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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🌎 Where is alpine biodiversity concentrated across the world’s mountains? Our study in @natcomms.nature.com shows that alpine biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in Neotropical regions, especially the Andes 🌐 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🧵👇 #MountainBiodiversity #AlpineBiodiversity

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🌐 Is conserving tropical mammals only about protecting more forest?🌎 Our study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social shows that habitat amount matters—but so does how habitat patches are arranged, connected, and embedded in human-modified landscapes besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵👇

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🐸🦎🐊🐢What do we really know about edge effects on amphibians and reptiles?🌐🌎 We reviewed 100 studies published from 1968–2025 and found a major problem: evidence is concentrated in a few regions, taxa, habitats, and response variables. 🧵👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🦇🌿 Why are most species in nature rare?🌐 Our new study on Neotropical bats 🌎reveals a key insight: Rare species are not less successful, they are more functionally different. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @funecology.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social #Bats #Ecology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🌍🐸 🌐Amphibian conservation also depends on how we perceive them. Our study in the tropical dry forests of the Colombian Caribbean explores how morphological traits and sociodemographic factors influence people's perceptions and attitudes toward amphibians 🧵 #Amphibians #Biodiversity #TropicalEcology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🌳🐸 En los bosques nativos y selvas, la caída natural de árboles (por vientos, rayos o descomposición de la madera) genera dinámicas en el suelo, afectando a las especies animales. Se han preguntado 🌎¿Qué pasa con los anfibios cuando estos árboles caen en la selva tropical? 🌐

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐 Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎 👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🌍🐸🌐 What are the effects of forest edges on amphibian diversity in Amazonian floodplains? Our latest study sheds light on how environmental filters and limiting similarity shape the functional diversity of amphibian communities 🧪 Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

On this #WorldSnakeDay 🐍 I would like to share one of the few studies on the functional diversity of snakes, in this case used to understand the effects of landscape transformation and roadkill #SnakeWeek #SnakeWeek2025 @snakeweek.bsky.social @iucn-snake.bsky.social

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🌍🐝 Today, on #WorldBeeDay, we present our work on pollination in Passiflora crops. Understanding the functional traits of bees enhances agricultural production! 🌱🍯 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Pollination @agroecologymap.bsky.social @global-ecology.bsky.social @savethebees.bsky.social

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

🌍🐸 How does environmental heterogeneity influence amphibian diversity in Andean highlands? We evaluate the heterogeneity of a natural páramo ecosystem using drone imagery at a resolution of 4 cm/pixel. @landscape.bsky.social 🔗 rdcu.be/elt8u #LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #DroneTechnology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🐸🌱 Did you know that tadpoles of different species live in completely segregated ponds? Our study in the tropical forests of SE Mexico explores how vegetation, altitude & water shape tadpole abundance: revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi... #Tadpoles #Amphibians #TropicalEcology #GlobalChangeBiology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🐸 We’re excited to share one of the few tadpole community ecology study in the Orinoco region. Water bodies formed by tractor tire tracks and cattle footprints hold much lower amphibian diversity than natural ponds. 👇🧵 🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... #Tadpoles #Amphibians #CommunityEcology

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🐸🌿 What happens to frogs and toads when tropical dry forests are fragmented? Our new study shows how edge effects profoundly alter the functional and taxonomic diversity of amphibians in Colombia’s Caribbean region www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TropicalDryForest #Amphibians #EdgeEffects

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Rare species matter more than you think! In this new study, we show how the loss of low-abundance amphibians affects functional diversity in tropical forests of the Colombian Pacific. #Biodiversity #Conservation #Ecology

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Caro Dittrich @carodittrich.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Absolutely beautiful and visually stunning 🤩🐸🌎 #scicomm

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World Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🌳A few key issues limit the ability to monitor forest change and #deforestation. One of those issues is the lack of alignment with satellite data as many forest definitions are from a time before satellites. Learn more: buff.ly/49pJrpJ

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🌍 In this paper we highlight critical knowledge shortfalls in #EcosystemServices mapping! Many services (e.g., wind energy, disease regulation) lack spatial data, limiting their integration into #ConservationPlanning. Urgent need for better biodiversity-service links. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I have just created a starter pack on #biodiversity 🦠🌳🌲🦋🐸🐠🦅🦔 #redistribution aka #species #range #shifts or species on the #move #SOTM and community composition changes in response to global change drivers 🌐🌍🌎🌏 Let me know if you are interested to join the list go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9

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Dylan Craven Moore @dylancraven.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Acabo de crear un starter-pack para ecologós en América Latina - !!! favor de sugerir más gente !!!! go.bsky.app/BdhnF3f

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🌎🧪Forest Ecology Starter Pack now available for those studying various aspects of forest 🌲🌳🌴ecosystems. The starter pack is limited to 150 names & it is now full. To grow your network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, & enjoy! go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy

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Matt Betts @mattbetts42.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 18/11/2024

Invasive alien species are a threat to #nature, nature’s contributions to people, and good quality of life. Read the @ipbes.bsky.social #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report at: www.ipbes.net/ias 🧪🌍

An infographic detailing facts about the impacts of invasive alien species from the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Report. The infographic also depicts images of various different invasive alien species such as the grey squirrel, alexandrine parakeet and red fox.

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Only 15% of the 314 threatened amphibian species in Colombia have data on their diet, highlighting the urgent need for more trophic ecology research to understand their role in the ecosystem. 🌿🐸 #Amphibians #Conservation #Biodiversity #Ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

The co-creation of SDM tools like #WallaceEcoMod and BioModelos is transforming biodiversity conservation by combining expert knowledge and agile development to empower decision-making for a changing planet. #Biodiversity #ConservationTech #ClimateAction #OpenScience #CoDesign #WallaceEcoMod #COP16

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

We identified knowledge gaps in the anurans of the Colombian Amazon. We present the review article "Major knowledge shortfalls for Colombian Amazonian anurans: Implications for conservation" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Amphibians #Conservation #AmazonRainforest #AmphibianConservation

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

🐸 Exciting news for amphibian conservation 🌍 We're thrilled to announce the release of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan #ACAP2024 Download here: portals.iucn.org/library/node... #AmphibianConservation #Biodiversity #NatureConservation #WildlifeProtection #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeCrisis

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Join the symposium "NAVIGATING THE WAVES of CHANGE: CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTATION, NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS in SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES" by Sophia University (Japan), Javeriana University (Colombia) and Aruba Univ. @sophiauniversitye.bsky.social sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/95433499262 PASSCODE: 096301

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

#Deforestation for livestock and palm oil affects the anurans of the tropical #DryForest We present the first study on the edge effect on the #Anurans in the Caribbean of #Colombia #Biodiversity #LatinAmerica #GlobalSouth #Wildlife #Herpetology herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/re...

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

The Global South harbors rich biodiversity, yet enhancing equity in tropical biology requires recognizing local socio-economic, cultural, and scientific contexts. We present ten key actions for diverse, equitable and inclusive tropical ecology collaborations for conservation shorturl.at/vzNOT

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Nicolas Urbina-Cardona @bothrops77.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

We assessed the effect of landscape transformation and roadkill on snake functional diversity. We found a high functional redundancy on the road-killed 🐍🚙. At 250 meters, the amount of native forest increases the roadkill of species seeking thermoregulation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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