Macroecology lab @unipotsdam
@zurelllab.bsky.social
Ecology & Macroecology @unipotsdam.bsky.social: Biodiversity modelling - Global Change - Conservation. Led by Damaris Zurell (she/her). https://damariszurell.github.io
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Biodiversity policy needs to look forward, not just backward. 🌍
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
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Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
(1/2)
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Biodiversity policy needs to look forward, not just backward. 🌍
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
(1/2)
Our new PNAS piece argues that predictive models - like those used in climate science - are key to guiding effective conservation decisions.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PNAS
(1/2)
How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Uncertainty in blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models
SDMs can provide valuable support for planning the preventive management of alien species. However, our findings show that blacklist outcomes are highly sensitive to modelling decisions. While ensemb....
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September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Truly fascinating combination: the wonderful shots by @jan-haft.bsky.social beautifully accompanied by live music of "Orchester des Wandels" 🎶 - what a highlight at the #gfoe2025 Ice Breaker tonight! 🧊🥂
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Truly fascinating combination: the wonderful shots by @jan-haft.bsky.social beautifully accompanied by live music of "Orchester des Wandels" 🎶 - what a highlight at the #gfoe2025 Ice Breaker tonight! 🧊🥂
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
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🌟 We are beyond excited to present the GFÖ 2025 Honorary Medal to Prof. Dr. Volker Grimm! 🎉
His outstanding and future-oriented research in ecological modelling has paved the way for deeper insights into how ecological systems work 🌍✨
@ufz.de www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
#gfoe2025
His outstanding and future-oriented research in ecological modelling has paved the way for deeper insights into how ecological systems work 🌍✨
@ufz.de www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
#gfoe2025
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌟 We are beyond excited to present the GFÖ 2025 Honorary Medal to Prof. Dr. Volker Grimm! 🎉
His outstanding and future-oriented research in ecological modelling has paved the way for deeper insights into how ecological systems work 🌍✨
@ufz.de www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
#gfoe2025
His outstanding and future-oriented research in ecological modelling has paved the way for deeper insights into how ecological systems work 🌍✨
@ufz.de www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
#gfoe2025
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Congratulations to Volker Grimm on receiving the @gfoesoc.bsky.social Honorary Medal for his outstanding contributions to ecology! So well deserved! #gfoe2025
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Congratulations to Volker Grimm on receiving the @gfoesoc.bsky.social Honorary Medal for his outstanding contributions to ecology! So well deserved! #gfoe2025
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Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
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A truly amazing highlight of #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de yesterday evening: Jan Haft and members of the Orchestras of Change with their „Climate and Wilderness show“
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A truly amazing highlight of #gfoe2025 at @uni-wuerzburg.de yesterday evening: Jan Haft and members of the Orchestras of Change with their „Climate and Wilderness show“
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🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
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We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
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Correcting environmental sampling bias improves transferability of species distribution models
Sampling bias is an inherent problem in widely available biodiversity data, undermining the robustness of correlative species distribution models (SDMs). To some extent, subsampling occurrence data c....
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
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Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab
We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
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Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
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So happy to share our Review paper
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So happy to share our Review paper
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses the benefits provided by urban biodiversity, the challenges it faces, and approaches to its promotion and conservation. https://go.nature.com/4i0Uh8d 🧪
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses the benefits provided by urban biodiversity, the challenges it faces, and approaches to its promotion and conservation. https://go.nature.com/4i0Uh8d 🧪
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Understanding the biogeography of bats across the Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and Central Asian biodiversity hotspots – new paper led by Julian Oeser out in the Journal of Biogeography! doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Understanding the biogeography of bats across the Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and Central Asian biodiversity hotspots – new paper led by Julian Oeser out in the Journal of Biogeography! doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social
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Understanding the macroecology of #bats.
#Newpaper out now in the Journal of Biogeography:
Led by @julianoeser.bsky.social, with @zurelllab.bsky.social and many others.
We show how innovative SDMs can shed new light on relationships between niches, distributions, competition, and richness.
#Newpaper out now in the Journal of Biogeography:
Led by @julianoeser.bsky.social, with @zurelllab.bsky.social and many others.
