Inna Osmolovsky
@innaosmol.bsky.social
PhD in ecology from @UNSW studying plant response to climate change | ⛅️ Plant ecologist by day 🌱| 🌛Book nerd by night 📚 | she/ her 📍Sydney, Australia innaosmol.com
Iris demawendica Named after Mount Damavand North of Iran June 2026, 2100m Mount Damavand is Iran's highest peak, an inactive stratovolcano in standing about 5,610 meters tall. It's the highest mountain in the Middle East and the highest volcano in Asia. #iris #iridaceae
My awesome friend @funfactscience.com just got published in Nature! 💫
Fun Fact Science with Kovi@funfactscience.com · 2mo agoI’m thrilled to share that my latest research paper has just been published in Nature Astronomy! It’s been nearly a year since I first submitted the manuscript to Nature and a little over three years since I began working on this project. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natastron.nature.com
Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough! So many of us have been inspired to become conservation scientists from watching your documentaries. Thank you for continuing to show us the wonder and beauty of the natural world, and inspiring millions to care about and protect it. 🌏️ 💙 💚
🌻🌼My study on pollination in the face of climate change is now out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 🐝We found that range shifting plants lose their pollinators, but might compensate for the loss by self pollinating. 🔗paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ClimateChange #RangeShifts
Just realised that @innaosmol.bsky.social somehow published TWO papers the same week 🤯https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73429
🌿 New paper out! Leaf damage is not the Answer! Downhill-shifting species don't experience reduced herbivore pressure at the expanding edge. 📖 Open access in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/y8nywjzf #Ecology #Evolution #ClimateChange #RangeShifts
Leaf Damage is Not the Answer! Reduced Herbivore Pressure Does Not Underpin Either Downhill or Uphill Range Shifts
While many plant species are shifting their ranges uphill in response to climate change, a substantial portion of species have exhibited a downhill shift, opposite to the expected response under clim....
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New year new paper! How strong is enemy release? A systematic compilation across taxa and approaches doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... We found that introduced plants and animals experience less enemy diversity and damage than native counterparts, but do not gain fitness benefits as a result.
How strong is enemy release? A systematic compilation across taxa and approaches
The enemy release hypothesis posits that introduced species escape some of their predators, pathogens, and parasites when they move to a new range. We used a systematic review to compile data from 69...
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It was such an honour to present my research at UTS! Thank you to @zoexiro.bsky.social and @ecologybrad.bsky.social for the invitation and to everyone who came to listen to my talk 🌿
Yvonne Davila@ydavila.bsky.social · 11mo ago🐝🌸 With climate change, many organisms are shifting their ranges, but some are shifting in the opposite direction to what we expect. Insightful and entertaining seminar by Inna Osmolovsky @innaosmol.bsky.social on "Climate Change and Shifting Interactions: Where Do Species Go from Here?"
Our #OpenAccess paper showing no trends in photoperiod sensitivity in germination 🌱 & flowering time 🌸 across a range of predictors out now in @ecol-evol.bsky.social Led by brilliant Honours student Ashika and my first 'senior author' paper 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Shining a Light on Patterns of Photoperiod Sensitivity in Germination and Flowering Across Latitudes, Ecosystems and Functional Traits
Our study investigated the role of photoperiod sensitivity in plant phenology, focusing on germination and flowering patterns across species in Australia and globally. We found that most species show...
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It was lovely to get interviewed by @funfactscience.com and Benjamin! Highly recommend signing up to be a guest on their podcast 🎤
Fun Fact Science with Kovi@funfactscience.com · 11mo agoIf you or someone you know likes talking about science let us know! 🧪 We're looking for guests to join us on the next season of @scienceactually.bsky.social Presents: The Nerd and the Scientist: forms.gle/Y5kdvmuVJ1Qu...
📖Published📖 Arnold et al. propose a design that will allow ecologists to simulate more realistic heat events in the field by combining a controllable convection heater system with a semi-enclosed chamber with adjustable vents 🌍 🧪 buff.ly/k2GJSA2
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions 🔗 buff.ly/4Uf5v3p @innaosmol @zoexiro @academic-gian @angelamoles
Check out our new paper exploring the incredible uses of @inaturalist.bsky.social data in biodiversity research!
