Leandro Duarte
@duarteldas.bsky.social
Associate Professor at http://ufrgs.br. Brasileiro 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷. Sharing ideas on ecology and evolution. Mate, café brasileiro, IPA and democracy make days better. My opinions (PT/EN).
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Leandro Duarte
@duarteldas.bsky.social
· Aug 29
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species
Abstract. Assessing the geographic dimension of diversification is paramount to integrate macroecology and macroevolution. Estimating ancestral ranges of s
academic.oup.com
One more step towards more insightful analyses in Evolutionary Macroecology. Thanks @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social and all coauthors still not blueskylized for the collaborative endeavor!
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
In this paper we introduce a novel way to use phylogenetic eigenvectors (PCPS) to assess temporal trends at the assemblage scale. Hope you enjoy it! Congrats @guiseger.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Contrasting Phylogenetic Signals in Flowering and Fruiting Phenology at Species and Assemblage Scales in a Climbing Plant Community
This study examined the phylogenetic conservatism of flowering and fruiting in 78 climbing plant species relative to environmental gradients in a South Brazilian forest. Although species-level analys...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In this paper we introduce a novel way to use phylogenetic eigenvectors (PCPS) to assess temporal trends at the assemblage scale. Hope you enjoy it! Congrats @guiseger.bsky.social!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Leandro Duarte
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Tracing the evolution of Dicksoniaceae and Thyrsopteridaceae (Cyatheales) in South America: new records from the Cretaceous
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Tracing the evolution of Dicksoniaceae and Thyrsopteridaceae (Cyatheales) in South America: new records from the Cretaceous
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
The preprint version of a nice piece of research from our lab. Congrats Priscila Lopes!
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Land use around protected areas affects functional diversity, but not species richness in anuran assemblages
Human-made habitat modifications drive biodiversity loss, especially through land use changes. These modifications impact the structure and diversity of local assemblages, primarily through habitat lo...
www.researchsquare.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The preprint version of a nice piece of research from our lab. Congrats Priscila Lopes!
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Que dia!!!
⚖️ Proclamação da sentença de Bolsonaro ao final do Julgamento
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Que dia!!!
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September 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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This is so amazing!
Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
September 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is so amazing!
One more step towards more insightful analyses in Evolutionary Macroecology. Thanks @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social and all coauthors still not blueskylized for the collaborative endeavor!
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species
Abstract. Assessing the geographic dimension of diversification is paramount to integrate macroecology and macroevolution. Estimating ancestral ranges of s
academic.oup.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
One more step towards more insightful analyses in Evolutionary Macroecology. Thanks @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social and all coauthors still not blueskylized for the collaborative endeavor!
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
SBEARS - A site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
How much effort you must do to end your ability to do something? Strange times.
Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
How much effort you must do to end your ability to do something? Strange times.
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🔀 O PIX É NOSSO
Governo do Brasil começa campanha pra avisar ao Trump que nosso sistema de pagamento é só do nosso interesse, e não dos EUA
Governo do Brasil começa campanha pra avisar ao Trump que nosso sistema de pagamento é só do nosso interesse, e não dos EUA
July 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Reposted by Leandro Duarte
the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
Denying that we may be experiencing the start of the Sixth Mass Extinction paves the way for it to happen
Arguing that we are not currently experiencing a Sixth Mass Extinction, or at least
playing down its possibility, gives support to those who would happily allow it to
happen. Wiens and Saban [1], in a...
www.cell.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
the current rate of extinction, as estimated by ourselves and others, whom we cited, and across diverse major taxa, we may well be headed in the direction of a new mass extinction event
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌐🧪
Nice!!!
We use this phylogenetic framework to test how deep-time biome change ☀️📉 has shaped the group's diversification history, with a focus on Sahul 🌏 - where most extant diversity is found today.
July 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nice!!!
Esses gringos não sabem das coisas. Gostei. Fod#-se laranjão.
O S é uma letra linda, tá? Cheio de curva e de SOBERANIA! 🇧🇷
#AquiÉoBrasil #OrgulhoDeSerBrasileiro #GovBR #UniãoEReconexão
#AquiÉoBrasil #OrgulhoDeSerBrasileiro #GovBR #UniãoEReconexão
July 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Esses gringos não sabem das coisas. Gostei. Fod#-se laranjão.
Reposted by Leandro Duarte
Shameless self-promotion continues...🙃 You might find this #fern book in your local bookstores! mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...
May 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Shameless self-promotion continues...🙃 You might find this #fern book in your local bookstores! mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...
Reposted by Leandro Duarte
New data paper out! Insect feeding guilds information (> 4000 insect species!) in relation to host plants for Northern Hemisphere woody species (>600 species!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
InsectGUILD: feeding guilds of lepidopteran and hymenopteran larvae consuming Northern Hemisphere woody plants - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - InsectGUILD: feeding guilds of lepidopteran and hymenopteran larvae consuming Northern Hemisphere woody plants
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New data paper out! Insect feeding guilds information (> 4000 insect species!) in relation to host plants for Northern Hemisphere woody species (>600 species!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hey Ecofolks, Global Ecology Starter Pack Vol. 3 is out! Those interested must send a DM to @global-ecology.bsky.social to join it. Thanks @nmouquet.bsky.social for this initiative!
go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
May 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey Ecofolks, Global Ecology Starter Pack Vol. 3 is out! Those interested must send a DM to @global-ecology.bsky.social to join it. Thanks @nmouquet.bsky.social for this initiative!
go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
One more tool available to analyze the spatial structure of clade distribution. Always welcome!
