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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 New paper published! We introduce herbariodigital.cl, evaluate our specimen-based taxonomic index against global references, and outline a participatory framework to achieve Chile’s National Species Inventory.

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Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens represen....

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Ricardo Segovia @ricardosegovia.bsky.social · Jul 21

Nueva entrevista en MongaBay a propósito de nuestro nuevo paper sobre la boogeografía del género Weinmannia.

Un estudio revela los secretos de la evolución escondida de los imponentes árboles Weinmannia en Latinoamérica | ENTREVISTA

Un nuevo estudio reconstruyó la historia evolutiva de Weinmannia, un género con más de 90 especies de árboles emblemáticos.

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Ricardo Segovia @ricardosegovia.bsky.social · Jun 30

¡Recién publicado! 🌿 Descubrimos que Weinmannia, un género emblemático de los Andes, se originó fuera de los trópicos y migró hacia los Andes tropicales, donde se diversificó. A pesar de expandirse en altura y latitud, conserva su nicho ambiental. #Evolución #Andes #Biogeografía

Phylogeny of Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) reveals the contribution of the southern extratropics to tropical Andean biodiversity

The Andes are a relatively young mountain range with impressive biodiversity, but the biogeographic processes underlying its hyperdiversity are still …

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Iván Ramírez-Pedraza @ivanramirezpedraza.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨🐘🌴 Fossil evidence of proboscidean frugivory and its lasting impact on South American ecosystems 🌴🐘 🚨

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

@iphes-cerca.bsky.social @biomarkerslab.bsky.social

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Ricardo Segovia @ricardosegovia.bsky.social · Jun 2

I'm pleased to see my work cited in the synthesis marking ~20 years since the Tropical Niche Conservatism hypothesis was proposed. #Biogeography

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The Origins of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Revisiting the Tropical Conservatism Hypothesis

Aim Understanding the origins of species richness patterns (especially high tropical richness) is a long-standing challenge at the intersection of biogeography, ecology, and evolutionary biology. On...

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · May 12

You're all invited! Submit your abstract for the session "Unlocking the potential of biodiversity data in Latin America: tools and practices for data integration" at the Living Data 2025 conference in Bogotá, Oct 21–24. More info: www.livingdata2025.com #LivingData2025 #BiodiversityData

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Ricardo Segovia @ricardosegovia.bsky.social · Apr 29

Interesante argumentación que también aplica para investigación y protección de la biodiversidad

The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Apr 28

Damos la bienvenida al Herbario EIF de la Universidad de Chile a herbariodigital.cl que inaugura su proceso de digitalización con una muestra de Schinus latifolia colectada por el profesor Rodolfo Gajardo en Cuesta La Dormida, Región Metropolitana. 📄🔗 #BiodiversityData

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you use the Biodivisity Heritage Library (I use it almost daily), you'll be saddened (and maybe angered😡) to learn that DOGE+Musk+Trump have eliminated its funding. BHL is looking for a new home. #ILoveBHL

So much f***ing winning.🤬

blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...

A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Apr 21

🌱 We're pleased to announce that the @iebchile.bsky.social has signed a licensing agreement with the Faculty of Forestry Sciences at the University of Chile, granting usage rights for our I-BIODATA software. This step enables the integration of the EIF Herbarium into herbariodigital.cl!

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Ricardo Segovia @ricardosegovia.bsky.social · Jan 24

Vamos avanzando!!

BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Jan 24

herbariodigital.cl now boasts 100,000 digitized specimens! 🎉 This incredible milestone was marked by the recently discovered 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢. Advancing efforts to integrate Chile's biodiversity data for exploration, research, and management. #DigitalHerbarium

ieb-chile.cl/noticia/herb...

https://herbariodigital.cl/catalog/details/2165/

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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · Jan 15

Our planet is full of natural jewels.

Most Natural History Collections, archives of the planet's biological diversity, are under-resourced—some direly so.

Support #NaturalHistoryCollections !

That is all.

Another early #BlueMonday post
#MacroPhotography
#FocusStacking

Upper quarter left frontolateral view of a jewel beetle (family Buprestidae) on a white background. The entire body is metallic: the head, legs, and elytra are bluish-purple and the pronotum is a yellowish green. The large eyes are reddish brown on this specimen.

