A nice paper from our lab on the strong association of mating system with invasiveness. Congrats Narashiman Nagendra Rao! thttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-026-03834-2?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20260619&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs10530-026-03834-2

More invasive than non-invasive Asteraceae plants can reproduce uniparentally - Biological Invasions

A plant that is capable of uniparental reproduction should be a better coloniser than one without that capability, because one individual can establish a persisting population. This advantage, formula...

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Starting soon:

A group of faculty from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore are offering a 12 week online course on Fundamentals of Ecology starting in January 2026. If you are curious about it have a look at the link below: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc26_ge09/p...

Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...

Robert D. Holt interview

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My lab happy to be representing semi arid grassland of southern India as part of the global BUGNET project

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Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉 BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part: 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Prof. Rohini Balakrishnan presented the #Behaviour2025 plenary talk on the topic of signals, mate-finding & mate choice: the importance of spatial context @CES_IISc #plenarytalk #scienceconference

MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Pollinator facilitation between florally contrasting species of Asteraceae - fabulous thesis chapter from Xuening (Shirley) Zhang besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

As an United statesian academic working and living in India, the content of this article is what I hear discussed around me every day these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

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Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program

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IndiaDST invites applications under VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship for collaboration between scientists of Indian Diaspora with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), Universities and Research Labs.

I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc. DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize

Between when we wrote this paper and now when it came out, there has been the war in Israel and also Trump became president of the US, making the message even more pertinent. Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care?

This article evaluates the anticipated impact of the proposed judicial reform on conservation activities in Israel. As democratic safeguards and judicial independence in many countries have been redu...

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Open Day 2025 at IISc! CES was packed with members of the public, student groups and neighbors exploring ecology and Evolution, and the PoCo Eco lab activities were great!

New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social! In this study, led by Avik Banerjee, we examined the link between stress and nutrition in wild lizards. Stress levels influence nutrient retention, not dietary composition, in these colourful agamids! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Does seasonal variation in the corticosterone response affect the nutritional ecology of a free‐ranging lizard?

Corticosterone responsiveness to metabolic challenges in the wild can vary between sexes and across seasons depending on the life-history stage. Given its role in mobilizing energy, corticosterone le...

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Fundamentals of Ecology Course has now begun and is now running via NPTEL! The course is taught by various faculty of @iiscbangalore . The course covers broad topics in Ecology; prerequisites, free & is open for all! preview: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p... Reg last date~27th Jan.

Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025. uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), Chemical Ecology

The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) position in Chemical Ecology at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, on Kuopio ca

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"There has been a progressive decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology over recent decades", precisely at a time when we most urgently need a better understanding of how natural systems work. So sad. Trends in Ecology & Evolution [paywalled] www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Extinction of experience among ecologists

Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

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Several faculty of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offered via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025. Check here for more details: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p...

Here is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.

Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.