Alex Pigot
@alexpigot.bsky.social
Biodiversity scientist trying to understand where biodiversity comes from and where it’s going. Views my own
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Do montane birds evolve more efficient wing shapes for flying at high elevations? Our global analysis published today suggests that they do! 🧵(1/8)⬇️ www.cell.com/current-biol....
March 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Do montane birds evolve more efficient wing shapes for flying at high elevations? Our global analysis published today suggests that they do! 🧵(1/8)⬇️ www.cell.com/current-biol....
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A new study by @alexpigot.bsky.social and colleagues reveals the critical role of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems.
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Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature
Despite advances in theory and experiments, how biodiversity influences the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems remains debated. By applying new theory to data on 84,695 plant, animal, and...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A new study by @alexpigot.bsky.social and colleagues reveals the critical role of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems.
@uclcber.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@uclcber.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Looks interesting 🧐
‘Metabolic trade-offs can reverse the resource-diversity relationship’
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
‘Metabolic trade-offs can reverse the resource-diversity relationship’
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Metabolic trade-offs can reverse the resource-diversity relationship
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March 1, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Looks interesting 🧐
‘Metabolic trade-offs can reverse the resource-diversity relationship’
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
‘Metabolic trade-offs can reverse the resource-diversity relationship’
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evolutionary history of host trees amplifies the dilution effect of biodiversity on forest pests
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February 27, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Evolutionary history of host trees amplifies the dilution effect of biodiversity on forest pests
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Variation in Avian Predation Pressure as a Driver for the Diversification of Periodical Cicada Broods
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February 23, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Variation in Avian Predation Pressure as a Driver for the Diversification of Periodical Cicada Broods
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Prob the best studied climate-related range expansion of any European #birds is the Cetti’s Warbler. This skulking brown bird is the sole European representative of a largely Asian genus & is a resident species of reedbeds & wet scrub. 1/N 🌿🌏 🧪
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January 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Prob the best studied climate-related range expansion of any European #birds is the Cetti’s Warbler. This skulking brown bird is the sole European representative of a largely Asian genus & is a resident species of reedbeds & wet scrub. 1/N 🌿🌏 🧪
Pics Nick Goodram CC BY 2.0 flickr.com/search/?user...
Pics Nick Goodram CC BY 2.0 flickr.com/search/?user...
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Exciting update! @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social - launch the Interactive Climate Atlas
atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
This new tool builds on the data of the IPCC Climate Atlas and enables exploration of CMIP6 climate projections and other datasets including observations and reanalysis.
atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
This new tool builds on the data of the IPCC Climate Atlas and enables exploration of CMIP6 climate projections and other datasets including observations and reanalysis.
February 20, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Exciting update! @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social - launch the Interactive Climate Atlas
atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
This new tool builds on the data of the IPCC Climate Atlas and enables exploration of CMIP6 climate projections and other datasets including observations and reanalysis.
atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
This new tool builds on the data of the IPCC Climate Atlas and enables exploration of CMIP6 climate projections and other datasets including observations and reanalysis.
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Here is the video recording of my talk exploring what energy flow through ecosystems can tell us about nature's health and functions, and in particular, bring the roles of animal wildlife more firmly into our understanding of how the biosphere functions
If you missed @ymalhi.bsky.social talk last Friday on what an energetic view of life on Earth can tell us about nature decline and recovery, you can watch it here now: youtu.be/t35HLM6BZI0
February 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Here is the video recording of my talk exploring what energy flow through ecosystems can tell us about nature's health and functions, and in particular, bring the roles of animal wildlife more firmly into our understanding of how the biosphere functions
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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 just published in Science Advances
🧪🌎🐟🌳🦋 🐦🦌
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Right?!
Nope, says our analysis of 500+ meta-communities through time just published in Science Advances
🧪🌎🐟🌳🦋 🐦🦌
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Synthesis reveals approximately balanced biotic differentiation and homogenization
Homogenization is most common at large temporal and spatial scales but is balanced by differentiation at smaller scales.
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February 22, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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 just published in Science Advances
🧪🌎🐟🌳🦋 🐦🦌
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Right?!
Nope, says our analysis of 500+ meta-communities through time just published in Science Advances
🧪🌎🐟🌳🦋 🐦🦌
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Between 10% and 47% of Amazonian forests may be exposed to climate stresses that could push the biome past a tipping point as soon as 2050, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4bG7nWC 🧪
February 14, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Between 10% and 47% of Amazonian forests may be exposed to climate stresses that could push the biome past a tipping point as soon as 2050, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4bG7nWC 🧪