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Ana Clara S. Franco

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PhD in Ecology. Post-doctoral fellow at #IEA_UdG @greco-udg.bsky.social #Bioinvasions #Species-HabitatRelations #AquaticEcology Also, Mom. Bookworm. Foodie. Coffee addict. Home baker.

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Dr. Jane Goodall
"Today, on International Day of Girls and Women in Science, we celebrate Dr. Jane Goodall, an iconic trailblazer whose research forever changed science"
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11.02.2026 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 128 ๐Ÿ” 42 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Com decidim davant les espรจcies exรฒtiques invasores? Jornada Prismร tic 2025
Com decidim davant les espรจcies exรฒtiques invasores? Jornada Prismร tic 2025 YouTube video by CREAF

Content de participar en el Prismร tic de fa uns dies, organitzat de forma excel.lent per @creaf.cat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2iS...
parlant d'Anร lisis de riscs i Escanneigs d'horitzรณ d'espรจcies exรฒtiques invasores
@greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @univgirona.bsky.social #InvaNET

06.02.2026 17:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global Patterns and Gaps in Research on Salinity Tolerance of Inland Fishes Freshwater salinization is an emerging threat impacting approximately one-third of the world's freshwater bodies. However, the salinity tolerance of many inland fishes remains understudied, despite b....

๐Ÿ“ข New article alert! Freshwater salinization is an emerging global threat affecting ~1/3 of freshwater ecosystems. Yet, the salinity tolerance of most inland fishes remains poorly understood.
@mncn-csic.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @oldenfish.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

27.01.2026 21:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This work was a collaborative effort of an amazing team of researchers from different areas of expertise. Led by @rturba.bsky.social and @cmarin.bsky.social with the participation of @elinatakola.bsky.social @michaelgbertram.bsky.social among others. It was a really fun and enlightening experience.

29.01.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We discuss how non-native English speakers face invisible labour, higher rejection rates, and limited access to resources and networks, reinforcing structural asymmetries. We also reflect on how open science can unintentionally reproduce inequalities.

29.01.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just published in Peer Community Journal: A perspective on Global Northโ€“South inequalities in science and how language and funding barriers shape who gets to participate in global knowledge production. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“š
๐Ÿ‘‰ peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

29.01.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Centro de Conhecimento em Biodiversidade | produรงรฃo cientรญfica sobre biomas Instituto Nacional de Ciรชncia e Tecnologia dedicado aos biomas brasileiros. Um centro de referรชncia sobre a biodiversidade do Brasil.

This work is a product of the INCT โ€“ Knowledge Center for Biodiversity, supported by @cnpq-oficial.bsky.social and partners.

The INCT aims to strengthen the link between biodiversity science, policy, and society in Brazil.
๐Ÿ”— www.biodiv.com.br

#INCT #BiodiversityKnowledge #SciencePolicy

26.01.2026 09:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pivotal steps to consistently advance invasion science in a megadiverse country Non-native invasive species pose an escalating threat to Brazilโ€™s rich biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet their management remains limited to frโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“ข New paper out!

We propose a five-step roadmap to strengthen invasion science in Brazil, a megadiverse country facing escalating impacts from invasive species, aiming to build a coordinated, science-based and socially engaged biosecurity system.

shorturl.at/3YEAT

26.01.2026 09:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out our new paper on salinity effects on metabolism and movement in #invasive mosquitofish and the threatened Spanish toothcarp! Huge thanks to all the co-authors: @garciaberthou.bsky.social, @jollewjolles.bsky.social, Cesc, and Anna.๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”
@greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social

22.01.2026 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations Butler-Margalef et al!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘โœจ๐Ÿฅณ

23.01.2026 18:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Many thanks to the Limnology of Mediterranean lagoons and wetlands group for this lovely gift for my son ๐Ÿฉท
"El gran viatge de la Tuga i la Closca. De bassa en bassa fent xarxa" is going straight under the Christmas tree. I'm sure heโ€™s going to love it! ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ“˜ @greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social

19.12.2025 09:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beware giving this site your unpublished data Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.

The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com

24.10.2025 00:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 186 ๐Ÿ” 79 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Contento de contribuir a esta revisiรณn liderada por Pilar Castro-Dรญez @uahes.bsky.social en la Revista
@ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social. Con miembros y colaboradores de la Red #InvaNET (RED2022-134338-T, RED2024-153581-T) (invasiber.org/InvaNET/) incluyendo...

23.10.2025 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt

05.09.2025 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 177 ๐Ÿ” 72 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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I've always admired her. She was such an intelligent, strong female scientist. Inspired hundreds of women to join science. But besides all of that she was so kind to everyone. This world often sees kindness as a weakness, but a person like her shows that our words are absorbed better if they're soft

02.10.2025 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's really sad. But she has lived a truly incredible life...

