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MAGALI PROFFIT @magproffit.bsky.social · 15d

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 16d

Head over to the methods blog and check out our new post!

Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇

10,000 Arthropods in a Hectare: What We Found Crawling, Flying, and Hiding in Panama’s Rainforest

Post provided by Daniel Souto-Vilarós. I’m a molecular ecologist who currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah, with a long-standing obsession with biodiversity. While …

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European Journal of Taxonomy @ejtaxonomy.bsky.social · 20d

➡ EJT Vol. 1014 (2025) #openaccessjournal
Published: 2025-09-16

➡️ A monograph of Afrotropical and Mediterranean Derelomus Schoenherr, 1825 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with the descriptions of 14 #newspecies ⤵

✒ Julien M. Haran et al.
@gkergoat.bsky.social
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#weevils

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Marion Javal @marionjvl.bsky.social · 23d

Great work by soon-to-be Dr Dewaele, who is paving the way for research into the effect of phthalates on pollinators! 🐝

Justine Dewaele @dewjus.bsky.social · 23d

📢NEW PAPER OUT! We investigated the short-term impact of exposure to field-realistic doses of phthalates DnBP and DEHP on the survival of Bombus terrestris workers 🐝
Find our work here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 21d

A wonderful article by Omnia Saed partly based on our work on atmospheric pollutants (funded by @kavlifoundation.org, @angiemicha.bsky.social, and NSF)

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When the World Stops Smelling Like Itself | Atmos

Climate change is erasing the aromas of daily life. Farmers say the loss is already here—from Grenada’s cocoa to Egypt’s jasmine—and affecting relationships between all living things.

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 21d

Our monograph (128 pages!) of the brood-pollinator #weevil genus #Derelomus is now out in @ejtaxonomy.bsky.social ! 😃 #OA

Huge revision work led by #Julien_Haran @cirad.bsky.social / @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social with some #integrative_taxonomy approaches to help clarifying some species complexes!

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Justine Dewaele @dewjus.bsky.social · 23d

📢NEW PAPER OUT! We investigated the short-term impact of exposure to field-realistic doses of phthalates DnBP and DEHP on the survival of Bombus terrestris workers 🐝
Find our work here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 23d

When It Gets Too Hot, Insects Move Too: New Study on Thermal Preferences
Summary & Analysis by Patrick Stillson of "Thermal preference plasticity in ectotherms: Integrating temperature affinity and thermoregulation precision" by Deconninck et al.
amnat.org/an/newpapers...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Sep 7

Connecting optical #RemoteSensing of plant #photosynthesis with biogenic volatile organic compound #emissions

#Viewpoint by Zhang, et al.

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience

A schematic diagram illustrating the use of photosynthetic optical signals to measure plant biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions at (a) molecular, (b) leaf, and (c) ecosystem and regional scales.

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LBVpam @lbvpam.bsky.social · Sep 8

🪻Lavenders are small shrubs that grow naturally in dry or arid environments, often at altitude (up to 1800 m).

They cover around 40 wild species a few spontaneous hybrids and two species cultivated on a large scale for their essential oils.

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 3

How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother

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Montpellier European Ecotron @ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to share the first article from the #Ecotron 's #Mesocosms platform! 🎉 Based on a 4+ year experiment manipulating soil macrofauna diversity in large #lysimeters under #drought. #Macrofauna matters!

Huge thanks to @UFZ_de & @CEFE_CNRS. More coming soon!

🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy to announce that @ajblake05.bsky.social’s JEB paper was selected as this month’s Editors Choice article. This article discovered that mosquito color/wavelength preferences shift depending on the odor they experience.

Adam’s paper selected as the Editors’s Choice for August/September.

