Pollinator crisis explained News in 12 languages on EU scientific White Paper on pollinators (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...): +Danish +Dutch +English +Finish +French +Indonesian +Italian +Norwegian +Polish +Portugese +Russian +Spanish Repost to your national networks butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

Global crop loss due to lack of pollination has declined since the 1980s, mostly due to the use of honeybees. The heavy reliance of agriculture on this single pollinator species, however, poses significant risks to the food system. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/AaL550Zfj4J

📢 Pesticide regulation in the EU at a Crossroads 📢 In Science we warn that the EU Omnibus proposal Pesticide risks increases! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Illustration @Annika Jahnke Still time to raise your voice!

Super happy to share this one! in @pnas.org Using a dataset on pollination deficits (PL) in crops, despite widespread PL (~35%), an overall decline is observed overtime! 🌍 (see below for more) Grateful for the amazing team behind this 🎉

FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬@flowerlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🐝New FLOWer Lab paper in @pnas.org, led by @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, in close collaboration with Marcelo Aizen, and Agustín Sáez A meta-analysis of 86 pollinator-dependent crops shows that pollination limitation remains widespread, but has declined by ~50% since the 1950s doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

✨ Cambridge Botanic Lights returns in just 4 weeks - with a brand-new theme: Night Pollination! 🌙 🌼 Moths pollinate 30% of the world’s flowering plants. 🦇 500+ species rely on bats - including the agave for tequila! Celebrate our amazing night pollinators! #CUBG #WinterLights #Cambridge

Fruit production in Spain and some Nature Group team members inbetween millions of apples #RestPollAGM2

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

Another work resulting from my PhD is out! 🍒🐝 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/aab....

Annals of Applied Biology@annalsapplbio.bsky.social · last yr.

#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 🌸 @catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social

Agroecological farming promotes yield & biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable 🌾🌏 Suggests that the transition to more sustainable farming systems needs to overcome economic constraints with new policy interventions 📑🧪 🔗

Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable

These results highlight that while evidence for the role of ecosystem services in supporting crop yield can be found, overcoming economic constraints within conventional farming systems is likely to ...

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Experts are concerned, as a number of scientists 🧪have recorded huge die-offs of insects in nature reserves around the world. The reported collapse of insect populations in supposedly protected regions is part of a newer phenomenon. 🌏🐜 Read more in @theguardian.com:

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

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Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2) dafnee.isem-evolution.fr 🧪 #science

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career. predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers

Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

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"Climate-change-induced extreme #heat and #drought... present critical threats to pollen viability, the pollination process, and seed formation, with significant implications for plant sexual reproduction and global #foodsecurity." #ClimateSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sexual reproduction in plants under high temperature and drought stress

Climate-change-induced extreme heat and drought increasingly threaten plant growth and development, with a particularly significant impact on sexual r…

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Long-term management is required for the recovery of pollination networks and function in restored grasslands 🌱🌏 Grassland management, including mowing, should be maintained for a certain period that exceeds at least 75 years 📈🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

One of the easiest ways to create homes for insects is to avoid being too tidy. Letting a patch of grass grow long (good for nesting bumblebees), leaving dead stems in situ over winter, and having a wild corner will all help boost insect populations. More: bit.ly/4jGzo4f

Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Please share widely! We have two open postdoctoral positions in my lab: lopezuribelab.com/join-the-lab/ Some details below👇👇👇

Join the lab

MANUAL OF MUTUAL EXPECTATIONS Are you interested in joining the lab? Please read this document that details the role and expectations for the PI and all members of the lab.    GRADUATE ST…

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🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡 Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination! 📖 Read it 👇

EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks

Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...

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Many arthropods are harmed by mowing management. However, mowing is ofter required to maintain species richness in high nature value grasslands. This is yet another case for phased mowing, of which Sinus mowing is a very nice example. Variation in mowing dates on landscape scale may also help.

Biodiversity Exploratories@bexplo.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢New Paper about varied effects of #grassland mowing on #arthropod taxa. While #mowing generally reduces overall arthropod abundance, it has consistent negative (e.g. Diptera) or positive effects (e.g. Coleoptera) for some taxa. Mixed responses depend on factors like region, sampling, and management

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @jloureiro13.bsky.social 😍

Engaging citizens to monitor pollinators through a nationwide BioBlitz: Lessons learned and challenges remaining after four years

Pollination is a key mutualistic interaction between animals and flowering plants, generating biodiversity and providing valuable ecosystem services. …

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🌸 Novidades fresquinhas 🌸 Em breve será lançada uma série de crónicas sobre Polinizadores e Polinização, em parceria com a revista Wilder! Ao longo dos próximos meses poderão deliciar-se com 13 crónicas com histórias, curiosidades e factos acerca destes pequenos guardiões das flores! Não percam!

🌡️ 🌼 New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how heatwaves during flower development affect pollen production, viability, and pollination success, ultimately impacting seed set Full #openaccess 👉 https://buff.ly/3XKOTz8 #PlantScience

“Our knowledge about the planet is extremely biased. Most research comes from a few wealthy counties. To the point that 7 countries produce 70% of the scientific papers”🧪🌐

Find joy in the small things… like finding that reference

This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social

Species‐rich old grasslands have beneficial effects on the health and gut microbiome of bumblebees

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Very interesting review paper by Suijkerbuijk and co-authors in Trends in Plant Science (@cellpressnews.bsky.social)! 🌺🌻

Plasticity in plant mating systems

Many plants are extremely plastic in their vegetative and life-history traits, allowing them to deal with a variety of environmental conditions during their lifetime. However, in our understanding of ...

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Thorn-Seshold Lab@thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

BioBlitz in Coimbra organized by meet.Eco by Biology Students Association with the participation of the FLOWer Lab (@jloureiro13.bsky.social), @cfemycolab.bsky.social and @srgtmt.bsky.social! Some of the flora observed today!

The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺 Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @pollinet.bsky.social

A new study shows that #butterflies, #bumblebees & #hoverflies can be equally effective #pollinators. Read about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2024/09/13/b...

Butterflies, bumblebees and hoverflies can be equally effective pollinators of some plants says a new study

Just after I arrived in Northampton in 1995, I set about looking for suitable local sites for conducting pollination ecology field work for myself and students. The campus on which we were situated…

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