Belinda Gallardo
@bgallardo.bsky.social
Tenured Researcher (IPE-CSIC). Specialized in Invasive Species, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration. https://restauracionecologica.csic.es/ #bioinvasions #InvasiveAlienSpecies #ClimateChange #EcologicalRestoration #EcosystemServices
🔊Counting species is not enough Our new study from the Lower Ebro River (Spain) shows that the invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata) and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) significantly reduce functional diversity, despite little change in overall species richness. doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Redirecting
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¡Acabamos de publicar el último número! 📢 Incluimos el monográfico "Ecología del despoblamiento rural", coordinado por Francisco Lloret y Adrián Escudero. Os dejamos la editorial invitada en este enlace. Y no solo, en este número hay mucho más contenido... revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...
🌱La restauración de pueblos abandonados puede restaurar los ecosistemas. 🐞Un nuevo estudio muestra que la repoblación moderada y de bajo impacto en zonas rurales aumenta la diversidad, mantiene la calidad del agua y del suelo, y recupera valores culturales, sin perder su papel como sumideros de C.
🌱Restoring abandoned villages can restore ecosystems too. A new study shows that moderate, low-impact repopulation in rural mountain areas creates more diverse landscapes, supports biodiversity, maintains water and soil quality, and recovers cultural values—while still acting as carbon sinks.
Across Europe, climate-driven forest disturbances, such as wildfires and insect outbreaks, are expected to increase over the next century, according to a new large-scale modeling study in Science, substantially altering forested landscapes continent-wide. https://scim.ag/4uwZMmH
Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century
Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and storms cause large pulses of tree mortality. Climate change amplifies these forest disturbances, yet their future magnitude and extent remain uncertain. Here, we simul...
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👏🐟 Enhorabuena #Seprona por esta nueva operación contra el tráfico ilegal de #angula Para garantizar la recuperación de la especie es imprescindible: → perseguir furtivismo → recuperar hábitat → Captura 0 en 🇪🇺 www.lne.es/asturias/202...
Golpe al tráfico ilegal de angula: la Guardia Civil incauta un total de 27 kilos, viva
La operación policial, aún en marcha, se ha desarrollado en País Vasco y Francia, con el registro de una casa y establecimientos
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📢 #Neobiota2026 – Thematic session: Workflows in Support of Research and Management The rapid growth of alien species data (distributions, traits, first records) creates major opportunities, but inconsistent terminology, harmonisation, and standardization limit comparability.
Tracking pink salmon in Northern Norway. 🐟 Using eDNA, blowfly iDNA, and bow-tie analysis to map their impact on the Arctic tundra, see how we're scaling up detection of 'zombie' salmon. 👉 guardias.eu/scaling-up-p... #GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
🐸 In Flanders, #GuardIAS is helping prioritise control of the invasive American bullfrog by identifying where action will have the greatest impact and engaging local stakeholders. 👉 guardias.eu/prioritising... #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
Lamentable: hay info suficiente lo que falta es voluntad para afrontar problemas difíciles pero importantes. Por desgracia, los intereses económicos de unos pocos siempre pasan por los problemas ambientales de tod@s 🥲 www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/...
Las autonomías frenan la declaración de la anguila como especie en peligro
Los gobiernos de las comunidades han reclamado realizar más seguimientos y tener más datos científicos antes de prohibir su pesca y consumo
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Check out the 1️⃣ @guardias.bsky.social Newsletter, aimed at protecting Europe's marine and freshwater ecosystems from biological invasions 🌊 🌊 🌊 👨🏫 Aims of the project 🦀 Case studies 📖 Educational resources 🤖 Introduction to GIAS, our AI tool 🌿 iNaturalist 🧬 Summer school on eDNA shorturl.at/1WKGb
🌍 New release: #GuardIAS Newsletter #1! From early-warning AI systems to field eradication trials, see how we’re turning science into action against #AquaticInvasions across Europe. Read it here: guardias.eu/wp-content/u... @guardias.bsky.social #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies #MarineEcology 🧪🌐🌍🌊🐟
📅🧑🔬 Hoy, 11 de febrero, se celebra el #DíaMujeryNiñaenCiencia 🦠🔬 El #CSIC se suma a esta conmemoración con más de 200 actividades con científicas como charlas, talleres, obras de teatro o exposiciones ¡No te las pierdas! 👉http://tiny.cc/sity001
🔬 Desde la CIED (Comisión de Igualdad, Equidad y Diversidad del IPE) hoy 11 de febrero, apoyamos la celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia. Nuestro centro avanza en el cierre de la brecha de género en estas áreas. 💪 ¡Aceleremos el cambio! #11F
In 2025, #GuardIAS evaluated control measures for parrot’s feather in Tuscany 🌿 The study examined implementation, monitoring methods, and lessons to improve long-term invasive aquatic plant management. 👉 guardias.eu/evaluating-m... #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
📣 Be part of the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species 📣 The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇 🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... 🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025 #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
🌍 Exciting news! The European Group on Biological Invasions (Neobiota) has launched a new webpage: www.neobiotagroup.com
NEOBIOTA | The European Group on Biological Invasions
Learn about NEOBIOTA, the European group dedicated to understanding and managing biological invasions, fostering research, collaboration, and sustainable ecosystem health.
