Alexandra van der Geer

A fossil-calibrated divergence times and historical biogeography of the rare Zoraptera #tropical_insects #Pangea #ContributionsToZoology #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1163/187598…

The Rapa Nui diving beetle has been rediscovered after almost 100 years – and it is rewriting its own evolutionary story. #remote_ecosystems #islandbiodiversity #Dytiscidae #EasterIsland Full story in Contributions to Zoology #OpenAccess here: lnkd.in/eBnBQsi7

Larvae of two closely related butterflies can coexist on the same plant by using it in different ways. #nichepartitioning #Papilio #Dictamnus Full story in Contributions to Zoology #OpenAccess here: lnkd.in/eRBY7t7P

The ISPH is back in Europe! The 8th International Symposium on Palaeohistology will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027. isph2027.wordpress.com and @isph2027.bsky.social

🏝️ Island Biology 2026 🏝️ Early-bird registration for Island Biology 2026 is open until April 9. Photos from Island Biology 2019 in Réunion and 2023 in Lipari📸 sites.google.com/view/island-bi…

Vijf voor twaalf voor baobabs op Madagaskar naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature…

Island Biology 2026 Conference 2–6 Nov. 2026 ホームページ公開しました！ We’ve launched the Island Biology 2026 Conference website! 2–6 Nov. 2026 sites.google.com/view/island-bi… #IB2026

🦌🧠🏝️ So happy to share my first PhD chapter! First digital brain endocast of Hoplitomeryx matthei - a strange five-horned ruminant from Gargano paleo-island (Italy). Full study: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #Paleontology #Paleoneurology #IslandBiogeography 1/7

Data-rich article by Julian Schrader and team on 'Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism' 🏝️🎍🌿(paywall, unfortunately) nature.com/articles/s4158…

New article by @GeorgiosLyras and Dionysia Liakopoulou: The brain of Myotragus balearicus, an insular bovid from the Balearics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Proud with our newest manuscript on Irish Megaloceros giganteus: Increased incidences of cervical ribs in deer indicate extinction risk | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The End of an Era: Jared Diamond's ecological collapse story of Rapa Nui inhabitants nailed. Read this population genomics paper nature.com/articles/s4158… #Rapanui #resilience #sustainable #Polynesians

Afgezonderde madeliefjes: de verbazingwekkende biodiversiteit van Asteraceae op oceanische eilanden naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature…

excavations at Liang Bua continue... #Homo_floresiensis #dwarf_megafauna #giant_rats

Very happy with our new book Marvels and Perils of Island Life, Evolution, Ecology and Extinction in Splendid Isolation, by Mark Lomolino and me, now available at Amazon - Kindle Direct Publishing: ISBN-13 979-8879215922 at a.co/d/hw4nr7v

Zeldzaam fossiel onthult hoe de ‘hobbitmens’ in razend tempo kromp parool.nl/ts-b5f7e022/

Great article by Kaifu and colleagues on early Homo floresiensis: dwarfism evolved in about 300 thousand years. Reminds me of dwarf elephants, where we found similar rates of dwarfism 🏝️⌛️#islands #rapid_evolution nature.com/articles/s4146…

@JuanCarlosIll18 so protecting their current habitat is not enough, as it is suboptimal at its best

@IslandEvolution Yeap, similar situation with the extant giant lizards in the Canary Islands

well-said: "the final populations of all moa species persisted in suboptimal habitats in cold, mountainous areas that were generally last and least impacted by people". This applies to all remaining insular endemic species, not only flightless birds 😢#vulnerable #extinction_risk

The skull of the small ruminant Hoplitomeryx (Pleistocene of Italy) has such a Sauron vibe ! #fossilfriday