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Call for papers! Special issue in new @SpringerNature journal _Discover Life_ : Plant #phenology in an era of rapid global change: new perspectives and frontiers. Co-editing this collection with the fabulous Rob Guralnick and @diji.bsky.social link.springer.com/collections/...

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Check out this incredible PhD position now available!

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🌸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) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

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Being a taxonomist is more than just being a taxonomist. It can open doors to a wide range of career opportunities—and we’ve got proof! #TETTRIsEU has gathered 15 inspiring examples of unexpected paths that led to brilliant careers. 👓 Watch the entire gallery 👉 tettris.eu/careers/ #taxonomy #jobs

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PhD announcement! Want to figure out how shrubs and trees survive the extremes of winter, and to model how this affects vegetation across the Arctic-Boreal region? Come join our amazing team at the University of Oslo @uio.no. Deadline Monday May 5th. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Check out this new #AJB commentary by Nicholas Turland! From the Shenzhen Code to the Madrid Code: New rules & recommendations for naming #algae, #fungi & plants doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

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🚨 Exciting news! 🌍 @uottawa.bsky.social is launching the new Arctic Research Hub! Spearheading the initiative is Prof. Jackie Dawson, who will work with Indigenous communities and other researchers to tackle global challenges in the Arctic from different angles. 🌿🌡️

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Are you seeking a research fellowship with plant-y 🌿of exciting opportunities? #KewGardens are recruiting for ECR fellows across a number of research priorities, including advancing work across the digital extended specimen concept. 🔗careers.kew.org/vaca... @nickynicolson.bsky.social

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The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative Workshop team! Three days of incredible discussions & panels, collaborative ideation, & knowledge sharing. Ive met so many new colleagues, formed new networks, & contextualized the work we are doing in Greenland into the broader Arctic context.

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This year’s Arctic Science Summit Week is in Boulder, Colorado, USA. I am especially looking forward to participating in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative Workshop, the Polar Early Career World Summit, & the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning Summit.

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New paper open access in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset

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Join us for a week of working with genomics data derived from natural history collection, aka #museomics

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There is still time to submit your abstract - by March 31st, 2025 for the 2nd Nordic Student Conference on Conservation Science. 18-22 AUGUST 2025, NORDENS ARK, SWEDEN Decisions concerning abstracts: April 7th, 2025 Registration: April, 1st-30th, 2025 More information at conbio.org/mini-sites/s...

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Congratulations Nataly! This is incredible, inspiring, and insightful piece of work! It is a reflective essay on the integration of groundbreaking research with Indigenous / Land-Kinned knowledge, with an insightful focus on Bitter Potatos and their deep connection to the Aymara and Quechuan Peoples

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Hello Danish based #antarctic (or Antarctic-interested) researchers. The 2025 Danish Antarctic Science Seminar (including discussion on #AntarcticaInSync) will take place at DMI on 6th March - all disciplines welcome, sign up deadline Thursday 27th, hybrid with posters welcome too:

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Only a couple days left to submit your abstracts for #ICCB2025! Join us for the largest global meeting for addressing #conservation challenges and presenting the latest in conservation research and practice. 🌍 #MarineLife #ecology #biodiversity conbio.org/mini-sites/i...

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Check out our new APECS 🇩🇰 Denmark account! We organise polar-related workshops, outreach activities & networking events. Our aim is to establish a lively network of ECR scientists, promoting more exchange between career stages & institutions. Please reach out if you’re interested in what we do ❄️ !

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Ana Prohaska, a researcher in ancient DNA, could provide answers to how forests will respond to climate change: uniavisen.dk/en/pollen-fr...

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Some beautiful 🌿 specimens collected by our colleagues in Zackenberg, northeastern Greenland 🇬🇱 while we were collecting at the same time in the southwest part of the island. Fieldwork, especially in remote settings, provides wonderful opportunities for collaboration and data collection synergies!

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We are making a brand new #Museomics Lab at NHM Denmark, University of Copenhagen - working with DNA from museum & herbarium specimens. We are looking for a lab manager to join us - unlocking the amazing potential of our collections for global change 🌐 and #conservationgenomics research

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Our February issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Featuring: 🌴 the state of living plant collections 🍃 ethical sampling of herbaria, 💀 hominin population structure, 🌻 genomic divergence in sunflowers

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Today I prepared some plant samples for DNA 🧬 barcoding. These ones are particularly special, they were collected in Northwestern Greenland 🇬🇱 (76.9°N!) near the Red Rock Ice Cliff of the Nunatarssuaq Ice Cap. Even in these harsh conditions, our amazing collaborators were still able to sample for us!

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Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

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Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.

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[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!

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Here’s a few 🌿 from Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island) & Ilulissat, Greenland 🇬🇱 1. Angelica archangelica L. - Norwegian Angelica 2. Empetrum nigrum L. - Black Crowberry 3. Oreomecon radicata (Rottb.) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso - Arctic Poppy 4. Erigeron humilis Graham - Arctic Alpine Fleabane

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mvh: An R tool to assemble and organize virtual #herbaria from openly available specimen images New in #AppsPlantSci by @tvasconcelos.bsky.social & @jboyko.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @r-foundation.bsky.social @gbif.org #botany #biodiversity #iamabotanist

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Here are more plant species we found in 🇬🇱 Greenland, in Sisimiut, Qasigiannguit, & Aasiaat: 1. Epilobium latifolium L. - Dwarf Fireweed 2. Saxifraga tricuspidata Rottb. - Prickly Saxifrage 3. Silene involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet - Arctic Catchfly 4. Arnica angustifolia Vahl - Arctic Arnica

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Working on our Greenland 🇬🇱samples brings me back to the field. Here are some 🌿 species we found in Narsarsuaq & Kobbefjord: 1. Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab. - Blue Mountain Heath 2. Galearis rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman - Roundleaf Orchid 3. Saxifraga aizoides L. - Yellow Saxifrage

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A new PLOS Climate Review article by @garethphoenix.bsky.social and colleagues brings together understanding of browning events in Arctic ecosystems to compare their impacts and rates of recovery, and likely future changes in frequency and distribution journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

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Yesterday we had the inaugural lectures of Nina Lundholm & Thomas Pape, now full professors at the @nhmdk.bsky.social! The talks were incredible & it was so inspiring to learn about all of their impactful research & achievements. As an ECR at the museum, it was very motivating to attend! Congrats!

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There is one day left before our travel grant closes! If you are PhD student looking for funds to support your work in the ecological field, you can apply for our training and travel grant. The application submission deadline is January 24 at 11:59 PM (GMT). Find out more here:

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❄️ Postdoc position in Arctic terrestrial ecology ❄️ If you're interested in Arctic plants, fieldwork and multi-site syntheses, please apply! You'd be replacing me and joining a lovely and dynamic team at University of Edinburgh. DM me with any questions! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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The Tule Tree, located just outside of Oaxaca, Mexico, is the stoutest tree in the world and among the widest. The species is a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum Ten.), and it takes over 45 people holding hands to surround the trunk. Estimated to be around 1500 to 2000 years old!

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Can 🌸visitation records be used to figure out whether a bee is a pollen diet specialist? New open access pub in Oecologia led by Colleen Smith & Katja Seltmann & w/ my Missouri State University #RussellLab undergrad team! And the answer is... yes! Check it out 😇 ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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