Pray for my undergrads, nothing wrong with them but they're learning about pairwise invasibility plots today
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pray for my undergrads, nothing wrong with them but they're learning about pairwise invasibility plots today
In mountains ⛰️ diverse native communities did not resist invasions. Indeed, there seems to be an interplay between native diversity and disturbances that shapes invasibility in mountain ecosystems
Check our new paper in JVS
Thanks @mbuhaly.bsky.social for leading this!
Check our new paper in JVS
Thanks @mbuhaly.bsky.social for leading this!
New in Journal of Vegetation Science: Buhaly et al. found no biotic resistance to non-native species at high elevations globally. Diverse native communities there did not resist invasion, and in some cases coincided with more non-natives.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.70174
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2026 at 6:11 AM
In mountains ⛰️ diverse native communities did not resist invasions. Indeed, there seems to be an interplay between native diversity and disturbances that shapes invasibility in mountain ecosystems
Check our new paper in JVS
Thanks @mbuhaly.bsky.social for leading this!
Check our new paper in JVS
Thanks @mbuhaly.bsky.social for leading this!
Also, I sold my flash story "Invasibility" to Worlds of Possibility earlier this week. Third short story sale ever, first in over a year. Celebrating with bubble tea.
April 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Also, I sold my flash story "Invasibility" to Worlds of Possibility earlier this week. Third short story sale ever, first in over a year. Celebrating with bubble tea.
There are just a few days left for Hugo nominations, so please consider nominating one of my three stories from 2025!
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
I don't know how everyone is making their awards eligibility graphics look so nice, because this took me about an hour.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
March 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
There are just a few days left for Hugo nominations, so please consider nominating one of my three stories from 2025!
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Pathogen mediated plant community ecology
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Commentary by Richard C. Cobb highlighting the recent work by Sun et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BCFEQF...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Commentary by Richard C. Cobb highlighting the recent work by Sun et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BCFEQF...
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Pathogen mediated plant community ecology
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Commentary by Richard C. Cobb highlighting the recent work by Sun et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BCFEQF...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Commentary by Richard C. Cobb highlighting the recent work by Sun et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BCFEQF...
Asymmetry of the GABI:
"During the later stages of the Pleistocene a strong negative relationship was still recovered in North America...in South America this relationship is weak, characterizing a new type of asymmetry between the continents." 1/2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️
"During the later stages of the Pleistocene a strong negative relationship was still recovered in North America...in South America this relationship is weak, characterizing a new type of asymmetry between the continents." 1/2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️
March 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Asymmetry of the GABI:
"During the later stages of the Pleistocene a strong negative relationship was still recovered in North America...in South America this relationship is weak, characterizing a new type of asymmetry between the continents." 1/2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️
"During the later stages of the Pleistocene a strong negative relationship was still recovered in North America...in South America this relationship is weak, characterizing a new type of asymmetry between the continents." 1/2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️
Since it's Pride month, I'll note that the main character of "Invasibility" is nonbinary. (But, more importantly, a huge advocate of invasive plant mitigation.)
A reminder that I have a new story out, about first contact and invasive species: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
Buy “Worlds of Possibility April 2025 (special two issues in one!)” on Patreon | Julia Rios
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June 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Since it's Pride month, I'll note that the main character of "Invasibility" is nonbinary. (But, more importantly, a huge advocate of invasive plant mitigation.)
My short story "Invasibility" is out in Version Two of April's Worlds of Possibility issue! The premise: "Wouldn't it be funny if someone was out killing invasive plants in the woods and a space alien rocked up and asked what they were doing?"
At long last, the April issues (yes, plural!) of Worlds of Possibility are here! Featuring work by @the-lettersea.com, @spencerorey.bsky.social, @ayidashonibar.bsky.social, @lettie-prell.bsky.social, @keyanbowes.bsky.social and many more!
www.juliarios.com/introducing-...
www.juliarios.com/introducing-...
Introducing the April 2025 Issues of Worlds of Possibility
This issue is special, as it’s actually two issues releasing at the same time!
www.juliarios.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My short story "Invasibility" is out in Version Two of April's Worlds of Possibility issue! The premise: "Wouldn't it be funny if someone was out killing invasive plants in the woods and a space alien rocked up and asked what they were doing?"
🧊 @b-cubed.eu online training happening tomorrow: Occurrence cubes and biological invasions
📍27 February, 15:00 CET
💡 What's covered: An overview of the Invasibility Cube and the b3alien #Python package.
Register: 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
📍27 February, 15:00 CET
💡 What's covered: An overview of the Invasibility Cube and the b3alien #Python package.
