Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo
@castretis.bsky.social
Young ecologist curious about plants and their traits 🌲🍂
Infographics & data visualization 🖍️📈
Infographics & data visualization 🖍️📈
The view from my new office suggests this will be a great place to study plant ecology! 🌿 Excited to have started my new postdoc position in the group of functional ecology at @mbgcsic.bsky.social @csic.es
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The view from my new office suggests this will be a great place to study plant ecology! 🌿 Excited to have started my new postdoc position in the group of functional ecology at @mbgcsic.bsky.social @csic.es
Just collected the data from our loggers in the cliffs of la Pedriza for MIREN Rocks! Excited to finally have our cliff vegetation and microclimate data together
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just collected the data from our loggers in the cliffs of la Pedriza for MIREN Rocks! Excited to finally have our cliff vegetation and microclimate data together
Last, the results for the phylogenetic signal indicate that fungi from the same class respond more similarly to functional traits. This suggests that some aspects of habitat specificity of leaf endophytes are conserved across deep evolutionary lineages (5/7)
July 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Last, the results for the phylogenetic signal indicate that fungi from the same class respond more similarly to functional traits. This suggests that some aspects of habitat specificity of leaf endophytes are conserved across deep evolutionary lineages (5/7)
The results also show that the diversity of some groups of fungi is related to leaf intraindividual variability, meaning that higher diversity of leaf phenotypes within the same crown relates to a higher diversity of organisms associated to that tree 🌿☘️🍃🍂🍁 (4/7)
July 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The results also show that the diversity of some groups of fungi is related to leaf intraindividual variability, meaning that higher diversity of leaf phenotypes within the same crown relates to a higher diversity of organisms associated to that tree 🌿☘️🍃🍂🍁 (4/7)
We found that a leaf "fast" strategy (characterized by high values of traits such as SLA or leaf P and low values of leaf C:N) relates to a higher diversity of different groups of endophytic fungi, especially in the case of Basidiomycota (3/7)
July 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We found that a leaf "fast" strategy (characterized by high values of traits such as SLA or leaf P and low values of leaf C:N) relates to a higher diversity of different groups of endophytic fungi, especially in the case of Basidiomycota (3/7)
Last week I talked about trait variation at the @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social . I enjoyed presenting in a room full of friends and researchers I admire. Thanks to @cmoeller.bsky.social and Martí March-Salas for putting intraspecific and intraindividual variation into the spotlight of this conference
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Last week I talked about trait variation at the @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social . I enjoyed presenting in a room full of friends and researchers I admire. Thanks to @cmoeller.bsky.social and Martí March-Salas for putting intraspecific and intraindividual variation into the spotlight of this conference
Tomorrow at 11:00 I'll be talking about trait variation in tree diversity experiments at the @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social meeting (TSD-4). The session will have a strong component of intraspecific and intraindividual variation, so don't miss it if you're a fan of this thrilling topic
June 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Tomorrow at 11:00 I'll be talking about trait variation in tree diversity experiments at the @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social meeting (TSD-4). The session will have a strong component of intraspecific and intraindividual variation, so don't miss it if you're a fan of this thrilling topic
En cualquier caso, para conservar esta biodiversidad urbana es necesario tomar medidas. Por ejemplo, dentro del entorno urbano de Madrid existen zonas que, a pesar de ser pequeñas en la mayoría de los casos, pueden tener potencial para la conservación de flora y su conectividad (6/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
En cualquier caso, para conservar esta biodiversidad urbana es necesario tomar medidas. Por ejemplo, dentro del entorno urbano de Madrid existen zonas que, a pesar de ser pequeñas en la mayoría de los casos, pueden tener potencial para la conservación de flora y su conectividad (6/7)
Y es que el número de especies alóctonas es de casi 200 especies en Madrid, lo que constituye una amenaza para la flora local. Sin embargo, este número no es tan alto si lo comparamos con el número de especies no nativas en otras ciudades de Europa o Estados Unidos (doi.org/10.1002/2688...) (5/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Y es que el número de especies alóctonas es de casi 200 especies en Madrid, lo que constituye una amenaza para la flora local. Sin embargo, este número no es tan alto si lo comparamos con el número de especies no nativas en otras ciudades de Europa o Estados Unidos (doi.org/10.1002/2688...) (5/7)
Eso sí, Esto no quita que la flora no esté amenazada, y es que existen 164 especies que se han clasificado como amenazadas en el entorno urbano. Las causas para su amenaza tienen que ver en muchos casos con la pérdida de hábitat o el desplazamiento por parte de especies alóctonas (4/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Eso sí, Esto no quita que la flora no esté amenazada, y es que existen 164 especies que se han clasificado como amenazadas en el entorno urbano. Las causas para su amenaza tienen que ver en muchos casos con la pérdida de hábitat o el desplazamiento por parte de especies alóctonas (4/7)
Aún así, como vemos en este gráfico de especies por familia, en las zonas urbanas de Madrid se han documentado unas 1320 especies de plantas (3/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Aún así, como vemos en este gráfico de especies por familia, en las zonas urbanas de Madrid se han documentado unas 1320 especies de plantas (3/7)
