Spider communities in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains become more distinct with elevation, highlighting the uniqueness of tropical mountain ecosystems. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aje.... @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social @cardosopmb.bsky.social #Tanzania #Biodiversity #Spiders #Ecology #Conservation

Estudo detalha todos os contributos valiosos das aranhas para os ecossistemas, sublinhando a importância de restaurar, preservar ou imitar os processos naturais destas criaturas de oito patas.

🌍New Advanced Course: Concepts and Applications in Macroecology, Lisbon, March 2026 Lecturers: @cardosopmb.bsky.social Nuria Macias, Filipa Soares, Luis Borda de Água, Alice Nunes, Joana Ribeiro More information: ce3c.pt/.../concepts... #advancedcourses #macroecology #ecologyresearch

🌍🚨 Over 50% of Azorean endemic arthropods are threatened. 🕷️🪲 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social olarte.bsky.social @pozsgaig.bsky.social @guidasantos.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #Conservation #Biodiversity #Azores #IUCN #Arthropods

What do spiders do for us? More than you think! 🕷️ Discover their ecosystem superpowers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/brv.... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @stefanomammola.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #NatureBasedSolutions #Spiders #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #conservation

Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ecog... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @stefanomammola.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis

📢 New #Podcast Episode! How do landscapes change biodiversity? This episode dives into mixture, an R function that tracks biodiversity shifts with greater precision. 🦇 🌍 tinyurl.com/sw85n3sr @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #ConservationScience #Ecology #Rstats

🎙️ New episode! 📢 In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation. 🎧 tinyurl.com/56yfce2k 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @pnas.org #WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast

🌍🪲 New research shows that citizen scientists are shaping stag beetle conservation in Portugal! 📖 Full study here: doi.org/10.1007/s105... @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @cjrego.bsky.social #StagBeetles #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #CitizenScience

🌍🎙️ New #podcast! Explore how "charisma" shapes conservation priorities 🐾. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt... 📚 environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Conservation #Biodiversity #Charisma #NaturecProtection @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social sky.social

🌍LIBRe's research on the news! Featured paper: 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @publico.pt @pnas.org #WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss

A massive effort to analyse the largest wildlife trade database in existence. Open at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️ Key stats: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

Charisma in Conservation Ever wondered why certain species capture our hearts more than others? Learn how traits like beauty, behavior, and cultural appeal influence conservation efforts. 🐼🪰 @carol_sayuri_ DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2 #Biodiversity #Charisma #conservation

🚨🌍 Introducing SPECTRE: A global GIS database for biodiversity threats! Paper available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Explore: biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/ @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #SPECTRE #Conservation #threats #opensource #database #ecosystems

🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira #Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation

🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity! 📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761 #Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science

The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍 Find out more reading the paper available in: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

⚠️ Hot off the press! The BASS project in Portugal is studying how tiny changes in sunlight and soil impact plants, insects, and ecosystems. 🐞🌱 👉https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341 #Ecology #Biodiversity #Science @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social