How will the Orchid Tree of Life advance our understanding of this charismatic group? On 25 November we’re excited to hear from @botjlinnsoc.bsky.social Guest Editor and symposium convenor Oscar A. Pérez-Escobar, leader of this global initiative. Get online or in-person tickets buff.ly/woUYTxz

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Cirrhaea fuscolutea flowering for the first time - this warm growing Brazilian species was donated by the Hartley’s and has cascades of petite yellow blooms. Quite spectacular! 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

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In Memoriam: Professor Pavel Kindlmann, Specialist in Orchid Ecology and Conservation

The scientific community is mourning the loss of Professor Pavel Kindlmann, a distinguished Czech ecologist, senior researcher, and one of the world's leading authorities on terrestrial orchids and bi...

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New free, open-access book (in Spanish): Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas — orchid population dynamics from field data to matrix models, Bayesian transitions, LTRE & stochastic simulations, all in R. #rstats #ecology 👉 raymondltremblay.github.io/Dinamica_Pob...

Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas

Libro digital en español sobre dinámica poblacional con ejemplos de orquídeas: modelos matriciales, métodos bayesianos, elasticidad, LTRE, simulaciones y PVA en R.

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New free, open-access book (in Spanish): Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas — orchid population dynamics from field data to matrix models, Bayesian transitions, LTRE & stochastic simulations, all in R. #rstats #ecology 👉 raymondltremblay.github.io/Dinamica_Pob...

Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas

Libro digital en español sobre dinámica poblacional con ejemplos de orquídeas: modelos matriciales, métodos bayesianos, elasticidad, LTRE, simulaciones y PVA en R.

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Nuevo libro digital gratuito y en español: Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas. De los datos de campo a los modelos matriciales, métodos bayesianos, LTRE y simulaciones estocásticas — todo en R. #rstats #ecología #orquídeas 👉 raymondltremblay.github.io/Dinamica_Pob...

Introducción a la Dinámica Poblacional de Orquídeas

Libro digital en español sobre dinámica poblacional con ejemplos de orquídeas: modelos matriciales, métodos bayesianos, elasticidad, LTRE, simulaciones y PVA en R.

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Epidendrum ciliaris. A species growing in mangroves in Puerto Rico. However the effect of so many recent hurricanes has reduced populations size

Populations of Arundina graminifolia were located on Puerto Rico, Hawaiian Islands and Mauritius. Aspects of global invasion are similar, but others differ among islands underscoring the context dependency of biological invasions and the difficulty of overall predictions. doi.org/10.1007/s105...)

Invasions of the bamboo orchid: performance variability on islands oceans apart - Biological Invasions

Traits associated with successful biological invasions across environmental gradients or geographical distances may vary depending on processes such as founder effects, ecological sorting, or adaptati...

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The authors were able to identify micro climatic changes which correlates with growth patterns in Pleione formosana in Taiwan. doi.org/10.3390/plan...

The Impact of Changing Climate on an Endangered Epiphytic Orchid (Pleione formosana) in a Montane Cloud Forest and the Conservation Challenge Ahead

Pleione formosana Hayata is an endemic orchid that was once widely distributed across the mid-elevations of Taiwan. However, populations of this orchid have steadily shrunk due to orchid poaching in m...

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I just discovered this amazing paper, which appeared nearly one year ago in a little known journal and anyone interested in plant microclimates -- or more accurately 'micrometeorology' -- should read. It's brought here to give it some publicity. 🧪 www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

Heliocaminiform structures: plant organs that function as microgreenhouses

Plant structures that enclose trapped air are morphologically and taxonomically diverse. They range from pubescence (trichomes) on various parts of plants to flowers, inflorescences, stems, culms (abo...

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A list of all orchid pollinators and related variables. The data is available to everyone and published in Zenodo. Take advantage of this massive undertaking and test your hypothesis. Every information is correlated with its citation. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Pollination List Thru 2024

PDF | This file is an update through 2024 of orchid pollination data the supplemental material for Ackerman et al. (2023) Beyond the various... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...

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A deep dive into an old box file has unexpectedly resulted in a possible answer to the question: what was the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions? jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/01/07/w... #bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History

Was this the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions?

Over the past few years, the ways in which we collate and use large databases of plant-pollinator interactions, and make them publicly available according to FAIR data principles, has been much on …

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Honoured to be incoming co-Editor-in-Chief of Fungal Ecology! Send us your best work. 🍄https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/fungal-ecology @benwolfe.bsky.social

Translocation of Cattleya intermedia on trunk on crown of trees show different growth rates, survival and nutrients absorption. Possibility explaining the distribution of natural plants in a 3 year experiment. doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v17.1.p668-688

Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física

A Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física é um periódico bimestral de divulgação científica, iniciada em 2008 da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Artigos técnico-científicos, Revisões de literatura e Notas científicas a serem publicados na Revista devem ser originais, e de relevância para a Geografia Física e meio ambiente. A Comissão Editorial abre exceção apenas para trabalhos apresentados em Congressos sob a forma de resumos simples.

