Have you ever thought of #Moss as #TerrestrialSponges? Trapping #DNA from #Birds, #Amphibians, #Mammals, #Insects, #Microorganisms,....?! Yes, your local #moss holds many secrets! Thanks @kbodawatta.bsky.social for the lead and fun collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Moss‐Accumulated eDNA Is a Promising Source for Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveys Across the Tree of Life and Biomes

Developments in the environmental DNA (eDNA) field have revolutionised our ability to map biodiversity by providing cost-effective and non-invasive means to survey organisms across the tree of life. ...

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@ndevere.bsky.social , @natalieahlstrand.bsky.social , @tokehoye.bsky.social

🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸 Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

I cannot wait to attend & present at #ICCB2025! My talk is titled ‘Creating a Workflow to Harmonise Digitised Herbarium Data: A Case Study on Greenland’s Flora Enhances our Understanding of Arctic Plant Diversity’ - Biodiversity Inventories session - Monday, June 16, 10:35, Meeting Room M4. See you!

Society for Conservation Biology Oceania@scboceania.org · last yr.

Who else is presenting at #ICCB2025 ? So many exciting talks and posters in the program! Repost this slide and let us know when / where to find you!

Herbarium specimens reveal drivers of Arctic shrub growth @newphyt.bsky.social Shrub specimens can be used to recreate annual growth chronologies and help understand plant responses to global change. With @annebeejay.bsky.social, ZA Panchen, JDM Speed nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA, doi.org/10.1002/edn3...

A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...

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🐛🦋An evidence-based approach for selecting and testing suitable plants to use in annual seed mixes to attract insect pollinators 👇 (seed mixes for bees and hoverflies were considered in the study) 🐝🪰

Natasha de Vere@ndevere.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you to @grrlscientist.bsky.social for covering our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thank you to @grrlscientist.bsky.social for covering our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“Let them eat shit”@grrlscientist.bsky.social · last yr.

What Are The Best Wildflowers To Attract Bees? a study published by Plants, People, Planet #SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #bees #pollinators #insects #wildflowers #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Happy #Pride month! This #FungiFriday we are going on a fungal foray through the pride flag. There have been many iterations since its original conception in 1978, including the Intersex-Inclusive flag by Valentino Vecchietti – which we have recreated in fungal fashion for the LGBTQ myco-maniacs

With such short days, the Antarctic sunrises and sunsets start to merge into one... yesterday's was spectacular.... Another week or so, and the sun will not rise at all. 🧪🥼❄️🌊

New Article: "The late rise of sky-island vegetation in the European Alps" rdcu.be/epLJg A phylogenetic analysis of the flora of the Alps reveals that the flora is young and colonist rich. Its assembly was primarily driven by the Pleistocene climatic cycles.

📝 The hidden complexity of pollinator networks in gardens 🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s112... What might appear to be one network of plants and pollinators may in fact be many. #Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #Gardening #InBrief

Concern over pollinator decline has increased interest in ‘pollinator-friendly’ plants. Annual seed mixes are often grown in parks & gardens, but the choice of plants included is generally based on anecdote. Here we build an evidence-base for plants that are good for pollinators and people.

Plants, People, Planet@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · last yr.

An evidence-based approach for selecting and testing suitable #plants to use in annual seed mixes to attract insect #pollinators Lucy Witter @ndevere.bsky.social @abigaillowe.bsky.social et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 📢 #PressRelease: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Woohoo! Publication Day! It’s finally hitting the streets, just like the plants it features. From walls to pavements, fallow waste ground, the grassy bits and street trees, it’s a celebration of urban botany and I really hope you enjoy it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

Excited to share our latest article that bridges species coexistence, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships and plant-soil feedbacks! 🎉🎉🎉

Trends in Ecology & Evolution@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · last yr.

Online now: Plant–soil microbial interactions as modulators of species coexistence and productivity

New GLiTRS paper led by @joemillard.bsky.social 🚨📝 "Our database provides a framework for the first global meta-analytic overview of the response of insects to a range of major anthropogenic drivers" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Multithreat Meta‐Analytic Database for Understanding Insect Biodiversity Change

Aim Widespread declines in insect biodiversity have been attributed to a diverse set of anthropogenic drivers, but the relative importance of these drivers remains unclear. A key reason for this unc...

