Through fights, schemes, and questionable life choices, Dugo, Ramnos, and Vajek stick together!
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

They say the secret ingredient is love, but in this kitchen, it’s suppressed rage.
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

Cooking up chaos in the kitchen, where the ingredients scream louder than the staff. I'm pretty sure the main course is winning the fight!
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

Capturing the chaos of the lunch rush!
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

Designing casual looks for Ramnos, Vajek, and Dugo.
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

You don't need dialogue to know this shift is going poorly.
#CreatureDesign #AlienDesign #SpaceCrew #ArtistSupport #characterdesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding

Meet Vajek, the definition of cool and collected... mostly. Even the chillest friend has a breaking point, especially during the dinner rush.
#oc #cyberpunk #alienspecies #characterdesign #conceptart #worldbuilding #storytelling #scifiworld

Introducing Ramnos, the suave daredevil. Whether he’s crushing high scores or turning dinner prep into extreme combat, he does it with a grin. 100% confidence, 0% chill.
#oc #cyberpunk #alienspecies #characterdesign #conceptart #worldbuilding #storytelling #scifiworld

Meet Dugo, the friend group’s rational overthinker. Why stress with two eyes when you can analyze every possible worst-case scenario with three?
#oc #cyberpunk #alienspecies #characterdesign #conceptart #worldbuilding #storytelling #scifiworld

Concept art of Anbis, and Beksina Camlorn. They are a newlywed couple raising their 800 offspring in a cramped two-bedroom apartment on a Paratess Complex Cruiser.
#characterdesign #creaturedesign #alienspecies #alienculture #worldbuilding #scififashion

OnlineFirst - "Strange birds of a feather: Israeli common myna, between invasiveness and belonging" by Eran Nisan Schwarzfuchs:

#Invasionbiology #multispecies #environment #alienspecies #Israel

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251395505

#Fleabane #Erigeron #annuus is an #invasive #neophyte in #Europe, originally mative from Canada to Florida (USA). It arrived in Europe and #Asia as an ornamental plant in the 18th century and became naturalized.
C. Wang et al. (2020) studied it in China finding one #alienspecies be able to "generate a #favorable" #speciescommunity #habitat that is beneficial for following ones, using #Solidago #canadensis as 2nd alien.

©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137128

#Photos
©S F.Wirth

🏆 Zero-gravity sports meets diplomatic nightmare! Watch the Galactic Beat crew referee the most chaotic tournament in the galaxy, where six alien species play by completely different rules. Game on!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH495WLH
#GalacticBeat #ZeroGravitySports #NebulaBowl #IntergalacticTournament #AlienSpecies #GameOn

#NewPaper published:

Ingmar Staude et al: Many non-native plant species are threatened in parts of their native range. New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70193

With @LeNematode and many others

#newPublication #NatureConservation #AlienSpecies @alienspecies

Yujing Liu revealed the key #BiologicalTraits causing #Bioinvasion differences among four #AlienSpecies of genus #Veronica in China, mainly attributed to #PhotosyntheticRelatedParameters (leaf mass per unit area) and #AsexualReproductionTraits (the ratio of adventitious roots).
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac068

#NewPaper out

Maria Milanović et al. (2025) Successful alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions but not under increased nutrient availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70032. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70032

Alien and native species increasing in their abundance did not differ in their leaf traits. We found significantly lower specific leaf area (SLA) with an increase in mean annual temperature and lower leaf Potassium with mean annual precipitation. For trait–environment relationships, when compared to native species, successful aliens exhibited an increase in leaf Phosphorus and a decrease in leaf Potassium with an increase in mean annual precipitation. Finally, aliens' SLA decreased in plots with higher mean annual temperatures.

#NewPublication #biodiversity #ecology #alienSpecies #functionalTraits #NutNet
#xp