🔎Un estudio de 16.000 islas revela el impacto del cambio climático en su biodiversidad. Nos da las claves @anabenlop.bsky.social del @mncn-csic.bsky.social 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 @joaquinaraujop.bsky.social lanza una pregunta rotunda:Somos demasiados? Su respuesta es contundente. @radio5_rne rneaudio.rtve.es/a/17197769

16.000 islas estudiadas por el Museo de Ciencias Naturales

Más de dieciséis mil islas, de más de un kilómetro cuadrado, han sido analizadas por un equipo científico internacional, en el que participa el Museo Naciona...

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We just got published our new paper, exploring 16,000 islands exposure to global changes, more than 65% threatened by climate change, 22% by land use and 13% by biological invasions ! @claramarino.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cnrs.fr @pnas.org @univparissaclay.bsky.social

Global threat exposure of islands in a changing world | PNAS

Islands are at the forefront of global environmental change. Biological invasions, land-use change, and climate change are driving population decli...

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New paper out from the lab!! 📢

Iago Ferreiro@iagoferreiro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 🧵👇 New paper out, and the 2nd chapter of my PhD thesis! We just published a comprehensive spatially-explicit and species-specific dataset of hunting impacts on both tropical mammal and bird species 🌍🦍🦜. Link: tinyurl.com/438xzrcr

A new post @mongabay.com on our algorithm TropiCam-AI. Available at AddaxAI! news.mongabay.com/2026/05/most... besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Most wildlife AI focuses on the ground. This model looks up in the trees

When it comes to decoding camera-trap images, artificial intelligence has become all the rage, especially for terrestrial animals, or those that dwell on the ground. But for more evasive species livin...

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Just published: paper based on my plenary talk at the Frugivores and Seed Dispersal Symposium 2024. The biodiversity of plant–frugivore interactions: types, functions and consequences. @oikosjournal.bsky.social doi: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New preprint out! Led by @mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social , with @iagoferreiro.bsky.social and myself. Check below for more details:

Martin Philippe-Lesaffre@mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌐🌴 Current global hunting threat maps treat species as equally at risk everywhere in their range. We attempted to address this by combining where hunters actually go with which species are most likely to be targeted and least able to cope, for 6k+ trop. birds and 4k+ mammals: doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Our recent paper on warming impacts on fish biomass is featured in @euronews.com #ClimateChange #MarineEcology #OceanWarming #Fisheries @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social @jdgonzalezt.bsky.social @csic.es @mncn-csic.bsky.social

Europe’s warming oceans are losing fish faster than we thought

Researchers warn against falling for 'fool's gold' of rising fish numbers spurred by marine heatwaves.

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New paper from the lab! An AI algorithm to identify Neotropical arboreal taxa. This is an output of the #TROPECOLNET project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

Andrea Zampetti@andrewzampetti.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New paper out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! 📷We present TropiCam-AI: a machine learning model that identifies 84 taxa of Neotropical arboreal mammals and birds from camera-trap images and videos. 🐒🦜 📃Paper → doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70213 🌐Project → github.com/andrewzamp/TropiCam-AI

New paper out! 🐦📊 We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources. Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....

New paper out in collab with amazing Brazilian researchers! By sampling 30 vegetation plots along a hunting pressure gradient, we show that sapling recruitment of large-seeded animal-dispersed species is consistently lower in overhunted forests. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Cascading Effects of Overhunting on the Functional Tree Composition of Amazonian Forests

We examined how overhunting-induced defaunation affects the functional composition of tropical tree communities in western Brazilian Amazonia. Using a robust, spatially replicated dataset from 30 for...

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European amphibian hotspots in the hot pot. Published in Earth’s Future doi.org/10.1029/2025... Central & Eastern Europe sites: intense temperature increments & expanded droughts Mediterranean sites: Increasing floods Mediterranean coast, France & Italy vulnerable: low fecundity+high threat

Assessing Vulnerability of Relevant Sites for Amphibian Conservation Through Spatiotemporal Analyses of Global Change Factors in Europe

Sites for amphibian conservation in Central and Eastern Europe face intense temperature increments and expanded droughts Sites in the Mediterranean experienced a slower pace of temperature increm...

