Reposted by Stephanie RoiloJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Despite its agri-environment schemes, Europe’s farmland biodiversity is declining We suggest AES improvements - Spatial targeting - Co-designed, more flexible - Better advisory support - Payment by results - Larger budget - Better monitoring - New policy cycle www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1169
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Check out our new book chapter on "Monitoring farmland biodiversity using remote sensing". The chapter is part of the book "Improving biodiversity monitoring of agricultural landscapes", hopefully an interesting and useful read for many working in agroecosystems 🌾 Link here: doi.org/10.19103/as....doi.orgMonitoring farmland biodiversity using remote sensingTable of contents 1 Introduction 2 Remote sensing of Essential Biodiversity Variables 3 Challenges 4 Road ahead 5 Conclusion 6 Acknowledgments 7 Where to look for further information 8 References 000
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New paper out! "Rethinking agri-environmental schemes for a greener Europe" summarizes many of the learnings we took from the BESTMAP project (bestmap.eu) on the shortcomings of agri-environmental schemes and how to improve them for the future. Have a read: www.cell.com/trends-open/...bestmap.euBESTMAP 000
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloFabiola Iannarilli @fa-bio-la.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Join us for another season of Snapshot Europe! #cameratraps #wildlife #snapshoteurope 0107
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Postdoc position open in our group, at the intersection of ecology, conservation biology, biodiversity monitoring and modeling, with a focus on agroecosystems www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...uni-bonn.dePostdoctoral researcher for the professorship of Agro-Ecological Modelingfull time, temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/147 084
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloIPBES @ipbes.net · 21/09/2025Environmental challenges, like extreme weather events & critical changes in Earth systems, remain a priority, underlining the importance of risk mitigation in an interconnected world.🌐⚠️ —WEF Global Risks Report 2025 www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/glo… 02816
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloAlpine Environment - Eurac Research @euracalpenv.bsky.social · 05/09/2025🕊️ Alpine farmland is losing its biodiversity. New research shows: ✅ Natural habitats & habitat diversity help #birds thrive ❌ Intensification fragments landscapes & harms ecosystems 🌍 #Conservation must scale across landscapes 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je... @step-roilo.bsky.social @mattande.bsky.socialdoi.orgRedirecting 032
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloSociety for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · 05/06/2025📣SAVE THE DATE📣 The European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) 2026 will be held in Leiden, 6–10 July! The theme of the conference is “Effective Conservation Science”. Join global experts to explore effective conservation science through keynotes, workshops, field trips, and more. 22411
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloJuliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1nyshorturl.atPostdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49 03436
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 28/05/2025How do we decide on conservation actions in the face of context dependency? In our new paper on ‘Precision Ecology’ we show how methods developed in medicine & marketing can be applied to predict site-specific outcomes allowing effective & targeted conservation doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgPrecision ecology for targeted conservation action - Nature Ecology & EvolutionThe fields of medicine and marketing use large data volumes and computational power to target individuals. This Perspective argues that applied ecologists should draw on such approaches to provide dec... 13714
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Happy to be part of this paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We present a new classification-occupancy model for automatically identified species data, including a step-by-step guide to fit it to your own data. Relevant for everyone working with e.g. ecoacoustic data!esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comA classification‐occupancy model based on automatically identified species dataOccupancy models estimate a species' occupancy probability while accounting for imperfect detection, but often overlook the issue of false-positive detections. This problem of false positives has gai... 021
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloGaby Rodriguez-Barrera @gabbirdz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Happy to have collaborated with such great researchers in this open access paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... In it we xplore the opportunities, challenges, and next steps for Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) in supporting result-based payments (RBP) for soniferous species across Europe.doi.orgRedirecting 131
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025You can explore the data for all countries in the Shiny app sroilo.shinyapps.io/Anthropause_... and check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...sroilo.shinyapps.ioAnthropause appHow did the COVID-19 lockdown impact biodiversity data collection globally?How did the COVID-19 lockdown impact biodiversity data collection globally? 000
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Tomorrow will be eBird's Global Big Day: ebird.org/globalbigday In my paper, I analyzed how COVID-19 lockdowns affected biodiversity data collection. It was interesting to see how, even during lockdown, data collection skyrocketed during eBird Big Days in some countries (Costa Rica in the figure). 110
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloChiara Paniccia @chiarapaniccia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025📢1 PhD position (3 yrs) @UniTrento on acoustic environments in mountains 🎶🏔️In collaboration with @EuracResearch & @UCL IEDE (London) – part of the “Soundscape for All” project, funded by HEAD-Genuit-Stiftung. Stay tuned & reach out if interested! #PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains 0146
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Check the accompanying Shiny app sroilo.shinyapps.io/Anthropause_... where you can explore these global patterns, and inspect daily data collection trends for individual countries.sroilo.shinyapps.ioAnthropause appHow did the COVID-19 lockdown impact biodiversity data collection globally?How did the COVID-19 lockdown impact biodiversity data collection globally? 000
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Decreases in biodiversity data volumes correlated with declines in visitation to parks and outdoor areas, and were significantly larger in developing countries compared to developed ones, likely due to the disrupted influx of international visitors. 100
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Happy to share our new paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Five years ago around this time, most people were entering the first COVID-19 lockdown. We analyzed how these restrictions affected the amount of biodiversity data collected during the lockdown, using data from @gbif.orgnature.comGlobal impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on biodiversity data collection - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Global impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on biodiversity data collection 120
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 11/02/2025OECD countries give a smaller share of their national income to foreign aid today than in 1960 17429
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 18/12/2024We examine how to enhance biodiversity in productive grasslands in our new open access book chapter www.bdspublishing.com/_webedit/upl... 1317
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Camera traps are infrequently used in farmlands, but why, and what could we gain from their wider adoption in agroecosystems? Read our new paper about it: doi.org/10.1002/rse2... Thanks to all who contributed!zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe untapped potential of camera traps for farmland biodiversity monitoring: current practice and outstanding agroecological questionsThrough a systematic literature review, we show that camera traps (CTs) have been underutilised for farmland biodiversity monitoring. The few existing farmland-based CT studies focused on local-level... 062
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloMatteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Are you interested in a habitat mapping project for bird species in a mountain environment? 🐦⛰️ and in working with us at Eurac Research within the Institute for Earth Observation and in collaboration with our @euracalpenv.bsky.social ? Then have a look here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/jG9O1Qm...eurac.onboard.orgResearcher for bird habitat modelingEurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano 135
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024We're hiring! There are two open positions (1 postdoc, 1 research associate) in our Agro-Ecological Modeling group in the fields of biodiversity and environmental monitoring and modeling. Check the job advertisements on our website: www.inres.uni-bonn.de/aem/en Please share widely, thanks!inres.uni-bonn.deAECOMOD 072
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding! This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 411876
Stephanie Roilo @step-roilo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... this is on my to-read listconbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comRewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in SpainThe increasing pressure to release bisons as a wild species in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect on whether the rewi... 010
Reposted by Stephanie RoiloMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 20/11/2024📖Published📖 In our new Research Article, Darras et al. present ecoEye, a portable, modular, affordable and low-power device with embedded vision for biodiversity monitoring of a wide range of terrestrial taxa 👁️ 🌎 🧪 buff.ly/3Og2xou 1285