀
May 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What an amazing week at #EGU25 in Vienna! 🌍✨ We had a fantastic time connecting with fellow scientists from diverse fields, sharing our research and diving into inspiring discussions.💡 Grateful for the experience and already looking forward to next year! ❤️🚀
What drives the iconic buttress roots in tropical forests—mechanics or nutrients?🌳 At #EGU25, @haozhima.bsky.social presented his research on “The biogeography & functional understanding of buttress roots in tropical forests”. He’s part of our SNSF Advanced Grant project "BIOME.cc"🌎: rb.gy/r8vy1l
May 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What drives the iconic buttress roots in tropical forests—mechanics or nutrients?🌳 At #EGU25, @haozhima.bsky.social presented his research on “The biogeography & functional understanding of buttress roots in tropical forests”. He’s part of our SNSF Advanced Grant project "BIOME.cc"🌎: rb.gy/r8vy1l
@clechartre.bsky.social held a session on "HP computing for mechanistic prediction of biome distribution" at #EGU25. She presented BIOME4.jl—a hi-res #Julia reimplementation of #BIOME4 to improve performance, modularity & scalability, enabling the simulation of biome dynamics in complex terrains.🌍🖥️
May 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
@clechartre.bsky.social held a session on "HP computing for mechanistic prediction of biome distribution" at #EGU25. She presented BIOME4.jl—a hi-res #Julia reimplementation of #BIOME4 to improve performance, modularity & scalability, enabling the simulation of biome dynamics in complex terrains.🌍🖥️
Mountain species are at risk of extinction as global temperatures rise—but how these risks will manifest remains unclear. 🌱🏔️ Bert Wuyts's research sheds light on this by exploring how habitats become fragmented & isolated as populations shift to higher elevations. He presented his results at #EGU25.
May 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mountain species are at risk of extinction as global temperatures rise—but how these risks will manifest remains unclear. 🌱🏔️ Bert Wuyts's research sheds light on this by exploring how habitats become fragmented & isolated as populations shift to higher elevations. He presented his results at #EGU25.