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Julian Jackson @allatsea.bsky.social · Jan 15

Check out my latest article: The World Currently Lacks the Ability to Govern Deep-Sea Mining linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

The World Currently Lacks the Ability to Govern Deep-Sea Mining

Despite continued negotiations in 2024, the regulatory framework meant to govern commercial-scale deep-sea mining is still years from being finalized by members of the International Seabed Authority (...

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Jan 8

🎉 Nuestro compañero Juan Manuel Sáez ha sido designado como el nuevo representante de Latinoamérica en TDWG.

Nos ponemos a disposición de los institutos de investigació de la región para promover una mejor calidad y usabilidad de los datos de biodiversidad.

#Biodiversidad #TDWG #CienciaAbierta

IEB promueve la adopción de estándares en la publicación de datos de biodiversidad - Instituto de Ecología & Biodiversidad

El Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad -IEB-, a través de su programa BIODATA, está comprometido con aportar a mejorar la calidad de los datos de biodiversidad. Su presencia nacional se extiende al ...

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Jan 6

The BIODATA Symposium was a success! 🌿✨ Check out this note on how IEB is integrating data and connecting institutions to protect biodiversity. 📝💚 #Biodiversity #Conservation

Conectando datos e instituciones para proteger la biodiversidad: el rol del IEB y su programa BIODATA - País Circular

Biodiversidad / El Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), a través de su programa integrador BIODATA, realizó el seminario “Datos de biodiversidad para el futuro de Chile”, marcando un hito en l...

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Dec 26

An Italian smuggler has been convicted for illegally poaching Chilean endemic cacti.

Let's protect biodiversity! 🌵🌍

#Conservation #EndangeredSpecies

Condenan a contrabandista italiano por explotación ilegal de cactus endémicos

Un ciudadano italiano fue sancionado por el contrabando de casi mil ejemplares de cactus endémicos de Taltal, condena que incluye una multa de 5 millones de pesos y la prohibición de reingreso al pa...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Dec 14

For anyone who missed this prescient piece by Laurie Laybourn and James Dyke
when it came out, it’s a MUST read for understanding the social instability that’s coming as our world warms and we weather the social consequences of it.

theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · Dec 11

"It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge and understanding of the Earth, as well as the animal—human connections within it"

We'd add climate and social dynamics, too. 🌐🧪

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS

“One Health” needs ecology

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks for the invitation @biodata.bsky.social, I really enjoyed the opportunity to talk about gaps in biodiversity data

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Dec 4

Interested in coming to Chile to work on biodiversity data? We have postdoctoral opportunities available! 🌱🌍 Contact us to apply: ieb-chile.cl/tipo-de-prog... #Biodiversity #Postdoc #Research

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Dec 4

Mammoth on the menu www.reuters.com/science/mamm... 🦣 🥩 👣 #megafauna #hunting #clovis

Mammoths topped the menu for North American Ice Age people

The first humans who spread across North America during the last Ice Age put mammoths at the top of their menu, according to scientists who secured the first direct evidence of the diet of these ancient people.

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BIODATA IEB-Chile @biodata.bsky.social · Dec 3

Se viene la semana de los datos de biodiversidad en la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas de la UdeC.

Si andan cerca, los esperamos en las charlas y conversatorios!!!

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Dec 3

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Nov 30

Of course, limiting development in areas with high wildfire, flooding, or volcanic risk would help reduce catastrophes. That seems quite obvious, yet difficult to implement.
bc.ctvnews.ca/study-of-202... 🔥

Study of 2023 Okanagan wildfires recommends limiting development in high-risk areas

A study into the devastating wildfires that struck British Columbia's Okanagan region in 2023 has recommended that government and industry limit development in high-fire-risk areas.

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Inês Martins @inesismartins.bsky.social · Nov 28

🚨Fully-Funded UK PhD Opportunity!🚨

I’m hiring a #PhD exploring the complexities of #biodiversity change across space and time 🌐. Join @cmbeale.bsky.social and me at #York and for this exciting opportunity!

Please share and/or message me if interested. More info and how to apply: shorturl.at/Zu7ED

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