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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Jun 7

#TansleyReview: Costs of #reproduction in #flowering #plants

Marcel Dorken, Mark van Kleunen & Marc Stift 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Costs of reproduction have been assessed across hierarchical levels of biological organization.

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congrats, Curro!
So glad to hear you’re going for a PhD—that’s awesome! I’m sure some really cool stuff will come out of your research. Can’t wait to see where it takes you!

Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fieldwork in Monahans Sandhills State Park, one of the study sites for our research focused on how local adaptation and hybridization shape genetic variation in shinnery oak—a foundational species that stabilizes sand dunes in the south-central US.

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jun 5

@shockerbotany.bsky.social good advice! 🤣

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jun 4

Curro! For real, that place is something else. We camped at a very remote place and it was incredible. Being way out in the middle of nowhere, the stars were just mind-blowing.

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jun 4

Here are some photos from our fieldwork at Big Bend Ranch State Park! We collected leaf samples from Quercus hinckleyi to investigate epigenetic variation within populations. This research is supported by the International Oak Society.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · May 26

Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution? by @ltkelly.bsky.social et al. @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8-bcZ3X3...

To what extent do novel fire regimes generate trait-fire regime mismatches?

🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌾🪴 wildfre #ecoevo #PlantBiology

Trait–fire mismatching. Illustrative examples of mismatch are shown where anthropogenic shifts in fire patterns have plausibly reduced plant fitness.

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · May 18

Antelope Hills, western OK.

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · May 16

New from the Castilla Lab! Undergraduate researchers Jorin Stockbrand, Kieby Wilcox, and Lainey Kirshberger share highlights from their presentations at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. www.arcastilla.com/blognews/ref...

Reflections from the Undergraduate Research Symposium

This month, three of our undergraduate researchers, Lainey Kirshberger, Jorin Stockebrand, and Kirby Wilcox, presented their work at the Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Research Symposium....

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · May 16

Fieldwork in western OK! Today we scouted for shinnery oak populations in Quartz Mountains and surroundings. What a cool place Quartz Mountains State Park! Finally, we found our study population near Blair. Ryan has another piece of information for his assessment of the species’ genomic variation!

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Apr 22

Do you want to hear more about the interests of our awarded PBEE senior student, Lainey Kirshberger? Check the new post on the Castilla Lab website. We are proud of Lainey and of contributing to providing research experiences to @okstate.edu undergrad students!

www.arcastilla.com/blognews/int...

Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Apr 18

Kayleen Sugianto, one of my former General Ecology students, was recognized as the Ideal Graduate! It’s truly rewarding to be on the other side of the room and watch my students achieve such ambitious goals. I’m confident you’ll go on to do great things, Kayleen—congratulations! @okstate.edu

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Apr 15

Enjoying some social time with my team! I'm grateful to work with such an enthusiastic and inspiring group. One of the great things about academia is the constant interaction with new generations of scientists—it's energizing to feel their passion for science!

Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Apr 15

Our colleague Lainey Kirshberger was awarded as PBEE senior outstanding undergraduate student. We cannot be prouder of you Lainey! @okstate.edu

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Apr 15

Really interesting post by my colleague @benebachelot.bsky.social about long-term monitoring of biotic interactions and how unexpected disturbances can open new opportunities! news.okstate.edu/articles/art...

Bachelot sees new opportunities amongst fire’s destruction of research site - Oklahoma State University

When wildfires began to tear through the Stillwater region on March 14, Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Benedicte Bachelot wasn’t thinking about her research at the McPherson Botanical Preserve eight ...

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Mar 14

This semester, three outstanding undergraduate students—Lainey Kirshberger, Kirby Wilcox, and Jorin Stockebrand—are taking PBIO 4400: Undergraduate Research in Plant Biology and conducting their research projects at Castilla Lab. Learn more about them on our website! www.arcastilla.com/our-team.html

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Castilla Lab website has been updated! If you want to hear more about our research, please visit this link: www.arcastilla.com

THE CASTILLA LAB

At Castilla Lab, we work at the intersection of plant ecology, molecular ecology, and evolutionary biology. To address our questions, we used an interdisciplinary approach that combines genomics,...

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Mar 14

Hey Fabio! I think the Stillwater Fire Department Facebook site is giving updates about evacuations

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jan 29

Yeah Neil! It looks terrific!

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jan 24

The calendar with the activities of the OSU Botanical Society for the spring semester is out! If you like plants, join us and have fun!

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Antonio R. Castilla @arcastilla.bsky.social · Jan 24

The OSU Botanical Society in the Involvement Fair!

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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · Jan 18

Gotta say I’m digging the #Botany2025 logo. Grateful to everyone who found us a new conference venue so quickly after the planned 1 fell through! @loristrong.bsky.social @hcacanindin.bsky.social Melanie, at al. #iamabotanist #botany #plantfam

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jan 15

The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.

We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!

#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · Jan 14

⏰ 🌿 Reminder! The second edition of AoBP Awards for Emerging Voices in Botany is still open for submissions!

📚 Don’t miss this opportunity to share your work.

More info 👉 https://buff.ly/40qvBQO

🗓️ Deadline: 31 March 2025

#PlantScience #EmergingVoices

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · Jan 14

📈 In 2024, greenhouse gases reached their highest annual levels ever recorded in the atmosphere.
🌁 Carbon dioxide concentrations reached 422 ppm, 2.9 ppm higher than in 2023, & methane 1897 ppb, 3 ppb higher.
▶️ All details, charts and data in the
#GCH2024 report: bit.ly/40kQpcz

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · Jan 14

So cool!! “The only (known) vertebrate-alga endosymbiosis”!!!
An earlier paper has described this relationship “Intracellular invasion of green algae in a salamander host” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... but being able to see the amazing details from microscope is just 🤩🤩🤩!! 🔬🧪

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