Tools and datasets. The Brazilian Tadpoles database migrates to a public site with interactive phylogeny. GeoLibre expands geospatial format support for lightweight GIS. The Spatial+ package addresses spatial confounding in ecological models. Counterfactual methods for evaluating conservation interventions are compared. Precision ecology frames context-sensitive evidence transfer. The hespdiv package automates hierarchical bioregionalisation in R. Frescalo scaling guides species trend detection from unstructured data. Timber tracing accuracy improves by combining chemical data across tree genera. BIEN 4.2 provides a reproducible standard for plant biodiversity data. A GBIF sampling-effort dataset supports bias-aware species distribution models.
Community news spans jobs, events, and resources. A Retaria collaboration marks a new multi-lab foraminifera paper. A large-herbivore postdoc at Aarhus University focuses on rewilding and alien ungulates. The Digest v2 launches with weekly wrap-ups and improved visualisation. An eco-evolutionary seminar features Korinna Allhoff. A GuardIAS webinar on biological invasion response is now on YouTube. A Greenland postdoc seeks expertise in vegetation mapping and herbivory. The starter pack Vol. 3 is complete and Vol. 4 is open for entries. An Atlas of Botany discussion and signing takes place at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on June 11th.
Many thanks to all who contribute to the Global Ecology feed by sharing their science on Bluesky.
📄 Brazilian Tadpoles 5.0 — Banco de dados de girinos do Brasil
🐸 Brazilian Tadpoles Database — banco bibliográfico das descrições de girinos brasileiros (Provete et al. 2012, NwjZ) — migrou da Google Sheets pra um site público com filogenia interativa, filtros, exportação BibTeX e contribuições via GitHub. 🌐 diogoprov.github.io/Brazilian-Tadpoles-5.0 🧵 [1/5]
link:https://diogoprov.github.io/Brazilian-Tadpoles-5.0
REVIEW Global Peatland Carbon Pool Sizes: Current Estimates, Uncertainties, and Future Research Directions 🔗 buff.ly/s1chid5
link:https://buff.ly/s1chid5
GeoLibre v0.5.0 is out! This update significantly expands data format support, making it easier to work with a wide range of geospatial datasets in a lightweight, modern GIS environment.
Viruses are highly abundant in the oceans, but there is one place you won't typically find them: in global ocean ecosystem until now. Introducing "vDarwin", an explicit integration of viruses into the MITgcm/Darwin global ecosystem framework: a 🧵
link:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.728272v1
We got our first common paper out theLifeOfRetaria with @sandinmm.bsky.social , @raphaelmorard.bsky.social, @nicolecoots.bsky.social, @mattgr3co.bsky.social, Nicolaas Glock and Natalia Llopis-Monferrer - first product of our seminar series! check it out!
link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.70148
Satellite hindcasts of foliar traits reveal a subtle but consistent relaxation of conservativeness in a biodiverse mountain grassland over the last four decades vist.ly/55v5w FunctionalTraits LeafEconomicsSpectrum
link:https://vist.ly/55v5w
New paper out in New Phytologist 🌱 After centuries of research in Europe, we have studied only ~37% of all seed-dispersal interactions. Birds of prey, ants, and rodents are among the most understudied - yet researchers rarely flag them as gaps!
