@BioGeoMacro

Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography Group led by Holger Kreft @BioGeoKreft @uniGoettingen

 Göttingen, Germany
uni-goettingen.de/biodiversity
Joined January 2016
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Key @BioGeoMacro paper on our research on functional island biogeography published today @nature
Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft12 Jul 2023
Hot off the press @nature: Assembly of functional diversity in an oceanic island flora Team effort led by @Paola_barbarbo We present a detailed analysis of plant functional traits & diversity of an entire oceanic flora, #Tenerife, Canary Islands. rdcu.be/dgGfN 1/n
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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft16 Oct 2024
❗️Paper alert: Global assessment of diversity, endemism, threat & conservation of island plants 🌴🏝️ Key result: 31% of spp native / 21% endemic to islands, island endemics disproportionately threatened by extinction, islands insufficiently protected 🧵/1 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-0…
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08036-1

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Gustavo Paterno@paternogb15 Nov 2024
New in @sciencemagazine 🌍 We explored biodiversity recovery in oil palm landscapes using strategically planted tree islands: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #ScienceResearch
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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft13 Nov 2024
🔥New #DynaCom #FunctionalIslandBiogeography paper🔥 Species Traits and Island Biogeography: Wing Metrics Linked to Avian Dispersal Ability Predict Species Occurrence on Remote Islands Worldwide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Paper alert! 🚀 New @efforts_crc990 EFForTS-BEE paper brillantly led by @paternogb 👇👇👇
Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft15 Nov 2024
Interested in ecological restoration / sustainable oil palm management❓ 👉Check out our 🔥new @ScienceMagazine paper led by @paternogb Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes 🌴🌳 @BioGeoMacro @efforts_crc990 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes

In monoculture-dominated landscapes, recovering biodiversity is a priority, but effective restoration strategies have yet to be identified. In this study, we experimentally tested passive and active...

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New lab paper out in @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Islands are key for protecting the world’s plant endemism

Nature - A standardized checklist of all known vascular plants shows the distribution of island native and endemic species, identifies their conservation status and highlights the need for actions...

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft16 Oct 2024
❗️Paper alert: Global assessment of diversity, endemism, threat & conservation of island plants 🌴🏝️ Key result: 31% of spp native / 21% endemic to islands, island endemics disproportionately threatened by extinction, islands insufficiently protected 🧵/1 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-0…
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Uni Göttingen@uniGoettingen20 Sep 2024
Korbblütler: Ein internationales Forschungsteam fand heraus, dass auf vielen Inseln weltweit eine unerwartet hohe Zahl von Artbildungen in relativ kurzen Zeiträumen in der Asteraceae-Familie vorkam. Mehr: s.gwdg.de/u6uTiq , DOI
Foto: Philip Garnock-Jones

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft20 Jul 2024
Please RT! Come work with us @BioGeoMacro! We are seeking for a Biodiversity informatician (permanent senior scientist position) deadline for applications: 07.08.2024 Full job ad here: uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.…
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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft7 Mar 2024
Stimulating keynote talk by @Jon_Chase03 about synthesis in ecology. Great input for our @DynaComProject retreat @uniGoettingen.
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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft28 Feb 2024
Pressemitteilung zu unserer aktuellen @NatureEcoEvo Studie zum Einfluss von #Klimawandel auf Ökosysteme: Kernergebnis: 33-68% d. Landoberfläche werden bis 2070 eine signifikante Veränderung des Phytoklimas - also Art und Weise wie Klima Vegetation beeinflusst - erfahren.
Uni Göttingen@uniGoettingen28 Feb 2024
Wie reagieren Pflanzen auf klimatische Veränderungen? Das analysierten Forschende bei über 135.000 Arten – mit Daten von @BioGeoMacro. Sie liefern damit einen neuen Ansatz zur Bewertung von Klimawandel-Risiken: s.gwdg.de/2XteK5. Studie: doi.org/mjcw
Das Klima bestimmt wesentlich die Zusammensetzung pflanzlicher Wuchs- und Lebensformen. Zum Beispiel: Im temperaten sommergrünen Laubwald in Slowenien wachsen Kräuter, Gräser und Laubbäume, die zum Winter ihr Laub abwerfen. Foto: Holger Kreft

ALT Das Klima bestimmt wesentlich die Zusammensetzung pflanzlicher Wuchs- und Lebensformen. Zum Beispiel: Im temperaten sommergrünen Laubwald in Slowenien wachsen Kräuter, Gräser und Laubbäume, die zum Winter ihr Laub abwerfen. Foto: Holger Kreft

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Plant invasion and naturalisation threaten native biodiversity. Guo et al. conduct a global multi-factor and multi-stage analysis, showing that genome size and economic factors influence plant invasion and naturalisation. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally

Nature Communications - Plant invasion and naturalisation threaten native biodiversity. Here, the authors conduct a global multi-factor and multi-stage analysis, showing that genome size and...