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New paper from the #SteppesinHarmony workshop! Great collab with my favourite scientists in steppe bird ecology and some experts in scenario analysis. Thread below @consletters.bsky.social 👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

Ever wondered how morphology is affected by climate? Our new paper in Ecography shows sex-specific shifts in body size of European #bats in response to temperature & rainfall across space, but no clear temporal changes due to high variability 🌍🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The effects of climate on bat morphology across space and time

According to Bergmann's and Allen's rules, climate change may drive morphological shifts in species, affecting body size and appendage length. These rules predict that species in colder climates tend...

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Great post by PhD student @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social on our last study looking at the influence of temperature and rainfall on the body size of bats across Europe. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social

BES Climate Change@besclimate.bsky.social · last yr.

Read our latest blog post by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social‬, whose research reveals how temperature and rainfall affect the body size of European bats. 🦇 Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍 bit.ly/3GsQunp

So great to catch up in person with researchers working in the Medio Jurua region. #ATBC2025

@laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social explaining her poster on spatiotemporal niche partitioning in arboreal primates for almost 3 hours! Great attendance! #atbc2025

Researching impacts of climate change on biodiversity? Submit an abstract and register to join the British Ecological Society Climate Change Group hybrid meeting on 18th Sep 2025. Abstract submission deadline 7th July 🌍

BES Climate Change@besclimate.bsky.social · last yr.

🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿 We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025! Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges. Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... 👀 🫵 🔜

@iagoferreiro.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk about the work we are doing in the Amazon on the characterization of ecological networks along a defaunation gradient. Great collab with the Instituto Jurua from Brazil and scientists from Norway, UK, and Brazil. #ATBC2025

Here we go!!! Congress time! So happy to be back at the ATBC annual meeting 6 years later. #ATBC2025 @iagoferreiro.bsky.social @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social

Snaps from Oaxaca🇲🇽

🌴The tropics help to sustain life as we know it, but are under immense pressure. From land-use change to resource extraction, these ecosystems face a variety of challenges. @ipbes.net  #GlobalAssessment On #TropicsDay, let’s remember that conserving biodiversity-rich areas is essential.🌎🧪

Happy pride🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️!!!! @mncn-csic.bsky.social

Estas son algunas de las imágenes que nos llegan de la marcha del Orgullo 2025 de Budapest, prohibida por el primer ministro Viktor Orbán 📹 Sara Alonso Esparza www.rtve.es/noticias/202...

New preprint from the lab, led by the great @mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social . We produced layers of hunting exposure across the tropics that can be used in cumulative threat mapping approaches and vulnerability assessments. More info below 👇🏻

Martin Philippe-Lesaffre@mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social · last yr.

🖨️ New preprint out ! We present the first global, high-resolution, spatiotemporal maps of hunting pressure across tropical forests 🦜🐒🌴. This long-standing blind spot in biodiversity threat mapping is now filled 😎: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New paper out! We present a framework for quantifying the vulnerability of terrestrial insular biota to multiple threats. This is the first output of the #RIVAGE project, funded by @frbiodiv.bsky.social & brilliantly led by @celinebellard.bsky.social. peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

In the Amazon, rivers don't just divide land-they divide species. We found 80% of new world primates are split by natural barriers and wider rivers = more genetically distinct monkeys! 🐒🌊 #evolution #biodiversity #primatebio #sciencetwitter #conservation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates

We tested the riverine barrier hypothesis in New World monkeys, finding that river width significantly correlates with molecular divergence across species. Our results suggest that rivers and mountai...

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The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...

The need for an individual-based global change ecology

Biodiversity loss and widespread ecosystem degradation are among the most pressing challenges of our time, requiring urgent action. Yet our understanding of their causes remains limited because prevai...

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New paper published in Ecography coming out of the ClimBats COST Action on effects of climate on #bat morphology across space and time. Led by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social, @anabenlop.bsky.social and @lsantinieco.bsky.social 🦇🌡️🌧️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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