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Annals of Applied Biology @annalsapplbio.bsky.social · Aug 6

#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....

🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸

@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social

Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production

Effective pollination is crucial for sweet cherry production, as 82% of its yield depends on animal pollination. However, factors like flower phenology and cultivar compatibility are often overlooked...

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maloucao.bsky.social @maloucao.bsky.social · Jun 4

Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).

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EntomoDaily @entomodaily.bsky.social · Apr 9

Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.

Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇

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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · Apr 5

How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com

Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
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#GreenJobs

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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society

Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.

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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Mar 21

Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!

Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Mar 19

🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!

With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

🐝 New publication!

The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.

📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇

Taxonomy of European Apoidea Anthophila

While taxonomy in general is not often widely considered a thriving scientific subject, European bee taxonomy is living in an exciting era, pushed by a new generation of taxonomists who are creating r...

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 27

Congratulations to Tiago Laranjo for successfully defending his MSc thesis in Ecology at UC! 🎓🌱

His research, "Contributions to the conservation of threatened plant species and their habitats in Serra do Caramulo", was supervised by Mariana Castro & António Gouveia!

Wishing you all the best! 🚀

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 27

Congratulations Andrés!!!!!!! Enjoy the moment!!!!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 21

Congratulations Rafael Matos for the successful defense of your MSc in Ecology! His work "Reassessing changes in reproductive strategies and population structure of Oxalis pes-caprae in the invaded range" supervised by Sílvia Castro & Mariana Castro, brings new insights into invasive plant dynamics.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Feb 14

You complete my life-cycle 💕

One of the best ways to help moths thrive is by growing their favourite food plants.

#MoonMeadows #MothsMatter

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 14

Huge congratulations @wilosterman.bsky.social for a very good viewpoint paper on @newphyt.bsky.social!

🎉 Dive into "The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography" for a great read! 🔬📚👏

#polyploidy #plantsarefascinating

The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography

The relationship between polyploid formation, triploid fitness and plant reproduction has been studied for over a century, and uniparental reproduction has long been recognized to play a crucial role...

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Sílvia Castro, co-PI of FLOWer Lab, participated yesterday in the round table organised by the Biology students association on the role of women in science, during the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬

#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks @curromolina.bsky.social for the nice words!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks @ibartomeus.bsky.social!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

@hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy @tettris.eu @pensoft.net @jloureiro13.bsky.social

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

🐝 New data on Portugal’s bees!

The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra holds the largest historical bee collection in Portugal.

A new study by the FLOWer Lab reveals 13,374 records, 11,053 unpublished until now, covering 464 species, incl. 11 new to Portugal!

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

New data from the historical bee collection (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) of the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra and additional faunistic updates for Portugal

Entomological collections hold significant scientific potential, especially understudied taxa of historical collections from important biogeographical regions, such as bees in Portugal. The S...

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 10

The FLOWer Lab at #EcoFlor2025 (León, Spain, @ecoflor2025.bsky.social)!

🌱 Afonso Petronilho presented the oral communication: "Two congeneric Utricularia L. species with distinct reproductive strategies"

Exploring plant reproductive diversity in the fascinating aquatic carnivorous species.

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more4nature @more4nature.eu · Feb 10

🎉Congratulations! The PolinizAÇÃO project wraps up its 7 participatory workshops, paving the way for an Action Plan to protect #pollinators in Portugal! A great collaboration between citizens & institutions. We’re proud to be part of it! Here's how it happened! 🐝🌿 @pollinet.bsky.social

Four people participating in a workshop writing on sticky notes.

Group photo of the PolinizAÇÃO project team in an outdoor patio with a tree in the background.

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 5

🌿 @jloureiro13.bsky.social was one of the speakers at dcv.talks this week! He presented "Through the citizens’ lenses: Plant-Pollinator Interactions on iNaturalist", showcasing how citizen science helps unveil plant-pollinator interactions. This initiative was launched by the PolinizAÇÃO project 🐝📸

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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Feb 4

Até já @catarinasiopa.bsky.social! Estamos sempre aqui para o que necessitares e o @flowerlab.bsky.social estará sempre de portas abertas para ti.

Boa sorte para esta nova etapa!

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Feb 4

🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡

Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!

📖 Read it 👇

EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks

Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Feb 4

[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!

EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks

Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Jan 30

🌿 Sílvia Castro was Feb’s speaker of Sociedade Broteriana Talks! Sílvia Castro presented “Nothing is permanent except change: O. pes-caprae on the Mediterranean Basin”. She shared progress from COST ConservePlants initiative studying floral morphotypes & ploidy levels of invasive Bermuda buttercup.

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