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United States News Beep<p>Towards positive net outcomes for biodiversity, and developing safeguards to accompany headline biodiversity indicators</p><p>Biodiversity impact calculations Our focal biodivers…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/AnimalSystematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalSystematics</span></a>/Taxonomy/Biogeography <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>/ClimateChangeImpacts <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Conservationbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationbiology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/environmentalimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalimpact</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/EnvironmentalManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalManagement</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/PlantSystematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantSystematics</span></a>/Taxonomy/Biogeography <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/75042/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/us/75042/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Ecoregion conservation status (Landscape ecology 🏞️)</p><p>Conservation status is a measure used in conservation biology to assess an ecoregion's degree of habitat alteration and habitat conservation. It is used to set priorities for conservation. Ecoregion Conservation Status refers to the assessment and categorization of the ecological health, biodiversity...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregion_conservation_status" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregio</span><span class="invisible">n_conservation_status</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoregionConservationStatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoregionConservationStatus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecoregions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecoregions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandscapeEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandscapeEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
NIOO-KNAW<p>New publication: Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected. <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/conservationbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservationbiology</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/mycorrhizalfungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mycorrhizalfungi</span></a><br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09277-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-092</span><span class="invisible">77-4</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Conservation paleobiology (Paleontology 🦕)</p><p>Conservation paleobiology is a field of paleontology that applies the knowledge of the geological and paleoecological record to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Despite the influence of paleontology on ecological sciences can be traced back at least at the 18th century, the current field has b...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_paleobiology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conserva</span><span class="invisible">tion_paleobiology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationPaleobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationPaleobiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Bottom trawling is damaging precious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> and habitats. Without urgent action, oceans will be irreversibly destroyed by human industries.</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/09/a-golden-opportunity-uk-unveils-plan-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-more-marine-protected-areas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/06/09/</span><span class="invisible">a-golden-opportunity-uk-unveils-plan-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-more-marine-protected-areas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BiodiversityLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityLoss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Bottom trawling, in other words scraping or bulldozing the ocean floor, is mindless destruction of marine habitats. </p><p>Take action by calling for governments to protect so called Marine Protected Areas from bottom trawling, &amp;, if you live in industrial countries, reduce or stop eating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a></p><p>DESTRUCTIVE FISHING IS BULLDOZING OUR OCEAN</p><p>Damaging bottom trawling is allowed in almost all of the UK’s marine ‘protected’ areas <a href="https://uk.oceana.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">uk.oceana.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Ecoregion conservation status (Landscape ecology 🏞️)</p><p>Conservation status is a measure used in conservation biology to assess an ecoregion's degree of habitat alteration and habitat conservation. It is used to set priorities for conservation. Ecoregion Conservation Status refers to the assessment and categorization of the ecological health, biodiversity...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregion_conservation_status" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregio</span><span class="invisible">n_conservation_status</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoregionConservationStatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoregionConservationStatus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecoregions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecoregions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandscapeEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandscapeEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Range state (Biogeography 🌍)</p><p>Range state is a term generally used in zoogeography and conservation biology to refer to any nation that exercises jurisdiction over any part of a range which a particular species, taxon or biotope inhabits, or crosses or overflies at any time on its normal migration route. The term is often expanded to also include, particularly in i...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_state" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_st</span><span class="invisible">ate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RangeState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RangeState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biogeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biogeography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BiologyTerminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiologyTerminology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Genetic resources conservation and sustainable use (Genetics 🧬)</p><p>Genetic resources means genetic material of actual or potential value where genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity... Genetic resources thus refer to the part of genetic diversity that has o...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_resources_conservation_and_sustainable_use" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_</span><span class="invisible">resources_conservation_and_sustainable_use</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneticResourcesConservationAndSustainableUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticResourcesConservationAndSustainableUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p><a href="https://nywolf.org/2025/03/mexican-gray-wolves-celebrate-wild-anniversary/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nywolf.org/2025/03/mexican-gra</span><span class="invisible">y-wolves-celebrate-wild-anniversary/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Actualwolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Actualwolves</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wolves</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Conservationbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Conservationbiology</span></a></p>
