We explored whether the negative effects of oil palm on bird communities could be reduced by spillover from nearby forest fragments

We found only a weak effect, highlighting that preserving large forest fragments and improving matrix permeability is key to protecting Amazonian biodiversity.

📢New paper alert ‼️

Excited to share our new paper out now in the @jappliedecology.bsky.social
We evaluated how oil palm plantations affect the community structure of Amazonian birds, with a focus on functional and phylogenetic diversity.

Read more here
tinyurl.com/4ubwjr7s

Exciting news: our paper was accepted at the Journal of Applied Ecology...
on April Fool's day 🤡📄

Or else the biggest prank of the year was on me!

Huge thanks to my co-authors and to @jappliedecology.bsky.social

Must watch
youtu.be/8brq-0Wcjg8

Tudo é rio da Carla Madeira e Suíte Tóquio da Giovanna Mandaloso 😊

Thank you all for the great time at the #BES2024
See you next year!

Another great talk by Andrea Larissa Boesing on landscape multifunctionality!
Great science made at the @sgn.one !
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Great talk about poverty, migration and deforestation in Madagascar! Thanks Herizo Andrianandrasana for the important work!

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Btw, I'll be presenting the main results of my postdoc research at the poster session 2...
see you there!
#BES2024

First post alert!
I'm joining the BES conference in Liverpool today and hope to see some of you around!
#BES2024