Andy Gonzalez
@bio-diverse.bsky.social
Dad x2 | Scientist working on the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss | Liber Ero Chair @McGillU | co-chair GEOBON | co-director QCBS | co-chair IPBES biodiversity monitoring assessment | co-founder Habitat | He/Him
Are you tracking developments in #biodiversity monitoring and its applications?
We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges:
Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges:
Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Are you tracking developments in #biodiversity monitoring and its applications?
We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges:
Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges:
Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
📣 Out now:
A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.
A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
📣 Out now:
A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.
A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...
A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.
Phew, I just gave a talk and animated a floor game about the impacts of roads on wildlife and the restoration of habitat connectivity during Eureka! Quebec’s biggest science festival #Montreal.
Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca
festivaleureka.ca/en/
Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca
festivaleureka.ca/en/
May 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Phew, I just gave a talk and animated a floor game about the impacts of roads on wildlife and the restoration of habitat connectivity during Eureka! Quebec’s biggest science festival #Montreal.
Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca
festivaleureka.ca/en/
Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca
festivaleureka.ca/en/
On #BiologicalDiversityDay it’s important to remember that humanity has caused dramatic changes to the biosphere - only 6% of the combined weight of all mammals on Earth 🌏 is wild! 😳
From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On #BiologicalDiversityDay it’s important to remember that humanity has caused dramatic changes to the biosphere - only 6% of the combined weight of all mammals on Earth 🌏 is wild! 😳
From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Great to connect with so many passionate and preoccupied with connectivity conservation. Banff is known for its wildlife overpasses and the Y2Y initiative. Parks Canada now has identified national priority areas for corridors: parks.canada.ca/nature/scien...
April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great to connect with so many passionate and preoccupied with connectivity conservation. Banff is known for its wildlife overpasses and the Y2Y initiative. Parks Canada now has identified national priority areas for corridors: parks.canada.ca/nature/scien...
What do we mean by ecologically well-connected landscapes? how do we define, monitor and manage for it?
I tackled this during my keynote
A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice
at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff.
site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...
I tackled this during my keynote
A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice
at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff.
site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...
April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What do we mean by ecologically well-connected landscapes? how do we define, monitor and manage for it?
I tackled this during my keynote
A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice
at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff.
site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...
I tackled this during my keynote
A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice
at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff.
site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...
Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Please apply through the website in the link above.
Canadian Geographic has released a fantastic new website "Right of Passage" about ecological corridors and connectivity in Canada
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca
It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca
It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...
April 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Canadian Geographic has released a fantastic new website "Right of Passage" about ecological corridors and connectivity in Canada
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca
It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca
It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...
Goodbye to Hong Kong!
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Goodbye to Hong Kong!
As always a pleasure to work with my fellow co-chairs Patricia Miloslavich and Alvaro D'Antona. We live the rollercoaster 🎢 of chairing together every day - teamwork makes the dream work.
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
As always a pleasure to work with my fellow co-chairs Patricia Miloslavich and Alvaro D'Antona. We live the rollercoaster 🎢 of chairing together every day - teamwork makes the dream work.
A huge thank you to @achughes.bsky.social (middle, with fellow chapter 3 CLAs Petteri and Nazli) for being such an exceptional host during our stay and to the University of Hong Kong for providing the space to meet and so many delicious meals 🥟🍜
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A huge thank you to @achughes.bsky.social (middle, with fellow chapter 3 CLAs Petteri and Nazli) for being such an exceptional host during our stay and to the University of Hong Kong for providing the space to meet and so many delicious meals 🥟🍜
Leaving Hong Kong inspired by the ideation and collaboration during our 1st meeting for the Summary for Policy Makers. The SPM contains the key messages and will be a crucial output of the #biodiversity & NCP monitoring assessment bc the SPM is negotiated and adopted by the member states @ipbes.net
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Leaving Hong Kong inspired by the ideation and collaboration during our 1st meeting for the Summary for Policy Makers. The SPM contains the key messages and will be a crucial output of the #biodiversity & NCP monitoring assessment bc the SPM is negotiated and adopted by the member states @ipbes.net
It was fantastic to meet with the executive secretary of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, Astrid Schomaker, and the staff at the CBD secretariat, to present GEOBON’s plan to support countries with their biodiversity monitoring data and science needs. We have so much to do together ahead of COP17.
April 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It was fantastic to meet with the executive secretary of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, Astrid Schomaker, and the staff at the CBD secretariat, to present GEOBON’s plan to support countries with their biodiversity monitoring data and science needs. We have so much to do together ahead of COP17.
