Lab members, close collaborators, and a couple of external visitors joined the 2024 Lab Retreat of our lab. This year, it took place in "Los Batanes" in Rasca Fria, north of Madrid. It was a privileged moment to discuss ongoing research on biodiversity, conservation and climate change in a stimulating and friendly environment. But it was also a moment for team building and discussing potential . . . [ Read More ]
Ecological connectivity in the context of land planning in Portugal
In the context of the Portuguese case study of the Natura Connect project, we led a webinar on "Ecological Connectivity in the Context of Land Planning in Portugal". With over 300 participants, the webinar took place in the morning of the 11th of April, with the following programme: 09:30 Welcome and agenda 09:40 European and National Initiatives within the Framework of the European . . . [ Read More ]
2024 World Biodiversity Forum
Miguel Araújo will present a talk at the World Biodiversity Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland, in June 2024. The talk is part of a session (MONMOD_10.4) on Species Distribution Models for Spatial Prioritisation of Biodiversity convened by Antoine Guisan and Caroline Martin, both from the University of Lausanne. The session's presentation is as follows: Species distribution models (SDMs) . . . [ Read More ]
Talk: Self-organized patterns in biogeography
Miguel B. Araújo gave his inaugural speech as corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences entitled "Emergence of Self-Organised Patterns in Bigeography". The talk can be visualised (in Portuguese) in following link in youtube (starting at minute 7:10 up until minute 49:04 followed by discussion). Araújo's talk at Lisbon Academy of Sciences . . . [ Read More ]
Inaugural session of Natura Connect PT Think Thank
Miguel Araujo coordinates a Think Tank within the Natura Connect project, bringing together representatives of the public administration, universities, private sector, and NGOs to discuss the implementation of the European Biodiversity Strategy in Portugal. • Date: November 21, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm • Location: Évora • Participation is not open to the public This . . . [ Read More ]
2024 Gordon Conference “Unifying Ecology Across Scales” in New Hampshire
Miguel Araújo was invited to serve as a speaker at the 2024 Meeting of Unifying Ecology Across Scales, a highly prestigious Conference, which will be held at Southern New Hampshire University, United States, in the summer of 2024. The Unifying Ecology Across Scales Gordon Research Conference is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through . . . [ Read More ]
2024 ECTE Conference in Lisbon
The European Conference of Tropical Ecology Conference, the Annual Meeting of the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö), will take place in Lisbon in February 2024. The overarching topic will be "Tropical ecosystems in a fast-changing planet“. Miguel Araújo has the pleasure to be giving the opening keynote focusing on modelling climate change impacts on . . . [ Read More ]
2024 IBS meeting in Prague
Our lab will be present in "force". Núria Galiana and Miguel Araújo are co-organisers of the symposia on "Network Biogeography: The Present and Future of Terrestrial Food Webs" that will be held at the International Biogeography Society Meeting in Prague, in January 2024. Juan David González Trujillo is also participating, showcasing some of our recent work on trophic structure of global . . . [ Read More ]
9th edition of the SDM course
It is now becoming a tradition for Babak Naimi and Miguel Araújo to hold the SDM course in November. 2023 will not be an exception and the course is now announced and opened for registration. Early bird tickets available on the first-come-first-served basis. To read more about the course, see here. . . . [ Read More ]
Interview in “El Español”
"¿Y cómo afecta la biodiversidad al cambio climático? En la biosfera terrestre hay casi tanto carbono como en la atmósfera, unas 750 gigatoneladas, pero en los océanos hay 28.100 gigatoneladas. La gestión de los flujos de carbono entre lo que está vivo y lo que está muerto y los stocks de carbono se hacen con los ciclos biológicos. Un cambio, una alteración de esos ciclos puede . . . [ Read More ]