Pablo Deschepper
@pablodeschepper.bsky.social
Postdoc biodiversity data scientist at the institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels) - Naturalist & wildlife photographer (ig: @wild.pablo)
- Herping is life🐍
- Herping is life🐍
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A new study in @nature.com shows that abrupt changes to Antarctica’s currents, ice and glaciers are already underway – and likely to significantly intensify in the future, with global impacts for generations to come.🧪🌏
Read more in @theconversation.com
Read more in @theconversation.com
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A new study in @nature.com shows that abrupt changes to Antarctica’s currents, ice and glaciers are already underway – and likely to significantly intensify in the future, with global impacts for generations to come.🧪🌏
Read more in @theconversation.com
Read more in @theconversation.com
Reposted by Pablo Deschepper
🌍 Why countries need GBIF: lessons from Belgium
A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
September 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🌍 Why countries need GBIF: lessons from Belgium
A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Reposted by Pablo Deschepper
This Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper is a testament to nature's beauty!
While this species is not threatened, many snakes are. Your support helps us protect snakes globally by funding education & conservation efforts.
Join the mission to save snakes!
savethesnakes.org/donate
While this species is not threatened, many snakes are. Your support helps us protect snakes globally by funding education & conservation efforts.
Join the mission to save snakes!
savethesnakes.org/donate
August 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This Lesser Sunda Islands pit viper is a testament to nature's beauty!
While this species is not threatened, many snakes are. Your support helps us protect snakes globally by funding education & conservation efforts.
Join the mission to save snakes!
savethesnakes.org/donate
While this species is not threatened, many snakes are. Your support helps us protect snakes globally by funding education & conservation efforts.
Join the mission to save snakes!
savethesnakes.org/donate
Reposted by Pablo Deschepper
💡 Think carefuly about the analytical choices made when relating #eDNA #concentrations to species #abundance and #density!
⚠️ We show that a variety of (suboptimal) methods are used to investigate these relationships, and that these problematic statitiscs lead to flawed outcomes
👇 #OA article below
⚠️ We show that a variety of (suboptimal) methods are used to investigate these relationships, and that these problematic statitiscs lead to flawed outcomes
👇 #OA article below
August 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💡 Think carefuly about the analytical choices made when relating #eDNA #concentrations to species #abundance and #density!
⚠️ We show that a variety of (suboptimal) methods are used to investigate these relationships, and that these problematic statitiscs lead to flawed outcomes
👇 #OA article below
⚠️ We show that a variety of (suboptimal) methods are used to investigate these relationships, and that these problematic statitiscs lead to flawed outcomes
👇 #OA article below
Wolfgang Wüster nails it: species delimitation is still too often based solely on mtDNA. Robust delimitation requires NGS data, and researchers should tread carefully with concatenated trees. A lot of the common pifalls are discussed in his recent paper.
Shedding the mitochondrial blinkers: A long-overdue challenge for species delimitation in herpetology
The advent of molecular methods has revolutionised the field of species delimitation and description, one of the key tasks of systematic biology. In animal taxonomy, one marker, the mitochondrial DNA ...
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wolfgang Wüster nails it: species delimitation is still too often based solely on mtDNA. Robust delimitation requires NGS data, and researchers should tread carefully with concatenated trees. A lot of the common pifalls are discussed in his recent paper.
Script that automates visualization of several biodiversity metrics with some neat features: github.com/thesnakeguy/.... Largely relying on the #obisindicators package.
August 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Script that automates visualization of several biodiversity metrics with some neat features: github.com/thesnakeguy/.... Largely relying on the #obisindicators package.
Reposted by Pablo Deschepper
We are excited to present our first scientific publication on Project RattleCam! 1/5
The article is available for free download here:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The article is available for free download here:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We are excited to present our first scientific publication on Project RattleCam! 1/5
The article is available for free download here:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The article is available for free download here:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
I combined my love for snakes🐍 with data science to study climate change impacts on the snake diversity in Europe. Cold‐adapted snakes and W. Europe will be impacted the most. Protecting refuges & resilient habitats is key. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Snakes in Europe Under Climate Change: Is It Getting Too Hot for the Cold‐Blooded?
Modelled projections indicate a widespread decline in ecological suitability for snakes across Europe, with cold-adapted species demonstrating particular vulnerability to global warming.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I combined my love for snakes🐍 with data science to study climate change impacts on the snake diversity in Europe. Cold‐adapted snakes and W. Europe will be impacted the most. Protecting refuges & resilient habitats is key. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...