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Pablo Garcia-Diaz
@pablo-ecology.bsky.social
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Ecologist. Ecological modelling, ecosystem services, invasive alien species, and wildlife trade. Often found running models or marvelling at reptiles

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · May 23
Interested in modelling multiple ecosystem services and their interactions but don't know where to start? Check out our OA new paper! We combined expert knowledge and network analyses to build conceptual system maps and guide data-gathering efforts. 🌎🧪🌐 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Graphical abstract of the paper 'Conceptual system maps to guide research and management of multiple ecosystem services and disservices' showing a map of the Lules river watershed (Tucuman Argentina); two photos of experts working in groups; an arrow indicating that the knowledge derived from experts was encoded into a network; and a network showing the relationships between ecosystem services and disservices and their environmental, social, and economic drivers

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 9h
An inquisitive burrowing parrot (Cyanolyseus patagonus) giving me the side eye and checking out my backpack #birds #Argentina

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 5d
Here we go again...

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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El Mundo Today @elmundotoday.com · 6d
🇪🇸OKTODAY

Sin su gran acto de generosidad, hoy en día España seguiría siendo una dictadura (y, de hecho, lo es por culpa de Pedro Sánchez)

Lee el artículo completo en OK Today:
www.elmundotoday.com/2025/11/50o-...

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 6d
Aquí se celebran los 50 años del fin del dictador. Por todos los que vivieron sin libertades. Por mi abuelo, perdedor en la guerra, exiliado en Francia, que vio la vuelta de la democracia y que hubiera cumplido 100 la semana pasada. Por él y por los que sufrieron el horror de la dictadura franquista

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 8d
Climatic niche conservatism in non-native plants is largely dependent on their climatic niche breadth in the native range #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz, Julen Astigarraga, Xavier Serra‐Maluquer

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Florian Hartig @florianhartig.bsky.social · 8d
Check out our new preprint, led by @melinaleite.bsky.social “Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Reposted by Juli G. Pausas

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 9d
Rewilding in Europe: A Systematic Characterization and Classification of 89 Rewilding Projects 🌎🌐🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rewilding in Europe: A Systematic Characterization and Classification of 89 Rewilding Projects
Rewilding is increasingly adopted as a novel, process-oriented restoration approach worldwide, yet little knowledge exists on commonalities and differences in rewilding practice. This study systemati...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 13d
Practical considerations for trace DNA recovery and detection of an invasive reptile across different deposition scenarios #bioinvasions link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Practical considerations for trace DNA recovery and detection of an invasive reptile across different deposition scenarios - Conservation Genetics Resources
Trace DNA detection methods are increasingly applied to biomonitoring, in conservation, biosecurity, and wildlife forensic sciences. Reptiles are high risk invasive alien species that can cause damagi...
link.springer.com

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 15d
Great project & supervisory team. I can personally vouch for the lead supervisor - I have published several papers with Miguel Lurgi
theorecol.bsky.social Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 15d
#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis.

More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz, Rubén Tarifa

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Raquel Muñoz Gallego @raquelmuga.bsky.social · 15d
Very happy to see the last and my favourite article of the PhD out in @funecology.bsky.social! We show how an invasive moth can alter plant-frugivore interactions in the Mediterranean dwarf palm🦋🏝️🍒🐐
@imedea.bsky.social @annatraveset.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Trait‐mediated effects driven by an invasive herbivore alter functionally diverse plant–frugivore interactions
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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Manuel Ansede @manuelansede.bsky.social · 15d
Ha muerto Antonio García-Bellido, uno de los mejores científicos de la historia de España tras descubrir las fronteras invisibles dentro de los seres vivos: elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Muere Antonio García-Bellido, descubridor de las fronteras invisibles dentro de los seres vivos
El biólogo, fallecido a los 89 años, deja un legado científico que roza las alturas de los nobeles Santiago Ramón y Cajal y Severo Ochoa
elpais.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz, Benjamin Wildermuth

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 15d
#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis.

