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Patrícia Chaves
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PhD Student at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Currently doing my PhD with bats, birds, people and network ecology, to untangle the pest control services of rice fields in Guinea-Bissau!
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Patrícia Chaves @theflyingpat.bsky.social · 2d
It’s finally out! The result of a huge team effort! ✨

We combined DNA metabarcoding and network analysis to uncover the diets and pest control potential of birds and bats in the rice fields of northern Guinea-Bissau!

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Ecological networks reveal strong pest suppression complementarity between birds and bats within rice-dominated agroecosystems in West Africa
The growing demand for rice across West African countries requires urgent pest control strategies that are cost-effective and ecologically sustainable…
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