Fabricio Villalobos
@fabrovillalobos.bsky.social
Mexican macroecologist (maevolab.mx) and music junkie
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Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions.
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Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
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Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Online now: Forecasting extinction risk for future-proof conservation decisions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should conservation focus on threatened species? Or should we be proactive and protect species before they become threatened? This paper explores how to get the balance right.
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Indeed! This is what PEEER @peeer.bsky.social promotes and the reason for creating @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social for a more ethical and equitable publishing environment for the #Biogeography community.
Stay tuned for the lunch of Biogeography in early 20206! biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
Stay tuned for the lunch of Biogeography in early 20206! biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Indeed! This is what PEEER @peeer.bsky.social promotes and the reason for creating @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social for a more ethical and equitable publishing environment for the #Biogeography community.
Stay tuned for the lunch of Biogeography in early 20206! biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
Stay tuned for the lunch of Biogeography in early 20206! biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
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🆕ECR Feature: Postdoc researcher at the #AMAP research group, Wesley Jonatar, talks about his recent work, in which he and his colleagues investigated the functional #diversity across #forests, #savannas and #grasslands of central Brazil. Read the full Q&A here:
ECR feature: Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz
Wesley is a Postdoctoral researcher at the AMAP (botAnique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations) research group in Montpellier, France. He is a functional ecologis…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🆕ECR Feature: Postdoc researcher at the #AMAP research group, Wesley Jonatar, talks about his recent work, in which he and his colleagues investigated the functional #diversity across #forests, #savannas and #grasslands of central Brazil. Read the full Q&A here:
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We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist
We are looking for 4 PhD Positions and one Scientific Programmer / Ecological Data Scientist to join the AG Hartig (Theoretical Ecology)
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November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
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Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
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Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
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Testing the thermal physiology, habitat and competition hypotheses for elevational range limits in four tropical songbirds | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Restricted elevational ranges are common across tropical montane species, but the
mechanisms generating and maintaining these patterns remain poorly resolved. A long-standing
hypothesis is that specia...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out our new paper in @royalsociety.org testing mechanisms behind elevational range restriction in tropical montane songbirds! ⛰️🦜🌳
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Backstory: when i first visited Central America in the early 2010's i was struck with elevational ranges of birds..
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Very happy to finally see this out in @pnas.org. Great work (masterfully) led by my dear friend @gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social on a classic question on range sizes, climatic niches and dominance for plants at the global scale!
Thanks for the collab, Gabriel!
Thanks for the collab, Gabriel!
in "General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally", we provide key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales.
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General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally | PNAS
A longstanding question in ecology asks whether or not species that achieve large
geographic ranges also have large climatic niche breadths. Using ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very happy to finally see this out in @pnas.org. Great work (masterfully) led by my dear friend @gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social on a classic question on range sizes, climatic niches and dominance for plants at the global scale!
Thanks for the collab, Gabriel!
Thanks for the collab, Gabriel!
Hot off the press! From the PhD thesis of @lopezreyeska.bsky.social where we explored the connection between biogeographic processes and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards 👇
Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
Abstract. Although we now have extensive biogeographical datasets for tetrapods, unravelling the drivers of species’ distributions remains challenging, esp
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November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hot off the press! From the PhD thesis of @lopezreyeska.bsky.social where we explored the connection between biogeographic processes and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards 👇
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🚨🦇New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of #bats, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems:
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
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An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
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An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
Bats are one of the most widespread, species-rich, ecologically and morphologically diverse mammal lineages, and the only mammals capable of powered flight. Due to their evolution within the constrain...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨🦇New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of #bats, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems:
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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ECR Feature: postdoctoral researcher Axel Arango investigates how ecological specialization shapes #diversification in #Emberizoidea songbirds . Read more about his recent work and plans for further study here: biogeographynews.org/2025/10/30/e...
ECR feature: Axel Arango
Axel Arango is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universität Würzburg, Germany. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on Macroecology and Macroevolution. Here, Axel shares his recent wor…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
ECR Feature: postdoctoral researcher Axel Arango investigates how ecological specialization shapes #diversification in #Emberizoidea songbirds . Read more about his recent work and plans for further study here: biogeographynews.org/2025/10/30/e...
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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@peeer.bsky.social We are delighted to announce @sse-evolution.bsky.social has joined 9 other scientific societies in endorsing a Joint Statement on Scientific Publishing peeer.net/societies/ We look forward to developing more affordable, accessible, equitable publishing together #BetterPublishing
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October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@peeer.bsky.social We are delighted to announce @sse-evolution.bsky.social has joined 9 other scientific societies in endorsing a Joint Statement on Scientific Publishing peeer.net/societies/ We look forward to developing more affordable, accessible, equitable publishing together #BetterPublishing
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We are honored to be collaborating with @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca on this project! #BetterPublishing.
The new journals are:
Biogeography (BIOG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles ranging from biological work that is geographically situated to geographical work that is biologically relevant. biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/biog
Biogeography (BIOG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles ranging from biological work that is geographically situated to geographical work that is biologically relevant. biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/biog
Biogeography
Biogeography is an academic-owned, diamond Open Access journal, published by the academic, non-profit, Stanford University Press (SUP), using the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems platfo...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We are honored to be collaborating with @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca on this project! #BetterPublishing.
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Another step forward for #BetterPublishing. Thank you @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca for your vision for more affordable, accessible, high quality open access publishing.