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Evaluating climate change on species distribution. Models were based on two different global circulation models. CNRM projections predict expansion of orchids' geographical range. In contrast, FIO prediction is less optimistic, forecasting species range reduction DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70633

🌿 Our latest paper is out! Long-term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non-native species 🌱 Explore the dynamics of biodiversity and resilience in tropical forests for both native and non-native species 🌍🌳 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Long‐term stability of tropical forest metacommunities in Puerto Rico: Native and non‐native species

The temporal stability of metacommunity structure is rarely evaluated in systems with complex disturbance regimes with both anthropogenic and naturally occurring components. We evaluate temporal stab...

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The subtribe Orchidinae are known to be self-compatible, here 11 species are evaluated and not all were shown to be self-compatible. Seeds from cross pollination was shown to have higher fitness, supporting Darwin’s view that cross pollination is advantageous. academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...

Seed quality and germination performance increase with cross-pollination in members of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidaceae)

Abstract. Over half of angiosperms have self-incompatibility systems to avoid self-pollination and inbreeding depression. Many members of Orchidaceae are s

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Phenotypes are shown to be site dependent in the reciprocal transplant of a twig epiphyte from shade and sunny sites. Vegetative and floral characters in morphological plasticity was evaluated with the former being more plastic. academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...

Morphological flexibility across an environmental gradient in the epiphytic orchid, Tolumnia variegata: complicating patterns of fitness

Abstract. Deceit-pollinated orchid species show substantial variation in floral traits, which may be maintained by genetic drift or various forms of select

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Herrera demonstrates how to evaluate fitness of individuals with multiple reproductive bouts. The conceptual and statistical methods are innovative an should be evaluated in a wide range of taxonomic group. New insights on evolution is likely emerge. www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec...

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"Common misconceptions of speciation", nice! I have to read this, definitely will use this image! academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Global movement of plants to new regions – by trade or negligence – can set the stage for establishment of invasive herbivore insects that may not have survived otherwise. The new arrivals can allow establishment of their invasive predators and parasitoids. 🧪🪲🪳🌎 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Global proliferation of nonnative plants is a major driver of insect invasions

Abstract. Invasions by nonnative insect species can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic impacts. Previous work has id

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This 2002 paper attempts to elucidate if fungi are necessary after germination in the field. The elimination of fungi using fungicides show that survivorship is impacted, thus fungi presence after photosynthesis begins have positive impact. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Are fungi necessary? How fungicides affect growth and survival of the orchid Lepanthes rupestris in the field

1 Mycorrhizal associations of tropical, epiphytic orchids have been studied in vitro, but the importance of the relationship has not been demonstrated in the field. We investigated the effect of f...

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Orchid seed fungi seed germination InSitu and ExSitu variation on Rasmussen method. The technique is applicable to epiphytic a terrestrial species. www.researchgate.net/profile/Tada...

A review of the orchid mycorrhizae. This short review is a good introduction for those wanting to get an updated with the literature on the subject. Specifically the authors have a section on nutrient uptake. ajbls.com/sites/defaul...

Orchid mycorrhizae fungi (OMF) are ubiquitous in the seed germination process in situ, which has been known for a long time. This paper brings evidence that OMF abundance influence the dynamics of individuals and their likelihood of dormancy. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Mycorrhizal fungi affect orchid distribution and population dynamics

Symbioses are ubiquitous in nature and influence individual plants and populations. Orchids have life history stages that depend fully or partially on fungi for carbon and other essential resources. ...

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Johnson show a pollinator shift from nocturnal to diurnal pollinator, from a moth to butterfly. How common are pollinator shifts in the Orchidaceae? doi.org/10.1007/s006...

Butterfly pollination in Platycoryne (Orchidaceae): evidence for a key pollinator shift in the large Habenaria clade - Plant Systematics and Evolution

Shifts between pollinator functional groups can explain major changes in floral phenotype. I document a novel case of butterfly pollination in Platycoryne, an African genus that is phylogenetically em...

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Many orchids have been shown to be invasive. Here the bamboo orchid invasive processes is shown to vary among three islands. Reproductive success significantly differed among islands and linked to floral traits, local pollinator pools and perhaps florivory. doi.org/10.1007/s105...

Invasions of the bamboo orchid: performance variability on islands oceans apart - Biological Invasions

Traits associated with successful biological invasions across environmental gradients or geographical distances may vary depending on processes such as founder effects, ecological sorting, or adaptati...

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