Carlos P Carmona
@cpcarmona.bsky.social
Trait-based ecology | Biodiversity
Professor of functional ecology
Department of Botany. University of Tartu
Professor of functional ecology
Department of Botany. University of Tartu
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Our new study highlights how competition-driven trait plasticity and growth suppression jointly obscure the link between plant functional traits and seedling growth.
Huge thanks to @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Guochun Shen for their invaluable guidance and collaboration! doi.org/10.1111/ele.70259
Huge thanks to @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Guochun Shen for their invaluable guidance and collaboration! doi.org/10.1111/ele.70259
Competition‐Induced Trait Variability Obscures Trait–Growth Relationships of Tree Seedlings
Our study reveals that competition fundamentally reshapes trait–growth relationships. Competition simultaneously increases individual trait variability while suppressing growth rates, forcing plants ....
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Our new study highlights how competition-driven trait plasticity and growth suppression jointly obscure the link between plant functional traits and seedling growth.
Huge thanks to @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Guochun Shen for their invaluable guidance and collaboration! doi.org/10.1111/ele.70259
Huge thanks to @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Guochun Shen for their invaluable guidance and collaboration! doi.org/10.1111/ele.70259
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Working with individual trait data and functional trait spaces and bored about means?
With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Quantifying the influence of intraspecific variability in trait spaces
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Working with individual trait data and functional trait spaces and bored about means?
With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
With @cpcarmona.bsky.social, Agnese Bissi and @etordoni.bsky.social, we put together a perspective to test the effect of individual observations on trait space properties 👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New Tansley Insight in New Phytologist: The path toward a unified plant trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity.
Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables.
With @e-beccari.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversity
Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables.
With @e-beccari.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversity
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New Tansley Insight in New Phytologist: The path toward a unified plant trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity.
Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables.
With @e-beccari.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversity
Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables.
With @e-beccari.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversity
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Thank you to my excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social and my wonderful supervisors, @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social & Chris Venditti. I am very grateful to have had the chance to learn from you all.
Super happy that @kerrys189.bsky.social passed her viva with no corrections!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to my excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social and my wonderful supervisors, @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social & Chris Venditti. I am very grateful to have had the chance to learn from you all.
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Super happy that @kerrys189.bsky.social passed her viva with no corrections!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Super happy that @kerrys189.bsky.social passed her viva with no corrections!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
Congratulations, Dr. Stewart!!
The EcCo lab will miss you, but we know you are off to do amazing things
Thanks to the excellent examiners @alexpigot.bsky.social & @vlboult.bsky.social
Hot off the press 🔥 New Ecological Monographs paper shows why, when and how to include intraspecific trait variability to enhance functional diversity research. Huge shout out to Facundo Palacio for his vision and leadership. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
#traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐
#traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐
Integrating intraspecific trait variability in functional diversity: An overview of methods and a guide for ecologists
Variability in traits within species (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) has attracted increased interest in functional ecology, as it can profoundly influence the detection of functional trait pa....
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Hot off the press 🔥 New Ecological Monographs paper shows why, when and how to include intraspecific trait variability to enhance functional diversity research. Huge shout out to Facundo Palacio for his vision and leadership. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
#traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐
#traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐
You would not judge a hammer by how well it drives a screw; likewise, do not blame a spread metric for failing a richness test. Functional diversity is multifaceted and needs a toolbox, not a universal index.
Rethinking Ecological Measures Of Functional Diversity
'none of the widely used metrics satisfy the requirements. Critical flaws leave them blind to the very biodiversity loss they're intended to detect. There's urgent need to develop new generation of FD metrics'
arxiv.org/abs/2506.17839 #ecopubs
'none of the widely used metrics satisfy the requirements. Critical flaws leave them blind to the very biodiversity loss they're intended to detect. There's urgent need to develop new generation of FD metrics'
arxiv.org/abs/2506.17839 #ecopubs
July 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You would not judge a hammer by how well it drives a screw; likewise, do not blame a spread metric for failing a richness test. Functional diversity is multifaceted and needs a toolbox, not a universal index.
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
🌍 Excited to be part of the Global Ecology Starter Pack - a great way to discover and connect with people interested in ecology at large scales! go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
👉 If you’d like to join the next pack (Vol_3 is in the works), DM @global-ecology.bsky.social. 🌐
👉 If you’d like to join the next pack (Vol_3 is in the works), DM @global-ecology.bsky.social. 🌐
June 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌍 Excited to be part of the Global Ecology Starter Pack - a great way to discover and connect with people interested in ecology at large scales! go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
👉 If you’d like to join the next pack (Vol_3 is in the works), DM @global-ecology.bsky.social. 🌐
👉 If you’d like to join the next pack (Vol_3 is in the works), DM @global-ecology.bsky.social. 🌐
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losses www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losses www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Brilliant and important work from @kerrys189.bsky.social out today in @natecoevo.nature.com
What is our best path to conserving global bird diversity?
Find out here
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
What is our best path to conserving global bird diversity?
Find out here
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
New paper!
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Brilliant and important work from @kerrys189.bsky.social out today in @natecoevo.nature.com
What is our best path to conserving global bird diversity?
