A study by Dehling, D.M. and Chown, S.L. reveals endemism decreases poleward in the northern hemisphere but increases poleward in the southern hemisphere, suggesting that key areas of irreplaceability might be missed if analyses focus on species richness.🐦🌏🧪
More here:
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Global increase in the endemism of birds from north to south - Nature Communications
Global patterns of endemism (irreplaceability) are still not well known. This study shows that endemism of birds increases from north to south, and highlights the vulnerability of southern hemisphere communities to climate change.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A study by Dehling, D.M. and Chown, S.L. reveals endemism decreases poleward in the northern hemisphere but increases poleward in the southern hemisphere, suggesting that key areas of irreplaceability might be missed if analyses focus on species richness.🐦🌏🧪
More here:
More here:
Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs - Nature Communications
Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity. This study predicts that climate change will reshape Neotropical frog diversity, causing losses in phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic endemism, w...
www.nature.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An under-appreciated (good) news story of 2025:
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
(long thread)
1/
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
(long thread)
1/
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
An under-appreciated (good) news story of 2025:
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
(long thread)
1/
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
(long thread)
1/
Echium wildpretii o popularmente conocido como Tajinaste Rojo es el endemismo más icónico del Parque Nacional del Teide
Echium wildpretii or popularly known as Tajinaste Rojo is the most iconic endemism in Teide National Park
#photography #nature #landscape #Bluesky #flower
Echium wildpretii or popularly known as Tajinaste Rojo is the most iconic endemism in Teide National Park
#photography #nature #landscape #Bluesky #flower
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Echium wildpretii o popularmente conocido como Tajinaste Rojo es el endemismo más icónico del Parque Nacional del Teide
Echium wildpretii or popularly known as Tajinaste Rojo is the most iconic endemism in Teide National Park
#photography #nature #landscape #Bluesky #flower
Echium wildpretii or popularly known as Tajinaste Rojo is the most iconic endemism in Teide National Park
#photography #nature #landscape #Bluesky #flower
Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism vist.ly/47xag #Mammals #Biogeography #Diet
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism vist.ly/47xag #Mammals #Biogeography #Diet
This suggests that even if multi-continent ranges were not the norm for azhdarchids, transoceanic dispersals were fairly common and endemism was low --- with one key exception. 20/
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This suggests that even if multi-continent ranges were not the norm for azhdarchids, transoceanic dispersals were fairly common and endemism was low --- with one key exception. 20/
New publication out today, on mammal endemism
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New publication out today, on mammal endemism
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Patterns of endemism in Amazonian floodplain birds | www.sciencedirect.co... | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation | #ornithology
September 10, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Patterns of endemism in Amazonian floodplain birds | www.sciencedirect.co... | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation | #ornithology
Supermatrix Phylogenetic Tree of Passerine Birds From the Indo-Australian Archipelago Highlights Contrasting Histories of Regional Endemism | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Supermatrix Phylogenetic Tree of Passerine Birds From the Indo-Australian Archipelago Highlights Contrasting Histories of Regional Endemism | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
A dated phylogeny of 16,585 vascular plant species native to China reveals three major centres of endemism, including a potential new global biodiversity hotspot 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A comprehensive dated phylogeny of China’s vascular plants reveals a hidden global biodiversity hotspot - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A dated phylogeny of 16,585 vascular plant species native to China reveals three major centres of endemism, including a potential new global biodiversity hotspot.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A dated phylogeny of 16,585 vascular plant species native to China reveals three major centres of endemism, including a potential new global biodiversity hotspot 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa
www.mdpi.com/3851796
www.mdpi.com/3851796
www.mdpi.com
April 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa
www.mdpi.com/3851796
www.mdpi.com/3851796
Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism
Terrestrial mammals are found nearly everywhere on Earth. Yet, most taxa are endemic to a single continent; geological, evolutionary, ecological, or physiological filters constrain geographic distrib....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Edaphic endemism is a term for plants that prefer to grow on uncommon rock types, like limestone, gypsum, or mafic/ultramafic (full of metals).
