Diego Ellis Soto
@diegoellissoto.bsky.social
Biodiversity |Technology | Socio-Ecological Systems | Movement Ecology | Environmental Data Science | Conservation | Nature Music | diegoellissoto.org 🇺🇾 🧉
University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Management & Policy
University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Management & Policy
Wow this is so incredible! Also, beautiful figures!
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wow this is so incredible! Also, beautiful figures!
Shoutout to my amazing mentors and collaborators @cboettig.bsky.social @liamtaylor.bsky.social Christopher J. Schell, Elizabeth Edson, Avery Hill and Rebecca F. Johnson
@calacademy.bsky.social
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
@calacademy.bsky.social
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Shoutout to my amazing mentors and collaborators @cboettig.bsky.social @liamtaylor.bsky.social Christopher J. Schell, Elizabeth Edson, Avery Hill and Rebecca F. Johnson
@calacademy.bsky.social
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
@calacademy.bsky.social
@schmidtdse.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
Initiatives such as the Icarus Initiative from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social are pioneering future efforts to understand where, when and how animals struggle and die in particular areas and context: www.ab.mpg.de/669445/icaru...
Introducing: the ICARUS birds project
The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior is launching a new project — ICARUS Birds — to investigate why we are losing birds that were once common in our gardens and forests.
www.ab.mpg.de
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Initiatives such as the Icarus Initiative from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social are pioneering future efforts to understand where, when and how animals struggle and die in particular areas and context: www.ab.mpg.de/669445/icaru...
7/ With advances in technologies such as animal telemetry (bio-loging) are increasingly able to monitor wildlife behavior including vital rates, yet remains taxonomically, geographically limited, particularly in urban and suburban areas
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
7/ With advances in technologies such as animal telemetry (bio-loging) are increasingly able to monitor wildlife behavior including vital rates, yet remains taxonomically, geographically limited, particularly in urban and suburban areas
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
7/ Endangered species in Latin America
[d] Our framework allowed daily monitoring of wildlife across Latin America documenting mortality for critically endangered species
[d] Our framework allowed daily monitoring of wildlife across Latin America documenting mortality for critically endangered species
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
7/ Endangered species in Latin America
[d] Our framework allowed daily monitoring of wildlife across Latin America documenting mortality for critically endangered species
[d] Our framework allowed daily monitoring of wildlife across Latin America documenting mortality for critically endangered species
6/ Mammal mortality across California
[c] Turns out most records of mammal mortality in California occurs near roads. Sampling bias meets anthropogenic stressor?!
[c] Turns out most records of mammal mortality in California occurs near roads. Sampling bias meets anthropogenic stressor?!
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
6/ Mammal mortality across California
[c] Turns out most records of mammal mortality in California occurs near roads. Sampling bias meets anthropogenic stressor?!
[c] Turns out most records of mammal mortality in California occurs near roads. Sampling bias meets anthropogenic stressor?!
5/ Puma mortality across the Americas
[b] We found mortality records spanning nine countries, underscoring the importance of international cooperation for conserving wide-ranging species like Puma concolor.
[b] We found mortality records spanning nine countries, underscoring the importance of international cooperation for conserving wide-ranging species like Puma concolor.
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
5/ Puma mortality across the Americas
[b] We found mortality records spanning nine countries, underscoring the importance of international cooperation for conserving wide-ranging species like Puma concolor.
[b] We found mortality records spanning nine countries, underscoring the importance of international cooperation for conserving wide-ranging species like Puma concolor.
4/ Check out this great paper from co-author @liamtaylor.bsky.social et al. digging deeper into this, which was a inspiration for parts of our preprint!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Strengths and limitations of using participatory science data to characterize a wildlife mass mortality event
Participatory science (i.e., “community science” or “citizen science”) platforms are increasingly used at every level of ecological and conservation research, including disease monitoring. Here, we u...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
4/ Check out this great paper from co-author @liamtaylor.bsky.social et al. digging deeper into this, which was a inspiration for parts of our preprint!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
3/ Avian influenza
[a] iNaturalist data captured spikes in bird mass mortality across the US & Canada, closely aligning with official H5N1 outbreak reports. Participatory science can provide near-real-time photographic evidence to complement disease surveillance.
