📢 An amazing gift from @funecology.bsky.social right after my birthday! An exciting work that we co-leaded with @anna-equisuany.bsky.social exploring #FunctionalAssembly using #network and #metacommunity perspectives! Check it out 👇
#IEA #GRECO #FunMetaNet
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#IEA #GRECO #FunMetaNet
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Trait co‐occurrence networks reveal changes in community functional structure from local to landscape scales
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
📢 An amazing gift from @funecology.bsky.social right after my birthday! An exciting work that we co-leaded with @anna-equisuany.bsky.social exploring #FunctionalAssembly using #network and #metacommunity perspectives! Check it out 👇
#IEA #GRECO #FunMetaNet
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#IEA #GRECO #FunMetaNet
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
CRV Science Wiki
🌿 Metacommunity — A metacommunity is a set of local ecological communities linked by the dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species across a landscape, unifying local niche sorting, competitive trade-offs, source–sink mass eff…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/metacommunity
🌿 Metacommunity — A metacommunity is a set of local ecological communities linked by the dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species across a landscape, unifying local niche sorting, competitive trade-offs, source–sink mass eff…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/metacommunity
CRV Science Wiki
🌿 Metacommunity — A metacommunity is a set of local ecological communities linked by the dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species across a landscape, unifying local niche sorting, competitive trade-offs, source–sink mass effects, and stochastic ecological drift into …
crvscience.com
November 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
CRV Science Wiki
🌿 Metacommunity — A metacommunity is a set of local ecological communities linked by the dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species across a landscape, unifying local niche sorting, competitive trade-offs, source–sink mass eff…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/metacommunity
🌿 Metacommunity — A metacommunity is a set of local ecological communities linked by the dispersal of multiple potentially interacting species across a landscape, unifying local niche sorting, competitive trade-offs, source–sink mass eff…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/metacommunity
Come join us in about four hours from now on Chatto HQ for the first Community Call after Chatto's very comprehensive 0.5.0 release.
You'll experience more or less handsome middle aged men with one (or even more!) speaking movie villain English. Javoll, ze chattnbakn!
chat.chatto.run
#chat
You'll experience more or less handsome middle aged men with one (or even more!) speaking movie villain English. Javoll, ze chattnbakn!
chat.chatto.run
#chat
Chatto HQ
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chat.chatto.run
November 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Come join us in about four hours from now on Chatto HQ for the first Community Call after Chatto's very comprehensive 0.5.0 release.
You'll experience more or less handsome middle aged men with one (or even more!) speaking movie villain English. Javoll, ze chattnbakn!
chat.chatto.run
#chat
You'll experience more or less handsome middle aged men with one (or even more!) speaking movie villain English. Javoll, ze chattnbakn!
chat.chatto.run
#chat
Sure, but then that begs the question of whether lumping all dinosaur papers into a single category is valid. If your argument is that dino paleo is actually a metacommunity of siloed researchers, then each solo should be treated as its own category, yeah?
November 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Sure, but then that begs the question of whether lumping all dinosaur papers into a single category is valid. If your argument is that dino paleo is actually a metacommunity of siloed researchers, then each solo should be treated as its own category, yeah?
Come join us for the next weekly Chatto Community Call, tonight, in about two hours (19:00 CET) from now on Chatto HQ, chat.chatto.run - it'll be a fun session discussing Chatto's leaps and strides towards a 0.5 release that really feels more mature than other 1.4's do.
#sovereignity #chat #bcm
#sovereignity #chat #bcm
Chatto HQ
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chat.chatto.run
October 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Come join us for the next weekly Chatto Community Call, tonight, in about two hours (19:00 CET) from now on Chatto HQ, chat.chatto.run - it'll be a fun session discussing Chatto's leaps and strides towards a 0.5 release that really feels more mature than other 1.4's do.
#sovereignity #chat #bcm
#sovereignity #chat #bcm
It's Thursday! Come join us for our now-weekly Chatto Community Call!
Tonight at 18.00 UTC (20:00 Wedel, 19:00 London, 2pm New York, 11am Los Angeles, breakfast time Berlin)
chatto-development on Chatto HQ
Tonight at 18.00 UTC (20:00 Wedel, 19:00 London, 2pm New York, 11am Los Angeles, breakfast time Berlin)
chatto-development on Chatto HQ
Chatto HQ
The Chatto metacommunity. Come chat with us... about Chatto!
chat.chatto.run
October 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
It's Thursday! Come join us for our now-weekly Chatto Community Call!
