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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD

@miguelbaraujo.bsky.social
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Research Professor, Leader of the Biodiversity Futures Lab at MNCN-CSIC and UÉ. Biogeographer seeking to understand how different facets of life distribute in space and time, and why. Viewpoints expressed here are personal.

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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 1h
𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼❓ A Natureza não pode ser vista apenas como um conjunto de recursos disponíveis. É um sistema vivo, interdependente, que sustenta e condiciona a própria atividade económica. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗙 𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗼 𝗱𝗮 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗮❓
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Across 380 Spanish municipalities we found that climate and human density best explained vegetation quantity. However, historically left-leaning municipalities tended to have smaller greening gaps between richer and poorer neighbourhoods. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A new study from our lab, published today in @global-ecology.bsky.social, presents a framework for building and evaluating species distribution models in freshwater systems. See blog post: www.maraujolab.eu/2026/09/01/h...
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Hierarchical modelling of freshwater species distributions -
A new study tests how spatial extent, river-network structure and environmental predictors affect species distribution models for freshwater […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I stopped arguing about the obvious more than 20 years ago. But for those still lacking clarity of mind, here’s a visually instructive graph.
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CMEC @macroecology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Paper parks" are not just poorly managed protected areas. They are places where management is absent, and they shouldn't count towards #conservation targets like KMGBF Target 3. New publication by Stewart et al. Biological Conservation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A framework for identifying paper parks
The term ‘paper park’ is widely used to label protected areas that only exist ‘on paper’. Identifying and rectifying paper parks could be critical for…
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thinking big: The case for experimental macroecology nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Thinking big: the case for experimental macroecology
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Vegetation carbon stocks in Spain declined 12% between 2017 and 2024, a loss of 150 million tonnes carbon. 2026 fires further intensify decline in carbon stored in woody biomass. We risk turning a sink into a source of emissions—transforming a solution into a problem. eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I am deeply honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the @linneansociety.bsky.social, an institution with a unique place in the history of biology and whose mission remains essential to understanding, communicating and protecting biodiversity.
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 16/06/2026
Predicting how #ecosystems respond to change is hard, in part due to differing scales of ecological and biogeographical data. This Essay by Nuria Galiani and @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social explores how new large-scale eco data opens insights into the shaping of #biodiversity🧪#AcademicSky bit.ly/43y4KDk
Diagram depicting the feedback relationships between environmental processes, environmental patterns, biotic interactions lead to biogeographical patterns, using the distributions of lizards in genus Liolaemus in South America as an example.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@plosbiology.org - The integration of biogeography and ecology has been limited. The emergence of new methods and high-quality ecological network data at biogeographical scales promote deeper integration of biogeography and ecology. @mncn-csic.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Biotic interactions biogeography: A framework for understanding how species interactions shape biodiversity patterns across scales
Biogeography and ecology have long developed in parallel. This Essay explores how new data on species interactions across large scales now allow their integration, opening fresh insights into how biod...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 14/05/2026
Published in Frontiers of Biogeography, new study found that larger animals capture more energy per species in productive #ecosystems - but rising human pressure disproportionately shrinks their abundance, reshaping how energy flows through #ecological #communities. ⤵️ @biogeography.bsky.social
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In Productive Ecosystems, Larger Animals Capture More Energy Per Species – but Human Pressure is Reshaping the Balance | Blog
A global analysis of more than 12,000 bird and mammal species reveals that ecosystems do not share energy evenly across body sizes and human activities influence this.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
We are launching the Biodiversity Futures Working Groups. The call supports small, focused synthesis groups addressing frontier questions in biodiversity science. We welcome proposals from researchers at any career stage. Deadline: 30 June 2026, 23:00 CET www.maraujolab.eu/2026/05/09/2...
