American NaturalistPhenotypic traits can be studied in fossils, but can their evolution be quantified from the fossil record? Liow et al. show that time series of fecundity and partial mortality from fossil and living bryozoans of New Zealand link to micro/macroevolution.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731332
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Dr. Korinna AllhoffLooking for a #seminar speaker?
Look no more! Franziska Koch (PhD student in my team) would be happy to talk about her research on #bryozoans competing for space on the seabed. Amongst other things, she can demonstrate that competitive hierarchies mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops relatively weak. She is an excellent speaker and she can easily fill up to 30 minutes!
Competitive hierarchies in bryozoan assemblages mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops weak - Communications Biology
Competitive hierarchies between species in bryozoan assemblages are shown to mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops weak.
AutisticMumTo3Eighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko
Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html
Bruno C. VellutiniToday marks the 190th year anniversary of the discovery of the #cyphonautes #larva of #bryozoans! Ehrenberg first saw the tiny creature on November 25, 1832 (Hyman 1959).
This is my favorite #LarvalForm of all #MarineInvertebrates. It has a unique triangled, hat-like shape with a thin bivalve shell and a pompom at the top (apical organ). It swims and captures food using cilia and has some finely organized muscles (first image).
Lee Hsiang Liow（廖珕庠)Doing a second #Introduction after my first. I am a #museum #scientist and paleobiologist in #Oslo, also Associate Editor at #EcologyLetters and #Paleobiology. I am involved with #PaleoSynthesys at #FAU Erlangen on several working groups. Field work in #NewZealand. I like #dogs, #bryozoans, spicy food and #coffee (order has no meaning here). I like/play #classical #piano and #cello.
#Introduction paleobiologist #academic "cloning" my @lhliow twitter account on Mastodon. I do #diversification rates using #fossil observations, phenotypic evolution using fossils and extant populations, some (paleo)ecology because that's important for big picture #macroevolution and am in general thrilled about #marine #invertebrates (#marineinverts) and work at a natural history #museum. I like R, community databases, #bryozoans and other cool things. I also like #dogs.