New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social 📃 Led by Blanca Iváñez-Ballesteros @bioivanezb.bsky.social who studied cacao agroforestry systems in Peru during her PhD 🌱

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg@uni-wuerzburg.de · 4mo ago

Ant trouble in cacao forests? 🐜 Researchers from @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social found a way to protect crops in Peru. Turns out, leaf-cutter ants prefer papaya over cacao! 🥭 Smart intercropping saves the harvest #Agroforestry #Sustainability 📷 Melvin Opolka ➡️ go.uniwue.de/leaf-cutter-...

Great to see these results finally published! Data Blanca (@bioivanezb.bsky.social) and I collected during my master’s research in Peruvian cacao agroforestry systems, where you can learn more about the favorite food of leafcutter ants and how herbivory damage strongly depends on distance! 🐜

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg@uni-wuerzburg.de · 4mo ago

Ant trouble in cacao forests? 🐜 Researchers from @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social found a way to protect crops in Peru. Turns out, leaf-cutter ants prefer papaya over cacao! 🥭 Smart intercropping saves the harvest #Agroforestry #Sustainability 📷 Melvin Opolka ➡️ go.uniwue.de/leaf-cutter-...

📢 A beetle outcompeting jaguars and vultures for carrion? In this #carrionecology study we recently published in Scientific Reports, we show that Coprphanaeus lancifer 🪲 buried >90% of the 🐹 carcasses deployed in terra firme Amazonian forests during the wet season! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seasonal monopolization of small carrion by a scarab beetle in terra firme Amazonian rainforests - Scientific Reports

Small vertebrate carcasses represent an abundant resource in tropical rainforests, where scavengers play a key role in nutrient recycling, enhancing productivity in nutrient-poor habitats such as Amaz...

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📢 A beetle outcompeting jaguars and vultures for carrion? In this #carrionecology study we recently published in Scientific Reports, we show that Coprphanaeus lancifer 🪲 buried >90% of the 🐹 carcasses deployed in terra firme Amazonian forests during the wet season! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seasonal monopolization of small carrion by a scarab beetle in terra firme Amazonian rainforests - Scientific Reports

Small vertebrate carcasses represent an abundant resource in tropical rainforests, where scavengers play a key role in nutrient recycling, enhancing productivity in nutrient-poor habitats such as Amaz...

nature.com

Our new article in Urban Ecosys: I need my green space: minimum area of urban green spaces to maintain 🦇diversity and activity in a large European metropolis #bats #urbanecology Link: doi.org/10.1007/s112... @adriabaucells.bsky.social @elena-tena.bsky.social @guidasantos.bsky.social

I need my green space: minimum area of urban green spaces to maintain bat diversity and activity in a large European metropolis - Urban Ecosystems

Urbanisation and the associated low availability of green spaces in the cities affect the activity and diversity of insectivorous bat species worldwide. However, increasing the extent of green cover w...

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📄 Ya disponible en ResearchGate la versión en español de nuestro último árticulo publicado en Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. ¡Muchísimas gracias a @carocampoa.bsky.social por traducir árticulo completo y hacerlo más accesible para hispanohablantes! www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Versión en español de Aycart-Lazo et al. (2025). Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems. AGEE 385, 109545

PDF | La expansión e intensificación agrícola son importantes factores de pérdida de biodiversidad, sobre todo en las regiones tropicales. Los sistemas... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Congrats @pabloaycart.bsky.social ✨ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major drivers of biodiversity loss, particularly in tropical regions. Cacao agroforestry systems can bo…

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Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Exploring R Package Usage in Academia

I am running a quick survey to find out which R packages academics use the most in their research and teaching. The goal is to see which tools are essential, spot any gaps, and maybe even discover som...

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En lo poquito que lleva este 2025 han habido muchas cosas nuevas de nuestro trabajo en #agrobosques de #cacao! 🍾 Va un hilo para contarles sobre 3 nuevas publicaciones muy lindas con grandes colaboradores! todas muy recién salidas del horno! ⬇️ 🍫 (1/n)

[new paper] I'm very happy to present my first PhD chapter in my first post in this nicer environment. If you're interested in birds, bats, agroforestry and tropical agricultural landscapes, check it out! 🦜🦇🌳🍫 ¡Contáctame para leer el artículo en español! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major drivers of biodiversity loss, particularly in tropical regions. Cacao agroforestry systems can bo…

sciencedirect.com

Yesterday I talked about leaf-cutter ants and their role on Peruvian cacao agroforests at #ECTE2025 @soctropecol.bsky.social

Excited to get reunited at #ECTE2025

Elise Sivault@elisesvlt.bsky.social · last yr.

Peruvian memories ✨ @bioivanezb.bsky.social & Pablito #ECTE2025