Blanca Iváñez-Ballesteros (she/her)
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Blanca Iváñez-Ballesteros (she/her)
@bioivanezb.bsky.social
Tropical ecologist/🇪🇸 PhD at @Zoo3_Wuerzburg (🇩🇪) Researching in cacao agroforestry systems in Perú🍫🌳🐜 (@AgroEcoDiv) Arthropods/Ants/Socioecosystems
Let’s talk about cacao pollination! You can hear more about my research today at the #gfoe2025 🍫🌳🦟 @gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Alpine Adventures Await! MERGE offers 10 days excursion in the breathtaking German Alps! 🏔️ Check out here: www.ecology-conservation.de/courses/ From lush valleys to snowy peaks, we explore ecosystems across elevation gradients. 🌿🦋 #LifeOfMERGE #PhotoOfTheWeek
Photo by Fabienne Maihoff
July 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Be a scientist for a day! We invite you to the #BioBlitz 2025 in farmland!
📅 May 9–10, 2025
📍 Hubland, Würzburg

Grab a sweep net & binoculars and help document local biodiversity! 🐝🌼🐦🦊

👉 Register: go.uniwue.de/gxwtm

#CitizenScience #Biodiversity #UniWuerzburg #JoinIn
@uni-wuerzburg.de
April 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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We found that shade tree diversity and cover had different effects on bird and bats depending on their functional guild and the landscape surrounding the agroforestry systems
March 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reposted by Blanca Iváñez-Ballesteros (she/her)
[new paper] I'm very happy to present my first PhD chapter in my first post in this nicer environment. If you're interested in birds, bats, agroforestry and tropical agricultural landscapes, check it out! 🦜🦇🌳🍫

¡Contáctame para leer el artículo en español!

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Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems
Agricultural expansion and intensification are major drivers of biodiversity loss, particularly in tropical regions. Cacao agroforestry systems can bo…
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March 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Yesterday I talked about leaf-cutter ants and their role on Peruvian cacao agroforests at #ECTE2025 @soctropecol.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Excited to get reunited at #ECTE2025
February 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM