Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
@bothrops77.bsky.social
Landscape ecology, herpetology, functional and community ecology 🐸🐍🦎 Associate professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). Passionate about science fiction, graphical novels, photography and heavy metal 🎸
🔗 Read the full article "Scale-Dependent Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Butterfly Functional and Taxonomic Diversity in Andean Urban Parks" 🌐here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalEcology #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #Butterflies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalEcology #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #Butterflies
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🔗 Read the full article "Scale-Dependent Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Butterfly Functional and Taxonomic Diversity in Andean Urban Parks" 🌐here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalEcology #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #Butterflies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FunctionalEcology #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #Butterflies
🌍 Conservation conclusions:
✅ Protecting connectivity between parks and water bodies is key.
✅ Planting tall native trees promotes higher functional diversity.
✅ Creating ecological corridors between small and large parks supports species dispersal. #EcologicalRestoration
✅ Protecting connectivity between parks and water bodies is key.
✅ Planting tall native trees promotes higher functional diversity.
✅ Creating ecological corridors between small and large parks supports species dispersal. #EcologicalRestoration
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌍 Conservation conclusions:
✅ Protecting connectivity between parks and water bodies is key.
✅ Planting tall native trees promotes higher functional diversity.
✅ Creating ecological corridors between small and large parks supports species dispersal. #EcologicalRestoration
✅ Protecting connectivity between parks and water bodies is key.
✅ Planting tall native trees promotes higher functional diversity.
✅ Creating ecological corridors between small and large parks supports species dispersal. #EcologicalRestoration
🦋 How do small or fragmented parks affect butterflies?
Smaller and fragmented parks show lower diversity and more homogenized species assemblages.
⚠️ We need parks with native vegetation and proximity to water bodies to promote biodiversity!
Smaller and fragmented parks show lower diversity and more homogenized species assemblages.
⚠️ We need parks with native vegetation and proximity to water bodies to promote biodiversity!
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🦋 How do small or fragmented parks affect butterflies?
Smaller and fragmented parks show lower diversity and more homogenized species assemblages.
⚠️ We need parks with native vegetation and proximity to water bodies to promote biodiversity!
Smaller and fragmented parks show lower diversity and more homogenized species assemblages.
⚠️ We need parks with native vegetation and proximity to water bodies to promote biodiversity!
🌳 What influences butterfly diversity in urban parks?
✔️ The height of native trees is strongly associated with functional diversity.
✔️ Connectivity between parks enhances both taxonomic and functional diversity.
✔️ The height of native trees is strongly associated with functional diversity.
✔️ Connectivity between parks enhances both taxonomic and functional diversity.
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌳 What influences butterfly diversity in urban parks?
✔️ The height of native trees is strongly associated with functional diversity.
✔️ Connectivity between parks enhances both taxonomic and functional diversity.
✔️ The height of native trees is strongly associated with functional diversity.
✔️ Connectivity between parks enhances both taxonomic and functional diversity.
🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
🌱 Why is it important?
Preserving Amazonian ecosystems requires enhancing forest connectivity and restoring native vegetation at the forest edges to mitigate the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. 🐸🌐
#Biodiversity #Amphibians #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #AmazonRainforest
Preserving Amazonian ecosystems requires enhancing forest connectivity and restoring native vegetation at the forest edges to mitigate the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. 🐸🌐
#Biodiversity #Amphibians #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #AmazonRainforest
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🌱 Why is it important?
Preserving Amazonian ecosystems requires enhancing forest connectivity and restoring native vegetation at the forest edges to mitigate the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. 🐸🌐
#Biodiversity #Amphibians #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #AmazonRainforest
Preserving Amazonian ecosystems requires enhancing forest connectivity and restoring native vegetation at the forest edges to mitigate the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. 🐸🌐
#Biodiversity #Amphibians #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #AmazonRainforest
✔️ Forest edges act as ecological filters, limiting the colonization of pasture species into forest interiors via environmental gradients and functional competition.
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
✔️ Forest edges act as ecological filters, limiting the colonization of pasture species into forest interiors via environmental gradients and functional competition.
✔️ In pastures, environmental filtering plays a major role in shaping amphibian assemblages, while limiting similarity governs the assemblage in forest interiors.
✔️ Functional diversity is more influenced by landscape connectivity, leaf litter depth, and humidity rather than edge effects alone
✔️ Functional diversity is more influenced by landscape connectivity, leaf litter depth, and humidity rather than edge effects alone
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
✔️ In pastures, environmental filtering plays a major role in shaping amphibian assemblages, while limiting similarity governs the assemblage in forest interiors.
