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Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI-USC)
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⚙️ A. Baselga & C. Gómez-Rodríguez

Unified Models of Biological Diversity | Beta Diversity | Distance-Decay | Beetles | betapart (R)

CRETUS
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Huge congratulations to Andrés Baselga, who has just been promoted to Full Professor of Zoology at Univ. Santiago de Compostela @usc.gal

Yesterday we enjoyed his talk - from collecting beetles as a teen to developing methods for studying biodiversity.

@andresbaselga.bsky.social
@cretus.usc.gal
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
University Departments and Faculties of the three Universities in the region have formally endorsed the “Open Letter (Manifesto) Against Altri”, after holding official internal votes.

This extraordinary alignment represents a historic act of collective academic dissent.

Official Endorsements 👇🏽
March 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Fresh off the press! 📚

Our book about Arion is finally here!
With the revision of the genus in the Iberian Peninsula, the description of two new species and numerous plates with drawings and photographs.
Not for a quick read (almost 400 pages) but definitely interesting! :-)
@cretus.usc.gal
February 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our students are great! Look what they made!

The Biology building looks cool and it also shows that we are against the project of a huge paper mill in Galicia. It will be a disaster for biodiversity.

#AltriNON

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Nuestra facultad viste sus mejores galas contra Altri. Obra de arte del alumnado 🙌🏽
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The project of a huge pulp mill in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula) has raised important environmental and social concerns. #AltriNon

For the first time (since we can remember), there has been a united front against this type of project from many University departments and faculties.

The vote is in.
December 13, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Are you in Santiago de Compostela today?

Do not miss Dr. Fernández-Palacios seminar about Island Biogeography. At 10:00 am at the Biology Building (Facultade de Bioloxía).

See you there!
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 AM
La construcción de modelos a partir de matrices triangulares conlleva la violación de una asunción básica: la independencia de los datos -> tanto los valores de similitud biótica como la distancia espacial entre comunidades involucran, para su cálculo, dos comunidades biológicas.
November 19, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Los modelos de distance-decay se construyen a partir de matrices de similitud biótica (izquierda) y distancia espacial (derecha).
Estas matrices se construyen a partir de datos de composición de comunidades y su disposición en el espacio.
Se usan índices de similitud biótica.
November 19, 2024 at 6:01 AM
La similitud biótica entre la comunidad focal (com#1) y el resto de las comunidades disminuye según se incrementa la distancia espacial entre ellas.

El distance-decay analiza cómo varía la similitud biótica con la distancia espacial teniendo en cuenta todas las localidades.
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
We usually post about #Macroecology #Biogeography in English.

Pero también hacemos divulgación de nuestra investigación en castellano.

Abro hilo sobre distance-decay (= descenso de la similitud en las comunidades biológicas con la distancia (espacial)) 👇🏽

revistas.usc.gal/index.php/na...
November 19, 2024 at 5:58 AM