Spider communities in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains become more distinct with elevation, highlighting the uniqueness of tropical mountain ecosystems.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aje....
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#Tanzania #Biodiversity #Spiders #Ecology #Conservation

🌍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

🌍🚨 Over 50% of Azorean endemic arthropods are threatened. 🕷️🪲
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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#Conservation #Biodiversity #Azores #IUCN #Arthropods

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

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

📢 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

🌍🪲 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

🌍LIBRe's research on the news!

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

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#WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss

🌍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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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

🌍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