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Liedson Tavares Carneiro

🎉We invite you to meet Liedson Tavares Carneiro author of the recently published article doi.org/g9v97c and researcher at East Tennessee State University. Get to know him and his passion for plant–pollinator interactions🧵

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Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish. The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.

These stories make me proud to work in science, and sad for the future. For every shiny big facility and high-profile research program, there's thousands of unsung scientists working tirelessly on a subject they're deeply passionate about (with a research budget of < $15,000) 🧪 wapo.st/4n9dpVn

Forecasting range shifts of dioecious plants under climate change | PNAS Global climate change has triggered an urgent need for predicting the reorganization of Earth&rsquo;s biodiversity. For dioecious species (those with sep...

Excited to share our paper in @pnas.org with Aldo Compagnoni and Tom Miller !
Climate change may push dioecious plants toward female-biased sex ratios which will impair seed production. Ignoring this feedback underestimates range shifts. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Can plants hear their pollinators? #ASA188 When pollinators visit flowers, they produce various sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to landing and takeoff. Francesca Barbero studied these vibroacoustic signals to develop noninvasive an...

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We are almost out of time to speak up for protecting the Endangered Species Act! If you haven't already, join us ⤵️

Visual abstract: “we test hypotheses about floral diversity with community science data and an advanced computer vision model. Red/orange flowers have delayed flowering that matches hummingbird migratory patterns”

Hot off the presses and so so thrilled. Thanks to @inaturalist.bsky.social + computer vision we found something beautifully simple: Red and orange flowers bloom later than all the other colors in the eastern United States. Paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kwzh3QW8S...

With spring arriving, it's tempting to begin working on our yards and gardens. But hold on!

Clearing debris & trimming plants too soon can actually harm bees, butterflies, & other important pollinators!

Learn more at beecityusa.org/blog

#BeeCityUSA #SpringCleaning #Habitat

Catchy, clear, concise: Three-part phrases boost research paper citations Memorable ‘tripartite’ phrases in titles make studies more likely to be read and cited.

From ‘Envy, inequality and fertility’ to ‘Market size, trade and productivity’, using catchy three-part phrases in the titles of research papers can boost their citations, suggests a study.

https://go.nature.com/4iAWsjy

A patch of white crocus flowers, three flowers are prominently shown in the front. They have large white petals and yellow anthers.

Our Observation of the Day is this patch of Crocus heuffelianus flowers (Heuffelov šafran in Croatian), seen in Croatia by mario81140!

More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Pollen Specialist Native Bees Native Plants Are Key To Their Survival

Start the day with a visual story and beautiful photos from Heather Holm about bees that collect pollen from just a few native plants. storymaps.com/stories/077b...

A pair of fuzzy orange mock oyster mushrooms grow on the side of a burnt log, its charred wood provides lots of little crevices to emerge from. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

How scientists can drive climate action: celebrate nature and promote hope Nature - After years of storytelling and running classes and festivals, I’ve seen first-hand how a love of nature makes people want to protect it.

Science is necessary, but clearly not sufficient, for conveying the climate crisis

https://go.nature.com/3XjoJCU

“Facts Are Not Enough: Science Communication and Audience Emotions” A child and adult holding a luna moth on their open palms.

There isn't "one weird trick" to getting people to care about bugs & science, but @bug-gwen.bsky.social has the next best thing: genuinely thoughtful advice based on years of experience! Join us to learn!
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Rest is not “doing nothing.” Rest is literally how your body repairs itself. You wouldn’t yell at your phone for needing to be plugged in. You are allowed to recharge your existence.

I loooove @inaturalist.bsky.social and this is a big reason why. They’re instrumental in research and it’s so fun to know that when you go on the app you’re contributing to this knowledge base.