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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌿 New publication from the BOTLAND group in Plant Ecology & Diversity! What happens to epiphytic mosses when the forest canopy is suddenly damaged by an extreme storm? 🌳🌨️ 📄 doi.org/10.1080/1755... A new study looks at the effects of storm Juliette in Mallorca. 🧵

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Effect of sudden exposure due to canopy damage on three epiphytic mosses

Extreme climatic events, including intense storms, are expected to increase in the Mediterranean Basin due to global change. Intense storms, such as the storm Juliette which hit the island of Mallo...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WE ARE BACK!! 🌱 On August 29th, our #BOTLAND member Lluís Salom gave the talk “Invasive marine algae, a growing challenge” at the PN Peninsula de Llevant #AgriculturaGOIB 🌊 The session focused on the increasing spread of invasive marine algae in the Mediterranean.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🍂 Last autumn we launched the CREPIS project 🔬, coordinated by Maria Mayol and Arántzazu Molins, with the participation of Miquel Riba, Laura Botigué, Carles Cardona, Toni Llabrés, Bruno Colas and Santiago González-Martínez.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🌿 Early July, BOTLAND members attended the XIII Congress of the Spanish Society for Plant Conservation Biology @sebicop.bsky.social in Aranjuez. 🤝 Miquel Capó @miquelcapo.bsky.social and Joshua Borràs organized a session on the study of endemic and threatened island flora, focused on conservation

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🌍 This week, our colleague Iván Cortés-Fernández attended the final meeting of the COST SMILES - CA21158 This initiative focuses on assessing the environmental uniqueness of European islands 🏝️ and promoting management strategies tailored to their specific challenges.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🌿 New paper from the BOTLAND group in Plant Biology! We studied the evolutionary history and genetic diversity of Diplotaxis ibicensis, a protected coastal plant distributed across the Balearic Islands and a small area of eastern Iberia. 📖 doi.org/10.1111/plb.... @wileylifesci.bsky.social

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🌿 Back on May, our colleague Pere Miquel Mir-Rosselló participated in the 11th European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes Conference, held in Cagliari. #ECCB2025

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📢 New group publication! 🌵📚 A few weeks ago, a new study was published in Bradleya by Miquel Rodríguez and other members of BOTLAND, under the supervision of Marcello Cerrato. 🌿 🔗 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.25223/bra...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ahir i avui som a la Fira de la #CiènciaperaTothom de la UIB, i #BOTLAND hi ha participat amb tres activitats dedicades al món vegetal, amb la inestimable ajuda de l’alumnat del grau de #Biologia. També hi serem aquesta horabaixa i dissabte. Us hi esperam!

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Arriba el #VIBiomaratón ! Del 15 al 18 de maig, les Illes Balears se sumen a aquest esdeveniment estatal de #ciència_ciutadana per conèixer, fotografiar i registrar la flora del nostre entorn. biomaratonflora.com/participa/

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌿 These days we’ve been out in the field as part of María Juan Sánchez-M.’s final degree project. She is a Biology student at @uib.cat working on her bachelor's thesis in Botany under the supervision of Joana Cursach, member of BOTLAND.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We’re delighted to share that Arantxa Molins has been appointed Deputy Director of the Multidisciplinary Center for the Balearic Biodiversity #CMBB at the University of the Balearic Islands @uib.cat 🌿 As a member of #BOTLAND, we couldn’t be prouder!

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

🌸 Spring is here and orchids are in full bloom! We’re in the field working on Rubén Arco’s Bachelor’s thesis, a Botany project exploring orchid diversity in the Balearic Islands 🌿👇 #Botany #Orchids #PlantScience #Evolution #Biodiversity #BalearicIslands #SomUIB #BOTLAND

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🌿✨ Presentam la primera versió online de les claus de determinació de la flora vascular de les Illes Balears, desenvolupada amb l’eina digital Genially! uibuniversitat.genially.com/6724af505c9f...

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Claves determinación. Entrada. | Genially

Claves de determinación de plantas vasculares de Baleares.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

🚨📷NEW PAPER ALERT📢🌿 Dr. Joana Cursach and Dr. @miquelcapo.bsky.social, together with Dr. Theodora Petanidou #UniAthens and Dr. Amparo Lázaro (@imedea.bsky.social ), published a new study in #BiodiversityAndConservation (@springernature.com) doi.org/10.1007/s105...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

🚨📷NEW PAPER ALERT📷 Group member Dr. @miquelcapo.bsky.social has collaborated in a new study presenting a database of plant–pollinator interactions in the Mediterranean 🐝🌼 doi.org/10.26786/192... @jpollecol.bsky.social

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🚨📄NEW PAPER ALERT📄🚨 This month, Dr. Joana Cursach and Dr. Llorenç Gil have published a study on Silene migjornensis, an endemic plant from Mallorca with only one known population in the dune systems of the island’s south.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Last week, Joshua Borràs, PhD candidate at BOTLAND, presented his research at the XXIII EcoFlor Meeting in Tortosa — an annual congress from the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology @eco-aeet.bsky.social, focused on floral ecology. #EcoFlor26 @ecoflor.bsky.social

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Yesterday, PhD students from the #BOTLAND research group took part in the I Science Meeting at the @uib.cat, an event aimed at 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduate Science students. 🧪🌿 #Research #Science #PhD

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Last Friday, members of BOTLAND visited the Centre Multidisciplinari per a la Biodiversitat Balear (#CMB), a newly established centre created to strengthen biodiversity research, management and conservation in the Balearic Islands.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Recentment, membres de #BOTLAND han publicat una nova edició de les claus de determinació de la flora balear: 📘 “Noves claus de determinació per a la Flora vascular de les Illes Balears” @uib.cat #EdicionsUIB #FloraBalear #Botànica #Biodiversitat

