Online now: Effecting change in ecology dlvr.it/T6Xh0r

Functional trait databases for macrobehaviour 🌎🐆 🧠
Letter from Professor Dale Nimmo and I out today in Trends in Ecology & Evolution looking at how existing and future open-access data could help explore spatial, temporal and taxonomic behavioural variation.
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Online now: Mixing on- and off-field measures for biodiversity conservation dlvr.it/T6VQpn

Online now: The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change dlvr.it/T6V30J

Fresh of the press. Fossil-Lagerstätten are the most important windows into ancient ecosystems. However their classification and what makes an exceptionally preserved fossil have been inconsistent.

Paper (50 free downloads):
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Online now: A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten dlvr.it/T631ld

🐧 Happy #WorldPenguinDay 🐧

It's hard to imagine a world without penguins... 🤔

Yet many penguin species face grave threats, such as climate change, habitat loss & reduced food availability.

More with BirdLife International ⤵️

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Our new paper led by Harith Farooq now out in Current Biology : 'Threats to reptiles at global and regional scales' In here we extend our work on mapping threats using the IUCN Red List data to 🐍🦎🐢and link threats to risk of extinctions authors.elsevier.com/c/1izpi3QW8S6E…

Online now: Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions dlvr.it/T5gdPx

Congratulations to Dr. Akiko Iwasaki Prof. Akiko Iwasaki as she is listed among the 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2024 by TIME's magazine! What an honor to have you as an advisory board member at Trends in Molecular Medicine !

Our new paper out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution : 'Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions' authors.elsevier.com/a/1ixgOcZ3X04lm

Jhelam Deshpande, Alison Duncan, Emanuel A. Fronhofer and Oliver Kaltz isem

Connectivity is often given as an aim in conservation, but how do we interpret it, how do we try to improve it, and how do we measure it

Please complete our survey - nice & quick to do, but will be very useful to scope out the state of play!

New article by Kim et al. on the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport & health nexus in Europe reveals ⬇️

'Nexus studies inform the development of holistic policy & management options'

Upcoming: ipbes #NexusAssessment 📢

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My latest story for National Geographic explores why bonobo males, surprisingly, are more often aggressive to other males than chimpanzee males are, featuring MaudMouginot, Michael Wilson and Martin Surbeck (@kokolopori). nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

The Trends in Molecular Medicine special issue “Eating disorders” covers the complex nature of eating disorders, focusing on anorexia & bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder & OSFED & try to raise awareness about the importance of research, diagnosis & treatment. hubs.li/Q02s5CKR0

Are we affecting sexual selection? Anthropogenic alterations to sexual display and mate preference can affect species recognition or weaken divergence via sexual selection, leading to higher rates of hybridization and biodiversity loss cell.com/trends/ecology… Bob Wong

Online now: Testes size seen through the glass of amphibian care dlvr.it/T5KDG7