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Diversity and Distributions @consbiog.bsky.social · 22h

🌿 Native vs introduced plants: who attracts more #pollinators?
In 65 smallholder orchards across #Thailand, native plants supported more specialized #pollinator interactions, while #anthropogenic land use reduced network complexity.

📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 13d

A week later and prospective applicants are still awaiting the instructions for this year's #NSFGRFP. I checked in with NSF today and was told "I don’t have anything for you at the moment." #GradSchool

Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 20d

"We are so very late that many students will not be able to apply this year."

My latest story—about frustration over delays for NSF's graduate research fellowship program. #NSFGRFP #GradSchool @science.org

www.science.org/content/arti...

Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students

After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines

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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · 19d

🚨New paper alert! @jappliedecology.bsky.social
We developed a ML framework that predicts the invasion risk of non-native species
🌱 >90% accuracy in forecasting invasion success
⚠️ Flags high-risk species
📊 Quantifies uncertainty for better decisions
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Aug 28

Managed honey bees in Tibetan alpine meadows reduce pollination & reproductive success of wild plants, especially those suffering pollen limitation 🐝

Suggests there should be more cautious management of bees & targeted protection 🧪🌎 @erlianggao.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 28

This new #RSOS paper explores how Sargassum accumulations can cause severe coastal hypoxia in Puerto Rico: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #oceanography

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Andrea Case @andreacase.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.

#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs

apply.interfolio.com/171403

(I love being here. Come join!)

@stonybrooku.bsky.social

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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌿That’s a wrap on Year 2 of summer fieldwork for the #SuperInvaders project!

Over the past weeks, we surveyed hundreds of native & invasive plants to understand what makes some species super-invaders. Stay tuned for results! 🌱👩‍🔬

@uconngscu.bsky.social
@uconn.bsky.social
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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’ve been wondering the same thing 🥶

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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · Aug 20

New paper! 🌿🌎 @consbiog.bsky.social @uconngscu.bsky.social

🌴 Invasive species, together with land-use change & habitat factors, can significantly reshape native forest diversity, with lasting consequences for biodiversity management & conservation

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Variation in the Composition and Biodiversity of Native Trees in Tropical Forests: Effects of Invasive Species, Topography, and Habitat

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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿

Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network.

Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD

Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · Jul 22

Network, we are looking for PhD students and Postdocs on evolutionary and ecological genomics in 2025/2026

Join our diverse and welcoming lab at UC Berkeley & HHMINEWS!

Check job ads-> www.moilab.science/team/join-us

M O I L A B - Join us!

Join us! Our lab is based at the University of California, Berkeley, embedded in the vibrant and multicultural San Francisco Bay Area, surrounded by astonishing nature!

www.moilab.science

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Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu.bsky.social · Jul 11

🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators
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Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors

Abstract. Bees are palynivorous insects that vary widely in the number of plant families from which they collect pollen. Their evolutionary history has bee

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · Jul 11

As the north of the South Island of NZ gets hammered by floods for the third time in as many weeks, now is as good a time as ever to reconsider how we manage flood risk. Rivers need space to flood into. Giving them room to function also brings widespread ecological benefits.

Giving rivers room to move: how rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature

Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free limits flooding and delivers other ecological benefits.

theconversation.com

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · May 27

The time has come to value tropical fieldworkers as equal partners.

With billions spent on watching forests from space, the skills of foresters and botanists have never been more vital. In our #Nature correspondence we show why - and what needs to change.
#GEO-TREES
rdcu.be/enT5S

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · May 23

Methods paper by Ollerton et al. on how to improve data quality of plant-pollinator relationships in large data bases that would be worthwhile to become a standard for pollination research! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · May 22

Year 4 of our Caribbean Pollination Networks project is a wrap!🌺🐝🦋 Grateful for all we’ve learned and excited to keep exploring the incredible world of Caribbean plants and pollinators! #pollination #CaribbeanEcology #TDFs

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · May 22

✨ Invaluable to our community, the @ipbes.net #IAS Report has published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species #GIDIAS

Don't miss out on reading it‼️

#Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social | @guardias.bsky.social

IPBES @ipbes.net · May 21

🗞️Authors from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report have published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species derived from the report, creating a global resource for investigating and managing the impacts of invasive alien species. 🌍🧪

Read more in ‪@nature.com‬ bit.ly/43APoP7

An image of two lionfish. Overlay text reads: Major New Resource, Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · May 14

Our new paper led by Rachel Carmenta explodes the myth that poverty drives biodiversity loss - we show that it is wealth that has a disproportionate role 🌍
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3Im6gsyP...

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · May 13

📰Published📰 The role of insularity: plants have few ornithophilous traits but are visited by morphologically more distinct hummingbirds in the Caribbean islands🌺

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The role of insularity: plants have few ornithophilous traits but are visited by morphologically more distinct hummingbirds in the Caribbean islands

Maximillian G. R. Vollstädt, Rasmus D. Jensen, Pietro K. Maruyama, Matthias Schleuning, Francielle P. Araújo-Hoffmann, Marlies Sazima, Jesper Sonne, Taia S. O. Schrøder, Fredrik Møller-Stranges, St…

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · May 8

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · Apr 15

On this #BugBanterPodcast, @flygirlnhm.bsky.social is our guide to the incredible world of flies! With their many shapes, colors, & weird superpowers, flies do it all, from pest control to pollination!
Video w/ captions🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbjT...
Audio & transcript⤵️
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For the Love of Flies: The Unsung Heroes of the Insect World | Bug Banter Podcast

Flies are amazing insects that play critical roles in our environment, including pollination, waste disposal, pest control, and as a link in the food web. Flies are greatly diverse in colors, shape, s...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · Mar 24

The botanist Al Gentry changed tropical ecology and helped create the global science of today.

This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death.
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Julissa Rojas-Sandoval @harrisia.bsky.social · Mar 7

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today.uconn.edu/2025/03/supe...

Super Invaders - UConn Today

UConn Greenhouses and the UConn Forest serve as living laboratories, where researchers are helping to determine what gives super invaders the competitive ad ...

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Feb 25

Where will I be in two weeks? ¡La Habana, Cuba! Really excited to be co-organizing this symposium about invasive species at the Congreso Latinoamerica de Botanica with @harrisia.bsky.social (and others).

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