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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Water is increasingly scarce in the Ebro Delta, and rice depends on it 💧 #HERBESREG tests how changing irrigation management can optimise water use, weed control and yield, together with herbicide treatments. A short video to explain the project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyXm...

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Projecte demostratiu HerbesReg

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Proud to join the @britishecologicalsociety.org team as Associate Editor at @jappliedecology.bsky.social, by far one of my favorite scientific journals. Looking forward to doing my small part to support the scientific community through this new role. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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British Ecological Society

Journal of Ecology publishes high-impact, novel research on all aspects of plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Climate mitigation and biodiversity loss are intertwined but often treated as separate challenges. In this work led by @nperezmendez.bsky.social we argue that widely promoted water‑saving practices can lower GHG emissions yet harm freshwater biodiversity. We propose alternative management options.

Schematic representation of the need to incorporate a spatiotemporal perspective to reduce potential trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Illustration: Scienseed.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🚨 New paper out in Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social Climate mitigation in rice farming can’t operate in a carbon tunnel vision but needs to incorporate a spatiotemporal approach to prevent unintended negative side effects in freshwater biodiversity. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Climate Change Mitigation in Rice Farming Should Account for Biodiversity

Climate change mitigation and biodiversity loss are closely linked challenges, yet agricultural strategies often address them separately. Focusing on rice farming, this article shows that widely prom...

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Prof. Daniel García from @labbiodiversity.bsky.social is visiting our lab at IRTA La Ràpita, and he treated us to a super interesting talk about his research on the role of birds and bats in the biological control of pests in apple orchards. Great insights and great discussion

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Ecosistemas AEET @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Important notice for editors, authors, and reviewers! 🚨 On 2 October, we will be migrating our hosting services to @pkp.sfu.ca (PKP) and updating to OJS version 3. The journal's website and editorial platform will be down on that date. We'll share more details in this thread.

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Rob Yorke @robyorke.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

‘subtle impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on malfunctioning of prey–predator dynamics across ecosystems’ OR >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 · 12/09/2025

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 · 11/08/2025

🌾🕷️📝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/...

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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...

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🕷️🌾🦟 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 · 09/06/2025

🚨 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!!! 🌾🌍

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🕷️🌾 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 · 08/05/2025

📢 📝 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…

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🦆🐸🐟🌾 Our #WATERSCAPE project funded by the @ageinves.bsky.social includes an exclosure experiment to assess the relative contribution of aquatic (fishes & amphibians) vs. terrestrial vertebrates (birds & bats) on provisioning of multiple ecosystem services/disservices on rice farming. Here we go!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

🦇🌾We start a new collaboration with the bat team of the Museu Granollers to assess how changes in agricultural management of rice fields affect the populations of the smallest european bat, the Soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus). What a great team! #Bats #rice

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophylus) swimming in petri dish. Note the adaptation in the second pair of legs simulating two paddle blades that move synchronously. Video of @alexmu.bsky.social

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Weeds, especially Echinochloa spp, are among most limiting factors for rice yield in Ebro Delta. We start a new project (HERBESREG) funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya to evaluate different irrigation strategies 4 weed control while minimizing biodiversity impacts ebredigital.cat/2025/03/31/l...

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L’IRTA inicia un nou estudi per millorar la sostenibilitat del cultiu extensiu de l’arròs al Delta de l’Ebre - EbreDigital.cat

El cultiu de l’arròs s’enfronta a reptes creixents en sostenibilitat i productivitat. La proliferació de males herbes resistents als herbicides, l’alta

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Celebrating the first accepted paper of the Sebastián Echeverría-Progulakis PhD thesis. @maitemarei.bsky.social @alexmu.bsky.social and Gema Cambero. More info soon! 📄🌾🤓

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🌾🪲As part of the PhD thesis of Alejandro Muñoz, we are sampling overwintering rice water weevils across diferent microhabitats associated to rice fields. #WATERSCAPE

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

> 200 rice growers, technicians and researchers assisted today to the ‘XVIII Jornadas Técnicas del arroz’ organized by IRTA. I was talking about the invasive rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophylus) on rice farming #WATERSCAPE

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Explaining how we sample ground arthropods in rice fields for our projects on regenerative agriculture #Agriregencat #Agricarbonicat m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-rB...