Register: 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
February 26, 2026 at 12:46 PM
🧊 @b-cubed.eu online training happening tomorrow: Occurrence cubes and biological invasions
📍27 February, 15:00 CET
💡 What's covered: An overview of the Invasibility Cube and the b3alien #Python package.
Register: 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
📍27 February, 15:00 CET
💡 What's covered: An overview of the Invasibility Cube and the b3alien #Python package.
Register: 🔗gbif.link/b-cubed-tr...
I don't know how everyone is making their awards eligibility graphics look so nice, because this took me about an hour.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I don't know how everyone is making their awards eligibility graphics look so nice, because this took me about an hour.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
Anyway, here are my awards-eligible stories from 2025.
First day of our @b-cubed.eu project meeting is over.
Quite a lot of new software products developed based on species occurrence cubes by @gbif.org. The cubes are used eg for SDMs, invasibility cubes and to calculate a set of indicators of biodiversity change.
Soon all online and as #R packages.
Quite a lot of new software products developed based on species occurrence cubes by @gbif.org. The cubes are used eg for SDMs, invasibility cubes and to calculate a set of indicators of biodiversity change.
Soon all online and as #R packages.
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
First day of our @b-cubed.eu project meeting is over.
Quite a lot of new software products developed based on species occurrence cubes by @gbif.org. The cubes are used eg for SDMs, invasibility cubes and to calculate a set of indicators of biodiversity change.
Soon all online and as #R packages.
Quite a lot of new software products developed based on species occurrence cubes by @gbif.org. The cubes are used eg for SDMs, invasibility cubes and to calculate a set of indicators of biodiversity change.
Soon all online and as #R packages.
Missed our latest MEE live? Catch up on it now! 📺️
Richard Shefferson introduced adapt3, an R package that applies a simple, standardized approach to community projection and adaptive dynamics! 🌍 🧪
Richard Shefferson introduced adapt3, an R package that applies a simple, standardized approach to community projection and adaptive dynamics! 🌍 🧪
MEE live! ADAPT3: adaptive dynamics and community projection in R
In this webinar, Richard Shefferson introduced the R package adapt3, which dramatically simplifies and speeds up invasibility analyses and matrix community modelling projections to analyse…
buff.ly
May 21, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Missed our latest MEE live? Catch up on it now! 📺️
Richard Shefferson introduced adapt3, an R package that applies a simple, standardized approach to community projection and adaptive dynamics! 🌍 🧪
Richard Shefferson introduced adapt3, an R package that applies a simple, standardized approach to community projection and adaptive dynamics! 🌍 🧪
Stories:
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Tuesday - Small Wonders
After the compatibility testing to ensure I wouldn’t run, after the conditioning, after the acclimatizing dose of your venom, we lay together and made our pact.
smallwondersmag.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Stories:
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Also! When I throw the predator/prey (Lotka–Volterra) equation on a talk slide, I question whether 1970s ecology is really a great inspiration. L-V lives on in 2026 Nature papers!
March 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Also! When I throw the predator/prey (Lotka–Volterra) equation on a talk slide, I question whether 1970s ecology is really a great inspiration. L-V lives on in 2026 Nature papers!
Stories:
"Shelf-stable" solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" (free to read!) reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished" www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
"Shelf-stable" solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" (free to read!) reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished" www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Buy “Worlds of Possibility April 2025 (special two issues in one!)” on Patreon | Julia Rios
Check out Julia Rios’s shop on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stories:
"Shelf-stable" solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" (free to read!) reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished" www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
"Shelf-stable" solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" (free to read!) reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Five Books Unreturned When the Library Vanished" www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
🌿🔢The dominance of non-native plants over native plants increases with the number of global change factors
vist.ly/5ckqc
#AlienPlants #BiologicalInvasion #EPDM #Eutrophication #LightPollution #WaterStress
vist.ly/5ckqc
#AlienPlants #BiologicalInvasion #EPDM #Eutrophication #LightPollution #WaterStress
July 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
🌿🔢The dominance of non-native plants over native plants increases with the number of global change factors
vist.ly/5ckqc
#AlienPlants #BiologicalInvasion #EPDM #Eutrophication #LightPollution #WaterStress
vist.ly/5ckqc
#AlienPlants #BiologicalInvasion #EPDM #Eutrophication #LightPollution #WaterStress
#Pathogen mediated plant community #ecology
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Richard C. Cobb on this article by Sun et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Richard C. Cobb on this article by Sun et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#Pathogen mediated plant community #ecology
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Richard C. Cobb on this article by Sun et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👆 A #Commentary by Richard C. Cobb on this article by Sun et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
My stories:
"Shelf-stable" from
Solarpunk Magazine: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" from
Reckoning Magazine: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" from Worlds of Possibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Shelf-stable" from
Solarpunk Magazine: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" from
Reckoning Magazine: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" from Worlds of Possibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest | Reckoning
It is with sorrow that this paper announces the passing of one of our town’s greatest treasures, Wendy “Darling” Marszałek. She died on August 18th, 2081, in her early eighties. Contrary to her freque...