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Evolutionarily Distinct Species and Their Partners Have Fewer Links in Ecological Networks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Evolutionarily Distinct Species and Their Partners Have Fewer Links in Ecological Networks

Aim Ecological networks describe the complex set of interconnections among species and their environment, and network structure can inform the stability, resilience, and functioning of ecosystems. I...

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“Non-core bacteria occur frequently in high abundance in wild bumble bee gut microbiomes. One species of bacteria, Serratia, reduces bee lifespan & reproduction. The core microbiome, bee age, & pollen diet can protect against Serratia infection.” 🐝 buff.ly/Pu2s4zH

April issue: Review led by @amandalindahl.bsky.social and @indianadiez.bsky.social on the utility of palaeogenomics for exploring past biodiversity trends and exosystem responses to a changing world. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4io2V0K Readcube: rdcu.be/eh0v5

April issue: Review led by Ingo Kowarik that summarises the benefits of urban biodiversity for people and nature, and explores how sustainable, biodiverse urban areas can be developed. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4l4wcQs Readcube: rdcu.be/eh0wE

🌧️🌵 Climate extremes are reshaping the world of pollinators! A new study reveals that a decrease or excessive increase in water availability can negatively affect the reproductive potential of plant species & pollinators collecting their nectar. 🌍🧪 Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extreme events induced by climate change alter nectar offer to pollinators in cross pollination-dependent crops - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Extreme events induced by climate change alter nectar offer to pollinators in cross pollination-dependent crops

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Excited to announce our new paper, “Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity,” out today in Nature – and it’s open access! Huge global collaboration led by Meelis Pärtel 🌐@macroecologyut.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature

A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...

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New online! Causes and consequences of insect decline in tropical forests

Causes and consequences of insect decline in tropical forests

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00038-9Insect biodiversity in tropical forests is poorly understood but is probably facing declines, with serious consequences for ecosystem functions and services. This Review describes the major threats to insect biodiversity, which include the effects of a burgeoning human population and of climate change. The authors further highlight the urgent need for greater efforts to measure and monitor insect biodiversity in the tropics and discuss emerging approaches to facilitate such studies.

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I am so impressed with this strategy for the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania - bringing together the needs of local communities, wildlife and the environment to protect this unique landscape ⛰️🌐

New strategy launched to protect Tanzanian biodiversity hotspot

Conservationists have launched a 20-year-long project to protect what is arguably Tanzania’s most biologically rich landscape: the Udzungwa Mountains. The strategy places notable emphasis on communiti...

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It's published! The largest research work I've ever undertaken: Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz 1/x

Carbon monitoring team lead Kyle Arndt took part in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative Workshop, and delivered an invited talk at the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory seminar series. #ASSW2025

Natasha de Vere@ndevere.bsky.social · last yr.

Three fabulous days in the workshop for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative (CAVSI) a great start to #ASSW2025

Three fabulous days in the workshop for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative (CAVSI) a great start to #ASSW2025

Some great PhD opportunities here working on the One Crop Health project - including harnessing eDNA approaches for surveillance & management of agro-biodiversity with me & Prof Paul Neve 🌐

PhD fellowships at the Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences.

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The #biosphere is changing: Check our global mapping of ecological novelty in wild #ecosystems (due to #climatechange, #defaunation & floristic disruption) - just out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social ♨️🐘🌿🌐 Big thx to @mattkerr.bsky.social for the huge effort! #novelecosystems #invasivespecies #megafauna

ECONOVO - DNRF Center of Excellence@econovoau.bsky.social · last yr.

1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢 New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱 Read the article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Key take homes below👇

In this novel perspective, authors evaluate emerging practices to improve the biodiversity of pollinators in urban contexts 🐝 Such as... 👉nutritional sources from native and ornamental flora 🌼🌸 👉stimulating nesting 📊🧪 👉engaging society 💭 🌏 🔗 buff.ly/1v6wG5x