Outreach & Media

Art & Science work

Scienseed & González-Varo JP (2023) SEED DISPERSAL BY FRUIT-EATING ANIMALS IN AND OUT OF EUROPEAN FOREST FRAGMENTS. From our paper Frugivore-mediated seed dispersal in fragmented landscapes… Art: Clara Prieto (Scienseed)

Downloadable poster in English (PDF / PNG) and Spanish (PDF / PNG) to be printed in A2

Heras J & González-Varo JP (2017) SEED DISPERSAL IN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE. From our paper Unravelling seed dispersal through fragmented landscapes... 3rd place in the «Art&Science» initiative by the SRUK (watch video). Art: Jon Heras (Equinox Graphics Ltd.)

Seed predation (granivory) by Tenerife lizards – video linked to our article Tenerife lizards as seed predators

Seed dispersal of Pancratium maritimum by wind and sea currents: an example of natural polychory – video linked to our article Overlooked seed-dispersal modes and understimated distances

Animation video outreaching our paper González-Varo JP, Rumeu B et al. (2021) Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes NATURE 595:75–79

Seed dispersal by migratory birds and climate change (EN)

Dispersión de semillas por aves migratorias y cambio climático (ES)

Granados-Tello J & Tarifa R (2021) Comic outreaching our paper Tarifa R et al. (2021) Agricultural intensification erodes taxonomic and functional diversity in Mediterranean olive groves by filtering out rare species JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 58:2266-2276

Bracho-Estévanez CA, Morales JM, González-Moreno P, Onrubia A, Rösner S & González-Varo JP (2026) Tras la pista de las semillas viajeras. QUERCUS March 2026 link

Geldmann J & González-Varo JP (2018) Saving the western honeybee is not a conservation issue. GEOGRAPHICAL May 2018 link
González-Varo JP, Ortiz-Sánchez FJ & Vilà M (2017) La dependencia total de una abeja solitaria sobre una jara. QUERCUS 374:12–19 pdf
González-Varo JP, Arroyo JM & Jordano P (2014) Finding the bird that dispersed the seeds. BARCODE BULLETIN 5:10–11 pdf

González-Varo JP (29/05/2018) Interview for German TV coverage on our honeybee paper: Die nützlichen Wilden – 3SAT (German TV)

Rumeu B (22/11/2021) Interview in Popular Science Radio Program: Dispersión de semillas del cedro canario en el Parque Nacional de El Teide (Tenerife, Islas Canarias) [from 1h 51 min] – CADENA SER (Tenerife)

Rumeu B (25/11/2020) Interview for podcast: Dispersión de plantas y animales en islas oceánicas – OIKOS PODCASTIDAE

González-Varo JP (04/02/2017) Interview in Popular Science Radio Program: La ciencia que se pierde por el inglés – PRINCIPIO DE INCERTIDUMBRE (Canal Extremadura Radio)

Acevedo-Limón & González-Varo JP (02/02/2026) Interview for Press Release about our paper in JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY: La falta de semillas influye en el déficit de diversidad vegetal en los bosques fragmentados – FUNDACIÓN DESCUBRE

Bracho-Estévanez & González-Varo JP (19/01/2026) Interview for Press Release about our paper in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B: El zorzal común, el ave que siembra semillas a cientos de kilómetros de distancia – EL PERIÓDICO

Bracho-Estévanez & González-Varo JP (04/12/2025) Interview for Press Release about our paper in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B: Las aves frugívoras migratorias pueden dispersar semillas a más de 500 kilómetros – FUNDACIÓN DESCUBRE

Rumeu B & González-Varo JP (09/07/2025) Interview for Press Release about our paper in GLOBAL ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION: Así se desplaza el mirlo capiblanco, un ave clave para la supervivencia del cedro canario en el Teide – CANARIAS AHORA (ELDIARIO.ES)

González-Varo JP (19/05/2025) Interview for Press Release about our paper in NATURE REVIEWS BIODIVERSITY: El declive de los dispersores de semillas amenaza la biodiversidad – AGENCIA SINC

González-Varo JP (05/11/2023) Interview about our paper in NATURE: Plant seeds are stuck – THE ATLANTIC

González-Varo JP (26/10/2023) Interview for Popular Science Magazine about our paper in NATURE: As the climate changes, plants must shift their ranges. But can they? –KNOWABLE MAGAZINE

González-Varo JP (22/01/2022) Interview about our paper in NATURE: Cuantos menos animales hay, peor les va a las plantas – EL PAÍS

González-Varo JP (01/09/2021) Interview for Popular Science Magazine: Animaux nuisibles: La grande réhabilitation – EPSILON MAGAZINE (France)

González-Varo JP (12/07/2021) Interview for Popular Science Magazine: En busca de las conexiones ocultas del paisaje – vozpopuli (NEXT)

González-Varo JP & Rumeu B (23/06/2021) Interview for Press Release about our paper in NATURE: Las aves migratorias dispersan las plantas en la mala dirección con el cambio climático – AGENCIA SINC

González-Varo JP (25/11/2020) Interview for Popular Science Magazine: Nos abeilles domestiques, un danger pour la nature? – GEO MAGAZINE (France)

González-Varo JP (29/05/2018) Interview for Environmental Magazine: How the Honeybee Buzz Hurts Wild Bees – SIERRA MAGAZINE (USA)

González-Varo JP (27/03/2018) Interview for Popular Science Magazine: Mutualismos, la clave de la biodiversidad – EL MUNDO (Baleopolis)

González-Varo JP (25/01/2018) Interview for Press Release about our paper in SCIENCE: Think of honeybees as ‘livestock’ not wildlife, argue experts – UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (UK)