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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD

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Staff scientist at Coiba AIP, Research associate, Smithsonian Panamá. Former associated Professor at University of los Andes, Bogotá. Investigadora SNI distinguida. 🌿Plant ecology and physiology, pollination.

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🎉 Excited to finally share the results of a long and fun project! Our paper is out, and there’s an exciting video to go along with it. 👇 Keep reading to find out more about it! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Evaluating the role of frequency‐dependent selection in controlling the expansion of clonal aggregations in the tropical forest's understorey: Insights from a decade‐long experiment

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · 19d

Que felicidad poder haber contribuido algo en este trabajo que será premiado con la medalla Humbold-Caldas como la mejor publicación de biogeografía de Colombia y Ecuador !! Felicidades a Fabián y a los colegas, profes y amigos cómplices en este crimen 🥰

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · 19d

Here talking a little bit about one of my projects in Coiba AIP! About one of the endemic species of Coiba! Desmotes incomparabilis. Check english subtitles youtu.be/Xy-8CEjcgVs?...

The Incomparable Prisoner: A Rare Endemic Treasure of Coiba

YouTube video by Eloisa Lasso

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jul 16

Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · May 23

Tropecé con este hongo gigante en mi caminata. Cuando la biodiversidad nos rodea, hay felicidad, sorpresas y fascinación. También eso nos da! Feliz día de la biodiversidad! 🌱 🍄‍🟫 🐆

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · May 17

Mi artículo en la estrella de Panamá con una pregunta aparentemente irrelevantes 🤣 aquí tratando de explicar nuestra investigación de los clones que tomo casi 14 años de datos y trabajo y fue publicado en Functional ecology! www.laestrella.com.pa/vida-y-cultu...

¿Es mejor reproducirse con o sin pareja? El misterio detrás del sexo en la naturaleza

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué existe el sexo? Puede sonar extraño, pero la razón por la que la mayoría de los organismos se reproducen sexualmente sigue siendo un misterio. Imagina un mundo do...

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

BREAKING: Trump moves troops to Panama. No vote. No justification. No legality. Just raw aggression. What they are doing in Panama is a violation of international law — and a disgrace.

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Mar 22

and it is mandatory to see waterfalls and walk rivers with crocodiles! Better companionship impossible, with the legendary best connoisseurs of the Coiba forest, Mali Mali and Alicia! Great trip and we found a nice population of Desmotes in bloom! More news soon about this beautiful and rare plant.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Mar 22

Expedition to Coiba in search of populations of one of the most charismatic and difficult to find endemic species of Coiba, Desmotes incomparabilis. To find it you have to get into the primary forest of western Coiba, dodge waves and cliffs, camp in the middle of the stars, the sea and the forest,

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Mar 4

Studying blue carbon from the Coiba mangroves ! Very hard and challenging, but also full of sense of accomplishment! Walking over immense and spectacular caballero mangrove (R. racemosa) roots and collecting beautiful soil cores...very curious to see how much carbon they will have.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🎥 Share, comment, and help us spread the word about this research. Science becomes even more exciting when we share it together! 🌱✨ second part of the video

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

👥 Many hands helped with fieldwork and moving clones around. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this journey! 🥳 Check out the video for more details about this amazing scientific adventure: two part video

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🙏 This project wouldn’t have been possible without support from:
@senacyt, @Uniandes, @STRI, and @coiba_AIP.
It began with a STRI Postdoctoral Fellowship and concluded 12 years later with a STRI Latin American Scholar Fellowship.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🧪 To test this, we created clonal and non-clonal populations in the field and tracked their fate over 12 years! It was a massive effort with fascinating results. Here’s what we found: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Evaluating the role of frequency‐dependent selection in controlling the expansion of clonal aggregations in the tropical forest's understorey: Insights from a decade‐long experiment

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🔍 One proposed mechanism is frequency-dependent selection. Common organisms (surrounded by clones) are more prone to diseases and herbivory, reducing their survival. This prevents one single clone from dominating and maintains genetic diversity.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

💡 It’s thought that sexual reproduction generates genetic diversity, which helps populations adapt to environmental changes. But here’s another mystery: many clonal species are also genetically diverse. How is that possible?

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

🤔 Did you know that sex is… inexplicable? Sexual reproduction is costly and risky, yet most plants and animals do it. Why? The first organisms reproduced asexually, and they thrived. So what’s the advantage of sex?

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 17

Evaluating the role of frequency‐dependent selection in controlling the expansion of clonal aggregations in the tropical forest's understorey: Insights from a decade‐long experiment

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 16

Today, after 13 years of starting this experiment as a Fellow of STRI, of hard work creating clones and following their destiny over time we can proudly show this work of 12 years of data. All Latin female power 💪. @stri_panama @AcademicStri @SNI_Panama

Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Jan 16

📰Published📰 Being genetically identical to your neighbors does not increase your risks of disease and predation but reduces your ability to mate

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Being genetically identical to your neighbors does not increase your risks of disease and predation but reduces your ability to mate

Eloisa Lasso, Marta Vargas, Andrea Paz This is a Plain Language Summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Did you know that the reason why organisms have sex is stil…

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 14

Enjoying being a professor in the Tropical Ecology course at OTS, the same course I took many many years ago that changed my life. Doing fun and interesting projects with the students! Las Cruces and its botanical garden is a blast.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 3

We apologize the article is behind a paywall. In Latin America, we often face the challenge of not being able to afford the 1000s $ required for open access in every publication. This limits the visibility of crucial research and highlights the need for more equitable access to scientific knowledge.

A study of páramo plant-pollinator interactions on the sky islands of Colombia: specialization, modularity, and species roles - Alpine Botany

Plant-pollinator interactions are crucial for reproduction of both angiosperms and their pollinators, and consequently influence ecological and evolutionary dynamics of diverse ecosystems globally. Th...

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 3

The analysis revealed a modular and moderately specialized network, with key species like Bombus rubicundus, whose loss could destabilize the ecosystem. These findings highlight the richness and resilience of the páramo but also its vulnerability to the loss of crucial species.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 3

This study, conducted by the fantastic and hardworking Laura Manrique as part of her master’s thesis in my lab, documented 90 pollinator morphospecies over a year of observation, including hummingbirds, bats, bees, flies, beetles, and butterflies.

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Jan 3

We are proud to announce the publication of our article on 🌿 plant-pollinator networks 🌸🐝 in the Colombian páramo. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Dec 22

Trump has not yet been inaugurated and he has already threatened to invade us (Panama) and take away our canal. What a long 4 years

Health Care Renewal @healthcarerenew.bsky.social · Dec 22

Trump threatens to take over the Panama Canal, even though the US ceded control of it to Panama by treaty in 1999, and "would have no recourse under international law" to get it back legally. But taking control of neighbors' territory by force is what autocrats do www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Trump says he might demand Panama hand over canal

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday accused Panama of charging excessive rates for use of the Panama Canal and said that if Panama did not manage the canal in an acceptable fashion, he would demand the U.S. ally hand it over.

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Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD @elolasso.bsky.social · Dec 2

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Piper of Barro Colorado Island: How Many Species Are on the Island and What Do We Know About Them?

Piper is one of the most diverse and abundant genera at Barro Colorado Island (BCI) and a fascinating model system given its diversity in habitats and ecological and physiological strategies. In this ...

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