Since Tuesday, May 9, members of the BITE workshop are meeting in Erlangen. Lots of discussions and good progress! Those that couldn't be here in person join via Zoom. The workshop continues until Friday, May 12.
"The aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction provided ecological opportunities for many groups of reptiles, marking the beginning of reptile dominance of the Mesozoic oceans. Clades such as ichthyosaurs, thalattosuchians, sauropterygians, mosasaurs and turtles evolved a remarkable diversity of...
Upon request we have extended the deadline to submit your workshop proposals. The new deadline is May 30.
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Join us for a speaker series on palaeontological databases. The first talk in the series will be by Dr Lin Na on the Geobiodiversity database (GBDB), 10th of May, 9am CEST, on zoom. Please register for updates on the talk series by following out the form.
"Humanity is facing major social and ecological impacts from climate change and biodiversity loss. These two crises are intertwined, with common causes and effects on one another. Pörtner et al. review the results of a joint meeting of members of the International Panels on Climate Change and ...
"Balancing the demand for ecosystem services (ES) with available supply is one key challenge for decision making in sustainable landscape management. ES demand is context-specific. Therefore, the assessment of perceptions articulated by multiple societal actors in different regions can help to iden...
"The relative sizes of body segments are a major determinant of shape and functionality of an animal. Developmental biases affecting this trait can therefore have major evolutionary implications. In vertebrates, a molecular activator/inhibitor mechanism, known as the inhibitory cascade (IC), produc...
"Species–area models now frequently include habitat heterogeneity. These models often fit real-world data better than those that exclude this factor. However, such models usually link the effects of habitat heterogeneity and study area. Critically, we show that difficulties in quantifying habitat h...
"Throughout the Silurian and Devonian, cartilaginous fish successively evolved their specialized skeletal and dental characteristics, and increasingly refined their sensory systems. The Late Devonian shark taxon Maghriboselache mohamezanei gen. et sp. n. from the eastern Anti-Atlas of Mor...
"Mountain biking (MTBing) has become one of the most popular recreational activities and this trend is further amplified with the enhanced use of electrically assisted mountain bikes (eMTBing). While increasing user frequencies are intensifying social and environmental conflicts, the consequences o...
