Glenda Mendieta-Leiva
@gmendietal
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Research fellow @Uni_MR. Epiphyte ecologist (Epiphyte Inventory Network: EpIG) #botanist #latina #firstgen #PhD #LAC 🇵🇪 🇪🇨 🇵🇦 @gmendietal.bsky.social
Marburg, Germany
Joined June 2018
Happy to share our most recent paper a complete inventory of non-native vascular plants in continental Ecuador: 486 taxa. Mostly herbs (67%) from Asia & Africa. 93% found in the Andes. 80% have known uses—ornamental (42%), medicinal (38%). https://t.co/ImmY0PzTVt
neobiota.pensoft.net
In this study, we provide a comprehensive and updated inventory of the non-native vascular flora of continental Ecuador and analyze its key biogeographic and ecological attributes to inform biologi...
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Hiring a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @UniBonn. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, sp. range dynamics, eco-evo feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! https://t.co/E4NZFR19pS
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Great opportunity, awesome lab and the best person to work with. Please, RT and apply 🤗☀️
Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @UniBonn. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt!
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Join us for a fun and interesting seminar with @DylanJCraven!
📢#CuttingvEdgeTools Friday, May the 30th, at 2 PM CEST, @DylanJCraven will close our cycle of webinars on databases with "Key questions in functional biogeography", leveraging regional trait databases and with examples from Rasgos-CL. Join for free at https://t.co/XRffdDBFsC
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I'm so excited to announce that we are hosting a *funded* workshop on Integrative Ecology in the Global South near Kaziranga in March 2026! Early career researchers working in the Global South, apply to attend!
biologists.com
Integrative Ecology in the Global South Integrative ecology uses diverse approaches and methods to study ecological processes across scales, from the sub-organismal to organisms, communities,...
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Our webinar about TRY with Jens Kattge has just started! You can still join for free at https://t.co/zdGJIBKbiS
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Content submissions for the 5th SORTEE Conference (15-16 Oct 2025) are now OPEN. Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop by June 2nd via https://t.co/iCjSCL8dov The conference will be FREE for members, so consider joining us ( https://t.co/GEdAYVsVzl).
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Don't miss the #opportunity to become a member of the Steering Committee of an international scientific society such as IAVS - #Young #Scientists Section🌱 The steering committee is renewed every two years. ⚠️Deadline: 22nd May Share this post and nominate yourself❗️ link👇
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This week I have attended the workshop of @sPlot_iDiv, the Global Vegetation Database, in Halle, Germany, where I could present my upcoming project about tree diversity and plant functional types across the forests of the temperate biome! #sPlot #VegBioLab
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📣Cutting vEdge Tools is back! A special 3-hour long session will close our cycle on the facets of biodiversity. This time, Francesco de Bello and Lars Götzenberger will focus on functional trait diversity! Register for the free webinar at https://t.co/HMSx5w70p7
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Exciting series of talks about ecological databases - and thrilled to talk about the power of regional trait databases. @ANID_Chile @DataObsCL @GEMA_UMayor
📢 Are you ready for the next cycle of Cutting vEdge Tools? The first webinar is in just a week, March 21st at 14:00 CET: Florian Jansen will show how to handle species concepts when dealing with databases! 📝Join for free at https://t.co/HevSRkcxQB only 100 places so don't wait!
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Epidendrum is one of the most diverse orchid genera, with over 1,500 species found across the Americas! 🌿✨ These orchids are masters of adaptation, growing everywhere from steamy lowland jungles to misty cloud forests and even high-altitude páramos. Many Epidendrum species are
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Join us!
📢 Are you ready for the next cycle of Cutting vEdge Tools? The first webinar is in just a week, March 21st at 14:00 CET: Florian Jansen will show how to handle species concepts when dealing with databases! 📝Join for free at https://t.co/HevSRkcxQB only 100 places so don't wait!
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🌱 Apply for the #2025ATBC Seed Research #Grant! 🌍 Graduate students in tropical biology & conservation—get funding for travel, lodging, meals, & more to support your research! 📅 Deadline: April 22, 2025 (5 am GMT) 🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/XfEIoBqs65
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Sandra tells us the background behind the transition from "ecosystem services" concept to "nature's contribution to people". #biodiversity
#ecosytems
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Today at Uni Oviedo: round table with @sdiazecology chaired by Daniel Garcia (ecology-uni ovi). On functional diversity as a complement of biodiversity and its components. #vegetation
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Los rasgos funcionales de las selvas tropicales americanas están cambiando, pero demasiado poco, demasiado lentamente para seguir el cambio climático. Leelo en nuestro artículo en @Science, liderado por @jeaggu, aquí: https://t.co/Y4tujZhlqd
@ymalhi @IMBIVCONICETUNC
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Call for applicants: fully-funded ISPF British Council Workshop on Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity, 27/7-2/8 in Manaus. We will train UK- and Brazil-based ecologists and conservationists on mechanistic range models and on Amazonian ecosystems: https://t.co/9nCAq78pZG RT!
birmingham.ac.uk
Call for participants in a fully funded workshop on modelling Amazonian biodiversity
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Exciting Grant Opportunities for ATBC 2025! Students and postdocs, apply for Travel Grants & Fee Waivers to attend the 61st ATBC Meeting in Oaxaca! 📅 Deadline: April 4, 2025 Don’t miss out—apply now! Details: https://t.co/p8jMvdoRry
#ATBC2025 #GrantOpportunity
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See you at the next Cutting vEdge Tools webinar: Mohamed Z. Hatim will perform taxonomic diversity analyses with python on February 21st at 14:00 CET!📝Sign up for free at https://t.co/6cvfzH1Gsr, even if you attended previous ones. Only 100 places!
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