More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Julie L. Lockwood

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 16d
Observed and Dark Diversity of Alien Plants Across the World #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Observed and Dark Diversity of Alien Plants Across the World
Aim Biological invasions are one of the major threats to ecosystems worldwide and are expected to increase further in the future. Prevention and swift responses are crucial to mitigate this threat. .....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 17d
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions 🌐🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 17d
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions - Nature Climate Change
Large animal conservation and rewilding are increasingly considered to be viable climate mitigation strategies. We argue that overstating animal roles in carbon capture may hinder, rather than facilit...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 17d
IUCN passes resolution to do more for #WildAnimal #climate allies like elephants 🐘 , otters, tigers 🐅 and cetaceans 🐬 and whales 🐳 🌍

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IUCN Resolution Recognizes Wild Animals as Climate Allies
On October 10, the IUCN adopted a resolution to mobilize the role of wild animals in ecosystems as a climate solution.
earth.org

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 19d
🗺️ A #meta-analysis showing that poorer societies do not have the economic resources to confront the #EnvironmentalInjustice represented by the #LuxuryEffect.
@IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco

➡️ buff.ly/LseuyOs

Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Wayne Dawson, Pablo García‐Díaz

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 20d
▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database
GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 20d
Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables 🌐🌎 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Pablo García‐Díaz

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 21d
A comprehensive global assessment of the status & trends of alien species for major taxonomic groups. This is an outstanding product of the 2023 IPBES assessment on invasive species.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Neil Pederson, Pablo García‐Díaz, Martin Ehbrecht , and 1 more

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Keila Stark (she/her) @keila-stark.bsky.social · 22d
Most major theories in ecology assume some sort of equilibrium, but only ~half of empirical tests acknowledge it & even fewer observed it in their system. Does this matter? How did the idea become so pervasive in ecology anyway? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Equilibrium Conundrum
Although an assumption of equilibrium dynamics underlies most ecological theory, the evidence for this dynamic in nature and in empirical studies is scarce. This creates an unfortunate disconnect bet...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Pablo García‐Díaz

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Dan MacNulty @danmacnulty.bsky.social · 23d
🧪Now that the flaws in Ripple et al. (2025) are on record, it’ll be an interesting test of scientific integrity to see if and how that paper is used. This Science letter, for instance, cites Ripple et al. (2025) in calling for strict wolf protection across Europe. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 23d
The importance of separating the ‘transport’ and ‘introduction’ stages when studying #bioinvasions. The alien agave plants on the left in the photos are contained within the boundaries of the smallholding and have not spread to the nearby ravine – I wouldn’t consider them introduced in the wild

Reposted by Benjamin Larue

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 26d
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 26d
Editors & reviewers -

an ecological model can never be a complete representation of a system

they are simplifications, useful for exploring specific questions

Please do not expect models to do the impossible

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · Oct 26
Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends 🌎🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends
Populations and ecological communities are changing worldwide, and empirical studies exhibit a mixture of either declining or mixed trends. Confusion in global biodiversity trends thus remains, while....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Pablo García‐Díaz

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Oct 25
"Ecosystems are not economic markets for us to optimise; open biotic borders will lead to extinctions; the extinction of a species now is not counterweighted by species gained in millions of years. Nature does not solely exist for our economic needs." #bioinvasions
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open border ecosystems: Against globalised laissez-faire conservation | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge Core
Open border ecosystems: Against globalised laissez-faire conservation - Volume 3
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Benjamin Larue

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · Oct 24
Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade 🌎🧪🌐
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade
An increasing number of countries in the Global North have enacted, or are considering, import bans on hunting trophies to protect wildlife. We interrogate arguments used to characterize trophy huntin...
www.biorxiv.org

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · Oct 21
Unifying occupancy-detection and local frequency scaling (Frescalo) models 🌎🌐🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Unifying occupancy-detection and local frequency scaling (Frescalo) models
Frescalo’s “local frequency scaling” and classical occupancy-detection models both seek to recover true species-occurrence signals from imperfect data…
www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney, Pablo García‐Díaz

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · Oct 16
CCI’s newest report analyzes the limits and possibilities of CBAs to uphold Indigenous sovereignty, deliver environmental justice, and build labor power across the supply chain in the energy transition. climateandcommunity.org/research/cbas/
Community Benefits Agreements
In the face of energy transition projects, communities can deploy community benefits agreements to exert control over their futures.
climateandcommunity.org