by Vanesa Alegre | Sep 7, 2025 | Wild Scope
An innovative classification reveals how our wild cats respond to human-transformed landscapes Brazil’s wild felids face one of the greatest challenges in their evolutionary history. From the majestic jaguar to the small pampas cat, these species must navigate...
by Vanesa Alegre | Jul 4, 2025 | Wild Scope
The Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) is one of the most fascinating birds of South America’s grasslands. With its distinctive forked tail and spectacular seasonal movements, this species has become a key model for understanding the migratory and breeding...
by Vanesa Alegre | Jun 13, 2025 | Insight Lab
Ecological thresholds are critical points where a small change in an environmental variable can trigger an abrupt transformation in the system. Far from being merely technical tools, thresholds enable us to detect tipping points in ecosystem dynamics and have profound...
by Vanesa Alegre | May 15, 2025 | Academic Life
Co-authorship in academia can be complex. Often, when we’re invited to co-author a paper, we’re not entirely sure what’s expected of us. From my own experience, I’ve made mistakes both as a co-author and as someone coordinating others’ contributions....
by Vanesa Alegre | Feb 22, 2025 | Insight Lab
What is Spatial Cross-Validation? Spatial Cross-Validation (SCV) is an essential technique in spatial analysis and species distribution modeling, landscape ecology, and other fields that work with geospatial data. Its main goal is to assess the performance of...
