New Publication: Do birds connect different ecosystem services in croplands?
In our recent research, we used DNA-metabarcoding and ecological networks to show how birds link pest control in apple orchards in N Spain with seed dispersal in the surrounding hedgerows. We found that pest control network, which emerges from the antagonistic interactions between birds and apple pests, was highly modular and more specialized. This suggests strong trophic complementarity between…
New Publication: Who disperses tree seeds in fragmented landscapes?
Many plants rely on frugivorous animals for seed dispersal. In fragmented landscapes, frugivore communities can change from forest to matrix due to species loss or replacement in open anthropogenic habitats, and such changes have potential consequences for the plants they disperse. In our new paper in PNAS, led by Juan Pedro González-Varo, we report a similar diversity of frugivores,…
Pájaros y manzanas en Villaviciosa
En el marco del XXXIV Festival de la Manzana de Villaviciosa (11-15/10/2023), participaremos en la jornada técnica sobre producción sostenible de manzana en Asturias. Hablaremos de la importancia de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos proporcionados por las aves silvestres, con ejemplos de nuestras investigaciones. Inscripciones: bit.ly/3rApU4g
Nueva publicación: Cómo y porqué se renaturaliza de forma pasiva la Cordillera Cantábrica
En el último número de Ecosistemas, catorce investigadores/as del ámbito de la Cordillera Cantábrica revisamos los patrones, los procesos y las consecuencias de la renaturalización pasiva (rewilding) en los ecosistemas de este territorio del norte de España. Se observa un patrón de recuperación de bosques y matorrales en áreas anteriormente ocupadas porpastizales ganaderos y campos agrícolas, que implica cambios…
New Publication: Exotic kiwi and blueberry crops depend largely on wild pollinators for production
Many pollinator-dependent crop plants are being cultivated very far from their original areas, having to cope with pollinator assemblages to which plants may be poorly adapted. This frequently pushes farmers to rely on domestic bees to ensure yield, summing an additional management action whose effectiveness is, in most cases, unknown. In our new paper in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment,…
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