Robert Tropek
@robtrop.bsky.social
Tropical ecologist, community ecologist, and entomologist at
@sciencecharles.bsky.social and Biology Centre Czech Academy of Science; head of Insect Community Ecology Group (https://www.insect-communities.cz/)
@sciencecharles.bsky.social and Biology Centre Czech Academy of Science; head of Insect Community Ecology Group (https://www.insect-communities.cz/)
Chapter from a recently defended PhD thesis of
@fpgaona1.bsky.social has just been published in the African Journal of Ecology!
Elevational patterns in two groups of micromoths (#Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in tropical forests of Mount Cameroon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@fpgaona1.bsky.social has just been published in the African Journal of Ecology!
Elevational patterns in two groups of micromoths (#Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in tropical forests of Mount Cameroon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Chapter from a recently defended PhD thesis of
@fpgaona1.bsky.social has just been published in the African Journal of Ecology!
Elevational patterns in two groups of micromoths (#Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in tropical forests of Mount Cameroon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@fpgaona1.bsky.social has just been published in the African Journal of Ecology!
Elevational patterns in two groups of micromoths (#Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) in tropical forests of Mount Cameroon
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Warmer and less seasonal climates promote generalisation. This means climate change may erode the world’s most specialised pollination systems, although unevenly across taxa and regions.
This synthesis was possible only through a global collaboration of 140+ researchers...
This synthesis was possible only through a global collaboration of 140+ researchers...
October 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Warmer and less seasonal climates promote generalisation. This means climate change may erode the world’s most specialised pollination systems, although unevenly across taxa and regions.
This synthesis was possible only through a global collaboration of 140+ researchers...
This synthesis was possible only through a global collaboration of 140+ researchers...
Pollination is often least specialised in the tropics and peaks at northern mid-latitudes.
Plants and pollinators show contrasting, non-linear trends, and climate, not latitude, is the key driver. Temperature, rainfall, and seasonality explain global variation in interaction specialisation.
Plants and pollinators show contrasting, non-linear trends, and climate, not latitude, is the key driver. Temperature, rainfall, and seasonality explain global variation in interaction specialisation.
October 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Pollination is often least specialised in the tropics and peaks at northern mid-latitudes.
Plants and pollinators show contrasting, non-linear trends, and climate, not latitude, is the key driver. Temperature, rainfall, and seasonality explain global variation in interaction specialisation.
Plants and pollinators show contrasting, non-linear trends, and climate, not latitude, is the key driver. Temperature, rainfall, and seasonality explain global variation in interaction specialisation.
New preprint!
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New preprint!
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
“Climate-driven specialisation in plant–pollinator networks peaks outside the tropics”
Testing the long-debated latitudinal specialisation gradient using >3,400 quantitative networks (>110,000 interactions). Led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Today, we have received an announcement that Intranet of @charlesuni.cuni.cz is becoming an official communication channel between the university and its employees. Probably a good idea but... the university decides to ignore a few hundreds (I guess🤔) non-Czech speaking staff🤡 (please fix it!)
April 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today, we have received an announcement that Intranet of @charlesuni.cuni.cz is becoming an official communication channel between the university and its employees. Probably a good idea but... the university decides to ignore a few hundreds (I guess🤔) non-Czech speaking staff🤡 (please fix it!)