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Andy J. Green
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Professor in ecology at CSIC, mainly researching into wetland ecology, especially waterbirds and dispersal processes (e.g. seed dispersal, AMR, plastics). Mancunian. Alumnus of Magdalen and Wolfson Colleges
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jun 25
Our publication "Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities" is a "Highly cited paper" according to ISI Essential Science Indicators Database 2024 😀 @ebdonana.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Land–water transition zone from terrestrial to littoral to pelagic habitat, illustrating organisms shown to be capable of endo- or ectozoochorous dispersal by waterbirds of the Anatidae and/or Rallidae families. Major taxonomic groups are indicated by the larger font, and key families known to be dispersed in the smaller font. Words in brackets indicate the resting stages dispersed. For each group, representative organisms are drawn in their typical habitat. Blue represents aquatic habitats, brown represents terrestrial habitat and lake sediments. See the paper for more details of these dispersal interactions

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Julián Cano-Povedano @juliancap.bsky.social · 6d
Acabamos de publicar una noticia en @es.theconversation.com sobre nuestra trabajo en el biovectoring de plásticos theconversation.com/ciguenas-y-g...
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Cigüeñas y gaviotas transportan cientos de kilos de plásticos desde los vertederos a los humedales de Andalucía
Las aves ingieren plásticos en los vertederos que luego devuelven al medio en los enclaves donde descansan.
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 21d
Great to see our #ecologyletters paper on seed dispersal to a new island out @ebdonana.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New study overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islands
A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey island shows that birds carried most of the plants that colonised the island, overturning long-held assumptions in biology that seed or fruit shape and so-call...
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Pawel Wasowicz @pawelwasowicz.bsky.social · 24d
Our new study with @drandygreen.bsky.social
overturns the idea that seed or fruit traits determine plant spread. #botany #SeedDispersal #IslandEcology #Surtsey #Iceland #PlantScience #BirdEcology #EcologyLetters doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Putative ‘Dispersal Adaptations’ Do Not Explain the Colonisation of a Volcanic Island by Vascular Plants, but Birds Can
It is widely assumed that adaptations for long-distance dispersal are identifiable from seed and fruit traits used to define ‘dispersal syndromes’. Sixty years of monitoring a new island allowed us t...
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Oct 9
The importance of waders for seed dispersal in a rapidly changing world. Short "Perspective"article by Green & Lovas-Kiss #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #OpenAccess @ebdonana.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @seobirdlife.bsky.social
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Oct 3
Our new paper shows good establishment of wetland plants after seed dispersal inside waterfowl, but plants grow better when seeds are first removed from the faeces (e.g. when poo falls into water) #endozoochory @ebdonana.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
Plant height measured at 7, 15, 30 and 45 days after germination for (a) J. bufonius and (b) E. palustris. Curves were obtained from the fitted logistic base functions (Table 1), and points represent measured height for individual plants. Treatments including faeces addition (CF, IF) are represented in pink and treatments including gut passage (IF, INF) with dashed lines. Asterisks represent mean xmid parameters for treatments grouped with faeces (pink) and without faeces (green). CF = control, faeces; CNF = control, no faeces; IF = ingested, faeces; INF = ingested, no faeces.

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International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · Sep 28
We're pleased to announce that our 2026 conference will be in... SPAIN 🇪🇸

🗓 Dates for your diary are 4-7th September 2026

Watch this space for more details to come!

#IWSG2026 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Aug 28
PhD position available on climate change, cyanobacterial blooms, and human health @ebdonana.bsky.social We are looking for interested candidates, details attached. Please share.. @sibecol.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @aillimnologia.bsky.social @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social

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Marta I Sanchez @sanchezmarta.bsky.social · Aug 11
In this new paper led by @juliancap.bsky.social we show the role of different aquatic birds as biovectors of #plastic. Polyethylene and polypropylene were the most prevalent plastics transported @ebdonana.bsky.social @juliancap.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social
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Julián Cano-Povedano @juliancap.bsky.social · Aug 5
Finally published!! Our new paper titled: Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Further details can be found in the full study
#Guanoplastic

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Paco Hortas @pacohortas.bsky.social · Dec 18
Catching stork pellets

