Dear Arachnolovers, help us to understanding what #spider experts across different #biogeographic regions consider as the most relevant #threats to spiders, as well as the most relevant #conservation measures. Answer: forms.gle/3hakrXGMSyvUhh… ISArachnology IUCN Spider and Scorpion Specialist Group

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Massive work across the tree of life determines which traits make species prone to extinction.

Spider experts were consulted on the first global roadmap for species conservation action and research. Agriculture and climate change are most relevant threats. Land protection and education are most relevant measures. doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc… by V.V. Branco & Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social

Many of our members propose the establishment of a centralized spider traits database. Read Lowe et al. @ americanarachnology.org/JoA_tocs/JOA_c… A working version of the database should be ready soon, anyone will be able to contribute and use it for any purposes.

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My first machine learning paper and hopefully the first of many! 🤖❤️

Empieza el VI-CLA! Este año estaré junto con @ALTourinho Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social Carol Fukushima V. Branco Y Milenko Aguilera organizando el simposio en conservación de arácnidos🤩. No te pierdas la transmisión en vivió por el canal de youtube youtube.com/channel/UCLE1v… VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Aracnología

Con 204 presentaciones en forma de poster, 84 presentaciones orales, 50 presentaciones en simposios, y 8 conferencias plenarias y de jóvenes investigadoras e investigadores. Un total de 346 trabajos y ~560 participantes inscritos de 33 países de todos los continentes Nos vemos!

Tough year, but our group was able to keep working strong during 2020. From the #insect #extinction crisis, to global #wildlife #traffic, development of new statistical methods and description of new species we have done it all. Check everything at biodiversityresearch.org/publications/

And for the new year we are preparing major research on global drivers of extinction, subterranean biology, red listing, machine learning galore, new and major overhauls to existing R packages, a couple of mega-databases, a conference on wildlife trade. Stay tuned and enjoy 2021!

Now we are YouTubers 🙂 The inaugural video is Thais Morcatty talk in #symposiumneglectedwildlife Luomus Zoology about #online #pet #trade in #venomous #snakes ! Stay tuned, more videos are coming! Enjoy LIBReTube: youtu.be/kV1acPPlFlM #wildlife #conservation #biodiversity

Happy #WomenInScienceDay2021 ! Here you can find some papers lead by our wonderful women LIBRE Luomus Zoology : Carol Fukushima Ana Munévar Nuria Niina Kiljunen and Marja Milicic fb.watch/3Bqw6qPnXa/ #WomenInSTEM #science #EqualityInScience

I lost my linear flow of time months ago so I always end up reacting to things after the fact! Cheers to all the scholars celebrated in the Women in Science Day! Nuria, Dida Ramos and Carol Fukushima, the memories of my Master degree will always be with me! 🕷️🕸️

Fantastic talk by V. Branco who is developing an exciting new machine learning software called Asterisk to help automate conservation work. Can't wait to use it! LUOVA Spring Symposium #SpringS21

Stop calling vertebrates (+ vascular plants, occasionally) "the Tree of Life". Thanks.

Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social, Vasco Branco, Marija Miličić , and Snežana Popov Conservation Letters used global expert opinion to provide insights of #insect declines worldwide and on effective #conservation strategies that could mitigate insect #biodiversity #loss. doi.org/10.1111/conl.1… #extinction

I'm far from a rock star but I appreciate the morale boost. Your cat will feature in many more scholarly places, you have my word

We can finally release the first version of SPECTRE: standardized global spatial data on terrestrial SPECies ThREats. 24 layers at 1km2 resolution now available for all the world. biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/dashbo… Work developed Luomus, CE3C, LASIGE with support Koneen Säätiö.

🚨 New paper! Introducing SPECTRE: A global GIS database to tackle biodiversity threats! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…… Explore : biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/ Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social CIÊNCIAS ULisboa CE3C V. Branco LASIGE #SPECTRE #Conservation #opensource #database