#Urbanparks, here #Rehberge park #Berlin, can be areas of high #speciesdiversity, despite the large #city conditions. However, parks do not only host urban #biodiversity, but also fulfill diverse #humanneeds. G. Csomós et al. (2023) conducted surveys about the use and perception of #innercity #parks in #Budapest, highlighting parks, i.a., as important for #socialinteractions.

© #StefanFWirth Berlin May 2025

Reference
G. Csomós et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128003

#Photo: © S.F. Wirth, 2025

Charles Darwin’s theory on evolution by natural selection presents the varied links connecting biological facts, and demonstrates the results of these connections, but the theory is a generally misunderstood one in some circles, and in particular amongst fundamentalist believers in the creation story...
#charlesdarwin #EvolutionaryTheory #naturalselection #opinions #creationists #nature #speciesdiversity #writingcommunity #evolution #originofspecies
https://write.as/for-much-deliberation/on-darwin-and-a-theory

Bestandsübersicht 2 / 2024 – es wächst und gedeiht

Vermehrungsfreudige Kröten, Annähern an Zielzahlen und neue Arten in den Becken der Teilnehmenden – die Bestandsübersicht des zweiten Halbjahrs 2024.

https://citizen-conservation.org/bestandsuebersicht-2-2024/

#CitizenConservation #CitizenScience #News #HusbandrySavesSpecies #HaltungRettetArten #ProtectingSpecies #Artenschutz #SpeciesDiversity #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversity #Biodiversität #Conservation #Erhaltungszucht #Breeding #DidacticsBiology #DidaktikBiologie #FrogFacts

Stock overview 2 / 2024 – growing and thriving

Reproducing toads, approaching target numbers and new species in the participants' tanks - the population overview for the second half of 2024.

https://citizen-conservation.org/en/stock-overview-2-2024/

#CitizenConservation #CitizenScience #News #HusbandrySavesSpecies #HaltungRettetArten #ProtectingSpecies #Artenschutz #SpeciesDiversity #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversity #Biodiversität #Conservation #Erhaltungszucht #Breeding #DidacticsBiology #DidaktikBiologie #FrogFacts

Al zeg ik het zelf, maar @joerimorpurgo is een van de snelst reizende sterren in de Urban Ecologen in de wereld.

Zijn kennis, kunde en publicaties op het gebied van Skills and
#Biodiversity #SpatialAnalysis
#WildlifeConservation
#Conservation
#ConservationBiology
#ConservationEcology
#SpeciesDiversity
#AnimalEcology
#Ecology and #Evolution
#LandscapeEcology zijn niet onopgemerkt gebleven.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerimorpurgo/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joeri-Morpurgo

Species seen in 1 cubic ft of coral reef during 24 hrs. French, Polynesia. Source: Natural History Mag. 2024 Issue 7. Artist David Littsschwager.
#speciesdiversity

CC at the World Congress of Amphibian and Reptile Researchers

Every four years, the scientific community of amphibian and reptile researchers meets to network. We were in the centre of it all on Borneo.

https://citizen-conservation.org/en/annual-report-2023-2/

#CitizenConservation #CitizenScience #News #HusbandrySavesSpecies #HaltungRettetArten #ProtectingSpecies #Artenschutz #SpeciesDiversity #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversity #Biodiversität #Conservation #Erhaltungszucht #Breeding #Kreaturenpodcast #DidacticsBiology

Jahresbericht 2023

Neue Fachbeiratsgruppen, neue Tierklasse, neue Arten – das Jahr 2023 bei Citizen Conservation.

https://citizen-conservation.org/jahresbericht-2023/

#CitizenConservation #CitizenScience #News #HusbandrySavesSpecies #HaltungRettetArten #ProtectingSpecies #Artenschutz #SpeciesDiversity #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversity #Biodiversität #Conservation #Erhaltungszucht #Breeding #Kreaturenpodcast #DidacticsBiology #DidaktikBiologie

Annual report 2023

New Advisory Boards, new animal class, new species – the year 2023 at Citizen Conservation.

https://citizen-conservation.org/en/annual-report-2023/

#CitizenConservation #CitizenScience #News #HusbandrySavesSpecies #HaltungRettetArten #ProtectingSpecies #Artenschutz #SpeciesDiversity #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversity #Biodiversität #Conservation #Erhaltungszucht #Breeding #Kreaturenpodcast #DidacticsBiology #DidaktikBiologie

🌳 The current draft of the new Federal Forest Act threatens us with more clear-cutting as far as the eye can see. The federal government is missing a historic moment to save our #forests. We are dismayed!
#BWaldG #climatecrisis #speciesdiversity

A newly discovered sea creature species, Clavelina ossipandae, features panda-like markings and a skeleton-like body. Measuring less than an inch (2 centimeters), it gained attention online in 2017 and was dubbed the "Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt." Researchers confirmed its status as a new species through morphology and DNA analysis.

