Leandro R. Monteiro
@carolliafreak.bsky.social
Professor at Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF). Evolutionary Biology, Statistics, Bats.
Pinned
Mammal Ecology and Evolution - Bats LTR
Adaptation in face of environmental change
Enquiries can be directed to Prof. Leandro R. Monteiro: lrmont(at)uenf.br
10-Year milestone reached!! Read our recap of the project during this period.
sites.google.com
Ever considered applying for graduate school in #brazil? We have positions for graduate students (#masters and #phd to work in a long term mark-recapture study of #bats . Check our projects at:
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Everything you know about vampire bats is a lie! Okay, well they do drink blood, but who hasn’t? Let’s look at their good qualities.
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Everything you know about vampire bats is a lie! Okay, well they do drink blood, but who hasn’t? Let’s look at their good qualities.
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
🩸 cute
🩸 great friends
🩸 wonderful mothers
🩸 regurgitate blood for each other
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Our paper on rodent thumbnails is out! Big team effort, powered by museum collections. Turns out, nails can reveal a lot about rodent evolution. Shoutout to Dr. Gordon Shepherd for the wild idea to study rodents thumbs!
New findings in Science suggest that rodents owe much of their evolutionary success to their thumb-nail (the first digit, D1), an adaptation that gave them dexterous hands for cracking seeds and nuts.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/46caVho
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/46caVho
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our paper on rodent thumbnails is out! Big team effort, powered by museum collections. Turns out, nails can reveal a lot about rodent evolution. Shoutout to Dr. Gordon Shepherd for the wild idea to study rodents thumbs!
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Agro AMEAÇA derrubar 50 vetos ao pacote da destruição.
Não é "bancada ruralista", temos q chamar de
BANCADA DO ATRASO
BANCADA DO AGROTÓXICO
BANCADA DA CORRUPÇÃO
BANCADA DA DESTRUIÇÃO.
A FPA é a síntese de tudo de ruim q existe no país, um tumor maligno.
www.uol.com.br/ecoa/ultimas...
Não é "bancada ruralista", temos q chamar de
BANCADA DO ATRASO
BANCADA DO AGROTÓXICO
BANCADA DA CORRUPÇÃO
BANCADA DA DESTRUIÇÃO.
A FPA é a síntese de tudo de ruim q existe no país, um tumor maligno.
www.uol.com.br/ecoa/ultimas...
Agro avalia derrubar até 50 vetos de Lula a lei do licenciamento ambiental
A bancada ruralista avalia derrubar até 50 vetos de Lula na lei que altera as regras para o licenciamento ambiental —foram 63 vetos do presidente no total.O que aconteceuHá dois temas considerados ine...
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August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Agro AMEAÇA derrubar 50 vetos ao pacote da destruição.
Não é "bancada ruralista", temos q chamar de
BANCADA DO ATRASO
BANCADA DO AGROTÓXICO
BANCADA DA CORRUPÇÃO
BANCADA DA DESTRUIÇÃO.
A FPA é a síntese de tudo de ruim q existe no país, um tumor maligno.
www.uol.com.br/ecoa/ultimas...
Não é "bancada ruralista", temos q chamar de
BANCADA DO ATRASO
BANCADA DO AGROTÓXICO
BANCADA DA CORRUPÇÃO
BANCADA DA DESTRUIÇÃO.
A FPA é a síntese de tudo de ruim q existe no país, um tumor maligno.
www.uol.com.br/ecoa/ultimas...
Starting the II Latin American Evolution Congress in Tucuman.
July 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Starting the II Latin American Evolution Congress in Tucuman.
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Thrilled to share our new paper out in BMC, part of my postdoc at @cornellvet.bsky.social! 🐘🐀
We found that larger mammals evolve more diverse morphologies, while smaller ones can explore many locomotor strategies without much change to their forelimbs.
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We found that larger mammals evolve more diverse morphologies, while smaller ones can explore many locomotor strategies without much change to their forelimbs.
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Body mass plays a fundamental role in the macroevolutionary dynamics of morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic diversification. Given biomechanical principles, large body masses in terrestrial ve...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A very interesting off-piste trek at the Reserva Biológica União in the Atlantic Rainforest, led by Prof. Leandro Monteiro, to set some camera traps. #UniversityOfHull #FieldStudies #Brazil #UENF
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A very interesting off-piste trek at the Reserva Biológica União in the Atlantic Rainforest, led by Prof. Leandro Monteiro, to set some camera traps. #UniversityOfHull #FieldStudies #Brazil #UENF
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Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World
Bats fatten to cope in environments with seasonal energy shortages, gaining more weight in seasonally cold climates and in tropical climates with highly seasonal rainfall. In cold climates, females l...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
June 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
🧪 #science
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.
May 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.
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AI might be making shitty art, blatantly wrong a decent amount of the time, being used for propaganda and reducing our ability to think critically but at least it’s also helping make our planet unlivable. So there’s that. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
AI might be making shitty art, blatantly wrong a decent amount of the time, being used for propaganda and reducing our ability to think critically but at least it’s also helping make our planet unlivable. So there’s that. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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Por que a nova versão da legislação, a ser votada no Senado esta semana, ameaça implodir a regulação para a concessão de licenças no Brasil
Por Suely Araújo
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Por Suely Araújo
sumauma.com/a-farsa-da-n...
