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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · 26d

🌍 Call open for #ECCB2026!

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, July 6–10 2026) seeks proposals for symposia, panels, workshops & training.

📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
🔗 eccb26leiden.eu/calls/

Join us in building effective biodiversity conservation.

CALLS – ECCB 2026

eccb26leiden.eu

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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 7d

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 9d

🦀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Faxonius immunis, the Calico Crayfish
🌊 It may impact aquatic invertebrate communities and outcompete native species where introduced.
🔴It is also a carrier of pathogens, and its burrowing activity has the potential to damage infrastructure
#SpeciesofUnionConcern

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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 First call! 🚨

European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.

Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026

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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...

www.dropbox.com

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Aug 30

🌿 Meet the 6 species of camelids: 🐫 Dromedary 🐫 Bactrian camel 🦙 Llama 🦙 Alpaca 🦒 Vicuña 🦒 Guanaco

Which one is your favorite? 👀🌏🧪

Infographic by @fao.org ⤵️

Infographic showing the 6 species of camelids

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jul 29

SCB Italy @scbitaly.bsky.social · Jul 29

📃🔊Official Statement:
The Society for Conservation Biology – Italy Chapter stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Environmental justice is inseparable from human rights.
We condemn the destruction of ecosystems under occupation and call for decolonial, just conservation.🌱

Statement SCB Italy in solidarietà con il popolo palestinese

The Society for Conservation Biology Italy Chapter, a scientific community committed to the protection and conservation of biodiversity, expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian people and str…

scbitaly.org

Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congrats! Looking forward to reading it :)

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Arman Pili @armanpili.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social

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Correcting environmental sampling bias improves transferability of species distribution models

Sampling bias is an inherent problem in widely available biodiversity data, undermining the robustness of correlative species distribution models (SDMs). To some extent, subsampling occurrence data c....

doi.org

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks to @lenzner.bsky.social @franzessl1.bsky.social and all the other not on BS for the great collaboration and support 🦝 #alienspecies #mammals #IAS #macroecology

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 23

🤠 It's true, my last PhD paper is out! Check out the fancy modelling we did to investigate what drives range patterns of alien mammals in Europe - spoiler: 🚶‍♂️🛣️ matter!
Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....

Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe

Biological invasions are major drivers of biodiversity change. Alien mammals are particularly concerning in Europe, where their expansion remains unabated, though the driving factors are still unclea...

doi.org

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 23

“Best 2025 paper to fall asleep to” – NY Times⭐⭐⭐
“I would have accepted it, if only they had a detailed limitations section, an 11-month-long analysis, and the receipt of that Sponge cake I ate in 1997 in Tokyo” – Rev.2⛔
“At least it’s not on my desk anymore” – PhD advisors📚
doi.org/10.1002/oik....

Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe

Biological invasions are major drivers of biodiversity change. Alien mammals are particularly concerning in Europe, where their expansion remains unabated, though the driving factors are still unclea...

doi.org

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks to @lenzner.bsky.social @franzessl1.bsky.social @franzessl1.bsky.social and all the other not on BS for the great collaboration and support🦝 #alienspecies #mammals #IAS #macroecology

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 23

🤠 It's true, my last PhD paper is out! Check out the fancy modelling we did to investigate what drives range patterns of alien mammals in Europe - spoiler: 🚶‍♂️🛣️ matter!
Read it here: 10.1002/oik.11388

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Christine N Meynard @cnmeynard.bsky.social · Jun 5

We are still accepting applications for this 2-year postdoc in France! The central theme is on modelling species distributions in the context of agricultural pest risk assessments at large scales, so we are looking for someone with strong quantitative skills. Please advertise widely! 🌐

Christine N Meynard @cnmeynard.bsky.social · Apr 7

We are offering a postdoc for someone with good modelling / quantitative ecology skills. 🌐🧪

Adrien Rusch @arusch.bsky.social · Apr 4

We are offering a two-year postdoc position to work on the spatiotemporal dynamics of native and invasive pest species in vineyard landscapes. Co-supervision between @inrae-save.bsky.social & @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social with @cnmeynard.bsky.social. More info: jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25562

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · Jun 10

É ora online il nuovo episodio del nostro podcast "Volevo solo salvare i panda" 🎧
In questa puntata affrontiamo i temi #DEIJ in accademia, attraverso l'esperienza di Rym Nouioua, dottoranda presso l'Università di Vienna.

open.spotify.com/episode/36q7...

@scbitaly.bsky.social #conservazione

07. Diversità, equità, inclusione, e giustizia in accademia

Volevo solo salvare i panda · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Among corresponding authors — who take responsibility for a manuscript as it goes through the publication process — just 17% of those who disclosed their gender identified as women”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gender equality in research publishing is a responsibility for everyone

A concerted effort is needed to support women in their choice of journal when submitting their manuscript.

www.nature.com

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 29

#DYK 7 out of the top 10 most widespread invasive species are plants, while the rest are rodents? 🌱🐀

Data from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment shows water hyacinth dominates in 74 regions worldwide. 🌍🧪

Full details: www.ipbes.net/ias

A data table titled "Top 10 most widespread invasive alien species worldwide." The table shows the number of regions where species have been recorded as invasive, based on GRIIS (2022). The table has three columns: Organism group, Taxon, and Number of regions.

Water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) leads with 74 regions, followed by lantana (Lantana camara) with 69 regions. Among mammals, the black rat (Rattus rattus) ranks third with 60 regions. Other notable species include leucaena (55 regions), house mouse (49 regions), brown rat (48 regions), castor bean (47 regions), tree-of-heaven (46 regions), black locust (45 regions), and Siam weed (43 regions).

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · May 29

Ricordatevi di andare a votare, l'8 e il 9 giugno ✊🌹 #referendum #italia #votare #lavoro #cittadinanza

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 21

🗞️Authors from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report have published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species derived from the report, creating a global resource for investigating and managing the impacts of invasive alien species. 🌍🧪

Read more in ‪@nature.com‬ bit.ly/43APoP7

An image of two lionfish. Overlay text reads: Major New Resource, Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulazioni 💕

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · May 22

That's our job, explained in few words 🌍 #BiodiversityDay

OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · May 22

🎥 New #IntroducingOneSTOP video!

This episode explores how the project helps set priorities for invasive species management using data-driven methods and model projections.

👉 Watch now: youtu.be/vBMiey9gkiY

@lenzner.bsky.social #IAS #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social #InvasiveAlienSpecies

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Laura Antao @lauraantao.bsky.social · May 15

Really happy to announce that the updated version of BioTIME is out!!🚨 This is the largest #database of #biodiversity #timeseries - now with 708 studies and >56 thousand species from across the planet!🦊🐀🐦🐊🐟🐙🦋🐞🌲🍀
& over 400 co-authors sharing their data🤩🤩
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series

Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The up...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Lisa Tedeschi @lisatedeschi.bsky.social · May 10

The 2nd Conference in Conservation Biology for #ECR is officially over, what a blast! > 170 young researchers gathered to talk about conservation 🦋 I'm grateful for all the connections and to all the members of the organization, it's always a pleasure 🌿 @scbitaly.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social

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