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Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
@caordonezparra.bsky.social
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Colombian 🇨🇴 | He/him 🏳️‍🌈 | PhD Student at UFMG 🇧🇷 | Scientific Editor at @botany.one ✍🏻 | Personal website: https://caordonezparra.github.io 🖥️ | #SeedScience 🫘 #FunctionalEcology 🌿 #EcologicalRestoration 🌱
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oxfordecosystems.bsky.social
Ecosystems and Biodiversity DPhil student, @navarrosales.bsky.social, has recently submitted a paper showing how Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Read about it in recent blog post here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/functio...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Functional traits influence woody stem productivity of Cerrado trees across altered fire regimes
Cerrado trees exhibit a productivity–fire tolerance trade-off. Bark protection and light adaptation help maintain NPP under high fire intensities, as both structural and acquisitive strategies mediate...
www.oxfordecosystems.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
Checked out our shiny new website yet?
bsbi.org
New to @bsbibotany.bsky.social or #WildFlowerID?
We think you'll find it easier than ever to access resources, hear about events & learn more about wild plants in your area.
Seasoned botanist?
All your fave pages are still there + lots of new stuff!
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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leveg.bsky.social
🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP)
3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology.

Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional.

📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25
🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade...
#Postdoc #FireEcology
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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ukceh.bsky.social
🌱 Studying seeds is vital for work on restoring lost species to semi-natural UK grasslands

UKCEH plant ecologist @wagnermarkus.bsky.social chats to the Naked Scientists for their podcast on 25 years of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Millennium Seed Bank #MSB25

www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak... 🧪
Frozen Flora: 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
Preserving and restoring rare and important plant species...
www.thenakedscientists.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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annbot.bsky.social
🌸 Check the newly published article ‘From the field to the laboratory: a multidisciplinary approach to conserving the microendemic Vellozia sessilis in Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Bianca Schindler and co-authors 🧵(1/8)

👉 doi.org/p9r3
#AoBpapers
From the field to the laboratory: a multidisciplinary approach to conserving the microendemic Vellozia sessilis in Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Join us on 4 November for a #NewPhytologistNow #webinar featuring talks from Itumeleng Moroenyane and 'Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life' poster prize winner Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja Öpik!

Register now for #free:
www.newphytologist.org/events/2025-...

#PlantScience
Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life
Post-symposium webinar with Itumeleng Moroenyane and Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja Öpik
www.newphytologist.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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hudsonfontenele.bsky.social
Besides from flowering 24h after any fire, Bulbostylis paradoxa is also clonal!! Check out our new paper describing its distinguished clonal mechanism 🔥🌱 Out now and available to anyone via Open Access.

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October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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botany.one
Everyone agrees we should save pollinators, but do we only consider the cute ones? Andrés Pereira-Guaqueta on a pollinator for Balanophora tobiracola.

botany.one/2025/10/ecce...

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

Image by zachcheng / iNaturalist CC-BY-NC www.inaturalist.org/observations...
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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navarrosales.bsky.social
Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one

botany.one/2025/10/fran...

Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Francisco Navarro-Rosales: Studying Plant Resilience in the Cerrado and Beyond
Botany One interviews Francisco Navarro-Rosales, a PhD student fascinated by fire ecology in tropical ecosystems.
botany.one
October 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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annbot.bsky.social
🎉We invite you to meet Gláucia Silva author of the recently published article doi.org/p256 and PhD student at Systematic Botany laboratory at UFRN. Get to know her and her passion for plant awareness🧵
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Gláucia Silva
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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annbot.bsky.social
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘The role of ecological niche and seed mass in macroevolution of germination tolerance to salinity’ in @annbot by Keyvan Maleki and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p53x

@meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
#PlantScience #PlantReproduction #ClimateChange
The role of ecological niche and seed mass in macroevolution of germination tolerance to salinity
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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botany.one
"Look for something that you are really passionate about in Botany, what makes your heart beat faster;" @glauceae.bsky.social shares her thoughts in Botany One.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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yuansoup.bsky.social
First PhD paper out!🎉
Dive in here to see how past frugivores and present human pressure jointly shape seed size distributions on Madagascar: doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Huge thanks to Alexander Zizka and my supervisor Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social
. Excited to keep going on this journey!
Legacy of the Lost and Pressure of the Present: Malagasy Plant Seeds Retain Megafauna Dispersal Signatures but Downsize Under Human Pressure
Using structural equation models, we show that Malagasy assemblages with higher human pressure have smaller maximum seed sizes, especially through downsizing of extant frugivores. Furthermore, among ...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🚨 Applications are open for the 2026 JXB Editorial Internships! 🚨

