Francesco and Lars Götzenberger just gave another of their courses (Trait-based ecology: from theory to R tools), finally in person, in the city of Palermo, Sicily. The course, and also the food, were very much enjoyed. The event was organized by the National Biodiversity Future Center in Italy.
Continue ReadingDark diversity paper in Nature
Recently, our team, a close collaborator of Meelis Pärtel’s group in Estonia, published a paper in Nature. This paper presents one of the first results of the DarkDivNet initiative. The study shows that classic measures of diversity, based only on the sampled species, fail to reveal the impoverishment of the potential species pool caused by […]
Continue ReadingArrival of Vitor de Andrade Kamimura and Helena Streit
This month, Vitor de Andrade Kamimura and Helena Streit have joined our group from Brazil for a postdoctoral stay of nearly one year. During his visit to Francesco de Bello’s group, supported by a BEPE/FAPESP fellowship, Vitor is investigating how functional traits shape forest responses to environmental gradients and extreme events—from individuals to entire communities—using […]
Continue ReadingStudies with the German Exploratories
A couple of papers came out recently based on the collaboration with the German biodiversity explotatories on long term plots. These studies led by our former postdocs, Marta Gaia Sperandii (in Science Advances) and Manuele Bazzichetto (in Journal of Ecology) focus on the drivers of temporal stability of communities and their responses to extreme climatic […]
Continue ReadingFarewell Gathering Meal: Paella with colleagues
Our research group recently gathered for a special farewell event to honor two outstanding members who have been an integral part of our team. We organized a traditional paella lunch to bid goodbye to our Italian PhD intern and a Master’s student who has been with us for their practical training. Our lunch gathering provided […]
Continue ReadingCollaboration with students: Fieldwork and Data Collection in Progress
In recent weeks, our research group has collaborated with a capable group of students who have significantly contributed to our fieldwork and data collection efforts. This collaboration has provided the students with practical experience in ecological research. The interns have demonstrated notable enthusiasm and diligence, aiding us in gathering essential data that supports our ongoing […]
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