New paper published in Ecography coming out of the ClimBats COST Action on effects of climate on #bat morphology across space and time. Led by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social, @anabenlop.bsky.social and @lsantinieco.bsky.social 🦇🌡️🌧️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Finally it is here! 🥳 We simulated 280 virtual species under current and future scenarios testing multiple background levels. Background optimization can improve model performance for current scenarios, but not so much for future ones. Also 5% of the study area sampled as bg seems to be the best.

We show that marine communities around the world exhibit trophic convergence in similar environments — a global pattern echoing what we also found on land. This challenges classic biogeographic models and opens new doors for predicting biodiversity responses to change. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Este paper de la tesis de Fernando Hurtado muestra que la mayoría de especies coocurren o son neutrales a distintas escalas. La exclusión competitiva es menos común, y hasta el 7% de las especies analizadas ocurren juntas más en cojines de musgo que a escala regional @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social 🧪👇#NICED

A great paper by @bryonyblades.bsky.social shows that mobilising data from recent surveys by taxonomists and other specialists complements the spatial and climatic coverage and reduces bias in data on insect distributions from @gbif.org. @cristinaronquillo.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social 🌐🧪

Cerramos el año con un análisis de zonificación de intensidad de gestión forestal en Europa. Como casi siempre, faltan datos “finos”, pero es relevante el gradiente sur-norte link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A fuzzy gap analysis for biodiversity conservation under climate change. A collaboration led by Elham Ebrahimi. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New modelling framework projects widespread shifts in ecological energy distribution across terrestrial communities @mncn-csic.bsky.social www.maraujolab.eu/2025/03/26/c...

Despite its promise, spatial conservation prioritisation (SCP) remains underused. In @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, I argue that SCP must evolve beyond the scientific methodology to embrace the social and political contexts in which conservation decisions are made. www.maraujolab.eu/2025/03/31/c...

Check out our latest review on the links between animals, plants, and carbon, and explore the complex interactions between defaunation and ecosystem carbon in Earth's most biodiverse and carbon-rich biome, tropical rainforests. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...