A bit late for #InternationalBatNight but session from last night was a blast! Also, I think I got addicted to slow-mo vids of bats. Good luck grey long eared! #fieldwork #plecotusaustriacus #bats

Very nice talk from my collegue and friend @leonardoancillo on Bats and urban areas comparing results from two cities in Italy! This @ebrs2024 is going better and better! 😍🦇

Our review of virological studies on African #bats suggests various biases. Most importantly, evidence is lacking for 🦇 as reservoir hosts for almost all studied #viruses. We call for a systematic approach and the consideration of bat conservation: doi 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0358

I published a paper in @nature! It includes all the greatest hits: 1) Sexy title 2) 400 co-authors 3) Global map 4) A methods section full of mystery

Interesting Nature Communications paper showing that acoustic indices and metrics derived from convolutional neural networks, applied to @OpenAcoustics AudioMoth data, correlate well with measures of forest restoration. https://t.co/ndq89xTX8R

New work by @leonardoancillo et al. shows functional traits drive the fate of Orthoptera in urban areas: https://t.co/iU4PrlxhJh #OpenAccess More new work in 'The Ecology and Conservation of #UrbanInsects' Special Issue! @PolyTilly @katatrepsis #OpenAccess #Orthoptera

The #ClimateCrisis threatens all wildlife but #bats are at particular risk. Looking for the raw details then read... Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review Great work by all 19 authors incl. @PartyFranci @leonardoancillo @L_Santini_Eco @RicardoNature @NiaToshkova

Announcing 2 new #PhD positions in our 🦇lab! Monitoring bat population trends is hard. In a new project, BatTrend, we will explore both new methods and optimize established ones to help improve monitoring guidelines. Info about the 2 positions in the 🧵 below. RTs appreciated!

Read #BiologyLetters Review - Advancing the Missed Mutualist Hypothesis, the under-appreciated twin of the Enemy Release Hypothesis https://t.co/3ruCMUPjO9 | #pollination #seeddispersal #ecology

Which species’ traits (eg colours/sounds/behaviours) affect human #wellbeing? 🌲🪺🪶 We use environmental psychology, functional ecology, & cultural eco services in our new @naturesustainab paper Huge thanks to team @DICE_Kent @JamesHuttonInst @SRILeeds

Everybody loves colors but only few know how to use them well. With the right guidelines, using colors becomes super easy. Let me show you how to implement these guidelines with ggplot 🧵 #rstats

Can we protect one of the most mysterious insects that inhabit the delicate landscape of European high-diversity grasslands? 🦗🌾 Check it out on the latest paper with @rocco_lab just published in Journal of Insect Conservation https://t.co/LNQgLKQI7F @Cnr_Iret

🦇❗ Researchers worldwide can now monitor #Bat movements in the vicinity of wind turbines. Thanks to @AnimalFlight's first-of-its-kind algorithm tracking bat migration, conservationists are armed with new insights to help protect bats from harm 🌐 https://t.co/p2lCstqpJm

The calm chirp of the tree crickets definitely makes the sound of peaceful summer nights, but this can hide a vital race for acoustic space among sibling species. Who will win? Read more about this new paper with @leonardoancillo: https://t.co/ekl88GvdiR

New collaborative paper out!📣📝 Discriminating cryptic green-winged grasshoppers 🦗 and clarifying their distributions thanks to citizen scientists on @inaturalist and multivariate approaches from photographs! Enjoy! @rocco_lab @Cnr_Iret https://t.co/PA5gvh6OL6

Today I had the pleasure to talk about urban wildlife (and the beautiful Zerynthia cassandra🦋) at the Anthropocene panel discussion. Great time at a great location talking about the exciting challenges of conserving biodiversity @tizdilorenzo @HystrixPhD @CNRsocial_ @Cnr_Iret

Our study on #butterfly #evolution, #hostplants & #ranges is now formally out! We built a phylogeny of 2000 sp and found butterflies originated in N. America 100M years ago, likely fed on legumes. ~100 scientists from 28 countries contributed. Thanks all!

As a professor, pursue the careers of your PhD students and postdocs instead of pursuing your own. I know it may sound strange and even provocative. But in fact it is how it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, a personal gain is the biggest motivation for many professors. More

@ConBiology We previously found that habitat loss affects much more often smaller forest patches than larger forest patches. https://t.co/dPHVN6UtiH 2/n

Using the harvest mouse Micromys minutus as a model species, this paper highlight the importance of intraspecific variability in shaping biogeographical patterns of widely distributed species and fostering their conservation. Fully OA article. https://t.co/qNMLt0UoWr