Several members of our team attended the exciting meeting of the Sociedad Ibérica de Ecología (SIBECOL) and the Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET) in Pontevedra, Galicia (III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting). Francesco, Clara, and Dani gave presentations and even organized a special session on “Assessing the interplay between genetic and non-genetic mechanisms contributing […]
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After last week’s activity at the Centre d’Educació Ambiental de la Comunitat Valenciana (CEACV), yesterday we came back to organised a lab retreat. First, Francesco gave a summary of the events from the past months (publications, research stays, congresses and new members’ arrivals) as well as the team’s future plans. Then, every team member presented […]
Continue ReadingScience Communication Day at the CEACV
Last Friday, we participated in the “Phenoscience Program” of the Centre d’Educació Ambiental de la Comunitat Valenciana (CEACV). We presented our work on vegetation phenology and the use of the Bioclima app to 100 students from several schools in the Camp de Morvedre region. First, we gave short explanations about plant phenology, the tools we normally […]
Continue ReadingReview on the limitations of trait-based ecology
After several years of work, a major review on the limitations of trait ecology has just been published (de Bello et al. 2025), in collaboration with a great team of traits experts. The paper, dedicated to a recent medal awarded to Sandra Lavorel (Francesco’s former postdoctoral supervisor), focuses on eighty areas of research (SFs) that […]
Continue ReadingVisit by our future collaborator Gianluigi Ottaviani
Gianluigi, who was recently awarded a Ramón y Cajal project to join CIDE, visited us to discuss future research lines. We visited plots of the network of “microrreservas” from the region of Valencia with his promotor, Emilio Laguna. Recently, we also published a review on intraspecific trait variability with Gian (Palacio et al. 2025).
Continue ReadingSampling week with the TraitDivNet crew
The TraitDivNet crew, specifically Carlos Carmona and his team, have spent some intense days sampling in our region, using the facilities of CIDE and enjoying some well deserved paella and horchata after the hard work. TraitDivNet is an open global network of researchers interested in plant traits launched in 2022. They aim to collect trait information […]
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