Rhys Preston-Allen
@R_PrestonAllen
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Researcher at @ImperialCollege • Comms at @BESMacroecol • Extinction Risk • Global Threats • Restoration • Macroecology • He | him
Imperial College London
Joined August 2017
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 How vulnerable are migratory birds to extreme climate events, such as cyclones and drought? 🌪️🦅☀️ Verrry excited to say - check out my first first-authorship in @GEB_macro to find out! ✨👇 🔗: https://t.co/HTlcGurHKC 🧵: 1/6
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Aim Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to drive unprecedented increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events, such as drought and cyclones. The impacts of these events...
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As humans continue to radically alter the environment, new species assemblages are emerging - 'novel ecosystems' Our @BritishEcolSoc Niche article about novel ecosystems explores what they are, how they could be helpful in a changing world, and concerns https://t.co/6PGBejhAMi
britishecologicalsociety.org
As humans continue to radically alter the environment, we are seeing combinations of organisms that have never been observed before. What does this changing world mean for ecology?
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How can the UK’s strengths in green finance and cutting-edge biodiversity research help shape the future of biodiversity credit markets? 🤔 Check out my @Grantham_IC blog, written with fellow @SSCP_DTP PhD Ben Parker, to find out! 🌍🌱👉 https://t.co/lgHAvXOPWI
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🌳20yr study in a Japanese old-growth #forest reveals that high #tree #species richness enhances productivity stability through asynchronous growth & reduced dominance of single species:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The study emphasizes the importance of tree species richness in stabilizing ecosystem functions via asynchronous growth in diverse temperate forests. Stronger intraspecific than interspecific...
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🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 We are delighted to announce that #Macro2025 is coming to @UniOfYork 10th-11th July, ✨ with a special workshop on 9th💃 Get ready for 3 days of inspiring talks, networking, and macroecological fun! 🌍 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more updates! 💚
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🚨#Job 🚨 Interested in nature based solutions, their implementation & what shape their effectiveness? If so, consider applying to this 3 year postdoc position at @ZSLScience collaborating with @IDOS_research @YorkUniversity @sanderchan
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Forging a joined-up approach at #COP29 & #COP16 is key for urgent action on climate+nature. In our #OA @JAppliedEcology policy direction we call for a joint UNFCCC/CBD programme & suggest a gouvernance structure + objectives it should target https://t.co/85fRe9lt7K
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180 top UK scientists signed a letter to say 3 things: (i) we need commitment to halt AND recover nature BY 2030; (ii) we depend on nature in the UK AND overseas so we need to tackle overseas footprint; (iii) we need a whole-of-government approach to this
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Top conservation scientists demand a legally-binding requirement to reverse biodiversity loss at home and overseas.
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🚨 Final call for #BESMacro2024! 🚨 Registration for this year's conference closes TODAY at 5PM (BST) 😵💫 Don't miss out - register now via the link 👉 https://t.co/qEEW2k5l5G 🌍✨
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New paper 📢 led by @Howes_Ben @GEB_macro It is well-know that there are more species in the tropics, but Does the composition (types of species) vary across latitudes too? To answer this question we explore latitudinal patterns in forest specialisation https://t.co/fPAxOmtliq
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Come do a post-doc on biodiversity modelling with me, @EttieUnwin and @seth at @turinginst ! Drop me an email if you want more details!
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Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me… 🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis
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Ever wanted a crash course on how we fund ecosystem restoration, from both public and private finance? Look no further than our new Primer paper "Financing Ecosystem Restoration" in @CurrentBiology by me & superstar biodv finance expert Dr @saraloefqvist
https://t.co/Dzw7XAn0MK
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Registration is 🌟still open🌟 for #BESMacro2024 , our macroecology & macroevolution conference in Cardiff (or online!) July 11-12, plus an ECR day July 10 . Come join us! 🌍🌳🪱🦜🐞🦬🦀🦎🐙🐟🦇🪻🖥️🧑🔬 https://t.co/dtDc8wuFIA
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A British Ecological Society specialist group conference for researchers at any academic career stage in macroecology and/or macroevolution.
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There is still a week left to apply for this fully funded (for home and international students) PhD with me at @UniofOxford on multiple stressors in wetlands. Come join our lab! #ecology #phdlife #biology
I have a new @NERCscience funded PhD project starting October 2024 on multiple stressors in wetlands: https://t.co/lREVuxpj5M
#biodiversity #ecology #phdadmissions @OxfordBiology . Please share!
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Recent papers show difficulties in detecting biodiversity trend changes I’d add, we don’t really know if protected area targets like 30% by 2030 would achieve hoped for biodiversity increases So, are species-based goals useful? https://t.co/LT6Hos7E5t
science.org
Detecting biodiversity improvements is hindered by uncertainty, but solutions exist for monitoring progress to global targets.
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New in Journal of Applied Ecology. We couple two state-of-the-art modelling tools, VAST and JARA, for better informed Red List assessments of marine fishes, with application to five North Sea species
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The predictions of the VAST-JARA modelling framework for North Sea species, including JARA output and VAST habitat assessment, constitute valuable supporting information to make interpretations...
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New in @Nature, we show that commonly applied approaches have failed to accurately represent global trends in biodiversity. So what's the problem and what's the solution? https://t.co/KLrsWkVgjg
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Nature - This study presents an approach to deal with spatial, temporal and phylogenetic non-independence in large-scale analyses of biodiversity change, improving trend estimation and inference...
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Happy (but a bit scared 😶) to share our last ms with @Araujo_lab . By using a combination of metrics, we show that Protected areas are (and will be) more exposed to extreme weather than unprotected areas across Central America. https://t.co/lZrYhWAPF4
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Central America and the Caribbean are regularly battered by megadroughts, heavy rainfall, heat waves, and tropical cyclones. Although 21st-century climate change is expected to increase the frequen...
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Neotropical forest loss is highly polarized, so based on 617 #mammal assemblages (species >1 kg), our paper uses historical habitat loss in the Atlantic Forest biome to predict contemporary mammal #extinctions in the #Amazon Led by @Bogoni_Eco @UEAResearch
https://t.co/xjvgUNzjtK
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Climate change and deforestation risk an Amazon tipping point Our new @nature paper led by @BernardoMflores On current trends, we estimate that by 2050, 10 - 47% of Amazonian forests will exposed to compounding disturbances risking critical transitions https://t.co/ldZCT8KIea
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