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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Camera-trap monitoring reveals flower visitor diversity and diel activity patterns in the forest understory: bramble patches (Rubus fruticosus agg.) as a model system" by Bonneau-Chloup et al. - freshly published in JPE! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New publication out by Cane & Love on "Self-incompatibility of U.S. Great Basin Sphaeralcea (Malvaceae) and regional prevalence, pollination efficacy, and floral infidelity of their oligolectic Diadasia bees": doi.org/10.26786/192...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Again, 'El Niño-driven'! These wildfires are fuelled by deforestation, land clearing, peatland drainage for palm oil plantations, and anthropogenic climate change. To say 'El Niño-driven' deviates from the actual causes. 🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁🦍

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Discover the "Pollination services of managed common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) in seedless watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)" by Mateos-Fierro et al. and whether or not they are doing well! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Commonness and rarity of pollinators: species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage by Herrera - a very comprehensive analysis of patterns of species abundance and pollinator diversity of almost 30 years of data! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Each wildfire is different. In this one, the first plants to flower postfire seem to be Guillonea scabra (Apiaceae) and Daphne gnidium (Thymelaeaceae). It burned at the end of July (E Spain). #IFValldUixó 🧪🌍🔥🌱🍁🪴🌿 #PlantSci botany wildfire

Guillonea scabra flowering in a burned landscape
(Species name to be confirmed when fruiting)

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am looking for potential candidates interested in applying for an external postdoctoral fellowship in my lab at Uppsala University. If you want to work on buzz pollination please get in touch. Reach me by email. More about our current work here: plant-evolution.org/wp/

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WildPosh Project @wildposh.eu · 12/08/2026

Did you know Europe is running out of taxonomists - the experts who identify pollinator species? 🐝 The Pollinator Academy is an open-source platform from 25 European institutes, offering free courses, ID tools & field guides for all experience levels. 📖 👉 Check them out: pollinatoracademy.eu

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Pollinator Academy

The Pollinator Academy is a learning platform with integrated taxonomic tools and information on European pollinators.

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Project Butterfly on pollinator stewardship and the multiple roles of pollinators in ecosystems - see 🧵 including short video below.

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We'll present you with the 3-part #ForestStation video series next week🤩 Episode 1: One insect, two lives – Mon Ep 2: The beetle worth hearing – Wed Ep 3: From campus to forest – Fri It's a story about pollinator stewardship, lesser-known pollinators, and our connections to the ProPollSoil project

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fires beyond fire-prone ecosystems: the erosion of beech forest doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @globalchangebio.bsky.social Global warming weakens the flammability barrier & enables fire to spread beyond fire-prone ecosystems, into fire-sensitive spp 🧪🌍🔥🪴🌱🍁🌐 wildfire #ClimateChange #GlobalChange #Fagus

Effect of the 2025 Barniedo fire (Picos de Europa, León, Spain) on the beech forest (Fagus sylvatica). The figure shows the area (in ha) of pure beech forest affected by fire in relation to the remotely sensed fire severity (x-axis; RBR: Relativized Burn Ratio). Inset: The same data in cumulative area; horizontal lines are the 1/3 and 2/3 of the total beech forest within the fire (714 ha).

Photo of dead beech trees 10 months after an understory fire. In this site, the fire was of low intensity but of high severity, as it killed all beech trees. Note the effect of the heat of the fire on the bark.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Forest plantations sustainable under the 20th‑century climate may become unsustainable in the 21st-century climate One of Europe's largest pine plantations (Pinus pinaster) is burning in West Bordeaux ( #Gironda, #Biscarrosse) 🌍🔥🌳🔥🍁 wildfire besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Google Street View of an area within the Gironda fire (France) that shows a homogeneous pine plantation (Pinus pinaster).

Area burned by the Gironda and Biscarrosse fires (SW France). The urban area on the right is Bordeaux; on the left is the Atlantic Ocean. Image from FIRMS (July 27, 2026).

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This from @kazohashilab.bsky.social is really important for many of us who group floral visitors into "functional groups"! Things are a lot more complicated.

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New volume published with 12 fantastic publications: pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Urban gardens are important green spaces, i.a. supporting pollinators. Carbajal-Velázquez et al. investigated the reproductive ecology of the perennial species Agastache mexicana (Lamiaceae) in Mexico and conclude that it is valuable planting it! See here: doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Looking for a gentle but thought-provoking weekend read for #PollinatorWeek? Our first Butterfly Newsletter is here - an accessible journey into pollinator stewardship! Read slowly. Look closely. Let something stay wild🐛🦋⬇️ butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet...

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We work really hard at the Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social but this was still a (very pleasant) surprise - JPE's 2025 impact factor is 1.8. Keep supporting Society-published, independent open access journals! #OpenAccess #Pollination

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧵1/3 It’s #PollinatorWeek 🐝🦋 A moment to celebrate pollinators, and to ask whether our policies truly give them a chance to recover. Our new joint White Paper argues that pollinator restoration needs coherent action across sectors. Read the preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #Pollinators

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies: Policy incoherence in the EU is a major barrier to pollinator restoration - white paper from 8 Horizon projects zenodo.org/records/2071...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Pollinator Week is coming soon 🐝🦋💓 It is a good moment to remember that caring for pollinators can start very locally: in a garden, a schoolyard, a farm, a park, or one small patch left a little wilder. Small actions can create real butterfly effects. #PollinatorWeek #Pollinators

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Reproductive system, floral biology and pollinators of Abutilon grandifolium in urban green spaces of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires by Cacéres et al. freshly published! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Fernando Ojeda @ojedacopete.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Brezal de Erica australis y Pterospaetum tridentatum (herriza) en Laballós (NW León), nueve meses después de ser “arrasado” por el fuego (08/2025). Regeneración con floración profusa post-incendio de Simethis mattiazzi!! Y la erosión?? Miren el horizante orgánico. KEEP CALM AND RESTORE YOURSELVES.

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy that this one made it out of the drawer and is now published in JPE: Misconceived experiments may yield valuable insights: Simulated florivory has unpredictable consequences for plant reproduction in Knautia arvensis (Caprifoliaceae) by Ollerton et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just published: Management matters: Bee communities in open and degenerate heathlands in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by Zazzera et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Published today :) A guide to sustainable, healthy, affordable eating - our food shopping choices can help to save the planet!

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Complementary insights from transect observations and palynological analyses on Andrena and Lasioglossum foraging in field margins by Giovanetti et al. out now! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

See this new paper on the adaptive role of post-fire flowering 🔥🪻#FireEcology

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Stay tuned for the release of this new documentary at the end of the month! I think our buzz pollination clip might have just made the cut!

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Assessment of pollination ecology of two understudied native mustards and the potential for interference from invasive garlic mustard by Wilhelm & Miller just published in JPE! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Impressive blooming of Freesia refracta 7 months after fire. And I'm not in South Africa, but in Tortosa (Tarragona, E Spain)! Introduced & naturalized here. It's a feast for pollinators in the burned area. 🧪🌍🔥🪴🌱🌾🌿botany #PlantScience

$Freesia refracta (Iridaceae) flowering in a burned landscape, near Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain. Species of South African origin introduced and naturalized here.$

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Great fun going to No. 10 to hand in #EndPeatSales petition & meet this bog monster. It isn't too late, please sign!

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧵1/4 🚁➡️🐝 A drone needs a data link and remote computing. A honey bee does not. With a brain smaller than a sesame seed, a honey bee makes rapid, context-sensitive decisions while flying. Efficient intelligence is not the same thing as more computation and bees are a striking reminder of that.

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Perspective matters: "Disentangling effects of flower symmetry and orientation on pollination - Saxifraga as a study case" - publication by Wiegel & Lunau just online now! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Pollination success in apples is dependent upon wild bees and orchard design - second article published today by Vassvik et al. doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

All good things come in threes! Another new article out by Scally et al. on the Effect of honey bees (Apis mellifera) and wild insect pollination on rapeseed (Brassica napus) yield in the Argentine Pampas. doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Specific interactions on islands: Saldivar et al. report that "Endemic Castilleja grisea support diverse floral-visitor assemblages with implications for promoting local plant communities" - just published! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Fire buffers drought impacts on reproduction in a resprouting shrub nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Under drought, burned plants had ⬆️prob. of flowering, produced +flowers, set +seeds & heavier seeds, than unburned Saiz-Blanco et al @oikosjournal.bsky.social 🧪🌍🔥🌿🪴🌾🌱 Anthyllis

One of the graphics of the paper on Anthyllis cytisoides resprouiting after drought, showing model predictions and observations of the data analysed in 2022 and 2023; fire occurred in 2021. For flowering and fruiting, the negative effects of drought are stronger on unburned plants (A and C). Burned plants produced nearly four times more flowers than unburned plants (B), and had a higher seed set and heavier seeds than unburned plants in both years (D and E).

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A nice experimental study by Torices et al. is just out now on the "Influence of group size and floral display on pollinator behaviour in Moricandia arvensis" - this publication (early view) is part of the Joint SCAPE special issue with the Nordic Journal of Botany! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A new note on methodology by Gonzales-Vaquero et al. on "Curation and standardisation of plant–pollinator interaction data under FAIR principles: experience from Pampean agroecosystems" has just been published in JPE: doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🧵1/4 ⚡🦋 Electrostatic pollination by butterflies and moths Butterflies and moths accumulate electrostatic charge as they fly, allowing them to pull pollen grains off flowers without even touching them. In other words, they can literally attract pollen through the air. doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

FIT for purpose? Sampling Bees in Flowering Canopies with Flight Interception Traps (FITs) by Krahner et al. provides methodological advice on how to best sample pollinators in tree canopies. doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🧵1/5 🐛 If we are serious about halting pollinator decline, we must stop treating soil as a passive backdrop. For many pollinators, soil is their habitat. Ignoring it means overlooking one of the most fundamental pillars of pollinator biodiversity. Photo credit: User:Famartin - Wikimedia Commons

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Thanks to all authors, reviewers, editors and our new publisher (the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium) for your vital contributions to JPE and pollination ecology!

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

See "Science behind the News" by fire researchers, on the fires last summer

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Maria Clara Castellanos @calacastellanos.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

The day was so clear today that you could see 5 snowcapped volcanoes when approaching Quito #Andes #Ecuador

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢 🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience

Three books by W. Bond and collaborators: Fire and plants (1996), Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems (2012), and Open ecosystems (2019).

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

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The Birgitta Sintring Foundation - Uppsala University

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JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

And another freshly published article by van Kolfschoten & Vallejo-Marín: Getting hooked? Testing the function of anther spurs in Vaccinium myrtillus: doi.org/10.26786/192...

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