NIOO-KNAW<p>New publication: Weather anomalies cannot explain insect decline. <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/conservationbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservationbiology</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/insectdecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectdecline</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biodiversityloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversityloss</span></a> <br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08528-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-085</span><span class="invisible">28-0</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Domesticating the wild through escapees of two iconic mediterranean farmed fish species <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1951812/domesticating-the-wild-through-escapees-of-two-iconic-mediterranean-farmed-fish-species/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1951812/d</span><span class="invisible">omesticating-the-wild-through-escapees-of-two-iconic-mediterranean-farmed-fish-species/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/EscapeEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EscapeEvents</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FisheriesLandings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FisheriesLandings</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HumanitiesAndSocialSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitiesAndSocialSciences</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Ichthyology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ichthyology</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanSeafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediterraneanSeafood</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/multidisciplinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multidisciplinary</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NEuropeanSeabassn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEuropeanSeabassn</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NGiltheadSeabreamn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGiltheadSeabreamn</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SmallScaleFisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallScaleFisheries</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/StockAssessments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockAssessments</span></a></p>
Christophe Bousquet<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Sad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sad</span></a> but <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survival</span></a> of Eurasian <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lynx</span></a> in the human-dominated landscape of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a><br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IllegalKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalKilling</span></a> was the main cause of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> (33.8%), and mortality rates were similar in protected and hunted populations (8.6% and 7.0% per year, respectively). Due to the low natural mortality rates in protected and hunted populations, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anthropogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropogenic</span></a> causes of mortality are likely close to additive, such that maintaining or increasing refuge <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> with little human <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/disturbance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disturbance</span></a> is critical to lynx <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14439" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com</span><span class="invisible">/doi/10.1111/cobi.14439</span></a></p>
Molecular Ecology<p>🤗🤗🤗 We welcome Fabian Royer as PhD student <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@Mol_Ecol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mol_Ecol</span></a></span> @uniinnsbruck !</p><p>Fabian will work on the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> of wild <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> in Central Europe.</p><p><a href="https://molecular-ecology.at/fabian-royer/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">molecular-ecology.at/fabian-ro</span><span class="invisible">yer/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a></p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/elon-musk-doge-firings-attwaters-prairie-chicken/?utm_source=texasmonthly&amp;utm_medium=webcta&amp;utm_campaign=giftstory&amp;gift_code=OTMzNjI1OzI2ZTY5YjA1LTYwOGItNDUxNi05Yzc4LTcxOWZjOGEwODNiZDsyMDI1MDMwNQ==" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasmonthly.com/news-politics</span><span class="invisible">/elon-musk-doge-firings-attwaters-prairie-chicken/?utm_source=texasmonthly&amp;utm_medium=webcta&amp;utm_campaign=giftstory&amp;gift_code=OTMzNjI1OzI2ZTY5YjA1LTYwOGItNDUxNi05Yzc4LTcxOWZjOGEwODNiZDsyMDI1MDMwNQ==</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prariechicken" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prariechicken</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Conservationbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Conservationbiology</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Scientists hope these tiny froglets can save their species<br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250204/p2g/00m/0li/024000c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainichi.jp/english/articles/2</span><span class="invisible">0250204/p2g/00m/0li/024000c</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
