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Chia Hsieh @chiahsieh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship is now accepting applications! Applications are open through November 1, 2026. For more information about the fellowship and application process, please visit our website. Please feel free to share this opportunity with anyone who may be interested.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Glad to share our new study at @natcomms.nature.com which resulted from several workshops on the early warning signs of mass extinctions and coordination of macroevolutionary vulnerability and the states of carbon cycle and temperatures. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio

Recurrence-based identificationofPhanerozoicmega-climate states and
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Phanerozoic vulnerability across five mega-climate states

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Sean Pang @seh-pang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🏅Delighted that our paper introducing the Demographic Niche Concept has been recognised 🥈for @ecography.bsky.social's E4 Award! The niche as composed of multiple demographic niches, of survival, growth, and reproduction~ Short Video Abstract explaining the idea youtu.be/AthZF6v06ho

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E4 award runner-up: the demographic niche concept for understanding range-wide population dynamics

YouTube video by Ecography

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Bouwe Reijenga @breijenga.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🧵 Excited to share my final PhD paper in Ecology Letters! A classic question in ecology is why some clades contain more species in local assemblages than others. We argue that part of the answer lies in the timing of speciation itself. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Species richness patterns of exemplary clades. (a, c, e) Assemblage species richness (as a proportion of clade richness) of three exemplar avian families (Passerellidae, Dendrocolaptidae & Onychorhynchidae) showing low, intermediate and high levels of co-occurrence across the Americas. Pie charts show clade richness (decreasing in size in order) and the black lines point toward the grid cell of highest richness all in different locations in the Americas. (b) The relationship between clade richness and maximum local species richness (n = 40 families). An ordinary least squares regression estimates an intercept of −0.257 and slope of 0.761. (d) Distribution of maximum (proportional) local species richness across clades, showing large variation between clades.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 05/05/2026

Megafaunal extinctions, including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths, simplified food webs in the American tropics, which now feature smaller predators and fewer prey species per predator, compared with tropical food webs in Africa and Asia. In PNAS: ow.ly/o1mi50YV4M3

A jaguar hunting a caiman in the Pantanal, Brazil. Stock photo.

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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our recent paper on human-induced trait shifts and predator–prey interactions is on the cover of the May issue of Trends in Ecology & Evolution 😭😵‍💫 The paper is available open access here -> www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Felipe Cerezer @cerezer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📣 New paper out in @plosbiology.org What drives global patterns of species richness? 🌍 Using a unified framework across 129 tetrapod clades 🐸🦎🐦🐘, we find: 👉 Productivity-driven equilibrium dynamics largely explain biodiversity patterns ⚖️🌱 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #Macroecology #Biogeography

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Stephanie Chia @stephchia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The "birds that don't exist" paper is out in Ecology Letters! 🍻 We found a viable body form that has never evolved in a big clade of songbirds, and tested a series of hypotheses to figure out why. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea

We use topological data analysis to reveal a persistent morphological gap in a major group of songbirds (superfamily Passeroidea). The gap remained unoccupied for millions of years, even though nearb...

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Chia Hsieh @chiahsieh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My paper just came out! Urban parks and green spaces are widely known for their environmental benefits in mitigating climate change. However, my study reveals that managements can interrupt the natural connection between plants, soil organisms, and microbes that keep soils healthy and carbon-rich.

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Management matters: homogenized plant–soil linkages constrain carbon cycling in urban green spaces - Urban Ecosystems

Urban Ecosystems - Urban green spaces (UGSs) have been promoted as nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. Most UGS planning and studies use vegetation...

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Now published: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 Open access in Facets, including open data www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

A map showing the probability of movement for terrestrial animals across Canada and the USA.

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Chia Hsieh @chiahsieh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I’m excited to share the winners of the Outstanding Publication Award in EEB at MSU! I’m truly grateful to have served on the selection committee together as Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows, Becca and Nichole, and inspired by the outstanding, insightful work of our EEB graduate students.

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Meet the winners of the 2026 outstanding publication awards

Feb. 10 - Studies of butterfly declines, warming turtles, and shape-shifting leaves were among the winners of this year’s outstanding student publication award.

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Matt Kerr @mattkerr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

As we get into the final parts of the amazing meeting that #TIBS2026 was, a reminder to follow and share the starter pack for ECRs in Biogeography: go.bsky.app/KvnmdnK And a reminder to check it again, as we've had many new additions over the conference. See you all at the dinner!

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Ferran Sayol @ferransayol.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New paper out! 🐦📊 We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources. Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....

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Chia Hsieh @chiahsieh.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Join at 🌏 Species on the Move in Taiwan! A global forum where researchers, practitioners & policymakers share insights, innovations, and strategies shaping the future of biodiversity. #Ecology #ClimateChange #RangeShift #Biodiversity #Conservation

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Home - Species on the Move 2026

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Eline Rentier @elinerentier.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Which paleoclimate dataset do you use for your research? In my latest research, I compared temperature estimates from five well-known paleoclimate datasets to proxy data and found that inter-dataset variability can strongly affect temperature-delimited reconstructions. 🧵 ➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...

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Global variability in LGM cooling amongst paleoclimate datasets affects biome reconstructions in mountains

Downscaled paleoclimate datasets are widely used in biogeographical research, aiding our understanding of past environmental shifts and species’ responses to climate change. Numerous datasets exist, v...

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Hengxing Zou @hengxingzou.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

First postdoc paper just dropped! Using 50 years of Breeding Bird Survey data, we found that the unexpected functional shifts of bird communities in North America do not track species-level expectations, and these unexpected shifts can be explained by just 5% of “hyper-dominant” species.

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