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft26 Feb 2024
Very happy and proud to see this paper put. Many thanks @TimoConradi for leading this important study. 👇👇👇
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Check out this new @BioGeoMacro paper led by @mltolmos. Biogeographic context mediates multifaceted diversity-productivity relationships in island and mainland forests @JEcology
Maria Laura Tolmos@mltolmos3 Feb 2024
Our newest study is out in @JEcology: Phylo diversity contributes to elucidate BEF relationships in mainland and island #forests. While non-native #tree sp increased productivity on islands, revealing how biogeographic context can shape BEF relationships doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14…
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Jeff Goodell@jeffgoodell30 Dec 2023
It is nearly impossible for us to fathom how quickly species are disappearing, @carlsafina said. “And so the endeavour of stopping this crisis becomes more of a religious kind of experience than a scientific one, in a sense, more moral than practical.” theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Grief is a rational response’: the 21 US species declared extinct this year

Hawaii hardest hit by loss of eight birds, with an Ohio catfish, a Pacific fruit bat and eight freshwater mussels also disappearing

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Dylan Craven@DylanJCraven22 Dec 2023
Best news of the year - @mltolmos just had her second PhD chapter accepted!!! Stay tuned for an awesome paper on B-EF on islands @BioGeoKreft @multivac42 @NathalyR_GR @Paola_barbarbo #OrgulloDeSupervisor
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Gustavo Paterno@paternogb7 Dec 2023
I am happy to share our new study (preprint at @biorxivpreprint). We used a large-scale restoration experiment (EFForTS-BEE) to investigate local and landscape drivers of natural regeneration within an industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra: doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.04.5… (1/4)
bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv_ecology5 Dec 2023
Planting diversity begets multifaceted tree diversity in oil palm landscapes biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_ecology
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Ecography@EcographyJourna25 Sep 2023
Remotely sensed tree height and density explain global gliding vertebrate richness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #amphibia #mammals #reptiles @_global_stats
Relationship between tree height and species richness for all gliding vertebrate species (A) and separate classes (B–D). Black lines illustrate linear regressions for all species pooled together. Regressions for separate biogeographical regions (BGRs, coloured lines: see map in top right corner as legend) were only considered when they were significant.

ALT Relationship between tree height and species richness for all gliding vertebrate species (A) and separate classes (B–D). Black lines illustrate linear regressions for all species pooled together. Regressions for separate biogeographical regions (BGRs, coloured lines: see map in top right corner as legend) were only considered when they were significant.

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft4 Dec 2023
Thrilled to see our recent paper on global gliding vertebrate richness featured on the cover of the December issue @EcographyJourna Great shot by Ben Wagner @gliderhabitat Link to paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
A Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus) in remnant rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, Australia. These and other gliding vertebrates are well adapted to tall forests, relying on tree hollows for nesting and insects, gum, sap, pollen and nectar for foraging. In our study we found that global species richness of gliding vertebrates is strongly linked to tree height and density. Our results support long-debated hypotheses stating that gliding in vertebrates evolved globally in tall forests as energy-efficient locomotion between trees. Photo by Benjamin Wagner.

ALT A Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus) in remnant rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, Australia. These and other gliding vertebrates are well adapted to tall forests, relying on tree hollows for nesting and insects, gum, sap, pollen and nectar for foraging. In our study we found that global species richness of gliding vertebrates is strongly linked to tree height and density. Our results support long-debated hypotheses stating that gliding in vertebrates evolved globally in tall forests as energy-efficient locomotion between trees. Photo by Benjamin Wagner.

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft5 Dec 2023
Very excited that our @BiodiversaPlus project proposal BioMonI - Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems got funded! 🎆 Involving great partners from Canary Islands, Azores, La Reunion, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Stay tuned for updates!
Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)@BiodiversaPlus1 Dec 2023
🚀#BiodiversityMonitoring Boost: 33 #Research Projects Funded We launched the #BiodivMon call in Sept 2022, seeking innovative 3-year projects for transnational biodiversity monitoring. After a meticulous evaluation, we're thrilled to announce the selection of 33 projects. 🧵1/3
BiodivMon: 33 projects funded

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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft1 Dec 2023
📢Interested in mountain biodiversity🌳🏔️& ever wondered what determines species' elevational distributions? Then look at this 🔥-new @NatureComms paper led by Arnoud Gallou: Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally rdcu.be/dswxV
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Holger Kreft@BioGeoKreft2 Dec 2023
Happy to be part of this new paper led by Rachel Holmes. Detailed analyses of native and Anthropocene floras incl 31,580 plant spp provide strong evidence how humans cause breakdown of biogeogr barriers and taxonomic homogenization. #OpenAccess paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Naturalizations have led to homogenization of the Malesian flora in the Anthropocene

Aim Worldwide, floras are becoming homogenized at global scales, but regional patterns vary. Here, we present the first assessment for the Malesian phytogeographical region in terms of the timing...

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