Oh my, I am thrilled to receive the ChangeMaker Prize awarded by @mcgill.ca for public engagement and my work to translate biodiversity science to policy and conservation in Quebec, Canada and internationally for @unbiodiversity.bsky.social and @ipbes.net .
reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...
reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...
April 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Oh my, I am thrilled to receive the ChangeMaker Prize awarded by @mcgill.ca for public engagement and my work to translate biodiversity science to policy and conservation in Quebec, Canada and internationally for @unbiodiversity.bsky.social and @ipbes.net .
reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...
reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...
Just out:
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just out:
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
A geometric approach to beta diversity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
Just out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community & genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance
Rapid adaptation & species sorting combine to alter diversity
Read more👇📄https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000673
Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community & genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance
Rapid adaptation & species sorting combine to alter diversity
Read more👇📄https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000673
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community & genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance
Rapid adaptation & species sorting combine to alter diversity
Read more👇📄https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000673
Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community & genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance
Rapid adaptation & species sorting combine to alter diversity
Read more👇📄https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000673
Not accounting for human activity results in incorrectly attributing a driver-mediated trade-off as a direct trade-off (e.g., between bird-watching & aboveground forest carbon regulation) and failure to detect direct interactions (e.g., between bird-watching & livestock provisioning)
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Not accounting for human activity results in incorrectly attributing a driver-mediated trade-off as a direct trade-off (e.g., between bird-watching & aboveground forest carbon regulation) and failure to detect direct interactions (e.g., between bird-watching & livestock provisioning)
BBNs can assess relationships among multiple variables and as so determine whether a relationship is due to a shared driver or whether the relationship is due to a direct synergy or trade-off among services.
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
BBNs can assess relationships among multiple variables and as so determine whether a relationship is due to a shared driver or whether the relationship is due to a direct synergy or trade-off among services.
How do human drivers shape ecosystem services and their interactions? The answer impacts policy and management.
We used Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to model ecosystem service interactions as a causal network for data from many Quebec landscapes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We used Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to model ecosystem service interactions as a causal network for data from many Quebec landscapes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
How do human drivers shape ecosystem services and their interactions? The answer impacts policy and management.
We used Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to model ecosystem service interactions as a causal network for data from many Quebec landscapes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We used Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to model ecosystem service interactions as a causal network for data from many Quebec landscapes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As the authors conclude:
"the claim that increasing β diversity buffers the loss of α diversity by preserving diversity at larger scales does not hold. Put simply, fragmented landscapes have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes."
"the claim that increasing β diversity buffers the loss of α diversity by preserving diversity at larger scales does not hold. Put simply, fragmented landscapes have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes."
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As the authors conclude:
"the claim that increasing β diversity buffers the loss of α diversity by preserving diversity at larger scales does not hold. Put simply, fragmented landscapes have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes."
"the claim that increasing β diversity buffers the loss of α diversity by preserving diversity at larger scales does not hold. Put simply, fragmented landscapes have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes."
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rapid butterfly declines across the US during the 21st century
Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Rapid butterfly declines across the US during the 21st century
Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Breaking! Part 2 of CoP16 of UN Convention on Biological Diversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social has just adopted the revisions of the documents on planning, monitoring, reporting, and review of progress to the goals and targets of the KM-Global Biodiversity Framework. This is fantastic news! 🥳
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking! Part 2 of CoP16 of UN Convention on Biological Diversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social has just adopted the revisions of the documents on planning, monitoring, reporting, and review of progress to the goals and targets of the KM-Global Biodiversity Framework. This is fantastic news! 🥳
Fantastic panels on key themes that stirred discussion and debate:
How to build a career in biodiversity?
How to communicate science for policy and the place of science in municipal gov.
The role of statistics and models in the context AI.
How to build a career in biodiversity?
How to communicate science for policy and the place of science in municipal gov.
The role of statistics and models in the context AI.
February 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Fantastic panels on key themes that stirred discussion and debate:
How to build a career in biodiversity?
How to communicate science for policy and the place of science in municipal gov.
The role of statistics and models in the context AI.
How to build a career in biodiversity?
How to communicate science for policy and the place of science in municipal gov.
The role of statistics and models in the context AI.
Thank you to Sean Hoban for his keynote. He told the story of how conservation genetics was mobilized to establish an indicator for the genetic diversity target of the GBF. Indefatigable in building trust and demonstrating the value of science in the UN process. See👇
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
February 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thank you to Sean Hoban for his keynote. He told the story of how conservation genetics was mobilized to establish an indicator for the genetic diversity target of the GBF. Indefatigable in building trust and demonstrating the value of science in the UN process. See👇
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...