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Charlie Davison
@biodivercd.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ Aarhus University
Ecology - Remote sensing - Global change
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!

#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy

🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018

@natureportfolio.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Reposted by Charlie Davison
hhbruun.bsky.social
Lost magic giants 🦏
maijakarala.bsky.social Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · Nov 21
Where did our lost rhinos roam?

Distribution charts based on bone finds (individual dots) and habitat suitability for the four fluffy rhinos of late Pleistocene.

These are of course approximate and might not include all obscure finds. #Sciart
Illustration of extinct narrow-nosed rhino with a map in the background showing it lived in central and southern Europe, northern Africa and some way into western Asia Illustration of ”Siberian unicorn” or Elasmotherium sibiricum with a map on the background showing it lived in Eastern Europe and central Asia Illustration of a woolly rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it had a very wide distribution from southwestern Europe all the way through Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast and northern China. Illustration of a merck’s rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it lived in a large area from southwestern and central Europe to western Asia, parts of Siberia and northern and eastern China.
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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ninadm.bsky.social
📢 Our paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social on the scale of plant invasions and restoration priorities in India.‼️Around 66% natural areas in India are invaded, but restoration is possible‼️

#India #Bigdata #ecology #restoration
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Distribution, drivers and restoration priorities of plant invasions in India
India implemented national-scale invasive plant monitoring by integrating it with the umbrella project on tiger assessment. Embarking on this big data, we show that two-thirds of India's natural area...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:00 PM