Reposted by Pol CapdevilaRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Last year, I publicly complained multiple times (see e.g. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...) that the open access movement had been captured by publishers, and we are now worse off than before open access. Well people got mad at me for saying it. But I think things are still getting worse. 616466
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪 011899
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaYanis Zentner @yzentner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Happy to share our new paper in Global Change Biology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Can marine protected areas buffer red gorgonian populations against recurrent marine heatwaves? 👇 153
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaPol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🚨Paper Alert🚨 Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNo way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming MediterraneanAnthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain c.... 172
Pol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🚨Paper Alert🚨 Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNo way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming MediterraneanAnthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain c.... 172
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaSaoirse Kelleher @saoirsekelleher.eco · 20/05/2026I’ve just finished this in the past week, but this is easily the best online course/series of lectures I’ve done. I’d tried it in a prior year and fallen on the wayside a bit, and I found the 2026 version with the split beginner/intermediate lectures much more approachable. Would recommend!! 04510
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaFundació Solidaritat UB @solidaritatub.bsky.social · 08/05/2026👋 Hola, estudiants i professorat UB! 🌏 Aquest curs, heu fet o avaluat un pòster que divulgui problemàtiques subjacents a l'Agenda 2030? 🏆 Presenteu-lo al VII Premi de Pòsters de #Sostenibilitat i #DretsHumans de la @ub.edu!👉 www.solidaritat.ub.edu/premi-posters/ 📅 Fins al 10 de juliol 💶 1.500 €solidaritat.ub.eduVII Premi de Pòsters de Sostenibilitat i Drets Humans - Fundació Solidaritat UB— per a estudiants de la Universitat de Barcelona La Fundació Solidaritat UB convoca la setena edició del Premi de Pòsters de Sostenibilitat i Drets… Més info. 164
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 05/05/2026🚨 just a reminder that the proposal deadline for our cross-journal Special Feature, 'Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene', with @jappliedecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social and @funecology.bsky.social, closes to submissions on 17 May🗻 Submit your proposal here: buff.ly/iNVgR40 0168
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMartin Philippe-Lesaffre @mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🌐🌴 Current global hunting threat maps treat species as equally at risk everywhere in their range. We attempted to address this by combining where hunters actually go with which species are most likely to be targeted and least able to cope, for 6k+ trop. birds and 4k+ mammals: doi.org/10.32942/X24... 1138
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 08/03/2026Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expectednewscientist.comEarth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decadesSince 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expected 12512
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMiguel Bastos Araújo, PhD @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026In productive ecosystems, larger animals capture more energy per species biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1644...biogeography.pensoft.netBody mass–abundance relationships reveal uneven global energy distribution across body size classes in vertebratesThe 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 ... 1114
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaLiving Planet Index @livingplanetindex.bsky.social · 23/02/2026A new paper using data from the Living Planet Database (LPD) has been published in @science.org examining how threats are driving global vertebrate population declines. This work highlights the value of the LPD’s threat data for understanding biodiversity change at a global scale 🌍.science.orgHalting predicted vertebrate declines requires tackling multiple drivers of biodiversity lossGlobal vertebrate populations decline faster in the presence of multiple threats compared to single threats. 131
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE) @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · 20/02/2026¿Sabías que los corales también duermen por la noche? 🪸 🎧 Javier del Campo (@fonamental.bsky.social) habla de su investigación en el @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social en 📻Españoles en la mar. #DescifrandoEvolución 👉 rtve.esLos corales también duermen por la nocheLos llaman los "arquitectos de los ecosistemas marinos" porque sus arrecifes sirven de cobijo a muchísimas especies. También duermen de noche como los humanos. 092
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaJuan Carvajal-Quintero @juancarvq.bsky.social · 19/02/2026New paper out examining fish food web degradation in the Anthropocene. We show the structure of aquatic food webs are changing-- even when species richness doesn’t. These signals are strongly associated with decreases in body size within fish communities. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🐠🐡🦈🐟science.orgDegradation of fish food webs in the AnthropoceneThe decrease in body size driven by the selective species turnover is widely altering fish food web topology and function. 011566
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 18/02/2026🌊🪸 Abierta la inscripción al 9º International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, del 2 al 5 de noviembre de 2026 en Barcelona. Por primera vez en el Mediterráneo, un encuentro para impulsar la ciencia y la conservación de los corales de aguas profundas. 👉 9isdsc.csic.es @deepsea-ieocsic.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaRodrigo Granjel @granjel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Ecosystem stability is about local diversity! 🌏🌱 Really happy to see our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. Thanks to @huangmj.bsky.social for beautifully leading this project and to coauthors @danimontoya.bsky.social, Yao Xiao, Xiang Liu & Yann Hautier for this great collective effort. 1153