✔️ Functional diversity is more influenced by landscape connectivity, leaf litter depth, and humidity rather than edge effects alone
✔️ Functional diversity is more influenced by landscape connectivity, leaf litter depth, and humidity rather than edge effects alone
🌍🐸🌐 What are the effects of forest edges on amphibian diversity in Amazonian floodplains?
Our latest study sheds light on how environmental filters and limiting similarity shape the functional diversity of amphibian communities
🧪 Full article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our latest study sheds light on how environmental filters and limiting similarity shape the functional diversity of amphibian communities
🧪 Full article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🌍🐸🌐 What are the effects of forest edges on amphibian diversity in Amazonian floodplains?
Our latest study sheds light on how environmental filters and limiting similarity shape the functional diversity of amphibian communities
🧪 Full article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our latest study sheds light on how environmental filters and limiting similarity shape the functional diversity of amphibian communities
🧪 Full article:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💡 Functional traits related to the amount of body hair in bees, which aid in pollen adhesion, showed no correlation with the total pollen amount, nor with granadilla pollen. #FunctionalTraits #Pollination #Biodiversity #Bees #Sustainability
May 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
💡 Functional traits related to the amount of body hair in bees, which aid in pollen adhesion, showed no correlation with the total pollen amount, nor with granadilla pollen. #FunctionalTraits #Pollination #Biodiversity #Bees #Sustainability
🐝 The invasive species Apis mellifera, while the most abundant and large-bodied bee, DOES NOT carry pollen from native species nor from granadilla, making it a POOR pollinator for these crops. #Pollination #ApisMellifera #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Biodiversity
May 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🐝 The invasive species Apis mellifera, while the most abundant and large-bodied bee, DOES NOT carry pollen from native species nor from granadilla, making it a POOR pollinator for these crops. #Pollination #ApisMellifera #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Biodiversity
🌍🐝 Today, on #WorldBeeDay, we present our work on pollination in Passiflora crops. Understanding the functional traits of bees enhances agricultural production! 🌱🍯 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Pollination
@agroecologymap.bsky.social @global-ecology.bsky.social @savethebees.bsky.social
#Pollination
@agroecologymap.bsky.social @global-ecology.bsky.social @savethebees.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌍🐝 Today, on #WorldBeeDay, we present our work on pollination in Passiflora crops. Understanding the functional traits of bees enhances agricultural production! 🌱🍯 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Pollination
@agroecologymap.bsky.social @global-ecology.bsky.social @savethebees.bsky.social
#Pollination
@agroecologymap.bsky.social @global-ecology.bsky.social @savethebees.bsky.social
1. Anuran diversity was more influenced by landscape configuration (e.g., number of patches, water bodies) than composition.
2. Abundance was linked to structurally complex vegetation (e.g., rosettes, scrublands).
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #TropicalEcology #DroneTechnology #Ecology
2. Abundance was linked to structurally complex vegetation (e.g., rosettes, scrublands).
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #TropicalEcology #DroneTechnology #Ecology
May 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1. Anuran diversity was more influenced by landscape configuration (e.g., number of patches, water bodies) than composition.
2. Abundance was linked to structurally complex vegetation (e.g., rosettes, scrublands).
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #TropicalEcology #DroneTechnology #Ecology
2. Abundance was linked to structurally complex vegetation (e.g., rosettes, scrublands).
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #TropicalEcology #DroneTechnology #Ecology
✔️ At 50m, larger contiguous habitats increased abundance, while fragmentation reduced it.
✔️ At 100m to 200m water bodies and scrubby vegetation like Chusquea spp. were key for species persistence, such as Dendropsophus molitor, which need water for larval development. @amphibianspecies.bsky.social
✔️ At 100m to 200m water bodies and scrubby vegetation like Chusquea spp. were key for species persistence, such as Dendropsophus molitor, which need water for larval development. @amphibianspecies.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✔️ At 50m, larger contiguous habitats increased abundance, while fragmentation reduced it.
✔️ At 100m to 200m water bodies and scrubby vegetation like Chusquea spp. were key for species persistence, such as Dendropsophus molitor, which need water for larval development. @amphibianspecies.bsky.social
✔️ At 100m to 200m water bodies and scrubby vegetation like Chusquea spp. were key for species persistence, such as Dendropsophus molitor, which need water for larval development. @amphibianspecies.bsky.social
✔️ Landscape configuration is a crucial factor for species persistence.
✔️ Limited mobility: Species success depends on their movement between vegetation mosaics in these high-altitude ecosystems.
