En este artículo, examinamos el impacto, a menudo pasado por alto, de la menstruación en las experiencias de trabajo de campo en las disciplinas de las ciencias naturales. Realizamos una encuesta transversal a 429 participantes, predominantemente mujeres (86.0%), con una representación limitada de personas no binarias y sin hombres trans, para investigar los desafíos logísticos, sociales y relacionados con la salud que se afrontan durante el trabajo de campo.


La encuesta, que combinó datos cuantitativos y cualitativos, reveló que el 86% de los encuestados ha experimentado la menstruación, y casi la mitad (48%) reportó un dolor menstrual significativo durante el trabajo de campo. Los hallazgos cuantitativos indican que la logística del trabajo de campo rara vez se adapta a las necesidades de salud menstrual: el 85% de los participantes manifestó que los botiquines estándar no incluyen productos de higiene menstrual. Además, los datos cualitativos destacaron dificultades en la comunicación sobre cuestiones menstruales, ya que solo el 30.5% de los encuestados se sintió cómodo discutiendo estos temas con supervisores masculinos, en comparación con el 59.9% con supervisores femeninos.


Estos hallazgos subrayan importantes lagunas en el apoyo a la salud menstrual durante el trabajo de campo. Sugieren que medidas prácticas —como asegurar la disponibilidad de productos menstruales en los botiquines de primeros auxilios y fomentar un diálogo más abierto sobre la salud menstrual— podrían mejorar el apoyo a las investigadoras que menstrúan. Sin embargo, nuestros resultados también destacan la necesidad de realizar investigaciones adicionales para explorar los factores sistémicos más amplios que subyacen a estos desafíos. En última instancia, abordar estas lagunas podría contribuir a crear un entorno más inclusivo y equitativo para todas las personas dedicadas a la investigación., In this article, we examine the often-overlooked impact of menstruation on fieldwork experiences in natural sciences disciplines.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 429 participants, predominantly women (86.0%) with limited non-binary representation and no
transgender men, to investigate the logistical, social, and health-related challenges faced during fieldwork.
The survey, combining quantitative and qualitative data, revealed that 86% of respondents have experienced menstruation, with nearly half
(48%) reporting significant menstrual pain while working in the field. Quantitative findings indicate that fieldwork logistics rarely
accommodate menstrual health needs: 85% of participants reported that standard first aid kits do not include menstrual hygiene products.
Additionally, qualitative data highlighted difficulties in communication about menstrual issues, with only 30.5% of respondents feeling
comfortable discussing these issues with male supervisors, compared to 59.9% with female supervisors.
These findings underscore significant gaps in support for menstrual health during fieldwork. They suggest that practical measures—such
as ensuring menstrual products are available in first aid kits and fostering more open dialogue about menstrual health—could improve
support for menstruating researchers. However, our results also highlight the need for further research to explore the broader systemic
factors underlying these challenges. Ultimately, addressing these gaps may contribute to creating a more inclusive and equitable
environment for all researchers., Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Ref. HumboldtResearch Fellowship, 2020-2021 Biodiversa+ and Water JPI joint call for research projects | Ref. InterRest project, DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation | Ref. 491739988, Estonian Research Council, the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovationand Universities and the Spanish State Investigation Agency | Ref. PCI2022-1329, Ministerio de Universidades | Ref. CT31/21, Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PID2022-138275NB-I00, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | Ref. 2022-00027, Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PCI2022-132941

This upload contains the Datasets and code to generate the results of the article "Interaction network structure explains species temporal persistence in empirical plant-pollinator communities".

The database comprises two files containing the abundances of plants and pollinators, and one containing the interaction networks among plants and pollinators.

The code folder contains the code to generate the results, and to generate the figures of the manuscript., Poli-Stability: comprehensive assessment of stability in pollination communities 101064340, European Commission., Peer reviewed

