Bernd Lenzner
@lenzner.bsky.social
Senior Scientist at at the Division of Bioinvasions, Global Change & Macroecology; University of Vienna, Austria
Interested in biodiversity change, biological invasions, biodiversity policy, nature, climbing and islands
Interested in biodiversity change, biological invasions, biodiversity policy, nature, climbing and islands
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And so it is done 🥳
I finished my Master's Degree @univie.ac.at 👩🏻🎓
It was a blast!
A big thank you to my two supervisors @franzessl1.bsky.social and @lenzner.bsky.social
I finished my Master's Degree @univie.ac.at 👩🏻🎓
It was a blast!
A big thank you to my two supervisors @franzessl1.bsky.social and @lenzner.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And so it is done 🥳
I finished my Master's Degree @univie.ac.at 👩🏻🎓
It was a blast!
A big thank you to my two supervisors @franzessl1.bsky.social and @lenzner.bsky.social
I finished my Master's Degree @univie.ac.at 👩🏻🎓
It was a blast!
A big thank you to my two supervisors @franzessl1.bsky.social and @lenzner.bsky.social
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“observed patterns of island biodiversity … demonstrate that neutral models can make accurate predictions of higher-order diversity statistics. “ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 🧪🌐
Quantitatively Testing Predictions From Mechanistic Models: A Case Study for Island Biodiversity
A key test of an ecological model is whether it can quantitatively predict unseen aspects of the data not used in model fitting. Here, we test whether a model fitted only to island alpha diversity ca....
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June 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“observed patterns of island biodiversity … demonstrate that neutral models can make accurate predictions of higher-order diversity statistics. “ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 🧪🌐
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Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
June 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - Rhett A. Butler]
Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché, Alwyn Howard Gentry was painstakingly mapping them — one vine, one tree, one tenth-hectare transect at a time.
Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché, Alwyn Howard Gentry was painstakingly mapping them — one vine, one tree, one tenth-hectare transect at a time.
Alwyn Gentry died young, but left a forest’s worth of ideas behind
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché,…
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May 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - Rhett A. Butler]
Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché, Alwyn Howard Gentry was painstakingly mapping them — one vine, one tree, one tenth-hectare transect at a time.
Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché, Alwyn Howard Gentry was painstakingly mapping them — one vine, one tree, one tenth-hectare transect at a time.
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Really excited to share this new article from the lab.
We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.
Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.
Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
www.science.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Really excited to share this new article from the lab.
We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.
Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.
Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
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Wir haben heute den Appell von über 13.000 Wissenschaftler:innen übergeben. Unserer Einladung sind Abgeordnete von @spdfraktion.de, @gruene-bundestag.de und @dielinkebt.bsky.social gefolgt. Der Appell zum Nachlesen: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o... #KlimaschutzIstDasFundament
March 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wir haben heute den Appell von über 13.000 Wissenschaftler:innen übergeben. Unserer Einladung sind Abgeordnete von @spdfraktion.de, @gruene-bundestag.de und @dielinkebt.bsky.social gefolgt. Der Appell zum Nachlesen: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o... #KlimaschutzIstDasFundament
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Looking for a PhD in biological invasion? Come and join us at Coventry University @coventrycawr.bsky.social this September to study emerging invasive plants. Project in collaboration with @bsbiscience.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social and linked to @onestop-project.eu.
Emerging invasive alien species and their management
This fully funded studentship explores the early identification of emerging invasive alien plants in Britain and stakeholders' awareness and management responses.
www.coventry.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Looking for a PhD in biological invasion? Come and join us at Coventry University @coventrycawr.bsky.social this September to study emerging invasive plants. Project in collaboration with @bsbiscience.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social and linked to @onestop-project.eu.
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Our Research Unit “Biodiversity and Conservation Biology” is looking for a “Head of Research”.
#Sciencejob Alert! Excellent Publications in #Biodiversity #Research, #Leadership Experience & #International Network? The #WSL Directorate is looking for a "Head of Research Unit Biodiversity and #Conservation #Biology” as of Nov 1st 2025. 🌳🐝 apply.refline.ch/273855/1714/...
March 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our Research Unit “Biodiversity and Conservation Biology” is looking for a “Head of Research”.
