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Vida Svahnström

@vidasplants.bsky.social

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mostly botany, conservation, and orchids; PhD student at Kew Gardens & Imperial College London 🌿

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats!! 😊

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Jun 15

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Jun 13

Glad to finally be able to share this paper! We found that epiphytes and their close relatives tend to have small range sizes, meaning a high proportion are likely to be at risk of extinction www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · May 19

🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Advancing bryophyte research and conservation, a case study on Madagascar
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Mar 28

A win for prioritizing fungal conservation - we’ve assessed the extinction risk of over 1,000 species of fungi! 🥳

IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee @iucnfungi.bsky.social · Mar 28

BREAKING NEWS: the number of #fungi species on the IUCN Red List has surpassed 1000!! 🥳🥳

Today's update confirmed that #deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban development are driving fungi to decline worldwide. It's the top story on the press release —
iucn.org/press-releas...

First 1,000 fungi on IUCN Red List reveal growing threats - IUCN Red List

Gland, Switzerland, 27 March 2025 (IUCN) – The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban ...

iucn.org

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Dec 22

I want this sticker

Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Dec 5

This sounds like such a cool undergrad research opportunity!

Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · Dec 4

The Morton Arboretum REU program now accepting applications! My lab will be hosting a student to develop a project using morphometrics to investigate how "typical" type specimens are in a fascinating clade of Mexican white oaks.

Apply today to join us this summer!

mortonarb.org/science/oppo...

Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Dec 5

This sounds super cool, just passed along to a keen undergrad I know!

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