Afonso Barrocal

MSc in Conservation Biology from @FC_UL. Interested in the past (especially #cenozoic) and the present megafauna, and in conservation biology.

[Afonso Barrocal @AfonsoBarrocal]

Yesterday, at @EJIPIMERP2023, I made my first ever congress presentation, And the years went by - Variations in terrestrial tetrapodes diversity through the Miocene of Lisbon and Setúbal!

[IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon @IUCNSeahorse]

Meet Solenostomus snuffleupagus – A newly described species of ghost pipefish, commonly known as the hairy ghost pipefish, was named after Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street!
Read the full manuscript by our members Dave Harasti & Graham Short here: https://t.co/z2HrrOCdHI

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Online now: Mechanistic complexity underlies the apparent simplicity of Bergmann’s rule https://t.co/mAsMte6IjM

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

https://t.co/NQRJOXSBLm

[AERE @AereOrg]

📢 What’s current in #REEP? 📢
"Causal Inference for Biodiversity Conservation" by Kathy Baylis, Alberto Garcia, and Robert Heilmayr (@econ_servation).
📎Read this article here: https://t.co/67Un2oSNBd

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

Concepts and Methods for Identifying Species Niche Edges, Potentially Truncated Edges, and Climate Risks and Opportunities https://t.co/NvEK7sFcIo

[Methods in Ecology and Evolution @MethodsEcolEvol]

🚨Sign up for our next MEE live!

💡Richard Shefferson will be joining us in the free online webinar to go through ADAPT3- adaptive dynamics and community projection in the R programming language.

🔎Find out more and register here 👉️ https://t.co/Jmf6DY9Qgn

[Borja Jiménez-Alfaro @BorjaJimAlf]

There has been much confusion about the historical distribution of Pinus sylvestris in the Iberian Peninsula, and little is known about the plant communities they form. We address all of this in our last paper, led by PhD student Victor González-García.
https://t.co/ziifEBJhYZ

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

📣 Check out this new paper: a huge effort for the largest terrestrial animal! 🐘🌍🧬
Using 232 high-depth genomes, we can now explore the evolutionary history (and possible future) of elephants in unprecedented detail.

https://t.co/IfymtX7fVq
Led by @PatriciaChrzan

[PaleoAlbertoValenciano @paleo_alberto]

Weasels are among the most widespread small carnivores today, playing a key role in ecosystems as predators of small vertebrates. But… when did they originate? 🤔

@paleo_alberto @Chris_J_Law @QigaoJ @fernandezreyesa @PaleoDiego2000

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

Deep Learning Reveals Genomic Regions Introgressed between Two Recurrently Hybridizing Lynx Species
https://t.co/cuB7m6vzhR

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

New research using spatially-nested hierarchical species distribution models to estimate current and future distributions of a cryptic species at a regional scale🌍 🐸

🔎 Find out more: https://t.co/yJLGKcj1AC

[Alicia Sanz Royo @aliciasanzroyo]

Did Neanderthals use rhinoceros teeth as tools?

🚨We are pleased to share the 1st multidisciplinary research on this topic, combining taphonomic analyses with various microscopic techniques and archaeological experiments on rhinoceros teeth
👉https://t.co/su4ueOThny

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[Camilo Correa Ayram @CorreaAyram]

Feliz de ver este proyecto finalmente publicado 👁️! La pérdida de conectividad es uno de los mayores retos para la biodiversidad. Con Makurhini, buscamos dar herramientas robustas a investigadores y gestores para conectar ecosistemas de forma eficiente🌎 🐆https://t.co/36Jh222xFo

[Methods in Ecology and Evolution @MethodsEcolEvol]

📖 Published!

fastbioclim: An R package for creating custom-time bioclimatic and derived environmental summary variables🖥️

fastbioclim enhances the quality of environmental data for more temporally accurate ecological and biogeographical studies🌍

🔎 https://t.co/GKC7MH1uNi

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

Species range shifts often speed ahead of their modeled climatic niches
https://t.co/a34Nw80g8G

[People and Nature @PaN_BES]

🐻 Data gaps and heterogeneity limit our understanding of human–wildlife interactions: A continental study of Andean bears

@roxyrvp @MGS_tweets

📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ https://t.co/djCfejPTl0

[Diversity & Distributions @consbiog]

🏔️ Are #ProtectedAreas effective in extreme #ecosystems? Across Tibet, stricter management and higher habitat heterogeneity boost mammal diversity, but medium-sized herbivores show high #defaunation, highlighting the need for tailored PA management.

🔗 https://t.co/u1iQsnNpYL

[Mati Armella @mati_armella]

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What makes South American Ungulates so unique?🦏🍃#FossilFriday
Check out our new comprehensive combined-evidence #phylogeny of #Toxodontidae!!!

https://t.co/aXcoG2iBED

@INSUGEO @CONICETDialoga @MediosUNT @UNCAoficial @WilliHennigSoc
@CladisticsAlert

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

🌿A century of vegetation change in temperate mountain forests shows that shifts in plant diversity were driven mainly by the cessation of human management, not by recent climate changes🌲 #ForestEcology #GlobalChange 👉️ https://t.co/u4CM2myWBr

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

Happy #FossilFriday! Here is the reconstruction of the Pleistocene Zalophus from Taiwan by Cheng-Han! Here is our JVP paper - open-access:
https://t.co/yiO2roD4FU
Also, here is a brief intro to this publication from my university:
https://t.co/lnSdHpZZJ4