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Researchers study how to optimise camera traps to ease detection of fauna in areas where there is little communication infrastructure. The new technology enables real-team localization and reduces manual work.

Delia Velasco-Montero, Jorge Fernández-Berni, Ricardo Carmona Galán, Ariadna Sanglas, Francisco Palomares. Reliable and efficient integration of AI into camera traps for smart wildlife monitoring based on continual learning. Ecological Informatics. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102815

El actual programa de investigación para ayudar a la preservación de esta especie responde a la colaboración entre el CSIC y la Fundación Reina Sofía

In 2022, the scientists, led by the Australian Museum in Sidney participated in the discovery of a spectacular Lagerstätte in Australia. This study provides the first detailed analysis of the community of aquatic insects from this deposit. The study provides new information about what the insects of Australia were like before the continent went through a process of aridification.

Viktor Baranov, Michael Frese, Robert Beattie, Tara Djokic, Matthew R. McCurry. New aquatic insects form the Miocene of Australia with notes on the ecology and ontogeny of a new species of Chaoborus (Diptera, Chaoboridae). Papers in Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1580

Matthew R. McCurry, David J. Cantrill, Patrick M. Smith, Robert Beattie, Mary Dettman, Viktor Baranov, Charles Magee, Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen, Marnie A. Forster, Jack Hinde, Ross Pogson, Helen Wang, Christopher E. Marjo, Paulo Vasconcelos, Michael Frese. A Lagerstätte from Australia provides insight into the nature of Miocene mesic ecosystems. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fsciadv.abm1406

The researchers have analyzed the role of this mosquito as vector of avian malaria pathogens. The tiger mosquito may play a minor role in avian Plasmodium transmission in the wild, likely due to its mammal-biased blood-feeding pattern.

Veiga, J.; Garrido, M.; Garrigós, M.; Chagas, C.R.F.; Martínez-de la Puente, J. A Literature Review on the Role of the Invasive Aedes albopictus in the Transmission of Avian Malaria Parasites. Animals 2024, 14, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142019

The study, the most comprehensive to date conducted in Protected Areas of Spain, has revealed the widespread presence of pesticides, some of them banned since 2009, in both National Parks

The compounds detected have an important environmental impact and may pose a high risk to aquatic ecosystems.

Mantaining their genetic diversity is essential to the species and requires the conservation of a wide network of interconnected ponds. Aquifer overexploitation, climatic change and invasive species threaten the aquatic ecosystems in Doñana

Sánchez-Montes, G., Martínez-Solano, I., Díaz-Paniagua, C., Martínez-Gil, H., Arntzen, J. W. & Gomez-Mestre, I. (2024). Pond area and availability safeguard amphibian genetic diversity across Iberia's largest protected wetland. Freshwater Biology, 69: 917-931. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fwb.14255

The aims include to assess if melanin is a protective factor against radiation and if there are patterns of adaption to radioactivity

El trabajo liderado por el CSIC confirma que gansos comunes propagaron entre varios hábitats diferentes especies de plantas a 300 kilómetros de su origen. Los científicos han analizado muestras de heces y los desplazamientos de esta especie marcados con GPS para la investigación realizada en Suecia. Referencia: Navarro-Ramos, M.J., van Leeuwen, C. H., Olsson, C., Elmberg, J., Månsson, J., Martín-Vélez, V., Lovas-Kiss, A. & Green, A. J. (2024). Seed dispersal between aquatic and agricultural habitats by greylag geese. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108741

Un equipo científico liderado por un investigador de la Estación Biológica de Doñana – CSIC ha recopilado toda la información disponible sobre Schistostega pennata, un peculiar musgo “luminiscente”, y han modelado su distribución en la Península Ibérica. Esta singular planta se distribuye por pocas zonas de la Península Ibérica, especialmente por el norte y noroeste, y aún se sabe poco sobre su ecología. Muchas de sus poblaciones están amenazadas por la actividad humana. Jairo Robla, Víctor González-García, Sara Santamarina, Mikel Artazkoz. Unravelling the ecological drivers of Schistostega pennata. Journal of Bryology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2023.2260114

Un equipo de la EBD-CSIC ha estudiado los cambios en la distribución de las tres especies de cangrejos de río que se han introducido en España a lo largo de la historia. La información extraída de fuentes históricas para describir distribuciones de organismos y procesos ecológicos ha sido clave en esta investigación. Referencia: Duarte S. Viana, Francisco J. Oficialdegui, María del Carmen Soriano, Vigilio Hermoso, Miguel Clavero. Niche dynamics along two centuries of multiple crayfish invasions. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: /10.1111/1365-2656.14007