PhD in Biology 🐦🌍🦅 | Urban Ecology, Plastic Pollution & Wildlife Conservation | PI of the Study and Conservation of Biodiversity Research Group.
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
Dwarf mongooses adjust space use, information provisioning & resource defence dependent on the relative group size of neighbours to help mitigate threats from both well-matched competitors and more dangerous larger rivals #conflict #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dwarf mongooses pre-emptively alter their behaviour relative to the threat posed by different rival groups - Nature Ecology & EvolutionUsing 10 years of GPS data and behavioural observations, the authors show that wild dwarf mongooses pre-emptively alter their behaviours, including space use and sentinel calling, in relation to the l...www.nature.com
2026. The Dilemma of Ground‐Nesting Bird Conservation Impacted by Rewilded Megaherbivore Populations. [Père David’s deer (Milu, Elaphurus davidianus), Jiangsu Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve] zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Dilemma of Ground‐Nesting Bird Conservation Impacted by Rewilded Megaherbivore PopulationsThe “disturbance-predation trade-off” framework explaining divergent reproductive fates of ground-nesting birds under Milu rewilding disturbance. The reintroduction of the flagship species, Père Davi...zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Caddisflies using microplastics as case-building material can transfer plastics to their predators. We demonstrated this using a benthic fish, brown bullhead, feeding on Limnephilus larvae. Larval cases wth microplastics were weaker & more attractive to fish: redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Pf...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museumsThe IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...iucn.org
1/29 Los incendios forestales no van a desaparecer. Las soluciones simplistas solo sirven para reforzar prejuicios, no para entender el fenómeno.🧵
La dura realidad es que no estamos asistiendo a una epidemia repentina de personas que han perdido el cerebro. Es algo más peligroso y organizado. La conspiración no triunfa porque explique mejor la realidad sino porque explica mejor la emoción de quién necesita odiar a alguien. 👇🏻👇🏻
New paper out today led by @gallinaciega.bsky.social We show that seed-eating songbirds have enlarged a somatosensory nucleus, especially the part associated with the tongue, suggesting that seed-cracking is dependent on a fine sense of touch. #ornithology #neuroethology doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
I am thrilled to introduce seven new species of diamond frogs from Madagascar! A new monograph on the genus Rhombophryne published #OpenAccess in Vertebrate Zoology. 🧪🐸 doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
The deadliest myth regarding the pangolin is the persistent, unscientific belief in the healing powers of its carapace. Despite the keratin scales having the same remedial properties as human nails, traditional Chinese homeopathic medicine underpins the robust demand for illegal pangolin body parts.
BeijingPalmer"Traditional Chinese Medicine" is a pseudoscience legitimized and massively promoted by the Chinese state, to the degree that skeptics sometimes face political persecution and job losses. It is also a $92 billion pharma industry.