Stefano Mammola

@stefanomammola.bsky.social

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Researcher in ecology / subterranean biology at CNR in Verbania, Italy. I like spiders, chess, caving, trail running, and other stuff—in random order.

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Environmental science 43%

Biology 20%

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Fabio Marcolin, PhD @bibwatching.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for featuring our work! Across 6 Italian cities (220 point counts; breeding + winter), we find that established parakeets tend to expand the functional trait space of urban bird communities, consistent with filling underused niche space.

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · 14d

In @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social, we just released a open dataset on subterranean spiders, with >30000 georeferenced localities for >600 cave spider species:

doi.org/10.32942/X2M...

The kind of information we need to implement evidence-based subterranean conservation!

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Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · 14d

Heh, top 🙂 Life is kind of pointless anyway!

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · 21d

true advice :)

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · 21d

Can Maño restaurant (Barceloneta) was my favorite (quality, price, very typical) when I was living in Barcelona... Most museums and buildings in Barcelona is just great: difficult to recommend anything specific!

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 25d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Non-native parrot species expand the trait space of avian communities by filling empty niches in urban areas | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Fabio Marcolin, Riccardo Alba, Stefano Mammola, Giacomo Assandri, Luca Ilahiane, Diego Rubolini, Luís Reino, Dan Chamberlain | #ornithology 🪶

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Jan 5

This is the shortest I think (no words main text, and very funny): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

And this is probably the shortest abstract: elifesciences.org/articles/40018

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Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Nov 11

🕷️ Working with cave spiders? Fascinated by trait-based ecology?

We've just updated the checklist of European cave spiders, plus a fresh database of their traits.

Read it now on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard, Stefano Mammola, Uri Roll , and 1 more Aníbal Pauchard, Stefano Mammola, Uri Roll, Oded Berger‐Tal

Ivan Jaric @ivanjaric.bsky.social · Oct 31

How the #arts and #science can jointly protect #nature – our new article on building synergies between #art and #biodiversity #conservation now published in in Front. Ecol. Environ. @esajournals.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Jul 28

Socio‐Economic Status and Non‐Native Species Drive Bird Ecosystem Service Provision in Urban Areas

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Reposted by Jonathan Lenoir, Stefano Mammola, Hansraj Gautam

Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Jul 17

Arachnid of the week is Troglochthonius doratodactylus Helversen, 1968

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Carlos P Carmona @cpcarmona.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hot off the press 🔥 New Ecological Monographs paper shows why, when and how to include intraspecific trait variability to enhance functional diversity research. Huge shout out to Facundo Palacio for his vision and leadership. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
#traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐

Integrating intraspecific trait variability in functional diversity: An overview of methods and a guide for ecologists

Variability in traits within species (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) has attracted increased interest in functional ecology, as it can profoundly influence the detection of functional trait pa....

doi.org

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Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Jun 26

Nice interdisciplinary work w/ @veronanni.bsky.social Simone Martino @rcorreia.bsky.social @me-ester.bsky.social Melissa M.Norberg Masashi Soga

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Jun 26

Biophobias—fear of nature’s elements—don’t just impact mental health. They ripple through wildlife and public health, ecosystems & culture. We argue: it's time to frame biophobias as a One Health issue, tackling them with integrated solutions.

Read it OA here:

doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Jun 16

New paper in @peopleandnature.bsky.social exploring social media filtering role of news on spiders

doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

➡️ Sensationalism—not accuracy—drives social media shares
➡️ 53% news articles are never shared
➡️ Harmless spiders get ignored

w/ @veronanni.bsky.social @cataranea.bsky.social

Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola.bsky.social · Jun 6

Subterranean ecosystems are key to water, climate, biodiversity & more. But to what extent?

A @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social preprint led by @biodiversa.eu DarCo shows they contribute to 75% of classified ecosystem services by CICES:

doi.org/10.32942/X2J...

Illustration: @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social

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