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Thomas L.P. Couvreur
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Senior researcher in tropical #rainforest #biodiversity #evolution #conservation #palms #Annonaceae #africa #southamerica SSC PALMS #IUCN
based in Montpellier, France, IRD
https://couvreurlab.org/
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The #bamboo genus #Guadua (#Poaceae) is an important economic and ecological species in the #neotropics. Great paper to understand a bit more about its #evolution and #biogeography: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Phylogenomics and biogeography of Guadua: Insights into a neotropical woody bamboo genus
Premise The genus Guadua includes some of the largest bamboo species in the neotropics, with certain species of significant economic importance and used since pre-Hispanic times to build houses usin...
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March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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biogeography.bsky.social
Interested in a PhD? Check out this amazing opportunity to research the biogeography and macroevolution of vertebrates with Dr. Antonin Machac at Charles University in Prague. For more details about this position, click the following link! machac.weebly.com/open-phd-pos...
Open PhD Positions
PhD positions Biogeography. Macroevolution. Vertebrates. Department of Ecology, Charles University, Prague Deadline: April 10, 2025 How did the diversity of life on Earth emerge? The successful...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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My Obituary of Elisabeth Vrba—out today in Nature in read-only format:

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Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a problem that vexed Darwin | Nature
The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage. The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy.
www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
Employment | New York Botanical Garden
Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
www.nybg.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora.
iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...
February 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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📢 RDV lundi pour le prochain séminaire scientifique "CoSavez-vous?" de l'IRD
🎨🌱 Quelles approches art-science pour la biodiversité?
📆 24/02/2025 de 10h à 11h30
🔴 En ligne, ouvert à toutes et tous : ird-fr.zoom.us/s/8140535078...
ℹ️ www.ird.fr/seminaires-s...

@ieesparis.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A quick visit to the Paris #Herbarium. Sampling #Annonaceae specimens, doing some good old taxonomy and using Near Infra Red Scanning NIRs on leaves to test if we can use that to ID species. Flower of #Fenerivia oligosperma, endemic to #Madagascar. @mnhn.fr @ird-fr.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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#IRDEmploi | 📣 Le concours chercheuses et chercheurs IRD 2025 est ouvert !

Cette année, l'IRD propose :
🔴 18 postes de directeurs de recherche
🔴 25 postes de chargés de recherche

🗓️ Candidatures ouvertes jusqu'au 11/03

👉 +d'infos : www.ird.fr/concours-che...

#EnsemblePourDesSolutionsDurables
February 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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👩‍🔬 À l'occasion de la journée #FemmesEnScience découvrez 4️⃣ portraits inspirants.
Ces 4️⃣ chercheuses participent à l'initiative Eclaireuses de #IRD permettant aux jeunes de rencontrer des femmes travaillant dans des domaines scientifiques variés : www.ird.fr/femmes-de-sc...
@unesco.org #WomenInScience
February 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I have a new article published, with 300+ coauthors! There were dozens of researchers analysing the same two datasets + dozens of researchers reviewing the analyses. Lots of variability in the results. This was the first many-analysts study in ecology. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology
Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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nmouquet.bsky.social
🚀 In 2025, #CESAB will launch a call to fund IdeaShare & DataShare projects, advancing BIODIVERSITY research & interdisciplinary collaboration

💡 IdeaShare: Develop new concepts, models & methods

📊 DataShare: Assemble, curate & share biodiversity datasets

📆 Opening in April

Stay tuned ! 🌈

🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁
A picturesque landscape showcasing a vibrant field adorned with trees and birds in flight. Reminder to save the date for the CESAB Call 2025 Idea & Data Share call.
February 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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ird-fr.bsky.social
#ActuScience 🌾 Afin d’améliorer le rendement des rizières des Hautes Terres à Madagascar et leur durabilité, les scientifiques du projet Innov’earth travaillent avec des producteurs locaux pour développer des solutions simples.

▶️ lemag.ird.fr/fr/des-vers-...

#IRD #agriculture
February 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#Podcast Rencontre avec @tlpcouvreur.bsky.social, botaniste à l'IRD qui nous emmène au cœur des forêts tropicales humides.
🔊 En écoute sur toutes les plateformes: audmns.com/qKNSwal
J'attends les prochains épisodes avec impatience! Excellent format! Félicitations Thomas!
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February 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Le congrès AETFAT 2025 arrive au Ghana !

Rejoignez-nous du 3 au 8 août 2025 pour explorer la riche diversité végétale de l'Afrique tropicale

Thème : Diversité, conservation et utilisation durable des plantes africaines dans un monde naturel en mutation.
February 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Each year, we offer several #awards for undergraduate & graduate botanical #research, training and symposia. Applications are open for this winter, the deadline for submissions Feb 15, 2025! Learn more and apply here:

www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/

#botany #grants 🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾
December 12, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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Cool paper on conifer evolution / diversification and fire adaptations 🤓

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Fire in the tree: The origin and distribution of fire–adapted traits within conifers and their influence on speciation rates across the conifer phylogeny
Premise Considering rapidly changing fire regimes due to anthropogenic disturbances to climate and fuel loads, it is crucial to understand the underpinnings driving fire-adapted trait evolution. Amo...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
tlpcouvreur.bsky.social
I just cancelled my Instagram account; Ouf, that felt good after that horrible monday! next up facebook.
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Niche modeling / distribution modeling / ecological biogeography people, check out this starter pack and let me know if you want to be added!

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January 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT
Universität Basel: PhD Researcher in African Environmental History, Political Ecology or Environmental Humanities
The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”....
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January 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The @weforum.org 2025 report predicts that Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse is 2nd only to Extreme weather events as the biggest global long term threat followed by critical changes to earth systems (3rd) and natural resource shortages (4th) www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
These are the biggest risks we face now and in the next 10 years
After a volatile and challenging 2024, the latest Global Risks report uncovers leaders’ key concerns – now and in the future. Here’s what you need to know.
www.weforum.org
January 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Introducing Methods and Techniques: Interdisciplinary methods for interdisciplinary challenges

Find out more about one of our newer article types: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10535
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December 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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"Tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas matter for biodiversity protection, and the future of this planet relies on these ecosystems to the same extent it relies on forests."
Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
Click on the article title to read more.
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January 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Two birds of different species looking at each other from different sides of a river
January 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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natrevbiodiv.nature.com
First up, in the article that inspired our cover art, Camila Ribas and colleagues review the influence of Amazonian geological history in shaping the region’s rich biodiversity. go.nature.com/3Cbru1W
Amazonian areas of endemism and riverine barriers. The riverine barrier width corresponds to the average time divergence of sister clades separated by that barrier. Riverine barrier colour indicates the standard deviation of all the clade splits associated with that river
January 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Open Letter led by N. Pilon & G. Durigan, signed by 183 scientists that highlights the importance of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas. They matter for biodiversity protection, and the future of this planet relies on these ecosystems to the same extent it relies on forests.
Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM