Iago Ferreiro
@iagoferreiro.bsky.social
🦎🦨🦧🦜🐆🦥🦚🦇🦔🦅🐅🐘🦝🐒🦤
PhD student between @ebdonana.bsky.social, @mncn-csic.bsky.social and the Brazilian Amazon. Studying defaunation impacts across tropical ecosystems
PhD student between @ebdonana.bsky.social, @mncn-csic.bsky.social and the Brazilian Amazon. Studying defaunation impacts across tropical ecosystems
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HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN!
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN!
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
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Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PhD position opening in community and biogeography
PhD Position in Community Ecology & Biogeography, Montreal, Canada Our research group at Concordia University investigates the forces enabling the maintenance, and governing the distribution, of biol...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our research group has an open PhD position! Please share widely!
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Possible topics include:
Determinants of range limits
Assembly of ecological networks (eg,
plant-pollinator)
The role of soil arthropods (eg, ants) in carbon storage
Details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🍐🦊Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
📷 © Tamara Burgos
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#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
📷 © Tamara Burgos
vist.ly/4ge6u
#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🍐🦊Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
📷 © Tamara Burgos
vist.ly/4ge6u
#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
📷 © Tamara Burgos
vist.ly/4ge6u
#Defaunation #Mesopredators #MultiTrophicInteractions #PostDispersalSeedPredation #PredationRisk #SeedDispersalEffectiveness
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🧵 1/n Nuevo artículo publicado en Proceedings B! @royalsocietypublishing.org
A qué distancia pueden dispersar semillas las aves frugívoras durante su migración? 🍒🐦
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A qué distancia pueden dispersar semillas las aves frugívoras durante su migración? 🍒🐦
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🧵 1/n Nuevo artículo publicado en Proceedings B! @royalsocietypublishing.org
A qué distancia pueden dispersar semillas las aves frugívoras durante su migración? 🍒🐦
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A qué distancia pueden dispersar semillas las aves frugívoras durante su migración? 🍒🐦
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🧵 1/n Paper out in Proceedings B! @royalsocietypublishing.org
How far can frugivorous birds disperse seeds during migration?
📸 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) equipped with one of the satellite GPS tags used to track its migratory movements (credit: Sascha Rösner)
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
How far can frugivorous birds disperse seeds during migration?
📸 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) equipped with one of the satellite GPS tags used to track its migratory movements (credit: Sascha Rösner)
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🧵 1/n Paper out in Proceedings B! @royalsocietypublishing.org
How far can frugivorous birds disperse seeds during migration?
📸 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) equipped with one of the satellite GPS tags used to track its migratory movements (credit: Sascha Rösner)
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
How far can frugivorous birds disperse seeds during migration?
📸 Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) equipped with one of the satellite GPS tags used to track its migratory movements (credit: Sascha Rösner)
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
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Competition funded PhD opportunity at the cutting edge of #conservation, using species traits to measure & conserve ecosystem processes. Working with @jmbecologist.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, Ben Woodcock and me.
Application deadline 8 Jan 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️🌍🌐🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline 8 Jan 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️🌍🌐🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Conserving and assessing ecosystem processes through species traits at UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Conserving and assessing ecosystem processes through species traits at UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Competition funded PhD opportunity at the cutting edge of #conservation, using species traits to measure & conserve ecosystem processes. Working with @jmbecologist.bsky.social, @josephtobias.bsky.social, Ben Woodcock and me.
Application deadline 8 Jan 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️🌍🌐🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline 8 Jan 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️🌍🌐🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We are glad to share our recent article pulbished in @pnas.org, where we we demonstrate that plant species that occupy larger geographic ranges tend to have broader climatic niches and are more likely to achieve high local abundances.
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We are glad to share our recent article pulbished in @pnas.org, where we we demonstrate that plant species that occupy larger geographic ranges tend to have broader climatic niches and are more likely to achieve high local abundances.
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🌳🦊 Nuestro nuevo artículo en @oikosjournal.bsky.social muestra cómo la recuperación del lince está reconfigurando las interacciones ecológicas.
