Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research
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We are LIBRe, research group working on global biodiversity and conservation @ Lisbon, Portugal @CE3CResearch @cienciasulisboa
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🌍New Advanced Course: Concepts and Applications in Macroecology, Lisbon, March 2026
Lecturers:
@cardosopmb.bsky.social Nuria Macias, Filipa Soares, Luis Borda de Água, Alice Nunes, Joana Ribeiro
More information:
ce3c.pt/.../concepts...
#advancedcourses #macroecology #ecologyresearch
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What do spiders do for us?
More than you think!
🕷️ Discover their ecosystem superpowers.
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#NatureBasedSolutions #Spiders #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #conservation
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Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes.
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#Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis
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📢 New #Podcast Episode!

How do landscapes change biodiversity? This episode dives into mixture, an R function that tracks biodiversity shifts with greater precision. 🦇 🌍

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#ConservationScience #Ecology #Rstats
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🎙️ New episode! 📢
In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation.
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#WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast
Legal wildlife trade, but at what cost?
Biodiversity Research @ CE3C · Episode
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🌍🪲 New research shows that citizen scientists are shaping stag beetle conservation in Portugal!

📖 Full study here: doi.org/10.1007/s105...

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#StagBeetles #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #CitizenScience
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🌍LIBRe's research on the news!

Featured paper:
📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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#WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss
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A massive effort to analyse the largest wildlife trade database in existence. Open at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️
Key stats:

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS

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Charisma in Conservation
Ever wondered why certain species capture our hearts more than others? Learn how traits like beauty, behavior, and cultural appeal influence conservation efforts. 🐼🪰 @carol_sayuri_

DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2
#Biodiversity #Charisma #conservation
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🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of
@cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira

#Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation
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🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity!

📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761

#Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science
sRedList: Standardizing IUCN Red List Assessments
Biodiversity Research @ CE3C · Episode
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The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍

Find out more reading the paper available in:
doi.org/10.3897/rio....
BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales
Much of the work developed on biodiversity dynamics due to climate change focuses on large scales. Yet, we know that small scale is critical to fully understand biodiversity change, particularly for p...
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⚠️ Hot off the press!

The BASS project in Portugal is studying how tiny changes in sunlight and soil impact plants, insects, and ecosystems. 🐞🌱
👉https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341

#Ecology #Biodiversity #Science

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