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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

First glimpse into our BIOME project fieldwork in Brunei! 🌴🇧🇳 Exploring Earth’s oldest primary rainforests (130–140 mya) with 70m trees & incredible biodiversity. Huge thanks to our dedicated team on the ground. Part 1 of our video series. Jumpa lagi! 🐿️🌿 #BIOMEproject #Macroecology #Brunei

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How do you capture the 3D complexity of a dense forest canopy? 🌲🚁 We're flying LiDAR & multispectral drones for the BIOME project, mapping biomass and greenness at unprecedented resolution. Huge thanks to our skilled pilots Yiwen Liu & Ziyu Zheng! 🙌 #Macroecology #LiDAR #RemoteSensing

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lidong didn’t just send his postdoc to support our expedition; he jumped right into the dense subtropical forests himself. Armed with deep botanical knowledge, 360° GoPro tech, and relentless good vibes, he powered our data collection on the ground🌲📷, thanks🫶🏼 #Biomeproject #Macroecology #Fieldwork

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Today: Pengcheng Liu, a postdoc in the lab of Lidong Mo (who we can't wait to introduce next!). 🤝 With this series, we want to say a massive THANK YOU to all our worldwide partners who make international research and the #BIOMEproject possible, fun, and full of friendship. 🌍

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wie gehen Regenwaldblätter mit dem vielen Wasser um? 🌧️🍃 Im BIOME-Projekt messen wir Blattmerkmale, um die Klimaanpassung von Pflanzen zu verstehen. @haozhima.bsky.social zeigt die Funktion von Träufelspitzen mit einer Demo aus dem subtropischen Regenwald nahe Guangzhou!👇 @wsl-dme.bsky.social

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Vom Waldboden bis zum Kronendach 🍃 So erfasst das #BIOMEproject Blattmerkmale! 👇 Im Video erkläre ich unsere digitale Datensammlung über alle Waldschichten hinweg. Die Auswertung liefert uns wichtige Merkmale, um diese Biome zu charakterisieren. #Macroecology #Fieldwork @wsl-dme.bsky.social

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Um Biome weltweit zu definieren, messen wir ökologische Parameter. In den nächsten Tagen zeigen wir euch Einblicke direkt aus dem Feld! Den Anfang macht @yang-gengchen.bsky.social: Er zeigt, wie wir per hemisphärischer Aufnahmen Kronenstruktur und Lichtklima im Wald erfassen. 👇

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Gleiches Klima, andere Arten – dieselben Merkmale? 🌿 Wir nehmen euch mit in Chinas Lorbeerwälder. Obwohl die Arten völlig andere sind als in Ecuador, erwarten wir wegen des Klimas fast identische Strukturen und Pflanzenmerkmale (sog. traits). Schaut rein für Einblicke in unsere Feldarbeit! 👇

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Von Shanghai direkt ins dichte Grün: Wir sind in China angekommen! Wir sammeln fürs globale BIOME-Projekt funktionelle Pflanzentraits & dreidimensionale Strukturdaten, um Biome weltweit auf Basis standardisierter Daten präzise zu definieren. Folgt uns für Updates direkt aus dem Lorbeerwald! 🌿🛸📸

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The BIOME team is on its way to Sardinia! 🚢🌳 Following campaigns in Switzerland & Ecuador, our PhD students are kicking off a new field season studying Mediterranean holm oak forests together with Alberto Tarroni. Proud to partner with FoReSTAS & colleagues from the University of Padua. 👇

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Bist du interessiert, mit mir und @manupopp.bsky.social nächsten Pfingstmontag bei einem kurzen Spaziergang am Stadtrand von Zürich unsere KI-basierte Bestimmungsapp zu testen? Wenn ja, melde dich an (email genügt); wir freuen uns: festivaldernatur.ch/event?nid=90...

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Forum Biodiversität Schweiz @biodiversity.scnat.ch · 15/01/2026

🌱 #Biodiversität in der #Schweiz: Der Zustand bleibt ungenügend. Trotz verlangsamtem Rückgang besteht grosser Handlungsbedarf. Unser neuer datenbasierter #Report zeigt #Fakten, Entwicklungen und Lösungsansätze 👉 biodiversitaet2026.ch #Wissenschaft #Forschung

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

⏩️❓️‼️ If you have your biogeography research to be published, there is the perfect journal with an impact factor of 2.5 & being led & driven by a great society @biogeography.bsky.social🎉‼️⏪️ ❤️FRONTIERS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY❤️ biogeography.pensoft.net #tibs2026 #macroecology @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social

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Frontiers of Biogeography

 Launched to support biogeographic researchFrontiers of Biogeography (FoB) is the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society (TIBS, biogeography.org), a not-for-profit orga...

