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Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c): 2020 Annual Report

In 2020, the main achievements of the 24 integrated members with Ph.D. of ABG-cE3c included 127 publications, 64 of which in International Indexed(...)
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The other side of the current in­sect ex­tinc­tion: exotic spe­cies in­crease through hu­man im­pact

The diversity of exotic species of insects, spiders and other arthropods on islands worldwide is increasing. This may contribute to aggravating the(...)
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Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c) Report for the Year of 2017

In 2017, the main achievements of the 23 integrated members with Ph.D. of ABG-cE3c included 158 publications, 57 of which in International Indexed(...)
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All spider species endemic to Madeira and Selvagens are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group

All spider species endemic to Madeira and Selvagens are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist(...)
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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

All forest adapted beetle species endemic to Azores are now assessed for extinction risk by the IUCN SSC MID-ATLANTIC ISLAND INVERTEBRATES SPECIALIST(...)
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PhD Merit Award cE3c 2016: Interview with Thomas Matthews

28/07/2017. Interview by Marta Daniela Santos. We continue to remember the cE3c members distinguished in the cE3c Annual Meeting 2016; and this(...)
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New species of Pyrrhula described for Graciosa Island

A new species of extinct bullfinch, Pyrrhula crassa n. sp., is described from bones found in a small cave situated at Caldeira, Graciosa Island, on(...)
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Azorean arthropods are used as models to test the influence of dispersal on SADs

Species abundance distributions (SAD) are central to the description of diversity and have played a major role in the development of theories of(...)
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The next ISLAND BIOLOGY Conference will be in La Rénion -2019

It was recently decided by the Society for Island Biology (SIB), that the next ISLAND BIOLOGY conference will be in La Réunion (Mascarenes),(...)
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Roadmap for Island Biology research

Several members of IBIG participated in an importat publication tha aims to identify key research foci that could advance island(...)
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Species Conservation Profile of a Critically Endangered endemic spider for the Azores

It is now published the first article of a new series within the BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL - Species Conservation Profiles Subject to continuing(...)
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ISLAND BIOLOGY 2016 - Program

Herewith we are posting the final version of the program of the ISLAND BIOLOGY 2016 - II International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and(...)
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Azores contribute to Arthropod Biodiversity Ibero-Macaronesica

The Azorean Biodiversity Group participated with several reserachers in the Project of quantifying the biodiversity of arthropods of Iberian Peninsula(...)
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