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We are dusting off this set of Berlese traps for sampling overwintering rice water weevils (Lissorhoptrus oryzophylus) and characterize its spatial distribution during winter. This is parte of our new #WATERSCAPE project funded by @ageinves.bsky.social

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🤯🤯🤯 I know I'm easily impressed, but advancement of AI is amazing. I fed Notebooklm with our latest paper &, in just 2 minutes, it generated a podcast discussing the results in a completely coherent way Here the podcast and the article: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/b2a... doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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Redirecting

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🧵1/11 🌱 Ecological restoration of field margins enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in rice agroecosystems. Happy to share our new Open Access article that is finally out in Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... #Agroecology #Biodiversity

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Redirecting

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

How can the introduction of the invasive apple snail change the contribution of rice fields to greenhouse gas emissions and to biodiversity conservation in the Ebro Delta? 🧵 Thread below!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

How can the introduction of the invasive apple snail change the contribution of rice fields to greenhouse gas emissions and to biodiversity conservation in the Ebro Delta? 🧵 Thread below!

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

If you want to know the story behind the introduction of crawfishes in Spain, I highly recomend you 'El cangrejo del rey', a short documentary film by @chikichanka.bsky.social youtu.be/C0AQsAu8F4c?...

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DOCUMENTAL COMPLETO | El cangrejo del rey

YouTube video by Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD-CSIC

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

📢📝 🌐 New publication! We have published a brief research paper where we proposed the "chironomid sentinel cards", an adapted methodology from terrestrial systems, as a fast, reliable, and standardized method to estimate predation rates by macroinvertebrates in shallow aquatic ecosystems. Video ⬇️

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Frontiers | Chironomid sentinel cards: an easy-to-apply method for assessing predation rates freshwater (agro)ecosystems

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thanks Carlos for choosing to publish in Ecosistemas @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social and for your constant support to the AEET @eco-aeet.bsky.social I am sure that the publication of strong research as yours will give an important boost to the journal.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Messor barbarus harvesting rice grains in plants located close to field margins

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Invasive apple snail (Pomacea sp.) on rice fields of the Ebro Delta. When not properly controlled, the impact on rice yields is devastating. But note also the overgrazing impact on the soil. Can't imaging all potential bottom-up cascading effects it must be triggering across the entire food web

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🪶🌾 Waterbirds in recently harvested rice fields of the Ebro Delta: Grey and Purple herons, Glossy ibises, Great egrets, Little egrets, Cattle egrets, Audouin's gulls, Yellow-legged gulls, Lesser Black-backed gulls, Black-headed gulls and many more.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Homemadevideo about how we sample aquatic macrofauna in rice fields for our RICESCAPE project. Have a look! youtu.be/gzLvjGjqaSo

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Sampling aquatic macrofauna in rice fields

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🌾🐟🐍🦀 I present you the 'gànguil' traps, traditional fish traps that we use to survey macrofauna in flooded rice fields, including crayfishes, fishes, amphibians and even snakes.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Impact of bullying during the peer-review process on early-career researchers and minorities. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Carlos Cano-Barbacil @canobarbacil.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Visto el éxito que están teniendo algunos starter packs me he animado a hacer uno sobre divulgadores y científicos que usan sus perfiles para comunicar sus resultados. La lista está en construcción así que si estás interesado en unirte deja un comentario 👇 go.bsky.app/2hSqEJC

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Nice video about the role of rice agroecosysyems as managed wetlands and its importance for biodiversity conservation youtu.be/x-CtWGVTW6o?...

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Biodiversity and Rice

YouTube video by USA Rice

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The logo of our new WATERSCAPE project is ready. We aim to explore how both water management of rice fields and landscape complexity interact to support biodiversity, regulatory ecosystem services and rice production. Looking forward to start the field campaign.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A starter pack for those working or interested in agroecology. Lot of room for new folks. Comment below to be added. go.bsky.app/VXdYJjQ

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Biólogo de campo (Javi) @biologusagri.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

“Carbon Tunnel Vision” o cómo el centrarnos solo en las emisiones de efecto invernadero puede traer consecuencias indeseadas como pérdida de biodiversidad. La cuenta de instagram de @nperezmendez.bsky.social es @ raw_natura 👌🏽

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Rice fields often host large flocks of flamingos that share the habitat with other visitors. Here two examples: A Waterfowl swimming among giants and a White stork that wanted to be a Flamingo.

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Néstor Pérez-Méndez @nperezmendez.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

🕷️🌾 Intra-guild predation in rice fields! Here a long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha spp.) hunting a blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans).

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