🗺️🐛 mappestRisk is now on CRAN! We developed this R package to help non-expert R users create pest-risk maps based on experimental data of the thermal biology of crop-pest species.

github.com/EcologyR/map...

Dense and continuous pine plantations fuel severe wildfires and hinder recovery 🔥

Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

🔥 ¿Qué hemos aprendido de los incendios en España? Un equipo de investigación de @univcadiz.bsky.social ha analizado tres grandes incendios entre 2021-2023 y estas son sus conclusiones. Nos lo cuenta @irene-repeto.bsky.social:

Spain's fire-ridden summer 2025 sparked big debates about how forests are managed. Now new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social shows that pine plantations in Spain can increase fire severity, that post-fire recovery is rare, & but that tree density management can help tinyurl.com/mf33xrt8

Challenges facing the scientific community in relation to open, reliable and transparent science through case studies of our daily lives - > "Sharing data and code help others to reproduce the results and strengthens your credibility. That's science at its best!"
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

Hoy en el III meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL) nos hemos reunido el grupo de Ecoinformática de la @eco-aeet.bsky.social para reflexionar sobre el pasado, presente y futuro del grupo. Tenemos una comunidad muy activa y un futuro lleno de ilusión por delante! Animaros a participar!

Last day of our workshop on bias in forest restoration! The best day so far - had a fantastic time thinking about evidence use by practitioners with our great, great team. Feeling mentally destroyed but so satisfied. All topped off with some celebratory cheesecake. Perfect day.

It was a great, but challenging day discussing biases in forest restoration at our workshop today. We started with a clear plan that gradually disintegrated and we're now trying to build something stronger from the fragments. I'm fascinated to see what we come up with tomorrow!

What a great first day of our workshop on forest restoration. Today we visited native secondary forests, non-native plantations, and restored forests in Urdaibai, guided expertly by Jon Hidalgo from Fundación Lurgaia. Fantastic to get to know so many new people from different places!