Arman Pili
@armanpili.bsky.social
🧑🏽🔬 PostDoc @fletcher.ecology CambridgeU | 🎓 MonashU'24 | 📚 Conservation Informatics | Fellow IPBES GA2 | JrAE J Appl Ecol | Explorer NatGeo | 🎲 Brimming w/ chaos & positivity | Grung Valor Bard 🐸
I have learnt a lot as an Assoc Editor in-training at the @jappliedecology.bsky.social, and I feel privelaged to have THE @martin-nunez.bsky.social as my mentor! It was so great to finally meet you in person, and learn from you more!!!
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I have learnt a lot as an Assoc Editor in-training at the @jappliedecology.bsky.social, and I feel privelaged to have THE @martin-nunez.bsky.social as my mentor! It was so great to finally meet you in person, and learn from you more!!!
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Charles Emogor winner of the @zslscience.bsky.social Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize 2025 for the best PhD thesis submitted by a UK university.
Read more: bit.ly/4a9AD9J
Read more: bit.ly/4a9AD9J
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Charles Emogor winner of the @zslscience.bsky.social Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize 2025 for the best PhD thesis submitted by a UK university.
Read more: bit.ly/4a9AD9J
Read more: bit.ly/4a9AD9J
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What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social
#BobWongLab
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
#BobWongLab
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Anthropogenic change and the loss of behavioural diversity
Abstract. Behavioural diversity is an important but understudied facet of biodiversity that enables wildlife populations to cope with rapidly changing envi
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social
#BobWongLab
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
#BobWongLab
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Really happy to share that the Second Edition of our book, "Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling", is now out and available online!
We provide a foundation for applied spatial ecology with a focus on learning-by-doing.
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
We provide a foundation for applied spatial ecology with a focus on learning-by-doing.
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling
This textbook provides a foundation for modern applied ecology. It follows a rapidly changing field with updates of concepts, methods, and code.
link.springer.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Really happy to share that the Second Edition of our book, "Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling", is now out and available online!
We provide a foundation for applied spatial ecology with a focus on learning-by-doing.
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
We provide a foundation for applied spatial ecology with a focus on learning-by-doing.
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
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That’s a wrap on the First Authors' Meeting of 🏡 IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment!
Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍
Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us!
🧪 https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment
Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍
Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us!
🧪 https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s a wrap on the First Authors' Meeting of 🏡 IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment!
Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍
Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us!
🧪 https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment
Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍
Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us!
🧪 https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment
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Earlier this week, IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment fellows received introductions to the program.
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Earlier this week, IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment fellows received introductions to the program.
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
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Some of IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment Coordinating Leading Authors started out their IPBES journey as Fellows during the #GlobalAssessment.
This week in Paris, Fellowship alumni and Coordinating Lead Authors met with the new generation of fellows and shared anecdotes, words of wisdom, and advice.
This week in Paris, Fellowship alumni and Coordinating Lead Authors met with the new generation of fellows and shared anecdotes, words of wisdom, and advice.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Some of IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment Coordinating Leading Authors started out their IPBES journey as Fellows during the #GlobalAssessment.
This week in Paris, Fellowship alumni and Coordinating Lead Authors met with the new generation of fellows and shared anecdotes, words of wisdom, and advice.
This week in Paris, Fellowship alumni and Coordinating Lead Authors met with the new generation of fellows and shared anecdotes, words of wisdom, and advice.
Timely opportunity for my research pivot to conservation informatics for bridging science-practice-policy! 🌏🐸
Great progress has been made at the First Author’s Meeting for the #2ndGlobalAssessment ! 🌍
Coordinating Lead Authors and Fellows got to know each other and started ideating the working elements for the assessment.
Thank you to participants for your dedication and passion #ForNature! 🌱
Coordinating Lead Authors and Fellows got to know each other and started ideating the working elements for the assessment.
Thank you to participants for your dedication and passion #ForNature! 🌱
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Timely opportunity for my research pivot to conservation informatics for bridging science-practice-policy! 🌏🐸
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InvaPact III workshop is now over: WHAT A WEEK! ~60 experts from 30 countries putting their brainpower together for an unique collaborative project.
Work hard, play hard: they really followed my motto!
Powerful publications on the way!
Work hard, play hard: they really followed my motto!
Powerful publications on the way!
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
InvaPact III workshop is now over: WHAT A WEEK! ~60 experts from 30 countries putting their brainpower together for an unique collaborative project.
Work hard, play hard: they really followed my motto!
Powerful publications on the way!
Work hard, play hard: they really followed my motto!
Powerful publications on the way!
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📣 A global assessment of the status, trends and gaps of #non-native (alien, partly #invasive) #species
A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🌐 #ecology #globalchange
A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🌐 #ecology #globalchange
Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ....
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📣 A global assessment of the status, trends and gaps of #non-native (alien, partly #invasive) #species
A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🌐 #ecology #globalchange
A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🌐 #ecology #globalchange
Today was my first day as a Research Associate 🤓 at @fletcherecology.bsky.social group in the @camzoology.bsky.social University of Cambridge!!! Looking forward to mapping global connectivity 👣🏞🌍 and its applications for biodiversity conservation and restoration 🦏🌿!!!
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today was my first day as a Research Associate 🤓 at @fletcherecology.bsky.social group in the @camzoology.bsky.social University of Cambridge!!! Looking forward to mapping global connectivity 👣🏞🌍 and its applications for biodiversity conservation and restoration 🦏🌿!!!
🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
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....
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚨 New SDM-methods paper fresh out of the science oven! 🍞📊
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
We developed super simple data thinning methods to tackle an oversimplified and superficially addressed issue in SDMs --- environmental sampling bias!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
@zurelllab.bsky.social @bleroyecology.bsky.social
🧵(1/8)
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We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.
This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐
🔗www.surveymonkey.com...
This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐
🔗www.surveymonkey.com...
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We're looking for the input of IAS data collectors, users or curators to take part in a survey to help shape the future of IAS data standards and accessibility.
This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐
🔗www.surveymonkey.com...
This survey is hosted by the GBIF and @tdwg.org task groups on IAS ⭐
🔗www.surveymonkey.com...
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The loss of megafauna over the last 50,000 years has caused ecological theories to be based on already-degraded ecosystems.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134
#Megafauna #Coexistence #Megaherbivore #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #CommunityEcology #LargeHerbivore
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134
#Megafauna #Coexistence #Megaherbivore #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #CommunityEcology #LargeHerbivore
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The loss of megafauna over the last 50,000 years has caused ecological theories to be based on already-degraded ecosystems.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134
#Megafauna #Coexistence #Megaherbivore #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #CommunityEcology #LargeHerbivore
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11134
#Megafauna #Coexistence #Megaherbivore #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #CommunityEcology #LargeHerbivore
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My final PhD chapter published in FEE (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment): re-mapping Köppen-Geiger climate zones, but now using microclimate! Very excited to have this one out:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My final PhD chapter published in FEE (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment): re-mapping Köppen-Geiger climate zones, but now using microclimate! Very excited to have this one out:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia?
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
December 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia?
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!
Registrations are open!
🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...
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Skinks on a Plane! For invasive species to be successful, they must be able to cope with transportation. Third-year student Jaclyn (@jaclynharris.bsky.social) exposed invasive delicate skinks to air and car transport to see if it impacted their behaviour. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Skinks on a Plane: Does Human‐Mediated Transportation Impact the Behaviour of an Invasive Lizard?
In order for invasive species to successfully establish in the non-native region, they must survive the journey and arrive in good condition; however, few studies have investigated the impact of huma....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Skinks on a Plane! For invasive species to be successful, they must be able to cope with transportation. Third-year student Jaclyn (@jaclynharris.bsky.social) exposed invasive delicate skinks to air and car transport to see if it impacted their behaviour. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
It finally happened: my future #student #mentee asked me about my paper that I led and #published years ago (my first first-author paper), only to apologise that I forgot what I did in that #paper, nor do I have a copy of it in my computerS (it is under paywall).
#academia #science
#academia #science
December 17, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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More evidence that evolutionary relationships & biogeographic context matter to conservation. #bioinvasions
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Differential predation patterns of free‐ranging cats among continents
Co-evolutionary relationships associated with biogeographical context mediate the response of native prey to introduced predators, but this effect has not yet been demonstrated for domestic cats. We ...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
More evidence that evolutionary relationships & biogeographic context matter to conservation. #bioinvasions
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Important reminder by @chapplelab.bsky.social - data deficient / not evaluated species should be treated the same as threatened, and they are more likely to be threatened than not
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
December 9, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Important reminder by @chapplelab.bsky.social - data deficient / not evaluated species should be treated the same as threatened, and they are more likely to be threatened than not
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
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December 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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Here’s the @science.org article so that @altmetric.com picks it up :) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Here’s the @science.org article so that @altmetric.com picks it up :) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“There needs to be more emphasis on the ecological component of One Health as we consider the problems of biodiversity loss, climate extremes, habitat fragmentation, and emerging disease”https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413367121
December 13, 2024 at 12:13 PM
“There needs to be more emphasis on the ecological component of One Health as we consider the problems of biodiversity loss, climate extremes, habitat fragmentation, and emerging disease”https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413367121
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🚨Paper out! I am very proud to announce the publication of my very last #PhD article, exploring the vulnerability of terrestrial #vertebrates to #invasivespecies.
Check the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With C. Bellard @celinebellard.bsky.social, B. Leroy, and G. Latombe
Check the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With C. Bellard @celinebellard.bsky.social, B. Leroy, and G. Latombe
Exposure and Sensitivity of Terrestrial Vertebrates to Biological Invasions Worldwide
To reach the COP 15 objective of diminishing the impacts of biological invasions on native biota, one needs to identify the most vulnerable areas to this threat for prioritizing conservation actions.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
🚨Paper out! I am very proud to announce the publication of my very last #PhD article, exploring the vulnerability of terrestrial #vertebrates to #invasivespecies.
Check the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With C. Bellard @celinebellard.bsky.social, B. Leroy, and G. Latombe
Check the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With C. Bellard @celinebellard.bsky.social, B. Leroy, and G. Latombe
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🙀 How severe are #bioinvasions in protected areas? 🌱🌍
In our latest study, we used EICAT to uncover the severity and mechanisms of these impacts. Tools like EICAT are essential for understanding these challenges and driving effective conservation efforts. #InvasiveSpecies
rdcu.be/d2uxe
In our latest study, we used EICAT to uncover the severity and mechanisms of these impacts. Tools like EICAT are essential for understanding these challenges and driving effective conservation efforts. #InvasiveSpecies
rdcu.be/d2uxe
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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