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Vinita Gowda

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🇮🇳Accidental scientist. 🦋treelab.wixsite.com/tree @iiserbhopal #PlantEvolution #BOTANIST #curingPlantBlindness #CancerSurvivor #GWU #NMNHBotany #NParks #ಪುತ್ತೂರು #ગુજરાત

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Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · 24d

Another lovely article this week, this time by #alejandraJaramillo et al., especially for those who want to learn more about what can university botanical gardens do?
Definitely read and send it to university policy makers...
doi.org/10.1002/bod2...

The Educational Garden: Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of University Botanic Gardens Through History

University botanic gardens, rooted in Renaissance humanism and medicinal teaching, have evolved into dynamic hubs for education, research, conservation, and well-being. Tracing global histories and m....

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farahcarrasco.bsky.social @farahcarrasco.bsky.social · Sep 11

New article! 🚨
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment

Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence...

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · 24d

Why living near a forest matters...
You probably will live longer, especially with good health.
@farahcarrasco.bsky.social

farahcarrasco.bsky.social @farahcarrasco.bsky.social · Sep 11

New article! 🚨
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment

Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence...

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Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · Sep 5

Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

Bottom line:
Even in highly seasonal habitats, synchrony is rare! Except for the mass-flowering species that dominate the landscape.
This work sets the stage for further long-term phenology & pollination studies in India’s fragile lateritic plateaus.

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

breathtaking “super bloom” landscapes Kaas is famous for.
💧Flowering strongly linked to water availability & rainfall patterns (including lag effects).
🐝 Plant–pollinator networks shifted with flowering peaks, highlighting dynamic interactions in this short but intense season.

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

We developed 2 synchrony indices that capture synchrony in time & abundance, and observed pollinator interactions.
We found that:
🌸Overall, flowering was surprisingly asynchronous—likely due to competition for pollinators.
💐But ~30% of species showed mass flowering, driving the

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

Edited from Saket's X tweet/Xweet!
We studied the phenology of 76 herb. spp. on the Kaas plateau, Western Ghats, India, for over 3 yrs.

We asked:
🌼Do plants in this seasonal sky-island community flower in synchrony?
🐝Does the plant-pollinator network remain stable across the flowering season?

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

The abstract in Hindi:
treelab.wixsite.com/tree/hindi-a...

Hindi abstract | tree

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Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Aug 27

Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social
#DhargalkarRahul & #najla
3 master's students & countless years!
@biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC
#iiserbhopal

Mass Flowering and Flowering Asynchrony Characterize a Seasonal Herbaceous Community in the Western Ghats

In a three-year study on the Kaas plateau (Western Ghats, India), we quantified flowering phenology across 76 herbaceous species and introduced two novel synchrony indices (SItemp and SIabd) to disti...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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farahcarrasco.bsky.social @farahcarrasco.bsky.social · Aug 27

@brodieecology.bsky.social @vinitagowda.bsky.social @santiago-ecofiz.bsky.social @flamontano.bsky.social
@biotropica.bsky.social

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farahcarrasco.bsky.social @farahcarrasco.bsky.social · Aug 27

The ATBC Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics have been published as announcements at Biotropica. Both codes result from collective efforts involving ATBC DEI Committee members and ATBC Council and Leadership members.
Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM
Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe

#ATBC

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Jul 14

Paper flowers. #Mescal in grande size ONLY! Everyday invasive is a native somewhere.
The red walls highlight the contrast in colors at #Mitla
#Mictlan in #Nahuatl probably from #cochineal that live on #Opuntia & are the source of #carmine !!!
#amazingZapotecs #IKS #IndigenousKnowledgeSysrems

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · Jul 14

There was the fantastic #atbc2025 in #oaxaca and then there was the botanical garden in Oaxaca city! Here’s the wild maize (#teosinte), #burseraceae (highest endemicity and diversity in Oaxaca!! Me for reference, look at those peeling barks!), and #ceiba

#iAmABotanist

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Anurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ornamental Yucca filamentosa #flower in #Ithaca, NY (considered somewhat native) ... Rob Raguso says #yucca #moths have been moving North, here they are! In a tense #mutualism relationship, moths pay with active #pollination and purloin with seed #predation (larvae eat ovules). #NaturalHistory

White flower with white moth about to lay eggs

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Yuumei Art @yuumeiart.bsky.social · Jul 12

Swept Away

Somedays my brain is too fried from everything going on, so I just doodle some mindless wiggly lines that make me happy

#art

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 30

Also, enough about the selective understanding of the global south issues in science, which seems to disappear when one is NOT a collaborator!

a man in a suit is holding his finger to his forehead and says `` i see you '' .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding his finger to his forehead and says `` i see you '' .

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Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 30

One more..
Reviewers - I think you should get XYZ data, although it may not be relevant to this paper, and should be in a different paper.
(!!)

Me - 👇🏾

Sarcastic Zendaya Kc Udnercover GIF

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Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 30

Reviewers stop with these statements..
...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it...
Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!!
#getALife

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Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 24

This... 💯 true for any region...
NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.

stovedoorkosen.bsky.social @stovedoorkosen.bsky.social · May 24

I believe in science

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 22

Students:
Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project.
That's what students do.
Just like breathing is what living organisms do.
@treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 19

Congratulations @jyotilkdave.bsky.social on receiving ESEB Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award, 2025 to study sunbirds...

@eseb.bsky.social
@treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 19

@treelab.bsky.social #iiserBhopal

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 19

Congratulations to the two TrEElets for receiving the Bill Dahl graduate student award @botsocamerica.bsky.social
@rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.

Vinita Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social · May 19

Congratulations @hemantbisht.bsky.social for the William R Anderson student #ASPT grant to study the ecology & evolution of Indian #Pedicularis.
Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story.
@treelab.bsky.social