Irene Mendoza
@phenogirl.bsky.social
Ecologist interested in everything, especially plant-animal interactions, ecoacoustics and phenology. Combining science with motherhood.
Así es el proyecto que ‘escuchará’ el eclipse de Sol: ¿qué se oye cuando se apaga el mundo? Una docena de investigadores repartirá grabadoras por España para registrar cómo reaccionan aves y murciélagos al falso atardecer del 12 de agosto elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
Nuestro proyecto #ECOECLIPSE recibe atención en el @elpais.com. ¡Muy agradecida a @pflis.bsky.social por la entrevista y artículo! elpais.com/ciencia/2026... Toda la información del proyecto en: eclipseespana.com/ecoeclipse/ @unisevilla.us.es @mncn-csic.bsky.social @airamrodriguez.bsky.social
Así es el proyecto que ‘escuchará’ el eclipse de Sol: ¿qué se oye cuando se apaga el mundo?
Una docena de investigadores repartirá grabadoras por España para registrar cómo reaccionan aves y murciélagos al falso atardecer del 12 de agosto
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The in-person meeting of the Spanish Network of Research in Ecoacoustics (#REIE) was a great success! We had plenty of good science regarding ecoacoustics, networking with colleagues and two amazing workshops! I also presented there our work on the acoustic niche hypothesis and #ECOECLIPSE project.
I'm very sad to know that Dr. Geno Schupp has passed away yesterday. He was one of the best ecologists ever, with seminal contributions like the seed dispersal effectiveness. But not only by his work, he will be remembered by his joy of life and unique sense of humor. Rest in peace.
Despite being one of the most studied Mediterranean National Parks, research in Doñana remains disconnected and barely addressing multiple and interconnected drivers of global change. In this paper, we analyze intreconnections of drivers and propose improvements for a research agenda! Read it here!
Maria Paniw@paniw.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧪 Mediterranean ecosystems are changing fast & in dynamic, interconnected ways, but we rarely look at the interconnections. Doñana National Park is a great example of how multiple global-change drivers ripple through ecosystems via species interactions, trophic cascades, and habitat change. 🌍🧩
The complex interactive effects of global change stressors and cascading species interactions require integrative approaches that study and conserve ecosystems beyond individual species. This was a beautiful collaborative experience with colleagues from EBD
Maria Paniw@paniw.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧪 Mediterranean ecosystems are changing fast & in dynamic, interconnected ways, but we rarely look at the interconnections. Doñana National Park is a great example of how multiple global-change drivers ripple through ecosystems via species interactions, trophic cascades, and habitat change. 🌍🧩
It was really funny taking part of this multidisciplinar initiative!
Maria Paniw@paniw.bsky.social · 2mo agoDoñana continues to remind us that understanding complexity requires working together. 🌿
Al mundillo de la caza no le gustan ni l@s científic@s ni los estudios q concluyen q hay que regular las actividades cinegéticas para garantizar la conservación o la sostenibilidad de la propia caza. Para q me entiendan, es como pegarse un tiro en el pie. @eldiario.es www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
¿Cómo afectan los eclipses solares a los animales? Estaré hablando de esto junto a Airam Rodríguez y Ana Monreal en una conversación promovida por el @pamplonetario en Baluarte. Si estás por la zona, no te lo puedes perder! eklipsenavarra.com/es/actividad...
Last week we made our first fieldwork day for the project #RarAvis at #Doñana National park. We installed 12 recorders in the flooded marshland and as you can see, the logistics was not easy! A very beautiful & exhausting field day :-) Thanks to @oapngob.bsky.social for funding! #PAM #ecoacoustics
Today I asked my students who is their favourite female scientist? They need to write a short dissertation of why she has inspired them. What is yours? And why?? Happy #11F
Plant-frugivore mutualisms are ancient! Fossil evidence shows that frugivorous animals were likely helping plants spread their seeds as early as 120 million years ago Images: Longipteryx from the Early Cretaceous www.cell.com/current-biol...
💜 Hoy celebramos el #11F, el Día de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia 🔬🌱 En la @ebdonana.bsky.social todas hacemos ciencia. Investigadoras, técnicas, profesionales de administración y compañeras del servicio de limpieza, con su trabajo diario, hacen posible que la ciencia avance con excelencia.
You cannot miss this symposium in 2028! One of the coolest events ever!!
Frugivores & Seed Dispersal@fsd2028.bsky.social · 6mo agoAlthough the next conference is still a way off, we’ve created this account to share updates on venue and dates, as well as news and publications on FRUGIVORES & SEED DISPERSAL Artwork: María León Ilustración
I've enjoyed a lot participating in the #CS3 conference at Seville. Javier Galeano presented a talk about the #AcousticNicheHypothesis in which I was co-author and I had great fun with my colleagues from several years ago. Above all, I've learnt a lot! cs3.es/conference-2...
Together with other Spanish scientists working in bird conservation, we have published this letter in @ScienceMagazine highlighting our concern of hunters trapping finches under the excuse of conducting scientific research www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Misusing research to trap songbirds in Spain
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More than 7000 flamingos were spotted today, added to many other bird species. Not in a very remote place, but in Doñana! A wonderful visit to Veta la Palma that really made me feel very happy and fortunate with this work.
Just accepted paper in @IBIS_journal! This is the 1st published output of the WABAD dataset, including > 5,000 bird-annotated audios all over the world. A huge collaborative effort led by Cristian Pérez-Granados, Esther Sebastián and David Funosas. More fun research coming soon!! #ecoacoustics
Un macho de TARABILLA EUROPEA /Saxicola rubicola/ en una postura muy característica encaramado a una de las ramas más altas del arbusto
I'm very happy to see this paper published at the end!! ;-)
International Journal of Plant Sciences@ijpsjournal.bsky.social · 11mo agoJA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social High water requirement controls germination phenology in Miconia rubiginosa (Melastomataceae), a late-rainy-season fruiting species from tropical seasonal ecosystems Diego Fernando Escobar et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social High water requirement controls germination phenology in Miconia rubiginosa (Melastomataceae), a late-rainy-season fruiting species from tropical seasonal ecosystems Diego Fernando Escobar et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Yesterday, I went back to Doñana's marshaland after almost one year. The extraordinay flooding of this spring and summer made innaccesible the area by car until now, what is a problem to replace batteries and cards of #AudioMoths. Always a luxury to work here. #BIRDeep
"Más de un 3% de las hubaras canarias podrían morir anualmente a causa de la depredación por gatos, que pasaría a ser la tercera causa de mortalidad de origen antropogénico, sólo superada por las colisiones con tendidos eléctricos y telefónicos y los atropellos". En @revistaquercus.bsky.social
Following Matthias Rillig's advice, I'm celebrating that the just received evaluation of the grant #BIRDeep (2022-2024), in which I was the PI, is overall positive. The evaluation committee qualified the results of the project as "satisfactory". It's a relief and a small milestone in my career
Matthias C. Rillig@mrillig.bsky.social · 12mo agoCelebrating the small wins in academia….a reminder to myself (and maybe you….) Please share with someone you think might also need this reminder :) open.substack.com/pub/matthias...
📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:
PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In
The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In
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What kinds of life are possible? How can we know about that regarding life origins? Here's our new paper to appear in @royalsocietypublishing.org with C Kempes & S Stepney. Check our space of the possible for replicators. @sfiscience.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
