Federico Riva
@rivaecology.bsky.social
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Conservation scientist, assistant professor at Carleton University.
https://www.rivaecologylab.com/
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Our new website is online
www.rivaecologylab.com
! Please check the Contacts section for job openings, including a new PhD position on global biodiversity change.
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Riva Lab β Landscape Ecology & Conservation Biology
Landscape ecology and conservation biology research lab led by Dr. Federico Riva at Carleton University
https://www.rivaecologylab.com/contact
about 2 months ago
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Carl Meyer
17 days ago
I wrote an explainer on Carney's pitch to radically alter environmental assessments of projects. It's a big deal and about more than economic zones. It would change rules for extinction of wildlife, fossil fuel and nuclear oversight, First Nations consultations and more
thenarwhal.ca/canada-major...
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Feds pitch βeconomic zonesβ to fast-track major projects | The Narwhal
From pipelines to mines, Carneyβs government is proposing big changes to environmental rules and how major projects get approved in Canada
https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-major-projects-economic-zones-proposal/
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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez
5 days ago
Very nice review of phylogenetic mixed models
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
#statspubs
#ecopubs
Includes tutorial code with {brms} and {MCMCglmm}
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Habitat fragmentation can either increase or decrease with habitat loss
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Habitat fragmentation can either increase or decrease with habitat loss - Landscape Ecology
Context A key aspect of the fragmentation debate in conservation biology is whether fragmentation effects on biodiversity should capture the combined or separate effects of habitat loss and fragmentat...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-026-02345-8
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Ottawa is really magical - here are some shots from the Canadian tulip festival.
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Loving U of T's architecture and spaces
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Heading to
#CSEE2026
tomorrow - looking forward to connect with many old friends. Please reach out if you want to grab a coffee and chat about science!
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Jayme Lewthwaite, PhD
about 1 month ago
Getting understudied taxonomic groups the conservation attention they need can be difficult. Luckily, our new paper shows that community occupancy modelling can reconstruct distribution trends for these species, and help with species-at-risk listing decisions
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Multi-species modelling to improve conservation decision-making for understudied taxonomic groups
The rapid and ongoing loss of global biodiversity has led to more species in need of legal protection, and an increasing emphasis on evaluating extincβ¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320726001382
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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology
about 1 month ago
π Next Tuesday, our online seminar speaker will be Lisa Buche
@lili-buche.bsky.social
(ETH ZΓΌrich), presenting: βMoving beyond linear interactions in community ecologyβ Zoom link:
iite.info/seminar/
Global times:
www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Free and open to all - we hope to see you there!
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Woodpeckers in Ottawa's arboretum
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Mike Kaspari
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Humans understand the world through two things: principles and narratives. Principles and formulas alone canβt get at the significance of things and narratives alone can be deceptive. -Hiroichi Yansae
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Our new website is online
www.rivaecologylab.com
! Please check the Contacts section for job openings, including a new PhD position on global biodiversity change.
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Riva Lab β Landscape Ecology & Conservation Biology
Landscape ecology and conservation biology research lab led by Dr. Federico Riva at Carleton University
https://www.rivaecologylab.com/contact
about 2 months ago
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Dr. Marta Jarzyna
about 2 months ago
Check out the new and improved newsletter from
@biogeography.bsky.social
. It's a great way to keep abreast of all the happenings in biogeography and beyond. And if you like what you see and are not yet subscribed, do so on their website!
www.biogeography.org/news/news/ne...
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TIBS Newsletter β Spring 2026
Click to subscribe or view past newsletters
https://www.biogeography.org/news/news/newsletter-sp26/
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Gabby Palomo, PhD
about 2 months ago
Ecologists what are your favorite papers about scale and choosing an appropriate scale in ecological studies and spatial resolution. ππΊοΈ
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Guim AguadΓ©-GorgoriΓ³
about 2 months ago
Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests
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Erle Ellis
about 2 months ago
8.7 million species on Earth? ππ How about 1οΈβ£0οΈβ£0οΈβ£ Million or moreβοΈπ₯ π³πΏππ¦ππ π Global biodiversity and the expanding Tree of Life
@pnas.org
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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A short summary of our last paper on the first attempt at a global butterfly index of population trends
theconversation.com/a-global-but...
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A global butterfly index could advance insect conservation worldwide
A global butterfly index could help track butterfly populations worldwide and how environmental changes are impacting them.
https://theconversation.com/a-global-butterfly-index-could-advance-insect-conservation-worldwide-279408
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Ondrej Mottl πΏπ»ππβ³
2 months ago
I have finally added more documentation to my {vaultkeepr} R package. Specifically, a few articles which are showcasing the most common usage. The package is mostly used to access data from
#VegVault
ondrejmottl.github.io/vaultkeepr/i...
