Our last contribution is a review on correlative ecological niche models' overfitting. We examined diagnostic approaches and evaluated modelling practices related to sampling bias, predictor choice, study area definition, model complexity and regularisation.
doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653456v1
Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653456v1
Our new pre-print exposes how the global link between poverty and biodiversity is rooted in colonial exploitation of biological resources.
🌎🌐 #decolonisingconservation #conservation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I have also fallen into this trap, what a succinct alternative wording? "Society"? The issue is more the globalising language? Better to first define the impacts specifically e.g., impacts driven by societal patterns of overconsumption and exploitation mostly in rich nations - then simplify?
I really do wish researchers & journalists would stop stating that ‘humans are responsible’ for catastrophic biodiversity decline. The Q of ‘which humans’ matters here. It’s time to call out the global capitalist system as the driver of losses instead. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Restoring habitats is critical to support fish populations in Switzerland. 🐟Check out this interview by Uniaktuell with @conorwaldock.bsky.social and myself on how species distribution models can help us in identifying priority regions for conservation and restoration of fish habitats.
Zitat von Conor Waldock, Institut für Ökologie und Evolution: "90% der potenziellen Fischlebensräume sind durch menschliche Einflüsse beeinträchtigt."
Die Schweizer #Fischbestände sind, insbesondere durch die Verbauung der #Gewässer gefährdet. Ein Projekt der @wyssacademy.bsky.social, #unibern & @eawag.bsky.social setzt sich für die Renaturierung ein, um die Lebensräume der heimischen Fischarten zu bewahren.
www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/hier_lo...
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Deconstructing the geography of human impacts on species’ natural distribution 🌎🌐🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two fish talk to each other. One fish says to the other: Hey, we now have been given our names! The other replies happily: Oh, great, I'm glad you are ...?
The Barbatula #fish species newly discovered by researchers @unibern.bsky.social @wyssacademy.bsky.social #NaturhistorischesMuseumBern
@eawag.bsky.social now have #names!
They are called «fluvicola» und «ommata».
mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas...
Can Higher Education be Decolonised? A forthcoming book describes attempts to apply decolonial practices at the University of Bristol. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/can-highe...
list of banned keywords
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Occurrence records currently available may be insufficient to capture the latitudinal gradient of marine diversity. Computer simulations show that sampling bias persists even with the use of different richness estimators.
🌎🧪🦑
#Macroecology
#MarineEcology
👇 Out now in GEB!
The professional society for microbiologists began stripping content about Black, female, and LGBTQ+ scientists from its website in the last few days, angering its members and highlighting the reach of President Trump’s directives.
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
Take part in choosing the names of two new fish species that researchers have recently discovered: www.aqua.iee.unibe.ch/research/res...
Help us choose a name for a new fish species hiding in Swiss rivers and lakes!
Led by Bárbara Calegari, we discovered two species of small but beautiful stone loaches (Barbatula).
Overlooked for hundreds of years, but now properly documented.
The first step to protecting biodiversity.
Excited to announce this new article, a comprehensive review of recent research on post-growth — the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health with a brilliant team of authors. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
ICYMI: The Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program offers Fellows $23K in funding for research, travel, & accommodations. Apply for 2025! 🌊 bit.ly/blog197sau
An interesting read in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
Extinction of experience among ecologists
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Interesting to see the argument that #patriarchy is a key cause in environmental degradation and effectiveness in #conservation of #biodiversity and that this extends to knowledge production as well. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
AI offers powerful tools for #conservation but also poses risks—bias, resource demands, and unintended impacts on #biodiversity. 🦤🌍🌐
PhD Studentship Scholarship Opportunity!
🧑🏾🔬 This programme offers 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers.
💻 For more information and to apply, visit: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
#ExeterCEC 🧪
Tatsuya Amano has shown that just reading the English literature misses 35% of the science, yet this is rarely included in syntheses or global assessments. The problem is much greater in many biodiverse areas. He is determined to change this.
youtu.be/ky0TAnMOlfA?...
The responses of freshwater fish to global warming. Our analyses in @pnas.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Made possible by #RivFishTIME
