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The BALA project: A pioneering monitoring of Azorean forest invertebrates over ...
Pozsgai, Gabor; Lhoumeau, Sébastien; Rosário, Isabel Amorim Do; Boieiro, Mário; Cardoso, Pedro; Costa, Ricardo; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Leite, AbrãoGlobally, there is a concerning decline in many insect populations, and this trend likely extends to all arthropods, potentially impacting unique island biota. Native non-endemic and endemic species on islands are under threat due to habitat destruction, with the introduction of exotic, and potentially invasive, species, further contributing to this decline. While long-term studies of plants and vertebrate faun...
Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia III: dr...
Crespo, Luís; Cardoso, Pedro; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Pereira, Fernando; Romeiras, Maria M.; Ros Prieto, Alejandra; Rigal, FrançoisBackground With this publication, we contribute to the knowledge of the arachnofauna of Cabo Verde, focusing specifically on the Islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente. Data were obtained from samples collected as part of the project "Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales" (FCT - MACDIV, 2015-2018). This project aimed to identify the factors influencing commu...
Arthropod traits as proxies for abundance trends in the Azorean Islands
Oyarzabal, Guilherme; Cardoso, Pedro; Rigal, François; Boieiro, Mário; Santos, Ana M. C.; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Malumbres-Olarte, JagobaHuman activities drive ecological transformation, impacting island ecosystems from species diversity to ecological traits, mainly through habitat degradation and invasive species. Using two unique long-term datasets we aim to evaluate whether species traits (body size, trophic level, dispersal capacity and habitat occupancy) can predict temporal variations in the abundance of endemic, indigenous (endemic and na...
Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia III: dr...
Crespo, Luís Carlos; Cardoso, Pedro; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Pereira, Fernando; Romeiras, Maria; Ros-Prieto, Alejandra; Rigal, FrançoisBackground With this publication, we contribute to the knowledge of the arachnofauna of Cabo Verde, focusing specifically on the Islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente. Data were obtained from samples collected as part of the project "Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales" (FCT - MACDIV, 2015-2018). This project aimed to identify the factors influencing commu...
Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia III: dr...
Crespo, Luís Carlos Fonseca; Cardoso, Pedro; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Pereira, Fernando; Romeiras, Maria M.; Ros-Prieto, Alejandra; Rigal, FrançoisWith this publication, we contribute to the knowledge of the arachnofauna of Cabo Verde, focusing specifically on the Islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente. Data were obtained from samples collected as part of the project "Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales" (FCT - MACDIV, 2015-2018). This project aimed to identify the factors influencing community assemb...
Festa do Bioblitz Açores 2023: tantas espécies que vivem no Jardim!
Amorim, Isabel R.; Parmentier, Laurine; Leite, Abrão; Wallon, Sophie; Ros Prieto, Alejandra; Costa, Ricardo; Lhoumeau, Sébastien; Barcelos, Paulo J.M.No passado dia 17 de junho de 2023 a Terceira, conhecida entre os açorianos como a ilha festeira, recebeu novamente a festa do bioblitz – BioBlitz Açores 2023. Tal como no primeiro BioBlitz Açores em 2019, o Jardim Duque da Terceira em Angra do Heroísmo foi o local escolhido para a realização desta cada vez mais conhecida atividade de ciência cidadã: “cidadãos comuns” sem formação formal em ciência, orientados ...
An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social–climatic tipping points
Graham, Sonia; Wary, Melanie; Calcagni, Fulvia; Cisneros, Mercè; DE LUCA, CLAUDIA; Gorostiza, Santiago; Stedje Hanserud, Ola; KALLIS, GIORGOSABSTRACT: To effectively navigate out of the climate crisis, a new interdisciplinary approach is needed to guide and facilitate research that integrates diverse understandings of how transitions evolve in intertwined social–environmental systems. The concept of tipping points, frequently used in the natural sciences and increasingly in the social sciences, can help elucidate processes underlying major social–en...
How much biodiversity is concealed in the word ‘biodiversity’?
Mammola, Stefano; Fukushima, Caroline S.; Biondo, Girolama; Bongiorni, Lucia; Cianferoni, Fabio; Domenici, Paolo; Fruciano, CarmeloAmidst a global biodiversity crisis1, the word ‘biodiversity’ has become indispensable for conservation and management2. Yet, biodiversity is often used as a buzzword in scientific literature. Resonant titles of papers claiming to have studied ‘global biodiversity’ may be used to promote research focused on a few taxonomic groups, habitats, or facets of biodiversity — taxonomic, (phylo)genetic, or functional. T...
Spiders from Macaronesia: Cabo Verde.
Borges, Paulo A. V.; Crespo, Luís Crespo; Pereira, Fernando; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Cardoso, PedroABSTRACT: The data presented in this study were obtained from samples collected as part of the project "Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales" (FCT - MACDIV) (2015-2018). This project aimed at gaining insights into the factors influencing community assembly in Macaronesian islands. To assess spider diversity, we employed the COBRA (Conservation Oriented Biodi...
Festa do Bioblitz Açores: a diversidade dos artrópodes do Jardim Duque da Terce...
Borges, Paulo A. V.; Leite, Abrão; Parmentier, Laurine; Costa, Ricardo; Lhoumeau, Sébastien; Boieiro, Mário; Rosário, Isabel Amorim DoComo detalhamos em um outro artigo deste mesmo volume do Pingo de Lava, o BioBlitz Açores 2023 foi um sucesso educativo, lúdico e científico, com o registo de 188 espécies de líquenes, plantas, aves e artrópodes (Amorim et al., 2023). Como é habitual neste tipo de atividades de ciência cidadã ou participativa, os artrópodes foram o grupo melhor representado (86 espécies). Devido aos seus valores de biodiversida...