[EN] In this article, we examine the often-overlooked impact of menstruation on fieldwork experiences in natural sciences disciplines. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 429 participants, predominantly women (86.0%) with limited non-binary representation and no transgender men, to investigate the logistical, social, and health-related challenges faced during fieldwork. The survey, combining quantitative and qualitative data, revealed that 86% of respondents have experienced menstruation, with nearly half (48%) reporting significant menstrual pain while working in the field. Quantitative findings indicate that fieldwork logistics rarely accommodate menstrual health needs: 85% of participants reported that standard first aid kits do not include menstrual hygiene products. Additionally, qualitative data highlighted difficulties in communication about menstrual issues, with only 30.5% of respondents feeling comfortable discussing these issues with male supervisors, compared to 59.9% with female supervisors. These findings underscore significant gaps in support for menstrual health during fieldwork. They suggest that practical measures-such as ensuring menstrual products are available in first aid kits and fostering more open dialogue about menstrual health-could improve support for menstruating researchers. However, our results also highlight the need for further research to explore the broader systemic factors underlying these challenges. Ultimately, addressing these gaps may contribute to creating a more inclusive and equitable environment for all researchers., [ES] En este artículo, examinamos el impacto, a menudo pasado por alto, de la menstruación en las experiencias de trabajo de campo en las disciplinas de las ciencias naturales. Realizamos una encuesta transversal a 429 participantes, predominantemente mujeres (86.0%), con una representación limitada de personas no binarias y sin hombres trans, para investigar los desafíos logísticos, sociales y relacionados con la salud que se afrontan durante el trabajo de campo. La encuesta, que combinó datos cuantitativos y cualitativos, reveló que el 86% de los encuestados ha experimentado la menstruación, y casi la mitad (48%) reportó un dolor menstrual significativo durante el trabajo de campo. Los hallazgos cuantitativos indican que la logística del trabajo de campo rara vez se adapta a las necesidades de salud menstrual: el 85% de los participantes manifestó que los botiquines estándar no incluyen productos de higiene menstrual. Además, los datos cualitativos destacaron dificultades en la comunicación sobre cuestiones menstruales, ya que solo el 30.5% de los encuestados se sintió cómodo discutiendo estos temas con supervisores masculinos, en comparación con el 59.9% con supervisores femeninos. Estos hallazgos subrayan importantes lagunas en el apoyo a la salud menstrual durante el trabajo de campo. Sugieren que medidas prácticas —como asegurar la disponibilidad de productos menstruales en los botiquines de primeros auxilios y fomentar un diálogo más abierto sobre la salud menstrual— podrían mejorar el apoyo a las investigadoras que menstrúan. Sin embargo, nuestros resultados también destacan la necesidad de realizar investigaciones adicionales para explorar los factores sistémicos más amplios que subyacen a estos desafíos. En última instancia, abordar estas lagunas podría contribuir a crear un entorno más inclusivo y equitativo para todas las personas dedicadas a la investigación., This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2021 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101064340 to V.D.-G. E.V.-A. is supported by the InterRest project, funded through the 2020-2021 Biodiversa+ and Water JPI joint call for research projects, under the BiodivRestore ERA-NET Cofund (GA N°101003777), with the EU and the funding organizations Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) through research grant 491739988, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency through research grant 2022-00027, Estonian Research Council, the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the Spanish State Investigation Agency through the grant PCI2022-1329., Peer reviewed

Data and code supporting "PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION REWIRING BOOSTS YEAR TO YEAR COMMUNITY PERSISTENCE", European Commission:
PoliS - Poli-Stability: comprehensive assessment of stability in pollination communities, 101064340, Peer reviewed

Previous research has revealed how species traits determine species interactions, and how species interactions influence species coexistence. However, this hierarchical view ignores the coevolutionary feedback from species interactions to species traits and its consequences for species coexistence. Here, we developed a theoretical model of quantitative genetics to explore how the coevolution of morphological and phenological traits shapes the structure and stability of mutualistic interaction networks. We found that, in comparison to morphological traits, phenological traits led to distinctive species evolutionary trajectories, resulting in different emergent properties at the community level. This is because phenological traits promoted facilitation over competition. While morphological coevolution gave rise to modular and specialized interaction networks with a negative diversity-stability trade-off, phenological coevolution was required for the emergence of nested interaction networks that exhibited a positive relationship between diversity and structural stability. Empirical observations from 17 pollination networks were consistent with the theoretical results: we found many phenological motifs promoting facilitation over competition, suggesting an important role of phenological coevolution in community assembly. The seasonal organization of empirical interactions enhanced the community stability and dampened the diversity-stability trade-off that was observed when aggregating interactions across time. Our results highlight the importance of phenological coevolution in the emergence of diverse and stable communities., F.D. was funded by a postdoc Mobility grant from the SNF (project number: P500PB_217801). V.D.-G. was funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant (N°101064340) from the European Union’s Horizon 2021 research and Emergia grant agreement DGP EMEC 2023 00146 from Junta de Andalucía. Data collection was funded by a Marie-Curie Career Integration from the European Union’s Horizon 2020, the BeeFUN project (PCIG 14-GA-2013-631653), granted to I.B., Peer reviewed