link:https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.71294
📄 Cross-ecosystem linkages between freshwater insects and riparian birds across the USA
Shared by **Nature Ecology & Evolution** @natecoevo.nature.com · · 💚 17 likes on Bluesky
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ICYMI: Lage-scale analysis shows the importance of freshwater insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies for riparian avian communities
link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03041-1
New research show biological invasions disrupt the relationship between size spectrum and trophic interactions in freshwater fish communities🌍 🐟️ 📈 🔎 Read more: buff.ly/9RvuSYJ
link:https://buff.ly/9RvuSYJ
🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-herbivore ecology, trophic rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇
Doubled-edged Dispersal! In the Anthropocene, animals disperse a lot of things. From seeds and nutrients, to pathogens and invasives. Our new paper discusses the need to balance trade-offs when both desirable and undesirable functions occur simultaneously
link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534726001011?dgcid=author
Using phytometers, we show that plant species loss in a species-rich meadow does not weaken competition or free up resources, highlighting the complexity of biodiversity–competition relationships. 🔗🔓 Paper in @journalofecology.bsky.social led by Eva Janíková 🌍🌐📏
link:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70335
Happy to release v2 of the @global-ecology.bsky.social Digest 🌐✨💚 The new version includes: • weekly wrap-ups • improved visualisation • archives A curated feed into biodiversity & global change research for anyone on to share online here 👉 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁
link:https://globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.github.io/archives/digest-2026-22/
Coral reefs are increasingly threaten by marine heatwaves, but what pushes corals past their breaking point? New in @ScienceAdvances @science.org: we found that corals can lose the microscopic system that helps move oxygen around their tissues during heat stress 🪸
link:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeg0950
📄 New R package Spatial+: addressing spatial confounding in ecological models ✨ AI title
Shared by **Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez** @frodsan.bsky.social · · 💚 14 likes on Bluesky
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Spatial+: a relatively easy way to address spatial confounding Comparison with other methods: statistics rspatial
link:https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13656
This new Global meta-analysis reveals urban-associated behavioural differences among wild populations 🌍 🔎 🦚 👇️ Read more buff.ly/ZpXeLw3
link:https://buff.ly/ZpXeLw3
Evidence-based approaches to conservation have 2 problems 1) Generalised evidence doesn’t take account of context 2) Specific information isn’t transferable Precision Ecology addresses these problems And we’re now starting a grant to test PE & provide guidance!
link:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02733-4
📄 Webinar: Eco-evolutionary modelling seminar featuring Korinna Allhoff ✨ AI title
Shared by **Institut Natura e Teoria ※ Pireneus (INTP)** @intp-science.bsky.social · · 💚 6 likes on Bluesky
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Only a few days left to submit your application and benefit of the discounted rate! Don't miss out! We are also very pleased to announce that Korinna Allhoff (University of Hohenheim) will be our guest this year for an online seminar 😊 eco-evolutionary-modelling.uni-hohenheim.de/en/english 🌍🧪🌐
link:https://eco-evolutionary-modelling.uni-hohenheim.de/en/english
📄 Species age shapes niche position and specialization in Neotropical vertebrates ✨ AI title
Shared by **Carlos Calderón del Cid** @caldecid.bsky.social · · 💚 14 likes on Bluesky
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How does species age influence niche position and specialization across the Neotropics? In a new study published in @ecography.bsky.social with @bruvilela.bsky.social, @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social , and R Dobrovolski:
link:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08192
Our study is now out in @commsearth.nature.com. 2022 heatwaves triggered a record mass flowering of Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica. 🌊 A sign of resilience or a red flag for ocean health? The answer here: Study led by Patrick Austruch 🌱 🌐
link:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03631-8
The R package 'hespdiv' is now in the CRAN! 🥳 Now automatic hierarchical and statistically testable contiguous bioregionalization is available for everyone! Bretskyan_hiearchy 🧪⚒️ EvoBio Paleobio Geology Biogeography Macroecology
link:https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/hespdiv/index.html
The Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) just turned 20! 🎉 We celebrate with a new paper in Biol Invasions on what 20 years of mountain monitoring taught us - and how ecological networks can survive (and thrive). Blog: Paper:
link:https://the3dlab.org/2026/05/24/a-beautiful-birthday/
The GuardIAS - OneStop webinar is now available on YouTube. The two projects were presented by me and @lorilawson.bsky.social, followed by engaging discussions on biosecurity and InvasiveSpecies management, moderated by @sgomezmaldonado.bsky.social. 👉 youtu.be/bC1DOp5Wt2o bioinvasions 🌍🌐🧪
