Pablo Garcia-Diaz
@pablo-ecology.bsky.social
Ecologist. Ecological modelling, ecosystem services, invasive alien species, and wildlife trade. Often found running models or marvelling at reptiles
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Interested in modelling multiple ecosystem services and their interactions but don't know where to start? Check out our OA new paper! We combined expert knowledge and network analyses to build conceptual system maps and guide data-gathering efforts. 🌎🧪🌐 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🗺️ A #meta-analysis showing that poorer societies do not have the economic resources to confront the #EnvironmentalInjustice represented by the #LuxuryEffect.
@IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco
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@IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco
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November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🗺️ A #meta-analysis showing that poorer societies do not have the economic resources to confront the #EnvironmentalInjustice represented by the #LuxuryEffect.
@IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco
➡️ buff.ly/LseuyOs
@IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco
➡️ buff.ly/LseuyOs
Observed and Dark Diversity of Alien Plants Across the World #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Observed and Dark Diversity of Alien Plants Across the World
Aim
Biological invasions are one of the major threats to ecosystems worldwide and are expected to increase further in the future. Prevention and swift responses are crucial to mitigate this threat. .....
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November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Observed and Dark Diversity of Alien Plants Across the World #bioinvasions 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions 🌐🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
IUCN passes resolution to do more for #WildAnimal #climate allies like elephants 🐘 , otters, tigers 🐅 and cetaceans 🐬 and whales 🐳 🌍
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IUCN Resolution Recognizes Wild Animals as Climate Allies
On October 10, the IUCN adopted a resolution to mobilize the role of wild animals in ecosystems as a climate solution.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions 🌐🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database
GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors
3️⃣ 117,229 new records
4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables 🌐🌎 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables 🌐🌎 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A comprehensive global assessment of the status & trends of alien species for major taxonomic groups. This is an outstanding product of the 2023 IPBES assessment on invasive species.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A comprehensive global assessment of the status & trends of alien species for major taxonomic groups. This is an outstanding product of the 2023 IPBES assessment on invasive species.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Most major theories in ecology assume some sort of equilibrium, but only ~half of empirical tests acknowledge it & even fewer observed it in their system. Does this matter? How did the idea become so pervasive in ecology anyway? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Equilibrium Conundrum
Although an assumption of equilibrium dynamics underlies most ecological theory, the evidence for this dynamic in nature and in empirical studies is scarce. This creates an unfortunate disconnect bet...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Most major theories in ecology assume some sort of equilibrium, but only ~half of empirical tests acknowledge it & even fewer observed it in their system. Does this matter? How did the idea become so pervasive in ecology anyway? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🧪Now that the flaws in Ripple et al. (2025) are on record, it’ll be an interesting test of scientific integrity to see if and how that paper is used. This Science letter, for instance, cites Ripple et al. (2025) in calling for strict wolf protection across Europe. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🧪Now that the flaws in Ripple et al. (2025) are on record, it’ll be an interesting test of scientific integrity to see if and how that paper is used. This Science letter, for instance, cites Ripple et al. (2025) in calling for strict wolf protection across Europe. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The importance of separating the ‘transport’ and ‘introduction’ stages when studying #bioinvasions. The alien agave plants on the left in the photos are contained within the boundaries of the smallholding and have not spread to the nearby ravine – I wouldn’t consider them introduced in the wild
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The importance of separating the ‘transport’ and ‘introduction’ stages when studying #bioinvasions. The alien agave plants on the left in the photos are contained within the boundaries of the smallholding and have not spread to the nearby ravine – I wouldn’t consider them introduced in the wild
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Editors & reviewers -
an ecological model can never be a complete representation of a system
they are simplifications, useful for exploring specific questions
Please do not expect models to do the impossible
an ecological model can never be a complete representation of a system
they are simplifications, useful for exploring specific questions
Please do not expect models to do the impossible
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Editors & reviewers -
an ecological model can never be a complete representation of a system
they are simplifications, useful for exploring specific questions
Please do not expect models to do the impossible
an ecological model can never be a complete representation of a system
they are simplifications, useful for exploring specific questions
Please do not expect models to do the impossible
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The undetectability of global biodiversity trends using local species richness 🌎🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The undetectability of global biodiversity trends using local species richness
Although species are being lost at alarming rates, previous research has provided conflicting results on the extent and even direction of global biodiversity change at the local scale. Here, we asses....
