Alba Costa
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Alba Costa
@alba-costa.bsky.social
Ecologist working on island ecology 🏝️, tropical ecology, ecological networks, species interactions, seed dispersal 🐦🐢🫐, restoration ecology, biological invasions 👽, community ecology, global change 🌍

📍Postdoctoral researcher at @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC
Love seeing this!🌿 We’ve found something similar in Mediterranean landscapes, where shrubs like Cytisus multiflorus can really help oak seedlings get through those tough, dry summers. Sometimes what looks like competition turns out to be care 💚
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Can native shrubs facilitate the early establishment of contrasted co‐occurring oaks in Mediterranean grazed areas?
In Mediterranean grazed areas with important summer drougth and very sandy soils, Cytisus multiflorus have a clear facilitative effect on marcescent and sclerophyllous oak seedlings, but to a differe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM