Riccardo Testolin

Exciting news! The first spatial database of Mediterranean islands and associated variables is out! Thanks @LifeWatchIT for supporting research on a global diversity hotspot doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…

Large collection of vegetation plots on Mediterranean islands around Italy reveals plant diversity hotspots across spatial scales! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

👩🏾‍🔬👨‍🔬CALL FOR COLLABORATION👩🏾‍🔬👨‍🔬 We are looking for Global South researchers who have vegetation (plot level) data! 🌍 Join sPlot and become part of a global network of scientists unraveling patterns in plant biodiversity! 🌼🌴🌿☀️🌦️🌱☘️🌾 Contribution deadline: end of October

The first multi-scale global map of plant species richness, just published by our FM Sabatini and @sPlot_idiv in @NatureComms. How many species can be found when sampling 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 m2? nature.com/articles/s4146… #biodversity #plants

This paper by Geoff Boeing measures the entropy of 100 cities around the world using the orientation of streets. In the upper part of the chart you find the cities with most ordered streets [full paper: buff.ly/3kepB9p]

JVS/AVS Editors' Awards for 2021 vegsciblog.org/2022/01/06/jvs…

@NewtonUlhoa @BorjaJimAlf @sPlot_iDiv Here we included only alpine areas sensu Koerner (mountain areas above the elevational climatic treeline). As far as I know, campos rupestres represent an azonal pedobiome. (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…)

🏔️Alpine update⚠️New version of the hi-res spatial layer of global alpine biomes with additional mountain regions + continent, mountain names, and area info! doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig…

A global phylogenetic regionalization of vascular plants reveals a deep split between Gondwanan and Laurasian biotas @LabSpiritu @PeruzziLorenzo @Unipisa nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Help needed: 🌴🌱🌿🌵🌷🌸🌹 Any data on total species richness in vegetation plots of any size (10-10,000 m2) in the tropics? 1) Both woody and non woody plants needed 2) richness & lat-long is enough (with reference) 3) Amazonia, SE Asia, India & Central Africa Thanks for RT

#Soils of the World A 250m resolution Principal Component Analysis of @ISRICorg layers (5-15 cm depth) PC1-3 mapped to RGB. Still to figure out what it means, but stunningly beautiful ...in 30 seconds😮 Thanks #GoogleEarthEngine @EarthEngineBot and @teresa_demarzo for teaching

When a plant looks so much like a bird you need to do a double take - introducing Crotalaria cunninghamii, or the Green Bird-flower, from Northern Australia.

@VVandvik @MariaSporbert @BioGeoKreft @hmlfpereira @HelgeBruelheide Bravooo @MariaSporbert

@MariaSporbert delivering a stellar #PhDDefense in the age of the #CoronaPandemic #HomeOffice - with more than 50 of us cheering her on from the side(bar). #PhDLife #PhD

Global functional variation in alpine vegetation 🏔️ @JVegSci! Global alpine vegetation is functionally convergent, yet it still carries an imprint of its species' evolutionary origin! bit.ly/3sVlNeA

@EkoLogIt @NatureEcoEvo @testoricca @BorjaJimAlf Perfect timing: "Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness" just published in @GEB_macro onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…

What determines the regional diversity of alpine species pools? We review old concepts to analyze large datasets under a comprehensive view. Check out in GEB (below). More info in our virtual network alpveg.com onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…