Free ranging cats globally prey on >2000 different (incl 17% endangered species). This is a conservative & surely underestimated figure. nature.com/articles/s4146… Free ranging cats are a global driver of species decline!

Wonderful party Naturalis Biodiversity Center @Naturalis_Sci last night, celebrating the past and coming year!

⚠️ Mais de 80% das espécies de #árvores exclusivas da #MataAtlântica estão ameaçadas de #extinção. Liderado por pesquisadores brasileiros, estudo acaba de ser publicado em Science Magazine. agencia.fapesp.br/50617

Delighted to see this paper finally published! Thank you to Jens Svenning, the fantastic coauthor team, and to Science Magazine. [1/14] 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our theoretical framework to estimate confidence in ENM/SDM projections is out! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1… Big thanks to my amazing co-authors and mentors: Tiffany Knight, Marina Jimenez Munoz, Dino Biancolini, Yoni Belmaker, Carsten Meyer.

my latest research on #cycads has been published by Springer Nature in Communications Biology. Looking at cycad #leaves through time, we found they are FAR from living #fossils! This was funded by FWF at Universität Wien. Check it out for free! #openaccess nature.com/articles/s4200…

Exploring the wilderness in Madagascar with an amazing team with researchers from Naturalis, iDiv, Kew, Antananarivo, Aarhus, Montpellier, Marseille #palms #Annonaceae #frugivory

Updates from Marojejy Madagascar 🌴🍈🦟🐒

Excited to share our review on the macroevolution of plant-hummingbird pollination! This charismatic interaction, considered a classic example of coevolution, involves 7,000 plant species across ~100 families and 366 hummingbird species in the Americas t.ly/pBmkl

To celebrate #BiodiversityDay, I share a bit about my trajectory and highlight the importance to connect science, policy, and society as we search for solutions for the biodiversity and climatic crises ahead. deepesg.com/blog/entrevist…

Just in on day after the Atlantic Forest day my master thesis was published. Work done with the amazing EA Group. "Dispersal-related plant traits are associated with range size in the Atlantic Forest" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Renske Onstein Adriana Alzate Alexander Zizka

Can we still detect #extinct #megafrugivores' seed dispersal legacy in Malagasy palms' genetics? Yes! However, current frugivores only affect small-fruited palm connectivity, highlighting the crucial role of large frugivores in large-fruited plants' dispersal Renske Onstein iDiv Biodiversity Research

Thrilled that our research is out and on the cover! The macro-eco-evolutionary interplay between dispersal, competition, and landscape structure using an upscaled individual-based model over 5 million years. 📄doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2… 🏝️ #gen3sis Renske Onstein Jonathan Chase

Jeeeh this was fun! #IBC2024

A small sample of the very many wonderful colleagues from all over the World who have contributed to the eFLOWER project and/or PROTEUS database over the past 13 years! #IBC24 #eFLOWERproject

Daisies in isolation 🌼🌻🏝️ Asteraceae is the most diverse plant family on oceanic islands and home to many spectacular island radiations. We explore the macroecology, drivers of diversity, and id many undiscovered radiations. 📰Paper in Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

iDiv and Universität Halle (inaktiv) are hiring a doctoral researcher (f/m/n) in the iDiv #Flexpool project “Across the South American dry diagonals: Genetic exchange and connectivity between naturally isolated ranges and fragmented habitats”. 🚨Apply by 21 November! idiv.de/en/about_idiv/…

Seed-dispersing vertebrates and the abiotic environment shape functional diversity of the pantropical Annonaceae Andressa Cabral, et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… @wileyecolevol

Ever wondered what explains the amazing fruit diversity in the custard apple family (Annonaceae)? Check our findings here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… It's been a pleasure to work with such a great team: Carlos, Hervé, Ingolf, Irene, Isabell, Joseph, Oskar, Renske, Søren, Thomas :)

New paper! Led by Ingmar Staude, we show that over 25% of plant species with non-native populations are threatened somewhere in its native range. A collaboration with Matthias Grenié ⋅ @[email protected], Chris Thomas, Ingolf Kühn, Alexander Zizka, Marina Golivets, Sophie Ledger. UFZ iDiv Biodiversity Research The Wirth-Weigelt Working Group