Nicolas Mouquet

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Researcher in Ecology @cnrs.fr, France Human by Nature ! 🌈💚 http://nicolasmouquet.fr/ https://globalecologybs.github.io/feeddigest.github.io/

A picturesque landscape showcasing a vibrant field adorned with trees and birds in flight. Reminder to save the date for the CESAB Call 2025 Idea & Data Share call.
Potential and unrealistic conservation gains for terrestrial and marine vertebrates. We define as low vs. high conservation gains (x-axis) the bottom vs. top-ranked (10%) unprotected areas for the conservation of vertebrates according to themaximisation of species range size coverage on land (a birds and mammals) and sea (b fish).We define aspotential vs. unrealistic conservation gains (y-axis), the unprotected areas being the most likely (‘low-hanging fruits’) vs. unlikely (‘highhanging fruits’) to be protected according to their social-environmental context. On global maps, established protected areas are in green, while we only represent the potential vs. unrealistic high conservation gains on land (c) and sea (d). The gradient of colours corresponds to the relative likelihood that these unprotected areas are turned into protected areas according to the 14 social-environmental factors (Tables 1 and 2) and Random Forest models (see ‘Methods’). So, potential high conservation gains are in dark blue,while unrealistic high gains are in dark red. See Fig. 5 for the average relative likelihood of PA establishment per country on land and sea. These patterns could be biased by missing PAs in theWord Database on Protected Areas. Source data and codes are provided at https://doi.org/10.5281/ zenodo.11183846.
Human well-being in nature: which future for tropical reefs? The four parts defined by the gradient of nature protection and exploitation illustrate different possible futures, exposed by the NFF. Optimizing nature for humans (or innovative commons if we include cultural aspects) propose a biocultural and social future where societies exploit whatever is necessary for human well-being as long as it is sustainable. Arcology calls for a future where people are concentrated in dense, futuristic, self-sufficient cities, surrounded by totally pristine nature. Between both, Sharing through sparing depicts a future where people exploit as little of nature as possible for their well-being and safeguard the remainder. Possible dynamics are highlighted in orange and red.
Our third online CESABINAR will take place on Friday October 18th, at 3pm Paris time. Cyrille Violle (CNRS, Montpellier, France) will present : Functional rarity: from detection to conservation
IllustrationofourmodelingframeworktoinfertheIUCNstatusof4,992DataDeficientandNotEvaluatedmarinefishes.Usingavailable occurrence data,speciesbiologicaltraits,taxonomy, andhumanuses(A),webuiltanensemblelearningmodelusingRFandANN(B)topredicttheIUCNstatusofmarinefishesusingcomplementarydecisionsbetweenANNandRFoutputs(C).Then,weexploredtheconsequencesofincluding thepredictedthreatened speciesontheareascurrentlyprioritizedbyconservationplanning(D).Seemethodsfora completedescriptionofthesesteps.MapwascreatedusingR packagernaturalearth(https://www.naturalearthdata.com/). ANN,artificialneuralnetwork;IUCN,InternationalUnionfortheConservationofNature;RF,randomforest.
Pathways are presented in relation to the Nature Futures Framework (bold) and IPBES typology of specific values of nature (italic). Arrows denote that pathway positions are not absolute but overlapping.
Farms tend to be simplified ecosystems designed to efficiently produce one or a few crops or livestock. Strategies to diversify these systems by managing multiple species, incorporating areas of noncrop vegetation, or conserving soil or water have been posed as ways of countering the negative environmental effects of simplified agriculture such as biodiversity loss and pollution. Rasmussen et al. examined the effects of such practices on both environmental and social outcomes by harmonizing data from 24 studies in 11 countries. They found that implementing livestock diversification or soil conservation tended to create beneficial social and environmental outcomes, especially for biodiversity. Farms that implemented multiple diversification strategies had more win-win outcomes
The global biomass distribution of the mammalian class, represented by a Voronoi diagram. The area of each cell is proportional to the biomass contribution of each group. The global mammalian biomass distribution is dominated by humans and domesticated mammals, including livestock and pets
Scientific knowledge is produced in multiple languages but is predominantly published in English. This practice creates a language barrier to generate and transfer scientific knowledge between communities with diverse linguistic backgrounds, hindering the ability of scholars and communities to address global challenges and achieve diversity and equity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). To overcome those barriers, publishers and journals should provide a fair system that supports non-native English speakers and disseminates knowledge across the globe. We surveyed policies of 736 journals in biological sciences to assess their linguistic inclusivity, identify predictors of inclusivity, and propose actions to overcome language barriers in academic publishing. Our assessment revealed a grim landscape where most journals were making minimal efforts to overcome language barriers. The impact factor of journals was negatively associated with adopting a number of inclus