Corey Callaghan@coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · last yr.Our new paper in BioScience shows how iNaturalist data is powering research across the globe, with use growing 10x in 5 years and spanning 128 countries & 638 families of life. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @ifas.ufl.edu @inaturalist.bsky.social #Biodiversity #iNaturalist #OpenScience
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Toward a macroevolutionary understanding of live-leaf flammability in plant species of fire-prone #forests By @ecologybrad.bsky.social, @zoexiro.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Many species are moving toward warmer areas rather than cooler ones, a shift linked to changing interactions with other species rather than temperature alone, highlighting new challenges for conservation. doi.org/g9smzq
Not all species flee heat: New hypothesis explains surprising movements in nature
As the climate warms, scientists expect animals and plants to move to cooler areas—uphill, toward the poles, or into deeper waters.
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Exciting new paper from @innaosmol.bsky.social and a great team - why are some climate change range shifts counterintuitive to predictions? Changes in biotic interactions!
Inna Osmolovsky@innaosmol.bsky.social · last yr.🌎 My first paper is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! We propose the Interaction Opportunists Hypothesis: changes in biotic interactions may drive species downhill, equatorward, or to shallower waters under #ClimateChange. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #RangeShifts #Ecology
🌎 My first paper is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! We propose the Interaction Opportunists Hypothesis: changes in biotic interactions may drive species downhill, equatorward, or to shallower waters under #ClimateChange. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #RangeShifts #Ecology
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions
Climate change is expected to drive species uphill, poleward or into deeper waters. Yet many are shifting in toward the equator, downhill or to shallower waters, which is opposite to the expected dir...
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Calling all early-career ecologists 🐨 Mentee registration is NOW OPEN for ESA’s July Speed Mentoring Week! 🔹 Book up to 3 one-on-one sessions with experienced ecologists 🔹 Get answers to your biggest career questions 🔹 Flexible, impactful, and designed for YOU 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/bderjjxj
This week's guest, plant ecologist @innaosmol.bsky.social explains how #ClimateChange is forcing tree lines both toward the poles and uphill, as they try to reach cooler temperatures. 🧪🔬🌲 open.spotify.com/episode/6tgt...
Nature Finds A Way : Guest : Inna Osmolovsky
Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist · Episode
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Hey y'all! I have a few ecology honours projects available in Sydney starting either in Spring 2025 or Autumn 2026. Project details available at: zoexiro.com/research/ Please share widely 🌼
Research
Available Honours Projects Exploring the reproductive ecology and cross-compatibility of two colour variants of Lantana camara Supervisor/s: Dr Zoe Xirocostas & Dr Yvonne Davila Lantana camara,…
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Last night's Beginner's Guide to Street Art was awesome. Thanks to feedback, the 2nd will be even better! I'll be running it again 3/18, 8pm ET online. We'll cover everything you need to know when getting started with art in the public space. Miss the first one? No sweat, c'mere. lu.ma/42w54y8f
A Beginners Guide to Street Art · Zoom · Luma
Come learn the basics of how to do two street art methods: stickering and wheatpasting. We'll cover: Practical how-tos for creating and installing stickers and…
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In part two of our #BiologyLetters #ECR Competition series, we speak with Ruby Stephens, the runner-up of the 2024 competition, about her research paper: Zygomorphic flowers last longer: The evolution of floral symmetry and floral longevity. ow.ly/tRWt50V2BrO @rubyecology.bsky.social
🌸🌞 #PlantReproductionWeek⏳ Species that require long-day conditions to flower are not advancing their flowering phenology as fast as species without photoperiod requirements by Karen Zeng et al. in @annbot.bsky.social #openaccess article 👉 doi.org/n5qk @angelamoles.bsky.social #PlantScience
Shoutout to the Sydney botanical garden because this is the 3rd time today I’ve heard about this flower blooming, from multiple social media platforms, and I live ~10,000 miles away.
Hervé Sauquet@hsauquet.bsky.social · 2y agoAmorphophallus titanum Big Bloom Bang happening right now at Botanic Gardens of Sydney! Hard to believe all the fame and hype gathered by this little plant over the past week! #Putricia #Araceae #botany
Got to see Putricia the corpse flower IRL! It was love at first smell ❤️
Being in the field is one of my favourite things about ecology. But I have to admit, the lab also has its fair share of beauty and wonder🔬 #pollen #microscopy #pollengrains #plants
