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“We’re missing an opportunity to leverage tree crops to address some of the biggest environmental and social challenges of our time,” says Carlos Martínez-Núñez, a researcher at @ebdonana.bsky.social and coordinator of the study.
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Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development - Nature Sustainability
Perennial woody crops are important sources of food that can provide ecosystem benefits through their long-lived nature and structural complexity. This Perspective provides a roadmap to harness the po...
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January 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“We’re missing an opportunity to leverage tree crops to address some of the biggest environmental and social challenges of our time,” says Carlos Martínez-Núñez, a researcher at @ebdonana.bsky.social and coordinator of the study.
Press release: www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
Article 👇
Press release: www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
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We are proud to share that recent research from #TEELab at Asian School of the Environment, NTU, was featured in The Straits Times as part of the SG60 special on Singapore’s “City in Nature” vision 🌳🏢🌳
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Biodiversity in the city: TEE Lab research featured in The Straits Times
We are proud to share that recent research from the Tropical Ecology and Entomology Lab (TEE Lab) at the Asian School of the Environment (ASE), NTU, was featured in The Straits Times as part of the SG...
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August 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We are proud to share that recent research from #TEELab at Asian School of the Environment, NTU, was featured in The Straits Times as part of the SG60 special on Singapore’s “City in Nature” vision 🌳🏢🌳
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🌿 Excited to share our new study showing that integrating urban agriculture with other green spaces can enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions in cities!
👏 Led by Emilio, Zeyu & Sihao
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/2688...
#UrbanEcology @teelab.bsky.social
👏 Led by Emilio, Zeyu & Sihao
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#UrbanEcology @teelab.bsky.social
Complementing urban agriculture and green spaces is important for ecosystem functions and biodiversity in cities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Urban agriculture is in an intermediate state between traditional urban green spaces and conventional rural farms in terms of environmental impacts, so that its contribution to urban sustainability r....
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July 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🌿 Excited to share our new study showing that integrating urban agriculture with other green spaces can enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions in cities!
👏 Led by Emilio, Zeyu & Sihao
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/2688...
#UrbanEcology @teelab.bsky.social
👏 Led by Emilio, Zeyu & Sihao
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/2688...
#UrbanEcology @teelab.bsky.social
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So proud of these two amazing Dr's and excited for their next adventures ❤️ 🤩🎓🎉 @teelab.bsky.social NTU Asian School of the Environment first graduating PhD students 🥳 @tharakasp.bsky.social @xinruiong.bsky.social
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🎓 Celebrating Dr. ong Xin Rui and dr. Tharaka S. Priyadarshana’s Graduation from TEELab 🎉
This month, we proudly celebrated the graduation of Dr. Ong Xin Rui and Dr. Tharaka S. Priyadarshana, who have both been conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)! Their achievements are a te...
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July 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
So proud of these two amazing Dr's and excited for their next adventures ❤️ 🤩🎓🎉 @teelab.bsky.social NTU Asian School of the Environment first graduating PhD students 🥳 @tharakasp.bsky.social @xinruiong.bsky.social
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Today, we have a guest post by Tharaka S. Priyadarshana, a Research Fellow, who writes about how adding vegetation to road verges can improve butterfly population sizes.
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#happyeconews @tharakasp.bsky.social
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#happyeconews @tharakasp.bsky.social
City Road Verges Rich in Flowers and Cut Less Often Improve Butterfly Diversity | Happy Eco News
City Road Verges Rich in Flowers and Cut Less Often Improve Butterfly Diversity. New research led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) reveals that simple and space-efficient...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today, we have a guest post by Tharaka S. Priyadarshana, a Research Fellow, who writes about how adding vegetation to road verges can improve butterfly population sizes.
Read the article here: happyeconews.com/city-road-ve...
#happyeconews @tharakasp.bsky.social
Read the article here: happyeconews.com/city-road-ve...
