island mammals | trait evolution | biodiversity dynamics | human impact | ethnozoology | researcher at @Naturalis_Sci, NWO Veni laureate #2017, PhD 2014 & 1998
The Netherlands
Joined September 2013
- Tweets851
- Following142
- Followers593
- Likes986
The fragility of splendid isolation: Imminent global threat for the world’s island life | PNAS pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…
Our latest article on the Paleolithic petroglyphs of Asphendou (Crete) is finally out here: scholarlypublishingcollectiv…
Our article on patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene | Science Advances is just out: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
A fossil-calibrated divergence times and historical biogeography of the rare Zoraptera #tropical_insects #Pangea #ContributionsToZoology #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja…
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
Alexandra van der Geer retweeted
🏝️ 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…
🏝️Island Biology 2026🏝️
島嶼生物学の国際学会、11月2-6日、熱海にて開催✨
写真は2019年のレユニオン島大会と2023年のリーパリ島大会の様子です。
早期登録割引は4月9日までとなっております。
参加を予定している方はお早目の登録がお得です。
sites.google.com/view/island…
Vijf voor twaalf voor baobabs op Madagaskar naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu…
Alexandra van der Geer retweeted
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…
#IB2026
Alexandra van der Geer retweeted
🦌🧠🏝️
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/s41586-0…
New article by @GeorgiosLyras and Dionysia Liakopoulou: The brain of Myotragus balearicus, an insular bovid from the Balearics tandfonline.com/doi/full/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/pnas.24…
The End of an Era: Jared Diamond's ecological collapse story of Rapa Nui inhabitants nailed. Read this population genomics paper nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
#Rapanui #resilience #sustainable #Polynesians
Afgezonderde madeliefjes: de verbazingwekkende biodiversiteit van Asteraceae op oceanische eilanden naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu…
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/s41467-0…