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Miguel B. Araújo Lab

Predicting the effects of environmental change on biodiversity

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Summary

The aims of this project are threefold: 1) to produce reliable and comparable distributional data for a large number of species in the Iberian Peninsula, including invertebrate groups and to provide a tool to manage such information; 2) to assess the effectiveness of existing protected areas in the Iberian Peninsula for conserving target animal and plant species; 3) to improve existing reserve selection protocols so to account for more realistic processes affecting their persistence To achieve these ends, data on vertebrate (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians), plant (Dicotyledons, Monocotyledons, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms), insect (butterflies, moths, dung beetles, neuropterans), and other protected invertebrate species will be digitized in a single database (IBIODAT). Particular attention will be given to those [invertebrate] groups for which there are no databases or distribution atlases available. To reduce inevitable biases in data, ensemble forecasting of species distributions will be developed using novel modelling techniques. Finally, a new software tool (FlexNet) will be developed to manage data, assess the effectiveness of the Iberian protected areas network, and identify additional priority areas that would be required for full conservation of biodiversity.

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News

  • Dangerous levels of subterranean water consumption
  • Welcome Nuria Galiana
  • Miguel Araújo identified as Highly Cited 2020
  • Biophilia Award to The Guardian
  • FBBVA Biodiversity Conservation Awards - 15th edition

Outreach

  • The future of coastlands in the era of mega hurricanes
  • What will 2021 bring for biodiversity and conservation?
  • Presentation of CORESCAM project
  • Discriminating climate, land‐cover and random effects on species range dynamics
  • Talk to representatives of ministries of CPLP

Opportunities

  • First call AQUACOSM-PLUS
  • La Caixa Foundation PhD studentship on climate change and protected areas
  • Two Post docs: Ecology & Conservation
  • Post-doc: Effects of climate change extremes on Caribbean biodiversity
  • Post doc - Modelling the effects of climate change extremes on Caribbean biodiversity

Research Highlights

The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth

Climate shapes community trophic structures and humans simplify them

The marine fish food web is globally connected

Standards for data and models in biodiversity assessments

The effect of multiple biotic interaction types on species persistence

Books

Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

Atlas of Biodiversity Risk

Atlas of Biodiversity Risk

Spatial Conservation Prioritization

Spatial Conservation Prioritization

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