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Investigating the impacts of global change on ecosystems, biodiversity and the ecological processes that sustain them. 🐝🧬 Research group at Basque Centre for Climate Change. PI @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social | Posts by team 🌿 gorbeea.bc3research.org

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Robert Tropek @robtrop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New study published in @natecoevo.nature.com ! We assembled the largest global dataset of plant–pollinator networks to ask a simple question: do interactions become more specialised towards the tropics? doi.org/10.1038/s415... Study led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️ 1/8
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Photo recap from #nochedelosinvestigadores! A fun evening together representing #BC3research ecology lines, showcasing the insect diversity of Gorbeia, southern France, and Basque rivers… and their role in our ecosystem. Until next year! 🪰🐝🦋🐜
Team members posing in front of a booth. Two team members show three boxes of various insects to a passing by audience. A viewpoint of a booth, with team members standing and talking. Team member wearing a bee hat, showing an audience various insect illustrations (not shown).
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tomorrow the team will participate in #NocheEuropeadelosInvestigadores, demonstrating the importance of species diversity in maintaining the functionality and stability of terrestrial ecosystems…through games! See you there! 👋🏼🐝
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our very own Christian Gostout recently attended the #ConsGenMeeting2026 in Antwerp, Belgium, presenting his PhD research with the talk "Developing functional profiles and comparative analyses for wild and managed pollinator gut microbiomes." Nice work, Christian!! 🐝 🧬 💪 [📸 by Ivan Vander Biesen].
Photo by Ivan Vander Biesen. PhD researcher Christian presenting his work on stage, with an audience in the foreground. Photo by Ivan Vander Biesen. An audience listening tentatively to a speaker on stage (not pictured). The photo is framed by a plant and a whale skeleton. Presentation cover page, featuring a Bombus pascuorum on Ajuga reptans.
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Curro Molina @curromolina.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Después de años de muestreos, lupa, claves, bases de datos y alguna que otra crisis existencial… ¡ya está publicado el primer artículo de mi tesis! El primer inventario de abejas silvestres de Doñana: 385 especies. Un sueño hecho realidad. 🐝🌸 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mapping wild bee diversity and flower use for an effective conservation of the Doñana biodiversity hotspot
We compiled the first checklist of wild bees in Doñana Protected Area, documenting 385 species, including three vulnerable and one endangered species listed in the Red List. Bee species exhibit dive...
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Same sampling site, same week in July but different years. This summer’s heatwave has not spared Gorbeia NP.
Vista outlook towards a black fieldwork truck and grazing horses. Rocky landscape in the foreground. Vista outlook towards rolling hills and mountains.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨👇
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yesterday, we had our inaugural Ecosystems and Global Change “away-day” meeting. Bringing together BC3's #ecology groups, we had a great day discussing past and future directions, learning more about each other’s research and of course enjoying a nice dip in the ocean. 🤝🌿⛱️🌞 #BC3research
Several team members from Basque Centre for Climate Change across different research groups. All posing on the beach, with the ocean in the backdrop. Individuals hiking along a coastal route. Several people walking down stairs to the beach. Vista point of the rocky coastal shores of the Basque Country.
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Abejas Silvestres @abejassilvestres.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Nuestras amigas y amigos del @sarelab.bsky.social con @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social a la cabeza y la ilustradora Paula Martín han sacado esta increíble guía de los Polinizadores del Parque Natural del Gorbea. ¡Zorionak! Por un trabajo tan bien hecho y necesario. #GorBEEa #Bees #Pollinators
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We are hiring a new postdoc to join our team! 🐝👀🧬 Learn more about the position here: www.bc3research.org/en/job_offer...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Ecology and Bioinformatics for GorBEEa Project
BC3 offers a full-time postdoctoral researcher position to support the research activities, and specifically to work on the international project GorBEEa, funded by the European Commission through an ...
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Fresh from the printer 😍! Sneak peak of our new field guide, introducing the pollinators of Gorbeia NP (in Basque, Spanish and English). Illustrations by @paulamartínart. 🐝🌿🪰
A tri-fold guide about the pollinators of Gorbiea Natural Park, standing on a fan of other copies. Photo taken outside on a ledge. Insert of bumblebee drawings of species found in Gorbeia NP, with four copies stacked on top of each other. Shadow of a tree covers on the left corner.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Yesterday we participated in the Jornadas de Naturaleza - Sopelako Natura Astea. PI @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social introduced the diversity of Basque pollinators, while postdoc Estefanía discussed wild bee nesting strategies. The day wrapped up with a field excursion and a bee hotel workshop 🐝
Ainhoa presenting about global and local pollinator diversity to a crowd of mix ages. A group of people looking for wild pollinators in an urban meadow. Leading a workshop creating wild bee hotels. Estefanía introducing different nesting strategies for cavity nesting species to a crowd of mix ages.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#Leafcutter bee season begins! 😍🐝 This male marks one of the first #Megachile to emerge this year. For the past two seasons, we have installed trap nests in Gorbeia NP to measure reproductive success and explore species diversity for cavity nesting Hymenoptera.
