Leonardo Platania
@ilplataleo.bsky.social
PhD Research assistant at Institut Botanic de Barcelona @ibb-botanic.bsky.social I am interested in #insect #evolution and #biogeography, islands, and diversification dynamics. #entomology #taxonomy
Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
Nature@nature.com · 5mo agoNature research paper: Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature go.nature.com/4ua5R82
¿Te interesan las áreas megadiversas? En ellas el paisaje puede estar dominado por muy pocas especies (hiperdominancia). Te proponemos un TFM en el RJB @csic.es para explorar este fenómeno en el género de leguminosas 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. (JAEINT25_EX_0917) @sebot.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social
DPE@dpe-csic.bsky.social · last yr.🎺 Ayer se publicó en el BOE la convocatoria JAE Intro 2025 y HOY comienza el plazo de solicitudes ❕ 🔛 Becas de introducción a la investigación para estudiantes universitari@s #JAEIntro25 ℹ️ Encuentra toda la información en 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro... 🗓️ Solicita tu beca hasta el 2 de mayo.
Pep Serra @serradiaz.bsky.social del IBB ha participado en un estudio de #darkdiversity que muestra que las regiones afectadas por la actividad humana albergan solamente 1/5 de las especies vegetales potenciales
Pep Serra-Diaz (@serradiaz.bsky.social)
serradiaz.bsky.social
CSIC@csic.es · last yr.🌲La ‘diversidad ausente’ revela el impacto oculto de la actividad humana en la naturaleza 🍃Centros del #CSIC participan en el estudio publicado hoy en ‘Nature’ sobre la implicación de la actividad antropogénica en la ausencia de especies vegetales 👉http://tiny.cc/n68f001
New Paper! Amazing fluorescent patterns in terrestrial #crabs from the forests of #Borneo! In this field note, we review fluorescence in #Decapoda and discuss possible biological meanings, focusing on our bornean species. link: ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/btp.... @biotropica.bsky.social
An amazing finding from collegues and friends! A butt-termite face fly larva! Another extraordinary story about adaptation. #evolution #mimicry #behaviour #entomology @rogervilalab.bsky.social @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
Institut Botànic de Barcelona@ibb-botanic.bsky.social · last yr.🍑 The back end of these fly larvae mimics both the shape and scent of termites to infiltrate into their nests @ibb-botanic.bsky.social contributes to this study led by @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social that raises many questions about adaptive evolution and interspecies communication 🔽
🧬📢New bioinformatics approach using metagenomic sequences to detect pathogenic bacterial species in Iberian desman feces. A promising tool for wildlife health monitoring & species conservation! We hope you find it interesting! 🤓👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🦦 @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Development of metagenomic methods for non-invasive health monitoring of endangered species: Unveiling hidden microbial threats in fecal samples
Metagenomic analysis of feces is emerging as a powerful tool for improving the monitoring of endangered species. A critical aspect in assessing the extinction risk of a species is the analysis of the ...
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bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 2y agoDevelopment of metagenomic methods for non-invasive health monitoring of endangered species: Unveiling hidden microbial threats in fecal samples https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.633432v1
Today was the last day of this interesting course. It is always cool to learn new things! #nichemodeling #sdm #biomod2
Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat@irbio-ub.bsky.social · 2y ago📢 Avui comença el curs "Introducción al modelado del Nicho Ecológico" (11-13 des. 2024), organitzat per la SGR ZooSysEvo @marnedo.bsky.social i el doctorat en Biodiversitat, amb la instrucció de l'investigador Fernando Martínez-Freiría del CIBIO/InBIO (Portugal). 🌍🔗 sites.google.com/view/fmartin...
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
One year into President Javier Milei's presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.
nature.com
An interesting issue about a hot topic!! #microevolution #macroevolution
Journal of Evolutionary Biology@jevbio.bsky.social · 2y agoOur December issue is now online! A special issue Guest Edited by @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social, Theo Gaboriau and Thibault Latreille: Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms ow.ly/LHol50UjJql Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Here's the second starter pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists: go.bsky.app/j5DX3f Link to first starter pack: go.bsky.app/MzND7nX Follow these inspirational folks to support the next generation of evolutionary biologists #evobio Out of time for now! Will add more names this weekend
Michael Landis@landismj.bsky.social · 2y agoHere's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
Our article on the evolution of Apollo butterflies just got published in @ssbbulletin.bsky.social 🦋 We investigate how using total-evidence dating with the two Parnassiinae fossils reshapes their age and historical biogeography. 🌍 @cnrs.bsky.social #ISEM #evolution 👉 doi.org/10.18061/bss...