Use Rockd to find patches of weird geology around you and you will probably find weird plants there
Use Rockd to find patches of weird geology around you and you will probably find weird plants there
February 26, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Edaphic endemism is a term for plants that prefer to grow on uncommon rock types, like limestone, gypsum, or mafic/ultramafic (full of metals).
Use Rockd to find patches of weird geology around you and you will probably find weird plants there
Use Rockd to find patches of weird geology around you and you will probably find weird plants there
The geography of connectivity shapes plant endemism hotspots vist.ly/43xr5 #DiversityPattern #ElevationGradient
August 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The geography of connectivity shapes plant endemism hotspots vist.ly/43xr5 #DiversityPattern #ElevationGradient
Identifying #Endemic species & areas of endemism is key to biogeography, yet the impact of taxonomic approaches has been neglected. Here, the impact of 3 approaches on bird endemism in the Cerrado was studied, highlighted the importance of this topic! Read more below 🧪🌍👇
academic.oup.com/zoo...
academic.oup.com/zoo...
Distinct taxonomic practices impact patterns of bird endemism in the South American Cerrado savannas
Abstract. Identifying endemic species and the areas of endemism delimited by them is central to biogeography. However, the impact of distinct taxonomic app
academic.oup.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Identifying #Endemic species & areas of endemism is key to biogeography, yet the impact of taxonomic approaches has been neglected. Here, the impact of 3 approaches on bird endemism in the Cerrado was studied, highlighted the importance of this topic! Read more below 🧪🌍👇
academic.oup.com/zoo...
academic.oup.com/zoo...
So proud of my students @sheifishy.bsky.social and @thegarfather.bsky.social for their excellent #jmih25 talks today. They are awesome and I’m lucky to be their advisor.
July 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
So proud of my students @sheifishy.bsky.social and @thegarfather.bsky.social for their excellent #jmih25 talks today. They are awesome and I’m lucky to be their advisor.
🧽 New LMU research shows the Indo-Pacific is a hotspot of sponge endemism.
Large-scale DNA barcoding reveals that many “cosmopolitan” sponge species are actually regionally restricted lineages—uncovering hidden marine biodiversity.
🧪
@lmu.de
@lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
#molpalmuc
Large-scale DNA barcoding reveals that many “cosmopolitan” sponge species are actually regionally restricted lineages—uncovering hidden marine biodiversity.
🧪
@lmu.de
@lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
#molpalmuc
Sponges in the Indo-Pacific: a hotspot of endemism
Using genetic analyses, LMU geobiologists have shown that many sponge species in the Indo-Pacific are regionally unique.
www.lmu.de
March 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
🧽 New LMU research shows the Indo-Pacific is a hotspot of sponge endemism.
Large-scale DNA barcoding reveals that many “cosmopolitan” sponge species are actually regionally restricted lineages—uncovering hidden marine biodiversity.
🧪
@lmu.de
@lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
#molpalmuc
Large-scale DNA barcoding reveals that many “cosmopolitan” sponge species are actually regionally restricted lineages—uncovering hidden marine biodiversity.
🧪
@lmu.de
@lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
#molpalmuc
Thrilled our paper is finally out! A great collaboration between @mcaterino.bsky.social, Ernesto Recuero, and myself. We looked at endemism in spiders in southern Appalachia (largely NC).
This is also likely the most species-rich phylogeny (although just COI-based) of linyphiids yet published!
This is also likely the most species-rich phylogeny (although just COI-based) of linyphiids yet published!
High elevation litter spiders of southern Appalachia show less local endemism than other arthropods - ballooning by spiderlings apparently overcomes geographic isolation. A great collaboration with @forthespiders.bsky.social & Ernesto Recuero
doi.org/10.1636/JoA-... (if paywalled write me for pdf)
doi.org/10.1636/JoA-... (if paywalled write me for pdf)
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thrilled our paper is finally out! A great collaboration between @mcaterino.bsky.social, Ernesto Recuero, and myself. We looked at endemism in spiders in southern Appalachia (largely NC).
