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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · 8d

📢Paper alert!🐝🪻 We studied flower advertising and temperature on Royal irises. Flowers heat 10-35 min faster than ambient, likely offering the pollinators a head start in the morning. @telavivuni.bsky.social @yuvalsapir.bsky.social
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Flower display and temperature in Royal irises (Iris section Oncocyclus, Iridaceae)

Abstract. Large flowers are typically more conspicuous to pollinators and are associated with more nutritional rewards than small flowers. Flower size can

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · 8d

📢Paper alert!🐝🪻 We studied flower advertising and temperature on Royal irises. Flowers heat 10-35 min faster than ambient, likely offering the pollinators a head start in the morning. @telavivuni.bsky.social @yuvalsapir.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...

Flower display and temperature in Royal irises (Iris section Oncocyclus, Iridaceae)

Abstract. Large flowers are typically more conspicuous to pollinators and are associated with more nutritional rewards than small flowers. Flower size can

academic.oup.com

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5

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Purple pollen visible in a dissected flower of Linum grandiflorum, flowering flax, an insect-pollinated species.

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · Aug 9

Full paper here doi.org/10.1111/btp....

Distinct Intra‐ and Interspecific Foraging Patterns of Stingless Bee Species as a Conservation Tool

In this study, we examined the foraging patterns of three rescued stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas using melissopalynology and plant–pollinator network analysis. We found distinct floral ....

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Pamm Santana @pammsantana.bsky.social · Aug 11

What a great last month! 🤩 So good to see our studies coming out as publications. This one is special as it done with data stingless bees in Bolivia! Take a look 👇🏼

Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · Aug 9

🚨Just published🚨In Bolivia’s Yungas, we studied 3 rescued stingless bees sp. We found distinct foraging patterns within & among species → niche partitioning at multiple levels. 🐝🪻🌺#Pollination #Meliponini #Neotropics
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70… @biotropica.bsky.social with @pammsantana.bsky.social

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Aug 11

Herbicides harm more than weeds! 🐝🧪

A new study suggests that they indirectly disrupt plant-pollinator networks, potentially risking pollination services 🌼🌏 @julitavella.bsky.social

🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70113

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · Aug 9

🚨Just published🚨In Bolivia’s Yungas, we studied 3 rescued stingless bees sp. We found distinct foraging patterns within & among species → niche partitioning at multiple levels. 🐝🪻🌺#Pollination #Meliponini #Neotropics
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70… @biotropica.bsky.social with @pammsantana.bsky.social

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · Aug 9

Full paper here doi.org/10.1111/btp....

Distinct Intra‐ and Interspecific Foraging Patterns of Stingless Bee Species as a Conservation Tool

In this study, we examined the foraging patterns of three rescued stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas using melissopalynology and plant–pollinator network analysis. We found distinct floral ....

doi.org

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · Aug 9

🚨Just published🚨In Bolivia’s Yungas, we studied 3 rescued stingless bees sp. We found distinct foraging patterns within & among species → niche partitioning at multiple levels. 🐝🪻🌺#Pollination #Meliponini #Neotropics
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70… @biotropica.bsky.social with @pammsantana.bsky.social

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · Aug 4

‘We have committed ourselves to this toxicity’

Article about some of our work on microplastic, including the toxicity debt hypothesis

By @katarinazimmer.bsky.social

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‘We have committed ourselves to this toxicity’

Matthias Rillig’s research reveals a range of impacts of microplastics on soil-dwelling worms, bacteria, and plants—some of which may even harm human health

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Aug 1

📰Published📰 Modifying floral infrared reflectance reveals how flower temperature impacts pollinator visitation🌼

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Modifying floral infrared reflectance reveals how flower temperature impacts pollinator visitation

Jennifer S. Apland, Matthew H. Koski. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. The sun emits a wide spectrum of light that plants can use to warm up…

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees.

This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.

Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.

More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology

Biocenter of the University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg

www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · Jul 30

🐝🌸 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how coflowering between two closely related Palicourea species in the Brazilian Cerrado influences pollination dynamics.

Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/pwm8

@rorrodew.bsky.social

#PlantScience

Bombus pauloensis visiting a flower of Palicourea coriacea (image by Tulio Sá)

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Jul 28

🌺Contrast in floral traits conferred local pollinator facilitation between closely related congeners and explained community composition across broad spatial scales🌍🧪
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Pollinator facilitation between florally contrasting congeners scales up to regional co-occurrence patterns

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Evan Fricke @efricke.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined.

We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.

Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵

Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS

Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...

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Anna Traveset @annatraveset.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Un mundo sin zumbido: qué perdemos sin los polinizadores

Su pérdida es una amenaza global para los ecosistemas, la producción de alimentos y el bienestar humano

www.diariodemallorca.es

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Jul 18

📰Published📰 Phenological turnover matters when making trait-based predictions of plant-pollinator interactions🐝

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Phenological turnover matters when making trait-based predictions of plant-pollinator interactions

Aoife Cantwell-Jones, Juliet Everson, Olivia K. Bates, Abdullah M. R. Al-Hayali, George Allen, Lucas Berard, Frauke Caliebe, Suzannah Egleston, Lucia Hudson, Jacqui A. S. James, Lena Jung, Moganava…

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Jul 15

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/3) Evolution of petal patterning: blooming floral diversity at the microscale
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Fig.3 Micropatterns on the petal surface are created by variation in epidermal cell pigment, shape and cuticle textures.

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American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · Jul 19

Are specializations evolutionary dead ends? Morrison et al. reveal that in bird carotenoid evolution, continuity and stability are two sides of the same coin.

Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This is a photo of a brown and red bird to the left of a flowering cactus, it is set against a blue sky.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · Jul 14

👩🏻‍🔬🌸 Lucía Parramon defended her Master's Thesis last Friday, titled "Insights into the floral biology of Silene migjornensis, a range-restricted species with nocturnal pollination", supervised by Joana Cursach.

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Sissi Lozada Gobilard @slozadagobilard.bsky.social · May 23

Interested in flowers? Come to see my poster about flower color variation in Digitalis purpurea #foxglove @Popbio2025 Prague

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Cristina Dorador @criordor.bsky.social · Feb 2

Los salares no son minas, son humedales, son ecosistemas 🦩🐟🐸🐦🐝🪱🪺🦠🪲🦙🌵🪷

#DíaMundialDeLosHumedales

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Dominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · Nov 29

Last chance to apply for this PhD with @estelle-ravel.bsky.social, @iris-hordijk.bsky.social and me at @w-u-r.bsky.social!

Application deadline is next Tuesday 3rd of December.

Dominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · Nov 18

Why not doing my first Bluesky post advertising a PhD position?

We are looking for a PhD researcher working on social and ecological #restoration effectiveness in #Madagascar based at Wageningen University & attached to the #Demand4Restoration project. Apply by 3.12.!

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD position - Tree-based restoration in biodiversity hotspot Madagascar

www.wur.nl

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · Nov 20

Looking forward to your submission

Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · Nov 15

There is still time to submit your abstract to the #SCAPE2024 Joint Special Issue in Pollination Ecology! NJB and Journal of Pollination Ecology are looking forward to your abstract submission by email to [email protected] or using this form: forms.gle/xC5EJp2w5VJV... DL 22.12.2024

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Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · Nov 15

There is still time to submit your abstract to the #SCAPE2024 Joint Special Issue in Pollination Ecology! NJB and Journal of Pollination Ecology are looking forward to your abstract submission by email to [email protected] or using this form: forms.gle/xC5EJp2w5VJV... DL 22.12.2024

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