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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"But the trouble with all of these additions and applications piled atop the humble research article is that they’re new solutions to a comprehensively solved problem." Excellent from @jbyoder.org

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New paper by Carola Gómez-Rodríguez and me on ecological uniqueness. We show that: 1. Asymmetric dissimilarity is a must for quantifying the uniqueness of biological communities. 2. Average dissimilarity is an absolute measure of uniqueness, while LCBD is a relative indicator doi.org/10.1111/geb....

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Ecological Uniqueness: New Measures to Reconcile Method With Concept

Aim Ecological uniqueness quantifies how different a community is relative to all other communities within the study. This broad-sense definition of uniqueness makes it dependent on the choice of th.....

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Song et al introduced a geometric measure intended to quantify beta diversity, called betavolume. I assessed its behaviour: 1) betavolume does not measure beta diversity or differentiation; 2) links to species interactions remain to be proven. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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A geometric approach to beta diversity: Comment

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📽️ Primer video de la serie #BeetleBits sobre métodos de muestreo de coleópteros, en ell marco del proyecto #MetaBeetle (AEI) Empezamos con unos consejos que nos da Mauro Quintanilla-Viana para evitar picaduras de garrapatas. -.- Tick bite prevention tips (in Spanish) youtu.be/kW15M_jV2cg?...

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Beetle Bits: Prevención de picaduras de garrapata en muestreos de campo

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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I’m really concerned about early career scientists using generative AI in writing, because writing is how we think and reflect. There’s almost nothing *more* human than that, and to give that gift away to a machine is almost unconscionable to me

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

New post: All The Things I Was Never Trained To Do. Which turns out to be a sneakily disguised meditation on what university education is for, and thus what university is, and what it isn't - despite the persistence of idiots who don't understand that!

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All the things I was never trained to do

I’m reminded just about every day that the disconnect between my education, and the career I built from it, is enormous. Or at least, it seems so. I had a pretty unremarkable educational sequence f…

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Important thoughts about museums, extinct species, and all the biological diversity that is going extinct unnoticed (not even preserved as museum specimens)

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Fernando Ojeda @ojedacopete.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Álvaro Pérez Gómez defendió ayer su tesis doctoral en la UCA. Ha sido fácil y fascinante trabajar con él; entre otras cosas, por su formación naturalista, que traía ya de su mentor desde pequeño: Íñigo Sánchez. Álvaro ha realizado este breve documental de su tesis: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpp...

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Vídeo presentación Tesis Doctoral Álvaro Pérez Gómez

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

We have developed a new methodological framework to measure biodiversity. We focus on the uniqueness (or singularity) of biological communities and apply it to the GBF 30x30 target. If you only have 4:35 min, check the visual abstract to know a little bit more about it ☺️: youtu.be/dHMBhVJ8dns?...

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Areas of high biodiversity value evidenced by the spatial scaling of phylogenetic uniqueness

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Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.

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Graciela Gil-Romera @gilromera.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Gracias al programa CICERON del @csic.es mi colega y amigo @oscar-godoy.bsky.social y yo coordinamos este itinerario que persigue acercar la conservación y restauración de la naturaleza a la sociedad. youtu.be/WlJCXlgp310?... gracias! @actisandres.bsky.social @clementealvarez.bsky.social

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CSIC Cicerón 13.8 Coordinación Itinerario Cicerón Agresta

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Abstract submission for the meeting in Aarhus has been extended by one week! The new abstract submission deadline is 8 September. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

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GCiencia @gciencia.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🐝 A captura masiva da 'Vespa velutina' con trampas non selectivas mata tamén insectos polinizadores ⚠️ É urxente apostar por métodos de control sostibles Así o explican investigadores da Universidade da Coruña neste artigo de @es.theconversation.com

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Por que a captura masiva de velutinas con trampas debe parar?

O uso indiscriminado de trampas contra a avespa asiática provoca a morte de milleiros de especies de insectos beneficiosos

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CRETUS @cretus.usc.gal · 01/09/2025

Esta semana os IPs @andresbaselga.bsky.social e #C.Gómez-Rodriguez imparten “Código para biólogos: introdución a R” Curso da #UniversidadeDeVerán no que guiarán aos asistentes na aprendizaxe de R desde as bases ata a súa aplicación no ámbito da bioloxía. @biogeography-usc.bsky.social @usc.gal

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Xabier VP @xabiervp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Aquí tedes a miña aportación ao debate dos lumes en @elpais.com elpais.com/espana/2025-...

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Probably not the standard way of having fun at the beach, but I just had a lot of fun observing for the first time a new phylum (new for me, of course). The xenacoelomorph Symsagittifera roscoffensis. It has no digestive system, because it lives from its symbiotic algae (hence the green colour)

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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿 Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network. Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

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Dr. Marta Jarzyna @majarzyna.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Frontiers of Biogeography (the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, now with an impact factor!) has recently published some cool papers. Check them out and consider publishing your work in our journal.

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research! biogeography.pensoft.net

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Frontiers of Biogeography

 Launched to support biogeographic researchFrontiers of Biogeography (FoB) is the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society (TIBS, biogeography.org), a not-for-profit orga...

