Albin Larsson Ekström

New study on arthropod declines @natecoevo.nature.com 🪲

In two time series @jena-experiment.bsky.social & @bexplo.bsky.social we show how community (dis)assembly underpins local biomass declines.

It mostly boils down to species loss, with identity losing relevance.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌲 Common #biodiversity metrics may miss key signals of change. By partitioning #betadiversity into species loss and turnover, this study from #Sweden shows how #habitatdegradation drives biotic homogenisation across spatial scales.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Habitat diversity as a taxon-dependent tool for predicting red-listed forest species Habitat features associated with species niches are commonly used as biodiversity proxies. Such proxies usually describe habitat diversity and have se…

New paper on assessments of habitat diversity ("Naturvärdesbedömningar") as predictors of red-listed species!

Main results show that these assessments have some merit - but are taxon-dependent and that red-listed species indicate overall high species richness.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00040-1Maintaining human well-being in an era of biodiversity loss requires understanding the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function. We argue that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and that this measure should be considered alongside traditional measures of biodiversity.

New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity

New paper out! 📢
The effects of climate change on boreal plant-pollinator interactions are largely neglected by science
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Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

Does habitat or climate change drive species range shifts? https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07560 #LandUseShits #Climatechange

Retention forestry enhances the resilience of the moss Hylocomium splendens to extreme drought in boreal forests 🌲

Suggests that retention patches can be further optimized by preserving...
👉large living trees
👉standing deadwood
👉lying deadwood

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A well-executed study from the Swedish colleagues on the relationship between forest structure and soil fungal diversity. 60 soil cores from each of the 74 sites — what a dataset!

Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests 🐦

Stresses the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity 🌏 🧪

🔗 https://buff.ly/3Enrht6

Figure 2. Measuring changes in insect biodiversity (centre column 'Metrics' and 'Trends') can be achieved by focusing on drivers that directly or indirectly impact insect biodiversity metrics and trends (left column 'Drivers of Change'). Where data on insect populations specifically are unavailable, data from other species and ecological processes can provide inferential support for changes in insect biodiversity (right column 'Indicators of Change').

*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention.
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...