IUCN Press release about the Azorean Insect Assessments
Sábado, 07 de Julho de 2018Invasive plants threaten Azores island beetles Over a hundred insect species from the Portuguese islands of the Azores have been assessed for the(...)
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Proposal for a Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS) for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of forest biota across islands
Domingo, 06 de Maio de 2018See Borges, P.A.V., et al. (2018). A Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS) for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of forest biota(...)
All endemic moths to Azores are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC MID-ATLANTIC ISLAND INVERTEBRATES SPECIALIST GROUP
Quinta, 19 de Abril de 2018Most Azorean native forest adapted endemic moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) have some level of extinction risk due to the bad condition and protection of(...)
Newsletter March 2018
Domingo, 08 de Abril de 2018Newsletter March 2018 Welcome to the first newsletter of the Mid Atlantic Island Invertebrate Specialist Group of 2018. We have some really(...)
Newsletter November 2017
Domingo, 17 de Dezembro de 2017MAIISG November newsletter Hope everyone is having a good end to 2017, with exciting plans for 2018. This is one of the biggest newsletters we have(...)
A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans. It’s a catastrophe
Domingo, 22 de Outubro de 2017Insects have triumphed for hundreds of millions of years in every habitat but the ocean. Their success is unparalleled, which makes their(...)
All spider species endemic to Madeira and Selvagens are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group
Quarta, 18 de Outubro de 2017All spider species endemic to Madeira and Selvagens are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group.(...)
All native forest adapted beetle species endemic to Azores are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC MID-ATLANTIC ISLAND INVERTEBRATES SPECIALIST GROUP
Quarta, 18 de Outubro de 2017All forest adapted beetle species endemic to Azores are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC MID-ATLANTIC ISLAND INVERTEBRATES SPECIALIST(...)
Species Conservation Profile of a Critically Endangered endemic spider for the Azores
Domingo, 16 de Julho de 2017It is now published the first article of a new series within the BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL - Species Conservation Profiles Subject to continuing(...)
Four new species for science of beetles for Azores
Domingo, 16 de Julho de 2017Four new species of beetles were described by researchers from Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c). Recent findings based on molecular data support the(...)
Azorean arthropods are used as models to test the influence of dispersal on SADs
Segunda, 26 de Junho de 2017Species abundance distributions (SAD) are central to the description of diversity and have played a major role in the development of theories of(...)