‘biomod2' – extending presence–absence species distribution models to multiple data types vist.ly/5dmbb #SDM #Abundance #Habitat
Andrea Zampetti
@andrewzampetti.bsky.social
PhD student @ Sapienza University 🇮🇹 🐒🐺🦌Conservation biology 📊 Ecological modeling 📸 Camera-traps 🤖 Leveraging AI to transform wildlife conservation 🐾 📖 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea-Zampetti-4
📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below
Out now in PLOS Computational Biology!
Eight quick tips for data-model integration in ecology
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Joe Brennan@biologyjoe87.bsky.social · 9mo agoExcited to announce a new preprint out now. Myself and Laurie Balstad led a group of predominantly early career theoreticians (along with Marissa Baskett and Mikaela Provost) to compile a set of guiding principles for data-model integration in theoretical ecology.
The Macroecology and Biodiversity Conservation (MBC) research group from Sapienza University is at #ECCB2026 in Leiden! 🌍 Excited to share our science, connect with colleagues, and promote conservation biology together. #GMALab #BGCLab #ECASLab 🦎🌱 #ConservationBiology #Biodiversity #TeamScience
How vulnerable are terrestrial mammals hunted for human consumption? An inspiring presentation by Michela Pacifici @scbitaly.bsky.social at #ECCB2026 explored this critical question, offering valuable perspectives for conservation planning and biodiversity protection🌍🐘 #ConservationBiology #Wildlife
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday 8th) I'll talk at #ECCB2026 about my recent work with @lsantinieco.bsky.social on the ifs, hows and wheres of predicting mammal population density🦊🦌🌍. If you're curious, come take a peek in Room C2 at 12:00! @eccb26leiden.bsky.social
We are soon opening up a research position on integrated spatial planning / ecological modelling @iiasa.ac.at Do reach out if interested and keep a look-out on iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
Job openings
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Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence tool to track wildlife high in the trees. TropiCam-AI can identify tree-dwelling species with 95% accuracy, filling a major gap in automated conservation tech that previously focused almost entirely on the ground.
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…
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What is the relationship between population density and home range? and what are the implications in terms of home range overlap? Our latest paper tackling these questions is finally out! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @giannijacca.bsky.social @marleetucker.bsky.social
🚀 TetraDENSITY now has a dedicated web app! Explore the dataset interactively, filter by taxa 🐾, country 🌍 & more. Generate descriptive stats 📊 (overall or subsets), download data 💾 in seconds, and flag missing data or errors ⚠️ Dive in and have fun 🎉 andrewzamp.github.io/TetraDENSITY
TetraDENSITY - A Global Database of Tetrapod Population Density Estimates
Official interactive explorer and publication page for TetraDENSITY, with global tetrapod population density data.
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New #causalinference paper just dropped! As an ecologist, I was trained to ask: "What do the data tell me?" This paper: there are only specific instances when this question is appropriate—when you lack domain knowledge, which we often have! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ECCB2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! #conservation #networking
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
Un nuovo BioSpritz è in arrivo! 🍹 Questa volta, @andrewzampetti.bsky.social ci parlerà di intelligenza virtuale e biodiversità 🖥️🌿 Appuntamento fissato per il 23 febbraio alle ore 18.00, in Viale dell'Università 32 (Roma)📆 Link: forms.gle/vUkcziENT1bU... #scbitaly #conservationbiology
How do we do more with biodiversity data we've already collected? I gave a TED Talk on scientific discovery in ecological databases at a joint TED Countdown and Bezos Earth Fund event for #NYClimateWeek this year, and it's now live! @inaturalist.bsky.social #AIforConservation
Does survey area extent bias population density estimates? Spoiler: yes, and method matters. Want the details? Come check my poster next week at @britishecologicalsociety.org #BES2025 (Tuesday 16th, 18:00 - Lennox Suite, n°A5.25), and let's have a chat!💬 Co-authored with @lsantinieco.bsky.social.
🎉Proud to share GMA Lab member Marco Davoli won the Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award2024 @consbiog.bsky.social🏆Thanks to @jcsvenning.bsky.social @tobiaskuemmerle.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy Sophie Monsarrat Jennifer Crees Michela Pacifici Andrea Cristiano onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Thrilled to announce our webinar series: 🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱 We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts. Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!
A game-changing new opponent has stepped onto the badminton court. But don’t worry; it’s still a beginner. Researchers have developed a robot that can successfully volley a shuttlecock, tracking down the object and moving across the court to send it back to its human adversary: scim.ag/4kz3nKW
Another promising paper on the transition from AI models for image classification to user friendly apps. Let's see how it works! #cameratrapping peercommunityjournal.org/item/10.2407...
📖Published📖 Matthew Kling presents phylospatial, a new R package that fully supports probability, abundance, and binary community data across a range of spatial phylogenetic diversity (PD) analyses 🌎 🧪 Check the article out here 👇 buff.ly/onf4BV6
The first paper of the "Urbis project" focusing on the urban ecosystem of Rome is out in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening! Here we characterize the urban landscape and propose a multiscale framework to better support urban biodiversity research and planning doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists www.popsci.com/environment/...
Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists
The disturbing fad could be the result of boredom.
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A new preprint on the best configuration settings of BirdNET for improving bird detections, lead by Cristian Pérez-Granados & David Funosas. A derived paper of the WABAD dataset, with more than 4,000 minutes of annotated audios. Enjoy reading!! #bioacoustics www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Optimisation of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings
BirdNET is a popular machine learning tool for automated recognition of bird sounds. Here we evaluate how BirdNET settings affect the model performance both at vocalization and species levels, using 4...
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This new approach minimises on-the-ground fieldwork in an area where conflict is widespread, and provides vital data needed to support conservation interventions for this rare and iconic subspecies. Find out more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Spotted! Remote camera traps used in a novel design reveal a perilous situation for the Critically Endangered Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) in a conflict‐affected protected area in Benin
This first long-term study of the Critically Endangered Northwest African cheetah in Benin highlights a very low density. The Pendjari National Park is likely to be a core area for cheetah in the WAP...
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🚨New data paper/open data alert!🚨 BioTIME v2.0 is out now! We've expanded the database with improved spatial and taxonomic coverage, with a new R package! As always, free, public, and open acess :) Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Database: biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk
BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The up...
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Our paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🎉 We use games from behavioural economics to explore how LLMs behave in repeated social interactions, revealing both self-interested strengths and coordination blind spots, and propose strategies to improve AI-human collaboration.
Nature Human Behaviour@nathumbehav.nature.com · last yr.What happens when Large Language models play repeated economic games? This new study from @elifakata.bsky.social et al investigates across a range of models and games. www.nature.com/articles/s41...