Dr J Middleton FRGS<p>Paper by me (+ Cooper &amp; Rott) on Tick hazard in the South Downs National Park (UK) + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PeerJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PeerJ</span></a></span> at: <a href="https://peerj.com/articles/17483" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peerj.com/articles/17483</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Funders: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/britishdeersoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>britishdeersoc</span></a></span> , <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@BritishEcolSoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BritishEcolSoc</span></a></span><br> </p><p>ABSTRACT:<br>Background. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SouthDowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDowns</span></a> National Park (SDNP) is UK’s most visited <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPark</span></a>, and a focus of tick-borne <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Lymedisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lymedisease</span></a>. UK's first presumed locally acquired cases of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TBE</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/babesiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>babesiosis</span></a> were recorded in 2019–20. The <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SouthDownsNationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDownsNationalPark</span></a> aims to conserve wildlife and encourage recreation, so interventions are needed that reduce hazard without negatively affecting ecosystem health. To be successful these require knowledge of site hazards.</p><p>Methods. British Deer Society members submitted ticks removed from deer. Key potential intervention sites were selected and six 50 m2 transects drag-sampled per site (mostly twice yearly for 2 years). <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ticks</span></a> were identified in-lab (sex, life stage, species), hazard measured as tick presence, density of ticks (all life stages, DOT), and density of nymphs (DON). Sites and habitat types were analysed for association with hazard. Distribution was mapped by combining our results with records from five other sources.</p><p>Results. A total of 87 Ixodes ricinus (all but one adults, 82% F) were removed from 14 deer (10 Dama dama; three Capreolus capreolus; one not recorded; tick burden, 1–35) at 12 locations (commonly woodland). Five key potential intervention sites were identified and drag-sampled 2015–16, collecting 623 ticks (238 on-transects): 53.8% nymphs, 42.5% larvae, 3.7% adults (13 M, 10 F). Ticks were present on-transects at all sites: I. ricinus at three (The Mens (TM); Queen Elizabeth Country Park (QECP); Cowdray Estate (CE)), Haemaphysalis punctata at two (Seven Sisters Country Park (SSCP); Ditchling Beacon Nature Reserve (DBNR)). TM had the highest DOT at 30/300 m2 (DON = 30/300 m2), followed by QECP 22/300 m2 (12/300 m2), CE 8/300 m2 (6/300 m2), and SSCP 1/300 m2 (1/300 m2). For I. ricinus, nymphs predominated in spring, larvae in the second half of summer and early autumn. The overall ranking of site hazard held for DON and DOT from both seasonal sampling periods. DBNR was sampled 2016 only (one adult H. punctata collected). Woodland had significantly greater hazard than downland, but ticks were present at all downland sites. I. ricinus has been identified in 33/37 of SDNPs 10 km2 grid squares, Ixodes hexagonus 10/37, H. punctata 7/37, Dermacentor reticulatus 1/37.</p><p>Conclusions. Mapping shows tick hazard broadly distributed across SDNP. I. ricinus was most common, but H. punctata’s seeming range expansion is concerning. Recommendations: management of small heavily visited high hazard plots (QECP); post-visit precaution signage (all sites); repellent impregnated clothing for deerstalkers; flock trials to control H. punctata (SSCP, DBNR). Further research at TM may contribute to knowledge on ecological dynamics underlying infection density and predator re-introduction/protection as public health interventions. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/EcologicalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcologicalResearch</span></a> on H. punctata would aid control. SDNP Authority is ideally placed to link and champion policies to reduce hazard, whilst avoiding or reducing conflict between public health and ecosystem health.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OneHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneHealth</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/PlanetaryHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryHealth</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TickAware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TickAware</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DiseaseEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiseaseEcology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Acarology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acarology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/MedicalEntomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalEntomology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/parasitology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/lymedisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lymedisease</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Elliemae, rescued northern elephant seal at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, says enjoy your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fotografie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fotografia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fotografia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Reid's paradox of rapid plant migration (Paleontology 🦕)</p><p>Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration or Reid's Paradox, describes the observation from the paleoecological record that plant ranges shifted northward, after the last glacial maximum, at a faster rate than the seed dispersal rates commonly occur. Rare long...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid's_paradox_of_rapid_plant_migration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid's_p</span><span class="invisible">aradox_of_rapid_plant_migration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReidSParadoxOfRapidPlantMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReidSParadoxOfRapidPlantMigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForestEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForestEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConservationBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalModelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalModelling</span></a></p>
Corey Bradshaw<p>Why the '50/500 rule' in <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23conservationbiology" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservationbiology</a> is too low <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320713004576" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...</a> Remember that numbers refer to effective population size (Ne), not census population size (Nc) and Ne is always &lt;&lt; Nc <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23conservation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23minimumviablepopulationsize" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minimumviablepopulationsize</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a></p>
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