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp... 1/2

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The Second Science*

Note from Jeremy: this is a guest post from Mark Vellend. *** When the Covid pandemic sent everyone home in the spring of 2020, Françoise Cardou and I – amidst some guilt about our generally good h…

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Patricia Fernández de Lis @pflis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Hoy cumplo un sueño: he publicado en 'Babelia', y sobre mi escritor favorito, Gerald Durrell. Leer a Durrell en un mundo de guerras, fascistas, mentiras y aranceles es descubrir, sonreír, emocionarte y sorprenderte. Es, por un rato, volver a ser un niño

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Leer a Gerald Durrell, o volver a ser un niño

El centenario del nacimiento del escritor y naturalista es una nueva ocasión para adentrarse en una obra indispensable, luminosa y adelantada a su tiempo

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Having fun watching the eclipse with a shoe box

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Terra_do_Medio @altrinon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📢📢Deixámosvos a ligazón da páxina web da plataforma onde se irán actualizando (na medida do posible) os buses dispoñibles para acudir á manifestación da Pobra do Caramiñal do sábado!! Comparte💚🙌 plataformaulloaviva.com/22-03-25-man... #altriNon

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Fernando Valladares @fernadovalladares.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Un fin de semana de rabia y preocupación nos ha hecho componer una especie de himno en defensa de la naturaleza gallega, un Altri NON apelando a la emoción. Sumando narrativas, estilos y voluntades contra un proyecto que no debe ver la luz youtu.be/tzb6GbHdVzQ?... #AltriNon #fernandovalladares

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Altri non, non che deixes enganar - 210

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Recursos en castellano para ayudar al alumnado a utilizar R en estudios de diversidad biológica. Con un par de videos de iniciación para empezar

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

University Departments and Faculties of the three Universities in the region have formally endorsed the “Open Letter (Manifesto) Against Altri”, after holding official internal votes. This extraordinary alignment represents a historic act of collective academic dissent. Official Endorsements 👇🏽

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The scientific community working in environmental and natural sciences has taken an unprecedented, united stand against a new macro-scale pulp mill in NW Spain. We voted against However, the regional government gave its green light last week. The scientists’ manifest: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...

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Scientists oppose the new macro-cellulose project (ALTRI’s) in NW Spain

The project of a large pulp mill in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula) has raised serious environmental and social concerns. Notably, the scientific and academic community working in environmental and nat...

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GCiencia @gciencia.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

TRIBUNA 🖋️ | "É urxente unha reflexión colectiva. Debemos pensar se o modelo forestal do eucalipto é a paisaxe que queremos", di Jaime Fagúndez, profesor na @udc.gal. Así o analiza en @es.theconversation.com, onde propón a renaturalización como alternativa 👇

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Que é a renaturalización? A alternativa a unha paisaxe galega dominada polo eucalipto

A aprobación da DIA da macrocelulosa que Altri proxecta en Palas de Rei reabre o debate sobre o modelo forestal que queremos en Galicia

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Our article on the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity in leaf beetles has been assigned to an issue in @ecography.bsky.social Paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Visual abstract in YouTube (with Abril's cute narration ☺️): youtu.be/8ALxwQ2e5-E?...

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Climatic stability predicts the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity

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CRETUS @cretus.usc.gal · 05/03/2025

Investigadores de CRETUS do grupo @biogeography-usc.bsky.social publican un exhaustivo estudo sobre as lesmas Arion da Península Ibérica e as Illas Baleares e ademais describen dúas novas especies para a ciencia! 👏 👏@andresbaselga.bsky.social #C.Gómez-Rodriguez

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Andrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Very happy to have contributed to this: Integrative taxonomy of the Iberian species of genus Arion. Genetic data derived from a very extensive sampling have proven very useful to solve problems not tractable with morphology, but only because we could rely on Prof. Castillejo's taxonomic knowledge!

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Xabier VP @xabiervp.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

En pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1baWy... #AltriNon #fuckAltri

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gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Of course many federal workers can just “find another job”. But the point is that the jobs we do are done for the *public good*. There are no private sector corollaries. We do things that are largely not profitable and that is on purpose. We do work that benefits everyone, if sometimes indirectly.

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Xabier VP @xabiervp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hai non moito, en campaña, @anaponton.gal decía explícitamente que o BNG era feminista e ecoloxista. Do 1° 0 dúbidas. Do 2° pois acaba de perder unha boa ocasión para demostralo. Tamén para amosar q a súa acción política guíase pola mellor ciencia dispoñible Rectificade, por favor

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our students are great! Look what they made! The Biology building looks cool and it also shows that we are against the project of a huge paper mill in Galicia. It will be a disaster for biodiversity. #AltriNON —- Nuestra facultad viste sus mejores galas contra Altri. Obra de arte del alumnado 🙌🏽

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, who wrote one of the most poetic lines ever dropped in scientific writing: "There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

Tree diagram from Origin of Species showing many branches diverging from one another from a common ancestor

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Today, is the 216th anniversary of the birth of Charles #Darwin, a day to celebrate Darwin, natural selection and #evolution. Let's celebrate with a bit of (much needed) music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry7N... Happy #DarwinDay!!!

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Darwin Day - Baba Brinkman

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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) @biogeography-usc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We are very happy to be part of #CIGUSNetwork! 🪲 Biodiversity at @cretus.usc.gal cigus.gal/en/ “The CIGUS Network comprises 10 research centres. It’s a superstructure promoted by the Autonomous Government to strengthen and boost excellence in university research and drive progress in Galicia.”

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CIGUS Network

The collective force of the best science made in Galicia.

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