Metawebs as a tool to connect ecology and biogeography: A critical review doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... #Ecology 🌐🌍
Frederico Mestre
@fmestre.bsky.social
Biologist, Silves, Portugal, #Biogeography, #Macroecology, #RoadEcology, #FoodWebEcology Researcher at CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Moving “Ecological Niches” from species to interactions Ecological Niche - The concept "Ecological niche" is on of the most used expressions in Ecological literature. But, what is it? What are we talking about when we talk about Ecological Niche? Would it be useful to define an ecological niche…
Moving “Ecological Niches” from species to interactions
Ecological Niche - The concept "Ecological niche" is on of the most used expressions in Ecological literature. But, what is it? What are we talking about when we talk about Ecological Niche? Would it be useful to define an ecological niche for biotic interactions rather than for isolated species? I think so, considering that formalising such a concept would help us guide the ecological interpretation of the ecological context in which two species interact.
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Metawebs and the Geography of Interactions From Wallace to modern species distribution models, biodiversity science has become extraordinarily good at mapping life across the planet. However, a forest is not just trees, birds, fungi, and insects occupying the same coordinates on a map. It is…
Metawebs and the Geography of Interactions
From Wallace to modern species distribution models, biodiversity science has become extraordinarily good at mapping life across the planet. However, a forest is not just trees, birds, fungi, and insects occupying the same coordinates on a map. It is pollination, predation, competition, parasitism, decomposition, seed dispersal, scavenging, facilitation, and countless flows of energy and matter connecting organisms into functioning ecological systems…
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We are pleased to share that our book “ #RoadEcology: Synthesis and Perspectives ”, published by @springernature.com, is now online, with the full volume and all chapters available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @ebdonana.bsky.social
Road Ecology
This book is the first to comprehensively present both the current state of knowledge and future directions in the emerging discipline of Road Ecology.
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Road Effects on Species Interactions
Roads promote different positive and negative effects on biodiversity, and consequently on species interactions (mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and amensalism). Yet, such...
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The conflict between cetaceans and marine traffic goes viral Vessels and marine species are, quite literally, on a collision course... and sometimes an image is worth a thousand words. Recently, Greenpeace has shared in Instagram at least a small reel depicting a blue whale trying to navigate…
The conflict between cetaceans and marine traffic goes viral
Vessels and marine species are, quite literally, on a collision course... and sometimes an image is worth a thousand words. Recently, Greenpeace has shared in Instagram at least a small reel depicting a blue whale trying to navigate heavy traffic in the Gulf od Ancud, Chile (the video was created by Luis Bedriñana-Romano, a researcher at the Austral University of Chile.
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Climate change is expected to severely impact Protected Designation of Origin olive growing regions over the Iberian Peninsula #agroecology #olive #climatechange
Climate change is expected to severely impact Protected Designation of Origin olive growing regions over the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula is the world's largest olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea L.) producing region due to its high environmental suitability for o…
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Conservation requires looking beyond Red Lists alone. Across European food webs, non-threatened species play a strong role in maintaining network connectivity. With @fmestre.bsky.social @vinibastazini.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Contrasting Roles of Threatened and Non‐Threatened Species in European Food Webs
Aim Assess the structural importance of threatened and non-threatened species within European food webs by quantifying their roles in maintaining network connectivity. Location Europe. Methods W...
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About our recent paper. #marineecology #vertebrates #cetaceans #seabirds #seaturtles #pinnipeds #shipping #ecology
Un estudio global destaca que solo el 16% de las áreas de gran biodiversidad marina goza de protección frente al tráfico marítimo | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
El crecimiento del tráfico marítimo global representa una serie de amenazas crecientes para la biodiversidad marina, tales como la contaminación, las colisiones con embarcaciones y las perturbaciones ...
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Navigating the Balance: Mapping Shipless, Preservation, and Mitigation Areas for Marine Biodiversity — Transport Ecology
Shipping sustains global trade but poses escalating threats to marine biodiversity, with wildlife-vessel collisions, noise, and pollution endangering species such as cetaceans (whales and dolphins), s...
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This post in Geekcologist is about public "dialogues" between scientists, written in the pages of scientific journals. #Ecology
Scientific Dialogues
This list focuses on (what I’m calling) scientific dialogues—in which researchers respond to each other’s work using published papers as messengers. Often, a paper sparks a reply, which may, …
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Ecological Modelling celebrates 50 years of pioneering research, innovation, and impact in Ecology with a retrospective special collection highlighting its legacy and future directions. #Ecology www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Ecological Modelling | Ecological Modelling: 50th Anniversary Retrospective Special Collection. | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Danish Scientist, Prof. Sven Erik Jørgensen, founded the international journal Ecological Modelling and Systems Ecology (ECOMOD) in 1975 with the support of Elsevier Publishers. The journal, which was...
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Global conflict between shipping and marine biodiversity
Humans dominate the Earth—we inhabit it, we disrupt it, and we traverse it. Ecologists have dedicated themselves to studying the impact of roads on terrestrial systems since the end of the 20th cen…
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Mapping global shipless areas and conflict zones between shipping and large marine vertebrates #CCMAR #CE3C #MARE #Donana #biogeography #Ecology #marineecology 🌐🌍
Mapping global shipless areas and conflict zones between shipping and large marine vertebrates
The growth of global maritime traffic poses increasing threats to marine biodiversity, including vessel collisions, behavioural disturbances, and poll…
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About our paper on the potential effect of roads to natural food webs. #biogeography #globalecology #roadecology 🌐 🌍
The domino effect of roads on biodiversity: How the impacts of wildlife-vehicle collisions propagate through food webs — Transport Ecology
Our study reveals that roads and traffic not only cause direct wildlife mortality but also destabilise entire ecological networks by altering predator-prey interactions. By mapping high-risk areas for...
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Researchers working on Globa Ecology can join this community! go.bsky.app/F86HYqj If you're interested you should DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join the Vol_3 (Vols 1 and 2 are full). #Ecology
#MarineEcology #PhDOpportunity #ecologicalnetworks www.biodiversitydatascience.com Biodiversity Data Science. We use machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to aid biodiversity conservation and management, in support of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Effects of road density on regional food webs
Roads stand as major threats to biodiversity because they affect the functioning of ecosystems and the provision of ecosystem services. Understanding how the effects of roads affect the dynamics of e...
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Our preprint, "Mapping Global Shipless Areas and Conflict Zones Between Shipping and Marine Biodiversity," is now live and available to the public! 🌐 #GlobalEcology papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Our preprint, "Mapping Global Shipless Areas and Conflict Zones Between Shipping and Marine Biodiversity," is now live and available to the public! #Ecology #Biogeography #MarineEcology🌎
Mapping Global Shipless Areas and Conflict Zones between Shipping and Marine Biodiversity
The growth of global maritime traffic poses increasing threats to marine biodiversity including vessel collisions, disturbance, and pollution. Protecting areas
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Publication about my R package gDefrag on FaunaNews, a Brazilian website (in Portuguese). #Ecology #RoadEcology
Quais rodovias priorizar para redução da fragmentação de hábitat?
A bióloga e pesquisadora Talita Menger aborda uma nova metodologia para escolher qual rodovia deve receber ações para reduzir fragmentação de hábitat.
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A new version of the package gDefrag to plan landscape defragmentation in regions fragmented by roads has been developed. #RoadEcology #graph #network
New version of package gDefrag
We have developed a new version of the gDefrag package. The previous version has been retired from CRAN due to dependencies on outdated packages. This updated version is still under development and…
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