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Three exciting positions at the new Landscape Ecology Group led by Alejandra Morán‐Ordóñez at the University of Basel
Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT
#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT
#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Three exciting positions at the new Landscape Ecology Group led by Alejandra Morán‐Ordóñez at the University of Basel
Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT
#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
Technician (50%): bit.ly/4hogX1F
Research assistant (50%): bit.ly/3FlrVrC
PhD position: bit.ly/3R0C6nT
#jobs #PhDposition #ecology #fieldwork #conservation
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This study projects shifts in climatic niches of 30 food crops under 1.5–4°C global warming and assess their impact on crop production and food crop diversity across global croplands, highlighting latitudinal differences in the adaptation potential of global food systems.
📑 doi.org/10.1038/s430...
📑 doi.org/10.1038/s430...
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This study projects shifts in climatic niches of 30 food crops under 1.5–4°C global warming and assess their impact on crop production and food crop diversity across global croplands, highlighting latitudinal differences in the adaptation potential of global food systems.
📑 doi.org/10.1038/s430...
📑 doi.org/10.1038/s430...
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Although many invertebrates and other less-charismatic groups are key for ecosystem service provision, they and their functions are rarely included in conservation strategies. Benoit Guénard, @achughes.bsky.social et al show how funding largely goes to charismatic rather than threatened species 🌐🧪🪲
March 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Although many invertebrates and other less-charismatic groups are key for ecosystem service provision, they and their functions are rarely included in conservation strategies. Benoit Guénard, @achughes.bsky.social et al show how funding largely goes to charismatic rather than threatened species 🌐🧪🪲
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▶️𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 - 𝟓𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐬𝐃𝐢𝐯◀️
❤️I'm incredibly proud of how the sDiv & iDiv admin team has supported this achievement!
🫶 I'm even more thankful for >100 synthesis working groups, >40 postdocs & >20 sabbatical fellows who are the driver of this success.
www.idiv.de/50000-sdiv-c...
❤️I'm incredibly proud of how the sDiv & iDiv admin team has supported this achievement!
🫶 I'm even more thankful for >100 synthesis working groups, >40 postdocs & >20 sabbatical fellows who are the driver of this success.
www.idiv.de/50000-sdiv-c...
50,000 sDiv citations - 12 years of excellence in biodiversity research
The sDiv synthesis centre at iDiv achieved a huge milestone: Scientific publications resulting from sDiv-supported projects have amassed over 50,000 citations.
www.idiv.de
February 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
▶️𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 - 𝟓𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐬𝐃𝐢𝐯◀️
❤️I'm incredibly proud of how the sDiv & iDiv admin team has supported this achievement!
🫶 I'm even more thankful for >100 synthesis working groups, >40 postdocs & >20 sabbatical fellows who are the driver of this success.
www.idiv.de/50000-sdiv-c...
❤️I'm incredibly proud of how the sDiv & iDiv admin team has supported this achievement!
🫶 I'm even more thankful for >100 synthesis working groups, >40 postdocs & >20 sabbatical fellows who are the driver of this success.
www.idiv.de/50000-sdiv-c...
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Excited for the first webinar of 2025's Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social. Our first presenter is Luís Valente @evoisland.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register here: forms.gle/mFtLXHCWXQkD... and see image for details.
February 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Excited for the first webinar of 2025's Alfred Russel Wallace series by the Society of Island Biology @islandbiology.bsky.social. Our first presenter is Luís Valente @evoisland.bsky.social. Everyone is welcome, please register here: forms.gle/mFtLXHCWXQkD... and see image for details.
Awesome study brilliantly led by @adriangarcia-r.bsky.social
📢Our new paper on alien vertebrates in the world's mountains is now out @naturecomms.bsky.social. Using data on 700+ spp across ~3,000 mountains we explore their distribution patterns,flows across realms, presence in protected areas, and the factors driving these trends.
🐟🐸🦎🦜🦝⛰️
👉 rdcu.be/ebidu
🐟🐸🦎🦜🦝⛰️
👉 rdcu.be/ebidu
The global distribution patterns of alien vertebrate richness in mountains
Nature Communications - Among contemporary threats to mountain biodiversity, biological invasions have been understudied. This large-scale synthesis on alien vertebrates in global mountains delves...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Awesome study brilliantly led by @adriangarcia-r.bsky.social
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Amazing #Tansley #Review from Barnabas Daru on harnessing #herbarium data 🌿🌾☘🌸 to track hidden dimensions of plant biogeography, including plant redistribution: #species #range #shifts ⬇️
@newphyt.bsky.social
shorturl.at/7epYs
@newphyt.bsky.social
shorturl.at/7epYs
Tracking hidden dimensions of plant biogeography from herbaria
Plants are diverse, but investigating their ecology and evolution in nature across geographic and temporal scales to predict how species will respond to global change is challenging. With their geogr...