Tonight at 18.00 UTC (20:00 Wedel, 19:00 London, 2pm New York, 11am Los Angeles, breakfast time Berlin)
chatto-development on Chatto HQ
Tonight at 18.00 UTC (20:00 Wedel, 19:00 London, 2pm New York, 11am Los Angeles, breakfast time Berlin)
chatto-development on Chatto HQ
Dispersal diversity buffers species vulnerability to local extinction
->Nature | More on "Species dispersal and extinction risk" at BigEarthData.ai | #biodiversity #species #extinction
->Nature | More on "Species dispersal and extinction risk" at BigEarthData.ai | #biodiversity #species #extinction
Dispersal diversity buffers species vulnerability to local extinction
We study a general metacommunity model describing the temporal dynamics of species abundances in a habitat composed of N colonizable sites, each providing a finite amount of available space or a limiting resource. These sites may correspond to distinct patches, although our framework does not strictly require explicit physical boundaries. The model incorporates basic processes such as death, reproduction, dispersal, colonization and competition for space. Their combined effect is captured by an interaction-dispersal kernel matrix, K, whose elements represent a coarse-grained description of how species interact and spread across patches. However, they do not explicitly separate local competitive and facilitative interactions, but capture instead their net effect on dispersal efficacy. The mathematical structure of the model aligns with the metacommunity framework13, widely used to study species survival in fragmented landscapes37,38,39. However, measuring interaction kernels or the corresponding dispersal networks in real ecosystems remains challenging. In light of this experimental inaccessibility, we posit that the intrinsic variability in habitats, species traits and interspecific interactions in large-scale natural ecosystems will lead to entries in the kernel that are effectively random. We model this randomness by drawing kernel elements from a gamma distribution (Methods). The parameters of this distribution are species-specific, meaning that...
www.nature.com
October 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Universitat de Barcelona is hiring:
Postdoc position in Metacommunity Modelling Applied to Aquatic Biomonitoring in Temporary Rivers
#postdoc #biology #ecology
Postdoc position in Metacommunity Modelling Applied to Aquatic Biomonitoring in Temporary Rivers
#postdoc #biology #ecology
October 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Universitat de Barcelona is hiring:
Postdoc position in Metacommunity Modelling Applied to Aquatic Biomonitoring in Temporary Rivers
#postdoc #biology #ecology
Postdoc position in Metacommunity Modelling Applied to Aquatic Biomonitoring in Temporary Rivers
#postdoc #biology #ecology
Extract: This postdoc position focuses on developing tools for assessing the ecological status of temporary Mediterranean rivers, particularly through metacommunity modelling and bioassessment.
October 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Extract: This postdoc position focuses on developing tools for assessing the ecological status of temporary Mediterranean rivers, particularly through metacommunity modelling and bioassessment.
🚨New paper! We tested how inter- and intraspecific variation in thermal response curves for dispersal rate affect metacommunity dynamics and diversity patterns under warming in ciliate communities.
📰Published📰Scaling temperature-dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test🌡️
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Scaling temperature-dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test
Keila Stark, Ze-Yi Han, Jean P. Gibert, Mary I. O’Connor This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. When temperatures rise, organisms m…
buff.ly
September 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
🚨New paper! We tested how inter- and intraspecific variation in thermal response curves for dispersal rate affect metacommunity dynamics and diversity patterns under warming in ciliate communities.
