Junior researcher @CIBIO_InBIO working with #metabarcoding to study the #ecology of #bats, #birds, and #insects!
Oporto, Portugal
Joined October 2009
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It was a great honor to present at #EBRS2024! 😊
***Plenary speakers***
A big thank you to all the keynote speakers, @matavca, @OrlyRazgour, @DinaDechmann, @WinifredFrick. All four women leading the latest in bat research and conservation!
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Finally, the day has arrived, first day at the @ebrs2024 !!
Isn't it cool the bat-cave conference room? 🤩
10 yrs ago I joined the metabarcoding world and this was my first output! 💪Happy to see it keeps flying 😊
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Finally, the monumental work led by @SoniaFe02577409 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.e1171…
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E para celebrar o Dia Internacional dos #Morcegos, aqui está um excelente artigo do @PublicoAzul sobre a nossa investigação da dieta dos morcegos da Ilha da #Madeira.
@PortugalEcology @sbeq @SECEMU_ @CIBIO_InBIO @munfunchal @eva_keltanen @matavca @TMB_cE3c @CE3CResearch
Pequenos, peludos e voadores: os morcegos caçam as pragas agrícolas na Madeira publico.pt/2024/04/17/azul/n…
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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/…
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Unable to decide between Spain or France to apply for your dream #metabarcoding postdoc? Why not both?
Position with @Fred__Viard @xavierturon & Sophie Arnaud-Haond on Project @BIOcean5. #marine #eDNA #environmental #bioinformatics
Apply soon! Position is open until filled.
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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.ecoser.202…
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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_fr @Senckenberg @JAMSTEC_PR #PhDPosition academictransfer.com/338203/
Right on time for christmas 🎄, our newest article is out! 😍 @CIBIO_InBIO @molecology
We used DNA metabarcoding and beta diversity partitioning to test the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) and Niche Variation Hypothesis (NVH)! 🧶👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Instead, it appears that the population became a mixture of specialist and generalist individuals, which may reflect OFT mechanisms on individuals with differential competitive ability to access better food resources.
This study was a brilliant work led by Daniel Velarde and supervised by @LuisPascoalSil1 @PedroBeja12 and myself 🙃 All scripts and data used for analysis are provided! 😉