Celebrating the achievement of one of the longest-serving members of the lab: starting as a BSc student collaborator.

#celebration #huberlin

The study underscores the urgency for conservation planning and action in the world’s tropical dry forests, many of which are changing rapidly.

How #agriculture-driven deforestation impacted snake distribution and, thereby, snake communities.
Agricultural expansion in the South American #Chaco is reshaping snake communities. The study reveals a strong trend toward biotic homogenization.

Deforestation in the South American Chaco is reshaping snake communities. As forests disappear, unique species vanish and generalists take over, driving a clear homogenization of snake diversity across the region.
#conservation #biogeography #homogenization

1: economic sanctions in Iran and their effects on the Asiatic cheetah;
2: global commodity price crashes and how they influenced jaguar populations in Bolivia, and finally
3: the collapse of the Soviet Union and its consequences for snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan.

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Here we describe how shocks affect carnivore populations, using a social-ecological approach, and three case studies:

#casestudy #shocks #carnivores

Sometimes socioeconomic conditions change suddenly, such as during wars, financial crises or when a pandemic breaks out. Such shocks can affect large carnivores, although this has been rarely studied.

#socioeconomicsystems

Recognizing the complexity and diversity of factors shaping agents is crucial in global commodity frontier regions, where rapid land-use change drives significant social–ecological trade-offs. Considering this diversity can guide more effective,tailored interventions to promote sustainable land use.

We aim to characterize and identify the main types of land-use agents in the Argentine Chaco, a deforestation hotspot. By looking at what they have, what they do, and who they are, we move beyond the oversimplified view of “agribusiness vs. smallholders” and capture their multidimensional diversity.

- Avoiding oversimplification in land-use agents
- Structuring their diversity is key for conservation in the Argentine Dry Chaco.
Using a rich dataset of surveys and archetype analysis, we identified 5 distinct types of land-use agents, moving beyond the agribusiness vs. smallholders dichotomy!