SUP & @pkp.sfu.ca are pleased to announce the launch of 3 new journals in their open access program, bringing the total number of SUP+PKP titles to 4. The 3 scientific journals join SUP+PKP’s first journal, Reviews of Economic Literature (REL), which launched earlier this year.
Journals | Stanford University Press
Reviews of Economic Literature Submissions Open .
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October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another step forward for #BetterPublishing. Thank you @stanfordpress.bsky.social + @pkp.sfu.ca for your vision for more affordable, accessible, high quality open access publishing.
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🆕ECR Feature: PhD student Gabriel Pavan Sabino talks about his research on the unique #diversity patterns on isolated rock outcrops, aka #Inselbergs, off Brazil’s southeastern coast. Read more about his recent work and plans for further study here: biogeographynews.org/2025/10/17/e...
October 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🆕ECR Feature: PhD student Gabriel Pavan Sabino talks about his research on the unique #diversity patterns on isolated rock outcrops, aka #Inselbergs, off Brazil’s southeastern coast. Read more about his recent work and plans for further study here: biogeographynews.org/2025/10/17/e...
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Scientific publishing is dominated by profit-driven models that harm academic communities. A German working group proposes a Diamond OA system, run by academic societies and publicly funded, to create a more inclusive and sustainable publishing ecosystem: peeer.net/2025/10/14/w... #BetterPublishing
We need communities, not journals
The publication of scientific work is a cornerstone of scientific communication, but over the last century, scientific publishers have become increasingly involved with the scientific process, beco…
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October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Scientific publishing is dominated by profit-driven models that harm academic communities. A German working group proposes a Diamond OA system, run by academic societies and publicly funded, to create a more inclusive and sustainable publishing ecosystem: peeer.net/2025/10/14/w... #BetterPublishing
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Why we aren’t lizards: the evolution of endothermy through optimizing life history
Summary & Analysis by Kaleigh Remick of “The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization” by Rubalcaba
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Summary & Analysis by Kaleigh Remick of “The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization” by Rubalcaba
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Why we aren’t lizards: the evolution of endothermy through optimizing life history
<p>Read about “The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization” by Juan G. Rubalcaba (August 2025)</p><br/><br/><p><b>Why do endotherms spend so much energy? A ...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Why we aren’t lizards: the evolution of endothermy through optimizing life history
Summary & Analysis by Kaleigh Remick of “The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization” by Rubalcaba
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
Summary & Analysis by Kaleigh Remick of “The Evolution of Homeothermic Endothermy via Life History Optimization” by Rubalcaba
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Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Just published in @journal-evo.bsky.social: Different diets, different speciation rates in the most ecologically diverse family of mammals, the amazing Phyllostomidae 🦇
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Para un pequeño resumen, ve las figuras 👇
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Para un pequeño resumen, ve las figuras 👇
October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just published in @journal-evo.bsky.social: Different diets, different speciation rates in the most ecologically diverse family of mammals, the amazing Phyllostomidae 🦇
tinyurl.com/5xd3p3mz
Para un pequeño resumen, ve las figuras 👇
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Para un pequeño resumen, ve las figuras 👇
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Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors
The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).
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September 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Si están o andarán por Medellín, Colombia, están invitadxs a esta charla en la Universidad de Antioquia en el marco del primer curso de Macroecología para el posgrado de Biología de la UdeA.
Si conoces a algun/a interesadx, avísale!
Si conoces a algun/a interesadx, avísale!
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Si están o andarán por Medellín, Colombia, están invitadxs a esta charla en la Universidad de Antioquia en el marco del primer curso de Macroecología para el posgrado de Biología de la UdeA.
Si conoces a algun/a interesadx, avísale!
Si conoces a algun/a interesadx, avísale!
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How much will it take for people to accept that Israel is committing a genocide, and how many reports need to be released for our governments to stop it?
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How much will it take for people to accept that Israel is committing a genocide, and how many reports need to be released for our governments to stop it?
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Hey, check out this new reflection on the challenges and paths for making scientific publishing more affordable, accessible, and equitable:
peeer.net/2025/09/08/n...
peeer.net/2025/09/08/n...
Navigating Scientific Publishing: Challenges and Paths Toward Equity
Current changes in scientific publishing are among the most radical in over 50 years, with the range of publishing options rapidly expanding. Publisher-owned journals often dominate the landscape, …
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September 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hey, check out this new reflection on the challenges and paths for making scientific publishing more affordable, accessible, and equitable:
peeer.net/2025/09/08/n...
peeer.net/2025/09/08/n...
Murciélagos y flores!
🦇🌸 In this new study, we show that both threatened and non-threatened bats are important for the structure and maintenance of bat-flower interaction networks at global and regional scales.
#GlobalEcology
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🦇🌸 In this new study, we show that both threatened and non-threatened bats are important for the structure and maintenance of bat-flower interaction networks at global and regional scales.
#GlobalEcology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Threatened and non-threatened bats play equivalent roles in bat-flower meta-networks at global and biogeographic realm scales - Biodiversity and Conservation
In tropical and subtropical ecosystems, nectar-eating bats are essential pollinators of numerous plant species; however, the global organization of bat-flower interaction networks remains poorly under...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Murciélagos y flores!
🦇🌸 In this new study, we show that both threatened and non-threatened bats are important for the structure and maintenance of bat-flower interaction networks at global and regional scales.
#GlobalEcology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🦇🌸 In this new study, we show that both threatened and non-threatened bats are important for the structure and maintenance of bat-flower interaction networks at global and regional scales.
#GlobalEcology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...