21 pages, 4 figures, supporting information https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70293.-- Data Availability statement: A list of articles on global change drivers in Doñana Protected Area has been provided as supporting information. No other data has been used in this article, Historically, Mediterranean systems, particularly the Mediterranean Basin, have been substantially impacted by multiple regional-scale disturbances resulting from complex interactive effects of global-change drivers. However, such effects are typically studied on isolated groups of organisms, often disregarding how ecological processes such as biotic interactions affect ecosystem responses to global change. We use the Doñana Protected Area, one of the most important wetlands and shrublands in Europe, as a well-documented case study to highlight how regional anthropogenic pressures simultaneously affect various interacting species, creating cascading impacts across trophic webs on different ecosystems. Using two examples representing the role of key habitat-structuring species on ecosystem processes, the cork oak (Quercus suber) and European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), we show how decreases in abundance of such key species due to interlinked direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures can alter multitrophic communities—but not always negatively, as other species can adapt to the loss of key species. We also use two examples of species that have flourished under human pressures, the native wild boar (Sus scrofa) and invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), and how increases in their abundance have had complex impacts on ecosystems. We then discuss, based on the outcomes of actual conservation actions, how management targeted at single species or taxa is ineffective for ecosystem functioning, as it ignores complex interlinks with other components of the system. Instead, the ecosystem-wide impacts of gains and losses of interacting species serve as an excellent empirical example for the need for conservation management and research agenda that account for the complexity of global change in the Mediterranean, Maria Paniw was supported by the grants RYC2021-033192-I and PID-2022-141004OA-100; Irene Mendoza by the grants PID2020-115129RJI00 and TED2021-129871A-I00 by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 by “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2021 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101064340 to Virginia Domínguez-García. María José Ruiz-López was supported by the grant PID2020-118921RJ-I00; Javier Puy by grant FJC2020-042954-I by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 by “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”; Laetitia M. Navarro, Alberto García-Rodríguez, Elena Tena, José M. Reyes-González, Simone Guareschi, Pablo Homet, Pablo Villalva and Eva Moracho were funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation project through European Regional Development Fund (SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-4, POPE 2014–2020). Cosme López-Calderón was supported by Juan de la Cierva fellowship (FJC2019-042541-I). Elena Velado-Alonso received funding from the project SHOWCASE (SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services to help farmers capitalizing on native biodiversity) within the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 862480. Cristina Coccia acknowledges the support of NBFC to Roma Tre University, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4—Call for Tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree No. 3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU. Project Code CN00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP F83C22000730006. Alberto García-Rodríguez, Elena Tena, and Iñigo Donázar-Aramendía were additionally supported by the EU-NextGenerationEU funds through the 2021–2023 Margarita Salas call for the requalification of the Spanish university system, convened by the Universidad de León, Universidad de Salamanca, and Universidad de Sevilla, respectively. Sebastiano de Franciscis was funded by the Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020) of Junta de Andalucía (PY20\_00765) granted to M.A.F. Zulima Tablado was supported by the NaturaConnect project within the Horizon Europe funding scheme (Grant agreement ID: 101060429). Marcello D'Amico was supported by the Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Program from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (IJC2019-039662-I), and the project “Plan Complementario de I+D+i en el área de Biodiversidad (PCBIO)” funded by the European Union within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan—NextGenerationEU and by the Regional Government of Andalusia, This work contributes to the Institut de Ciències del Mar "Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence" accreditation CEX2024-001494-S funded by AEI 10.13039/501100011033 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Peer reviewed

A list of articles on global change drivers in Doñana Protected Area has been provided as supporting information, Maria Paniw was supported by the grants RYC2021-033192-I and PID-2022-141004OA-100; Irene Mendoza by the grants PID2020-115129RJI00 and TED2021-129871A-I00 by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 by “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2021 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101064340 to Virginia Domínguez-García. María José Ruiz-López was supported by the grant PID2020-118921RJ-I00; Javier Puy by grant FJC2020-042954-I by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 by “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”; Laetitia M. Navarro, Alberto García-Rodríguez, Elena Tena, José M. Reyes-González, Simone Guareschi, Pablo Homet, Pablo Villalva and Eva Moracho were funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation project through European Regional Development Fund (SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-4, POPE 2014–2020). Cosme López-Calderón was supported by Juan de la Cierva fellowship (FJC2019-042541-I). Elena Velado-Alonso received funding from the project SHOWCASE (SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services to help farmers capitalizing on native biodiversity) within the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 862480. Cristina Coccia acknowledges the support of NBFC to Roma Tre University, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4—Call for Tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree No. 3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU. Project Code CN00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP F83C22000730006. Alberto García-Rodríguez, Elena Tena, and Iñigo Donázar-Aramendía were additionally supported by the EU-NextGenerationEU funds through the 2021–2023 Margarita Salas call for the requalification of the Spanish university system, convened by the Universidad de León, Universidad de Salamanca, and Universidad de Sevilla, respectively. Sebastiano de Franciscis was funded by the Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020) of Junta de Andalucía (PY20\_00765) granted to M.A.F. Zulima Tablado was supported by the NaturaConnect project within the Horizon Europe funding scheme (Grant agreement ID: 101060429). Marcello D'Amico was supported by the Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Program from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (IJC2019-039662-I), and the project “Plan Complementario de I+D+i en el área de Biodiversidad (PCBIO)” funded by the European Union within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan—NextGenerationEU and by the Regional Government of Andalusia, This work contributes to the Institut de Ciències del Mar "Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence" accreditation CEX2024-001494-S funded by AEI 10.13039/501100011033 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Peer reviewed