The Journal of Biogeography is delighted to invite more Early Career Researchers to become members of the journal’s Editorial Academy. The Editorial Academy is aimed to help early career biogeographers who are interested to learn more about the publishing process to gain experience with the guidance and support of an experienced mentor. In 2021 weContinue reading “Invitation for applications: 2021 JBI Editorial Academy”
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Persistence at the margins of tree life
Species niche differences shape our high-elevation forest communities. Above: Mountain pine beetle and white pine blister rust have heavily impacted this whitebark pine forest in the Mt. Rose Wilderness Area outside of Reno, Nevada, USA. In recent decades, increasing temperatures and prolonged drought have been linked to widespread tree mortality across the western United States.Continue reading “Persistence at the margins of tree life”
How do the geographical distributions of species drive patterns of biodiversity?
The rate of species formation is conditional on the relatedness of co-occurring species, with packing and competition apparently driving maximum diversity in single areas. Above: The high diversity of species in the tropics, as seen here in Costa Rica, mean that many more species are found within smaller geographic areas I have always been fascinatedContinue reading “How do the geographical distributions of species drive patterns of biodiversity?”
Women in Biogeography
A compilation of top-cited papers from the past decade in the Journal of Biogeography Above: Images of the locations and taxa studied by the authors of papers featured in this virtual issue. The Journal of Biogeography (JBI) is publishing a virtual issue this week that highlights some of the many influential contributions of women toContinue reading “Women in Biogeography”
ECR feature: Costanza Geppert on contrasting native and non-native plants responses
Costanza Geppert is a PhD student at the University of Padua in Italy. She is a conservation ecologist interested in the effects of global change on biodiversity. Here, Costanza shares her recent work on the drivers of plant redistribution in mountainous areas under global change. Costanza Geppert Personal links. ResearchGate | GoogleScholar | Research GroupContinue reading “ECR feature: Costanza Geppert on contrasting native and non-native plants responses”
ECR Feature: Shahan Derkarabetian on the biogeography of opilionoid arachnids
Shahan is a postdoc at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He is a systematic and evolutionary biologist with a keen interest in Opiliones, an order of arachnids. Shahan shares his recent work on the opilionoid family, Triaenonychidae, investigating the role of geological events and past climate on their geographical distribution. Shahan Derkarabetian siftingContinue reading “ECR Feature: Shahan Derkarabetian on the biogeography of opilionoid arachnids”
ECR Feature: Jacob Suissa on the diversity of tropical montane ferns
Jacob Suissa is a PhD candidate at Harvard University. His major research interest is in the evolution of plants, particularly ferns. Jacob shares his recent work that has utilised vast herbarium records to understand global diversity in montane fern assemblages. Jacob in the Tepui’s in the Brazilian highlands. Links. Webpage | Instagram Institute. Harvard UniversityContinue reading “ECR Feature: Jacob Suissa on the diversity of tropical montane ferns”
ECR Feature: Thiago Laranjeiras on avian diversity in Amazonian floodplains
Thiago Laranjeiras is an an environmental analyst at Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade. He is a biogeographer with a keen interest in the ecology and biodiversity of birds. Thiago shares his recent work on transitions in avifauna communities across floodplain habitats in the Amazon. Name. Thiago Orsi Laranjeiras Personal links. Web page |Continue reading “ECR Feature: Thiago Laranjeiras on avian diversity in Amazonian floodplains”
ECR feature: Andrea Paz on environmental predictors for Atlantic Forest diversity
Andrea Paz recent started her postdoc at ETH Zürich in Switzerland. She is an evolutionary biologist interested in unveiling the processes generating the patterns of species distributions. Here, Andrea shares her recent work investigating the environmental correlates of diversity for multiple clades and diversity measures in the Atlantic Forest. Andrea visiting the Atlantic Forest during aContinue reading “ECR feature: Andrea Paz on environmental predictors for Atlantic Forest diversity”
The elusiveness of biotic interactions in spatial data
Joint species distribution models may not yet be able to detect the signal of biotic interactions from empirical community data … due to the lack of sufficiently dense ecological datasets and fast-and-accurate algorithms. Above: Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) at its nesting site in a former woodpecker cavity.(Photo by Josefine S. / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 /Continue reading “The elusiveness of biotic interactions in spatial data”
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