Our latest paper from the Urbis project investigating the spatial structuring of bird assemblage in the city of Rome 🐦🏙️

I finally got accepted a paper that has been under revision for ages. I've published >100 papers published, but this one had the toughest road to publication I've ever faced.

New paper out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! 📷We present TropiCam-AI: a machine learning model that identifies 84 taxa of Neotropical arboreal mammals and birds from camera-trap images and videos. 🐒🦜 📃Paper → doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.70213 🌐Project → github.com/andrewzamp/TropiCam-AI

Un articolo divulgativo in Scienza in Rete sul nostro recente articolo su Nature. www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/mis...

Does survey area extent bias population density estimates? Spoiler: yes, and method matters. Want the details? Come check my poster next week at @britishecologicalsociety.org #BES2025 (Tuesday 16th, 18:00 - Lennox Suite, n°A5.25), and let's have a chat!💬 Co-authored with @lsantinieco.bsky.social.

🐬 New paper out! We use the TetraDENSITY database to test how fishing affects cetacean species in the Mediterranean. We found that different fishing activities alter natural population density patterns, with destructive demersal fishing having the strongest negative impact 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com

Our new @nature.com shows that energy flows mediated by mammals and birds across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by >30% unevenly across functional groups, with major consequences ecosystem functions shorturl.at/AD0Yb

Here we review causal inference in ecology to attribute change in biodiversity research. We identify common challenges and provide an overview of different approaches. By Franziska Shrodt and many others besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Why relying on the "equlilibrium assumption", i.e., biodiversity being in an equilibrium state w/ its environmental conditions, to model biodiversity trends in response to environmental changes? ➡️ We propose a paradigm shift: embracing the quasi-permanent non-equilibrium state 🤯 shorturl.at/qU99d

Important paper! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Animal energetics, movement, and coexistence are inextricably linked. What insights emerge when we consider these processes together? In our new paper, we present a conceptual framework that integrates these domains, outlines their connections, and highlights the value of their joint study.

SDMs are powerful tools, but only if feed them with the right variables (be biologists, not blind programmers!). We show how data dredging approaches relying on the 19 bioclimatic variables can lead to misleading predictions & interpretation. Led by @giordanomancini.bsky.social shorturl.at/Y2BpC

3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York! I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene. Deadline: 10th August 2025. All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst @anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology

Read our latest paper on the application of macroecological theory to better understand human impact on biodiversity, great collaborative work led by @pierregauz.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This study was led by Laura Paltinieri, @anabenlop.bsky.social & @lsantinieco.bsky.social as part of the EU COST Action network ClimBats. You can read Laura's blog on this paper here: besclimatechange.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/h... 🌍🌐🧪

Please share. We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social #PhDposition #Ecology #Conservation #Migration #Rstats #AcademicTwitter

Presenting my poster on mammalian population density responses to anthropogenic gradients today at 16:30, find me at panel N. 84 #iccb2025.bsky.social

The first paper of the "Urbis project" focusing on the urban ecosystem of Rome is out in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening! Here we characterize the urban landscape and propose a multiscale framework to better support urban biodiversity research and planning doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

About to start my course for the Early Career Conference of the Italian Chapter of the SCB

PhyBaSE: A Bayesian structural equation model approach to causal inference in phylogenetic comparative analyses besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Geography and availability of natural habitat determine whether cropland intensification or expansion is more detrimental to biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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/...

Check out our latest paper on climate-driven changes in bat morphology across space and time, see thread by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

I'm thrilled to share our new review paper with the world.

In this study, featuring a long list of collaborators from the COST Action ClimBAT, we predict that climate change will reshape European bat communities and functional assemblages 🦇🦇🦇 with potential major consequences for ecosystems. @orlyrazgour.bsky.social shorturl.at/HRMtY

Our paper presenting the predictions of generation length for all amphibians and reptiles is finally published online in Ecography! Great work led by Giordano Mancini. They'll soon be incorporated in the sRedList platform!

Personally, I find it odd that some reviewers write essays on how to improve an ms I feel they misinterpret the role of reviewer - to check the quality of the ms and any errors Instead approaching the task as if they are being asked to rewrite the ms with their own arguments & style

The #biosphere is changing: Check our global mapping of ecological novelty in wild #ecosystems (due to #climatechange, #defaunation & floristic disruption) - just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social ♨️🐘🌿🌐 Big thx to @mattkerr.bsky.social for the huge effort! #novelecosystems #invasivespecies #megafauna

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Agroecology & Biodiversity! 🦋 Join our work group at the University of Göttingen! Fully funded PhD (TV-L E13, 65%) on carabid communities & biological control in agroecosystems in the HEAVEN project. 📆 Apply by 20.03.2025 👉🏼 obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/In...

Tracking my work hours reveals a crisis brewing in academia. Being a successful academic shouldn't require us to also be an accountant, HR manager, safety coordinator, travel agent, etc. #WorkLifeBalance #academia bit.ly/49Zc0KN

DOGE firings rattle Colorado ferret program as populations are on the mend

New PhD position @mncn-csic.bsky.social to work on biodiversity risk assessments, together with @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social and myself. More details here: www.anabenitezlopez.com/job-offer-ph...

I completely re-worked my course "Introduction to Bayesian statistics with brms" and taught it for the 1st time this week. It is meant as a tutorial for ecologists, but should be general enough for other sciences as well github.com/benjamin-ros... #stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian

In the meantime, you can still add your voice to the call for the RS to stand up for its values, as over 3300 members of the scientific community have already done. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

Questioning the sixth mass extinction www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Do you ignore the effects of #ConfoundingVariables in your models? Do you remove correlated variables because of a statistical test rather than causal reasoning? If so, read this paper by @jebyrnes.bsky.social and @lauradee.bsky.social! #AcademicSky 🧪🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Just arrived in Montpellier for another exciting CESAB meeting!

Extinction of experience among ecologists dlvr.it/THHFk2

A critical read for anyone who has used or is thinking of using #TRY plant trait data -- "Currently, ecological analyses using TRY data appear, at best, not as powerful as they can be and, at worst, wrong." -- We likely need to start anew and rebuild how we share, access, and cite #PlantTrait data

In our last meta-analysis we found a 36% increase in glucocorticoid concentrations due to human disturbance in mammals, but no evidence of a generalizable effect for birds, non-avian reptiles and amphibians. Check it out! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out our latest meta-analytical work exploring the level of glucocorticoids on wildlife in response to human activities, led by @davidemirante.bsky.social and with @anabenlop.bsky.social and Davide Costantini

What is the role of complexity, nonlinearity and phase transitions in conservation biology? What kind of lessons from maths can help preserve biodiversity? Here's my last paper on Biological Conservation. @ftmaestre.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...

Understanding both predation and scavenging in cities is crucial as urban sprawl accelerates. Our review highlights key geographical biases and confirms that scavenging remains largely overlooked compared to predation. 🌎 🧪 #mammals #birds @bioeaf.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13...

🪱 Earthworms are soil superheroes, yet generally overlooked in conservation 🪱 In this nice collaboration we propose new ways to approach earthworm conservation in a changing world, moving beyond traditional metrics doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... by Sylvain Gérard and many others

See thread by @andrewzampetti.bsky.social on our paper published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social demonstrating potential for automation of density estimates from camera traps through machine learning

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Well written, well formulated.

Wildlife hates noisy neighbors as much as I do! Thrilled to announce my first paper, published online in GECCO! We explore how wildlife adjusts its spatio-temporal niche in the short term, to cope with human presence. Read it here! 👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03053