reckoning.press
May 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My stories:
"Shelf-stable" from
Solarpunk Magazine: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" from
Reckoning Magazine: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" from Worlds of Possibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
"Shelf-stable" from
Solarpunk Magazine: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
"The Last Great Repair Tech of the American Midwest" from
Reckoning Magazine: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
"Invasibility" from Worlds of Possibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
My work focuses on understanding how evolution alters 1) the invasiveness or virulence of populations 2) the susceptibility or resistance of communities to invaders (ie invasibility). I use a combination of controlled experiments and observational studies to isolate and quantify evolution's impact.
April 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
My work focuses on understanding how evolution alters 1) the invasiveness or virulence of populations 2) the susceptibility or resistance of communities to invaders (ie invasibility). I use a combination of controlled experiments and observational studies to isolate and quantify evolution's impact.
🌱 A new FISC Working Group led by Petr Pyšek will explore how plant invasiveness and community invasibility interact across scales.
We’re very happy to welcome the group and look forward to working together!
www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou...
We’re very happy to welcome the group and look forward to working together!
www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou...
Linking plant invasiveness and community invasibility across scales
www.forestinvasion.cz
August 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🌱 A new FISC Working Group led by Petr Pyšek will explore how plant invasiveness and community invasibility interact across scales.
We’re very happy to welcome the group and look forward to working together!
www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou...
We’re very happy to welcome the group and look forward to working together!
www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou...
Predicting pathogen mutual invasibility and co-circulation
When a new variant is better in competition with the variants present at that time, what happens with the other variants?
www.science.org/doi/...
1/9
When a new variant is better in competition with the variants present at that time, what happens with the other variants?
www.science.org/doi/...
1/9
October 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Predicting pathogen mutual invasibility and co-circulation
When a new variant is better in competition with the variants present at that time, what happens with the other variants?
www.science.org/doi/...
1/9
When a new variant is better in competition with the variants present at that time, what happens with the other variants?
www.science.org/doi/...
1/9
🌱 From Ecological Applications: Plant traits and slope aspect jointly shape invasion resistance. Native shrubs and trait-matched annuals are most effective in curbing invasives. (Jennifer L. Funk)
▶️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #Ecology #PlantBiology
▶️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #Ecology #PlantBiology
Plant traits reveal that biotic resistance to invasibility is shaped by slope aspect
During community assembly, species' traits interact with environmental conditions and influence biotic interactions. Learning how traits of non-native species enable them to successfully navigate the...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🌱 From Ecological Applications: Plant traits and slope aspect jointly shape invasion resistance. Native shrubs and trait-matched annuals are most effective in curbing invasives. (Jennifer L. Funk)
▶️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #Ecology #PlantBiology
▶️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #Ecology #PlantBiology
Some light invasive species reading for the morning.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#invasivespecies #conservation #plants #nativeplants #ecology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#invasivespecies #conservation #plants #nativeplants #ecology
Relationship of Exotic Species Establishment to Environmental Site Characteristics in Plant Communities of the Piedmont of Southeastern USA
Questions Although communities may be differentially susceptible to establishment of exotics, broad predictions of community invasibility remain elusive. Here we have addressed which abiotic and bio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some light invasive species reading for the morning.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#invasivespecies #conservation #plants #nativeplants #ecology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#invasivespecies #conservation #plants #nativeplants #ecology
Invasibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
Buy “Worlds of Possibility April 2025 (special two issues in one!)” on Patreon | Julia Rios
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December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Invasibility: www.patreon.com/juliarios/sh...
👆Interesting case which shows systemic differences in macroevolutionary invasibility between two continental-scale geobiomes during the Great American Biotic Interchange.
Essentially interesting test of doi.org/10.1017/pab....
Essentially interesting test of doi.org/10.1017/pab....
March 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
👆Interesting case which shows systemic differences in macroevolutionary invasibility between two continental-scale geobiomes during the Great American Biotic Interchange.
Essentially interesting test of doi.org/10.1017/pab....
Essentially interesting test of doi.org/10.1017/pab....