Find out here
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
What is our best path to conserving global bird diversity?
Find out here
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
New paper out on how human activities impact taxonomic vs functional biodiversity, led by @kerrys189.bsky.social
New paper!
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New paper out on how human activities impact taxonomic vs functional biodiversity, led by @kerrys189.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
🚨 Behold a second impressive paper from @kerrys189.bsky.social to celebrate her just-finished PhD. A rising 🌟!
This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management.
🧪🌐🪶
This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management.
🧪🌐🪶
New paper!
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🚨 Behold a second impressive paper from @kerrys189.bsky.social to celebrate her just-finished PhD. A rising 🌟!
This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management.
🧪🌐🪶
This study examines AVONET data to show how even threat abatement leaves large areas of avian functional diversity at risk, and in need of targeted management.
🧪🌐🪶
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
“Abatement of ‘habitat loss and degradation’ made greatest contribution to avoided species extinctions and functional diversity loss .. If human activity affects biodiversity as today, then in next 100 years, lose >3x number of bird species as lost since 1500.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Abatement of ‘habitat loss and degradation’ made greatest contribution to avoided species extinctions and functional diversity loss .. If human activity affects biodiversity as today, then in next 100 years, lose >3x number of bird species as lost since 1500.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
New paper!
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New paper!
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
"Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity" www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Great working with @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, @cpcarmona.bsky.social, @expecocons.bsky.social, Chris Venditti and Jo Baker.
For sauropsids lovers: Two fresh papers map trait spaces of birds, turtles and crocodiles to reveal what disappears when species go extinct
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪🌐🪶 🧮➕📏
#trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪🌐🪶 🧮➕📏
#trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits
Threat reduction must be coupled with targeted recovery programmes to conserve global bird diversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Projections of extinctions of bird species and losses of functional diversity over the next 100 years suggest that even immediate and widespread threat abatement would be insufficient to prevent losse...
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
For sauropsids lovers: Two fresh papers map trait spaces of birds, turtles and crocodiles to reveal what disappears when species go extinct
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪🌐🪶 🧮➕📏
#trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧪🌐🪶 🧮➕📏
#trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits
Back home after two weeks in Spain sampling and attending @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social conference. Neighbours haven’t moved any closer
June 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Back home after two weeks in Spain sampling and attending @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social conference. Neighbours haven’t moved any closer
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
@marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways
While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below
@marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways
While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below
June 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
@marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways
While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below
@marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways
While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Interesting keynote talks by @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Andrea Sanchez Messeguer opening the second day of te @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Interesting keynote talks by @cpcarmona.bsky.social and Andrea Sanchez Messeguer opening the second day of te @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Me encontré con el concepto de diversidad oscura en el último congreso de la IAVS de la mano de @cpcarmona.bsky.social. Con este hilo y este estudio lo entiendo mejor. ¡¡Muy interesante también para comunidades animales!!
Un nuevo estudio global (Pärtel et al. 2025) —en el que he tenido la fortuna de participar— analiza por qué muchos lugares tienen menos especies de plantas de las esperables.
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature
A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Me encontré con el concepto de diversidad oscura en el último congreso de la IAVS de la mano de @cpcarmona.bsky.social. Con este hilo y este estudio lo entiendo mejor. ¡¡Muy interesante también para comunidades animales!!
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Up now at #SIBECOLAEET2025 for the first plenary talk of the day Carlos Pérez Carmona is talking about plant traits, why they are useful for predicting ecosystem function under global change, and how you can do this.
June 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Up now at #SIBECOLAEET2025 for the first plenary talk of the day Carlos Pérez Carmona is talking about plant traits, why they are useful for predicting ecosystem function under global change, and how you can do this.
Excited to share our new open-access review led by Francesco de Bello in Ecological Monographs! With a fantastic international team, we identify key challenges (“Raunkiæran shortfalls”) in trait-based ecology.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐
Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology
Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Excited to share our new open-access review led by Francesco de Bello in Ecological Monographs! With a fantastic international team, we identify key challenges (“Raunkiæran shortfalls”) in trait-based ecology.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
Un nuevo estudio global (Pärtel et al. 2025) —en el que he tenido la fortuna de participar— analiza por qué muchos lugares tienen menos especies de plantas de las esperables.
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature
A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...
www.nature.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Un nuevo estudio global (Pärtel et al. 2025) —en el que he tenido la fortuna de participar— analiza por qué muchos lugares tienen menos especies de plantas de las esperables.
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spoiler: la culpa no es solo del lugar, sino de lo que pasa alrededor. 🧵1/11
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Carlos P Carmona
We are looking for a research fellow to join our group for 2 years! Please share with anyone looking for a new position and interested in 🌱 local adaptation, plant-soil interactions and land use! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/340833
Research Fellow in Plant Evolutionary Ecology (postdoc)
We are looking for a 2-year postdoctoral research fellow within the European Research Council project PlantSoilAdapt - “Eco-evolutionary dynamics in plant-soil interactions during land use transition:...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We are looking for a research fellow to join our group for 2 years! Please share with anyone looking for a new position and interested in 🌱 local adaptation, plant-soil interactions and land use! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/340833