We are looking for a candidate for a 2-year postdoc position at IBB Focus areas: fossils, insect-plant interactions, evolution and 3D reconstructions 🪲🌿 Deadline: Dec 15. Please apply or share! Full details below 👇
David Peris@davidperis.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨Seeking for early postdocs at #LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social Please spread it among your interested contacts Please DM if any doubt #postdoc #paleontology #fossil #insects #plants #paleoecology #evolution #ecosystems
"Common misconceptions of speciation", nice! I have to read this, definitely will use this image! academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
A cool and useful list to find Natural Science starter packs!
georgia 🏴@blahttodea.bsky.social · 2y agohey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Remembering the cool moments from last year, I want to share this shot of the entrance to a Lepidotrigona nest. #entomology #borneo #bees #stinglessbees
Our paper on Bayesian selection of relaxed clock models is out in Systematic Biology! This is the work of our PhD student Muthukumaran Panchaksaram, in collaboration with Lucas Freitas from Brazil. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Bayesian Selection of Relaxed-clock Models: Distinguishing Between Independent and Autocorrelated Rates
Abstract. In Bayesian molecular-clock dating of species divergences, rate models are used to construct the prior on the molecular evolutionary rates for br
doi.org
Ask yourself: why are dog owners obliged to licence and control their pets, while cat owners aren't? Because cats only kill vast numbers of 'mere' wildlife, and not livestock (ie human property).
Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2y agoKiller kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How? By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍 Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A mapping of how Bluesky is becoming the new Scientific Twitter mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy
Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.
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It's amazing to look at how complex and unexpected the ecological interactions can be. #Naturgemälde #pollination
Joanna Bagniewska@joannabagniewska.com · 2y agoSuper cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸
Just an Anthribidae contemplating the landscape of #Barcelona from a window at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social some days ago... Maybe curious about #science? #entomology #coleoptera #weevil #insects #weevilwednesday
🔥 Paper in Science🔥 We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍 #seeddispersal www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis
Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes, such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed dispersal, but the conserv...
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Sabies que la vegetació d’un cementiri no és aleatòria? 💀🌿Aprofitant les darreres sortides al cementiri de Montjuïc organitzades per l' @ibb-botanic.bsky.social i #CementirisDeBarcelona obrim les càpsules de #BotànicaFunerària ⚰️
Pinning the EcoEvo job board so I’ll no longer have a reason to revisit the blue bird website. 🚨📌 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
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Cool talk today at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social about #genomics of #Coralreefs from #Micronesia by David Combosch from Guam University
*Don’t trade off #carbon for #biodiversity* The scientific consensus is clear: we cannot address climate change by industrialising the biosphere. #Climate solutions must protect ecosystem integrity and support biodiversity, not compromise them for carbon gains.🌎 theconversation.com/the-climate-...
The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other
In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.
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Looking for it but didn't find anything. A starter for #biogeography to easily connect biogeographers in bsky! Link go.bsky.app/FjrZgr6 Ask with a comment to be included or suggest other profiles!
I'm very honoured and happy to receive the "Valerio Sbordoni" award from Società Italiana di #Biogeografia for the best thesis in biogeography for my PhD that I defended last year. A huge thanks to the SIB members and again to my PhD supervisor and all the collaborators. (10/2024)
New Paper out in Systematic Entomology! Eumolpinae from New Caledonia have been quite crazy in the last 25 Ma! Long Distance Dispersal emerges as the main process shaping the lead #beetle diversity in the archipelagos of #Zealandia Check it Out! 🪲 shorturl.at/biqLZ (03/2024)
New Caledonian rovers and the historical biogeography of a hyper‐diverse endemic lineage of South Pacific leaf beetles
A multigene molecular phylogeny of the highly diverse Eumolpinae leaf beetles in the South Pacific confirms their monophyletic origin and their time of origin during the Late Eocene to Oligocene. Th...
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