Biodiversity, ecology, climate change, forests, seed dispersers. Research scientist at MIT.https://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3ms6rm4c4bc2pPlease help us spread the word about a postdoc position on population and demographic modeling in Tom Miller’s lab at Rice University. It is part of our SERDP-funded project on habitat-based conservation of threatened and endangered species in the Mariana Islands. https://app.box.com/s/5804wjthgawthkpn3agkbqzkgb3t90yb03 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6rm4c4bc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3lxdckxklk22nVery cool to see our recent study turned into a cartoon (what!?) Anyone else want to skip the middleman and just publish cartoons from here on out? 🔗 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.250095112226 Aug 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdckxklk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3lv6vmqmsqc2gMIT homepage today: 40% hornbill 40% figs 20% me yelling about seed dispersers Press release here: mit.edu30 Jul 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6vmqmsqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3luzzufgwoc26Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined. We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow. Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.250095112228 Jul 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzzufgwoc26https://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3lrg7kzdksk2nThoughtful coverage in The Guardian of our new global reforestation maps, published yesterday in Nature Communications. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/maps-forests-study-environment-wildlife-climate-crisis Glad to have contributed to this effort led by Kurt Fesenmyer at TNC. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59799-812 Jun 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrg7kzdksk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3lprm4adh522gFor #BiodiversityDay, check out some of the mammals that “should” be in Southern California today (species that went extinct since the last interglacial are greyed out). From our paper https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn4012 Illustrated by coauthor @ohsanisidro.bsky.social22 May 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprm4adh522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/efricke.bsky.social/post/3lpigmj6f6k25Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵 https://rdcu.be/emz6t19 May 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:ku6fh6bl4iegvesohudb26cm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpigmj6f6k25