What an amazing culmination of knowledge on Andean pollination biology, and a great team effort, led by the incredible @cristinaruedau.bsky.social

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Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Just a reminder that today is the last day to submit your abstracts for #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca!! Do you want to share research on tropical pollination ecology? Submit your abstract to our symposium (S7), we are happy to get more wonderful talk proposals!! www.atbc2025.org/call-abstracts

How do nectarivorous birds in tropical mountains cope with a highly variable, mostly unpredictable resource like nectar? They have flexible daily movement strategies!! Check out our new preprint! With tracking data of hummingbirds and flowerpiercers in the high Andes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Planning a sabbatical or between postdocs? Join us at the National Bird Collection (ICN-UNAL) for 3-6 months through Fulbright 🇨🇴 We'd host researchers studying avian speciation / HZ, biogeography, phylogenomics, mountain diversification, Choco-Amazon, resurveys fulbrightscholars.org/award/all-di...

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Continuation funding announced by @WhitleyAwards. Such a visionary funder embedding evidence into practice. whitleyaward.org/awards/conti...

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Have you ever wondered how you keep tabs on a hummingbird? With tiny 'backpack style' trackers of course -

Miniature tag offers unique insight into the movement of hummingbirds

Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have attached tiny 'backpack' type trackers to hummingbirds in the Andes in a bid to learn more about their movements.

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A very wet mama bear. In the paramo, eastern cordillera of Colombia

Lesbia nuna (green-tailed trainbearer) enjoying breakfast during a crisp, beautiful morning at ~2800 m asl near Bogotá.

It is so exciting to see millions of data points streaming in for the fine-scale movements of species with roles that we do not know much about. Are flowerpiercers pollinators, nectar thieves, facilitators, stark competitors, or all of the above? What can movement ecology tell us? Stay tuned!!