Valentín Arévalo
@valen-biology.bsky.social
Biologist. Ecology, Biogeography, Wildlife and Nature Management
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Very cool paper!
It is shocking how few forest areas in Europe are not managed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It is shocking how few forest areas in Europe are not managed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Very cool paper!
It is shocking how few forest areas in Europe are not managed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It is shocking how few forest areas in Europe are not managed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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¿Es Franco un castor?
Llega el momento de hacerse preguntas...
Llega el momento de hacerse preguntas...
April 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
¿Es Franco un castor?
Llega el momento de hacerse preguntas...
Llega el momento de hacerse preguntas...
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El declive del trabajo de campo.
Pertinente reflexión de Soga & Gastón en TREE. (1/3)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Pertinente reflexión de Soga & Gastón en TREE. (1/3)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are
progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct
field experience within the e...
www.cell.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
El declive del trabajo de campo.
Pertinente reflexión de Soga & Gastón en TREE. (1/3)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Pertinente reflexión de Soga & Gastón en TREE. (1/3)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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"Extinction of experience" in disciplines like ecology & paleobiology isn't just about fieldwork. It's also the loss of taxonomic expertise. Any focus on Big Data, divorced from knowledge of natural history, is a largely vacuous enterprise with limited capacity to generate meaningful insights. 🧪
January 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Extinction of experience" in disciplines like ecology & paleobiology isn't just about fieldwork. It's also the loss of taxonomic expertise. Any focus on Big Data, divorced from knowledge of natural history, is a largely vacuous enterprise with limited capacity to generate meaningful insights. 🧪
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How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Sweden, similar to Spain in area but one-fifth of its people, considers 170 wolves as a favorable status, and has started killing individuals to bring wolf population down to that absurd target.
In southern Europe Sweden was kind of a model. Time to bury that idea
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In southern Europe Sweden was kind of a model. Time to bury that idea
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population
Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sweden, similar to Spain in area but one-fifth of its people, considers 170 wolves as a favorable status, and has started killing individuals to bring wolf population down to that absurd target.
In southern Europe Sweden was kind of a model. Time to bury that idea
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In southern Europe Sweden was kind of a model. Time to bury that idea
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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bsky.app/profile/tuky...
Habla de esta
Habla de esta
December 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
bsky.app/profile/tuky...
Habla de esta
Habla de esta
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❌ La introducción del bisonte europeo en España es un caso que sobrepasa el concepto de "renaturalización".
Personal científico de 25 instituciones diferentes reflexiona sobre ello en un nuevo estudio y desaconseja totalmente su introducción en la Península.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Abrimos hilo 🧵
Personal científico de 25 instituciones diferentes reflexiona sobre ello en un nuevo estudio y desaconseja totalmente su introducción en la Península.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Abrimos hilo 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 AM
❌ La introducción del bisonte europeo en España es un caso que sobrepasa el concepto de "renaturalización".
Personal científico de 25 instituciones diferentes reflexiona sobre ello en un nuevo estudio y desaconseja totalmente su introducción en la Península.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Abrimos hilo 🧵
Personal científico de 25 instituciones diferentes reflexiona sobre ello en un nuevo estudio y desaconseja totalmente su introducción en la Península.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Abrimos hilo 🧵
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En España, el tema de los gatos se ha gestionado como si @aemet.extwitter.link se llevase atendiendo a las cabañuelas.
Nos acomodamos pensando que el negacionismo científico es propio de la extrema derecha. Pero las izquierdas tiran de él cuando les conviene
theconversation.com/legislar-sob...
Nos acomodamos pensando que el negacionismo científico es propio de la extrema derecha. Pero las izquierdas tiran de él cuando les conviene
theconversation.com/legislar-sob...
Legislar sobre gatos callejeros sin negar las evidencias científicas
El Proyecto de Ley de protección, derechos y bienestar de los animales ha encontrado un fiero debate alrededor de la gestión de las colonias de gatos.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:34 AM
En España, el tema de los gatos se ha gestionado como si @aemet.extwitter.link se llevase atendiendo a las cabañuelas.
Nos acomodamos pensando que el negacionismo científico es propio de la extrema derecha. Pero las izquierdas tiran de él cuando les conviene
theconversation.com/legislar-sob...
Nos acomodamos pensando que el negacionismo científico es propio de la extrema derecha. Pero las izquierdas tiran de él cuando les conviene
theconversation.com/legislar-sob...
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Rewilding is promoted as open-ended, letting systems develop naturally
So we must be careful about making promises about the general benefits of rewilding to people - such as assuming increased carbon storage or flood alleviation
So we must be careful about making promises about the general benefits of rewilding to people - such as assuming increased carbon storage or flood alleviation
November 27, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Rewilding is promoted as open-ended, letting systems develop naturally
So we must be careful about making promises about the general benefits of rewilding to people - such as assuming increased carbon storage or flood alleviation
So we must be careful about making promises about the general benefits of rewilding to people - such as assuming increased carbon storage or flood alleviation
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1/ This editorial, published in Science last week by the president of the US National Academy of Sciences, is astonishing
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
1/ This editorial, published in Science last week by the president of the US National Academy of Sciences, is astonishing
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Two papers on a couple of high-profile rewilding-related cases in Spain showing the importance of historical ecology in informing conservation. Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain 🌍 🧪 #bioinvasions conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain
The increasing pressure to release bisons as a wild species in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect on whether the rewi...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Two papers on a couple of high-profile rewilding-related cases in Spain showing the importance of historical ecology in informing conservation. Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain 🌍 🧪 #bioinvasions conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A frustrating component of many scientists believing “we just need to teach people facts to change their behavior” is an inability to recognize most people don’t think or operate the way scientists do. (Scientists, in theory, are carefully trained to change our minds/views in response to new data).
In brief, this is the idea that if people just KNEW more about the problem, they’d think and act differently. Knowledge ->attitudes -> behavior. This leads to a lot of cries that we need to just “educate people”…
November 17, 2024 at 11:28 PM
A frustrating component of many scientists believing “we just need to teach people facts to change their behavior” is an inability to recognize most people don’t think or operate the way scientists do. (Scientists, in theory, are carefully trained to change our minds/views in response to new data).