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaDr Christopher F Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Great to see the new paper being picked up in the press phys.org/news/2026-02...phys.orgProtecting vertebrates from biodiversity loss: Study identifies priority threatsThe most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the effects of overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change, which are the mo... 084
Pol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 13/02/2026How can we reverse biodiversity loss? web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...web.ub.eduHow can we reverse biodiversity loss?The most frequent threats are not those that cause the most rapid declines, according to a new study that represents a turning point in strategies to improve vertebrate conservation and protect biodiv... 020
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaTommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource! 🧪🍁🌐 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 08140
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 12/02/2026#NotíciaIRBio 🌿 Com podem revertir la pèrdua de biodiversitat? Les estratègies de conservació més efectives per protegir els vertebrats a escala global són les que aborden múltiples aspectes. Estudi liderat @polcapdevila.bsky.social i #DuncanO’Brien @bristoluni.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/97y4c 041
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaDr Christopher F Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Excited this new paper is out in Science Advances 📄✨ I think the results are important: To tackle vertebrate declines which are often driven by interacting threats—🦠 disease, 🐍 invasives, 🧪 pollution, 🌡️ climate, multi-threat, systems-level conservation is key 🌍 #Ecology #conservation 085
Pol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🚨Paper alert🚨 Very happy to see our paper published in @science.org #ScienceAdv. Very greatful to have worked with such a great team @duncanobrien.bsky.social #tomJohnson @robinfreeman.bsky.social #ValentinaMarconi #LouiseMcRae @expecocons.bsky.social 👇Check the main findings below!science.orgHalting predicted vertebrate declines requires tackling multiple drivers of biodiversity lossGlobal vertebrate populations decline faster in the presence of multiple threats compared to single threats. 34016
Reposted by Pol Capdevilamichael chimento @mchimento.bsky.social · 20/12/2025🎉🍾 very excited to see this out before 2025 ends doi.org/10.1111/2041... with Will Hoppitt in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. This paper is an overview of our new R package STbayes, a user-friendly toolkit for performing Bayesian NBDA analyses. @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.socialdoi.orgSTbayes: An R package for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmissionA critical consequence of joining social groups is the possibility of social transmission of information related to novel behaviours or resources. Network-based diffusion analysis (NBDA) has emerg... 18032
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaJulia G. de Aledo @juliagdealedo.bsky.social · 22/12/2025🎉 labeleR-paper has been published in @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social! 👪 Together with @iramosgutierrez.bsky.social @jimenamateomartin.bsky.social & @frodsan.bsky.social! 📃 We briefly explain how to use it, its advantages and possibilities... Take a look! revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec... 13212
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaUN Environment Programme @unep.org · 20/12/2025From snowy owls and hammerhead sharks to bats and sea turtles 🦉🦈🐋 Countries have proposed adding 42 migratory species to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) highlighting need for stronger intl cooperation to protect wildlife on the move. Decisions expected in 03/26: ow.ly/shgy50XMar0 24218
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMiguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 14/12/2025El 44% de los investigadores en ecología han sufrido el efecto Gollum. Ese comportamiento territorial extremo que lleva a algunos a sentir que ciertos temas o ideas les pertenecen: "mi tesoro". 44% 🤔... Poco me parece. www.the-scientist.com/the-gollum-e... Paper: www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...media.tenor.coma close up of a monster 's face with the words `` my precious ! ''ALT: a close up of a monster 's face with the words `` my precious ! '' 1156
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 05/10/2025O paramos temporalmente (de explotar la anguila) o se acaba para siempre Qué gusto ver a @malbercocs.bsky.social siendo tan clara (merci, Maria!) Esperemos que se sigan sumando gentes de las cocinas Es importante y es urgente 0127
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2025When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIsrael’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George MonbiotConsider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 331248647
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaEdward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Thanks also to @royalsocietypublishing.org for letting me write a blog about this fantastic team effort: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...royalsociety.orgFrom policy to practice: Progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Royal SocietyEdward Ivimey-Cook tells us more about a new study that reviewed the clarity, strictness, and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution, and assessed autho... 0113
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaCarlos P Carmona @cpcarmona.bsky.social · 18/09/2025New Tansley Insight in New Phytologist: The path toward a unified plant trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity. Why a common trait space matters, how to build it, and what it enables. With @e-beccari.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantTraits #FunctionalDiversitydoi.org 0296
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025🚨 our August issue is now live! buff.ly/HzYBKQL 🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS 1118
Pol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 07/08/2025🚨Paper Alert🚨: Read our recent editorial led by @danigomezgras.bsky.social about novel contributions to marine heatwave ecology. @medrecover.bsky.social @ub.edu @biologiaub.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMarine calcifiers @marinecalcifiers.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Press release of our recent study: "Ocean architects at risk from the combined impact of ocean acidification and warming" www.icm.csic.es/en/news/ocea... #bryozoans #microbiome @fonamental.bsky.social @elpiratavell.bsky.social @polcapdevila.bsky.social @bfiguerola.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social 264
