El turismo de sol y playa acelera la extinción de plantas en la costa de Canarias
Un estudio realizado por investigadores del IPNA-CSIC revela que al menos ocho especies vegetales endémicas del archipiélago han desaparecido de la faz de la Tierra desde 1750
Our study is already receiving great regional coverage! Check out this interview in Spanish by @veropaves.bsky.social discussing our findings:
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The impact of coastal tourism and land-use changes on plant extinctions in the Canary Islands is a key takeaway! 🧵 7/8
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These findings underscore why islands need urgent conservation efforts. Studying life-history traits can help predict and prevent future losses, before more species vanish unnoticed. Photo credit: #JavierMartínCarbajal 🧵 6/8
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Lotus gomerythus. Photo credit: Javier Martín Carbajal
A striking example? Lotus gomerythus, a plant species that exhibited many of the traits associated with high extinction risk, went extinct in nature during our study’s publication process. Photo credit: #JavierMartínCarbajal 🧵 5/8
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What drives extinction events? Key factors include: Invasive herbivores, island age, elevation, and human population pressure. Certain traits also increase extinction risk: Endemism, vertebrate pollination, nitrogen-fixation and zoochory (seed dispersal by animals) are among thse key traits 🧵 4/8
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These figures of plant extinction are well above the expected global background extinction rate. Extinction patterns aren’t random. We detected a recent coastal extinction hotspot linked to socioeconomic changes since the 1960s, which have reshaped and treated island ecosystems 🧵 3/8
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New Paper 🚨 Are species extinctions accelerating in the Anthropocene? And why are some species more at risk than others? Our latest research, published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social explores plant extinctions in Macaronesia, one of the world's most biodiverse island regions. A thread 🧵👇
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Exciting milestone for the #iEcoEvoLab! Our first post celebrates the first PhD paper of #RaúlOrihuela-Rivero, congratulations for great work and leadership! Stay tuned for more on the paper and other lab updates in the coming days! @ipna.csic.es
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Calling all researchers!🌿
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Share your work in mycology, lichenology, phycology, bryology and/or pteridology with fellow researchers, this July in Pontevedra (Spain)
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