La intensa actividad humana en las ciudades ha acabado en muchos casos con los procesos ecológicos que ocurren en la naturaleza, por lo que muchas plantas se han adaptado as las dinámicas urbanas. En Madrid, una ciudad con más de 3M de habitantes, todo esto se intensifica (2/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
La intensa actividad humana en las ciudades ha acabado en muchos casos con los procesos ecológicos que ocurren en la naturaleza, por lo que muchas plantas se han adaptado as las dinámicas urbanas. En Madrid, una ciudad con más de 3M de habitantes, todo esto se intensifica (2/7)
Hoy 15 de mayo lxs chulapxs se echan a las calles de Madrid para celebrar San Isidro, pero ¿Sabías que la flora de Madrid es mucho más que los claveles que las buenas gentes de Madrid se ponen en sus trajes? Hoy reciclo un hilo antiguo para contar un poco más sobre la flora urbana madrileña (1/7)
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Hoy 15 de mayo lxs chulapxs se echan a las calles de Madrid para celebrar San Isidro, pero ¿Sabías que la flora de Madrid es mucho más que los claveles que las buenas gentes de Madrid se ponen en sus trajes? Hoy reciclo un hilo antiguo para contar un poco más sobre la flora urbana madrileña (1/7)
That is why, to me, the main outcome of the thesis is that the results suggest that frameworks in trait and community ecology need to go beyond considering mean trait values and can benefit from embracing intraspecific (as suggested by other authors), and also intraindividual trait variability
May 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
That is why, to me, the main outcome of the thesis is that the results suggest that frameworks in trait and community ecology need to go beyond considering mean trait values and can benefit from embracing intraspecific (as suggested by other authors), and also intraindividual trait variability
I just finished a new illustration of the Teide at sunset
March 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I just finished a new illustration of the Teide at sunset
Despite the amount of rain in the last weeks, most of our loggers in la Pedriza are still in place and enjoying the views from our astonishing field sites. We keep measuring the temperature in the cliffs to contribute to MIREN rocks (www.mountaininvasions.org/miren-rocks)
March 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Despite the amount of rain in the last weeks, most of our loggers in la Pedriza are still in place and enjoying the views from our astonishing field sites. We keep measuring the temperature in the cliffs to contribute to MIREN rocks (www.mountaininvasions.org/miren-rocks)
And of course, I truly enjoyed preparing the talk and the defense. Here you can see some figures I readapted, and a bunch of illustrations I made in order to explain what functional traits are and how they vary intraspecifically and intraindividually in trees along gradients of forest diversity 🖌️
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And of course, I truly enjoyed preparing the talk and the defense. Here you can see some figures I readapted, and a bunch of illustrations I made in order to explain what functional traits are and how they vary intraspecifically and intraindividually in trees along gradients of forest diversity 🖌️
As a good scientific nerd, I tried to summarize all this support in a network that connects all those who have helped during the PhD: supervisors, coauthors, the TreeDì graduate school, colleagues from @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social and my group at Leuphana, and many other scientists and friends.
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As a good scientific nerd, I tried to summarize all this support in a network that connects all those who have helped during the PhD: supervisors, coauthors, the TreeDì graduate school, colleagues from @geobotanymluhalle.bsky.social and my group at Leuphana, and many other scientists and friends.
This has definitely been an adventure! 🥾 On Friday, after some years working on my PhD, I defended my thesis. And having the chance to give this step surrounded by colleagues, friends and family has been something “unbeleafable” 🍃
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This has definitely been an adventure! 🥾 On Friday, after some years working on my PhD, I defended my thesis. And having the chance to give this step surrounded by colleagues, friends and family has been something “unbeleafable” 🍃
Preparing some mountains to illustrate how biodiversity changes along elevation gradients 🖍️
December 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Preparing some mountains to illustrate how biodiversity changes along elevation gradients 🖍️
It seems that this journey is coming to an end! After many, many, many pages and countless hours working on this, I am quite happy to see my dissertation ready for submission🧾🖊️
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM
It seems that this journey is coming to an end! After many, many, many pages and countless hours working on this, I am quite happy to see my dissertation ready for submission🧾🖊️
And as a picture is worth a thousand words, I try to create my own figures and infographics for scientific communication
November 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
And as a picture is worth a thousand words, I try to create my own figures and infographics for scientific communication
Here a PhD student in ecology that just landed in Bluesky 🛬👋 I am a big fan of biodiversity science, plant ecology and trait-based approaches studying the intraspecific phenotypic variation of trees in response to diversity 🌳🍃 And I love data visualization and infographics 🎨🖍️📊
November 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Here a PhD student in ecology that just landed in Bluesky 🛬👋 I am a big fan of biodiversity science, plant ecology and trait-based approaches studying the intraspecific phenotypic variation of trees in response to diversity 🌳🍃 And I love data visualization and infographics 🎨🖍️📊