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Interesting talk by @nezimmermann.bsky.social from our DME lab today at #TIBS2026 on a new conceptual framework on #BiomeBiogeography. This concept is at the core of our #biome project, in which several lab members are involved.

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our DME member @dirknkarger.bsky.social gave a great talk on adapting land use to climate change and how this can mitigate global biodiversity decline.

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Damiano Righetti from our DME lab just presented his cool research at #TIBS2026 on trophic species distribution modelling of tuna and its pray.

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

@wennading.bsky.social from the DME lab presented her great work at #TIBS2026 on the origin of mountain floras in response to biotic assembly, orogeny and climate change. If you are interested, her is the latest paper on the topic: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

🗾The poster sessions at #TIBS2026 are a great opportunity to exchange results and ideas, and to meet new people. We enjoy the interaction and atmosphere. And we will leave with a rich set of new ideas and connections.🚀 #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity #CHELSA @wslresearch.bsky.social

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Elena Plekhanova from @wsl-dme.bsky.social just gave a very interesting talk on how to use #AI in combination with #RemoteSensing to map global #biomes. #Macroecology #Biodiversity #Mapping @wslresearch.bsky.social

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Great talk by @vboussange.bsky.social from @wsl-dme.bsky.social on "Multiscale species richness modelling". Victor developed a cool method to map species richness in a way that allows spatial scaling and to retrieve scale-relevant information.

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The @wsl-dme.bsky.social lab members arrived at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus. We are excited to enjoy great talks, posters, workshops, discussions with colleagues and friends, and we look forward to contribute as well, with 7 oral and 5 poster contributions. #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

🌴Since my undergraduate time, I wanted to see the tropical alpine biome with its "giant rosette" species. On our #biome project fieldtrip in #Ecuador, I finally met #Espeletia picnophylla spp. angelensis, in El Angel. So happy! Magic!

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

🌿 While conducting #biome research in the #Maquipucuna Reserve in #Ecuador, our lodge unexpectedly became a perfect vantage point for observing mesmerizing #hummingbirds. ✨🐦

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌧️ If your team members are patiently waiting for 1h in the rain in a tropical #cloudforest, chatting, playing, laughing and happily continue fieldwork with rain-sensitive instruments as soon as the rain stops & finish the day with a “high five”: Now you know, you have a fantastic team! 🫶

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Exploring the tropical cloud forests of #Guacamayos. 🔎 Foggy, rain-soaked and mild temperatures: #cloudforests are some of the most species- and endemism-rich biomes on Earth. Despite covering only 0.4% of global land, they host 3,700 #species of birds, mammals, amphibians and tree ferns. 🌧️🌳🌿

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🚁🌳 We are collecting #biome data in #Ecuador using three types of #drones: 1️⃣ #LiDAR – to analyze vertical biomass distribution 2️⃣ Multispectral – to assess canopy leaf area 3️⃣ Photo – to capture leaf imagery

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🌳 Towering trees (often >50 m), massive buttress roots and woody lianas are typical plant traits of tropical rainforests. 🌧

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Manuel Popp @manupopp.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Where do species find suitable habitats in Switzerland? And how will habitat suitabilities change under future climate scenarios? Here, we have modelled maps for more than 7500 swiss species: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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SDMapCH: a Comprehensive database of >7,500 modelled species habitat suitability maps for Switzerland - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - SDMapCH: a Comprehensive database of >7,500 modelled species habitat suitability maps for Switzerland

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

🌿Fieldwork in the #Yasuni National Park, #Ecuador.🦜 Our researchers are studying the structural and functional properties of #rainforests to better understand and define #biomes.🌳🔎

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

What a wonderful sunrise at Paso Papallacta (4063 m a.s.l.) before dropping down from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. We are ready to start working. More soon!

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The BIOME team explored the high-altitude city of #Quito (2,850 m) before heading deep into the Amazon rainforest for fieldwork. 🌳🌿

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌎 Our BIOME project team has just begun a 3.5-week research expedition in Ecuador! 🇪🇨 They’ll be conducting fieldwork across diverse landscapes to study how biomes have evolved and how to define them. 🔎🌿🏔️ Stay tuned for field updates! ✨ 👉BIOME project: shorturl.at/RLQPw

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Michael Nobis @michaelnobis.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🔊 New paper: first integration of population genetics🧬 and dynamic species distribution modeling🌐 using #KISSMig to reconstruct postglacial dynamics of wild black pepper, endemic to India’s Western Ghats. #macroecology #popgen #phylogeography #biogeography 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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YANG Geng-Chen | 杨庚宸 @yang-gengchen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This week, I presented my research on #BiomeConservatism at the @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zürich. 🌍 🌱 The analysis of 161 plant lineages across the globe provides clear evidence for biome conservatism and the mechanisms underlying current #biodiversity patterns and #biome dynamics. 💡

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

📱🌱 Plant identification apps are booming – but which one is the best? And how reliable are the results? 🤔 Our researchers collected over 5,000 photos of 560 Swiss plant species from 85 habitat types and tested the most popular apps.🔎 Here are the findings: shorturl.at/lD0Cl

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯

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Dr. Dirk N. Karger @dirknkarger.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🌿 Join Our Team as Postdoctoral Researcher in Regional Climate Downscaling at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Switzerland and lead the development of regional, highresolution climate scenarios for Armenia. @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/...

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 has released a Special Feature on "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", including an insightful editorial by our scientists Silke Bauer & @nezimmermann.bsky.social.🌍⚡🌱 #energytransition #ecology #renewablenergy #greenenergy

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Towards a sustainable energy transition

Combining the goals of energy transition and biodiversity protection is both necessary and possible. With the costs of inaction increasing rapidly, we need to remember that combatting climate change ....

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

What an amazing week at #EGU25 in Vienna! 🌍✨ We had a fantastic time connecting with fellow scientists from diverse fields, sharing our research and diving into inspiring discussions.💡 Grateful for the experience and already looking forward to next year! ❤️🚀

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

What drives the iconic buttress roots in tropical forests—mechanics or nutrients?🌳 At #EGU25, @haozhima.bsky.social presented his research on “The biogeography & functional understanding of buttress roots in tropical forests”. He’s part of our SNSF Advanced Grant project "BIOME.cc"🌎: rb.gy/r8vy1l

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Michael Nobis @michaelnobis.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🔉Version 2.0 of our #KISSMig #Rstats package for #SpeciesMigration modeling is now live on #CRAN. 🎉 Together with Dominik Landolt we boosted performance by implementing parallel computing—making this simple dynamic #SDM faster than ever. Learn more about KISSMig here 👉 purl.oclc.org/wsl/kissmig

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

@clechartre.bsky.social held a session on "HP computing for mechanistic prediction of biome distribution" at #EGU25. She presented BIOME4.jl—a hi-res #Julia reimplementation of #BIOME4 to improve performance, modularity & scalability, enabling the simulation of biome dynamics in complex terrains.🌍🖥️

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Mountain species are at risk of extinction as global temperatures rise—but how these risks will manifest remains unclear. 🌱🏔️ Bert Wuyts's research sheds light on this by exploring how habitats become fragmented & isolated as populations shift to higher elevations. He presented his results at #EGU25.

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Elena Plekhanova gave an excellent talk on "SeCo-Eco: Global multiband seasonal pre-training dataset and self-supervised model for ecological applications" at the #EGU25. 🌍🛰️ 🔗More information & presentation slides are available here: plekhanovaelena.github.io/ssl4eco/

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Thrilled to share that we will be participating in the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 #EGU25 in #Vienna — with four sessions led by our scientists!🚀 Don’t miss the chance to join their talks and meet them in person for insightful discussions & future collaborations!💡🌱

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Great opportunity, cool topic. Apply, if interested!

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Niklaus E. Zimmermann @nezimmermann.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Very honored to have contributed a keynote to the 25th Swiss Global Change Day #SGDC25, and very happy to have attended excellent talks and discussions, and having met many interesting persons from many different fields. A great anniversary! @scnat.ch @wsl-dme.bsky.social

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WSL Dynamic Macroecology @wsl-dme.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Last week, we gathered for a 3-day retreat in the stunning medieval castle of #Burgdorf🏰✨ – an inspiring setting and a fantastic opportunity for deep discussions, strategic planning, vison alignment, team building and lots of fun with hiking and VR game.❤️🥾🎮 Excited for what’s to come!🚀

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