🌱 Designed for ECRs, you will gain behind-the-scenes publishing experience, write commentary pieces & join the JXB Editorial Board meeting next year 👩‍💻✈️

Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns

#PlantScience 🧪
JXB EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS 2026 Who is this for? • Early career researchers (2-8 yrs postgrad/postdoc experience) What will you do? • Assess submitted manuscripts (with editorial mentorship) • Write commentary articles for publication in JXB • (Optional) Join JXB's social media activities Benefits for you: • Gain editorial & publishing experience • Career development as a researcher • Free SEB membership (1 year) • Invitation to JXB's Editorial Board meeting in 2026 Apply by 30th September 2025 bit.ly/jxbinterns
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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botany.one
How the Tlahuica-Pjiekakjoo Keep Their Mycological Heritage Thriving

A decade-long collaboration reveals how an endangered Indigenous group holds unparalleled knowledge of wild fungi, and how they’re passing it on to future generations.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
September 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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botany.one
"Diversity of perspectives and knowledge stimulates creativity, and collaborative work enables projects that would be impossible to achieve alone." - Dr. Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona.

botany.one/2025/09/ceci...

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Photo of Dr. Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona smiling at the camera.
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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jbyoder.org
Wrote a quick explainer of the new paper, led by @kheyduk.bsky.social showing that Joshua trees can use water-saving CAM photosynthesis, which should be mighty handy for a desert plant facing hotter summers and more stressful droughts 🌿

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New publication: How Joshua trees switch up their photosynthesis game
Joshua tree seedings in one of the JTGP experimental gardens (jby) Joshua trees can beat the heat of the desert with the help of a special form of photosynthesis, according to data presented in the…
lab.jbyoder.org
September 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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botany.one
Seedling emergence is catastrophically affected by depth of volcanic ash

5 cm of volcanic ash leads to the loss of seedling emergence on the volcanic island of La Palma, likely affecting succession for decades after a recent eruption.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
A pine cone and a tiny seedling on otherwise barren volcanic ash.
August 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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sarraceniamason.bsky.social
We still need >60 plant submissions for the Botany & Dragons Bestiary! Please share the flyer with your students! #iamabotanist #plantsci #ttrpg forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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annbot.bsky.social
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gláucia Silva and co-authors 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/p256

#AoBpapers #PlantAwareness #Botany
Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advance organizers for meaningful learning in Botany
August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
Underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi quietly support life on Earth, but scientists say they're often overlooked. A new digital atlas puts the spotlight on these hidden ecosystems and where they need more protection. 🌍🍄

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Photo of a women smiling. Text says: "Plants wouldn’t be able to acquire their nutrients without those fungi. So that’s really eye-opening for people, that agriculture depends on these fungi to thrive. —Dr. Adriana Corrales"
August 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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botany.one
A study of over 30 community gardens in Berlin and Munich found that urban gardens are not as similar in plant species as previously thought, showing the importance of urban gardens in supporting biodiversity.

botany.one/2025/08/a-pa...

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
A patchwork of green in the city
Wild plants in city gardens are defying expectations and keeping urban biodiversity alive and surprising.
botany.one
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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intlsocseedsci.bsky.social
In black grass, one of the most important weeds in Central European cereal fields, winter cold during vegetative growth boosts seed dormancy in the offspring. A study in #SeedScienceResearch links this to epigenetic changes, influencing weed emergence patterns in crops.
Vernalization enforces seed dormancy in the agricultural weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.) | Seed Science Research | Cambridge Core
Vernalization enforces seed dormancy in the agricultural weed Alopecurus myosuroides (Huds.)
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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intlsocseedsci.bsky.social
This year's ISSS Conference brings you not only fascinating talks, but also four exciting workshops to deepen your knowledge in cutting-edge aspects of #SeedScience: from statistical modelling to lab protocols! 🫘🌱 Check the following link for the full programme 👉 : isss2025.com.au
August 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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botany.one
Analysing the calcium isotope ratios in the teeth of three herbivorous dinosaurs found together has revealed how dinosaurs, all after plants to eat, could exist side-by-side through niche separation.

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#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
A young dinosaur eating a fern
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM