Alfredo Valido

Overlooked lizards emerge as key seed dispersers in Madagascar's unique forests After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion. As these transformed into plants and anim...

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A quiet island experiment reveals a battle of the bees When beekeepers introduced honeybees to a protected island, wild bees nearly vanished. Could removing the hives reverse the damage?

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Pasquali et al. (2025) demonstrated wild bee abundance declined around 80% over 4 years after the introduction of beehives in Giannutri, a small island in the Mediterranean.

Pascualli et al. (2025) CURRENT BIOLOGY
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

This Amegilla fasciata (Apidae) is looking for pollen and nectar in Lavandula multifida (Lamiaceae), but in the flowers, not always all resources are good, she uses her antennas to check the quality and decides if she stops to feed.
P.Natural Cabo de Gata (Almería)
24/04/2017

Nice collaborative research just published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social. In this study, led by Raúl Orihuela, we analyzed key drivers behind Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions in the Macaronesian islands
Orihuela-Rivero et al 2025 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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In this study authors concluded that beekeeping compromises wild bee conservation in nature reserves. Both taxonomic (TD) and phylogenetic (PD) diversity of wild bees was reduced near to beehives. Keep away beehives from protected areas

Tourbez et al. (2025) APIDOLOGIE
doi.org/10.1007/s135...