#Rstats
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vegvault: Providing the interface to access the VegVault database
An R package for extracting and analyzing data from the VegVault database
https://ondrejmottl.github.io/vaultkeepr/index.html
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People debating fragmentation effects are **not** questioning the negative effects of habitat loss. The challenge is understanding when an area of habitat existing aggregated is significantly better of the same total area of habitat existing fragmented (e.g., a 100ha patch vs. four 25ha patches).
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2 months ago
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Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
2 months ago
Towards a global butterfly index! π¦π Despite data gaps in many regions, butterflies are among the best candidates to build a global indicator for insects Long-term monitoring βlike CBMSβ is key ππ Check out the scientific article:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Martin Jung
2 months ago
New data article out today in
@consbiog.bsky.social
presenting a set of new openly-available ecological units (or zoning) layers for Europe at 100 m spatial grain for a 18 year time series.
@naturaconnect.bsky.social
#lamasus
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Trends in Extent and Size of European Ecosystem Units From 2000 to 2018
Introduction and Aim The mapping and monitoring of ecosystem size and extent is critical for assessing changes in the environment. Mapping approaches typically include the use of expert-based assess...
https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70179
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Weβre missing a global indicator to track insects. By analyzing thousands of butterfly populations, we highlight both promising signals and key challengesβshowing why these taxa are strong candidates for building a Global Index to support conservation.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Addressing Gaps in Butterfly Population Monitoring to Catalyze Global Insect Conservation
The conservation community sorely lacks a global indicator of change in insect populations. Given widespread insect declines, addressing this gap is key for conservation and policy targets. We sugges...
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/con4.70037
2 months ago
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Insect conservation in the Global Biodiversity Framework: achieving targets can generate positive impacts on insect populations, but we still lack indicators to measure progress.
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Global Biodiversity Framework Targets Can Drive Action on Insect Declines, but Lack Robust Indicators to Prove Their Effectiveness
Insects are the most diverse and functionally important animals on Earth. In at least some regions, terrestrial populations are declining. Despite this, insects are often overlooked in conservation p...
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/con4.70025
2 months ago
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Really cool. PIVOT!!
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2 months ago
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Really looking forward to reading this
2 months ago
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Jonathan Tonkin
2 months ago
A subdivision is approved in a flood zone. A wetland is drained because itβs in the wrong place. An environmental policy is weakened to help promote development. Another hectare of rainforest is flattened to produce more palm oil.
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Congratulations - prof. Fortin's impact on our field has been outstanding.
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3 months ago
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That's just completely insane.
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3 months ago
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RES Publications
3 months ago
New
#OpenAccess
work in
#RESInsectConsDiv
reports on how the warmest
#spring
on record in the UK was used to evalute how a specialist spring-flying
#butterfly
may respond to future
#ClimateChange
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70070
#Hamearis
#Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social
@wileyecology.bsky.social
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Jonathan Tonkin
3 months ago
If youβre interested in modelling community turnover and/or community uniqueness (i.e. LCBD: local contribution to beta diversity), make sure you check it out. Paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Accounting for the Influence of Community Turnover Along Environmental Gradients on Compositional Uniqueness
Compositional uniqueness is commonly quantified using the Local Contribution to Beta Diversity (LCBD), which is typically regressed against environmental predictors. However, LCBDβenvironment relatio...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.70338
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Will do my best to be there
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conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resolving the fragmentation debate requires controlling for habitat loss. Biodiversity change in fragmented vs pristine landscapes is likely due to the signature of loss (deforestation), not of the spatial pattern in forest habitat (fragmentation).
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Why controlling for habitat amount is critical for resolving the fragmentation debate
Click on the article title to read more.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.70245
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Kate Laskowski
3 months ago
Stoked about the new Replication Studies section in Behavioral Ecology? Me too! Jeremy Fox over at Dynamic Ecology interviewed me about our recent commentary on this topic and I'd love to hear the community's thoughts!
dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t...
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The value of close replications and how to get more of them: interview with Kate Laskowski
Welcome to our latest interview with the author of a recent interesting paper. Todayβs interview was conducted by email with behavioral ecologist Kate Laskowski, first author ofLaskowski et aβ¦
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/the-value-of-close-replications-and-how-to-get-more-of-them-interview-with-kate-laskowski/
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Butterfly Conservation Europe
4 months ago
Our second Masterclass in identifying European butterflies is coming up next Wednesday 17th Feb. This one covers the trickier species in the Atlantic region given by renowned expert Chris van Swaay. The Webinar zoom link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/81934375118
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We have opened two positions for PhD students at GLEL:
csee-scee.ca/job/two-phd-...
please share widely! Note that the positions are unfortunately not open to international applicants (only Canadian students are eligible).