#happyeconews @tharakasp.bsky.social
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How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
Which Kind of Science Reform
What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
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Butterflies benefit from roadside greenery in cities, finds Singapore study
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#insects #urbanisation #connectivity #entomology #butterflies
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#insects #urbanisation #connectivity #entomology #butterflies
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Butterflies benefit from roadside greenery in cities, finds Singapore study
Reducing the cutting of plants in road verges and having a greater variety of flowering plants in them improves butterfly numbers and diversity.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Butterflies benefit from roadside greenery in cities, finds Singapore study
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@tharakasp.bsky.social
#insects #urbanisation #connectivity #entomology #butterflies
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#insects #urbanisation #connectivity #entomology #butterflies
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Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social & Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on receiving their graduation scrolls and transcripts! A proud moment for their supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social #TEELab
April 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social & Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on receiving their graduation scrolls and transcripts! A proud moment for their supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social #TEELab
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Beyond bees and butterflies: Why SE Asia must boost insect consevation. Our article in the Straits Times. teelabntu.wixsite.com/home/post/me... @xinruiong.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social #insects #Entomology #conservation
(Media Feature) Science Talk: Beyond bees and butterflies – why South-east Asia must step up on insect conservation
We had the amazing opportunity to contribute a commentary for The Straits Times on our recent publication in Ecology Letters, "Identifying the Knowledge and Capacity Gaps in Southeast Asian Insect Con...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Beyond bees and butterflies: Why SE Asia must boost insect consevation. Our article in the Straits Times. teelabntu.wixsite.com/home/post/me... @xinruiong.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social #insects #Entomology #conservation
My 4th PhD chapter is out! Flower-rich, less-cut road verges support urban butterflies🦋 authors.elsevier.com/a/1khHFcUG5a...
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🙏 @eleslade.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social
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March 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My 4th PhD chapter is out! Flower-rich, less-cut road verges support urban butterflies🦋 authors.elsevier.com/a/1khHFcUG5a...
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🙏 @eleslade.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social
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Brief interruption in my/our doom scrolling/posting to share a paper I'm really proud of that has taken almost a decade with the very patient @exconomist.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social P. Reich, S. Polasky & K. Boersma
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for incorp...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Brief interruption in my/our doom scrolling/posting to share a paper I'm really proud of that has taken almost a decade with the very patient @exconomist.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social P. Reich, S. Polasky & K. Boersma
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n
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Flower-rich, less-cut road verges support #butterflies in #urban environments. Our new paper in Landscape and Urban Planning using causal inference methods to assess #biodiversity in urban green spaces. Led by @tharakasp.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social 🦋🌼🛣
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Flower-rich, less-cut road verges support butterflies in urban environments
Urban road verges, often overlooked as simple roadside greenery, can serve as valuable habitats for butterflies and other insect pollinators (Figure 1). Our recent study explored how these narrow gree...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Flower-rich, less-cut road verges support #butterflies in #urban environments. Our new paper in Landscape and Urban Planning using causal inference methods to assess #biodiversity in urban green spaces. Led by @tharakasp.bsky.social @teelab.bsky.social 🦋🌼🛣
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🎉 Congratulations, Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD! ✨ Your dedication to conserving #invertebrate #biodiversity in #agricultural & #urban landscapes is truly inspiring! Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phdunlocked
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎉 Congratulations, Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD! ✨ Your dedication to conserving #invertebrate #biodiversity in #agricultural & #urban landscapes is truly inspiring! Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phdunlocked
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📢 Exciting news! 🥳
Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD on advancing #insect #conservation in Southeast Asia 🪲🧬
#TEELab @eleslade.bsky.social
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Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD on advancing #insect #conservation in Southeast Asia 🪲🧬
#TEELab @eleslade.bsky.social
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January 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📢 Exciting news! 🥳
Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD on advancing #insect #conservation in Southeast Asia 🪲🧬
#TEELab @eleslade.bsky.social
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Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD on advancing #insect #conservation in Southeast Asia 🪲🧬
#TEELab @eleslade.bsky.social
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD! ✨ Her work on #integrative approaches to address data, knowledge & capacity gaps in SE Asia #insect #conservation is a major step for #biodiversity research. Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phd