01.10.2025 19:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evento gratuito e aberto ao pรบblico lusรณfono para se familiarizar com a @sortee.bsky.social (o que รฉ, qual a nossa missรฃo e o que fazemos), e como podemos ajudar a ampliar a conversa sobre Ciรชncia Aberta na sua comunidade!

๐Ÿ“… 07/10 ร s 15:00
โœ’ tinyurl.com/sortee-socia...

18.09.2025 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Mechanistically Integrated Model of Exploitative and Interference Competition over a Single Resource Produces Widespread Coexistence | The American Naturalist Abstract Many ecological models treat exploitative competition in isolation from interference competition. Corresponding theory centers around the R* rule, according to which consumers that share a si...

Our new paper @asn-amnat.bsky.social develops a Grand Unified Theory including both exploitative and interference competition doi.org/10.1086/737628. The R* rule of ecology (that 2 species cannot coexist on a single resource), is widely broken, including via a new trade-off we describe. 1/9

16.09.2025 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Hot off the press at #ProcB!

๐Ÿ” Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility.

๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

17.09.2025 06:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 63 ๐Ÿ” 43 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Super pride to be part of the team responsible for this paper. It's a much needed contribution to fish invasions

03.09.2025 08:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Proud of this #OpenAccess paper where we experimentally show that invasive Gambusia impacts a threatened cyprinodontiform fish through water quality degradation and competition. Led by @irene-gil-luna.bsky.social, Lluรญs Zamora and myself @greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social. #bioinvasions

21.08.2025 08:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1/ Invasional meltdown is a popular but nebulous concept in invasion ecology. It involves multiple direct & indirect mechanisms, yet it is rarely studied beyond simple pairwise facilitations.

In a new paper, we expand the concept & offer testable hypotheses: redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Ri...

31.07.2025 19:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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July's meeting of the EcoAqua research group. Lots of interesting talks, amazing research and fun interactions. I've talked a bit about Open Science and we all made some drawings (sooo glad that we all focused on an academic and not an artistic life..haha). Looking forward to the next meetings!

12.07.2025 18:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Super interesting talk from @oldenfish.bsky.social at the @iea-udg.bsky.social on bounty programs for "controlling" species. Glad to have you here!

26.06.2025 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing. Joining now!

18.03.2025 08:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Especies Invasoras en Latinoamรฉrica y el Caribe WhatsApp Group Invite

Interested in #bioinvasions in Latin America or the Caribbean? Please join this WhatsApp group. It began as participants in our symposium at #XIIICLB and is growing. We hope it will become a forum to share ideas and develop collaborations. ๐Ÿงช ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ chat.whatsapp.com/D6kGcqCbykkI...

17.03.2025 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Dijous vinent, no us perdeu el seminari del Professor Jamie Knitel de la California State University. Una oportunitat รบnica per aprofundir en ecologia i canvi ambiental! ๐ŸŒฑ
๐Ÿ“… Dijous 20 de marรง ๐Ÿ•š 11:00 h
๐Ÿ“ Sala de Graus, Facultat de Ciรจncies, UdG
@greco-udg.bsky.social

14.03.2025 08:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Project โ€œConservation biology of cyprinodontiform fishes: effects of salinity and hypoxia (SALTFISH)โ€ #Proyecto_SALTFISH

Project โ€œConservation biology of cyprinodontiform fishes: effects of salinity and hypoxia (SALTFISH)โ€ #Proyecto_SALTFISH

Successful kick-off meeting of #Proyecto_SALTFISH last Friday at @mncn-csic.bsky.social @csic.es. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @michaelmargalef.bsky.social @shaunkillen.bsky.social
@ana-franco.bsky.social @carolinammuniz.bsky.social

20.02.2025 08:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Effects of lake area, depth, and isolation on native and non-native fish of a Neotropical floodplain - Biological Invasions The roles of lake area, depth, and isolation in regulating species richness and ecological structure of floodplains is not well understood. We investigated these roles for fish assemblages of the Uppe...

Glad to coauthor this paper led by Matheus Aleixo (UEM, Maringรก, Brazil) and published in @biolinvasions.bsky.social
โ€œEffects of lake area, depth, and isolation on native and non-native fish of a Neotropical floodplainโ€ @carolinammuniz.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s105...

29.01.2025 10:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Invasive alien species: Can Europe win the battle? Have you ever been stung by a tiger mosquito, or worse, an Asian hornet? It is estimated that around 14,000 alien species are present in Europe, introduced either accidentally or deliberately. Approxi...

www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

19.12.2024 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1