LifeWebs Project

New and very useful methodological paper on the analysis of rewiring in interaction webs from ecological communities, comparing the Poisot's and the Novotny's method; I recommend the Novotny's method. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

Two PhD positions available to come and work with us @QMUL! 1. Determining the impacts of non-native species on global ecological network structure (findaphd.com/phds/project/d…). 2. How far are we from biodiversity collapse? (findaphd.com/phds/project/h…). Apply now - deadline 31 Jan!

Please check out our commentary on the rise of ecological network meta-analyses: Problems and Prospects on #GECCO @tomfayle @ShannonXing #lifewebsproject doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc…

Please check out our new LifeWebs logo designed by @RunxiWANG_ ! lifewebs.net

Looking for a PhD in insect ecology? Contact the lab! louiseashton.net/newsandupdates…

Join us at AGU for our session: The roles of animals in the earth system agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/preli…

Our paper in @Nature just published @univcadiz @ebdonana @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC @CSIC. Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03665-2 nature.com/articles/s4158… Thread #1.10 📷L. Ojembarrena

We emphasize the duality between seed dispersal and seed predation networks in the tropics, as key plant species differ and host specificity tends to be low in the former and higher in the latter. Seeds and insects across three tropical forest sites: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Exciting new job opportunity at Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor level at the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah! I am affiliated to this institute, and can highly recommend working there. Selection is ongoing - apply now!

See our last paper on Changes in the structure of seed dispersal networks when including interaction outcomes from both plant and animal perspectives. We find that accounting for quality improves our inferences about interaction assembly and species role onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/oi…

Chuffed to have played a small part in this paper, led by the indomitable @thebinglin. If you're wondering what a wet market actually is and why this matters for health AND biodiversity, then look no further... @TheLancetPlanet #COVID19 #biodiversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Kik et al. Language and ethnobiological skills decline precipitously in Papua New Guinea, the world’s most linguistically diverse nation pnas.org/content/118/22…

Postdoctoral position available on the new project about Papua New Guinea ant ecology, forest degradation and climate change effects. @antscience antscience.com/opportunities/

Newly available three-year postdoctoral position in eco-evolutionary dynamics of host-parasite communities. Come work with us on a great model community from Australian rainforest! See the add bit.ly/3bCWMxi and our lab website lab.hrcek.net

New dispatch for the excellent recent paper by @mc_orr, @AliceCHughes et al Ecology: What Affects the Distribution of Global Bee Diversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last chance to apply for these positions! Deadline is tomorrow (15 Jan).

Happy to share another paper resulting from my postdocs at @ArmyERDC @IllinoisNRES @UWyonews. This is part of the #HawaiiVINEProject and we investigated species roles in novel #seeddispersal #networks in #Oahu #Hawaii. pnas.org/content/118/4/…

I was invited to participate in a podcast about our lab's work on ants, mutualisms, and interaction networks. It was quite fun! You can listen here: bit.ly/3rAiMQw

New paper reviewing termite sampling methods by @andrewbdavies @FunkyAnt., @red_termite ://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-020-00797-y