A hard season of fieldwork prevented us to post the official start of the #CRYPTERS project! Sampling is on the way to reveal cryptic diversity in Vesubia jugorum, one of our favourite spiders! @TETTRIsEU #NameItToSaveIt
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Now out #OA in @GEB_macro, the central paper of the @MSCActions CAWEB:
doi.org/10.1111/geb.13840
We demonstrate the role of traits in driving community assembly and model continental-wide functional diversity patterns of European cave #spiders.
Co-led with @GracoRoza /w ...
Our global review on the impact of tourism in showcaves is available OA on Cell Reports Sustainability!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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Please RT: Interested in the conservation of subterranean biodiversity? Wanna work with a multidisciplinary team – @biodiv_DarCo? I've opened a postdoc with me at
@MEG_Verbania (20 months, extendable).
Deadline: 22 Mar 2024.
Feel free to contact me for details + info below
Our recent discovery of a new species of subterranean species in the Prealps of Bergamo featuring in @Scintilena
scintilena.com/una-nuova-spe…
A new subterranean species discovered in the Natural Park of Alpi Marittime @Parco_Europeo featuring in the Newsletter of the Park
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Two new new species for the Italian spiders!
Just published OA on Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny
arthropod-systematics.arphah…
Project funded! Our beloved spider Vesubia jugorum is the main focus of CRYPTERS, funded in the frame of @tetRRIS_project in collaboration with @mercantour @Parco_Europeo @AMarittime
areeprotettealpimarittime.it…
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New #OA study in @npjbiodiversity by @biodiv_DarCo's consortium (@BiodiversaPlus):
rdcu.be/dv7hw
We discuss perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas!
A great team effort including @davidsannnn
@batgirlhof ...
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📢 Simposio Cambiamento della #Biodiversità nell’#Antropocene: priorità nella ricerca, Fano, 10-11 aprile 2024 #cnr_biodiversity
Aperte fino al 10 febbraio registrazioni e sottomissioni degli abstract.
Info 👉 registrazioneeventi.cnr.it/e…
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Still a few weeks to apply...
Please RT: Interested in the impact of climate change on subterranean biodiversity? Wanna work in a multidisciplinary team? Consider applying for a 1.5 yrs #prin position with me at @MEG_Verbania.
Application deadline: 24 Jan 2024
Contact me for details - info also below
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Interested in theoretical ecology, (meiofauna) biodiversity, field experiments, and coastal aquifer's functioning? Just opened a 1.5 years #prin postdoc position at #cnr @MEG_Verbania contact me for further information
Italian Spiders retweeted
Please RT: Interested in the impact of climate change on subterranean biodiversity? Wanna work in a multidisciplinary team? Consider applying for a 1.5 yrs #prin position with me at @MEG_Verbania.
Application deadline: 24 Jan 2024
Contact me for details - info also below
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New #OA paper in @GlobalChangeBio involving multiple members of @BiodiversaPlus DarCo:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
We show that >50% of the land surface ecosystems have a high interaction with groundwater, and discuss broad conservation implications!
Led by @MattiSacco /w ...
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A call for more nature emojis! Ecologists show that emoji biodiversity is lacking, and petition for better representation of the natural world.🦜 🐜 🍄
Read more in @iScience_CP:
cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…
@stefanomammola1 @f_ficetola & @LaStatale Mattia Falaschi
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How well 🦠🍄🌱🦀🪼🪱🦟🦂🦋🐫🐑🦃🦜🐈⬛🐉🐿️🦨 represent the Earth's Tree of Life?
Since people were dying to know (sic!), we explored the comprehensiveness of available nature-related emojis. Read #OA in @iScience_CP:
doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.…
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Check it out! The website of the 26th International Conference of Subterranean Biology (joint with the 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems) is online:
abcdarkworld.com/icsb-confer…
BONUS: It includes a workshop by Project DarCo on subterranean conservation! 🕷️🦠🐜🦇🪱
Find out about spider sensitivity to lambda-cyhalothrin in our last featured paper with Tomàs Duque and Martin Entling from Kaiserslautern-Landau University onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Two new species of cave dwelling spiders join the Italian fauna, today! Download the article OA here: arthropod-systematics.arphah…
The European cave spider Meta menardi is facing a double dare for its survival on Mount Etna. Find out about our last paper, just published on Global Ecology and Conservation!
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