📖Published📖
Matthew Kling presents phylospatial, a new R package that fully supports probability, abundance, and binary community data across a range of spatial phylogenetic diversity (PD) analyses 🌎 🧪 Check the article out here 👇
buff.ly/onf4BV6
Matthew Kling presents phylospatial, a new R package that fully supports probability, abundance, and binary community data across a range of spatial phylogenetic diversity (PD) analyses 🌎 🧪 Check the article out here 👇
buff.ly/onf4BV6
May 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One more tool available to analyze the spatial structure of clade distribution. Always welcome!
Lots of ideas coming from this paper!
Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools
The Importance of the Regional Species Pool
The regional species pool—the set of species capable of entering a local community—is a foundational concept for understanding ecological processes that o.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Lots of ideas coming from this paper!
Reposted by Leandro Duarte
The Global Ecology feed is growing — 20-30 posts/week on large-scale biodiversity science — 390 contributors! 🌍🧪🦤🦑🪴🍁
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join and tag 🌐 in your posts to see them on the feed
Let’s build a engaged community together ✨🌈💚
Pls share to spread!
👉 bsky.app/profile/nmou...
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join and tag 🌐 in your posts to see them on the feed
Let’s build a engaged community together ✨🌈💚
Pls share to spread!
👉 bsky.app/profile/nmou...
April 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Global Ecology feed is growing — 20-30 posts/week on large-scale biodiversity science — 390 contributors! 🌍🧪🦤🦑🪴🍁
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join and tag 🌐 in your posts to see them on the feed
Let’s build a engaged community together ✨🌈💚
Pls share to spread!
👉 bsky.app/profile/nmou...
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join and tag 🌐 in your posts to see them on the feed
Let’s build a engaged community together ✨🌈💚
Pls share to spread!
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Reposted by Leandro Duarte
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
April 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
And this.
“De-extinction” is to biodiversity loss what “Mars colonization” is to climate change—wishful thinking that is at its core impossible but nevertheless sucks up attention and resources from actual solutions to these crises (which, ultimately, might be the whole point)
April 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
And this.
This.
The IUCN Red List has 47,187 living species that are currently threatened with extinction, but here is a genetically engineered big dumb wolf thing that serves absolutely no functional ecological purpose and isn't even close to being the thing that we pretend it is. 🧪🌏
April 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This.
Em tempos de macartismo às avessas no Brasil, a coragem d’O Eco precisa ser aplaudida. Há solução, claro que há, mas demandaria mais racionalidade ao admitir a importância da conservação da biodiversidade brasileira. Não parece ser o caso.
Entidades criticam pessoas morando e caçando em parques e outras unidades de conservação ⬇️
Manifesto reuniu mais de 100 assinaturas. Reservas naturais como os Parnas Guaricana e da Serra do Itajaí também serão alvos de acordos entre autarquias federais
oeco.org.br/noticias/ent...
Manifesto reuniu mais de 100 assinaturas. Reservas naturais como os Parnas Guaricana e da Serra do Itajaí também serão alvos de acordos entre autarquias federais
oeco.org.br/noticias/ent...
Entidades criticam pessoas morando e caçando em parques e outras unidades de conservação - ((o))eco
Manifesto reuniu mais de 100 assinaturas. Reservas naturais como os Parnas Guaricana e da Serra do Itajaí também serão alvos de acordos entre autarquias federais
oeco.org.br
March 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Em tempos de macartismo às avessas no Brasil, a coragem d’O Eco precisa ser aplaudida. Há solução, claro que há, mas demandaria mais racionalidade ao admitir a importância da conservação da biodiversidade brasileira. Não parece ser o caso.
Unitedstatian academics are living now what we in global south have been somehow facing since ever: chaos, instability, lack of long term expectations, etc. I hope when this sad reality passes it can at least put some perspective on the meritocrat speech.
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Unitedstatian academics are living now what we in global south have been somehow facing since ever: chaos, instability, lack of long term expectations, etc. I hope when this sad reality passes it can at least put some perspective on the meritocrat speech.
Reposted by Leandro Duarte
The Global Ecology starter pack has been so successful there's a third iteration (and it includes me!)
I'm told there's still space if you're a global ecologist and want to be added:
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.
go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
🌐
I'm told there's still space if you're a global ecologist and want to be added:
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.
go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
🌐
March 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Global Ecology starter pack has been so successful there's a third iteration (and it includes me!)
I'm told there's still space if you're a global ecologist and want to be added:
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.
go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
🌐
I'm told there's still space if you're a global ecologist and want to be added:
DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.
go.bsky.app/MkLHiKU
🌐