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October 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The undetectability of global biodiversity trends using local species richness 🌎🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends 🌎🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends
Populations and ecological communities are changing worldwide, and empirical studies exhibit a mixture of either declining or mixed trends. Confusion in global biodiversity trends thus remains, while....
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October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends 🌎🌐🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"Ecosystems are not economic markets for us to optimise; open biotic borders will lead to extinctions; the extinction of a species now is not counterweighted by species gained in millions of years. Nature does not solely exist for our economic needs." #bioinvasions
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Open border ecosystems: Against globalised laissez-faire conservation | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge Core
Open border ecosystems: Against globalised laissez-faire conservation - Volume 3
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October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Ecosystems are not economic markets for us to optimise; open biotic borders will lead to extinctions; the extinction of a species now is not counterweighted by species gained in millions of years. Nature does not solely exist for our economic needs." #bioinvasions
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Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade 🌎🧪🌐
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Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade
An increasing number of countries in the Global North have enacted, or are considering, import bans on hunting trophies to protect wildlife. We interrogate arguments used to characterize trophy huntin...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade 🌎🧪🌐
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Unifying occupancy-detection and local frequency scaling (Frescalo) models 🌎🌐🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Unifying occupancy-detection and local frequency scaling (Frescalo) models
Frescalo’s “local frequency scaling” and classical occupancy-detection models both seek to recover true species-occurrence signals from imperfect data…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Unifying occupancy-detection and local frequency scaling (Frescalo) models 🌎🌐🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CCI’s newest report analyzes the limits and possibilities of CBAs to uphold Indigenous sovereignty, deliver environmental justice, and build labor power across the supply chain in the energy transition. climateandcommunity.org/research/cbas/
Community Benefits Agreements
In the face of energy transition projects, communities can deploy community benefits agreements to exert control over their futures.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
CCI’s newest report analyzes the limits and possibilities of CBAs to uphold Indigenous sovereignty, deliver environmental justice, and build labor power across the supply chain in the energy transition. climateandcommunity.org/research/cbas/
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Nice write up on the new IUCN Guidelines for Rewilding by Rewilding Europe... rewildingeurope.com/news/new-iuc...
New IUCN rewilding guidelines: a blueprint for global nature recovery | Rewilding Europe
Marking a major milestone for the global rewilding movement, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a comprehensive set of rewilding guidelines.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nice write up on the new IUCN Guidelines for Rewilding by Rewilding Europe... rewildingeurope.com/news/new-iuc...
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Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀
Live the shrimp-le life:
cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au
#rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models
Species distribution models (SDMs) are frequently used to predict the effects of climate change on species of conservation concern. Biases inherent in the process of constructing SDMs and transfer...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Toward a relational biodiversity economics: Embedding plural values for sustainability transformation 🌎🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Toward a relational biodiversity economics: Embedding plural values for sustainability transformation 🌎🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Temporally-indexed multi-species density impact functions: Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success 🌎🌐🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Temporally‐indexed multi‐species density impact functions: Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success
Conserving threatened species often requires effective predator suppression strategies, particularly on islands where introduced predators pose significant threats. Density-impact functions provide a....
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October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Temporally-indexed multi-species density impact functions: Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success 🌎🌐🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework 🌎🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework
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October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework 🌎🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Small exclosures to protect strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo) from wild boars at Parque Natural Las Batuecas - Sierra de Francia
October 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Small exclosures to protect strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo) from wild boars at Parque Natural Las Batuecas - Sierra de Francia
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Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment."
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A place for natural history in the 21st century
Natural history provides an important basis for observing interactions between organisms in their environments. Biotropica recently inaugurated a new paper category called “Natural History Field Note....
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October 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment."
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