Enric Frago
@enricfrago.bsky.social
Plant-insect interactions • Insect symbiosis Predators/parasitoids • Biological control Complex interactions • Researcher @CIRAD @CBGP in Montpellier • he/him
https://sites.google.com/site/enricfrago/
https://sites.google.com/site/enricfrago/
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#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035
@cscherber.bsky.social
@cscherber.bsky.social
Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)
Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035
@cscherber.bsky.social
@cscherber.bsky.social
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Reposted by Enric Frago
We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
Excited to share the first article from the #Ecotron 's #Mesocosms platform! 🎉 Based on a 4+ year experiment manipulating soil macrofauna diversity in large #lysimeters under #drought. #Macrofauna matters!
Huge thanks to @UFZ_de & @CEFE_CNRS. More coming soon!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Huge thanks to @UFZ_de & @CEFE_CNRS. More coming soon!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
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Miles de activistas han despedido en Barcelona a la flotilla que acaba de zarpar hacia Gaza. Está previsto que otros barcos se unan en el camino a las casi treinta embarcaciones que han salido hoy. Mientras, en Gaza Israel ha matado a más de 100 palestinos desde ayer sábado.
📸 @aminguito.bsky.social
📸 @aminguito.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Miles de activistas han despedido en Barcelona a la flotilla que acaba de zarpar hacia Gaza. Está previsto que otros barcos se unan en el camino a las casi treinta embarcaciones que han salido hoy. Mientras, en Gaza Israel ha matado a más de 100 palestinos desde ayer sábado.
📸 @aminguito.bsky.social
📸 @aminguito.bsky.social
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📢 New in Ecology Letters: heterogeneity ≠ stability.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
📢 New in Ecology Letters: heterogeneity ≠ stability.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition
An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.
Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
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Reposted by Enric Frago
Indirect ecological interactions are everywhere in nature, with species influencing another through a third species or the environment. Such interactions are rarely connected to rapid evolutionary change. Here, aphid-driven herbivory of duckweed drove adaptive evolutionary change in Daphnia.
Aphid herbivory on macrophytes drives adaptive evolution in an aquatic community via indirect effects | PNAS
Indirect ecological effects occur when the impact of one species on another is mediated
by a third species or the shared environment. Although indi...
www.pnas.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Indirect ecological interactions are everywhere in nature, with species influencing another through a third species or the environment. Such interactions are rarely connected to rapid evolutionary change. Here, aphid-driven herbivory of duckweed drove adaptive evolutionary change in Daphnia.
Beautiful paper with aphids, but not terrestrial ones!
Indirect ecological interactions are everywhere in nature, with species influencing another through a third species or the environment. Such interactions are rarely connected to rapid evolutionary change. Here, aphid-driven herbivory of duckweed drove adaptive evolutionary change in Daphnia.
Aphid herbivory on macrophytes drives adaptive evolution in an aquatic community via indirect effects | PNAS
Indirect ecological effects occur when the impact of one species on another is mediated
by a third species or the shared environment. Although indi...
www.pnas.org
August 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Beautiful paper with aphids, but not terrestrial ones!
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An evolutionary arms race between protective symbionts and parasitoid wasps is taking place inside aphids. But what determines the aphids’ fate? We explore how the origins of symbionts and wasps shape parasitism success:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@youn-henry.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@youn-henry.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy et al.
A test of specific adaptation to symbiont-conferred host resistance in natural populations of a parasitoid wasp
Abstract. Parasitoids are important natural enemies of insects, imposing strong selection for the evolution of resistance. In aphids, the heritable endosym
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
An evolutionary arms race between protective symbionts and parasitoid wasps is taking place inside aphids. But what determines the aphids’ fate? We explore how the origins of symbionts and wasps shape parasitism success:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@youn-henry.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@youn-henry.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy et al.
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"A third of Palestinians in Gaza are going without food for days at a time, the U.N. World Food Programme's director of emergencies said. About 100,000 women and children were suffering severe acute malnutrition in the territory."
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
4 things to know about Gaza right now amid warnings of 'mass starvation' risk
Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
www.npr.org
July 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"A third of Palestinians in Gaza are going without food for days at a time, the U.N. World Food Programme's director of emergencies said. About 100,000 women and children were suffering severe acute malnutrition in the territory."
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
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In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds from avian malaria, drones are now being used to drop #Wolbachia and thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island forests. What a future come true.
www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...
www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...
Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. - NewsBreak
In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds, drones are now being used to drop thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island
www.newsbreak.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds from avian malaria, drones are now being used to drop #Wolbachia and thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island forests. What a future come true.
www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...
www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...
