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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 🌸

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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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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Aug 1

⏸️ 3 weeks... ☀️🌄🏖️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=jYeM...

Feu! Chatterton - Mille vagues (vidéo officielle)

YouTube video by FeuChatterton

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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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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · May 11

Aranhas a almoçar ou à caça do almoço!

Spiders at lunch or waiting for it!

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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · May 6

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:

- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects

Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%

🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

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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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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Apr 9

www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...

How do bumble bees play? - Science Journal for Kids and Teens

Researchers wanted to find out whether bumble bees take part in object play. Scientific article for students.

www.sciencejournalforkids.org

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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Apr 5

Very interesting, mindful and important article! Thanks Seirian!

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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.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs

theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
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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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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Mar 9

UNEP regularly publishes the latest science and reports on multiple environmental matters to advance solutions to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.

Access these resources here: www.unep.org/topics/digit...

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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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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Feb 27

Enhorabuena Andrés!!!!

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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 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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more4nature @more4nature.eu · Feb 19

Could ChatGPT help us to protect #biodiversity? An international panel of experts has come up with 21 ideas where #AI could revolutionize biodiversity conservation 🤖🐛

Bubble diagram with the 21 ideas organized according to their typology. For more information see: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016953472

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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Feb 16

#umamusicapordia #onesongaday

Ben Kweller • Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee) • Official Music Video

YouTube video by benkweller

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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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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · Feb 13

Open letter by scientists: 31 organizations and 2262 individual signatories call EU policymakers to Revive the Green Deal.
The planetary crisis risks millions of people in the EU, billions globally. Weakening a key instrument to tackle the crisis is unwise!
Read here: zenodo.org/records/1486...

Scientists: the Green Deal needs to be urgently revived

Version as of 12.02.2025 (2262 individual and 27 organizational signatories) With this Open Letter, over 2000 European scientists, and 31 scientific organisations, express deep concerns for the future...

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João Loureiro @jloureiro13.bsky.social · Feb 12

Hoje! Santa Clara-a-Nova e o Rio Mondego!

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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

🐝 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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