📰Published📰Scaling temperature-dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test🌡️
buff.ly/7j6dV0c
🧪🌍️
buff.ly/7j6dV0c
🧪🌍️
Scaling temperature-dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test
Keila Stark, Ze-Yi Han, Jean P. Gibert, Mary I. O’Connor This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. When temperatures rise, organisms m…
buff.ly
September 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
📰Published📰Scaling temperature-dependent dispersal rates to metacommunity dynamics: An experimental test🌡️
buff.ly/7j6dV0c
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buff.ly/7j6dV0c
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⚖️🔬Nonstationarity in wildlife disease dynamics: insights from the prairie dog–plague system
vist.ly/5j9ma
#AquaticEcology #BenthicAlgae #Dispersal #Disturbance #EcosystemFunction #Metacommunity #Resilience #Stability
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#AquaticEcology #BenthicAlgae #Dispersal #Disturbance #EcosystemFunction #Metacommunity #Resilience #Stability
September 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
⚖️🔬Nonstationarity in wildlife disease dynamics: insights from the prairie dog–plague system
vist.ly/5j9ma
#AquaticEcology #BenthicAlgae #Dispersal #Disturbance #EcosystemFunction #Metacommunity #Resilience #Stability
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#AquaticEcology #BenthicAlgae #Dispersal #Disturbance #EcosystemFunction #Metacommunity #Resilience #Stability
Been a busy day; published a first beta of Chatto 0.5 yesterday, moved Chatto HQ to it today, and spent the rest of the day scrambling to fix a bunch of issues.
Chatto 0.5 rules (even if there's still lots of tweaking to do)! Give it a try on Chatto HQ:
Chatto 0.5 rules (even if there's still lots of tweaking to do)! Give it a try on Chatto HQ:
Chatto HQ
The Chatto metacommunity. Come chat with us... about Chatto!
chat.chatto.run
September 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Been a busy day; published a first beta of Chatto 0.5 yesterday, moved Chatto HQ to it today, and spent the rest of the day scrambling to fix a bunch of issues.
Chatto 0.5 rules (even if there's still lots of tweaking to do)! Give it a try on Chatto HQ:
Chatto 0.5 rules (even if there's still lots of tweaking to do)! Give it a try on Chatto HQ:
Oooh
Took a peek at the secret thing on chat.chatto.run and I gotta say, it's going to be great
Took a peek at the secret thing on chat.chatto.run and I gotta say, it's going to be great
September 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Oooh
Took a peek at the secret thing on chat.chatto.run and I gotta say, it's going to be great
Took a peek at the secret thing on chat.chatto.run and I gotta say, it's going to be great
#Rotifersky
Seasonal Water Level Fluctuations Mediate Hydrological Connectivity and Shape Zooplankton Metacommunity in Poyang Lak... • Bian et al. • Biology (2026)
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15161361
Seasonal Water Level Fluctuations Mediate Hydrological Connectivity and Shape Zooplankton Metacommunity in Poyang Lak... • Bian et al. • Biology (2026)
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15161361
August 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
#Rotifersky
Seasonal Water Level Fluctuations Mediate Hydrological Connectivity and Shape Zooplankton Metacommunity in Poyang Lak... • Bian et al. • Biology (2026)
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15161361
Seasonal Water Level Fluctuations Mediate Hydrological Connectivity and Shape Zooplankton Metacommunity in Poyang Lak... • Bian et al. • Biology (2026)
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15161361
Chatto HQ
The Chatto metacommunity. Come chat with us... about Chatto!
chat.chatto.run
August 26, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The Chatto HQ community is here:
Chatto HQ
The Chatto metacommunity. Come chat with us... about Chatto!
chat.chatto.run
August 24, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The Chatto HQ community is here:
Interacting Hosts with Microbiome Exchange: An Extension of Metacommunity Theory for Discrete Interactions between Hosts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11958
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11958
August 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Interacting Hosts with Microbiome Exchange: An Extension of Metacommunity Theory for Discrete Interactions between Hosts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11958
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11958
タイトル: シアノバクテリアマットにおける異種捕食、コミュニティの非同期性、およびメタコミュニティの安定性
実験対象: シアノバクテリアマット
要点1: 異なる捕食行動、コミュニティの非同期性により、シアノバクテリアマットのメタコミュニティは安定している。
要点2: 実験で異なる捕食圧により、マットの持続性が影響を受けることが示唆された。
実験対象: シアノバクテリアマット
要点1: 異なる捕食行動、コミュニティの非同期性により、シアノバクテリアマットのメタコミュニティは安定している。
要点2: 実験で異なる捕食圧により、マットの持続性が影響を受けることが示唆された。
Heterogeneous Predation, Community Asynchrony, and Metacommunity Stability in Cyanobacterial Mats.
