Carlos Vila-Viçosa
cmmvv.bsky.social
Carlos Vila-Viçosa
@cmmvv.bsky.social
I'm a geobotanist working with circummediterranean oak #forests (#Quercus L.) by exploring their #biogeography, #ecology and #evolution. @CIBIO_InBIO @BIOPOLIS
🌳 From Mexico to Lusitania! The BEPE/BIOPOLIS team presented Quercus pyrenaica research at the #11thInternationalOakSocietyConference 🇲🇽 and will host the next one in Iberia 🇵🇹🇪🇸. Oaks unite science & conservation 🌿
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
At #EuroGard10 we present LusoQuercus project. Lusitanian dwarf-oak (Quercus lusitanica) projected models predict major habitat loss by 2100, with shifts to NW Atlantic refugia and upslope. Priorities: connect & innovate. lusoquercus.pt
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza
September 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our BEPE group (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO) joined #SEBOT2025 in Seville. Representing the team, Manuel Curto presented work on the hybridization and conservation of Oaks in Iberian Peninsula. Thanks to the organization

#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Riding the Wave of "De-Extinction"
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.
April 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM