Andrea Santangeli
@andreasantangeli.bsky.social
Researcher at GEDA_IMEDEA IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC
Conservation science | applied ecology | evidence-based conservation | #humans & #vultures
Conservation science | applied ecology | evidence-based conservation | #humans & #vultures
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New paper out about elevational shifts in European birds lead by @josephinecouet.bsky.social: "Solar Radiation Affects Bird Distributions but Not Elevational Shifts in European Mountains"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New paper out about elevational shifts in European birds lead by @josephinecouet.bsky.social: "Solar Radiation Affects Bird Distributions but Not Elevational Shifts in European Mountains"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@emmamarjakangas.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social @ebcc.info
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Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems
📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!
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Grazing cattle at low intensities could sustain biodiversity on modern farms: new paper out in AGEE doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi...
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi...
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.
Grazing cattle at low intensities could sustain biodiversity on modern farms | University of Helsinki
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki emphasises the important role of low-intensity cattle grazing in maintaining biodiversity on modern farms.
www.helsinki.fi
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Grazing cattle at low intensities could sustain biodiversity on modern farms: new paper out in AGEE doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi...
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi...
@aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.
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🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy to be able to share that our work investigating the efficacy of thermal #drones for nocturnal #wildlife surveys is finally published in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological applications: doi.org/10.1002/eap..... Find a summary in @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/drones-with-...
Drones with thermal cameras are revealing the secrets of elusive Australian forest wildlife
The new technology will help scientists monitor and protect some of Australia’s most iconic and threatened forest species.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Happy to be able to share that our work investigating the efficacy of thermal #drones for nocturnal #wildlife surveys is finally published in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological applications: doi.org/10.1002/eap..... Find a summary in @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/drones-with-...
How not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
How not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
The economics of a livable planet
Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet
New World Bank report: Find out about how policymakers can connect the dots across land, air, and water sectors to drive strong, sustainable economic growth at the national-level and unlock major glob...
www.worldbank.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The economics of a livable planet
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A recent study shows that people are able to perceive biodiversity through sights & sounds, and those perceptions correlate with the actual biodiversity of a natural place.
The study adds to a growing body of research on biodiversity perception & its connections to human mental health & well-being.
The study adds to a growing body of research on biodiversity perception & its connections to human mental health & well-being.
How do we perceive biodiversity? We can see it & hear it
In the verdant and melodious depths of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the songs of birds match the murmur of leaves, several Indigenous people affirm the results of research that…
news.mongabay.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A recent study shows that people are able to perceive biodiversity through sights & sounds, and those perceptions correlate with the actual biodiversity of a natural place.
The study adds to a growing body of research on biodiversity perception & its connections to human mental health & well-being.
The study adds to a growing body of research on biodiversity perception & its connections to human mental health & well-being.
Reposted by Andrea Santangeli
How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
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It was fun analysing birding data instead of bird data! Read on to find out the predictors of where eBirders go birding around the world!
New paper 🚨
We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It was fun analysing birding data instead of bird data! Read on to find out the predictors of where eBirders go birding around the world!
Reposted by Andrea Santangeli
New on conservation science:
Coexistence with large carnivores is a conservation challenge. Revisiting Volterra principle (more mortality on both prey and predators leads to more prey & fewer predators) can inform modern conservation strategies.
Boyce et al. in Cons. Biol. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Coexistence with large carnivores is a conservation challenge. Revisiting Volterra principle (more mortality on both prey and predators leads to more prey & fewer predators) can inform modern conservation strategies.
Boyce et al. in Cons. Biol. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
August 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New on conservation science:
Coexistence with large carnivores is a conservation challenge. Revisiting Volterra principle (more mortality on both prey and predators leads to more prey & fewer predators) can inform modern conservation strategies.
Boyce et al. in Cons. Biol. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Coexistence with large carnivores is a conservation challenge. Revisiting Volterra principle (more mortality on both prey and predators leads to more prey & fewer predators) can inform modern conservation strategies.
Boyce et al. in Cons. Biol. doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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In this article, Eckert et al examine stakeholder conflict over endangered #killerwhale protection, determining identity-based roots of conflict and opportunities towards transformation. 🌊Learn more at doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
Identifying opportunities toward conflict transformation in an Orca‐Salmon‐Human system
We examine stakeholder conflict over endangered killer whale protection, determining identity-based roots of conflict and opportunities towards transformation.