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Urbanization enhances biodiversity loss. Yet sometimes cities may *paradoxically* shelter species threatened by other components of global change
We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇
📸G. Casbas
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇
📸G. Casbas
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
July 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Urbanization enhances biodiversity loss. Yet sometimes cities may *paradoxically* shelter species threatened by other components of global change
We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇
📸G. Casbas
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇
📸G. Casbas
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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Too poor to science: how wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
Thought-provoking read, especially in these times of questioning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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Thought-provoking read, especially in these times of questioning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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From student to researcher, a #career in #science can come with a high price tag. @drcraigmc.bsky.social explores how wealth shapes opportunity in #STEM and proposes structural changes to support #equity and inclusion. 🧪
plos.io/4edGlY4
plos.io/4edGlY4
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
plos.io
June 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Too poor to science: how wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
Thought-provoking read, especially in these times of questioning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
🧪
Thought-provoking read, especially in these times of questioning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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Reminder: It is next week!
📣 Save the date for the 11th PCI webinar on June 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Brandon Stell (CNRS, Paris) will present "Elevating Scientific Standards: Community-Driven Assessment on PubPeer ". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/XuownT0
June 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reminder: It is next week!
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The overlooked evolutionary dynamics of 16S rRNA revises its role as the “gold standard” for bacterial species identification
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The overlooked evolutionary dynamics of 16S rRNA revises its role as the “gold standard” for bacterial species identification - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The overlooked evolutionary dynamics of 16S rRNA revises its role as the “gold standard” for bacterial species identification
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Howard's: evolution of microbial genes, genomes and communities. Can be experimental or computational. If interested, contact Howard Ochman, howard.ochman@austin.utexas.edu
Homepage: web.biosci.utexas.edu/ochman/index...
Homepage: web.biosci.utexas.edu/ochman/index...
Ochman Lab: HOME
web.biosci.utexas.edu
June 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Howard's: evolution of microbial genes, genomes and communities. Can be experimental or computational. If interested, contact Howard Ochman, howard.ochman@austin.utexas.edu
Homepage: web.biosci.utexas.edu/ochman/index...
Homepage: web.biosci.utexas.edu/ochman/index...
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Happy Friday everyone! I just posted what I think is an important blog post on my website. It is a critique of meta-meta-analyses: meta-analyses of meta-analyses.
Link: matthewbjane.github.io/blog-posts/b...
#stats #metascience
Link: matthewbjane.github.io/blog-posts/b...
#stats #metascience
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Happy Friday everyone! I just posted what I think is an important blog post on my website. It is a critique of meta-meta-analyses: meta-analyses of meta-analyses.
Link: matthewbjane.github.io/blog-posts/b...
#stats #metascience
Link: matthewbjane.github.io/blog-posts/b...
#stats #metascience
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Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling.
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of...
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May 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling.
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Reposted by Enric Frago
Today sees the close of the REID - IMMUNINV conference (reid2025.sciencesconf.org) at @insa-lyon.fr Many members of @inrae-umr-bf2i.bsky.social were involved in organizing the congress, and some of our PhD and post-doctoral students were able to present their research work brilliantly 👏
May 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today sees the close of the REID - IMMUNINV conference (reid2025.sciencesconf.org) at @insa-lyon.fr Many members of @inrae-umr-bf2i.bsky.social were involved in organizing the congress, and some of our PhD and post-doctoral students were able to present their research work brilliantly 👏
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Why did Finland's forests change from a carbon sink to a permanent source of emissions in a few years? The reason is simple: emissions from the soil increased exponentially.
But what caused this explosion? There are at least three reasons for this, which I will explain in the thread below.
1/9
But what caused this explosion? There are at least three reasons for this, which I will explain in the thread below.
1/9
March 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why did Finland's forests change from a carbon sink to a permanent source of emissions in a few years? The reason is simple: emissions from the soil increased exponentially.
But what caused this explosion? There are at least three reasons for this, which I will explain in the thread below.
1/9
But what caused this explosion? There are at least three reasons for this, which I will explain in the thread below.
1/9
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🦋📉 Insect populations down 75% in <30 years
A new study maps 3,385 connections between stressors behind insect decline. Agricultural intensification tops the list – but many impacts remain overlooked.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #Insects 🧪
A new study maps 3,385 connections between stressors behind insect decline. Agricultural intensification tops the list – but many impacts remain overlooked.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #Insects 🧪
Meta-synthesis reveals interconnections among apparent drivers of insect biodiversity loss
Abstract. Scientific and public interest in the global status of insects has surged recently; however, understanding the relative importance of different s
doi.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
🦋📉 Insect populations down 75% in <30 years
A new study maps 3,385 connections between stressors behind insect decline. Agricultural intensification tops the list – but many impacts remain overlooked.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #Insects 🧪
A new study maps 3,385 connections between stressors behind insect decline. Agricultural intensification tops the list – but many impacts remain overlooked.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #Insects 🧪