Had a wonderful time at #EcoNet2025 in Newcastle 🇬🇧! It was a pleasure to share my work, reconnect with friends and colleagues, and meet so many new people. ✨ Already looking forward to the next meeting in Brazil 🇧🇷🪻🌱🫐🐜🐝🦊🐦‍⬛

🌱 New paper out!
In Teide National Park (Tenerife), ~69% of seed dispersal interactions have been lost after centuries of human impact.🐦‍⬛🫐
But there’s hope: 90% of those interactions involve extant species, making ecological restoration an achievable long-term goal!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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Really hot days of fieldwork 🔥🥾🎒, searching for some of the rarest and most endangered endemic plant species 🌿🌱 on La Gomera island 🏝️

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It’s a wrap on the @newphyt.bsky.social Next Generation Scientists meeting! 🌳🪻
I loved having the opportunity to share my work on seed dispersal and to hear incredible talks on plant science from all around the world. It was a lot of fun, and we even wrapped it up with a funfair! 🎡✨
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🌳🌷Day 1 of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists in Birmingham has been filled with amazing talks on plant science and thought-provoking panel discussions!
So grateful for the opportunity to be here ✨
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New paper out! 🏙️ We found that urbanisation simplifies and homogenises seed dispersal networks. 🪴🐦‍⬛ Non-native plants dominate in cities, accounting for 61% 😔 of interactions in the urban network vs just 15% in forests! 🪻🌿🌴
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Happy to share that I’ve won the UC-Life Sciences Award 2025 for best scientific article of 2024 in Biology!🧪👩🏻‍💻🪻🌿🐦‍⬛🦊
This national award recognizes top papers published by master’s or PhD students in Portugal.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s been part of this journey, especially my amazing co-authors! 🙌

It’s a privilege to work in a place like Parque Nacional de Tamadaba, in Gran Canaria! Surrounded by beautiful pine forests 🌲🌲, rich biodiversity with endemic species 🐦🌿, and , on clear days, a stunning view of Tenerife’s Teide volcano 🌋. (If you look closely, you might spot Teide in the photo!)🌎🌐🧪

The beautiful Semele gayae, endemic to Gran Canaria island 🥰🏝️🌿

Office view of the week in Gran Canaria island 🥾🎒🏝️

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I'm happy to share that I've started a new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at CSIC 🇪🇸!

Excited to dive into some cool science on seed dispersal 🌴🐦‍⬛ and island colonisation 🏝️ and work with great people.

Looking forward to the journey ahead! 🤗

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Back from the 3rd CONNECT meeting in France last week! 🥐 It was a fruitful meeting with exciting progress on seed dispersal research! 🫐🍓🐦‍⬛🐜🦊
#seeddispersal

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Finally in the field again! After almost three years of mostly desk work, it feels good to be doing field work once more 🎒🥾 this time exploring some of the wildest parts of Gran Canaria in search of rare and endangered plant species. 🌱🌿🌳

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I’m officially a Dr. now! 🥹 I defended my PhD thesis yesterday, and what an incredible journey it has been. I feel so lucky to have had the best supervisors, Ruben Heleno and Jens Olesen, who guided and inspired me throughout. Now i’m ready for this postdoc adventure! ✨🥰

It’s International Mountain Day, so here’s my excuse to share some shots of one of my favorite places 🌏 Mount Teide in Tenerife 🏔️🌋 A super cool place to do fieldwork and soak in some incredible views!

2nd CONNECT meeting in France is over! It was a fantastic week of fruitful
discussions on seed dispersal 🐦‍⬛🦆🐗🐜🌿🌳

@drandygreen.bsky.social

We compiled seed dispersal networks for the five altitudinal vegetation belts of the Tenerife Island (0 - 3718 m asl) 🌋 🐦‍⬛🌿

We found that seed dispersers offer pathways for plants to colonise upper belts!

Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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