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Two PhD Positions at Carleton University: Biodiversity Conservation and Landscape Ecology | CSEE: Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Start date: September 2026 (some flexibility) We are seeking two PhD students to join the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory (GLEL) at Carleton University. GLEL is a centre of excelle...
https://csee-scee.ca/job/two-phd-positions-at-carleton-university-biodiversity-conservation-and-landscape-ecology/
4 months ago
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Tyson Wepprich
4 months ago
When I need cheering up I look at the cards my kid's afterschool program made for a dead bug
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Alejandro Ordonez
4 months ago
π New paper! A process-based framework for measuring & analyzing novel ecosystems across biotic, abiotic & social dimensions. Open access in
@natmethods.nature.com
, congrats to
@mattkerr.bsky.social
for leading this!!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210x.70255
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The making of novel ecosystems: A processβbased framework for measurement, analysis and application
Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210x.70255
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Miguel's MSc thesis is now available here
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
. In disturbed regions and landscapes, across ~ 1700 sites and 45 studies, we found a lower butterfly biodiversity for the same plants diversity.
@ecospat-ch.bsky.social
@shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social
@fcollart.bsky.social
4 months ago
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Suzanne Kettley
4 months ago
My councillor posted on FB about this charity in Ottawa. Seems like an wonderful idea and a great way to recycle your unneeded furniture.
www.matthewhouseottawa.org
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Matthew House Ottawa
Matthew House Ottawa is a non-profit organization that provides shelter, furnishings and community to refugees and those transitioning to permanent housing.
https://www.matthewhouseottawa.org/
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Excited to share that Iβm officially back in beautiful Ottawa! π¦ This April Iβll rejoin
@carleton.ca
to launch a new lab focused on biodiversity conservation & spatial ecology. Iβll be recruiting Canadian students. Deep thanks to
@ivm-vu-amsterdam.bsky.social
and the EG Dept for 3 fundamental years.
4 months ago
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INTEGRADIV Biodiversa +
4 months ago
π’ Join us for the INTEGRADIV (
@biodiversa.eu
) Stakeholdersβ Final Event! Weβll share key project results + an interactive prioritization tool to support biodiversity decision-making. ποΈ Jan 29, 2026 | 10:00β12:00 CET π» Online πRegister:
vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
https://vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ekUlE2DL36seWoe
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INTEGRADIV Biodiversa +
4 months ago
Integradiv members are meeting in Ioannina, Greece π¬π·. This is our last general meeting before the project ends late this year. We are busy preparing the stakeholders workshop for next week. Would you like to take part in it next Thursday? Join here!
vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Thanks for the invitation, looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
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Functional Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology
5 months ago
π’ Join our
#EcologySeminar
! Dr. Federico Riva will give a talk about why appreciating biodiversity change across scales is essential for optimizing conservation and environmental decisions π Wed 14. Jan at 10:15 AM π© DM for webinar link
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
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INTEGRADIV Biodiversa +
5 months ago
π’ Join us for the ππππππππππ ππππ€ππ‘π¨π₯πππ«π¬β π π’π§ππ₯ ππ―ππ§π! Weβll present π¬π¦πΊ π±π³π°π«π¦π€π΅ π³π¦π΄πΆππ΅π΄ & an πͺπ―π΅π¦π³π’π€π΅πͺπ·π¦ π±π³πͺπ°π³πͺπ΅πͺπ»π’π΅πͺπ°π― π΅π°π°π supporting biodiversity decision-making across taxa & facets. ποΈ Jan 29, 2026 | 10:00β12:00 CET π» Online (MS Teams) π Register:
vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Josh Cinner
5 months ago
Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX89C%7E...
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We found that (i) "the benefits of habitat restoration to increase total forest area could be enhanced by distributing a given amount of restored habitat across multiple patches" and (ii) "overarching importance of habitat amount for biodiversity"
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Forest bird diversity increases with fragmentation per se in landscapes following forest gains
Our results suggest that, at least for forest breeding birds, the benefits of habitat restoration to increase total forest area could be enhanced by distributing a given amount of restored habitat ac...
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70248
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Camille Magneville
5 months ago
Happy to see our paper out! π We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability π³ β‘οΈhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177 (1/8)
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Jens-Christian Svenning
5 months ago
New
#INTEGRADIV
paper shows
#paleoclimate
stability is major driver of functional & phylogenetic diversity in animals & plants across Mediterranean
#forestsπΏβοΈ
Important implications for impacts of
#climatechange
β¨οΈThx to
@cmlmagneville.bsky.social
for leading!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Echoes of the Past: LongβTerm Climate Stability Shapes Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity in EuroβMediterranean Forests
Aim Understanding the relative influence of past and present environmental and anthropogenic drivers on biodiversity is crucial for predicting future biodiversity trends. We assessed how past climat...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177
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Rupert Seidl
10 months ago
Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/
@sebseibold.bsky.social
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)
10 months ago
π Help shape the future of ecosystem restoration! The BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub is surveying experts & practitioners to identify key gaps, barriers & solutions. Your input will guide research & action for the decade ahead. Take the survey:
ecologic.limesurvey.net/197389
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