Team member holds a glass vial with a male leaf cutter bee resting on top of its leaf lined cell, recently emerged.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The bumble bee hover fly (Volucella bombylans), one of our favorite bee mimics. #syrphid #FlyWeek 🪰 Here, in the haemorrhoidalis color form.
Volucella bombylans (bumble bee hover fly) resting on Cirsium.
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Abejas Silvestres @abejassilvestres.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
¡Nuevo estreno! ¿Quieres ayudar a las abejas? Planta flores silvestres: aportan alimento a las abejas silvestres y otros polinizadores, y mejoran el suelo y el clima. Valen balcones, jardines o campos. Pero… ¿qué plantas elegir? Os ayudamos con esta lista. 👉 www.abejassilvestres.es/resources/pl...
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Jenn Rose @jdrose.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's currently flowering season for Armeria euscadiensis, an endemic plant found only along the Basque coast (euskal itsas krabelina in #Euskara). A few pollinators were enjoying the view as well. 🌿
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For #EarthDay2026, we highlight the diversity of #Basque pollinators we study, exploring their interactions, stability, and resilience. 🌿🐝
A series collection of 10 various pollinators found in the Basque Country, all interaction with local flora.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This week we began our first round of #fieldwork for the season, keeping busy with #plant-pollinator interaction surveys, #flower marking, #biomass collection and more 🌿🐝. Teamed up with new and returning members, we are ready to tackle yet another year in #Gorbeia Natural Park 💪.
Six members taking a selfie in front of Itxina before heading to the fieldsites. Team members are carrying insect nets and other misc field supplies. Two team members are surveying for bumblebees in open fields of a meadow. Hoverfly on Bellis perennis Lasioglossum on Taraxacum sp.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Busy spring in the lab. 🌼 Here, post doc @luisjachueca.bsky.social extracts the guts of Bombus pascuorum (the common carder bee), collected by the team in Gorbeia Natural Park last season. We're curious to investigate its microbiome composition, diversity and much, much more... 🧬🐝
Post doc Luisja holds tweezers with a Bombus pascuorum, preparing to extract the guts. Closeup of extracting the guts (in right tweezer) of Bombus pascuorum (left tweezers).
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Abejas Silvestres @abejassilvestres.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
La primavera empieza con millones de pequeñas arquitectas de la naturaleza: las hembras de las abejas silvestres que construyen nidos y llenan el paisaje de vida. Hoy celebramos también a las mujeres que estudian y protegen la biodiversidad. #DiaInternacionalDeLaMujer 💜🐝 @ebdonana.bsky.social
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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
IUCN updated Red List of Bees finally published: op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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European red list of bees - Publications Office of the EU
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Highlighting some great work published last year, led by our own postdoc Estefanía Tobajas, showing how landscape and crop diversity boosts yield stability 🌿🐝
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Ainhoa Magrach @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I had a great time talking about pollinators, hummingbirds, and why biodiversity is the foundation of resilient ecosystems with @scihanna.bsky.social. We discuss how diversity helps ecosystems withstand shocks and why it matters for both nature and people. Listen here: www.scilux.eu/episodes/hum...
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Nature's Balance. Hummingbirds, Other Pollinators and Biodiversity with Prof. Ainhoa Magrach — SciLux
Listen to full episode :
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Reflecting on another great conference at @ecoflor.bsky.social in #Tortosa. 🌿🌼 The SARE team shared our latest research through two talks and a poster, discussing wild bee #microbiomes, seed #viability, and #feral honey bees. Plus, we wrapped up the trip with a (very windy) excursion to Els Ports. ⛰️
Team member presenting "Developing Functional Profiles for Wild and Managed Pollinator Guy Microbiomes"Team member presenting "Beyond Seed Set: What Shapes Seed Quantity and Viability in Wild Plant Assemblages"Two team members admiring a natural rock arch Two team members hiking
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Ainhoa Magrach @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🌸 The SARE Lab team joined #SCAPE2025 in Priego de Córdoba, sharing our latest work on pollinator ecology & microbiomes 🐝🦠 We presented 2 talks + 2 posters on how global change affects pollinator dynamics, biodiversity & ecosystem stability 🌍💛 #Ecology #Pollinators #GlobalChange
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Zorionak Dr. Maddi Artamendi 🎉 for successfully completing her thesis entitled “Plant–Pollinator Interactions: From Diversity and Plasticity to the Stability of Pollination Services” 🌿🐝
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Congratulations to new BC3 PhD graduate Maddi Artamendi
Dr Maddi Artamendi graduated with the  thesis entitled “Plant–Pollinator Interactions: From Diversity and Plasticity to the Stability of Pollination Services” today at the University of the Basque Cou...
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Kaixo BlueSky! 👋 We are SARE Lab [Sare means network in Basque, reflecting our focus on the intricate connections within nature]. Learn more about our team and research here: gorbeea.bc3research.org
Bombus pascuorum pollinating Teucrium pyrenaicum in Gorbeia Natural ParkThree technicians sampling in Gorbeia Natural Park
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