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Pedro Aragón @pedroaragoncarrera.bsky.social · 16d

European amphibian hotspots in the hot pot. Published in Earth’s Future

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Central & Eastern Europe sites: intense temperature increments & expanded droughts

Mediterranean sites: Increasing floods

Mediterranean coast, France & Italy vulnerable: low fecundity+high threat

Assessing Vulnerability of Relevant Sites for Amphibian Conservation Through Spatiotemporal Analyses of Global Change Factors in Europe

Sites for amphibian conservation in Central and Eastern Europe face intense temperature increments and expanded droughts Sites in the Mediterranean experienced a slower pace of temperature increm...

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Aug 30

We propose six overarching recommendations for resilient biodiversity strategies, including:
1) engaging the private sector
2) empowering local communities
3) raising public awareness
4) harnessing new technologies

Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Aug 30

EurSSP1→Only pathway where KM-GBF targets & favorable outcomes for steppe birds are achievable
EurSSP3 & EurSSP4→Lead to “unfavorable” conservation status due to weak governance, agricultural intensification, or land abandonment
EurSSP5→Projects a “highly unfavorable” status for steppe birds by 2050

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Aug 30

We explored how future European socioeconomic pathways (Eur-SSPs) will affect both the implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and the future of steppe ecosystems—one of Europe’s most threatened habitats.

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Aug 30

New paper from the #SteppesinHarmony workshop! Great collab with my favourite scientists in steppe bird ecology and some experts in scenario analysis. Thread below
@consletters.bsky.social

👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · Jul 8

Ever wondered how morphology is affected by climate? Our new paper in Ecography shows sex-specific shifts in body size of European #bats in response to temperature & rainfall across space, but no clear temporal changes due to high variability 🌍🌐🧪

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The effects of climate on bat morphology across space and time

According to Bergmann's and Allen's rules, climate change may drive morphological shifts in species, affecting body size and appendage length. These rules predict that species in colder climates tend...

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jul 6

Great post by PhD student @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social on our last study looking at the influence of temperature and rainfall on the body size of bats across Europe. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social

BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · Jul 6

Read our latest blog post by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social‬, whose research reveals how temperature and rainfall affect the body size of European bats. 🦇

Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍

bit.ly/3GsQunp

How is bat size affected by climate?

Author: Laura Paltrinieri, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid Global environmental change is one of the greatest challenges facing biodiversity. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patt…

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jul 3

So great to catch up in person with researchers working in the Medio Jurua region. #ATBC2025

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jul 3

@laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social explaining her poster on spatiotemporal niche partitioning in arboreal primates for almost 3 hours! Great attendance! #atbc2025

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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · Jul 3

Researching impacts of climate change on biodiversity? Submit an abstract and register to join the British Ecological Society Climate Change Group hybrid meeting on 18th Sep 2025.

Abstract submission deadline 7th July 🌍

BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · Jun 18

🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿

We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025!

Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges.

Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch...

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Climate Change and Biodiversity: BES Climate Change SIG Annual Meeting 2025

The first in-person annual meeting of the British Ecological Society Climate Change Ecology Group.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jul 1

@iagoferreiro.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk about the work we are doing in the Amazon on the characterization of ecological networks along a defaunation gradient. Great collab with the Instituto Jurua from Brazil and scientists from Norway, UK, and Brazil. #ATBC2025

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jun 29

Awesome!!! Did not expect you here (don't know why). Glad to finally meet in person 😊

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jun 29

Here we go!!! Congress time! So happy to be back at the ATBC annual meeting 6 years later. #ATBC2025 @iagoferreiro.bsky.social @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jun 29

Snaps from Oaxaca🇲🇽

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 29

🌴The tropics help to sustain life as we know it, but are under immense pressure. From land-use change to resource extraction, these ecosystems face a variety of challenges.

@ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment

On #TropicsDay, let’s remember that conserving biodiversity-rich areas is essential.🌎🧪

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jun 28

Happy pride🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️!!!!
@mncn-csic.bsky.social

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RTVE Noticias @rtvenoticias.rtve.es · Jun 28

Estas son algunas de las imágenes que nos llegan de la marcha del Orgullo 2025 de Budapest, prohibida por el primer ministro Viktor Orbán

📹 Sara Alonso Esparza

www.rtve.es/noticias/202...

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Jun 26

New preprint from the lab, led by the great @mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social . We produced layers of hunting exposure across the tropics that can be used in cumulative threat mapping approaches and vulnerability assessments. More info below 👇🏻

Martin Philippe-Lesaffre @mphilippelesaffre.bsky.social · Jun 25

🖨️ New preprint out !

We present the first global, high-resolution, spatiotemporal maps of hunting pressure across tropical forests 🦜🐒🌴.

This long-standing blind spot in biodiversity threat mapping is now filled 😎:

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Hotspots, refuges, and rising risk: mapping tropical hunting pressure across space and time

ecoevorxiv.org

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · May 18

New paper out! We present a framework for quantifying the vulnerability of terrestrial insular biota to multiple threats. This is the first output of the #RIVAGE project, funded by @frbiodiv.bsky.social & brilliantly led by @celinebellard.bsky.social.

peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

A framework to quantify the vulnerability of insular biota to global changes

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Dr. Jose Valdez @josevaldez.bsky.social · Apr 14

In the Amazon, rivers don't just divide land-they divide species. We found 80% of new world primates are split by natural barriers and wider rivers = more genetically distinct monkeys! 🐒🌊 #evolution #biodiversity #primatebio #sciencetwitter #conservation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates

We tested the riverine barrier hypothesis in New World monkeys, finding that river width significantly correlates with molecular divergence across species. Our results suggest that rivers and mountai...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Apr 13

The need for an individual-based global change ecology ibe.pensoft.net/articles.php...

The need for an individual-based global change ecology

Biodiversity loss and widespread ecosystem degradation are among the most pressing challenges of our time, requiring urgent action. Yet our understanding of their causes remains limited because prevai...

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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · Apr 9

New paper published in Ecography coming out of the ClimBats COST Action on effects of climate on #bat morphology across space and time. Led by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social, @anabenlop.bsky.social and @lsantinieco.bsky.social 🦇🌡️🌧️

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Correlation coefficients between bat forearm length and climatic variables

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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · Apr 7

Statement from TIBS to our current, former, and future members

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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · Apr 7

And another paper out! Here we identify 48 tropical mammal species that may not have adequate CITES protection but that are nonetheless threatened by biological resource use. A great collab with Tow Jia Hao, Jacqueline Choo and Román Carrasco, from NUS

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Slipping through the cracks: A systematic assessment of CITES-overlooked tropical mammals threatened by hunting and wildlife trade

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the main international agreement that identifies levels…

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