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Help protect our waters! 🌊 The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species. Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management. Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index.... #MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
An excellent #MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) by #GuardIAS offering rich, accessible content on preventing #aquatic #InvasiveSpecies. Ideal for #students, #educators, professionals, and anyone interested in protecting our waters. 👉https://www.ecmunipv.it/login/index.php 🧪🌍🌐 #bioinvasions
GuardIAS@guardias.bsky.social · 10mo agoHelp protect our waters! 🌊 The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species. Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management. Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index.... #MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
🌊 Corbicula fluminea has officially arrived in New Zealand — but what does this mean for ecosystems, management, and freshwater biosecurity? Join @invasivesnet.bsky.social & Dr. Deborah Hofstra on October 14 to learn how a tiny clam could reshape freshwater ecosystems! Register here: aub.ie/bSALiV
New global synthesis: 1,535 established #non-native #fish across 193 countries. Aquarium trade, aquaculture & corridors dominate; competition & predation drive impacts. Calls for pathway-focused biosecurity. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #MarineEcology #AquaticEcology #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies
A Global Account of Established Non‐Native Fish Species
This study compiles the most complete global database of non-native fish species that have successfully established themselves in new freshwater and marine environments. It documents 1535 species acr...
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📚Artículo en nuestra revista ‘Pirineos’: ‘El legado personal y científico de los pioneros del Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología: Una perspectiva agroecológica sobre la gestión de las áreas de montaña’ 🔹 Publicación de José M. García-Ruiz. 🔗 pirineos.revistas.csic.es @csicaragon.bsky.social #Jaca
Las invasiones biológicas cuestan 17 veces más de lo estimado. En este estudio se utilizan datos de @gbif.org y modelos predictivos para revelar el desfase y cómo corregirlo: ▶️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... #CiteTheDOI #SDM
📒Último estudio publicado en el que participa el IPE. El equipo usó la colección más grande de anillos de crecimiento de #árboles tropicales construida hasta la fecha. Se recopiló información de más de 20.000 series de crecimiento de árboles muestreados en unos 500 #bosques de 36 países. 👇👇
CSIC Aragón@csicaragon.bsky.social · last yr.🌴 El @ipe-csic.bsky.social del @csic.es participa en un estudio global publicado en @science.org que ha demostrado la resiliencia de árboles tropicales ante las sequías del último siglo 🌱 Crecieron un 2,5% menos en años secos, pero fueron capaces de recuperarlo en épocas húmedas 👉 bit.ly/46GJ8aG
'There is a problematic underlying approach... which is to consider that the people who created the problems, benefited from the problem, have lied about the problem and their responsibility about it for decades, are trustworthy partners to solve those problems.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
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New world record: longest inland migration Species: Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Category: invaded range Travel length: 110 km from the sea Found in Guillena, near Sevilla, in a strectch of Rivera de Huelva River without tidal influence @ebdonana.bsky.social @sergiobedmar.bsky.social
Montserrat Vilà, @ebdonana.bsky.social summarises results from the 2023 IPBES report on #InvasiveAlienSpecies at #EEI2025
Ramón Álvarez Halcón, secretary of the Spanish society of Malacology, walks us through the very complex regulatory framework of the apple snail A species that affect rice fields in the Lower Ebro river