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaDaniel Gómez-Gras @danigomezgras.bsky.social · 06/08/2025You can read the editorial here 👇: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @polcapdevila.bsky.social @cristinalinares.bsky.socialbesjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNovel contributions to marine heatwave ecology: Identifying and addressing knowledge gaps in ecological impactsAs the climate crisis unfolds, marine heatwaves (MHWs), defined as discrete periods of anomalously high seawater temperatures, are emerging as one of the most pervasive threats to marine biodiversi... 031
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025🎙️ and listen to a podcast episode by the guest editors here: buff.ly/wMOiYiE 🤍 thank you to @cristinalinares.bsky.social, @polcapdevila.bsky.social and @danigomezgras.bsky.social for bringing together an exceptional Special Feature! 021
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaBlanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 04/08/2025"Els arquitectes del mar, en risc per l’impacte combinat de l’acidificació i l’escalfament de l’oceà". #briozous 🔗 www.icm.csic.es/ca/noticia/e... @fonamental.bsky.social @elpiratavell.bsky.social @polcapdevila.bsky.social @commsbio.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com 173
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaBlanca Figuerola @bfiguerola.bsky.social · 31/07/20251/ Our new paper is out today in @commsbio.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com 🚨 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08524-8 We studied how two Mediterranean bryozoan species respond to ocean acidification & warming using a natural underwater CO₂ vent as a climate change lab. 🌊🧫 🧵⬇️ 12215
Reposted by Pol Capdevilatomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025For many marine species, all we have is a name. Now, thanks to a huge effort led by @drcraigmc.bsky.social, for 85,000 species we have body size as well. Version 1 of the MOBS database is published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Enjoy! 🌐🧪onlinelibrary.wiley.comMOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body SizesMotivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat... 15121
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaNicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Check out our new publication lead by Lucie Mahaut in @royalsocietypublishing.org Functional diversity shapes the stability of reef fish biomass under global change 👉 Trait diversity and redundancy drive stability; human impacts reduce it. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ReefLifeSurvey 🌐🧪🦑🌍 02312
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMax Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Really happy to share our new preprint on the central complex of Heliconiini butterflies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Check it out! @neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplexbiorxiv.orgDistinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterfliesNeural circuits have evolved to produce cognitive processes that facilitate a species variable behavioural repertoire. Underlying this variation are evolutionary forces, such as selection, that operat... 23817
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaGlobal Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Novel Regimes of Extreme Climatic Events Trigger Negative Population Rates in a Common Insect 📄 buff.ly/IUWeewq @creaf.cat @expecocons.bsky.social @polcapdevila.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social @uab.catbuff.ly 094
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Seguimos con @cristinalinares.bsky.social, catedrática de la @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu, quien nos habla sobre el "state of the art" del coralígeno, su distribución, diversidad, servicios ecosistémicos y principales amenazas. #Projecto_CorFun @icmcsic.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social 191
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 09/04/2025🪸New paper in Coral Reefs highlights that heterotrophy in parental coral colonies enhances larval survival — regardless of heat stress conditions. With the participation of @cristinalinares.bsky.social (@ub.edu), member of #MedRecoverTeam. 📄 link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007... @irbio-ub.bsky.sociallink.springer.comHeterotrophy in parental coral colonies enhances larval survival independently of heat stress 082
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaCristina Linares @cristinalinares.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New paper in Coral Reefs Journal: Heterotrophy in parental coral colonies enhances larval survival independently of heat stress @medrecover.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social rdcu.be/eg0KJrdcu.beHeterotrophy in parental coral colonies enhances larval survival independently of heat stress 041
Pol Capdevila @polcapdevila.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Very proud of #MariaVives paper published today in @globalchangebio.bsky.social about the impacts of novel regimes of extreme climatic events in a common insect. 010
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaCristina Linares @cristinalinares.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands - Current events - University of Barcelona web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...web.ub.eduRed coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands 0114
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaUniversitat de Barcelona @ub.edu · 19/03/2025#RecercaUB | 🪸 Els coralls confiscats de la pesca furtiva tornen a viure a les illes Medes! ➡️ Les colònies que es van trasplantar fa una dècada al fons marí de les Medes han sobreviscut amb èxit. Lideren l’estudi Cristina Linares i Yanis Zentner, de @biologiaub.bsky.social i @irbio-ub.bsky.socialweb.ub.eduLes colònies de corall vermell sobreviuen una dècada després de ser trasplantades a les illes Medes 1173
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaYanis Zentner @yzentner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🧵Can marine restoration lead to ecological recovery? 🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition? We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgActive restoration of a long-lived octocoral drives rapid functional recovery in a temperate reefAfter a decade, a community with restored red coral nears the functional structure of natural ones. 1169
Reposted by Pol CapdevilaMedRecover @medrecover.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🌿 The MedRecover team held its annual retreat at Mas El Collell, spending a few days together to share knowledge, present, new innovations and research in our projects. An inspiring time to connect, learn, and keep working towards marine conservation! Cold, but very happy! ❄️🌊 #MedRecoverTeam 0144