Davide Mirante

The map shows the forecast for bird migration on the night of September 12, 2025. Note that activity is highest along the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways and that the birds are avoiding the storms along the Central Flyway. Bird migration forecasts show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. These forecasts come from models trained on the last 23 years of bird movements in the atmosphere as detected by the US NEXRAD weather surveillance radar network. In these models we use the Global Forecasting System (GFS) to predict suitable conditions for migration occurring three hours after local sunset. These maps also show precipitation forecasts (outlined and shown in grayscale). Note, areas forecast to experience precipitation and bird migration may overlap, and predictions for migration intensity may be highly variable in these locations. Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produce these forecasts. Leon Levy Foundation, Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission supported this research, with additional support from University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Oklahoma. The BirdCast project was created with grant awards from the National Science Foundation and subsequently supported by awards from Leon Levy Foundation.

The BirdCast forecast map shows migration is very active tonight along the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways.

How? BirdCast analyzes data from weather radars to separate bird migration from other activity: non-biological (rain, hurricanes, etc.) and other biological (bats, insects).

The first paper of the "Urbis project" focusing on the urban ecosystem of Rome is out in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening!
Here we characterize the urban landscape and propose a multiscale framework to better support urban biodiversity research and planning
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

Glucocorticoid responses of wildlife to anthropogenic stressors are influenced by disturbance type and species traits Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Yeah, we get it—humans stress out wildlife 🐾. But how much? Do they find us insufferable equally? Not quite!
Our meta-analysis explores how taxa, species traits, and disturbance type shape terrestrial vertebrates' glucocorticoid responses to human disturbance.

Check it out!
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Absolutely lovely initiative. Thanks!

Real nice paper estimating density of rainforest animals w camera traps & comparing w secr & line transects. Great job thinking through all the details of these models. Community density estimates possible w cams but need >25 detections for decent precision link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 New release: TetraDENSITY 2.0 database now features 54,300 population density estimates for 3,717 species of tetrapods! 🌍🐸🦎🦉🦧 Now also including marine species 🐋
check it out at doi.org/10.1111/geb....

A ‘how‐to’ guide for estimating animal diel activity using hierarchical models We illustrate how hierarchical models can be used to estimate animal diel activity whilst accounting for variability in activity levels and sampling effort. These models also allow researchers to mor....

Interested in quantifying animal diel activity with hierarchical models? Check out this amazing how-to guide from @fa-bio-la.bsky.social , @science-action.bsky.social , and John Fieberg! 🧪

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✨The Call for Abstracts for #ICCB2025 is now open!✨
We’re excited to invite conservationists, scientists, and practitioners from around the world to share their research and insights in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia in June.
Learn more: conbio.org/mini-sites/i...
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Can AI improve #cameratrap studies?

Our study in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social shows how #machinelearning can enhance wildlife surveys by automating species detection & classification and enabling unbiased density estimates 📷🦌.

Check it out! ⬇️
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Great worflow and R package for any one working of ecological trait database !!

by Elizabeth Wenk et al. in Ecological Informatics Nov. 2024

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May I add Christoph Waltz. Or at least, don't insist on it.

I simply loved this read. Extremely informative, and a finally legitimate approach to a topic that is nuanced and complex. Would you mind sharing some references to support these points? (Unless you did share them somewhere already, I easily get lost in Bsky threads from mobile).

Tough subject and some tough luck, but a far tougher team!
Indeed a great collaboration, and I'm genuinely grateful for the unwavering support of @anabenlop.bsky.social, @lsantinieco.bsky.social, and David Costantini throughout every step of this study. Updates on the paper soon!

By modeling species detection as a function of spatial and temporal proxies of human disturbance, we found temporal avoidance to be the prevailing strategy in local species. Only one species did not show any response. You may ask, who could ever be that arrogant? Well, look by yourself.🐗

a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no .

We conducted a year-long camera-trapping study on the mammalian community of a small private reserve in Italy. We also recorded timing, location, and number of people involved in any sort of activity held in the study area during the sampling (including me yelling at malfunctioning camera traps).

Wildlife hates noisy neighbors as much as I do!
Thrilled to announce my first paper, published online in GECCO! We explore how wildlife adjusts its spatio-temporal niche in the short term, to cope with human presence.
Read it here! 👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03053

I made this starter pack to connect all early career researchers (ECR) interested in conservation biology topics! 🌍🌱🐼
If you would like to be added DM me or comment! 🔊
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