Italian Spiders

Stay tuned for the latest arachnological news from Italy! Posted by Marco Isaia's Lab (Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino).

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

A hard season of fieldwork prevented us to post the official start of the #CRYPTERS project! Sampling is on the way to reveal cryptic diversity in Vesubia jugorum, one of our favourite spiders! @TETTRIsEU #NameItToSaveIt

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

@KnowableMag mentions a work from our group in an article about aquatic spiders nicely written by @amberldance Thank you Amber for involving us!
https://t.co/bLPFnx4njt

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

Now out #OA in @GEB_macro, the central paper of the @MSCActions CAWEB:
https://t.co/dIL3bMsx2y

We demonstrate the role of traits in driving community assembly and model continental-wide functional diversity patterns of European cave #spiders.

Co-led with @GracoRoza /w ...

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Our global review on the impact of tourism in showcaves is available OA on Cell Reports Sustainability!
https://t.co/FQ3M5evsKf

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

Please RT: Interested in the conservation of subterranean biodiversity? Wanna work with a multidisciplinary team – @biodiv_DarCo? I've opened a postdoc with me at
@MEG_Verbania (20 months, extendable).

Deadline: 22 Mar 2024.

Feel free to contact me for details + info below

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Our recent discovery of a new species of subterranean species in the Prealps of Bergamo featuring in @Scintilena
https://t.co/huLPnDZe8X

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

A new subterranean species discovered in the Natural Park of Alpi Marittime @Parco_Europeo featuring in the Newsletter of the Park
https://t.co/uEZixfhem5

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Two new new species for the Italian spiders!
Just published OA on Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny
https://t.co/RA0nExYHBy

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Project funded! Our beloved spider Vesubia jugorum is the main focus of CRYPTERS, funded in the frame of @tetRRIS_project in collaboration with @mercantour @Parco_Europeo @AMarittime
https://t.co/DL7mJ1Idz4

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

New #OA study in @npjbiodiversity by @biodiv_DarCo's consortium (@BiodiversaPlus):

https://t.co/L9Ckvvw56a

We discuss perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas!

A great team effort including @davidsannnn
@batgirlhof ...

[CNR-DTA @CNRDTA]

📢 Simposio Cambiamento della #Biodiversità nell’#Antropocene: priorità nella ricerca, Fano, 10-11 aprile 2024 #cnr_biodiversity
Aperte fino al 10 febbraio registrazioni e sottomissioni degli abstract.
Info 👉 https://t.co/uSFGVJXlbZ

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

Still a few weeks to apply...

[Alejandro Martínez García @UllAmartinez]

Interested in theoretical ecology, (meiofauna) biodiversity, field experiments, and coastal aquifer's functioning? Just opened a 1.5 years #prin postdoc position at #cnr @MEG_Verbania contact me for further information

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

Please RT: Interested in the impact of climate change on subterranean biodiversity? Wanna work in a multidisciplinary team? Consider applying for a 1.5 yrs #prin position with me at @MEG_Verbania.

Application deadline: 24 Jan 2024

Contact me for details - info also below

[DarCo @biodiv_DarCo]

New #OA paper in @GlobalChangeBio involving multiple members of @BiodiversaPlus DarCo:

https://t.co/YSdd27M7m1

We show that >50% of the land surface ecosystems have a high interaction with groundwater, and discuss broad conservation implications!

Led by @MattiSacco /w ...

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

A call for more nature emojis! Ecologists show that emoji biodiversity is lacking, and petition for better representation of the natural world.🦜 🐜 🍄

Read more in @iScience_CP:
https://t.co/7fIoTH5EsK

@stefanomammola1 @f_ficetola & @LaStatale Mattia Falaschi

[Stefano Mammola @stefanomammola1]

How well 🦠🍄🌱🦀🪼🪱🦟🦂🦋🐫🐑🦃🦜🐈‍⬛🐉🐿️🦨 represent the Earth's Tree of Life?

Since people were dying to know (sic!), we explored the comprehensiveness of available nature-related emojis. Read #OA in @iScience_CP:

https://t.co/UusyfJH4nw

[DarCo @biodiv_DarCo]

Check it out! The website of the 26th International Conference of Subterranean Biology (joint with the 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems) is online:
https://t.co/k2Mt9VYyhF

BONUS: It includes a workshop by Project DarCo on subterranean conservation! 🕷️🦠🐜🦇🪱

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Find out about spider sensitivity to lambda-cyhalothrin in our last featured paper with Tomàs Duque and Martin Entling from Kaiserslautern-Landau University https://t.co/Lb6ya3EXYQ

[Italian Spiders @Italian_Spiders]

Two new species of cave dwelling spiders join the Italian fauna, today! Download the article OA here: https://t.co/Q0mcla1wFU