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Ecosistemas AEET @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social · 10d

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Rob Yorke @robyorke.bsky.social · 27d

‘subtle impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on malfunctioning of prey–predator dynamics across ecosystems’

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>rice farming agro-ecosystems seek to save water
>which results in fewer wetland-ecosystem semi-aquatic inverts
>so jumping spiders jump less ofter

#farmland #ecology 🧪

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 28d

Water-saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries 🌾🌏

Highlights need to account for potential trophic cascading effects when designing climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture 💭🧪

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌾🕷️📝Very excited to share our last article published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social where we evaluate the cascading effects of water-saving irrigation on predator-prey interactions across the aquatic and terrestrial interface in rice agroecosystems besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries

These results show that introducing multiple drainage periods in rice fields (i.e. AWD) indirectly hampers terrestrial spider reproduction through limiting the emergence of potential preys from the a...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Aug 31

As part of our HERBESREG project funded by Generalitat de Catalunya we keep sampling our experimental rice fields to assess how different water management practices shape weed communities and impact rice yield.

Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Aug 11

Gracias artista! 😉

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Aug 11

¡Muchísimas gracias Carlos!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌾🕷️📝Very excited to share our last article published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social where we evaluate the cascading effects of water-saving irrigation on predator-prey interactions across the aquatic and terrestrial interface in rice agroecosystems besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries

These results show that introducing multiple drainage periods in rice fields (i.e. AWD) indirectly hampers terrestrial spider reproduction through limiting the emergence of potential preys from the a...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Jul 29

Odio más los highlights!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Jul 24

🕷️🌾🦟 Our last article has been accepted in @jappliedecology.bsky.social and this guy here is our protagonist. More info soon! 📝

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Jun 15

Some guys in our experimental rice fields #WATERSCAPE

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨 In case you missed the thread I publish a few weeks ago: Our paper on reconciling climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in rice farming can be freely downloaded in AGEE. Have a look!!! 🌾🌍

Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

📢 📝 Climate change mitigation strategies in rice farming reduces methane emissions but have profound negative effects on freshwater biodiversity. The new paper of the Sebastian Echeverría-Progulakis thesis if finally out in AGEE.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Water-saving irrigation can mitigate climate change but entails negative side effects on biodiversity in rice paddy fields

Tackling climate change while enhancing biodiversity without compromising production is a main goal in agricultural management. In rice farming, water…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 31

Qué ganas de escucharla!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 31

🕷️🌾 Looking forward to arrive Pontevedra to join @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social I'll talk Monday evening (19:15) in session TSB.8 about cascading effects of water-saving strategies in rice farming across the freshwater-terrestrial interface. Be there to know more!
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 15

Estás gozando!!!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

This article results from the collaboration and effort of an amazing group of people, and incredibly led by Sebastian Echeverría-Progulakis. Thanks you all!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

We call for integrative water management policies that look beyond emissions alone. CC-mitigation should also consider biodiversity. Otherwise, we risk solving one problem by creating others.

#CarbonTunnelVision #RiceFarming #Agroecology #GHG #Biodiversity #SustainableAg

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

Our results highlight that a carbon-only lens overlooks ecological complexity. Thus long-term sustainability requires approaches that account for multiple goals simultaneously (i.e., climate, biodiversity, and food security must be addressed together)

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

Stay tunned if you want to know how these changes in freshwater biological communities translate in terms of multifuncionality provisioning (carbon sequestration potential, nutrient cycling, weed an pest control, food provisioning, etc). Next chapter of Seba's thesis.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

Our results show a marked trade-off between climate and biodiversity outcomes associated to water-saving strategies in rice farming. In other words: AWD maximizes climate gains but worsens biodiversity. MSD offers a more balanced path, helping at minimizing the tradeoffs.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

BUT.... Abundance of larvae of aquatic bugs, dragonflies and damselflies, and specially tadpoles was remarkably reduced in AWD managed plots when compared to permanent flooded plots. Intermediate values were found for MSD-managed plots. Species diversity also declined at both AWD and MSD plots.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

As expected methane emissions dropped sharply under water-saving irrigation.
– AWD reduced methane by 92.5%
– MSD by 67.3%
when compared to continuous flooding. This confirms strong mitigation potential associated to the drainage periods, which inhibits methanogenesis.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

Specifically, we evaluated 3 irrigation practices that represents a gradient of water use:
* Traditional continuous flooding (CONV) – no drying periods during the growing season
* Mid-Season Drainage (MSD) – 1 drying period
* Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) – Multiple drying periods

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

In this study we performed a field-scale experiment in the Ebro Delta Experimental Research Station to evaluate potential trade-offs of mitigation strategies in terms of methane emissions and biodiversity outcomes (diversity/abundance of tadpoles, fishes & aquatic macroinvertebrates)

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · May 8

However, the potential negative impacts of these mitigation strategies on freshwater biodiversity associated to rice fields (e.g., amphibians, fishes, or aquatic macroinvertebrates) have been completely ignored until now. Foto: Antonio Camacho Lorenzo

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