Néstor Pérez-Méndez
@nperezmendez.bsky.social
Ramón y Cajal Researcher
🌾 Focused on understanding the role of biodiversity in rice production
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📸Wildlife photography in https://www.instagram.com/raw_natura
Views my own
🌾 Focused on understanding the role of biodiversity in rice production
🌐 https://nperezmendez.weebly.com/
📸Wildlife photography in https://www.instagram.com/raw_natura
Views my own
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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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🌾🕷️📝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/...
Reposted by Néstor Pérez-Méndez
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.
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.
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Néstor Pérez-Méndez
‘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 🧪
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 🧪
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Néstor Pérez-Méndez
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...
Highlights need to account for potential trophic cascading effects when designing climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture 💭🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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...
Highlights need to account for potential trophic cascading effects when designing climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture 💭🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Reposted by Néstor Pérez-Méndez
🌾🕷️📝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/...
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...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🌾🕷️📝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/...
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.
August 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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.
🌾🕷️📝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/...
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...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🌾🕷️📝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/...
🕷️🌾🦟 Our last article has been accepted in @jappliedecology.bsky.social and this guy here is our protagonist. More info soon! 📝
July 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🕷️🌾🦟 Our last article has been accepted in @jappliedecology.bsky.social and this guy here is our protagonist. More info soon! 📝
Some guys in our experimental rice fields #WATERSCAPE
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Some guys in our experimental rice fields #WATERSCAPE
🚨 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!!! 🌾🌍
📢 📝 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.
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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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June 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 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!!! 🌾🌍
🕷️🌾 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
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology
May 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🕷️🌾 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
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology
📢 📝 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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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵⬇️
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…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 📝 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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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🦆🐸🐟🌾 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!
May 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🦆🐸🐟🌾 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!
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
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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
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
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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
ebredigital.cat
March 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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...
ebredigital.cat/2025/03/31/l...
Celebrating the first accepted paper of the Sebastián Echeverría-Progulakis PhD thesis. @maitemarei.bsky.social @alexmu.bsky.social and Gema Cambero. More info soon! 📄🌾🤓
March 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Celebrating the first accepted paper of the Sebastián Echeverría-Progulakis PhD thesis. @maitemarei.bsky.social @alexmu.bsky.social and Gema Cambero. More info soon! 📄🌾🤓
🌾🪲As part of the PhD thesis of Alejandro Muñoz, we are sampling overwintering rice water weevils across diferent microhabitats associated to rice fields. #WATERSCAPE
March 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌾🪲As part of the PhD thesis of Alejandro Muñoz, we are sampling overwintering rice water weevils across diferent microhabitats associated to rice fields. #WATERSCAPE
> 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
February 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
> 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
Explaining how we sample ground arthropods in rice fields for our projects on regenerative agriculture #Agriregencat #Agricarbonicat
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February 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Explaining how we sample ground arthropods in rice fields for our projects on regenerative agriculture #Agriregencat #Agricarbonicat
m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-rB...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-rB...
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
January 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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
🤯🤯🤯 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...
Here the podcast and the article:
notebooklm.google.com/notebook/b2a...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Redirecting
doi.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🤯🤯🤯 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...
Here the podcast and the article:
notebooklm.google.com/notebook/b2a...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
🧵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
Redirecting
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🧵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
Reposted by Néstor Pérez-Méndez
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!
🧵 Thread below!
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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!
🧵 Thread below!
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!
🧵 Thread below!
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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!
🧵 Thread below!
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?...
youtu.be/C0AQsAu8F4c?...
DOCUMENTAL COMPLETO | El cangrejo del rey
YouTube video by Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD-CSIC
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December 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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?...
youtu.be/C0AQsAu8F4c?...