✔️ Conservation efforts should focus on maintaining connectivity and vegetation complexity.
#amphibians
✔️ Limited mobility: Species success depends on their movement between vegetation mosaics in these high-altitude ecosystems.
✔️ Conservation efforts should focus on maintaining connectivity and vegetation complexity.
#amphibians
May 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✔️ Landscape configuration is a crucial factor for species persistence.
✔️ Limited mobility: Species success depends on their movement between vegetation mosaics in these high-altitude ecosystems.
✔️ Conservation efforts should focus on maintaining connectivity and vegetation complexity.
#amphibians
✔️ Limited mobility: Species success depends on their movement between vegetation mosaics in these high-altitude ecosystems.
✔️ Conservation efforts should focus on maintaining connectivity and vegetation complexity.
#amphibians
✔️ Landscape configuration (number of water bodies, patches of dense scrub with Chusquea spp.) had a greater impact on anuran diversity than habitat composition.
✔️ Abundance: Positive correlation with complex vegetation types like rosettes and dense scrublands.
#Biodiversity #TropicalEcology
✔️ Abundance: Positive correlation with complex vegetation types like rosettes and dense scrublands.
#Biodiversity #TropicalEcology
May 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✔️ Landscape configuration (number of water bodies, patches of dense scrub with Chusquea spp.) had a greater impact on anuran diversity than habitat composition.
✔️ Abundance: Positive correlation with complex vegetation types like rosettes and dense scrublands.
#Biodiversity #TropicalEcology
✔️ Abundance: Positive correlation with complex vegetation types like rosettes and dense scrublands.
#Biodiversity #TropicalEcology
🌍🐸 How does environmental heterogeneity influence amphibian diversity in Andean highlands?
We evaluate the heterogeneity of a natural páramo ecosystem using drone imagery at a resolution of 4 cm/pixel. @landscape.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/elt8u
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #DroneTechnology
We evaluate the heterogeneity of a natural páramo ecosystem using drone imagery at a resolution of 4 cm/pixel. @landscape.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/elt8u
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #DroneTechnology
May 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🌍🐸 How does environmental heterogeneity influence amphibian diversity in Andean highlands?
We evaluate the heterogeneity of a natural páramo ecosystem using drone imagery at a resolution of 4 cm/pixel. @landscape.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/elt8u
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #DroneTechnology
We evaluate the heterogeneity of a natural páramo ecosystem using drone imagery at a resolution of 4 cm/pixel. @landscape.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/elt8u
#LandscapeEcology #AmphibianConservation #DroneTechnology
📚 Published in @RevMexBiodiv
🔗 Article: revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
🐸 Check out also our tadpole study from the Colombian Orinoco:
👉 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#NeotropicalScience #OpenAccessScience #FreshwaterBiodiversity
🔗 Article: revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
🐸 Check out also our tadpole study from the Colombian Orinoco:
👉 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#NeotropicalScience #OpenAccessScience #FreshwaterBiodiversity
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📚 Published in @RevMexBiodiv
🔗 Article: revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
🐸 Check out also our tadpole study from the Colombian Orinoco:
👉 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#NeotropicalScience #OpenAccessScience #FreshwaterBiodiversity
🔗 Article: revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
🐸 Check out also our tadpole study from the Colombian Orinoco:
👉 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#NeotropicalScience #OpenAccessScience #FreshwaterBiodiversity
🔍 Conserving permanent, shaded water bodies surrounded by intact forest is key for protecting larval amphibians like E. bivocata.
🌿 Changes in vegetation cover alter pond microhabitats and reduce their suitability.
#ConservationBiology #TropicalForests #AmphibianDecline
🌿 Changes in vegetation cover alter pond microhabitats and reduce their suitability.
#ConservationBiology #TropicalForests #AmphibianDecline
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🔍 Conserving permanent, shaded water bodies surrounded by intact forest is key for protecting larval amphibians like E. bivocata.
🌿 Changes in vegetation cover alter pond microhabitats and reduce their suitability.
#ConservationBiology #TropicalForests #AmphibianDecline
🌿 Changes in vegetation cover alter pond microhabitats and reduce their suitability.