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In this article, Eckert et al examine stakeholder conflict over endangered #killerwhale protection, determining identity-based roots of conflict and opportunities towards transformation. 🌊Learn more at doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
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Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
Under-five mortality burden in low- and middle-income countries set to increase under future warming: www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Under-five mortality burden in low- and middle-income countries set to increase under future warming
Zhu et al. provide the global perspective that high-temperature exposure increased
the under-5 child mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LIMCs). The child
mortality burden attributable to c...
www.cell.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Under-five mortality burden in low- and middle-income countries set to increase under future warming: www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Mass poisoning is decimating African vultures. We quantified cost-effectiveness of GPS-tagged sentinel vultures to mitigate this threat. Few sentinels can save lots of vultures—but fast ground response is key. Super relevant study led by Teja Curk: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Mass poisoning is decimating African vultures. We quantified cost-effectiveness of GPS-tagged sentinel vultures to mitigate this threat. Few sentinels can save lots of vultures—but fast ground response is key. Super relevant study led by Teja Curk: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚀 gratia 0.11.0 is out!
Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...
Experimental parallel processing ⚡
New assemble() for building plots 🎨
Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪
Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨
👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/
#Rstats
Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...
Experimental parallel processing ⚡
New assemble() for building plots 🎨
Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪
Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨
👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/
#Rstats
An R package for working with generalized additive models
Graceful 'ggplot'-based graphics and utility functions for working with generalized additive models (GAMs) fitted using the 'mgcv' package.
gavinsimpson.github.io
August 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🚀 gratia 0.11.0 is out!
Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...
Experimental parallel processing ⚡
New assemble() for building plots 🎨
Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪
Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨
👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/
#Rstats
Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...
Experimental parallel processing ⚡
New assemble() for building plots 🎨
Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪
Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨
👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/
#Rstats
Reposted by Andrea Santangeli
When democracy falters, science is among the first casualties—truth silenced, data erased, expertise sidelined. But history shows us: scientists can build independent institutions that preserve truth, counter misinformation, and defend both knowledge and democracy. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When democracy falters, science is among the first casualties—truth silenced, data erased, expertise sidelined. But history shows us: scientists can build independent institutions that preserve truth, counter misinformation, and defend both knowledge and democracy. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Important paper!
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Correcting environmental sampling bias improves transferability of species distribution models
Sampling bias is an inherent problem in widely available biodiversity data, undermining the robustness of correlative species distribution models (SDMs). To some extent, subsampling occurrence data c...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Important paper!
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring vist.ly/4372j #eDNA #Metabarcoding
August 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring vist.ly/4372j #eDNA #Metabarcoding
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I love this paper on primate diversification (tl;dr, early primates diversified out of colder climates)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates | PNAS
One of the most influential hypotheses about primate evolution postulates that their
origin, radiation, and major dispersals were associated with e...
www.pnas.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I love this paper on primate diversification (tl;dr, early primates diversified out of colder climates)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🚨 First PhD chapter is out! My work thus far, with @andy2dobson.bsky.social
We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average.
📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average.
📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species
Declines in North American birds are driven not by rare species vanishing but by sharp losses among formerly common species.
www.science.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🚨 First PhD chapter is out! My work thus far, with @andy2dobson.bsky.social
We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average.
📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We found that formerly common species have declined the fastest, on average.
📄 North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🦅 Call for #cameraTrap collaborators! 📸
Do you have camera trap data focused on med/large carcasses from S & C America?
Get in touch & join our #SCAVENGIST project to uncover scavenger roles in carcass consumption & implic. for pathogen transmission under global change. DM me
Do you have camera trap data focused on med/large carcasses from S & C America?
Get in touch & join our #SCAVENGIST project to uncover scavenger roles in carcass consumption & implic. for pathogen transmission under global change. DM me
June 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🦅 Call for #cameraTrap collaborators! 📸
Do you have camera trap data focused on med/large carcasses from S & C America?
Get in touch & join our #SCAVENGIST project to uncover scavenger roles in carcass consumption & implic. for pathogen transmission under global change. DM me
Do you have camera trap data focused on med/large carcasses from S & C America?
Get in touch & join our #SCAVENGIST project to uncover scavenger roles in carcass consumption & implic. for pathogen transmission under global change. DM me
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Researchers in Costa Rica found that pig carcasses decomposed twice as fast when vultures had access to them.
The absence of vultures led to a doubling of fly populations at carcass sites, which could affect human health, since these flies can carry diseases like botulism and anthrax.
The absence of vultures led to a doubling of fly populations at carcass sites, which could affect human health, since these flies can carry diseases like botulism and anthrax.
Without vultures, carcasses are slow to rot and disease-carrying flies abound
“Absolutely disgusting, so grim, the worst fieldwork of my life, but also extremely rewarding in a very odd way,” said Julia Grootaers, describing her three months collecting data among rotting pig…
news.mongabay.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Researchers in Costa Rica found that pig carcasses decomposed twice as fast when vultures had access to them.
The absence of vultures led to a doubling of fly populations at carcass sites, which could affect human health, since these flies can carry diseases like botulism and anthrax.
The absence of vultures led to a doubling of fly populations at carcass sites, which could affect human health, since these flies can carry diseases like botulism and anthrax.