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 ]
Nordic Society Meeting Oikos 2024
The Lab had a strong presence in the Nordic Society Meeting Oikos 2024 that took place in the centennial university of Lund. Armand, Luís and Nico presented some recent work on the pipeline, and Miguel participated in the round the table discussion on new trends in science publishing together with an esteemed panel of editors and publishers. . . . [ Read More ]
Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity in TV programme “Biosfera”
Biosphere Program on RTP 2 (TV channel in Portugal) addressing issues related to Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity. Miguel Araújo refers to some of the major threats to these systems and the regularities regarding trophic structures that are being investigated in the laboratory. https://www.rtp.pt/play/p12688/biosfera . . . [ Read More ]
Seminar: Global ocean biogeography – latitude, depth, climate change, 20 oC Effect
On February 27th at 12:00 PM in the "Salon de Actos" at the "Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales", we will be hosting a special seminar featuring Marc Costello recent work on global ocean biogeography. All invited. Below, you can find the title, summary, and a brief biographical note about the speaker. Global ocean biogeography -- latitude, depth, climate change, 20 oC Effect The extent . . . [ 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 ]