Islands are at the forefront of global environmental change. Biological invasions, land-use change, and climate change are driving population decli...

We are looking for a PhD student to join the AG Hartig (Theoretical Ecology) in the field of ecological data science / deep learning. 

La théorie de l’évolution a fait ses premiers pas sur une île – et ce n’est pas un hasard. En 1835, lors de son voyage aux Galápagos, Charles Darwin observe des pinsons avec attention. Ce sont les dif...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00064-7The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.

We developed a method to assess bird species’ vulnerability to predation by free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) using prey preference data from c…

Co-evolutionary relationships associated with biogeographical context mediate the response of native prey to introduced predators, but this effect has not yet been demonstrated for domestic cats. We ...