#IsoPlastic project @ebdonana.bsky.social @juliancap.bsky.social @victormartinvel.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social
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Marta I Sanchez @sanchezmarta.bsky.social · May 8
Firts movements of our GPS-tagged cattle egrets reveal potential pathways of plastic dispersal across agricultural landscapes #IsoPlastic (PID 2022-140057NB-100) AEI MICIU @ebdonana.bsky.social @catarinalopes90.bsky.social @manuelagforero.bsky.social @drandygreen.bsky.social @juliancap.bsky.social

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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · Jul 1
Yesterday, João Paulino defended his PhD thesis "Rice fields as alternative habitats for waterbirds: ecological equivalence and mutual cost-benefits for birds and rice growers". A memorable day! Congratulations João!
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jul 14
Our latest paper "Trait-based selection of seeds ingested and dispersed by North American waterfowl" is on the cover of Plants #seeddispersal #ducks #endozoochory #waterfowl @ebdonana.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...

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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jul 14
An excellent PhD thesis. Birds don't understand borders, and the community of storks, ibis, gulls etc in the ricefields of the Tagus/Tajo delta is similar to that of the ricefields in Doñana, with similar conservation issues and agricultural conflicts
teresacatry.bsky.social Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · Jul 1
Yesterday, João Paulino defended his PhD thesis "Rice fields as alternative habitats for waterbirds: ecological equivalence and mutual cost-benefits for birds and rice growers". A memorable day! Congratulations João!
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jun 27
New paper out! Traits of plants whose seeds are ingested and dispersed by North American waterfowl differ from those of species available in the wetland environment (represented by the dotted horizontal line on the figure) @ebdonana.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social doi.org/10.3390/plan...

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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · Jun 26
📢🌍 From @ebdonana, we urge world leaders to take urgent action on biodiversity loss and climate change at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.

Press release: www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...

Statement: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...

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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · Jun 26
📢🌍 Desde la @ebdonana, instamos a los líderes mundiales a actuar con urgencia ante la pérdida de biodiversidad y el cambio climático en la IV Conferencia Internacional sobre Financiación para el Desarrollo.

Noticia: www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...

Comunicado: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Jun 26
We, at the Doñana Biological Station, urge world leaders to act swiftly on biodiversity loss and climate change. News clip: www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/... and full statement: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul... Very proud of @ebdonana.bsky.social speaking up!
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jun 9
Today I learned from this "ONE" profile that I seem to be an expert in "marbled meat" and "White (mutation)". I guess the former comes from "marbled teal", the latter I just don't know.... Some other things there make more sense...

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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · Jun 2
Microplastic contamination in bivalves from Iberian estuaries: are they sentinels for differences in pollution levels? #microplastics @ebdonana.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @ramsar.org @tourduvalat.bsky.social @sibecol.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · May 28
Looking forward to @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social conference in Galicia next week. I will talk about "The importance of greylag geese as seed dispersers of dry-fruited plants, and the impacts of global change". The talk will be partly based on this recent paper: doi.org/10.1111/fwb....

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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · May 21
50 free online copies of our article are available, first come first serve:
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Anostracans from North American lakes show unclear phylogenetic relationships between taxa and distinctive dispersal patterns
Dispersal is essential for all organisms to colonize new areas. Like many other aquatic invertebrates, Anostraca (Crustacea) disperse passively as dormant fertilized eggs. Here, we first study the ...
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · May 21
Our new paper on mtDNA structure for fairy shrimps dispersed by waterbirds in Canadian lakes @ebdonana.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social If you don't have full access to the paper, see comments below www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Branchinecta and Artemia franciscana from the Saskatchewan region genetic distances, measured as Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) distances in relation to spatial distance, based on the mitochondrial CO1 gene fragment. There was a significant distance decay in the assembled dataset (Mantel test; nperm = 999; Branchinecta: r = 0.485, P < 0.001; A. franciscana: r = 0.149, P < 0.001); (b) Mantel correlogram for genetic distance (Hellinger-transformed) and geographic distance + 0.1 (log-transformed) in Branchinecta and A. franciscana from the study lakes in Saskatchewan, Canada.