#ConservationBiology #TropicalForests #AmphibianDecline
Lithobates vaillanti inhabits ponds in secondary vegetation and in recently cleared forest areas with silty substrate and leaf litter in secondary/tallied forest (24°C)
#Amphibians #RainforestConservation #TropicalBiology
#Amphibians #RainforestConservation #TropicalBiology
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Lithobates vaillanti inhabits ponds in secondary vegetation and in recently cleared forest areas with silty substrate and leaf litter in secondary/tallied forest (24°C)
#Amphibians #RainforestConservation #TropicalBiology
#Amphibians #RainforestConservation #TropicalBiology
🌿 Species-specific pond preferences in rainforest:
✔️ Exerodonta bivocata: permanent ponds with flow, rocks, and decapods in shaded primary forest (22°C)
✔️ Incilius valliceps: temporary ponds without predators, pH 7.2, in secondary forest with branches and litter
#Tadpoles #TropicalHerpetology
✔️ Exerodonta bivocata: permanent ponds with flow, rocks, and decapods in shaded primary forest (22°C)
✔️ Incilius valliceps: temporary ponds without predators, pH 7.2, in secondary forest with branches and litter
#Tadpoles #TropicalHerpetology
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🌿 Species-specific pond preferences in rainforest:
✔️ Exerodonta bivocata: permanent ponds with flow, rocks, and decapods in shaded primary forest (22°C)
✔️ Incilius valliceps: temporary ponds without predators, pH 7.2, in secondary forest with branches and litter
#Tadpoles #TropicalHerpetology
✔️ Exerodonta bivocata: permanent ponds with flow, rocks, and decapods in shaded primary forest (22°C)
✔️ Incilius valliceps: temporary ponds without predators, pH 7.2, in secondary forest with branches and litter
#Tadpoles #TropicalHerpetology
🌡️ Which variables best explain tadpole abundance?
📌 Water temperature
📌 Water flow
📌 pH
These and other biotic & environmental factors drive larval distributions across species.
#AquaticEcology #Herpetology #FreshwaterScience #AmphibianBiology
📌 Water temperature
📌 Water flow
📌 pH
These and other biotic & environmental factors drive larval distributions across species.
#AquaticEcology #Herpetology #FreshwaterScience #AmphibianBiology
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🌡️ Which variables best explain tadpole abundance?
📌 Water temperature
📌 Water flow
📌 pH
These and other biotic & environmental factors drive larval distributions across species.
#AquaticEcology #Herpetology #FreshwaterScience #AmphibianBiology
📌 Water temperature
📌 Water flow
📌 pH
These and other biotic & environmental factors drive larval distributions across species.
#AquaticEcology #Herpetology #FreshwaterScience #AmphibianBiology
🐸🌱 Did you know that tadpoles of different species live in completely segregated ponds?
Our study in the tropical forests of SE Mexico explores how vegetation, altitude & water shape tadpole abundance:
revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
#Tadpoles #Amphibians #TropicalEcology #GlobalChangeBiology
Our study in the tropical forests of SE Mexico explores how vegetation, altitude & water shape tadpole abundance:
revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
#Tadpoles #Amphibians #TropicalEcology #GlobalChangeBiology
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🐸🌱 Did you know that tadpoles of different species live in completely segregated ponds?
Our study in the tropical forests of SE Mexico explores how vegetation, altitude & water shape tadpole abundance:
revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
#Tadpoles #Amphibians #TropicalEcology #GlobalChangeBiology
Our study in the tropical forests of SE Mexico explores how vegetation, altitude & water shape tadpole abundance:
revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bi...
#Tadpoles #Amphibians #TropicalEcology #GlobalChangeBiology
⚠️ Conservation of natural temporary ponds with structured vegetation and optimal microhabitat conditions (e.g., mid-range pH, native vegetation nearby) is critical to preserving amphibian biodiversity in productive landscapes.
#ConservationScience #AmphibianDeclines #TropicalConservation
#ConservationScience #AmphibianDeclines #TropicalConservation
April 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
⚠️ Conservation of natural temporary ponds with structured vegetation and optimal microhabitat conditions (e.g., mid-range pH, native vegetation nearby) is critical to preserving amphibian biodiversity in productive landscapes.
#ConservationScience #AmphibianDeclines #TropicalConservation
#ConservationScience #AmphibianDeclines #TropicalConservation
🔬 We also discuss and highlight the value of considering functional traits—such as reproductive mode and physiological plasticity—to better understand tadpole responses to habitat modification.
#TraitBasedEcology #FreshwaterEcology #TropicalScience
#TraitBasedEcology #FreshwaterEcology #TropicalScience
April 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🔬 We also discuss and highlight the value of considering functional traits—such as reproductive mode and physiological plasticity—to better understand tadpole responses to habitat modification.
#TraitBasedEcology #FreshwaterEcology #TropicalScience
#TraitBasedEcology #FreshwaterEcology #TropicalScience