Data, ideas and new ways of doing science: CREAF brings its scientific ecosystem to SIBECOL

Henna Tyyskä, a predoctoral researcher who joined CREAF in 2024, received the award for the best poster presented by a predoctoral researcher —a unique recognition granted by AEET and SIBECOL.

“In our study, we investigate how different types of mycorrhizal fungi (arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal) mediate tree recruitment by influencing density-dependent processes. This helps us gain a deeper understanding of tree regeneration patterns and community assembly across different forest types. My experience at SIBECOL was very enjoyable: it was a great opportunity for learning, sharing ideas, and networking with other researchers.” 

Yolanda Melero and co-authors received the award for best poster at the congress for a study that examines how butterfly communities are structured in natural and urban environments. The study shows that to truly understand the impact of urbanization on community composition, it is not enough to analyse basic traits using only mean values, such as average wing size. It is necessary to include more comprehensive statistical indicators that better reflect trait distribution and ecological complexity. The analysis concludes that in urban contexts, communities are strongly shaped by environmental factors that act as filters and favour certain types of butterflies —a pattern that appears to persist consistently over time. 

Coordinated the session 'Beyond the Lab: Citizen Science as a Catalyst for Ecological Research and Community Involvement'. També ha presentat oralment 'Empowering Teachers to Bring Students Closer to Nature a Collaborative Approach to Ecology Education'.

Coordinated the session 'Beyond the Lab: Citizen Science as a Catalyst for Ecological Research and Community Involvement',  and co-authored the presentation 'Empowering Teachers to Bring Students Closer to Nature a Collaborative Approach to Ecology Education'.

Took part in a presentation on the contribution of citizens to phenological monitoring through the RitmeNatura and FenoCat networks, with co-authors Gerard Gaya, Montserrat Busto, Xavier De Yzaguirre, Cristina Domingo-Marimon, and Jordi Cunillera. 

presented the talk Collaborative initiatives in the study of the health status of Catalan forest ecosystems, in collaboration with Laura Fraile and Pau Fortuño. 

Delivered the presentation Contextualized urban green space management enhances butterfly functional diversity,  co-authored with Juan Daniel Rodríguez and Yolanda Melero. 

Participated with the presentatio Effect of drought on new carbon incorporation in the soils of a Mediterranean forest.

Participated as a member of the ECOTONS collective, presenting CREAF’s experience with art-science residency programmes under the title: Art-science residencies at CREAF: lessons learned and future prospects.

He presented a paper on “Embolism “por soleá”. A dialogue between humans and trees about climate change through flamenco", which established a dialogue between trees and humans through the system of tree embolism, both in flamenco and with a mediating language.

Took part in two oral presentations and two posters. She co-presented, with the ECOTONS collective, Art-science residencies at CREAF: lessons learned and prospects and Contributions from the Interreg Euro-MED Natural Heritage Mission towards ecological research impact on society. She also presented the poster A worker's protocol to align research activities with decolonial practices, created with the CREAF group supporting solidarity actions with Palestine, and Novel regimes of extreme climatic events trigger negative population rates in a common insect. 

Participated in the oral presentation Contributions from the Interreg Euro-MED Natural Heritage Mission towards ecological research impact on society. She also contributed to the poster A worker's protocol to align research activities with decolonial practices and to the ECOTONS presentation Art-science residencies at CREAF: lessons learned and prospects. 

Presented Shifting elementomes: addressing long-term changes in the biogeochemical composition of ecosystems from paleoenviromental records and participated in the poster A worker's protocol to align research activities with decolonial practices.

Organised the workshop  Knowledge Transfer in Ecology: Barriers & Opportunities, as an introduction to the AEET working group on Knowledge and Technology Transfer, which he coordinates. 

Delivered the presentation Mapping Barcelona urban smellscape: A Multi-layered Analysis, analysing how aromatic trees contribute to well-being and inclusive, multisensory urban design.

He presented a paper on regenerative agriculture: Regenerative agriculture as a tool for carbon farming: en Mediterranean metanalysis.

Presented the poster “Reconciling water-use efficiency estimates across scales under future climate change scenarios using phloem carbon isotopic composition”,

She organized and moderated the session "The flow of elements and the functioning of the biosphere" with Marcos Fernández and Albert Rivas-Ubach, and presented the paper "Can natural systems curb human impacts? The case of N in a small Mediterranean river basin".

He moderated the session "The flow of elements and the functioning of the biosphere" and presented a paper "Chaotic or periodic carbon fluxes? Estimating temporal complexity to understand ecosystem functioning".

Participated in the talk The value of time: understanding the fate of ecosystems, communities and metacommunities over time.

Presented “Chemical convergence of specialized metabolites in native and invasive populations supports rapid evolution driven by aridity”.

Presented Advancing research, innovation and entrepreneurship on urban forestry: the UFOREST project.

Took part in the session Extinct to Extant: Integrating Palaeontological and Ecological Knowledge amb la ponència Past and future global diversity loss from anthropogenic bird extinctions.

Participated in the session Are We at a Global Tipping Point? Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Sustainability amb la ponència Under pressure: a plant’s introduction pathway is associated with the invasion of environmentally stressful conditions.

Presented A modular framework for process-based simulations of forest function and dynamics at stand to regional scales.

He presented his research in an oral presentation 'A millenial increasing trend in diatom diversity in naturally acidic alpine lakes disrupted by enhanced nitrogen availability'.

Presented Intraindividual trait coordination in tundra clonal shrubs along a latitude gradient. 

 Delivered the presentation Temporal Dynamics of Nitrous Oxide Hot Moments Across Ecosystems in Europe. 

Gave the oral presentation gave the oral presentation Modeling population dynamics of Mediterranean shrubs: Integrating climatic complexity.

He gave the oral presentation within the framework of the TRACES project entitled "Integrating Metabolomic and Functional Traits at a Global Scale".

He has presented his research in the context of the INFORMA project, in a paper entitled "Enhanced resilience to drought and pest infestation through forest management in a Pinus pinaster plantation in Prades (NE Spain)."

He has presented his research in the context of the INFORMA project, in a paper entitled "Enhanced resilience to drought and pest infestation through forest management in a Pinus pinaster plantation in Prades (NE Spain)."

He presented the research in an oral presentation "Drought-induced die-off alters vegetation diversity across climatic gradients in Catalan Pinus sylvestris forests".

He presented his research in a poster: "Living on the Edge: Warmer Climate Reduces Leaf Thermal Safety Margins and Causes Gas Exchange Decoupling in Mediterranean Shrublands."

He has given an oral presentation on one part of his thesis. It is entitled "Diatom radiation continental across pH-alkalinity gradients" and is included within the framework of the WATERSCAPE project.