𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥📢 As part of my PhD, we quantify, for the 1st time in Europe, the #EcosystemServices of #bats as insect pest suppressors in #rice paddies🌾🦇. Bats halved plant damage, saving ∼70 kg rice/ha, which translates into 💸56€/ha Read more👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecos…

Unable to decide between Spain or France to apply for your dream #metabarcoding postdoc? Why not both? Position with Frédérique Viard Xavier Turon & Sophie Arnaud-Haond on Project BIOcean5D. #marine #eDNA #environmental #bioinformatics Apply soon! Position is open until filled.

Join me @Naturalis_Sci for a PhD on taxonomic and functional meiofauna diversity! CT scanning, (meta)barcoding & transcriptomics, fieldwork in Indonesia, Japan & New Caledonia. Strong collaboration with Ifremer 🌊 SENCKENBERG JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 ＼海と地球の研究所／ #PhDPosition academictransfer.com/338203/

On the fundamental role of fundamental science, and why it is under threat in Portugal. Congratulations to the authors on this important opinion piece publico.pt/2024/02/26/cie…

A work started in 2018, is finally out. Our results reveal simplified bird-pest interaction networks with increased agricultural cover, where bird abundance emerges as the key predictor of species' importance in pest consumption. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

E para celebrar o Dia Internacional dos #Morcegos, aqui está um excelente artigo do Azul sobre a nossa investigação da dieta dos morcegos da Ilha da #Madeira. SPECO | Portuguese Ecological Society SBEQ SECEMU BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Câmara Municipal do Funchal Eva K. Nóbrega Vanessa Mata Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity @cE3c CE3C

Finally, the monumental work led by Sonia Ferreira is out, reporting on moth barcodes from Portugal, based on 2350 specimens from 1158 species. The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12…

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment Spoiler alert...NO! #Grants #academia

10 yrs ago I joined the metabarcoding world and this was my first output! 💪Happy to see it keeps flying 😊

Finally, the day has arrived, first day at the EBRS2024 !! Isn't it cool the bat-cave conference room? 🤩

The portuguese bat team is at #EBRS24 ! Lots of talks today and tomorrow! 🦇😁