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Uri Roll
@uriroll.bsky.social
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Conservation scientist, interested in biodiversity, spatial ecology, macroecology, culturomics, and iEcology.
Based at the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University.
http://www.uriroll.com/

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Geography 13%
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Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · 7d
🎨🌿 NEW! “Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation” in FEE

How can art & science team up to protect nature?
🖌️ Inspire creativity & empathy
🎭 Communicate complex issues
🌍 Build connections & action

👉 doi.org/10.1002/fee....

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Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard, Stefano Mammola, Uri Roll

ivanjaric.bsky.social
Ivan Jaric @ivanjaric.bsky.social · 11d
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/...

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Uri Roll

liorgreenspoon.bsky.social
Lior Greenspoon @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social · 14d
What was the composition of mammalian biomass on our planet in 1850? Our new study is now out in @natcomms.nature.com
milolabwis.bsky.social Milo Lab @WIS @milolabwis.bsky.social · 14d
1/ Wild mammals now comprise ≈5% of mammal biomass globally. How did this come to be? In our new study in @NatureComms, we estimate that in 1850, wild mammals comprised ≈50% of mammal biomass globally www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reposted by Dominik Wiedenhofer, Uri Roll

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Milo Lab @WIS @milolabwis.bsky.social · 14d
1/ Wild mammals now comprise ≈5% of mammal biomass globally. How did this come to be? In our new study in @NatureComms, we estimate that in 1850, wild mammals comprised ≈50% of mammal biomass globally www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 19d
Human-induced pressures are expected to intensify this century. @uriroll.bsky.social &co present #ProactiveConservationIndex, a new tool for #conservation prioritization regarding future threats for any group of species, & apply it to all terrestrial #vertebrates @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3WVRpRH
Distribution of variables used in the calculation of Proactive Conservation Index (PCI) for six species of land vertebrates. Values in spider plots were scaled between 0 and 1. Values on the upper part of each photograph indicate our assigned PCI scores (inner, values closer to 1 indicate a higher conservation priority, relative to other species in the same class), and their IUCN Red List categories (outer, LC, Least Concern; CR, Critically Endangered; DD, Data Deficient; NE, Non-Evaluated). To keep the area of spider plots proportional to PCI scores, the authors have inverted variables that reduce PCI score, and changed their names here accordingly: inverted brood size is named “Reproductive Restriction,” inverted range size is named “Range Restriction,” and inverted protected range is named “Unprotected Range.” Cyrtodactylus metropolis photograph provided by L. Lee Grismer, Latonia nigriventer image by UR, all other photographs obtained from Wikimedia Commons (authors: Momofelit, Ólafur Larsen, Charles Lam, Omid Mozaffari).

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Reposted by Uri Roll

diogoverissimo.bsky.social
Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · Sep 26
Conservation runs on digital outreach campaigns—videos, memes, hashtags.

But do they work? In a new blog for @ConsEvidence, Gabriel Caetano & I evaluate talk about the evaluation of two campaigns using culturomics (big digital data).

👉 about.conservationevidence.com/2025/09/25/c...
Culturomics: a low-cost opportunity to evaluate conservation campaigns | About Conservation Evidence
Diogo Veríssimo and Gabriel Caetano share their new research on the effects of conservation awareness campaigns, using Wikipedia page views as an indicator ...
about.conservationevidence.com

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Reposted by Uri Roll

diogoverissimo.bsky.social
Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · Sep 10
📢 NEW PAPER 📢 Are your digital conservation campaigns moving the needle? 🤔

New study combines #ConservationCulturomics + synthetic control to measure impact! This offers a cost-effective evaluation framework #Conservation #ImpactMeasurement #DigitalMarketing #Biodiversity

Link shorturl.at/GRRdQ

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Reposted by Uri Roll

elliediamant.bsky.social
Ellie Diamant @elliediamant.bsky.social · Apr 23
Big thank you to my postdoctoral advisors @odedberger-tal.bsky.social and @uriroll.bsky.social, as well as a wonderful team including @constantiro.bsky.social, Krista Oswald, Kevin Gaston, and Adewale Awoyemi for thinking through these ideas collectively! (4/4)

Reposted by Uri Roll, Oded Berger‐Tal

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Krista Oswald @naturewithkrista.bsky.social · Apr 23
Our publication is out! We tracked 8 groups of social birds (#babblers) in the #desert, summer to winter. Did their use of man-made habitat shifted with season? It did!. #science #ecology @odedkeynan.bsky.social @uriroll.bsky.social @odedberger-tal.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The value of human resources changes with season for a social desert passerine bird - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - The value of human resources changes with season for a social desert passerine bird
www.nature.com

Reposted by Ivan Jarić, Uri Roll

pavelpipek.bsky.social
Pavel Pipek @pavelpipek.bsky.social · Dec 11
Our project on using iEcology & Conservation Culturomics in #bioinvasions is on Bluesky too :) @invaculture.net
invaculture.net Invasion Culturomics and iEcology @invaculture.net · Dec 10
#Culturomics and #iEcology provide novel opportunities to study human and social dimensions of #alienspecies #introductions – our new study is now out in Trends in Ecology and Evolution doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... #GAČR #InvasiveSpecies #nonnative #digitaldata #socialmedia #conservationculturomics

Reposted by Ivan Jarić, Uri Roll, Pavel Pipek

invaculture.net
Invasion Culturomics and iEcology @invaculture.net · Dec 10
#Culturomics and #iEcology provide novel opportunities to study human and social dimensions of #alienspecies #introductions – our new study is now out in Trends in Ecology and Evolution doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... #GAČR #InvasiveSpecies #nonnative #digitaldata #socialmedia #conservationculturomics

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Reposted by Uri Roll

Reposted by Uri Roll

Reposted by Uri Roll

natrevbiodiv.nature.com
Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jul 8
This interesting new paper provides an overview of the extent of vertebrate #biodiversity potentially threatened by ongoing and future dryland loss. 🌍🧪
go.nature.com/4f8boF1
Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Drylands face multiple anthropogenic stressors globally. Here the authors assess protected area coverage and current threats of vertebrate diversity in global drylands and project impacts under future...
www.nature.com

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