Undergraduates – would you like to experience the exciting world of plant science research, tackle a key science challenge, and be paid for it? #Botany
@botanyone the link in the text works, thanks. For some reason the image link still doesn’t, maybe Mastodon cache issue? I got the relevant info any so thanks
Climate change: Logging decline after political change in Brazil, Colombia https://botany.fyi/7QKPZT
The number of trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia fell dramatically last year because of political action, a new analysis finds. #Botany
Sorry, illness is keeping offsite quite a lot of the time. You've probably already spotted that the next non-paper post gave the other view from Mongabay. https://botany.social/@botanyone/112216493342057575
@botanyone@largess Still, the first article illustrated the power of political will. Where there is a will, there is a way to reduce our even stop deforestation.
Catkins are flowering at different times as climate changes – threatening their pollination and the wildlife that feed on them https://botany.fyi/Dg07Kc
Catkins play crucial roles within ecosystems, both in terms of their importance in tree reproduction and as food for wildlife. As climate change progresses, the impact on catkins goes beyond direct effects, potentially setting off a chain reaction affecting other species. #Botany
Eschscholzia californica wrapped up as the winds pick up and skies get overcast, Layia platyglossa just chilling alongside. #Botany#Bloomscrolling#DavisCA
Lander & Becher found that the plant species recommended for pollinator planting in national initiatives tend to flower up to a month too late for the bees that emerge in the early spring – that’s right now, in March and April. #Botany
Most of Plant Science Twitter seems to be on Bluesky. What are your favorite Fediverse accounts (institutional and/or personal) for keeping up with academic botanical news? #Botany#AskFedi@plantscience@academicchatter
Trees soak up carbon dioxide and restoring areas of degraded woodlands or planting saplings to boost forest cover is one tool in the fight against climate change. But in some cases, more trees means less sunlight is reflected back from the earth's surface and more heat is absorbed by the planet, according to a study in the journal Nature Communications. #Botany
People, passion, publishable: an early-career researcher’s checklist for prioritizing projects (OA?) https://botany.fyi/iq3z4M?b1
Stuck between several lines of research? Here’s how we decide which ones to pursue, say Elizabeth Tenney, Jacqueline Chen and McKenzie Preston. #Botany
The impacts of interannual climate variation on pollination network structure of a sub-alpine meadow: from 2008 to 2021 ($) https://botany.fyi/hE8H0Y?b1
Fang et al investigated the pollination network of a sub-alpine meadow community by separating the pollinators into categories for ten years, from 2008 to 2010 and 2015 to 2021, and examined the relationships between precipitation or temperature and network metrics at the network, group and species-level.
ReadCube: https://rdcu.be/dBCIc #Botany
@botanyone Reduced precipitations increase competition among pollinator categories, leading to higher niche overlap of pollinator categories. While increased temperatures resulted in less pollinator sharing, leading to a more specialized network with decreased nestedness. This study contributes to the understanding of how interannual climate change affect plant-pollinator network, #biodiversity#climatechange
Purple midge orchid (Corunastylis ostrina/Genoplesium ostrinum) near Braidwood, NSW. Flowers are very small - little finger here for scale! Midge orchid ID can be tricky in the field as the upper surface of the labellum is usually not visible without collection, dissection and magnification.
Made my semi-annual trip to the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden. It's pretty early in the season so there's not much going on outside, but the conservatory is always worth a look.
1/4 #gardening #houseplants #botany #greenhouse #rhododendron