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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research
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We are LIBRe, research group working on global biodiversity and conservation @ Lisbon, Portugal @CE3CResearch @cienciasulisboa
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Spider communities in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains become more distinct with elevation, highlighting the uniqueness of tropical mountain ecosystems.

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#Tanzania #Biodiversity #Spiders #Ecology #Conservation
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Estudo detalha todos os contributos valiosos das aranhas para os ecossistemas, sublinhando a importância de restaurar, preservar ou imitar os processos naturais destas criaturas de oito patas.
Detesta aranhas? Os cientistas dão-nos várias razões para gostarmos delas
Estudo detalha todos os contributos valiosos das aranhas para os ecossistemas, sublinhando a importância de restaurar, preservar ou imitar os processos naturais destas criaturas de oito patas.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🌍New Advanced Course: Concepts and Applications in Macroecology, Lisbon, March 2026
Lecturers:
@cardosopmb.bsky.social Nuria Macias, Filipa Soares, Luis Borda de Água, Alice Nunes, Joana Ribeiro
More information:
ce3c.pt/.../concepts...
#advancedcourses #macroecology #ecologyresearch
June 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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🌍🚨 Over 50% of Azorean endemic arthropods are threatened. 🕷️🪲
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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#Conservation #Biodiversity #Azores #IUCN #Arthropods
June 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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What do spiders do for us?
More than you think!
🕷️ Discover their ecosystem superpowers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/brv....

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#NatureBasedSolutions #Spiders #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #conservation
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
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#Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis
April 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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📢 New #Podcast Episode!

How do landscapes change biodiversity? This episode dives into mixture, an R function that tracks biodiversity shifts with greater precision. 🦇 🌍

tinyurl.com/sw85n3sr

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#ConservationScience #Ecology #Rstats
February 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🎙️ New episode! 📢
In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation.
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#WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast
Legal wildlife trade, but at what cost?
Biodiversity Research @ CE3C · Episode
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January 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🌍🪲 New research shows that citizen scientists are shaping stag beetle conservation in Portugal!

📖 Full study here: doi.org/10.1007/s105...

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#StagBeetles #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #CitizenScience
January 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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🌍🎙️ New #podcast! Explore how "charisma" shapes conservation priorities 🐾.

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt...

📚 environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#Conservation #Biodiversity #Charisma #NaturecProtection

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Charisma in Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity Research @ CE3C · Episode
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January 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🌍LIBRe's research on the news!

Featured paper:
📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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#WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss
January 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A massive effort to analyse the largest wildlife trade database in existence. Open at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️
Key stats:

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS

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January 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Charisma in Conservation
Ever wondered why certain species capture our hearts more than others? Learn how traits like beauty, behavior, and cultural appeal influence conservation efforts. 🐼🪰 @carol_sayuri_

DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2
#Biodiversity #Charisma #conservation
December 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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🚨🌍 Introducing SPECTRE: A global GIS database for biodiversity threats! Paper available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Explore: biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/

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#SPECTRE #Conservation #threats
#opensource #database #ecosystems
SPECTRE: Standardised Global Spatial Data on Terrestrial SPecies and ECosystems ThREats
Motivation SPECTRE is an open-source database containing standardised spatial data on global environmental and anthropogenic variables that are potential threats to terrestrial species and ecosystem.....
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December 16, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of
@cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira

#Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation
December 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity!

📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761

#Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science
sRedList: Standardizing IUCN Red List Assessments
Biodiversity Research @ CE3C · Episode
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December 9, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍

Find out more reading the paper available in:
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales
Much of the work developed on biodiversity dynamics due to climate change focuses on large scales. Yet, we know that small scale is critical to fully understand biodiversity change, particularly for p...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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⚠️ Hot off the press!

The BASS project in Portugal is studying how tiny changes in sunlight and soil impact plants, insects, and ecosystems. 🐞🌱
👉https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341

#Ecology #Biodiversity #Science

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December 6, 2024 at 2:55 PM