The white parts resemble blood vessels, while black markings on the head resemble a panda's eyes and nose. The scientific name reflects its skeletal and panda-like features: Clavelina for its genus, ossi for "bone," and pandae for its panda-like markings.

#NewSpecies #SeaCreatureDiscovery #SkeletonPandaSeaSquirt #ClavelinaOssipandae #ScienceResearch #MarineBiology #PandaMarkings #SkeletonBody #OkinawaDiscovery #SpeciesDiversity

Este año se llevará a cabo el primer Congreso Panamericano de especies acuáticas invasoras y no-nativas, de forma remota del 14 al 18 de octubre 2024

The 1st Panamerican Congress on invasive and non-native aquatic species will take place virtually from October 14 to 18, 2024.

#biology #speciesdistribution #speciesdiversity #species #vertebrate #invertebrate #mollusk #fish

Testolin et al. expand our understanding of patterns and drivers of #plant #diversity in small Central #Mediterranean islands and outline a useful methodology for prioritizing #conservation efforts.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13034
@WileyEcolEvol
#PlantSci #ecology #SpeciesDiversity #botany

New NIOO publication: Long-term exposure to experimental light affects the ground-dwelling #invertebrate community, independent of light spectra. #lightpollution #speciesdiversity #anthropods
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0364

#PlantationForests are #young & cause of numerous environmental problems due to #SingleSpeciesDominance. Plantation forests have #LessBiomassDensity, #SequesterLessCarbon, #SingleStorey, & do not contain the type of #growth, #soil or #wildlife as seen in #oldgrowth natural forest ecosystems. #OldGrowthForest have high #speciesdiversity, #resilience & #carboncapture. #SaveOldGrowth as these are critical for life on planet.
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/10/are-plantation-forests-ecofriendly-or-just-green-deserts/

You’re at #SMBE23? Interested in #denovomutation rates, #speciesdiversity, or #cichlids? Come to my poster no.1 (!) in session 18 in the castle prison tomorrow! [1/3]

Species diversity may depend on their similarities, not their differences. A new theory suggests that species coexist by sharing traits that allow them to exploit the same resources, such as food and habitat. The theory challenges the traditional view that species diversity is driven by niche differentiation or the ability to avoid competition.

#SpeciesDiversity #TraitSimilarity #NicheDifferentiation https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-key-to-species-diversity-may-be-in-their-similarities-20230626/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

Save pruning trees for fall
#Gardening #Environment #SpeciesDiversity
https://www.treehugger.com/dont-trim-cut-down-trees-in-spring-5271656

Puddles and ponds, hedgerows and ditch plantings, all sustain life. Free link
#Sustainability #Ecology #Environment #SpeciesDiversity
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/opinion/frogs-vernal-pools-ecosystem-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=L8RRj6Hv_ss_j0ruXw4au3_Wam0vNuo3qYXUFmZE7lJlJUGQm2-jA6P-w1HFy8yFIQ00BpXASmFqpzcV7mn_-HgjIchQjF0-_NLHUOo97Ie97jsqcRhC10MahJMH3ZuKp9dBpH1Cv3ETWxYvo0rTnr8piUwlphuhOCPMT6D8-WtG4WmbTFukOo0M1upxk1ID3hSA_Y7Kr2ZBtZ-h5ym0fFGp9q9u_FhVBHQSfMCCAgdPeBQUiSD6RcPTj8d4RSIhLLwF4EdiSl1u507fsEFsnsibwYqEulnEZweA_fhSEW76SHaOqBk_lV_q4NBvazLtZCYl6uRcd_GtkgmEk8-Suf8vXyQrp2fEnHFCDUT1&smid=url-share

Our second match in the "First Four" preliminary matchups of March Specie Madness, paring down our 33 species to 32, pits the muskrat against the river otter. Both are great swimmers found in waterways throughout Canada and at rare. The winner goes on to face the Red Squirrel on March 3rd. Learn more about these creatures and cast your vote here at: https://raresites.org/2023/02/march-species-madness-first-four-match-2/
#conservation #MarchMadness #nature #speciesdiversity