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Sérgio

@srgtmt.bsky.social

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Researcher on ecological networks, seed dispersal, biotic interactions, phenology, conservation, and the likes of. RT science, conservation, network science, interesting/funny, birds and random stuff. Sci-fi fan. Suck at @ and #!

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Sérgio @srgtmt.bsky.social · 24d

Seed dispersal assists in the recovery of burned sites rather than being an alternative to resprouting or post-fire seeding 🌱🌳🌍
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

Sérgio @srgtmt.bsky.social · 26d

Just out, the role of bats and birds as potential pest suppressors in smallholder rice-dominated agroecosystems in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa🌍 #NetworkScience
Check it out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.

If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪

www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...

REMOTE ROLE FOR ECOLOGISTS, NATURALISTS, AND TAXONOMIC EXPERTS at Pivotal Future in London, UNITED KINGDOM

Jan 2, 2025 | Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts ‍ Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data? Or can you identify plants,... | EXPIRES IN 4 DAYS

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · Dec 3

Long-term data is critical for understanding how ecosystems work and how they might look in the future. But it's getting harder and harder to do due to funding limitations. We need to prioritise this sort of research and to stop cutting funding for it.

Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology

Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Dec 4

ECOSISTEMAS is a great option to publish free to read and free to publish (no APC) from the Spanish Ecological Society. We are growing internationally, support us by sending your cool results!

Ecosistemas AEET @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social · Dec 4

ECOSISTEMAS, la revista de @eco-aeet.bsky.social llega también a bluesky!!!.

Nueva etapa para la revista, nuevo comité editorial y nueva red social.

Conoce la política editorial de esta nueva etapa y anímate a enviar tus trabajos a ECOSISTEMAS.

www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...

Portada del artículo de ECOSISTEMAS anunciando la nueva etapa editorial de la revista

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Sara Mendes @sarammendes.bsky.social · Dec 3

🔥 New paper out 🔥

Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains!

Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿

@newphyt.bsky.social

🧪🍁🌐🌏

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients

Climate change is forcing species to shift their distribution ranges. Animal seed dispersers might be particularly important in assisting plants tracking suitable climates to higher elevations. Howe.....

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sérgio @srgtmt.bsky.social · Nov 27

Just published: preceptions by rice farmers of wildlife.
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss4/a...

Friend or foe? Attitudes of rice farmers toward wild animals in West Africa - Ecology & Society

As the global human population grows and the demand for space and resources increases, human-wildlife interactions and conflicts are expected to rise, particularly in biodiversity-rich tropical agroec...

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Neal Haddaway @nealhaddaway.bsky.social · Nov 26

JUST PUBLISHED: Tinderbox 🌍🔥

In just 3 days, Portugal broke wildfire records as abandoned farmland and eucalyptus plantations burned.

In my latest for The New Climate, I explore how we can rethink land, fire, and resilience.

medium.com/the-new-clim...

#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis

Tinderbox: Portugal’s difficult relationship with fire

2024 became yet another fire year of record for Portugal. Photojournalist Neal Haddaway looks at the damage and what the future holds.

medium.com

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Sérgio @srgtmt.bsky.social · Nov 25

haven't yet posted much here, though.
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Feb 13

Deciduous forest restoration guided by an umbrella species benefit beetle diversity and stand structures, but target levels are not reached 🪲

Repeated restoration is needed to ensure a continued positive development of natural values 📈

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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