Andrés Baselga

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

All the things I was never trained to do I’m reminded just about every day that the disconnect between my education, and the career I built from it, is enormous. Or at least, it seems so. I had a pretty unremarkable educational sequence f…

New post: All The Things I Was Never Trained To Do. Which turns out to be a sneakily disguised meditation on what university education is for, and thus what university is, and what it isn't - despite the persistence of idiots who don't understand that!

Important thoughts about museums, extinct species, and all the biological diversity that is going extinct unnoticed (not even preserved as museum specimens)

YouTube video by Álvaro Pérez Gómez Vídeo presentación Tesis Doctoral Álvaro Pérez Gómez

Álvaro Pérez Gómez defendió ayer su tesis doctoral en la UCA. Ha sido fácil y fascinante trabajar con él; entre otras cosas, por su formación naturalista, que traía ya de su mentor desde pequeño: Íñigo Sánchez. Álvaro ha realizado este breve documental de su tesis:

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Beetles have taken me a long way!

We have developed a new methodological framework to measure biodiversity.
We focus on the uniqueness (or singularity) of biological communities and apply it to the GBF 30x30 target.

If you only have 4:35 min, check the visual abstract to know a little bit more about it ☺️:
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Thanks Erik! Glad you found it interesting

Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales.

YouTube video by Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC) Areas of high biodiversity value evidenced by the spatial scaling of phylogenetic uniqueness

This video summarizes the new framework we introduce to quantify and model phylogenetic uniqueness, and our main results for terrestrial vertebrates:
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Phylogenetic endemism is best to maximise global phylogenetic diversity in the smallest area, and spatial scaling of phylogenetic uniqueness identifies globally distinct but regionally less unique sites (evolutionary hills), from highly irreplaceable sites even at small scales (evolutionary islands)

Areas of High Biodiversity Value Evidenced by the Spatial Scaling of Phylogenetic Uniqueness Phylogenetic endemism is the most efficient single criterion to maximise global phylogenetic diversity within the smallest land area, and can be complemented with the spatial scaling of phylogenetic ...

Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet:
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Gracias al programa CICERON del @csic.es mi colega y amigo @oscar-godoy.bsky.social y yo coordinamos este itinerario que persigue acercar la conservación y restauración de la naturaleza a la sociedad.
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gracias! @actisandres.bsky.social @clementealvarez.bsky.social

El "matorral" calcinado que Alfonso Rueda desprecia: hábitats protegidos, hogar de especies amenazadas y sumidero de carbono Expertos destacan el papel "valiosísimo" del monte bajo y ponen el foco en los animales salvajes que han muerto y los que se están viendo obligados a desplazarse en busca de alimento

Hoy hay que leer esto con Serafín González y @xabiervp.bsky.social sobre el gran valor del matorral. Un hábitat, que en su versión "maleza", cada vez se parece más en boca de algunos al de "alimañas" para el mundo animal.

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I would always appreciate colourblind friendly palettes, please!

Abstract submission for the meeting in Aarhus has been extended by one week! The new abstract submission deadline is 8 September. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

Por que a captura masiva de velutinas con trampas debe parar? O uso indiscriminado de trampas contra a avespa asiática provoca a morte de milleiros de especies de insectos beneficiosos

🐝 A captura masiva da 'Vespa velutina' con trampas non selectivas mata tamén insectos polinizadores

⚠️ É urxente apostar por métodos de control sostibles

Así o explican investigadores da Universidade da Coruña neste artigo de @es.theconversation.com

Esta semana os IPs @andresbaselga.bsky.social e #C.Gómez-Rodriguez imparten “Código para biólogos: introdución a R” Curso da #UniversidadeDeVerán no que guiarán aos asistentes na aprendizaxe de R desde as bases ata a súa aplicación no ámbito da bioloxía. @biogeography-usc.bsky.social @usc.gal

Aquí tedes a miña aportación ao debate dos lumes en @elpais.com

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Probably not the standard way of having fun at the beach, but I just had a lot of fun observing for the first time a new phylum (new for me, of course). The xenacoelomorph Symsagittifera roscoffensis. It has no digestive system, because it lives from its symbiotic algae (hence the green colour)

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿

Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.

Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD

Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

Frontiers of Biogeography (the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, now with an impact factor!) has recently published some cool papers. Check them out and consider publishing your work in our journal.

Squirt‐Gun Defense in Bursera and the Chrysomelid Counterploy I determined the impact of resins canals of Bursera schlechtendalii on the growth and survival of its specialized vein—cutting beetle Blepharida sp. nov. Bursera schlechtendalii produces terpenes sto...

Yes, it is an evolutionary race, and there are chrysomelid counterploys!

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Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research!

biogeography.pensoft.net

The Second Science* Note from Jeremy: this is a guest post from Mark Vellend. *** When the Covid pandemic sent everyone home in the spring of 2020, Françoise Cardou and I – amidst some guilt about our generally good h…

Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp...
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Un total de 40 cursos integran a oferta da Universidade de Verán da USC para os vindeiros meses | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela A USC bota a andar unha nova edición da súa Universidade de Verán, na que un total de 40 cursos, espallados por Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Ribeira, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Lalín, Meis, Oia e Ribadeo,...

CRETUS organiza 3 cursos da #UniversidadeDeVerán:
🧫A bioloxía das pequenas e grandes cousas 10-12/06
⚗️Química, a ciencia que envolve a nosa vida 10-12/06
🐛Código para biólogos: introdución a R 01-05/09
#JesusRomalde, #LIDSA, @biogeography-usc.bsky.social #FondosEuropeos

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Leer a Gerald Durrell, o volver a ser un niño El centenario del nacimiento del escritor y naturalista es una nueva ocasión para adentrarse en una obra indispensable, luminosa y adelantada a su tiempo

Hoy cumplo un sueño: he publicado en 'Babelia', y sobre mi escritor favorito, Gerald Durrell. Leer a Durrell en un mundo de guerras, fascistas, mentiras y aranceles es descubrir, sonreír, emocionarte y sorprenderte. Es, por un rato, volver a ser un niño

And the eclipse on our solar panels

Having fun watching the eclipse with a shoe box

Altri y el sistema del eucalipto incentivan la despoblación de la Galicia rural ¿Cuántos eucaliptos más haría falta plantar para alimentar a una hambrienta macrofábrica de celulosa? Su impacto en el ecosistema iría mucho más allá de su consumo de ingentes cantidades de agua, d...

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