Sara Mendes
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Postdoc at CSIC| Ecologist with interest in #communityecology, #ecologicalnetworks, #restoration and on how #globalchange impact #interactions | #seeddispersal
Portugal
Joined March 2016
🔥New paper out in Science!!🔥 @ScienceMagazine We found that a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍 This was an incredibly challenging (and rewarding!) chapter of my PhD thesis! #seeddispersal
https://t.co/QM55D2ziiu
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Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes, such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed dispersal, but the...
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Honoured to receive the Young Researcher Award from the University of Coimbra, funded by Fundação Santander. A great way to close a year full of personal and professional achievements, and an extra motivation to keep doing what I love! 🌱✨
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À conversa com um Ecólogo: Cinco perguntas a Sara Mendes
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Investigadora portuguesa a trabalhar em Espanha, no Conselho Superior de Investigações Científicas, foi um dos três vencedores do Prémio de Doutoramento em Ecologia – Fundação Amadeu Dias.
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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 🇧🇷🪻🌱🫐🐜🐝🦊🐦⬛
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🌱 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!
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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 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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It was a great week 🤗🤗
Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the @uniBirmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!
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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 ✨ #npnextgen
#NGS2025
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I’m deeply thankful to my supervisors, Ruben Heleno and Jens Olesen, for their unwavering support and guidance throughout this beautiful journey. 😊 🪻
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I’m very grateful to have been awarded 2nd place in the 2025 National Award for the best PhD Thesis in Ecology promoted by SPECO. This award holds a special place in my heart as it represents the culmination of over four years of hard work, learning and doing what I truly love.
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Moreover, many frugivores (42%) moved between cities and forests 🌆🌴🐦, potentially spreading non-native plant species into forests. But 🚫 32% of the frugivores completely avoided cities!! Our findings highlight the need for sustainable urban planning to protect this service.
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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: https://t.co/quKtzekTJs
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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 my amazing co-authors! 🙌
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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 🌋
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The beautiful Semele gayae, endemic to Gran Canaria island 🥰🏝️🌿
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