【Am Nat】<AbstractText>AbstractBenthic cyanobacterial mats are increasing in abundance on coral reefs, yet the processes governi...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 21, 2026 at 7:50 AM
タイトル: シアノバクテリアマットにおける異種捕食、コミュニティの非同期性、およびメタコミュニティの安定性
実験対象: シアノバクテリアマット
要点1: 異なる捕食行動、コミュニティの非同期性により、シアノバクテリアマットのメタコミュニティは安定している。
要点2: 実験で異なる捕食圧により、マットの持続性が影響を受けることが示唆された。
実験対象: シアノバクテリアマット
要点1: 異なる捕食行動、コミュニティの非同期性により、シアノバクテリアマットのメタコミュニティは安定している。
要点2: 実験で異なる捕食圧により、マットの持続性が影響を受けることが示唆された。
Simulating drying and human impacts on river networks to evaluate biological quality indices performance through the lens of metacommunity theory🐟️ 🌊
Find out more 👇️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Find out more 👇️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Simulating drying and human impacts on river networks to evaluate biological quality indices performance through the lens of metacommunity theory🐟️ 🌊
Find out more 👇️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Find out more 👇️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can metacommunity theory help understand the drivers of urban ant communities and their traits? 🐜🏙️
Check out the study by @basilefinand.bsky.social et al., recently recommended in PCI Ecology: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Recommendation and peer-review: ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
Check out the study by @basilefinand.bsky.social et al., recently recommended in PCI Ecology: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Recommendation and peer-review: ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
doi.org
August 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Can metacommunity theory help understand the drivers of urban ant communities and their traits? 🐜🏙️
Check out the study by @basilefinand.bsky.social et al., recently recommended in PCI Ecology: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Recommendation and peer-review: ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
Check out the study by @basilefinand.bsky.social et al., recently recommended in PCI Ecology: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Recommendation and peer-review: ecology.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
Happy to announce an open post-doctoral position (24 months) in the ThéMA lab (Besançon, CNRS-Univ.Marie et Louis Pasteur) to work on the coupled modelling of population genetic structure and metacommunity dynamics in habitat networks. Details here: shorturl.at/7muyx
For any questions, contact me!
For any questions, contact me!
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy to announce an open post-doctoral position (24 months) in the ThéMA lab (Besançon, CNRS-Univ.Marie et Louis Pasteur) to work on the coupled modelling of population genetic structure and metacommunity dynamics in habitat networks. Details here: shorturl.at/7muyx
For any questions, contact me!
For any questions, contact me!
Happy to share my views on a great paper by Borthagaray, Teixeira de Mello and Arim about the inference of complex fish dispersal patterns: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Thanks to JAE for this opportunity!!
Check out this very interesting piece of work: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Congrats to the authors!
Thanks to JAE for this opportunity!!
Check out this very interesting piece of work: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Congrats to the authors!
Inferring riverscape dispersal processes from fish biodiversity patterns
Spatial scale at which different dispersal sources shape metacommunity diversity. Specifically, empirical patterns of fish diversity were contrasted with predictions from lottery models allowing the ...
doi.org
May 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Happy to share my views on a great paper by Borthagaray, Teixeira de Mello and Arim about the inference of complex fish dispersal patterns: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Thanks to JAE for this opportunity!!
Check out this very interesting piece of work: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Congrats to the authors!
Thanks to JAE for this opportunity!!
Check out this very interesting piece of work: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Congrats to the authors!
Hi Nicolas, I would be very happy to be added. I have dug into metacommunity ecology after my PhD and I would like to keep posted on what's new in the field. Thanks in advance! Great initiative
November 27, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Hi Nicolas, I would be very happy to be added. I have dug into metacommunity ecology after my PhD and I would like to keep posted on what's new in the field. Thanks in advance! Great initiative
Hi Tim. Been trying to figure bsky out and remembered seeing this post ages ago. Can you add me pls?
scholar.google.com/citations?hl...
scholar.google.com/citations?hl...
Jonathan D Tonkin
University of Canterbury - Cited by 4,332 - Ecology - Freshwater ecology - Community ecology - Biodiversity - Metacommunity ecology
scholar.google.com
May 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Hi Tim. Been trying to figure bsky out and remembered seeing this post ages ago. Can you add me pls?
scholar.google.com/citations?hl...
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