@jellyturtle.bsky.social
Sniffing out floral scent evolution across Hawai'i and the Rockies. Environmental education is good for everyone. Find me looking for rain beetles and other critters.
Illustration of projected changes in leaves. Three possible scenarios are shown as green shoots of different lengths with different densities of projected leaves.
Changes to a leaf trait due to adaptive evolution and plasticity can rescue subalpine populations from the detrimental effects of climate change
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Diane R Campbell, @jellyturtle.bsky.social, and Justin Kipness
Illustration by J. Francis
Take a Hawaiian plant, evolve it over millions of years of volcanoes erupting/diving under the waves...and the species that pop out attract the same moth? With different smells? That change at night? But, why don't they hybridize? And if they did, how would the hybrids smell? doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
01.07.2025 18:19 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Check out this cool video about my rock start plant scientist colleagues and friends, Ann Sakai and Steve Weller! @UCIrvine @UCIBioSci @UCIEEBvia @YouTube
youtu.be/Y1zNfODhM4o
Woah I've never made that connection, I just figured they were trying to scare other birds off their territory!
04.04.2025 19:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Gila Monster
See you in Salem at noon! Fund weird spit!
07.03.2025 18:49 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FUND WEIRD SPIT, says the baby gila monster walking past its exendin-4 peptide
Sign sketch for tomorrow's science rally ... FUND WEIRD SPIT! You never know what you're going to get.
07.03.2025 04:58 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 Only 2 days until the Stand Up For Science rally in Salem, OR! RSVP on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=.... Join your fellow nerds to uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people. #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
05.03.2025 16:55 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Yes I'd love to share - we will know a bit about the chemical composition of its evening scent, as soon as I get around to analyzing the data! My labmate and I did smell roadtrip to sniff a bunch of populations of Ipos and compare them.
04.03.2025 19:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks ti everyone who leaned into this project and into the warming chambers!
03.03.2025 01:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Schiedea waiahuluensis, first collected March 2022. Described and published in PhytoKeys (Oct 2024). Potentially undescribed mirid insect just below the open flower.
The Mamba collecting arm making a collection of Schiedea waiahuluensis, Waimea Canyon, Kauai.
Newly-described species!! 📒
Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)
Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.
Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.
Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲
In light of publication of schiedea waiahuluensis, I present Schiedea adamantis photographed with UVIVF
https://www.allforgardening.com/1067703/in-light-of-publication-of-schiedea-waiahuluensis-i-present-schiedea-adamantis-photographed-with-uvivf/
In light of publication of schiedea …
A small petri dish with seeds and seedlings inside, sealed up with parafilm.
A small petri dish with seeds and seedlings inside, sealed up with parafilm.
My colleague Steve sent me more Schiedea seeds; and they are germinating! It’s the best news of this week, tbh.
24.01.2025 14:18 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0We had the privilege of scent sampling this baddie next to the rodeo grounds! Very cute indeed.
03.03.2025 01:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I've occasionally seen the pt elsewhere too - such as @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social - but I agree w/Celeste Davis: more understanding is needed of the performative, patriarchal masculinity that's key today: open.substack.com/pub/celestem... And to why & how masculinity could & should be different.
02.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0And, my @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social-inspired op-ed is online at LNP/Lancaster Online — in print, it's alongside a piece from two geoscientists with local roots on the front page of the Sunday Perspectives section
lancasteronline.com/opinion/colu...
Warming alters floral volatile emissions and nectar production in subalpine plants, with potential effects on pollinator attraction and herbivore interactions. These findings highlight the need for long-term studies to better understand how temperature changes influence plant-animal interactions and reproductive success.
🌸👃 #PlantReproductionWeek
Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display, and rewards in two subalpine herbs by Carrie Wu et al. in @annbot.bsky.social
#openaccess article
👉 doi.org/n5p7
#PlantScience