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Observatoire des sciences de l'environnement de Rennes @oseren.bsky.social · Aug 27

BeeFunc, une base de données dédiée aux traits des #abeilles en France pour mieux comprendre leur vulnérabilité face aux pressions humaines. Avec Benoit Geslin du labo ECOBIO.
@rennesuniv.bsky.social / @cnrsecologie.bsky.social / @cnrs-bretagneloire.bsky.social
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Emily Claereboudt @emclaereboudt.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌊🧪 Big day at #chemecol2025!
I presented my talk:
“Chemical cues & larval behaviour in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis 🪸✨

I had the pleasure of chairing the Aquatic Chemical Ecology session — featuring amazing talks on annelids, cnidarians, oysters, and red algae. 🌿🦪🪼🪱

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Cornille “Eclectic” Lab @cornilleamand.bsky.social · Aug 18

JOIN US WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2025, @eseb2025.bsky.social ! 🚪 Room 120–121 🕑 2:00–5:40 PM
🔥 Satellite Symposium “Ecological Genomics of Coevolution”
Keynote speakers:
⭐ Ellen Leffer
⭐Joy Bergelson (NYU)
💡 Young Researcher Talks on host–pathogen dynamics, symbiosis, adaptation!
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Emily Claereboudt @emclaereboudt.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎬 ACTION! The curtain rises…
So pumped for a whole week of chemical ecology adventures here in Christchurch, NZ 🇳🇿 with @chemicalecology.bsky.social!

Expect plenty of land drama 🌱🌿🐝🦟🪲
…and some splashy aquatic cameos too 🪸🪼🦪💦

Let the #chemecol2025 show begin! 🎉

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MAGALI PROFFIT @magproffit.bsky.social · Aug 18

Isce meeting in Christchurch New Zealand

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Cornille “Eclectic” Lab @cornilleamand.bsky.social · Aug 18

JOIN US WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2025, @eseb2025.bsky.social ! 🚪 Room 120–121 🕑 2:00–5:40 PM
🔥 Satellite Symposium 🔥 “Ecological Genomics of Coevolution”
Keynote speakers:
⭐ Ellen Leffer
⭐Joy Bergekson @bergelsonlab.bsky.social
💡 Young Researcher Talks on host–pathogen dynamics, symbiosis, adaptation!

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Ecology & Behaviour 2025 @ecobhvr2025.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you to Irene Teixidor-Toneu for opening the ecology and society session this afternoon : « Human-nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity : insights from indigenous and local knowledge systems »

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 11

📖Published📖

Gekière et al. demonstrate the applicability of the synergyfinder method in ecotoxicology and environmental research using a model pollinator, the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) and two major environmental pollutants 🐝 🌍 🧪

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CNRS en Occitanie Est @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social · Aug 11

𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐫
David Grémillet, biologiste au Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive (Cefe), nous explique comment les oiseaux marins nous renseignent sur les changements globaux affectant les océans.
Article 👉 lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/les...
📷 ©David Grémillet

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Aug 8

Attending #ESEB2025 in Barcelona? Check out our Equal Opportunity initiatives eseb2025.com/inclusivity-...
& join our #inclusivity mixers in the social corner (EXPO area):
Mon 18 9h45🌈LGBTQ+ mixer

Tues 19 10h15♿Disability mixer

Wed 20 9h45🌍Global South mixer
Pass the word ! #InclusiveScience

Inclusivity Initiatives – ESEB 2025. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Barcelona. Spain

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Philippe Grandcolas @pgisyeb.bsky.social · Jul 28

Non, deux millions de français n’ont pas envie de prendre des risques environnementaux ou de santé majeurs pour pas de bénéfices voire des inconvénients pour la majorité des 400000 PME agricoles qui ont besoin d’être enfin aidées avec des prix d’achats décents et des productions vivrières ! #duplomb

Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · Jul 28

2 millions de Français préfèrent donc la santé à la rentabilité économique.

Screen du compteur de la pétition contre la loi Duplomb.

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Montpellier European Ecotron @ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨 #Ozone & bumblebees: what's the impact?
The #Mesocosms platform we are currently exploring how #airpollution shapes #pollinator physiology & behavior 🐝🌿Part of the collaborative #ANR #PolluCom project led by @magproffit.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @anaeefrance.bsky.social #ecotron

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