[a] iNaturalist data captured spikes in bird mass mortality across the US & Canada, closely aligning with official H5N1 outbreak reports. Participatory science can provide near-real-time photographic evidence to complement disease surveillance.
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
3/ Avian influenza
[a] iNaturalist data captured spikes in bird mass mortality across the US & Canada, closely aligning with official H5N1 outbreak reports. Participatory science can provide near-real-time photographic evidence to complement disease surveillance.
[a] iNaturalist data captured spikes in bird mass mortality across the US & Canada, closely aligning with official H5N1 outbreak reports. Participatory science can provide near-real-time photographic evidence to complement disease surveillance.
2/ Understanding where, when, how, and why wildlife is declining is key for effective conservation
By tapping into participatory science, we now have a (biased) complementary way to monitor mortality events in near-real time
👉: huggingface.co/spaces/diego...
I’ll highlight four case studies ⬇️
By tapping into participatory science, we now have a (biased) complementary way to monitor mortality events in near-real time
👉: huggingface.co/spaces/diego...
I’ll highlight four case studies ⬇️
INaturalist Mortality Detector - a Hugging Face Space by diegoellissoto
This app lets you explore observations of dead wildlife from the iNaturalist platform. You can search by location, select a date range, and filter by species or taxon class to view trends, top spec...
huggingface.co
August 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
2/ Understanding where, when, how, and why wildlife is declining is key for effective conservation
By tapping into participatory science, we now have a (biased) complementary way to monitor mortality events in near-real time
👉: huggingface.co/spaces/diego...
I’ll highlight four case studies ⬇️
By tapping into participatory science, we now have a (biased) complementary way to monitor mortality events in near-real time
👉: huggingface.co/spaces/diego...
I’ll highlight four case studies ⬇️
You can read more on wildlife.berkeley.edu/news/2025/07...
Transforming conservation with real-time data of individual animals
A study co-led by ESPM postdoctoral researcher Diego Ellis Soto highlights how developing technologies for tracking wildlife can advance and democratize conservation efforts.
wildlife.berkeley.edu
July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You can read more on wildlife.berkeley.edu/news/2025/07...
🙌 Team work makes the dreamwork: @andreaflores.bsky.social Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, Hannah J. Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social and Timm Wild .
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🙌 Team work makes the dreamwork: @andreaflores.bsky.social Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, Hannah J. Williams, @teagueo.bsky.social and Timm Wild .
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We also discuss how animal telemetry could support essential biodiversity variables and help meet ambitious global biodiversity targets (like @geobon.org and the MoveBon initiative led by @ Lacey Hughey & colleagues).
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We also discuss how animal telemetry could support essential biodiversity variables and help meet ambitious global biodiversity targets (like @geobon.org and the MoveBon initiative led by @ Lacey Hughey & colleagues).
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🛰️🐦 Bio-logging can fundamentally reshape how we measure conservation success—from individuals ➡️ populations ➡️ species.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🛰️🐦 Bio-logging can fundamentally reshape how we measure conservation success—from individuals ➡️ populations ➡️ species.
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Working with colleagues at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @batcon.org , we show how bio-logging can deliver real-time, continuous data on animal behavior and environmental change
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Working with colleagues at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @batcon.org , we show how bio-logging can deliver real-time, continuous data on animal behavior and environmental change
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At the global scale we find that:
📉 Urban areas
🌳 Regions with high forest fragmentation
🌍 Much of the Global South
—are all underrepresented, despite many of these regions facing some of the greatest biodiversity threats.
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📉 Urban areas
🌳 Regions with high forest fragmentation
🌍 Much of the Global South
—are all underrepresented, despite many of these regions facing some of the greatest biodiversity threats.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
At the global scale we find that:
📉 Urban areas
🌳 Regions with high forest fragmentation
🌍 Much of the Global South
—are all underrepresented, despite many of these regions facing some of the greatest biodiversity threats.
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📉 Urban areas
🌳 Regions with high forest fragmentation
🌍 Much of the Global South
—are all underrepresented, despite many of these regions facing some of the greatest biodiversity threats.
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