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🌍 New contribution from BOTLAND! Researcher and group member Pere Miquel Mir Rosselló is a co-author of the article “New national and regional bryophyte records, 83”, published in the #JournalOfBryology 📚 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨📄 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨📄 Why are some Mediterranean plants more prone to extinction than others? A new international study, coauthored by Dr. Joana Cursach, analyzed nearly 3,000 rare and threatened plant species across the Mediterranean, following IUCN criteria. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Today, Pere Miquel Mir Rosselló defended his PhD dissertation: “Interdisciplinary Approach to the Biology of Mediterranean Bryophytes,” supervised by Dr. Llorenç Gil, Dr. Jaume Flexas, and Dr. Marc Carriquí. We now have a new doctor in BOTLAND! Congratulations, Dr. Mir! 🌿🎓🎉

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🌿 At the IX Jornades de Medi Ambient, we presented several research projects by bachelor’s and master’s students. ✨ We highlight the Bachelor’s Thesis by Lluna Jordà on the bryoflora of the UIB campus, awarded the first commendation of the BIODIBAL/REDEIA Prize 2025.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🎓 This Friday the 12th at 10:00 h, Pere Miquel Mir-Rosselló defends his thesis: “Interdisciplinary approach to the biology of Mediterranean bryophytes” 📺 Live stream: postgrau.uib.es/doctorado_de... #PhD #BOTLAND #Bryophyte #Botany #Science

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Joshua Borràs @joshuaborras.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🚨🚨🚨 Nou joc sobre la #SerradeTramuntana a Kickstarter, amb la flora, fauna i patrimoni com a protagonistes. Hem pogut col·laborar en l’assessorament científic @carlosbarcelo.bsky.social (ZAP) i jo des de @botland-uib.bsky.social Podeu donar-hi suport aquí: 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...

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Fita a Fita

El joc de la serra de Tramuntana

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🌿 New article on wetland plant conservation in Mediterranean islands. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌿 We’ve started work on Project #MalMen, funded by the Institut d’Estudis Menorquins (IME) and coordinated by @joshuaborras.bsky.social and Marcello Cerrat, with contributions from other #BOTLAND members.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A recent update on the park’s flora of es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos has been published, carried out by #BOTLAND member Dr. Llorenç Gil #EsTrenc #Science #Biodiversity #Conservation

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Today we share the latest publication from the BOTLAND research group, where researchers Pere Miquel Mir-Rosselló and Marcello Cerrato report, for the first time in Menorca, the moss Fissidens gracilifolius Brugg.-Nann. & Nyholm, a bryophyte previously unknown on the island. doi.org/10.1080/0373...

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This last October, the Aptenia Foundation Awards ceremony took place, celebrating achievements in biodiversity and natural heritage conservation. This non-profit organization is dedicated to the preservation of the natural environment. @uib.cat #conservation #science #awards

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

🌿✨ Past September, part of the BOTLAND team participated in the second congress of the Spanish Botanical Society (SEBOT) in Seville! ✈📚 We presented our latest work on biodiversity and the conservation of flora in the Balearic Islands 🌸🍀

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Over the past months, Joshua Borràs has undertaken a research stay at Lund University (Sweden) ✈️🇸🇪 as part of his doctoral training, funded by the Conselleria de Fons Europeus, Universitat i Cultura (CAIB) through their research mobility grants.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

On October 2nd, Miquel Capó attended, on behalf of BOTLAND, the PIM Initiative – Small Islands of the Mediterranean Board of Directors meeting, to present our research work and future projects on the Balearic islets. 🌿

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

🌿 This year we concluded the two-year project “BioLitoral”, led by Joana Cursach with the participation of numerous researchers from BOTLAND. The goal was to deepen the study of two unique coastal species: the dune endemic Silene migjornensis and the micro-area coastal species Diplotaxis ibicensis.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This year, a research study has been published on cryptogams (bryophytes and lichens) inhabiting dune systems and their potential use as bioindicators to assess human impacts or define specific habitats.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🌿 Femeniasia balearica is an endemic species of the Balearic Islands that, until recently, was considered the same in both Mallorca and Menorca. However, it has now been divided into two different subspecies: one for each island.

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SEBICOP @sebicop.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

En #SEBICOP estamos ultimando nuestra participación en el 2º Congreso de botánica de @OficialSebot : #SEBOT2025 Sserán días repletos de actividades, encuentros y muchas personas y sobre todo mucha #BOTANICA Si puedes NO te lo pierdas ‼️

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

This year we have worked on the project Femeniasia balearica: conservation status of an endemic species of the Balearic Islands (FeMen), led by Joshua Borràs and Joana Cursach, with the support of members of BOTLAND and the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, and funded by the Consell Insular de Menorca.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

These last three months, our colleague Pere Miquel Mir Rosselló @petermikeler.bsky.social is carrying out a research stay at the Università di Catania in Sicily, as part of his doctoral training funded by the University Teaching Training Grant (FPU).

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Last May, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Alba Cuena, a researcher from the Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), through the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching program.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

👩🏻‍🔬🌸 Lucía Parramon defended her Master's Thesis last Friday, titled "Insights into the floral biology of Silene migjornensis, a range-restricted species with nocturnal pollination", supervised by Joana Cursach.

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BOTLAND @botland-uib.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🌿 We are BOTLAND – Research Group in Botany on Mediterranean Islands at the University of the Balearic Islands @uib.cat

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