This is also likely the most species-rich phylogeny (although just COI-based) of linyphiids yet published!
This is also likely the most species-rich phylogeny (although just COI-based) of linyphiids yet published!
A new survey of flora in the Yazd-Kerman Endemism Hotspot has revealed more than 300 species - and more than 60 threatened species - call the Lalehzar and Hezar Mountains of Iran home
Evaluation of biodiversity and conservation status of endemic and rare plant species of an endemism hotspot in Iran
Context This study focuses on the Lalehzar and Hezar Mountains within the Yazd-Kerman Endemism Hotspot in Iran, part of the Irano-Turanian region, which includes five of the world’s 34 endemism…
www.publish.csiro.au
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A new survey of flora in the Yazd-Kerman Endemism Hotspot has revealed more than 300 species - and more than 60 threatened species - call the Lalehzar and Hezar Mountains of Iran home
#Madagascar #BaobabTrees Unknown Photographer
#IslandOfEndemism
This endemism is a result of the fact that the island has been isolated for almost 100 million years, when it broke off from India.
#IslandOfEndemism
#Unique #Biodiversity
#Photography
#Nature
#IslandOfEndemism
This endemism is a result of the fact that the island has been isolated for almost 100 million years, when it broke off from India.
#IslandOfEndemism
#Unique #Biodiversity
#Photography
#Nature
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
#Madagascar #BaobabTrees Unknown Photographer
#IslandOfEndemism
This endemism is a result of the fact that the island has been isolated for almost 100 million years, when it broke off from India.
#IslandOfEndemism
#Unique #Biodiversity
#Photography
#Nature
#IslandOfEndemism
This endemism is a result of the fact that the island has been isolated for almost 100 million years, when it broke off from India.
#IslandOfEndemism
#Unique #Biodiversity
#Photography
#Nature
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
That's an observation. It is extremely well supported by all available data.
(As I will lay out in several posts.)
2/
That's an observation. It is extremely well supported by all available data.
(As I will lay out in several posts.)
2/
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
➡️Covid-19 has still not reached endemism, and continues its steady march to extinction.
That's an observation. It is extremely well supported by all available data.
(As I will lay out in several posts.)
2/
That's an observation. It is extremely well supported by all available data.
(As I will lay out in several posts.)
2/
Population-level mitogenomes of Hemitriccus obsoletus (Aves: Rhynchocyclidae), an endemism of a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot | link.springer.com/ar... | Ornithology Research | #ornithology 🪶
May 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Population-level mitogenomes of Hemitriccus obsoletus (Aves: Rhynchocyclidae), an endemism of a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot | link.springer.com/ar... | Ornithology Research | #ornithology 🪶
I can't wait to co-lead this tour next April with Italian orchid-hunter extraordinaire Michele Viganò. Sardinia is one of the Mediterranean's great orchid hotspots, an island crucible of endemism. #orchids
Tour update 🚨
Things move fast around here! Three more places for Orchids of Sardinia booked yesterday - this brilliant tour to the 'mini-continent' of the Mediterranean is filling up fast and will, of course, generate a donation to @bsbibotany.bsky.social.
www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
Things move fast around here! Three more places for Orchids of Sardinia booked yesterday - this brilliant tour to the 'mini-continent' of the Mediterranean is filling up fast and will, of course, generate a donation to @bsbibotany.bsky.social.
www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
April 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't wait to co-lead this tour next April with Italian orchid-hunter extraordinaire Michele Viganò. Sardinia is one of the Mediterranean's great orchid hotspots, an island crucible of endemism. #orchids
Socotra, an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, holds unique biodiversity and high endemism. It features emblematic species like the Dragon Blood Tree and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Socotra, an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, holds unique biodiversity and high endemism. It features emblematic species like the Dragon Blood Tree and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
Much endemism there?
April 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Much endemism there?