Britt Pugh

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…

Thank you to @idiv for hosting the final sTeTra working group meeting in Leipzig last week! A very productive week with a really amazing set of people :)

Our Report article on ReSurveyEurope, a new and the largest European database of vegetation data from permanent plots and resurvey studies, has just been published in the Journal of Vegetation Science doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13…… @jvegsci @IAVS5 @vegsciblog #vegetation #biodiversity

The SoilTemp-network hoped to accelerate the foundation of microclimate science as a global discipline. With a new perspective piece in @GEB_macro, we put that ambition into words. Let me tell you why this paper is so important 👇 the3dlab.org/2024/04/09/mic…

MIREN Rocks! The protocol for the global @MIREN_mountains survey is now ready, thanks to the input of an enthusiastic global community of rock ecologists. Interested to join this rapidly booming project - and not afraid of heights - reach out! mountaininvasions.org/miren-rocks

The lack of evidence for declining local diversity through time must be because everything is homogenizing, leading to larger-scale losses. Right?! Nope, says our analysis of 500+ meta-communities through time published @ScienceAdvances @idiv science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A structured guide to commonly misunderstood issues in modeling species distributions & ecological niches (& ways they interact), plus major outstanding questions for these ubiquitous models. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec… @RPAbiodiversity @AlvaradoS_Lab @CCNY_Science @GCsciences

I am delighted to have published an article in Science alongside @InesISMartins and many other amazing colleagues. Since 1960, we find generalised shrinking in organism sizes, but with wide variation within and between organisms. Article link: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Thank you to everyone for an excellent research workshop on behalf of the @UiB at the Lygra Field Centre on conservation, environmental change and biodiversity. A really great week!

I am thrilled to have successfully published a paper with @r_field1 on partitioning taxonomic and functional beta diversity to better understand re-establishment of disturbed plant communities on the Basingstoke Canal, UK to @Land_MDPI Link: doi.org/10.3390/land12…

Interested in how trait diversity responds to geodiversity? Grant Vernham and colleagues (including me) review what is known, and what is not yet known, in this emerging field. (@fschrodt, @r_field1, @josephjbailey, and Hjort) Free access for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gqgTcZ3WyGX9

Ever wondered about island oddities that got really big (rodents of unusual size) or small (tiny elephants) compared to mainland ancestors? Led by @Rozzi_Roberto, we found the most extreme giants and dwarfs were most likely to go extinct (or be endangered) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@ConnorEcology Yay! Congratulations Connor! :)

Excited to share the infographic which I made in collaboration with the @UoNGeography, @notts_psych and @lborogeog! We aim to create interdisciplinary understanding of the issues, public perception and future research directions of freshwater pollution in the UK.

Check our NEW paper👇on @GlobalChangeBio exploring how humans have altered the spatial #diversity and distribution of #ecosystems over the last #millennium. SPOILER: The net effect is an increasing one but #change is yet again the main character.bit.ly/3oktj1K 🧵/1

Job alert!! 🚨 Looking for tech savvy recent graduates to undertake exciting #GIS & #research based role with @SurreyWT - please share & RT 🖥️🔬🌿 #Job #STEM #graduate #environment #ngo #careeropportunities surreywildlifetrust.org/jobs/gis-resea…

⚠️ Beavers in England are at risk ⚠️ Yesterday, UK Gov reneged on their commitment to give them legal protection. This is yet another broken promise. RT to join us in letting @VictoriaPrentis @DefraGovUK know that it’s not good enough. (1/4) wildlifetrusts.org/news/beaver-go…

Congrats to @jyijournal (jyi.org/get-involved) for releasing the first episode of their new “Field Knowledge” YouTube series for aspiring students, this episode features Dr. Jadavji, a Neuroscientist from Midwestern University, USA @nafisajadavji: youtu.be/t7Xr3ra4WZ8

Thrilled to announce the publication of my first PhD chapter in @Ecology_Letters ! Using pollen records, we show the impact of the onset of agriculture on plant trait composition: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Together with my amazing supervisor team @fschrodt @Suz_McG @mjsantos_uzh

Awesome time at the @UoNGeography watch party for the @BritishEcolSoc @BESMacroecol conference over the past few days with @oabaines, @HenryFell4, @nesslet, @AnnegreetVeeken, @ConnorEcology and @r_field1 Amazing set of talks including this one from @uncshai!