link:https://youtu.be/bC1DOp5Wt2o
Our new study, led by Xiao-Peng Tan, maps the distribution of plant strategies across European grasslands and projects how current patterns will be affected by ongoing climate change. Open-access article: @ecography.bsky.social
link:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08334
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Invasive seaweeds may functionally compensate for the expected loss of endemic temperate species in the fast-warming Mediterranean Sea PlantScience
link:https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag105
📄 Antarctic Treaty System needs a disaster management authority for the continent ✨ AI title
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Opinion: Antarctica and the scientists working there aren’t prepared for disasters on the remote continent. The AntarcticTreatySystem needs a disaster management authority to address biological & physical threats. https://ow.ly/NySP50Z3fZE biosecurity ClimateChange
link:https://ow.ly/NySP50Z3fZE
Our new study synthesizes the role of metawebs as an ecological modeling framework in macroecology and biogeography, outlining their applications, limitations, and future directions. 🧪🦤🌎🌐 biodiversity ecology NetSci conservation ecologicalnetworks
link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380026002024?via%3Dihub
🌳 Greater tree diversity lowers soil carbon Q₁₀ by enhancing carbon stabilization and shifting microbial strategies. Diverse forests help lock away carbon and reduce climate feedbacks 👉️ buff.ly/DcNVNNW
link:https://buff.ly/DcNVNNW
Across birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects - urban animals are consistently bolder than their rural counterparts, according to a new global meta-analysis. 🌍🧪
link:https://f.mtr.cool/haqoinsfmd
Where does our timber come from? In new study led by Jakub Truszkowski, we show timber tracing gets more accurate if wood chemical data from different tree species are combined. Data gaps of 1 species are filled by the others. 🍁🌐🌍 Timtrace forest woodtrade
link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13595-026-01341-x
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack Vol. 3 is full and curated !! ✨💚 Vol. 3 👉 go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU Let’s start a Vol. 4 🕺🏼 👉 go.bsky.app/Dsk4TQ3 simply reply or DM if you want to be in ! Please share so they will fly into the bluesky 🦋🌈 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
link:https://go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
How can evolutionary theory guide our understanding of life origins? Here, Betül Kaçar @kacarlab.bsky.social and co. propose that, since LUCA was already a complex, adapted population, life must have deep evolutionary roots preceding it. arxiv.org/abs/2605.05464
link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05464
1/ 🚨 New open resource for biodiversity & SDMs 🚨 My paper is now published in Diversity and Distributions: "A global, taxon-stratified, high-resolution sampling-effort dataset from GBIF for bias-aware ecological modelling"
link:https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70205
Scaling laws for function diversity and specialization across socioeconomic and biological complex system "Once functions are introduced, their growth follows a remarkably universal pattern across all systems" @sfiscience.bsky.social 🧪🌐
link:https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2509729123
📄 Symbiotic bacteria may support calcium carbonate precipitation in the Gulf toadfish
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What role do fish play in the oceanic CarbonCycle via calcium carbonate precipitation? Study of the toadfish gut by @delcampolab.bsky.social reveals Vibrio bacteria that could aid CaCO3 precipitation, expanding the role of symbiosis in marine biomineralization @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/49aY5SH
link:https://plos.io/49aY5SH
What is the relationship between population density and home range? and what are the implications in terms of home range overlap? Our latest paper tackling these questions is finally out! @giannijacca.bsky.social @marleetucker.bsky.social
link:https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecog.07936
🏔️ European mountains get shrubbier 🏔️ In this Research Highlight @globalchangebio.bsky.social, Sarah Elmendorf and myself discuss Vanneste et al. (2026)'s wonderful paper, who found extensive alpine shrubification based on data from the GLORIA network. 🌐🧪🌱🌍
link:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70922
📄 An underground census: what bacteria and fungi tell us about ecosystem health – Soil & Landscape Science Lab
Shared by **Raphael Viscarra Rossel** @ravr19.bsky.social · · 💚 8 likes on Bluesky
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I've written a short blog post on the bacterial-to-fungal richness ratio and the implications of the research for ecosystem health assessments. 🌏🌐🧪🔬 SoilHealth SoilScience Microbiome @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social 📝 Blog:
link:https://ravr19.github.io/slsl_blog/posts/2026-05-18-bactfung/
An exciting day today. Our work, co-led by @mhanusch.bsky.social and @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social was published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. In this review, we explore the concept of chemodiversity and what role it could play for ecological functions at landscape-level.
link:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03057-7