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🌳🦊 Nuestro nuevo artículo en @oikosjournal.bsky.social muestra cómo la recuperación del lince está reconfigurando las interacciones ecológicas.
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
📄 Frugivory-mediated trophic cascades: How apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy-fruited tree
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Reposted by Iago Ferreiro
Reposted by Iago Ferreiro
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
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Our new @nature.com shows that energy flows mediated by mammals and birds across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by >30% unevenly across functional groups, with major consequences ecosystem functions
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our new @nature.com shows that energy flows mediated by mammals and birds across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by >30% unevenly across functional groups, with major consequences ecosystem functions
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
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[1/5] Elephants shape forests by moving seeds, and carbon, across landscapes. 🌳🐘
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
[1/5] Elephants shape forests by moving seeds, and carbon, across landscapes. 🌳🐘
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
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We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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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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🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
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The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪
August 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The results of a study in Nature Communications show that climate change is raising the odds of extreme fire years and the number of large forest fires, necessitating proactive measures to mitigate risks and adapt to extreme fire years. go.nature.com/4m8fTSA 🧪
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3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York!
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York!
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
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New online! Unlocking historical plant interactions in herbarium collections
Unlocking historical plant interactions in herbarium collections
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 06 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00071-8Herbarium specimens have typically been used in plant taxonomy and systematics but are increasingly utilized to investigate aspects of plant ecology. This Review explores how herbarium collections can serve as historical data sources for studying plant interactions across space and time.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New online! Unlocking historical plant interactions in herbarium collections
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Why did some #megafauna survive? 🦣🦘🦌
Our new study shows #extinction risk was higher for larger, flat-footed, island species— and lower for those closely related to tropical African/Asian fauna, likely filtered by earlier human impacts 👣🍖
📄 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#hominid #hunting #evolution
Our new study shows #extinction risk was higher for larger, flat-footed, island species— and lower for those closely related to tropical African/Asian fauna, likely filtered by earlier human impacts 👣🍖
📄 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#hominid #hunting #evolution
August 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why did some #megafauna survive? 🦣🦘🦌
Our new study shows #extinction risk was higher for larger, flat-footed, island species— and lower for those closely related to tropical African/Asian fauna, likely filtered by earlier human impacts 👣🍖
📄 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#hominid #hunting #evolution
Our new study shows #extinction risk was higher for larger, flat-footed, island species— and lower for those closely related to tropical African/Asian fauna, likely filtered by earlier human impacts 👣🍖
📄 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#hominid #hunting #evolution
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Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined.
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS
Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for
understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...
www.pnas.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined.
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
Reposted by Iago Ferreiro
New online! Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00064-7The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New online! Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
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(Edited) Our cover for July! 🦜
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Chesini et al. (2025) evidences how recently and long-ago burned areas show reduced species and interaction richness, raising concerns about long-term impacts of human disturbances on ecosystem resilience.
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Chesini et al. (2025) evidences how recently and long-ago burned areas show reduced species and interaction richness, raising concerns about long-term impacts of human disturbances on ecosystem resilience.
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Cover July 2025 | Oikos Journal
Cover July 2025 | Oikos Journal
www.oikosjournal.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
(Edited) Our cover for July! 🦜
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Chesini et al. (2025) evidences how recently and long-ago burned areas show reduced species and interaction richness, raising concerns about long-term impacts of human disturbances on ecosystem resilience.
vist.ly/3yysp
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Chesini et al. (2025) evidences how recently and long-ago burned areas show reduced species and interaction richness, raising concerns about long-term impacts of human disturbances on ecosystem resilience.
vist.ly/3yysp
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A study in Nature Human Behaviour finds that four-day work weeks without a reduction in income boost workers’ job satisfaction and physical and mental health, driven by enhanced work performance, lower levels of fatigue and fewer sleep problems. go.nature.com/3Um75MP #econsky 🧪
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A study in Nature Human Behaviour finds that four-day work weeks without a reduction in income boost workers’ job satisfaction and physical and mental health, driven by enhanced work performance, lower levels of fatigue and fewer sleep problems. go.nature.com/3Um75MP #econsky 🧪