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD! ✨ Her work on #integrative approaches to address data, knowledge & capacity gaps in SE Asia #insect #conservation is a major step for #biodiversity research. Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phd
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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
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Do you ignore the effects of #ConfoundingVariables in your models? Do you remove correlated variables because of a statistical test rather than causal reasoning? If so, read this paper by @jebyrnes.bsky.social and @lauradee.bsky.social! #AcademicSky 🧪🌏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Causal Inference With Observational Data and Unobserved Confounding Variables
As ecology tackles progressively larger problems, we are moving beyond the scales at which randomised controlled experiments are feasible. Using observational data for causal inference raises the pro...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Do you ignore the effects of #ConfoundingVariables in your models? Do you remove correlated variables because of a statistical test rather than causal reasoning? If so, read this paper by @jebyrnes.bsky.social and @lauradee.bsky.social! #AcademicSky 🧪🌏
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📖Published📖
Our new research article demonstrates how you might combine expert knowledge with causal diagrams and superpopulation models to mitigate geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data 🌎 🧪 Read it here 👇
https://buff.ly/3C2ZKws
Our new research article demonstrates how you might combine expert knowledge with causal diagrams and superpopulation models to mitigate geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data 🌎 🧪 Read it here 👇
https://buff.ly/3C2ZKws
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📖Published📖
Our new research article demonstrates how you might combine expert knowledge with causal diagrams and superpopulation models to mitigate geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data 🌎 🧪 Read it here 👇
https://buff.ly/3C2ZKws
Our new research article demonstrates how you might combine expert knowledge with causal diagrams and superpopulation models to mitigate geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data 🌎 🧪 Read it here 👇
https://buff.ly/3C2ZKws
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New study out in @science.org combining a massive #biodiversity dataset from SAFE Project & SEARRP science, showing that logged forest is still valuable for biodiversity. Happy that @teelab.bsky.social #dungbeetle data could contribute to this.
Read more here
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Read more here
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure
The impacts of degradation and deforestation on tropical forests are poorly understood, particularly at landscape scales. We present an extensive ecosystem analysis of the impacts of logging and conve...
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January 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New study out in @science.org combining a massive #biodiversity dataset from SAFE Project & SEARRP science, showing that logged forest is still valuable for biodiversity. Happy that @teelab.bsky.social #dungbeetle data could contribute to this.
Read more here
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Read more here
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This review provides an overview of recent developments in computational methods in #LandscapeEcology
It covers topics like spatial patterns, connectivity, landscape genetics, and more.
Read the full paper: https://buff.ly/41xU6wx
#Ecology #ComputationalMethods #Research
It covers topics like spatial patterns, connectivity, landscape genetics, and more.
Read the full paper: https://buff.ly/41xU6wx
#Ecology #ComputationalMethods #Research
January 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This review provides an overview of recent developments in computational methods in #LandscapeEcology
It covers topics like spatial patterns, connectivity, landscape genetics, and more.
Read the full paper: https://buff.ly/41xU6wx
#Ecology #ComputationalMethods #Research
It covers topics like spatial patterns, connectivity, landscape genetics, and more.
Read the full paper: https://buff.ly/41xU6wx
#Ecology #ComputationalMethods #Research
Grateful to contribute to this incredible project published in @naturesustain.bsky.social, led by Carlos, showcasing how woody crops are vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 🌍 🌳 Check out the full paper here: rdcu.be/d39od #TreeCrops #Sustainability #SDGs @teelab.bsky.social
Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
Nature Sustainability - Perennial woody crops are important sources of food that can provide ecosystem benefits through their long-lived nature and structural complexity. This Perspective provides...
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January 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Grateful to contribute to this incredible project published in @naturesustain.bsky.social, led by Carlos, showcasing how woody crops are vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 🌍 🌳 Check out the full paper here: rdcu.be/d39od #TreeCrops #Sustainability #SDGs @teelab.bsky.social
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Happy New Year from @teelab.bsky.social. Here's to more fun in 2025! teelabntu.wixsite.com/home/post/ha...
Happy Holidays & Goodbye 2024!
Towards the end of 2024, the TEE Lab went for a scenic late afternoon walk along the Southern Ridges before ending it off with a delicious Vietnamese dinner. Check out this photo stream our fun walk a...
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January 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Happy New Year from @teelab.bsky.social. Here's to more fun in 2025! teelabntu.wixsite.com/home/post/ha...
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Ushering in 2025 is our latest publication in Ecology Letters! Through a quantitative assessment of insect occurrence records, insect studies and '#conservation' posts, we identified gaps in five areas and suggest potential solutions to enable insect conservation efforts in Southeast Asia. (1/n)
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ushering in 2025 is our latest publication in Ecology Letters! Through a quantitative assessment of insect occurrence records, insect studies and '#conservation' posts, we identified gaps in five areas and suggest potential solutions to enable insect conservation efforts in Southeast Asia. (1/n)
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