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David Nogués Bravo

@noguesbravo.bsky.social

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Professor at GLOBE, University of Copenhagen | Head of the Biodiversity Section

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · 1d

I am organizing a one-day symposium (no online option) on Biodiversity and Health in a Warmer World

Learn more here www.biodiversityhealth2025.com

Biodiversity & Health Symposium 2025 | Copenhagen

Join leading experts in Copenhagen for a one-day symposium on the critical links between biodiversity, climate change, and health. Register now.

www.biodiversityhealth2025.com

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · 4d

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity - Nature Communications

Using impact assessment frameworks, this study shows that the introduction of large mammalian herbivores outside their native range has predominantly caused negative impacts on native biodiversity globally. The authors advise caution regarding their further intentional introduction for conservation purposes.

www.nature.com

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · 9d

"Biodiversity loss is a public health problem – let's treat it as such"...this is the topic of a popular science article I just wrote for a Danish Media Outlet.

Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...

Professor: Tab af biodiversitet er et folkesundhedsproblem – lad os behandle det som sådan

Landene har forpligtet sig under FN’s konvention om biologisk mangfoldighed til at anerkende sammenhængen mellem biodiversitet og menneskers sundhed.

naturmonitor.dk

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Aug 15

ICYMI: PLOS Global Public Health published a really stellar Review article last month:

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration

by @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @sarahwhitmee.bsky.social‬, and Liz Willetts

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration

Despite over a decade of progressive commitments from parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), integrated biodiversity and health indicators and monitoring mechanisms remain limited, h...

journals.plos.org

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Elisabetta Canteri @ecanteri.bsky.social · Aug 14

🦌 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🦌

Our paper on wild #reindeer and #caribou is out in Science Advances! Thanks to the team: Eric Post, @nmschmidt.bsky.social, Stuart Brown, @noguesbravo.bsky.social and Damien Fordham that co-lead this research.

doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines

Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

doi.org

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today we publish a new paper on the past and future resilience of the reindeer under global change...the future looks grim

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines

Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

www.science.org

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CMEC @macroecology.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 Biodiversity loss is not just about nature: Researchers call for the need to bridge the gap between nature and public health in @plosglobalpublichealth.org 🔗 🌍 @noguesbravo.bsky.social macroecology.ku.dk/news/2025/re...

Researchers call for tools to link nature and public health

New study urges governments to rethink how the measure and address the health of both people and the planet.

macroecology.ku.dk

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Ana C. Afonso Silva @acafonsosilva.bsky.social · Feb 20

Last first-author paper finally published! This took too many years but even after leaving research we manage to get it done, with Odile Maliet, @leandrist.bsky.social, @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @n8upham.bsky.social, Walter Jetz, and really supportive Hélène Morlon

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Negative global-scale association between genetic diversity and speciation rates in mammals - Nature Communications

Genetic diversity and speciation rate support adaptability and species richness patterns, respectively. Here, the authors find a negative association between mitochondrial genetic diversity and specia...

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Jul 2

I publish today a new paper! has been great to work with Liz Willets and Sarah Whitmee in this piece on #biodiversity and #health

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration

journals.plos.org

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Jun 30

Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions!

macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...

Open Positions

Positions and vacancies at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate

macroecology.ku.dk

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Jun 11

Applied botany: last autumn I went to pick up berries of prunus spinosa…now I can taste my own home-made patxaran here in Denmark :-)

David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · May 23

@harvard.edu motto is Veritas. No motto can be more adequate right now.

#JesuisHarvard

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · May 1

We can now predict the loss of genetic diversity—from space!!!

This is the breakthrough of our new paper, led by Spyros Theodoridis

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Satellite-observed mountain greening predicts genomic erosion in a grassland medicinal herb over half a century

Biodiversity is under threat due to habitat transformation, yet monitoring its loss—particularly at the genetic level—is challenging. Theodoridis et al. show that vegetation change captured through sa...

www.cell.com

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Apr 18

Spring at the marsh in Furesø. The Furesø lake is a vestige of the last Ice Age and deepest lake in Denmark