My recent interview to the magazine Lisboa (page 54, sorry in Portuguese alone) where I talk about broad issues of sustainability, biogeography, climate change, economics, and how these issues are linked together through the concept of metabolism. . . . [ Read More ]
Post doc – Predicting Community Trophic Structures in Time
2 years postdoc position in the context of the PredWeb (Predicting Food-Web Biogeography). Project, funded through the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Background: Biogeography examines distributions of species and communities at broad geographical scales of extent and it is often assumed that interactions among species are second-order effects, with the relationship . . . [ Read More ]
Climate determination of trophic structures – A tribute to Alexander von Humboldt
This is our little tribute to Alexander von Humboldt while disseminating the results of our recent paper in Nature Communications about climate determination of animal community trophic structures. https://youtu.be/1WwGVnNFJOY . . . [ Read More ]
Biogeographic analysis of trophic structures reveals the signature of climate and people
Community trophic structure typical of seasonal tropical climates https://youtu.be/1WwGVnNFJOY In Spanish here Climate determines the arquitectures of trophic structures and human activities simplify them. This is the main conclusion of a study published today in Nature Communications, by Manuel Mendoza and Miguel B. Araújo. Using the geographic distributions and feeding . . . [ Read More ]
PhD Studentship in PredWeb Project
Credits: Image taken from here 4 years PhD Studentship FPI PhD studentship in the context of the PredWeb (Predicting Food-Web Biogeography) Project, funded through the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Background: Nature’s complexity is intriguing, but the circumstances determining whether or how order emerges from such complexity remains a matter of . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to Radio Capanário
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Interview to Diário de Notícias
Photo copyright Orlando Almeida Life interview to the "Diário de Notícias" (in Portuguese). The article can be accessed here but needs (free) registration for full access. . . . [ Read More ]
Interview to Club Renfe
Interview to Club Renfe (in Spanish) . . . [ Read More ]
Interview in TV programme: “Filhos da Nação”
The full interview of Miguel Araújo to the Portuguese RTP TV programme: Filhos da Nação. To watch the video click here. https://www.rtp.pt/play/p5487/e390979/filhos-da-nacao?fbclid=IwAR3mcKgAoVU5-4Tfswht1LtPltsgZ9S4R94ixAR7SBsMJAUUnTau4xyUxzM . . . [ Read More ]
2019 Edition of the SDM course
We are thrilled to announce the 6th edition of the "Species Distributions Modelling Course: Concepts, Methods, Applications, and Challenges" that Babak Naimi and I give every year. This is a 7 days course for graduate students, researchers and professional. It introduces the fundamental concepts underpinning species distribution models, or ecological niche models (ENM), describing . . . [ Read More ]