A farsa da nova lei do licenciamento ambiental - SUMAÚMA
Por que a nova versão da legislação, a ser votada no Senado esta semana, ameaça implodir a regulação para a concessão de licenças no Brasil
sumauma.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Por que a nova versão da legislação, a ser votada no Senado esta semana, ameaça implodir a regulação para a concessão de licenças no Brasil
Por Suely Araújo
sumauma.com/a-farsa-da-n...
Por Suely Araújo
sumauma.com/a-farsa-da-n...
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Precisamos falar da MAIOR BOIADA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS que os bandidos do SENADO querem aprovar nesse mês.
A DESTRUIÇÃO DO LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL.
Neste fio, vamos analisar os pontos mais BIZARROS e mostrar como o SENADO quer destruir com o meio ambiente do Brasil:
A DESTRUIÇÃO DO LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL.
Neste fio, vamos analisar os pontos mais BIZARROS e mostrar como o SENADO quer destruir com o meio ambiente do Brasil:
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Precisamos falar da MAIOR BOIADA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS que os bandidos do SENADO querem aprovar nesse mês.
A DESTRUIÇÃO DO LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL.
Neste fio, vamos analisar os pontos mais BIZARROS e mostrar como o SENADO quer destruir com o meio ambiente do Brasil:
A DESTRUIÇÃO DO LICENCIAMENTO AMBIENTAL.
Neste fio, vamos analisar os pontos mais BIZARROS e mostrar como o SENADO quer destruir com o meio ambiente do Brasil:
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Cool story about the importance of dermestid beetles at the AMNH. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/n...
Behind a Museum Door, These Beetles Are Eating Flesh for Science
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Cool story about the importance of dermestid beetles at the AMNH. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/n...
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I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
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How to Define, Use, and Interpret Pagel's (Lambda) in Ecology and Evolution
Pearse et al., GEB
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Pearse et al., GEB
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How to Define, Use, and Interpret Pagel's λ$$ \lambda $$ (Lambda) in Ecology and Evolution
Aim
Pagel's λ$$ \lambda $$ (lambda) is a useful tool in ecology and evolution for describing trait evolution, imputing missing species' data, and generalising ecological relationships beyond their s.....
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April 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
How to Define, Use, and Interpret Pagel's (Lambda) in Ecology and Evolution
Pearse et al., GEB
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Pearse et al., GEB
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Processo seletivo para Mestrado e Doutorado 2025-2, no Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais da UENF. Temos vagas para nosso projeto de longa duração em ecologia e evolução de morcegos.
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Processo Seletivo Mestrado e Doutorado 2025-2
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April 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Processo seletivo para Mestrado e Doutorado 2025-2, no Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais da UENF. Temos vagas para nosso projeto de longa duração em ecologia e evolução de morcegos.
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🚨🎉 New paper "Ten quick tips to get you started with Bayesian statistics", hope you'll like it 😇🤗
✍🏽 w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kéry and Chloé Nater
🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
✍🏽 w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kéry and Chloé Nater
🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
🚨🎉 New paper "Ten quick tips to get you started with Bayesian statistics", hope you'll like it 😇🤗
✍🏽 w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kéry and Chloé Nater
🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
✍🏽 w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kéry and Chloé Nater
🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
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Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long-Term Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌐🧪🌾
Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long‐Term Studies
Click on the article title to read more.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Insights Into Ecology, Evolution and Global Change Responses From Very Long-Term Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🌐🧪🌾
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ICB's
How Do We Measure the Cost of Whole-Organism Performance Traits?
Jerry F. Husak, Simon P. Lailvaux
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of several potential #phenotypic measures of dynamic whole-#organism performance that may be used in life-history studies..."
How Do We Measure the Cost of Whole-Organism Performance Traits?
Jerry F. Husak, Simon P. Lailvaux
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of several potential #phenotypic measures of dynamic whole-#organism performance that may be used in life-history studies..."
March 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
ICB's
How Do We Measure the Cost of Whole-Organism Performance Traits?
Jerry F. Husak, Simon P. Lailvaux
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of several potential #phenotypic measures of dynamic whole-#organism performance that may be used in life-history studies..."
How Do We Measure the Cost of Whole-Organism Performance Traits?
Jerry F. Husak, Simon P. Lailvaux
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of several potential #phenotypic measures of dynamic whole-#organism performance that may be used in life-history studies..."
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Long-term studies have transformed our understanding of evolution by tracking real-time dynamics, revealing trends, and exposing rare events. Despite funding challenges, they remain vital in a rapidly changing world. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution - Nature
Long-term studies provide insights into the complex interplay between evolutionary process and pattern across multiple systems and timescales.
www.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Long-term studies have transformed our understanding of evolution by tracking real-time dynamics, revealing trends, and exposing rare events. Despite funding challenges, they remain vital in a rapidly changing world. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy 37th birthday to the LTEE!
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History – The Long-Term Evolution Experiment
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February 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Happy 37th birthday to the LTEE!
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