🐬 New paper out! We use the TetraDENSITY database to test how fishing affects cetacean species in the Mediterranean. We found that different fishing activities alter natural population density patterns, with destructive demersal fishing having the strongest negative impact
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

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

SDMs are powerful tools, but only if feed them with the right variables (be biologists, not blind programmers!). We show how data dredging approaches relying on the 19 bioclimatic variables can lead to misleading predictions & interpretation. Led by @giordanomancini.bsky.social
shorturl.at/Y2BpC

Read our latest paper on the application of macroecological theory to better understand human impact on biodiversity, great collaborative work led by @pierregauz.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The first paper of the "Urbis project" focusing on the urban ecosystem of Rome is out in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening!
Here we characterize the urban landscape and propose a multiscale framework to better support urban biodiversity research and planning
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

About to start my course for the Early Career Conference of the Italian Chapter of the SCB

In this study, featuring a long list of collaborators from the COST Action ClimBAT, we predict that climate change will reshape European bat communities and functional assemblages 🦇🦇🦇 with potential major consequences for ecosystems. @orlyrazgour.bsky.social
shorturl.at/HRMtY

🪱 Earthworms are soil superheroes, yet generally overlooked in conservation 🪱
In this nice collaboration we propose new ways to approach earthworm conservation in a changing world, moving beyond traditional metrics
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... by Sylvain Gérard and many others

Look who decided to pay a visit at our field site in Madagascar 😍! Camera trapping led by Gabriele Ferraro and in collaboration with Wildlife Madagascar

Ignoring sex-biased dispersal can lead to overestimation of species range shift potential 🐾 Sex-specific dispersal estimates are key for forecasting species distribution under climate change 🌍🔥
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New release: TetraDENSITY 2.0 database now features 54,300 population density estimates for 3,717 species of tetrapods! 🌍🐸🦎🦉🦧 Now also including marine species 🐋
check it out at doi.org/10.1111/geb....