shorturl.at
February 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Amazing #Tansley #Review from Barnabas Daru on harnessing #herbarium data 🌿🌾☘🌸 to track hidden dimensions of plant biogeography, including plant redistribution: #species #range #shifts ⬇️
@newphyt.bsky.social
shorturl.at/7epYs
@newphyt.bsky.social
shorturl.at/7epYs
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Getting ready for the second #SoNAF meeting in winter wonderland 🤩❄️ @iris-eeza.bsky.social @invaculture.net @ibotcz.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Getting ready for the second #SoNAF meeting in winter wonderland 🤩❄️ @iris-eeza.bsky.social @invaculture.net @ibotcz.bsky.social
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New paper out from the NaturaConnect project 🎉 Narrative scenarios for nature protection and restoration in Europe following the Nature Futures Framework !
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@globalmammal.bsky.social @nestorfdez.bsky.social @ipbes.net @lmjoconnor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@globalmammal.bsky.social @nestorfdez.bsky.social @ipbes.net @lmjoconnor.bsky.social
Narratives for Positive Nature Futures in Europe - Environmental Management
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a novel approach for the development of positive scenarios centered on the relationship of nature and people, emphasizing biodiversity as part of the solution to ...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New paper out from the NaturaConnect project 🎉 Narrative scenarios for nature protection and restoration in Europe following the Nature Futures Framework !
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@globalmammal.bsky.social @nestorfdez.bsky.social @ipbes.net @lmjoconnor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@globalmammal.bsky.social @nestorfdez.bsky.social @ipbes.net @lmjoconnor.bsky.social
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On International Day of Women in Science let's celebrate the life of Prof. Georgina Mace (1953–2020) who was instrumental in creating the Red List of endangered species which now underpins conservation around the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgin...
February 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
On International Day of Women in Science let's celebrate the life of Prof. Georgina Mace (1953–2020) who was instrumental in creating the Red List of endangered species which now underpins conservation around the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgin...
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How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science? | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science? | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are being increasingly incorporated into scientific workflows.
However, we have yet to fully grasp the implications of...
www.pnas.org
February 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science? | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Mehr als 1000 WissenschaftlerInnen sagen JA zur Demokratie! Und NEIN zu Regierungsverhandlungen mit einer Partei, die Wissenschaft nur dann akzeptiert, wenn es in ihre Ideologie passt. #FPÖ #Regierung science.orf.at/stories/3228...
Politischer Appell aus der Wissenschaft
Mehr als tausend österreichische Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler warnen vor einer FPÖ-geführten Regierung. In einem offenen Brief an die Parteien appellieren sie, demokratische Werte, Mensche...
science.orf.at
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Mehr als 1000 WissenschaftlerInnen sagen JA zur Demokratie! Und NEIN zu Regierungsverhandlungen mit einer Partei, die Wissenschaft nur dann akzeptiert, wenn es in ihre Ideologie passt. #FPÖ #Regierung science.orf.at/stories/3228...
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New @circleu.bsky.social Online Course: “Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives". In the summer semester of 2025, the lecture series is an official Circle U. course, open to incoming BA students from Circle U. partner universities for online attendance.🌍
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Circle U. Online Course: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Circle U. Online Course: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
international.univie.ac.at
February 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New @circleu.bsky.social Online Course: “Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives". In the summer semester of 2025, the lecture series is an official Circle U. course, open to incoming BA students from Circle U. partner universities for online attendance.🌍
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🌿 We're hiring researchers in quantitative environmental science! 👉We are looking for new colleagues @iiasa.ac.at who are interested in a career in quantiative enviromental science and ecological modelling.
Vienna, Austria. 🎯 International environment 👥 Open to all nationalities, support with moving
Vienna, Austria. 🎯 International environment 👥 Open to all nationalities, support with moving
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February 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🌿 We're hiring researchers in quantitative environmental science! 👉We are looking for new colleagues @iiasa.ac.at who are interested in a career in quantiative enviromental science and ecological modelling.
Vienna, Austria. 🎯 International environment 👥 Open to all nationalities, support with moving
Vienna, Austria. 🎯 International environment 👥 Open to all nationalities, support with moving