📢 1st paper of project DUNGPOOL is out. We present the list and geographical records of the dung beetles collected in the Azores. Dversity is low, and includes alien species. Will these poor communities be able to sustain the basic ecosystem services? More to come!

bdj.pensoft.net/article/1632...

European Researchers Nigth at @uam.es
12 amazing activities, representing different departments and institutes of our university.
It is always a please to showcase our research to the general public!
Kudos the Unidad de Cultura Cientifica team. It is great working with you!

Our CLIMBFUN project has been granted @ageinves.bsky.social! 3 years to study how 💩🪲dung beetle diversity and ecosystem functions change through time📆🗓️, along elevational gradients ⛰️, and how climate change 🌡️ influences these insects. Looking forward to work with my colleagues from 🇪🇸 🇧🇷 🇬🇧

📅 El 26/09 la #UAM celebra La Noche Europea de lxs Investigadorxs en la Plaza Mayor del campus de Cantoblanco. Talleres, juegos y ciencia en vivo para todos los públicos. Entrada libre, sin inscripción.

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/hxhkwwldzs

The Journal of Animal Ecology's 5th Sidnie Manton award is now open to proposals!🚨
Read more about the award here: buff.ly/BV6OT1P
...and submit your proposal here: buff.ly/YsnYe29
The deadline for proposals will be 1 September 2025.

⚠️ High level of threatned species among the 🏝️ Azorean Endemic Arthropods 🪲🕷️🐜🦗🐝🦋🐛🪰🐞

BioNCCE group @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social conference, presenting DUNGPOOL's first results!

Eva Cuesta will be presenting today @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social DUNGPOOL's first results of the field experiments conducted in Madrid region with open top chambers. Session GSE, 13.15, room: Auditorio

Don't miss out Almudena Dueñas talk today @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social, that will be showing DUNGPOOL's first results of the temperature controlled experiments we performed (also part of her PhD researxh). Session GSE, 12.00, room: Auditorio

DUNGPOOL fieldwork is over! We had three amazing fieldwork seasons, with a lof of hard work, adventures and fun. Now is time to finish processing the samples, analyse data, and hopefully find interesting results. Stay tunned!
Thanks to everyone involved. It takes a village to do good science!

Sonia Llorente defended her thesis brilliantly. Congratulations Dr Sonia!
Thanks to @mgs-cielo-azul.bsky.social @fmazcarate.bsky.social & Fernanda Alves Martins fir being part of the committee, and for the great discussion you raised!
#proudsupervisor

Sonia Llorente defiende su tesis de doctorado el proximo viernes, dia 23 de mayo, a las 14.00 en la UAM. ¡Venid!

New and final DUNGPOOL project field experiment, in which we will measure dung removal under different temperatures and species combinations 💩🪲

Sonia's PhD thesis is out of the oven #proudsupervisor

...but with each ending comes a new beginning. We would like to announce that Ana Margarida C. Santos (Guida) will replace Jean-Michel as Senior Editor. You can read a blog post she has written to introduce herself below:
animalecologyinfocus.com/welcoming-ou...

We are sad to announce that Professor Jean-Michel Gaillard will be leaving the board as Senior Editor of our journal after 11 years of editorial service. We will miss him greatly. You can listen to his podcast episode where he reflects on his time on the journal here:
soundcloud.com/besjournals/...

Exciting times ahead. I embark on a new adventure with @animalecology.bsky.social

We are the #BioNCCE lab (aka Biogeography, Nature Conservation & Community Ecology lab) @ Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
🪲💩🦇🐬🔬📊🏝️🧑🏻‍💻

Newbie at Bluesky. Still figuring this out. Anyone cares to indicate a crash course for dummies?