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2026 Announcement - Biodiversity Futures Working Groups -
At a glance Up to €10,000 in catalytic support per working group Two in-person meetings (3-5 days each) […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How general are aquatic food-web responses to climate change? You can't answer that from one site. New paper proposes PondNet, scaling up the IberianPond Network to a global experiment. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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PondNet – towards a global network of experiments on the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems
Global change is reshaping the distribution of biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems. Predicting the long-term consequences of such changes remains a challenge due to a need for a clear unde...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In the opening session of the 2026 @sotm2026.bsky.social, I had the pleasure to deliver a keynote address exploring the opportunities to move beyond individual species modelling and to embrace the modelling of community dynamics, with a focus on the emergent properties of such systems. #sotm2026
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Our paper on decline of marine fish biomass was featured in the weekend edition of @lemonde.fr : www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Avec plus de 21 °C en moyenne, l’océan frôle de nouveaux records de température
Les eaux atteignent en surface près de 0,5 °C de plus que la moyenne estimée entre 1993 et 2022, d’après les données du programme européen Copernicus.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
When the sea will not let species move: ocean currents as hidden barriers to climate adaptation. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social
When the sea will not let species move: ocean currents as hidden barriers to climate adaptation.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Conservation requires looking beyond Red Lists alone. Across European food webs, non-threatened species play a strong role in maintaining network connectivity. With @fmestre.bsky.social @vinibastazini.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Contrasting Roles of Threatened and Non‐Threatened Species in European Food Webs
Aim Assess the structural importance of threatened and non-threatened species within European food webs by quantifying their roles in maintaining network connectivity. Location Europe. Methods W...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
As a follow-up to our paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social- Expanding European Protected Areas in Through Rewilding-we provide an interactive visualisation tool enabling users to explore local opportunities for rewilding: www.maraujolab.eu/2026/03/09/s...
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Supporting strategic land acquisition for rewilding in Europe -
Effective rewilding requires an ambitious vision, but also robust tools to support implementation. One of the practical challenges […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In productive ecosystems, larger animals capture more energy per species biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1644...
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Body mass–abundance relationships reveal uneven global energy distribution across body size classes in vertebrates
The relationship between species body mass and abundance (MAR-SPP) is a fundamental feature of ecosystems, reflecting whether energy is accumulated in few large organisms or dispersed amongst several ...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Analysis in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic, and the Northeastern Pacific, based on 702,037 estimates of biomass change from 33,990 fish populations recorded between 1993 and 2021. www.maraujolab.eu/2026/02/25/o... @shaharchaikin.bsky.social @jdgonzalezt.bsky.social
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Shahar Chaikin @shaharchaikin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A huge thank you to @efe.com for their fantastic coverage of our new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution today! 🌊🐟 efe.com/medio-ambien... @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social @jdgonzalezt.bsky.social
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El calentamiento oceánico provoca un descenso de la cantidad de peces del 20% anual - EFE
El calentamiento crónico y prolongado que sufren los mares está detrás del descenso de casi el 20 por ciento anual de la biomasa de peces.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Good to see our research reported in the Guardian
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Some argue protected areas in fire-prone landscapes can undermine forest carbon (fuel build-up → higher fire risk). This paper shows Spanish protected areas consistently outperform comparable unprotected lands, strongest in National Parks. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Species On The Move 2026 @sotm2026.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🌿SOTM2026 Pre-conference workshops 1️⃣ BioShifts: Explore 30k+ range shift observations using the BioShiftR package. 2️⃣ Spatial and Temporal Simulation: Learn to simulate species dynamics using ecodynsim & RISDM R packages. 🔗 speciesonthemove.com/workshop
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A dupla tutela do ICNF é um problema estrutural, porque cria ambiguidade, permite orientações contraditórias e enfraquece a posição de quem tem de decidir no terreno. www.publico.pt/2026/01/25/a...
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O ICNF existe para preservar bens públicos. Convém não esquecer
A dupla tutela do ICNF é um problema estrutural, porque cria ambiguidade, permite orientações contraditórias e enfraquece a posição de quem tem de decidir no terreno.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Meet our new PhD student: Diana Buitrago: www.maraujolab.eu/2026/01/12/t...
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Team: Diana Lucía Buitrago Torres -
Team: Diana Lucía Buitrago Torres Meet Diana, a PhD researcher with Araújo Lab at the MNCN-CSIC. What specific research projects have you been involved with in the past, and what role did you play? I...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity is open for nominations. Do you know an outstanding person, group or organisation who could receive this year’s €1 million Prize? Any initiative or individual making a significant contribution to climate action is eligible. gulbenkian.pt/en/the-found...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
And the next International Biogeography Society meeting @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social @biogeography.bsky.social is in…
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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Serão os Estados-nação soberanos?
A nova estratégia de segurança externa dos EUA advoga o apoio a movimentos que visam desagregar a União Europeia. Esses movimentos prometem devolver a soberania “plena” aos Estados-nação, mas omitem q...
