Higher species diversity means higher functional diversity? Not if you account for trait variance evolution. Check out our new preprint!

ACADEMIC WRITING ADVICE FOR PHD STUDENTS Last week I gave a writing workshop to some excellent first-year PhD students. Here is a summary of some of the things we discussed about academic writing specifically (separate thread needed for non-academic!)

This study shows that drought-exposure history can accelerate recovery to subsequent drought through increased niche complementarity between grassland species nature.com/articles/s4146… Bernhard W. Schmid @UZ_en The Jena Experiment URPP GCB #biodiversity, #drought #grasslands #rapidevolution

Finding serenity in Tartu. Loving every moment in this tranquil city.#Tartu

🌟After a long study, we found that competition induced higher intraspecific trait variability in inferior species than superior species. Big thanks to my collaborative mentors, Prof. Guochun Shen and Carlos P. Carmona, for their guidance and partnership.

Plant trait dissimilarity increases competitive interactions among co‐occurring plants - Holden - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congrats to Zhonghan Wang for leading this great study Ecology looking at habitat fragmentation effects on the Thousand Island Lake islands across multiple trophic levels. Was great having him visit iDiv Biodiversity Research on a CAS scholarship from China. Wubing Xu doi.org/10.1002/ecy.43…

a wonderful evening.

Excited to share our new study in Ecology Letters! We explored how different environmental realms (land, air, water) shape the worldwide diversity of mammalian life history strategies 🐯🦇🐳 Check more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Pol Rob Salguero-Gómez Carlos Perez Carmona

Not sure what will come first, a shock or a surprise. Enjoying my time in the greenhouse! 🌱

I am recruiting one assisstant professor aiming at the research of plant functional ecology and remote sensing. The candidates better have the background of ecological remote sensing, vegetation spectroscopy or global ecology. Please contact me via the email: [email protected]