🌿IAVS 2026 starts in Gijón! Proud to contribute from VegBioLab to a great week of biodiversity research & ecosystem understanding 🛰️Especially excited about the session on Remote Sensing for Vegetation, linking field ecology with Earth Observation #IAVS2026 #VegetationScience

🌍🛰️🌱 New paper published in Nature Communications from Biodiversa+MOTIVATE project motivate-biodiversity.eu The study highlights that understanding #biodivesity patterns and dynamics is fundamental for monitoring ecosystems and guide conservation 🦋🗺️ 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tracking biodiversity from space. GPS + accelerometers + habitat mapping + remote sensing to understand how endangered Canarian houbara bustards use dynamic semi-arid landscapes for survival and reproduction 🌍🌱 #RemoteSensing #Biodiversity #Conservation #SpatialEcology #S2

Hoy en #Pint26MIE hablaré sobre cómo los satélites nos ayudan a mapear, seguir y conservar la biodiversidad 🌍🛰️🌿 📍 La Llocura, Mieres 🕡 18:30 h 🎤 “Teledetección para la gestión de la biodiversidad” #Pint26ES #Biodiversidad #Teledetección #IMIB #CSIC

Visibility and biodiversity🦉Here we show that display sites in Canarian houbara bustards are not random open areas: they are strategic viewpoints ✔️ Males displaying from selected sites can see more females and competitors that random locations 🌍 doi.org/10.1093/behe...

🌱🛰️ Join the SONATA Twinning Summer School: From Soil to Landscape, at #BioSense Institute, Novi Sad-Serbia, 1–5 June 2026 sonata-nbs.com/summer-school/ From @_IMIB_ we’ll contribute on #RemoteSensing, #Copernicus & ecosystem mapping to policy & #NatureBasedSolutions #NbS #Copernicus

En #EIKOS (@mitecogob) presentamos desde #VegBioLab #IMIB nuestra línea de cartografía y seguimiento de ecosistemas con teledetección, integrando dato in situ, series temporales satelitales y modelado jerárquico para el seguimiento de hábitats. #Biodiversidad #EBVs #Copernicus

🛰️ Advancing #HabitatMapping at the #TESSERA workshop in Cambridge. 🗺️ Embeddings and classification workflows are shaping the next generation of #RemoteSensing for biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring. @_IMIB_ @uniovi_info @CSIC @CopernicusLand #EEA #EarthObservation #RS #EO

Geospatial Foundation Models for Habitat Monitoring Workshop #Cambridge Learning the fundamentals of TESSERA for habitat mapping and next-generation ecosystem monitoring 🌍🛰️🤖 #TESSERA #HabitatMapping #Biodiversity #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Copernicus

In Cambridge 🇬🇧 to discuss the future of habitat monitoring with Geospatial Foundation Models 🛰️🌿 Bringing to the table our work from VegBioLab / IMIB / University of Oviedo-CSIC on biodiversity, remote sensing, Copernicus, Natura 2000 and ecosystem monitoring 🌍📡 #GeospatialAI #Conservation #Cambridge

How does a ground-dwelling bird choose where to display? Our study shows that visibility of the surrounding landscape (viewshed) is a key factor shaping display site selection. A spatially explicit view of animal behaviour academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... #BehavioralEcology #Landscape

🛰️🌍 High-quality in-situ observations remain the backbone of robust habitat and ecosystem mapping. The accuracy and ecological realism of maps in the era of Copernicus and big Earth Observation data starts on the ground www.researchgate.net/publication/... #RemoteSensing #HabitatMapping

(PDF) Can training data counteract topographic effects in supervised image classification? A sensitivity analysis in the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain)

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Using 🛰️ LiDAR + 🌍 viewshed modelling, we show that male Canarian houbara bustards choose display sites that maximize visibility, boosting mate detection and predator awareness 🦅avoiding disturbances 🚜🏘️ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... #BehavioralEcology #RemoteSensing #Conservation

Display site selection in a ground dwelling bird: the importance of viewshed

For a male, choosing a suitable display site is critical to effectively transmit his sexual signals, and to do so safe from predators. This is particularly

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When research questions are too vague, conservation models start to disagree, uncertainty explodes 💥 and decisions get shaky. 👉 Be specific. Be explicit. 📊🌍 #SDMs #LessVagueMoreUseful www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From general research questions to specific answers: Underspecificity as a source of uncertainty in biological conservation

Species distribution modelling may support ecologists in conservation decision-making. However, the applicability of management recommendations depend…

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In complex landscapes, image correction is not enough: without high-quality in situ data, supervised classification of LULC and vegetation confuses topography with ecology. Good training data remains the cornerstone of reliable satellite-based mapping 🛰️🌲🌳📉

Do models really tell us where populations perform well, or just whether species occur? We tested SDMs against demographic data (breeding success) using Great Bustard as a case study. Results: occurrence ≠ fitness 👉 Diversity & Distributions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111 #Ecology #Life

Modelling the spatial variation of vital rates: An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of correlative species distribution models

Aim Species distribution models based on breeding occurrence data allow for identifying both environmental drivers and geographic areas potentially relevant for breeding. However, the interpretation...

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🛰️ Digital Space Ecosystem (EU) 🔗 Conectar actores, capacidades y proyectos 🤝 Colaborar mediante hubs temáticos y espacios de trabajo 🚀 Acceder a productos, servicios, infraestructuras, proyectos y funding en toda Europa #Space #EOServices #Research #Innovation #EUspace

🛰️ Digital Space Ecosystem (EU) Un hub digital europeo para conectar el ecosistema espacial: investigación, industria, agencias y talento en un solo punto de acceso. #Space #EOServices #Research #Innovation #EUspace www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...

🌿 Flora, hábitats y conocimiento abierto para la región ibero-atlántica desde @imibasturias.bsky.social Hoy en las Jornadas de Investigación de Picos, BorjaJiménez-Alfaro presentó el nuevo Portal de flora y hábitats de la región ibero-atlántica: www.iberoatlantica.eu 🪻 #PicosDeEuropa #Biodiversidad

🌄 Hoy en las II Jornadas de Investigación de Picos de Europa @oapngob.bsky.social compartiendo cómo usamos teledetección, datos in situ y modelos predictivos para actualizar y validar el mapa de hábitats 📡🌿 con compañeros/as del @IMIB - UNIOVI-CSIC #PicosDeEuropa #Teledetección #ParquesNacionales

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ddi.12586 In this study, we combined spatially explicit data from species occurrence & vital rates into a SDM framework to identify priority conservation areas and landscape structures supporting population maintenance at a large scale. 📨 jm.alvarez@uniovi.es🧑‍🎓

@bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social attends the #IALE Europa congress with Bruno Combal fron DG Environment et al presenting @eugrasslands.bsky.social. A quite related project for Protected Areas service from @eea.europa.eu. Very interesting week in front of us!

With preliminary results over 90% classification accuracy for Level1 LULC categories, the framework offers a transformative pathway for finer-scale LULC and EUNIS habitat mapping useful for many biodiversity and management applications #Copernicus #Natura2000 #RS #S2 #UserUptake ##vegetation #CLMS

The integrated framework of @copernicusland.bsky.social Protected Areas #PAs product combines high-resolution LULC mapping with predictive modeling of EUNIS habitat types across EU Natura 2000 network. Mapping is applied across biogeographical regions, achieving unprecedented detail in predictions

🌍🌲📈 I attended the @eco-aeet.bsky.social event with a presentation of innovative methods and first results of the #CLMS Protected Areas #PAs product develop under a EEA framework contract including partners from IMIB (University of Oviedo-CSIC-Princ. of Asturias), COTESA, CLS, EVENFLOW and the EEA‬

@imibasturias.bsky.social The BigBioData AEET‬ @bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social working group hosted a Session about "New Technologies, New Discoveries: Big Data, Remote Sensing, and AI" in @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #Copernicus #Modelling #Natura2000 #RS #landcover ##vegetation #Copernicus #CLMS

We will learn about how ecologist are applying Big Data frameworks to generate ecological knowledge in different habitats and organisms Dont miss it! #EcoAcustics #Darkdiversity #Forests #mosquitoes #Tetrapods #BiodiversityConservation and more...

📆Today at 11h in Balconada Room come to the first session of the GSF "New Technologies, New Discoveries: Big Data, Remote Sensing, and AI" in @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social that is coordinated by @bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social working group.🌍🐦🌲📈

@jozemanu.bsky.social is representing these days to @bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social working group at the #GA2025 of Copernicus Land Monitoring Service in Krakow, Poland. 👉Join us there! 🚏Next stop @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social in Pontevedra in two weeks!

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@bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social participates in GA2025 CLMS @copernicusland.bsky.social to connect #LandscapeEcology with Copernicus user uptake towards sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org @eco-aeet.bsky.social and iale2025.sav.sk @landscape-ecology.bsky.social general Congresses. Join us there and know more!

@bigbiodataaeet.bsky.social participates in GA2025 CLMS @copernicusland.bsky.social to connect #LandscapeEcology with Copernicus user uptake towards sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org @eco-aeet.bsky.social and iale2025.sav.sk @landscape-ecology.bsky.social general Congresses. Join us there and know more!