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🎙️In this month's episode of #InsideBiodiversity, Prof @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social discusses how climate change impacts biodiversity and the consequences for nature conservation 🐝 🌿 He explores how this information can be used to identify protected areas. 🎧✨ Listen now: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
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The Conversation ES @es.theconversation.com · 18/12/2025
👉 Investigadores descubren que los depredadores no son minoría. El estudio de más de un millón de especies terrestres desafía la idea clásica de la pirámide de la biodiversidad. Nos lo cuenta uno de sus autores, @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social (@mncn-csic.bsky.social):
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Más depredadores de lo esperado: la pirámide de la biodiversidad es más bien un cuadrado
Descubren que los depredadores no son minoría. El estudio de más de un millón de especies terrestres desafía la idea clásica de la pirámide de la biodiversidad.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Está na hora de integrar ciência e ensino superior
As reformas de Mariano Gago profissionalizaram a ciência em Portugal, mas também cristalizaram dois circuitos semipermeáveis: o da investigação e o do ensino superior. A revisão da fórmula de financia...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Members of Araújo Lab will participate in the tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social of @biogeography.bsky.social, which will take place at @au.dk, #Denmark, from 6 to 10 January 2026. Check who will go and what they will present here: www.maraujolab.eu/2025/12/10/a...
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Araújo Lab at International Biogeography Society Meeting 2026 -
Members of the Araújo Lab will participate in the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society (TIBS […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Mini winter retreat of the lab: www.maraujolab.eu/2025/12/10/3... @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social
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Two days of collaborative research at El Ventorrillo -
On 9–10 December 2025, the Araújo Lab met at the El Ventorrillo field station in the Sierra de […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“Energy is pyramidal. Species richness is not.” www.maraujolab.eu/2025/11/26/e...
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Energy is pyramidal. Species richness is not -
Biomass pyramids do not translate into diversity pyramids, a global study shows. The new research also finds a […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The 2025 edition of the SDM course marked the 10th anniversary of this event. It was a real pleasure to engage once again with high-level students, postdocs and senior professionals during this immersive seven-day exploration of the geography of species distributions and interactions.
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
In a recent paper @pnas.org, we found that the world’s oceans sort into six recurring “food-web types” shaped by temperature, productivity, and depth—functionally alike even when the species aren’t. A new baseline for tracking climate change. Check our video abstract: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAv2...
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A New Map of the Ocean
YouTube video by Miguel Araujo
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Great annual meeting of our @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social biogeography and global change group and departament at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social biological station of El Ventorrillo. Good to meet new members and witness the extraordinary work of PhD students and Postdocs. Thanks for the organizers.
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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#iDiv sabbatical @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social kicks of the annual conference of @idiv-research.bsky.social w an intro into modelling under #climatechange & a very interesting intro how to incorporate network properties into it #iDivconference2025
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
After two decades @ecography.bsky.social , I’m signing off. We grew the journal’s scope, navigated a smooth shift to OA, and kept community at the centre. Grateful to authors, reviewers and colleagues. Warmest wishes to my successor, @cnmeynard.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
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Two decades with Ecography: a farewell and a new beginning
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Excited to the upcoming iDIV conference, where I will deliver a keynote on biodiversity modelling under climate change @idiv-research.bsky.social conference.idiv.de/event/3/page...
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iDiv Annual Conference 2025
Dear iDiv community, We are pleased to invite you to the 9th iDiv Annual Conference, which will take place on 30 September and 1 October at Martin-Luther-University's Audimax. This year marks a specia...
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Species On The Move 2026 @sotm2026.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Abstracts call closes Nov 10, 2025 ⏰ We hope you’ll join us at SOTM 2026 !!! www.speciesonthemove.com #SOTM2026 #speciesonthemove
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.speciesonthemove.com #SOTM2026
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Home - Species on the Move 2026
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
We’re hiring! Join us at maraujo lab as a #PhD candidate to model species abundances using cutting-edge ecological and statistical tools. Based at @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. 🔗 www.maraujolab.eu/2025/07/04/p... #SpeciesDistributionModels
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PhD candidate in species abundances modelling -
Project Description Understanding species abundance patterns is essential to addressing fundamental questions in macroecology and biogeography, specifically about […]
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
An interoperable, standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects—to increase transparency, reproducibility & comparability across SCP initiatives. Crucial step forward for global conservation practice. @martinjung.eu doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
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An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects
A new standard protocol for contextualizing systematic conservation planning studies is presented and the potential benefits highlighted. By adopting such community reporting standards, scientists an...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 20/06/2025
Big step to #BeatPollution! Countries have just agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel to support the management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. The panel will equip countries with the science needed #ForPeopleForPlanet: bit.ly/45z01DE
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
No @jornalexpresso.bsky.social de hoje: expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...
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Miguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
On the 25th of June!! We'll update the post with the youtube link where you will be able to watch the seminar in streaming. www.maraujolab.eu/2025/06/19/d...
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Seminar: Marine forests in a changing climate -
Marine forests, encompassing macroalgae, seagrasses, and mangroves, are critical ecosystems that support biodiversity and sustain essential ecological processes. As climate change intensifies, underst...
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