Great participation of LusoQuercus at ENE24
🔬 New WGS genomic insights on Quercus lusitanica: population structure and diversity patterns.
🌱 JSDM modelling reveals how climate and soils shape its plant communities and guide restoration.
Advancing the conservation an Iberia’s neglected oak
#Ecology

🌳 From Mexico to Lusitania! The BEPE/BIOPOLIS team presented Quercus pyrenaica research at the #11thInternationalOakSocietyConference 🇲🇽 and will host the next one in Iberia 🇵🇹🇪🇸. Oaks unite science & conservation 🌿
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028

At #EuroGard10 we present LusoQuercus project. Lusitanian dwarf-oak (Quercus lusitanica) projected models predict major habitat loss by 2100, with shifts to NW Atlantic refugia and upslope. Priorities: connect & innovate. lusoquercus.pt
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza

Our BEPE group (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO) joined #SEBOT2025 in Seville. Representing the team, Manuel Curto presented work on the hybridization and conservation of Oaks in Iberian Peninsula. Thanks to the organization

#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social

Riding the Wave of "De-Extinction"
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.