We show how innovative SDMs can shed new light on relationships between niches, distributions, competition, and richness.
March 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Understanding the macroecology of #bats.
#Newpaper out now in the Journal of Biogeography:
Led by @julianoeser.bsky.social, with @zurelllab.bsky.social and many others.
We show how innovative SDMs can shed new light on relationships between niches, distributions, competition, and richness.
#Newpaper out now in the Journal of Biogeography:
Led by @julianoeser.bsky.social, with @zurelllab.bsky.social and many others.
We show how innovative SDMs can shed new light on relationships between niches, distributions, competition, and richness.
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🦬European #bison are Europe’s largest surviving herbivore – but would there be space for large bison populations in Central Europe? New paper addressing this question led by Hendrik Bluhm 👉 just out in Biological Conservation!
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🦬European #bison are Europe’s largest surviving herbivore – but would there be space for large bison populations in Central Europe? New paper addressing this question led by Hendrik Bluhm 👉 just out in Biological Conservation!
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding
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Excited to share new preprint by PhD candidate Anna Rönnfeldt „Climatic niche conservatism in non-native plants depends on introduction history and biogeographic context“ highlighting context dependency in climate niche shifts of species introduced in multiple world regions doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Excited to share new preprint by PhD candidate Anna Rönnfeldt „Climatic niche conservatism in non-native plants depends on introduction history and biogeographic context“ highlighting context dependency in climate niche shifts of species introduced in multiple world regions doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Must read out in @science.org "Climate change extinctions"
by @MarkCUrban (on X)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big take home:
"extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."
by @MarkCUrban (on X)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big take home:
"extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."
Climate change extinctions
Climate change is expected to cause irreversible changes to biodiversity, but predicting those risks remains uncertain. I synthesized 485 studies and more than 5 million projections to produce a quant...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Must read out in @science.org "Climate change extinctions"
by @MarkCUrban (on X)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big take home:
"extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."
by @MarkCUrban (on X)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Big take home:
"extinctions will accelerate rapidly if global temperatures exceed 1.5°C. The highest-emission scenario would threaten approximately one-third of species, globally."
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Did you miss #BES2024 and are you interested in #BiodiversityFutures? check the recording of this great session led by @drnickisaac.bsky.social, featuring talks by Damaris Zurell, Anita Lazurko, Andy Purvis, James Bullock, Greta Bocedi, Jennifer Border and myself.
youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...
youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...
BES2024 Thematic Session - Biodiversity Futures: harnessing the power of scenarios and models
YouTube video by British Ecological Society
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January 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Did you miss #BES2024 and are you interested in #BiodiversityFutures? check the recording of this great session led by @drnickisaac.bsky.social, featuring talks by Damaris Zurell, Anita Lazurko, Andy Purvis, James Bullock, Greta Bocedi, Jennifer Border and myself.
youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...
youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...
Our dog will never understand why Germany allows private fireworks for New Year. All the noise and dust and garbage 🙈🙉 Stay safe for the new year 🎊🤩
December 31, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Our dog will never understand why Germany allows private fireworks for New Year. All the noise and dust and garbage 🙈🙉 Stay safe for the new year 🎊🤩
Big shout-out to PhD candidate Valén Holle for her new #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... assessing #uncertainty in SDM-based #blacklists of #invasive species related to #species & environmental data & #SDM algorithm. #Pacific #plants 1/2
December 14, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Big shout-out to PhD candidate Valén Holle for her new #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... assessing #uncertainty in SDM-based #blacklists of #invasive species related to #species & environmental data & #SDM algorithm. #Pacific #plants 1/2
Had an exciting week at #BES2024 in Liverpool. Among my highlights: workshop on #scenario development by @drnickisaac.bsky.social @alazurko.bsky.social and thematic session on #biodiversity futures. And of course crazy Xmas jumper day - thanks to my team who made sure I have a Xmas jumper with me 🎄
December 14, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Had an exciting week at #BES2024 in Liverpool. Among my highlights: workshop on #scenario development by @drnickisaac.bsky.social @alazurko.bsky.social and thematic session on #biodiversity futures. And of course crazy Xmas jumper day - thanks to my team who made sure I have a Xmas jumper with me 🎄