News

Welcome to Jun Ying Lim!

2018-09-01

Jun Ying Lim has started as a new Postdoc in our group with focus on palm trait biogeography and macroevolution. Welcome to the BIOMAC lab!

New paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution

2018-08-24

Our new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows how intra-specific trait variability can inform international policies about global biodiversity change.

Our Ecography paper is highlighted on the front cover

2018-08-12

Our recent Ecography paper on extinction-driven changes in frugivore communities on oceanic islands has been selected for the August 2018 cover of the journal.

Youtube videos about island extinctions

2018-07-13

Julia Heinen presents two Youtube videos about our recent Ecography paper on extinction-driven changes in frugivore communities on oceanic islands

Biggest palm fruits disappear from rainforests

2018-06-13

A new study by Renske Onstein and W. Daniel Kissling shows that palm trees with very large fruits are increasingly lost from tropical rainforests worldwide.

Renske Onstein becomes junior research group leader at iDiv

2018-01-13

Our former Postdoc Renske Onstein has started as a junior research group leader at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig, Germany. Congratulations!