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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research

@libre-research.bsky.social
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We are LIBRe, research group working on global biodiversity and conservation @ Lisbon, Portugal @CE3CResearch @cienciasulisboa

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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Spider communities in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains become more distinct with elevation, highlighting the uniqueness of tropical mountain ecosystems. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aje.... @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social @cardosopmb.bsky.social #Tanzania #Biodiversity #Spiders #Ecology #Conservation
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Azul @publicoazul.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Estudo detalha todos os contributos valiosos das aranhas para os ecossistemas, sublinhando a importância de restaurar, preservar ou imitar os processos naturais destas criaturas de oito patas.
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Detesta aranhas? Os cientistas dão-nos várias razões para gostarmos delas
Estudo detalha todos os contributos valiosos das aranhas para os ecossistemas, sublinhando a importância de restaurar, preservar ou imitar os processos naturais destas criaturas de oito patas.
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🌍New Advanced Course: Concepts and Applications in Macroecology, Lisbon, March 2026 Lecturers: @cardosopmb.bsky.social Nuria Macias, Filipa Soares, Luis Borda de Água, Alice Nunes, Joana Ribeiro More information: ce3c.pt/.../concepts... #advancedcourses #macroecology #ecologyresearch
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
🌍🚨 Over 50% of Azorean endemic arthropods are threatened. 🕷️🪲 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social olarte.bsky.social @pozsgaig.bsky.social @guidasantos.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #Conservation #Biodiversity #Azores #IUCN #Arthropods
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
What do spiders do for us? More than you think! 🕷️ Discover their ecosystem superpowers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/brv.... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @stefanomammola.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #NatureBasedSolutions #Spiders #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #conservation
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ecog... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @stefanomammola.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📢 New #Podcast Episode! How do landscapes change biodiversity? This episode dives into mixture, an R function that tracks biodiversity shifts with greater precision. 🦇 🌍 tinyurl.com/sw85n3sr @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #ConservationScience #Ecology #Rstats
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🎙️ New episode! 📢 In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation. 🎧 tinyurl.com/56yfce2k 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @pnas.org #WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast
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Legal wildlife trade, but at what cost?
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
🌍🪲 New research shows that citizen scientists are shaping stag beetle conservation in Portugal! 📖 Full study here: doi.org/10.1007/s105... @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @cjrego.bsky.social #StagBeetles #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #CitizenScience
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
🌍🎙️ New #podcast! Explore how "charisma" shapes conservation priorities 🐾. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt... 📚 environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Conservation #Biodiversity #Charisma #NaturecProtection @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social sky.social
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Charisma in Biodiversity Conservation
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
🌍LIBRe's research on the news! Featured paper: 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @publico.pt @pnas.org #WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss
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Pedro Cardoso @cardosopmb.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A massive effort to analyse the largest wildlife trade database in existence. Open at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival | PNAS
The unsustainable use of wildlife is a primary driver of global biodiversity loss. No comprehensive global dataset exists on what species are in tr...
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️ Key stats: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Charisma in Conservation Ever wondered why certain species capture our hearts more than others? Learn how traits like beauty, behavior, and cultural appeal influence conservation efforts. 🐼🪰 @carol_sayuri_ DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2 #Biodiversity #Charisma #conservation
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨🌍 Introducing SPECTRE: A global GIS database for biodiversity threats! Paper available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Explore: biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/ @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #SPECTRE #Conservation #threats #opensource #database #ecosystems
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SPECTRE: Standardised Global Spatial Data on Terrestrial SPecies and ECosystems ThREats
Motivation SPECTRE is an open-source database containing standardised spatial data on global environmental and anthropogenic variables that are potential threats to terrestrial species and ecosystem.....
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira #Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity! 📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761 #Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science
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sRedList: Standardizing IUCN Red List Assessments
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍 Find out more reading the paper available in: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
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BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales
Much of the work developed on biodiversity dynamics due to climate change focuses on large scales. Yet, we know that small scale is critical to fully understand biodiversity change, particularly for p...
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Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research @libre-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
⚠️ Hot off the press! The BASS project in Portugal is studying how tiny changes in sunlight and soil impact plants, insects, and ecosystems. 🐞🌱 👉https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341 #Ecology #Biodiversity #Science @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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